Eric Bottorff
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there’s a major AWS outage going on right now that’s taken down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, Perplexity, Roblox, and lots more of the internet. US-EAST-1 is down and impacting a lot of services that rely on AWS www.theverge.com/news/802486/...
Major AWS outage takes down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more
A chunk of the internet has been taken offline.
www.theverge.com
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unraveled
@unraveledpress.com
· 17h
Never been more thankful for gloom and rain (ICE is quiet right now)
I should be used to it by now, but it's really weird to live in a country run by a gross pig
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Having those overly bright LED headlights is a sign you are a sociopath
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
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John Breen
@acab.dad
· 10h
so here's the bit where he says it - notable that he explicitly links it to the General Strike interpretation of Civil Wars history
xcancel.com/BTnewsroom/s...
xcancel.com/BTnewsroom/s...
BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom)
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calls for a general strike against the “tyranny” of Trump and the greed of the ultra-rich. An estimated 300,000 filled the streets for the “No Kings” march, powerfully re...
xcancel.com
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“Largest single-day protest in American history.” Roughly 2% of the population rose up to demand the restoration of democracy. So powerful.
From @gelliottmorris.com
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
From @gelliottmorris.com
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
Second "No Kings Day" protests the largest single-day political protest ever*, with 5.2-8.2 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
open.substack.com
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
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BREAKING: Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire.
Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire
Israel said it struck Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday after they shot at Israeli soldiers who were inside the area that is still under Israeli control, according to the conditions of the Oct. 10 ceasefire.
bit.ly
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I am remembering how the Tea Party protests in the Obama administration (2009-2010) were covered and thinking about how that coverage compares to the No Kings protests. #contentiousky
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HOLD UP. George Santos is the lead story on the @nytimes.com website on Saturday night? Not the millions of Americans protesting Donald Trump today at 2,700 events in all 50 states? Come on.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/n...
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Los Angeles, CA -
Absolute chaos resulting from LAPD charge using batons, horse mounted units, “less lethal” projectiles. Protesters going in every direction. LAPD themselves don’t seem to know where protesters or press are supposed to be.
Absolute chaos resulting from LAPD charge using batons, horse mounted units, “less lethal” projectiles. Protesters going in every direction. LAPD themselves don’t seem to know where protesters or press are supposed to be.
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