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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, noes.

Oh, no.

Who could have predicted this would ever happen?

We did! Everybody did!

You know how I know? Because we said this.

Everybody said this.

404 Media @404media.co · 6d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 4d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 3d

Straight from the Twitch Partner Discord, posted on 10/10/25

If you lurk more than a couple of streams, you won't be counted as a viewer in any of them.

We’ve gotten a lot of questions about viewership and the impact of our viewbot mitigations. And, we’ve heard from some creators that they’ve observed unusual drops in their viewcounts. When we made updates to our viewbot detection tools earlier this year, our goal was to make sure that viewcounts represent actual viewership, and aren’t artificially inflated in any way. Having accurate viewcounts is important for streamers who are trying to build their audiences, and for the livestream industry more broadly.

We recognize that for a lot of our creators, Twitch is a livelihood, and we don’t take that lightly. Addressing viewbots is a balancing act — we want to identify artificial views without affecting real viewers, and that’s a constant tension. We continue to evolve our systems to get better at spotting and removing viewbots, while making sure we’re counting real views accurately. We really appreciate the feedback and questions, as they help us keep improving how we do this.

We’ve seen a lot of different theories about why some viewcounts may have shifted and want to address some of the most prominent directly.

There’s been a lot of conversation about how lurkers are counted. A lot of factors can impact viewership over time, including ad blockers, seasonality, and whether you recently hosted an event on your channel. After some investigation by our teams, we’ve identified one factor that may be impacting several streamers:
Some viewers use third party browser extensions to view streams.,
For example, with one plug in, you feed in your Twitch follower list, and when a streamer from that list goes live, the plug in opens a tab for that stream.
For years, we’ve counted a limited number of sessions per IP address towards viewcount. If you have a lot of streams (more than a normal viewer could reasonably watch) open in many different tabs, our systems may determine you are not actively watching, and you will not be counted in any of those streams as a viewer.

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SJWJamesBond @mvbrat10.bsky.social · 3d

This is scumbag behavior and I just know this might finally get the mainstream public to turn against ICE. No one likes seeing a dog killed maliciously.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4d

ICE GOONS shot and killed a family dog in Texas and then fled the scene.

ICE agents shot and killed a family dog in Texas and then fled the scene.

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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 4d

“In this environment that we’re in right now, it feels like an understatement to say that there’s misinformation being spread about this community. People really forget that we’re human beings.”

No One Was Helping Black Transgender Youth. So These Parents Stepped In.

A new nonprofit provides resources to Black families of transgender and nonbinary youth at a moment of heightened political hostility.

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 4d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 2d

I think this from @donmoyn.bsky.social is essential reading for the moment. I’d emphasize that the staggering process he describes doesn’t end with the assault on immigrants. It’s about creating an armed force loyal to nobody but Trump. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 3d

By the time you get to the point where the Transportation Secretary is complaining about political protests, you know the administration is truly scared of the public backlash.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 3d

This is how I imagine JK Rowling when she posts.

JK Rowling says "ha ha.. h-heh. I won! I won!" She sits alone in the dark, bathed in the late of her computer screen. We pull back to see her in a large dark empty room. She continues "I won." Seeing the full scope of her cavernous workplace, she appears small and alone. She says, once again, "I won..."

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

THIS IS NOTHING LESS THAN A SAVAGE REBELLION AGAINST MODESTY.

THE PRESIDENT MUST INVOKE THE INSURRECTION ACT IMMEDIATELY!!

THANK YOU FOR AVERTING YOUR EYES FROM THIS MATTER

buff.ly/iCcDTvD

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 3d

Good fucking morning to everybody except JD Vance, who couldn’t answer basic questions on ABC yesterday about Tom Homan taking a $50,000 cash bribe. These people are the most corrupt politicians in American history.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 3d

🇺🇸 I am a proud, anti-fascist vet who served on the USS Trenton LPD-14 as an assault boat coxswain in the '70s.

🇺🇸 We defended our country from America-attacking, suckers and losers like Trump.

🇺🇸 So Happy 250th, Navy! Remember: You are to protect us from fascist enemies like Trump, not appease them.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago TV journalist pushed to ground and arrested during Ice raid, then later released

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Chicago TV journalist pushed to ground and arrested during Ice raid, then later released

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 4d

What to know about upcoming ‘No Kings’ protests https://twp.ai/9PXQ3G

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 4d

‘This Woman Is a BEAST’: Fox News Hosts Attack Katie Porter As ‘Not Very Attractive’ After Viral Trainwreck

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'This Woman Is a BEAST': Fox News Hosts Rip 'Not Very Attractive' Katie Porter

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 4d

Trump DARK PAST Under INVESTIGATION by TOP Congressman

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Trump DARK PAST Under INVESTIGATION by TOP Congressman

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 8d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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mana 🦄 @manabrownies.bsky.social · 16d

Hey yall. My roommate moved out and took a bunch of things that don’t belong to her, including all of the food that I had purchased!

If anyone can help me out, that would be so appreciated.

Thanks yall. 😭

PayPal.me/netherwhere

Pay Sara Jessica Freeman using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/netherwhere and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 8d

Remember: "I was just following orders" wasn't a valid defense at Nuremberg either.

Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 8d

Texas National Guard troops arriving in Chicago (via ABC News)

Remember: These are not MAGA stormtroopers. These are everyday teachers and accountants who signed up to serve their country with their spare time. They're being used as political pawns by venal, un-American, draft-dodging president

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onion person @junlper.beer · 7d

it always blows my mind when these people act like “the left just calls everyone nazis” these days and it’s like no. we’re calling nazis nazis! there just happens to be a lot of them in and around the government these days!

Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 7d

More history from this Nazi adulated by the Trump team. These are explicit, proud Nazis who scream and cry and call every referee they can find when you quote their Nazism back to them.

Multiple tweets from Nazi Jack Posobiec in 2016 making "jokes" involving the Nazi code "1488."

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𓆩⛧Grym For Hire⛧𓆪 $225/$500 Goal @grymoria.blacksky.app · 7d

Update: I'm so upset that I had to calm myself down to make this post.

#MutualAid #MAHelp #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025 💸💕

I know I already did a Daily Boost but I got some bad news to share.

Walmart all of a sudden wants to verify my grocery orders & they decided to do this at the worst time. They want to verify my order via phone number but my phone is off & it cost me $70 to turn it back on. I only have enough money to either turn my phone back on or order groceries. I don't have enough for both.

This is so upsetting to me because they've never done this to me and I've been ordering groceries from them for a couple of years. It's the closest and most affordable groceries I can get since I don't have a car. So I'm in a lose-lose situation right now. Please if y'all can help me out so I won't starve, that would be very much appreciated.

Picture of my phone with the Walmart app opened. The text shown on the screen states:

"Let's Verify it's you. Receive a one-time code on your phone, and use it to sign in to your account."

It then says below that "Phone number (10 digits) with a blank boxed space below.

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Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹 @himboblacksmith.bsky.social · 7d

The tank's role is to draw aggro

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 10d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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