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docvember @docseuss.bsky.social · 2h

man shows democrats how to win

democrats afraid of this for some reason

"we can't govern" simpsons joke stays winning

The framing of this is hilarious: Democrats deeply worried about the repercussions of a victory
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...

As Mamdani nears victory, Democrats worry about national fallout

The progressive candidate is on the cusp of a historic mayoral win. And that's adding to unease among Democrats looking for a way back to national power.

www.msnbc.com

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SquidRadio @squidradio.bsky.social · 2h

The people they quote are both from Third Way, which is a conservative funded think tank designed specifically to attack left-leaning candidates.

It's practically journalistic malpractice.

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Xiaoyi @cleefouti.bsky.social · 2h

Captain Torture

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Didi is a trans immigrant 🏳️‍⚧️ @didichanoch.bsky.social · 12h

Teen Rogue is perfect. Incredible. Actual genius.

They have to do this. (I'd prefer a co-op model, personally, not someone monied hiring everyone)

Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 14h

hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.

we’ll all subscribe en masse

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Dr. Damien P. Williams! Look over here! … It's All For You! @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 15h

If you've stopped masking in public for whatever reason, now is a really good time to start again

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 8h

“Canada has recorded more than 5,100 confirmed & probable measles cases in 2025, and two deaths of babies born with congenital measles who were infected in utero. The country hasn’t seen this scale of measles transmission in decades”

We can all but eradicate measles if people do their part:

The Americas, led by Canada, is on the brink of losing measles-elimination status

The Americas is the only region of the world to have stopped endemic transmission of measles. But its victory is on the verge of being rolled back.

www.statnews.com

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Andrew 🇿🇦 Davis @thrownintosol.bsky.social · 1d

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I'm still so mad that months ago an American used AI shit to USE my (South African) President as a "gotcha" against Trump

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Andrew 🇿🇦 Davis @thrownintosol.bsky.social · May 28

what fake AI shit is this, fuck you for using our President in your bogus gotcha game

Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 @lizzielizliz.bsky.social · May 28

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa responds to Trump.

He points out how Trump is trying to dye his campaign with African blood.

Even as Trump fabricated lies he quietly registered three mineral exploration companies in South Africa.

It’s a mic drop 🎤moment if there ever was one!

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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 12h

just came across an account on tiktok making dozens of the same AI video of an asian restaurant/shop owner confronting guys in uniforms clearly and inauthentically marked “ICE”. people are reposting this shit.

@mikewaynedotcom with founder of funnelstreams.ai in the bio, and dozens of videos of asian shop owners yelling at people who are supposed to be ICE.

fake video one of east asian shop owner yelling at people with clearly visible ICE labels on their uniforms (they don’t do this)

video two of a different asian shop owner yelling at clearly labeled ICE agents. the script is almost exactly the same.

video three of asian shop owner yelling at fake ICE agents. again, same script, different asian guy.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 9h

I feel like this story adequately sums up the state of mainstream media right now.

Fox ran a completely fake story based on racist AI videos of SNAP recipients.

No fact checking. No actual journalism.

They didn’t even officially retract it. They just repurposed it.

stop motion turkey skeleton @jonchristian.net · 22h

i feel like it's not getting enough attention that Fox News ran a *completely false story* based on AI-generated videos it thought were interviews with real people

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Fox News Falls for Racist AI-Generated Videos, Runs Completely False Story That Has to Be Updated With Gigantic Correction

Fox News ran a story treating AI-generated ragebait as if it were real, in order to stir up anger against SNAP recipients.

futurism.com

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emoontxwriter @emoontxwriter.bsky.social · 14h

"What should poor people be allowed to eat?" seems to be a burning question for those who aren't poor, have never been poor, and can afford to eat what they like, but want to keep poor people from eating anything that tastes really good. "No fresh meat," said Iowa, a few years ago.

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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 9h

Omg they actually chose a hot guy for once

Pop Base @popbase.tv · 12h

People has named Jonathan Bailey the Sexiest Man Alive of 2025.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Good to know that Fox segments determine our foreign policy as well as domestic, and provide most of the cabinet appointees.

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Condé Union @condeunion.bsky.social · 17h

We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

This is brilliant

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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 16h

Very proud to have worked on this statement of the Modern Language Association with @annamillsoer.bsky.social and other colleagues on the MLA’s task force on AI in Research and Teaching. It is a direct call for faculty input into Ed Tech decision-making, especially AI: www.mla.org/Resources/Ad... 🧵

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Statement on Educational Technologies and AI Agents
The following statement of endorsement was drafted by the MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching. The Executive Council approved it as an MLA statement in October 2025.
Software, specifically learning management systems (LMSs), is as important to teaching and learning as physical classrooms and facilities. The recent and hasty integration of generative AI features into those systems is already redefining student and instructor relationships, evaluative standards, and instructional outcomes—with no compelling evidence that any of it is for the better. At the same time, so-called agentic browsers are becoming widely available to the public. These offer AI “agents” that can navigate LMSs and complete assignments without any student involvement. All of this is unfolding at a time when contractual arrangements between institutions and commercial vendors often lack transparency, with worrisome implications for data collection and student privacy.

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The Modern Language Association therefore unequivocally
1. Advocates for full faculty and instructional involvement, including faculty of languages, literatures, and the humanities, at all levels of decision-making in the selection, procurement, and responsible implementation of instructional technology systems and software, including those incorporating AI.  The instructional mission cannot be fulfilled in the absence of faculty expertise, and this expertise extends not only to the “content” of the curriculum but also to the infrastructures and environments—virtual and otherwise—in which learning happens. 
2. Calls upon law- and policymakers, LMS vendors, and companies offering agent-based AI browsers to cooperate in order to prevent misuse and to ensure that academic institutions have the ability and option to block agentic AI when needed.  Without dedicated outside cooperation from lawmakers and technology providers, academic institutions may not have the technical capacity to do so on their own.
If we do not act, we risk seeing the development of a fully automated loop in which assignments are generated by AI with the support of a learning management system, AI-generated content is submitted by an agentic AI on behalf of the student, and AI-driven metrics evaluate the work on behalf of the instructor.

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Kait 🥔 @thryse.com · 12d

I’m a disabled person and have to find housing imminently without any income or savings and now I have no SNAP. If you’re fortunate enough to have some spare dollars I would appreciate it so much if you could send me a donation just to keep my head afloat. My links are in bio. ❤️

Kait 🥔 @thryse.com · 12d

They cut off my SNAP.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 17h

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 17h

today’s information came out piecemeal, and people should be able to share their own situations on their own time, but I could share this much ^ as it is pretty cut and dry on the facts.

Teen Vogue also no longer has any trans staffers as of today.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 21h

People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.

A SSRS/CNN poll showing 61% people think Trump has gone too far using the power of the presidency and 57% think he's gone too far deporting immigrants.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 1d

In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.

Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Santa Clown” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 1d

ACA = “Obamacare”. Same thing. Its proof that many white folks would rather shoot off their own foot if they knew something helped a black or latino person get by too. Its no different from how they used to fill public pools with cement during integration resulting in everyone being hot & miserable.

LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 1d

America is so racist that some Americans believed SNAP benefits were for white people and food stamps were for black people and they did not know they were the same thing and are now horrified to learn they are losing their food subsidies.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

N95s can prevent more than just Covid!

They stop colds, flus and other airborne illness.

They’re also highly effective against pollen, pollution, wildfire smoke and environmental triggers.

Many maskers haven’t been sick in years.

Respirators are pretty amazing.

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 1d

CALIFORNIA FRIENDS:

VOTE YES ON PROP 50

NOV 4TH

(FUCKING TUESDAY)

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YES on Prop 50: FAQ - California Democratic Party

WHAT IS PROPOSITION 50?Since day one, Californians have been on the frontlines of protecting our communities under attack by the Trump administration and his MAGA Republicans. With Proposition 50, Cal...

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ACAB Rave @screw-reality.bsky.social · 1d

this mentality always ignores that Republicans don't respond to current popular sentiments, they drowned their base with a fire hose of propaganda until they've been terrified or enraged into believing what serves the Republican political project

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d

There's also a weird conventional wisdom forming that the Democratic agenda is toxically unpopular and that Republicans are delivering what voters want.

This is laughably false. Trump is the most unpopular president in modern history and his entire agenda is underwater.

One worry I have about Democrats right now is that they do not want to confront how much of the country disagrees with them.

First, Trump did moderate the Republican Party in crucial areas: Medicare, Social Security and trade.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Learn more about how to #CancelSpotify and some of the other mega corporations supprting ICE at boycotthere.com

#Boycott #50501Movement #BoycottHomeDepot #BoycottTarget

Boycott Here – Join the Economic Noncooperation Movement

boycotthere.com

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