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wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 9h

I'm a guy who's on the #Internet quite a bit, I'm definitely terminally online... but I hadn't heard about this @wikipedia.org contest to get more #landmarks & #monuments documented into #Wikipedia until tonight (over halfway through #October)

So... #shutterbugs & #photographers get going!!

Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2025 in the United States - Wikimedia Commons

commons.wikimedia.org

wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 14h

for how people are trying to use it, yes. it's neural network based machine learning but they basically pointed it at the Internet and said "based on this, provide outputs that are associated with keywords in the input." If you've been in the 'net for more than 30 sec, you know this is a bad idea.

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wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 20h

Our #politicians need the #discipline to go back to these messages when well paid, well trained arguers throw red herrings & what abouts at them. "I think local groups should decide how to handle trans participation in activities. The important thing is people here work hard & can't afford food!"

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

Here’s a list of companies to file complaints with and boycott for running ICE advertisements.

ICE recruitment ads appearing on Spotify, HBO Max and other streaming services

DHS says the ad blitz has led to more than 175,000 applications and 18,000 tentative job offers

www.independent.co.uk

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wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 2d

Hey y'all what's the #VNVNation song I'm thinking of that literally everyone is familiar with...?

Mah brain isn't braining...

VNV Nation

The Official Youtube Channel for VNV Nation

youtube.com

wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 2d

Had a great time at the #CantonGA #NoKings #protest this morning! I'm worn out but very encouraged by the huge turnout & support from this decidedly #Republican area.

Remember: vote for @peterhubbardga.bsky.social & #AliciaJohnson for #PSC!

@votesaveamerica.crooked.com
@cherokeedemsga.bsky.social

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.

I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.

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wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 3d

I think #Roberts genuinely wants #SCOTUS to have legitimacy but he knows that there'll be some decision against #Trump in the future that could trigger the admin ignoring their ruling. I think they've already lost legitimacy, but in cases where they've ruled against Trump, the admin has followed.

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wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 3d

#Voted for @peterhubbardga.bsky.social and #AliciaJohnson for #PSC during #EarlyVoting! Find your voting location at https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/

These are statewide #Georgia races! Make your power bill lower!

@votesaveamerica.crooked.com
@majorityreport.bsky.social
@georgiademocrat.bsky.social

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wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 4d

Part of the #fascist playbook is to misuse terms to make them meaningless, similar to the Euphemism Treadmill.

Luckily we have courts & judges who so far have resisted attempts by these guys to redefine their way out of legal restraint.

We're just about to hit the 9 month mark of this admin...

wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 5d

I think it'd be really interesting to look at history books 200 years hence comparing the #Roberts Court to the #Taney Court that gave us decisions like #DreddScott (8 to 2).

The next Chief Justice ( #Jackson please please) is going to have a lot of work to do.

#SCOTUS
@strictscrutiny.bsky.social

Dred Scott v. Sandford - Wikipedia

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wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 5d

I think the Defense Department is about to find out why they'd prefer to have reporters cooperating with them rather than antagonizing them.

Bigly.

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Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 5d

Go to www.nokings.org to find a local protest.

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wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 5d

I'd forgotten about the #Republican #FOX brain-rotted conspiracy explosion - including #TedCruz - going bananas about #military exercises in #Texas being a prelude to @barackobama.bsky.social instituting #MartialLaw. Where are those people now...?

@jonlovett.bsky.social

Jade Helm 15 conspiracy theories - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 6d

At the end of the day they have Rupert Murdoch & there's no left wing equivalent. Our only strength was that reality has a left wing bias and humans are capable of empathy. He's been incredibly successful in creating media machinery that obfuscates the former & obliterates the latter.

wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 6d

Hey #Georgia let's elect #PeterHubbard & #AliciaJohnson to the #PSC. The all #Republican #PublicServiceCommission has been screwing us over to make #GeorgiaPower rich & make us poor.

https://peterforgeorgia.com/
https://alicia4georgia.com/
@votesaveamerica.crooked.com
@majorityreport.bsky.social

1% of Georgia Needs to Watch This Video

YouTube video by Hank Green

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wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 7d

I understand. #MAGA is the result of decades of assault on education in #civics & the value of #government. #Democrats & #Republicans failed #Americans in #rural & #urban areas & everywhere btwn. They've allowed our education system & media to be eviscerated. These are the wages of those sins.

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 7d

When you finally run out of fucks to give.

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wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 7d

I understand the frustration. I enjoyed the catharsis of that video. Anyone who's lived through any part of the past several decades probably resonated.

@grahamformaine.bsky.social did tell us what we should do in the face of the revanchist movement of rural whites: be mad, but reach out & educate.

Democrat Graham Platner gives PERFECT response to MAGA crowd member

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 7d

I just learned about #Typhoon #Halong that hit #Alaska recently and has devastated communities there.

#Trump, #MAGA & #Republicans are undermining our government with their #shutdown, which makes it hard for @altfema.bsky.social to provide support to #Americans who desperately need it.

Dozens rescued as remnants of typhoon hits Alaska while nor'easter brings flooding to East Coast

Authorities say more than 30 people were rescued and three people remain unaccounted for in western Alaska after the remnants of Typhoon Halong brought hurricane-force winds and flooding strong enough...

apnews.com

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wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 8d

#Billionaires shouldn't exist. They're the #SlaveTraders & #Anti-Suffragists of our time. Those who celebrate & defend them are defending a poisonous institution.

@garyseconomics.bsky.social
#BarrysEconomics
#TaxWealthNotWork
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
@majorityreport.bsky.social

The Billionaire MeToo Movement is on it's way - Barry's Economics

YouTube video by Barry's Economics

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Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 10d

This is awesome.

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Wiseowl374 @wiseowl374.bsky.social · 11d

This man is your friend he fights for freedom poster but it’s portland frog hero

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wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 11d

#TrevorNoah talking about the #Saudi Comedy Festival.

I stand by calling #BillBurr & the other comedians who performed there terrible, shitty people.

Taking Trevor seriously, if those guys donated all their proceeds to #WomensRights, #LGBTQ, etc, maybe they'd be redeemed.

@jonlovett.bsky.social

Saudi Comedy Festival, Charlie Kirk - Between the Scenes

YouTube video by Trevor Noah

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wdhughes.bsky.social @wdhughes.bsky.social · 11d

#Democrats are given responsibility for the statements & actions of left-aligned weirdos all the time thanks to right wing media. Why are we not doing the same by forcing #Republicans to respond to the wildest right-wing shit posters and edgelords?