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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 20h

The new Idaho law makes it simple for parents to refuse to vaccinate their children, and it prohibits schools from instituting guarantees to stop an outbreak. We're going to see dead children because their parents were too selfish to do the bare minimum to participate in a functioning society.

Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.

The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...

www.propublica.org

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 21h

I remember after the 2017 Women's March how a large subset of 'leftists' bitched for fucking months about the pussyhats instead of, you know, trying to build on the march to organize. Getting people to march is the hardest thing, and it's also the best because it tells people they're not alone.

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 21h

That is a highly respectable amount of Eagle Transporters!

Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 21h

The Professional Leftist Planner and the Professional Leftist Scold (who is always going to tell you how your movement isn't intersectional enough) are some of the most annoying and counterproductive twats alive; you don't spend your time shitting on people willing to go to the barricades.

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 5d

This was Natasha. I inherited her when my mom died three years ago. Natasha was, until the end when FCD began to destroy her, a loud, wonderful cat and it hurt so much to say goodbye to her.

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 7d

Everyone who took a paycheck for this project deserves to be spit on, early and often.

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 7d

"And we’ve all got very different opinions.” No, you fucking imbecile, transphobia isn't an opinion, it's discrimination, and it's being pushed by people who want to erase trans people from society. What an absolute, embarrassing failure of a person. #queer

Keira Knightley says she was ‘not aware’ of JK Rowling boycott calls before joining Harry Potter audiobooks

Actor, who voices Dolores Umbridge in the new full-cast recordings, says she hopes ‘we can all find respect’ amid renewed controversy over Rowling’s views on trans rights

www.theguardian.com

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 8d

Low-power radio offers a pathway for communities and low-resource groups to create a station that can fill the space that national and networked stations have abandoned. They're a chance to retake the air from corporate and right-wing funded hate broadcasts.

Against the precipitous backdrop of funding cuts to public media, low-power radio emerges as a lesser-known source of inspiration.

www.cjr.org

Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 9d

“The Angel Gabriel came offering me pestilential fever and plague. I took the fever for Medina and sent the plague to Syria, because the plague is a martyrdom and mercy for my community and a punishment for the disbelievers.”

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 9d

History gives us plenty of examples of disease used as a weapon. There are fewer cases of governments deliberately using disease against their own citizens. We are living (or dying) through one right now.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 9d

It can seem hopeless with the big three networks self-censoring, and conservatives taking control of Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok, but the Romanovs once controlled every printed word in their empire, and it didn't keep them from choking to death on their own blood in the locked basement.

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 9d

Despite the violence of the Tigray and Ethiopian war that many of the women of the Baltna Women’s Group have suffered, they continue to mill and process traditional spices in Aksum.

Solace and Community in a Tigray Spice Mill

The ancient work is an act of resilience for this women’s collective, preserving identity in the aftermath of war

newlinesmag.com

Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 10d

Reminder that Mastodon has starter packs (you can opt out of) and quote posts (you can opt out of), and post editing is available and all without the stench of executives who are embracing racism and transphobia.

Mastodon snags Bluesky’s starter packs feature and includes the ability to opt out

Starter Packs, but for Mastodon.

www.theverge.com

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 10d

It can seem overwhelming with fascists crawling into government and legacy media, but this isn't because of widespread conversion, merely the failure of both systems to fight off a minor infection that the main body politic despises.

MAGA can't expand its base — and Christian music tells us why

The songs from Charlie Kirk's memorial exposed a serious problem

www.salon.com

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 11d

Private broadband was a mistake, and the billions in give-aways the telcos received to modernize and upgrade (which they didn't do) instead go into lobbying fascists and fascist sympathizers to remove even mild consumer protections.

ISPs created so many fees that FCC will kill requirement to list them all

ISPs complained about Biden-era rule, said listing every fee was too hard.

arstechnica.com

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 11d

The idea that A(trained on stolen art)I democratizes filmmaking when it has historically never been cheaper or easier to start with a phone and open source tools is a garbage argument, and it's verbatim what Sam Altman has claimed, so one wonders how much Miller was paid to ruin his legacy.

Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller disappoints everyone by taking part in an AI film festival: "AI is here to stay"

Fans are not happy about George Miller's involvement with the AI event

www.gamesradar.com

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 11d

David Cross' comment: “All of your bitching about ‘cancel culture’ and ‘freedom of speech’ and all that shit? Done. You don’t get to talk about it ever again. By now we’ve all seen the contract you had to sign.” is perfect. These people aren't comedians, they're wallpaper to power.

Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

variety.com

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 12d

He's produced an amazing run of films to choose from for almost every taste. My favorite is "Crash" but that's not really horror.

Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 12d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

The Castle of Purity (1973)
Phantasm (1979)
Wolfen (1981)
The Thing (1982)
The Keep (1983)
Videodrome (1983)
The Company of Wolves (1984)
In The Mouth of Madness (1994)
Cure (1997)
Land of the Dead (2005)

Vera @veraglaeka.bsky.social · 12d

Horror movies to get to know me by

Pumpkinhead
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Alien
The Thing
The Ritual
Under the Skin
Killer Klowns
Return of the Living Dead
The Fly
Creepshow
Demon Knight
Dead Alive
The Void

💀🐺🌱ArtofMaquenda🍄🩸 @artofmaquenda.bsky.social · 13d

13 (can't choose) horror movies to get to know me by

The Ring (both Japanese and the remake)
Ju-on/The Grudge (also both)
Dark Water
A Tale of Two Sisters
Babadook
The Ritual
Hereditary
Annihilation
The Relic (1997) As a kid I loved that beast!
Pan's Labyrinth
The Devil's Backbone
Coraline xD

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 12d

The article describes how the alleged arsonist worked himself up with ChatGPT prompts for images of burning cities and between this and the suicides and the racist slop it'd be swell if all the AI companies were shut and the executives [redacted]

NPR @npr.org · 13d

Authorities have charged a 29-year-old man in connection to starting the Palisades Fire, which killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,800 homes and buildings. (via @laist.com)

Uber driver charged in connection with starting the Palisades Fire

The Palisades Fire erupted on Jan. 7 and went on to kill 12 people and destroy more than 6,800 homes and buildings.

n.pr

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 12d

That person is absolutely on my special list.

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 12d

During the Gulf War, none of the networks allowed a single Iraqi (except Chalabi and other US government-backed ghouls) on television. When Peter Arnett interviewed civilians suffering from the bombing, he was savaged in the American press (and SNL) as an Iraqi propagandist. #israel

In 2 Years of Gaza Genocide, Sunday Shows on NBC, ABC and CNN Have Not Featured a Single Palestinian Guest

In a microcosm of the U.S. coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, since Oct. 7, 2023, influential Sunday news shows have not seen fit to book any Palestinians.

inthesetimes.com

Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 13d

Anyone who supports Israel should be made to read the names of every single child killed and look at every photograph. If we had a decent world, every Israeli official and IDF soldier would be in the Hague facing life sentences. #israel

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 14d

Jets Pizza is just Detroit-style, that's nothing perverted by that. You will go to jail for the nutter butter thing.

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 15d

Hit dogs holler, and apparently also throw about bans to silence critics. It's telling that for all the talk of the ATprotocol being decentralized, despite Link being on BlackSky he's still banned because of it still uses the central AppView.

Miriam @miriam.blacksky.app · 15d

Let me get this straight: Link, a Black user, got banned for calling out the Bluesky CEO for following a racist. That’s not a good look, especially given Bluesky’s historical treatment of Black users here on bluesky.

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 16d

Jessie wished J.K. Rowling ill, and this mild desire for someone who wishes trans people dead was considered a threat. Juni wrote a fabulous program that tracked official Bluesky accounts and saw that Aaron had favorited a barely legal adult model, whereupon he freaked out and banned her.

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