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Adrienne

@adrienneleigh.bsky.social

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Don’t you see we must either follow one wild possibility or else go home to bed? Also @[email protected] on Mastodon/Fediverse; find me there!

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Adrienne @adrienneleigh.bsky.social · Jul 26

"…I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free."
—Eugene V. Debs

Statement to the Court, Upon Being Convicted of Violating the Sedition Act

Eugene V. Debs Article.

www.marxists.org

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Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 17h

lol did not expect this one to take off but I just wanna say there’s no such thing as a good cop. ACAB means all for a reason.

Please don’t bother with this nonsense about “oh bad cops will leave” because A. No they won’t and B. There is no point in making that distinction.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 14h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
"
Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 18h

Comic cons *do* make me a little sad because all these comic artists and writers I admire are frequently very clearly not doing amazing, and to be mad AS AN ADULT about them not living up to your eight-year-old self’s disneyfied expectations is absolutely unhinged sociopathy imho

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 18h

I saw this on Threads (my mistake) and it absolutely infuriated me. Oh no, this creator, who was always making toyetic properties and probably isn’t seeing a ton of money from them these days, didn’t provide an adequately emotionally fulfilling experience at their temporary place of business???

I met the creator and animator of He Man and the Masters of the Universe today and told him what an honor it was to meet someone who shaped the very foundation of my childhood and of millions of kids in India. He just shrugged his shoulders and asked me if I wanted to buy the $60 Funko he was selling at his booth in New York Comic Con.
Reminder to not meet your hero's.

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Silo64 @silo64.bsky.social · 17h

This is fucking demented these big tech companies are just completely out of their fucking minds.

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

"Slashdot: What's the reason OneDrive tells users this setting can only be turned off 3 times a year?

[Microsoft's publicist chose not to answer this question.]"

Microsoft's OneDrive Begins Testing Face-Recognizing AI for Photos (for Some Preview Users) - Slashdot

I uploaded a photo on my phone to Microsoft's "OneDrive" file-hosting app — and there was a surprise waiting under Privacy and Permissions. "OneDrive uses AI to recognize faces in your photos.....

slashdot.org

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Adrienne @adrienneleigh.bsky.social · 18h

Oh, sure, there are plenty of perfectly normal tolerant atheists out there! (I'm not atheist myself, but i am agnostic). The problem is the ones who are obnoxious proselytizers are REALLY obnoxious.

Adrienne @adrienneleigh.bsky.social · 19h

Buddy, a lot of the most powerful atheists in the world right now explicitly advocate for misogyny and white supremacy in "scientific" terms. I assure you they are, in fact, pushing for systemic change that harms people!

schmasted.bsky.social @schmasted.bsky.social · 1d

Annoying? Absolutely.

Dangerously pushing for systemic change that harms people? Nope.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

“I’ve never seen it happen”

So when someone is saying they personally experience something and you say you’ve never seen it happen, that’s actually completely irrelevant evidence lol

Since we care about data and stuff

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

i am sooooooooo sick of the smug “blue no matter who” and “i use evidence unlike the bad people“ types on this site who can’t read for shit

a reading lesson: “I come into contact with X” — that’s about me and my definition of X — and “I find them annoying” — still about my experience!

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

Atheist proselytizers are the religious proselytizers I’m most likely to come into contact with and they’re just as annoying as all of the other ones I experience

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

Well it’s been fun watching the assholes among *us* atheists prove my point on this thread

And I know you guys want to keep impaling yourselves on this by explaining how you use empirical data, unlike me, while you ignore the empirical data about me but I’m locking you out now sorry lol

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Adrienne @adrienneleigh.bsky.social · 19h

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Willie Jack's Favorite Uncle @dandantransient.bsky.social · 1d

I've said it a million times, Western Atheists are often the most annoying and pushy denomination of Christianity.

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 20h

The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novel - Young Adult is HEIR by Sabaa Tahir

2025 Winner Outstanding Novel - Young Adult: HEIR by Sabaa Tahir

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 21h

Community Whistle flyer from Rogers Park area in Chicago.

@prisonculture.bsky.social says, "This is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone."

Why It Works
✪ Instant Alert System

✪ Faster Than Social Media

✪ Turns Silence Into Community Action

Analog device that's "Faster Than Social Media"? Lolol.

Informational flyer about Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, explaining how to use whistles to alert neighbors of emergencies, with color-coded alerts, steps for use, and encouragement to form a crowd and stay loud for safety.

Graphic:
FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER

[I will share some pieces of this in a separate post]

ROGERS PARK
WHISTLE PROTOCOLS

WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS

• A SIMPLE TOOL
FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD. •
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO
IGNORE. •
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.

WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE
CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.

WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM

• FASTER THAN
SOCIAL MEDIA

• TURNS SILENCE
INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION

WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE
AROUND YOUR NECK
• TEACH FAMILY &
NEIGHBORS THE
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH
OTHER, ALWAYS

TOGETHER, WE
KEEP OUR
COMMUNITY
SAFE.
FORM A CROWD,
STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
@PROTECTRP_

ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
@ @PILSENARTSCOMMUNITYHOUSE
INFO@PILSENARTSCOMMUNITYHOUSE.ORG

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 1d

There are many other ways in which the kids are not all right. Widespread concerns about reading comprehension are valid and threaten democracy in other ways. But in terms of being broadly accepting of racial and sexual diversity, the game's over, and the libs won. 2/2

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 1d

I need to write about this, but I've been telling people that one reason I still feel somewhat optimistic about the future is that, as a high school teacher, I get a good ground-floor view of just how cooked these monsters are. In terms of preventing cultural changes, they've already lost. 1/

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1d

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 12d

i love this from Georgia Power bc it implies my absurdly high power bill is because of something i'm doing and not because the republican controlled committee approved six unnecessary price hikes in the last two years 🫠

A screenshot from my electric company that reads:

"Usage Alerts will help you to proactively manage your bill.

Alerts can be personalized to your needs and be sent via email. "

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 20h

It's striking that even in the defenses of Bari Weiss's broader thing no one ever says that she or her website does good work. Even the people that admire the success she's had selling lite reactionary shit to rich old guys top out at "people do seem to like it." You could defend Jake Paul that way.

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Owen Dennis @oweeeeendennis.bsky.social · 21h

I was at this concert and lemme tell you, I've never seen a bigger audience pop than this.

If only there was some kind of message Democrats could read from this. Oh well!

www.thedailybeast.com/pop-star-cha...

Pop Star Pauses Concert to Say ‘F*** ICE’

Chappell Roan slammed the federal agency on Friday, while Chance the Rapper put out the same message at a different concert.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 20h

Some of you want to find a reason why your problematic fave is totally okay, actually.

Try: the art was good, and I enjoy it, but I know they weren't all that great to some people, and get why they aren't adored across the boards.

Do the exercise. It goes far.

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🚲5🇵🇸 @anyfishanytime.bsky.social · 20h

New LMS and SIS adopted

Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 21h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New LMS platform adopted

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

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Fuzzy Mike @fuzzymike.bsky.social · May 10

usually people say “police state” to mean a government that uses police to exercise an extreme level of control but the US is a “police state” in that the police all but run the state and are generally more powerful than mayors and governors

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

Part of the problem is that office holders are treated as if they’re somehow part of a noble elect who are entitled to their position, and it’s our job to personally identify with their struggles and understand just how tough they have it.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

“But the politicians are scared of police violence,” hmm how do you think we feel about it?

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