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Mez Breeze

@mezbreeze.bsky.social

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An OG digital artist/writer. Creates in Mezangelle: http://anthology.rhizome.org/mez-breeze. Permaculturalist. Designer + Developer. Blurrings + imaginings: https://mezbreezedesign.com + https://www.patreon.com/mezbreeze + https://mezbreeze.itch.io/

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Mez Breeze @mezbreeze.bsky.social · Nov 13

So I've just made this Starter Pack of #electronicliterature and digital narrative peeps: there's more of you out there that need adding, so please don't be shy in letting me know who you are [maybe you have suggestions @eliterature.bsky.social, @samplereality.bsky.social, @elikaortega.bsky.social]?

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Slightly Embarrassed Rhea @rhea.art · 4d

PSA: This is a new account with the same handle as before. I deleted the old one and then regretted it. I am *not* trying to evade blocks on the old account and I am *not* adding people I know had me blocked before.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

TONIGHT @ 7:00pm:

Our Time Has Come
Rally Livestream on IG + YouTube

Feat.
Attorney General Tish James
Rep. Nydia Velázquez
Rep. Adriano Espaillat
CM Chi Ossé
@kristengonzalez.bsky.social
Lina Khan
Natasha Cloud
The Kid Mero

MC'd by @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social

Big colorful graphic of Zohran smiling that says, "Our Time Has Come: Rally Tonight" and a list of speakers.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 2d

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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RainSurname @rainsurname.bsky.social · 2d

Someone left a rack full of inflatable costumes near the ICE building in Portland.

I love this town.

This is a wonderful thread that explains how & why Portland is Like This.
bsky.app/profile/ceau...

A clothing rack on a sidewalk, full of colorful inflatable costumes, with a sign that says free.

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German Society for Mammalian Biology @mammalbiology.bsky.social · 2d

🦇 Save the Date 🦊

We’re excited to announce that the next Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology will take place from 21 - 25 September 2026 in Berlin!

📅 When: 21 - 25 September 2026
📍 Where: IZW & MfN, Berlin

🧪 More information coming soon!

Meetings

Save the date! 99th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology Berlin 21 - 25 September 2026 ______________________________________________________________________

www.mammalian-biology.de

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 2d

I've put a few new drawings up at
www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale

There are also badges, prints and a zine at
www.tomgauld.com/shop

A pen and ink drawing.
Panel One:
A woman sits in a chair reading happily in a book-filled room.
A voice offstage says
"You can't survive on books alone"
The woman replies
"Maybe I can!"

Panel Two:
"How?" asks the voice
"I don't know yet, but I'm sure the answer will be in one of my books." Says the woman

Panel Three:
Caption: However
The book is filled with yet more books.
A skull sits on the chair. It says
"I regret nothing!"

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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 3d

There's still a tendency in academia (and I am no exception to this) to talk about authoritarianism and fascistization as if these are just things we could observe out there, somehow unrelated to and not directly affeciting us, and not forces already at work both within and against our institutions

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

Iranian artist Maryam Ashkanian embroiders images of sleeping people onto handmade pillows for her ongoing series, 'Sleep' #WomensArt

Photo of a white pillow with the head and shoulders of a sleeping woman sewn into the fabric

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

Other trans journalists have also covered Mamdani’s incredible ad. It was so meaningful to so many.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 4d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 3d

Come hear Daniel Temkin talk about the strangest prpgramming languages in the world at his USC book launch Wednesday! Sponsored by HaCCS lab, the Harman Academy, Media Arts + Practice and the Dornsife Writing Program!

@dtemkin.bsky.social @ahmansonlab.bsky.social

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Lenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social · 3d

Ok Team Gang Gang, our favourite red-headed nationally endangered parrot is coming THIRD most days in Guardian Australia's bird of the year poll, behind the tawny frogmouth and Baudin's black cockatoo. But as poll enters its crucial final days there is still time for it to fly into first place..

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Simon Groth @simongroth.com · 11d

I’ve been assured that making a playlist compatible with your book is *a thing*, so I’ve put together an official Ephemeral City playlist on the usual platforms. I’ve broken it down story by story with a little explanatory note for each.

Simon Groth @simongroth.com · 16d

An elaborately constructed book in a box filled with stories and ephemera? In this economy? Fear not. @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social has discounted the boxed edition of Ephemeral City to A$45 (pp) for a limited time. If you’ve been on the fence, now's your chance. www.simongroth.com/shop/ephemer...

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 9d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 9d

A FB friend of mine posted this about her aunt. I shared her quote here, there was more to her quote but I didn’t have room to fit it all in. It is now being reported by the media too. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 9d

"[Bodycam] video shows an agent turn federal vehicle left into Martinez’s vehicle, after which an agent says, 'Do something b----.' The agent then exits the vehicle and shoots at Martinez.

[Her lawyer] Parente said Martinez has 'seven holes' in her from the shooting."

Govt didn't show that video.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 9d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

trib.al

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9d

But I thought if you smeared someone and they were then the victim of violence, that meant you had to be fired from your job.

Or does Fox News only think that applies to teachers?

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Global Sanctuary for Elephants @globalelephants.org · 12d

Elephants are a keystone species, shaping ecosystems by dispersing seeds and clearing land for new growth. 🌱 A new study shows African elephants play a vital role in sustaining ebony trees—without them, forests and climate suffer. Read more: globalelephants.org/elefact-frid...
Photo of Rana

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Mez Breeze @mezbreeze.bsky.social · 12d

"Have one sick sitch kiss another sick sitch and you’ve begun." = *chef's kiss*

Mez Breeze @mezbreeze.bsky.social · 12d

"But to specify a logic for the formation of Breeze’s texts more precisely would, it seems, be to cancel the play..." = spot on @seanbpryor.bsky.social.

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Sean Pryor @seanbpryor.bsky.social · 15d

Here's a new essay I wrote for the Sydney Review of Books, on poetry and computer code in a work by @mezbreeze.bsky.social. With thanks to James Jiang for giving the essay what shape it has. I hope you like it: it's supposed to be fun!

sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essays/on-eq...

On Equivalence | Sydney Review of Books

Ten years ago, Mez Breeze published ‘\oriGaM[e,]i[,+ U]/’ online. Sean Pryor revisits this work in the context of Breeze’s experiments mixing code and poetry. Can literary-critical tools help close th...

sydneyreviewofbooks.com

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 17d

Suzi Eszterhas, award-winning wildlife photographer known for documenting animal family groups #WomensArt

Monochrome photograph featuring a sloth hanging upside-down in a tree whole carrying a sloth baby viewed from the front

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Martha 🥄 near Seattle @marthawt.bsky.social · 17d

This gross incompetence is like a metaphor for the entire Trump Badministration.

Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 17d

US Magistrate Judge Vaala trying to untangle Lindsey Halligan's first adventure in indicting someone:

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 21d

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨

Federal judge in Rhode Island has declared that President Trump's policy of requiring states to cooperate with ICE as a condition of receiving disaster relief from the Federal Emergency Management Agency is illegal and unconstitutional.

www.rawstory.com/trump-court-...

Judge attacks Supreme Court for bending to Trump as he knocks back immigration order

A federal judge in Rhode Island has declared that President Donald Trump's policy of requiring states to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as a condition of receiving disaster re...

www.rawstory.com

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · Sep 7

BREAKING: In Chicago, Illinois—U.S. citizens protesting ICE were dragged into vans by masked federal agents with no badges and no warrants.

People screamed: “Who are you? Where are you taking them?”

This is authoritarian control in real time.

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