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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 46m

A nationwide backlash to AI data centers is brewing.

And for good reason: while AI enriches Big Tech CEOs and props up the stock market, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and power.

When the AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag. Be warned.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 8h

Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”

• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked

Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3h

Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.

Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says

Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons

www.theguardian.com

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 5h

I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news

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LC Hopalong @lchopalong.bsky.social · 1h

That’s why he’s being so defensive. He knows it could’ve been him, and he’s trying to get ahead of it

LC Hopalong @lchopalong.bsky.social · 2h

You’ve got published back up: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 7h

Oh, by the way, I wrote in @thenation.com about how Trump is condeming millions of Americans to hunger this Thanksigiving with his accelarated timeline of adding work requirements for SNAP benefits.
I also discussed how work requirements provably don't work, for the neoliberals in your life.

Trump Has Just Condemned More Americans to Hunger

The administration’s decision to fast-track a bunch of changes to food stamps—including new work requirements—is as stupid as it is cruel.

www.thenation.com

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LC Hopalong @lchopalong.bsky.social · 12h

God forbid the public reacts to you strapping a family pet to the roof of your car while driving on the highway. So unfair.

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 21h

“Approximately 90 members of the Alaska National Guard and Alaska Organized Milita have been activated, with 100 more standing by to provide relief efforts to our fellow Alaskans who have affected by the devastating impacts of Typhoon Halong”

www.facebook.com/share/p/16qA...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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LC Hopalong @lchopalong.bsky.social · 1d

And for anyone dreading the prep drink, they also make pills these days. Insurance may not cover, but it’s worth asking about and finding out if it is. There are options! None of them are going to be an experience you wanna do for fun (probably) but can make it easier.

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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 1d

the least surprising news of our time www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 1d

This article about a gleefully bigoted republican group chat is very damning but ummm. I am most fascinated by the pictures of these shit posters. Two of them don’t even seem to be white and all of them are. Well. Let me not go there. I’ll just say, there is some audacity here.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

'“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno...wrote'

'Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator.'

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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LC Hopalong @lchopalong.bsky.social · 1d

The omegaverse and alpha bro culture are mirrors of one another

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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LC Hopalong @lchopalong.bsky.social · 1d

Ouch. Had this once and put a tub of soapy water with a light source at the center outside the offending door. Was shocked how many jumped in!

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LC Hopalong @lchopalong.bsky.social · 1d

It helps to reframe it as a fandom discussing what’s cannon

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LC Hopalong @lchopalong.bsky.social · 1d

You’re so rad

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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LC Hopalong @lchopalong.bsky.social · 1d

I knew he was going to hate that picture.

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LC Hopalong @lchopalong.bsky.social · 1d

In what context? I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a long standing cultural tradition in finding comfort in the images and even bodies of the deceased. Religious reliquaries come to mind.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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LC Hopalong @lchopalong.bsky.social · 1d

I haven’t seen the thread, and I dunno if I want to. Assimilation has its own violence hanging over it.

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LC Hopalong @lchopalong.bsky.social · 1d

Oh you’re just trying to do a gotcha. I see. Nevermind.

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