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Luarien [$165/$600]

@luarien.bsky.social

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I will not reskeet your art or your memes without alt text Pan and polyam writer and gamer too distracted by needing to beg for support to do anything fun. Also continually frustrated anarchist. 🔞 If you want to help me, https://ko-fi.com/luarien

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Luarien [$165/$600] @luarien.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning everyone! I missed refreshing this on #MutualAid Monday because I was too focused on groceries, but I'm still disabled and I still need your help surviving this month! I can't work, you keep me housed!

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 16h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 21h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 41m

Yes they have.

Talk to more Black people.

You: "For anyone tempted to say that great white sharks have always eaten seals 🦈, no they haven't. I knew a great white shark in the 90s, and he was a compassionate vegan!"

Me: "Have you considered talking to any seals that lived through the 90s?🦭"

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 45m

You’ll notice that new developments in generative AI are always accompanied by new ways of depicting women without their consent—undermining their autonomy and harassing them—almost like it’s a pillar of the technology and its evolution

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 39m

few things wrong with this: (a) there's zero evidence that any of these guys have changed or wish to change; (b) indeed, senior regime officials have rushed to ratify this behavior; and (c) unless this kind of thing is "frowned upon" or meets with general disapproval, why would anyone change

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 4h

I know people are eager to claim they were born perfect and never had to learn and change, unlike losers like me.

So congrats! You were born knowing conservatives are inherently racist. Eat your cookie rewards.

But remember: Telling people they aren't allowed to grow and change hurts us.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 1h

The AI bubble is heading towards a burst but it won't be the end of AI www.newscientist.com/article/2499...

The AI bubble is heading towards a burst but it won't be the end of AI

Economists, bankers and even the boss of OpenAI are warning of a rapidly inflating AI bubble. If and when it bursts, what will happen to the technological breakthroughs of the past few years?

www.newscientist.com

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Reno St.John, Rogue Radio Host @renothevast.bsky.social · 1h

NGL, pretty dope waking up to thirty notifications about formats and multiple ongoing discussions.

So, I’ll ask again, & please repost:

What small formats do you play?

Is there one you’ve only heard via rumor?

Are you building or maintaining something obscure?

I’m making a format compendium.

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Luarien [$165/$600] @luarien.bsky.social · 44m

jesus christ why is buttigieg the best one here, who let that happen

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race scientist jack skellington @jazzpomegranate.com · 1h

bruh look at my political field, dawg

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1h

Both of them are likely to run in /2028 and so is Harris and Pete Buttigieg.

So far we have

Harris: says it's an open question whether Israel committed genocide

Pete: Says would recognize Palestine, limit arms to Israel

Booker: Asking me questions about Netanyahu is racist and bad

Newsom: ????

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 1h

A woman says "hi, I'm here for the Magic: The Gathering tournament." A man at the registration booth says "of course. and ma'am I hope it's not too presumptious of me to say that your transition is going incredible." The woman says 'uh... I'm cis actually." Another man comes up and says "hi... wow ma'am your transition..." The first man interrupts him shouting "Tony! No!"

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race scientist jack skellington @jazzpomegranate.com · 1h

help lubna!

Lubna ^-^ Naser @lop120.bsky.social · 1h

Why did compassion fade? Why did people stop feeling? 💔
I’m a mother from Gaza, my home in the north was destroyed. I need just $700 to buy a tent a small shelter to protect my children from cold.
If there’s still humanity in your heart, please help me go back and keep them safe🙏
gofund.me/edd687b8

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CubeCon @cubecon.org · 1h

This year, CubeCon is raising money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in honor of our dear friend Jonathan Brostoff, who we tragically lost 1 year ago. Please consider tuning in and donating to this important cause.

Tiltify - Made for Fundraisers

We give you the tools to engage with your donors and raise more for your charity

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Luarien [$165/$600] @luarien.bsky.social · 48m

The No Kings network seems to be targeting younger millennial Liberals; it's kind of a professional class protest rather than a radical protest so they're not connected to activist circles well and they're seemingly focused on "normal people" in the way consultants imagine them.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1h

Asked my students yesterday if they'd heard about the protests happening on Saturday. These folks are generally well-informed and interested in politics. Only 20% said they'd even heard of the No Kings protests. How did the organizers fail to get on the radar of these 18-22 year olds?

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◢Jaded, fagged-out socialite◤ @sapphicsludge.bsky.social · 1h

'just have self-control' is not and has never been a justifiable statement in response to addiction

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 8h

General strike for Palestine in Spain #FreePalestine

Diario Público @publico.es · 9h

⭕DIRECTO | Arranca la jornada de huelga general, paros y marchas para denunciar el genocidio en Gaza

Huelga general y paros por Palestina, en directo | Arranca la jornada de marchas para denunciar el genocidio en Gaza

Sindicatos de trabajadores y estudiantes han convocado un parón general para este miércoles 15 de octubre con el objetivo de denunciar el genocidio en Palestina y mostrar su apoyo al pueblo de la F...

www.publico.es

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Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 1h

reminder that the monochromatic middle ages the right-wing opines for are also a lie

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 2h

#medievalsky

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/a...

Looking at Sexuality With a Medieval Sensibility

www.nytimes.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 17h

There’s an idea that when someone dies before retirement age from a health issue, they must’ve neglected their health, so “everyone get checked.” I want to gently push back on the idea of it being all self-neglect & remind 1) some illnesses are incurable 2) bigoted healthcare system is shit 3) cost.

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Autumn @alpacawax.bsky.social · 1h

The 550 is still a major need, and now 100 for the shed which has literally everything we own too. I'd like to get off now, I never consented to this ride.

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Autumn @alpacawax.bsky.social · 7h

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#mutualaid #helpsky #helpfolkslive2025💸💕
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20/550 Week
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Whichever comes it's needed BEFORE 11am. The day, the week, someone to cover the car, ANYTHING would be a blessing rn. But it's needed in less than 6hrs so we can make shelter!

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Luarien [$165/$600] @luarien.bsky.social · 1h

Just woke up and boy am I stiff. I used to be able to wake up, shower, and be at work by 7 despite being the opposite of a morning person and now the idea of being awake that early causes physical pain.

Even being awake at all causes physical pain.

Luarien [$165/$600] @luarien.bsky.social · 1d

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 15h

a few of the usual suspects have complained that this kind of absurdity doesn’t do enough to center the people on the receiving end of the stick, and, it’s like, that’s not really the point here, the point is to fucking break them on our air inflated latex bellies

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Andrew @andrewcyberkop.bsky.social · 2d

If you buy an NFT of a stock in OpenAI you should have to wear a big bell like a goat for the rest of your life.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 3d

The crash is going to be brutal when it comes.

Robinhood says "it might offer "tokenized" equity in OpenAI. By "tokenized," Business Insider reports, Robinhood means "blockchain-enabled representations of securities like stocks." In reality, they have no connection to OpenAI equity whatsoever."

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 14h

by this time next year, we want ICE agent to be one of the most miserable, soul destroying, hated jobs in america, we want parking enforcement to look like a dream job by comparison

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 15h

the thing is, all that knock off amazon operator gear you bought to look tough and scary just looks fucking silly when you are being gyrated at by someone wearing an inflatable frog costume and being mooned by a naked bagpiper on a unicycle, it just doesn’t work, the self image cannot hold

Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 15h

It should not be understated how much clever shit like this actually annihilates morale at places like ICE/CBP.

Getting made fun of like this on national television while people laugh at you is.. well, you may call it victory wine, but it ain't.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 14h

they locked her up in clark county because the clark county sheriff’s office are ICE collaborators

pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 16h

grateful portland has risen to the challenge so far in peacefully protesting the ICE facility and that nationally we're all cheering on the frogs but I think it's important to make sure everyone is aware that the ICE goons aren't exactly being peaceful in return

www.koin.com/news/portlan...

www.koin.com

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