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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 1h

This is such a powerful piece from @reptroycarter.bsky.social and @repfields.bsky.social on the importance of the Voting Rights Act.

As the Supreme Court hears arguments on this legislation, it is so vital that we all remember WHY it was enacted.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...

Opinion | The Shadow of Jim Crow Looms Over the Supreme Court

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Kim Crawley (she/her) 😷🍉 @stopgenai.com · 8h

Get rid of Windows!

Install Linux!

And read our guide!

stopgenai.com/how-to-avoid...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

“.. one of the U.S. officials, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

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🦇 Killy Witches 🎃👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 1h

spotify pays millions to transphobic anti-vaxxer Joe Rogan and so my production company pulled all our podcasts off the service years ago and never looked back

they “pay” fractions of pennies to every musician there too

consider finding a better service

shouldn’t be hard when the bar’s this low!

SFGATE @sfgate.com · 2d

Spotify responded that the ads do not violate its policies.

Spotify is running ICE hiring ads boasting wild signing bonuses

Spotify responded that the ads do not violate its policies.

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 2h

When knowledge is free, why subscribe to or read Forbes?

#Satire

Vlad 🐸 Țepeș @porcupunk.bsky.social · 23h

Wow. Just wow.

"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."

When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?

Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2h

One child going hungry in America is one too many – this used to be a value we could all agree upon.

The Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans need to do their damn job and start delivering for the American people.

Enough is enough.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2h

The alleged security breaches by John Bolton remind me of security breaches by another ex-government official who kept classified records in his bathroom and evaded justice with the help of a corrupt MAGA judge in Florida.

Photo of records kept in Mar-a-Lago bathroom

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AdotSad @adotsad.bsky.social · 2h

This is touted as the most populist version of the Republican party

Kathleen Romig @kathleenromig.bsky.social · 5h

Despite repeatedly promising not to cut Social Security, the Trump Admin is reportedly preparing a proposed rule that could reduce the share of applicants who qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance by up to 20%--which would be the largest cut ever. 🧵

www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...

Trump Administration Plans Deep Cuts to Social Security Disability Insurance, Particularly for Older Workers

Despite repeatedly promising not to cut Social Security, the Trump Administration is reportedly preparing a proposed rule that could reduce the share of applicants who qualify for Social Security...

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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 2h

it is so weird to spend the day talking about the intricacies of securities regulation and federal civil procedure while the rule of law crumbles around me.

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Amber DaSilva @poolontheruf.gg · 3h

mad max, that character famous for his cowboy hat and big mustache

Electrek @electrek.co · 5h

Tesla brings back ‘Mad Max’ ‘Full Self-Driving’ mode that ignores speed limits

Tesla has brought back its ‘Mad Max’ mode for its ‘Full Self-Driving (Supervised) that ignores speed limits amid several regulatory investigations into Tesla’s system being dangerous. more…

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 2h

This thread leaves out the conclusion: that Sydney Reid was acquitted by the jury. 3 failed grand jury indictments for a felony, an indictment for a misdemeanor, an entire trial, and then an acquittal. Besides all the moral and ethical considerations, what a colossal waste of money and time.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 5h

Sydney Reid acquitted.

This was a case where someone filming was assaulted, and then arrested and charged with felony assault.

The grand jury no billed that, so they took her to trial on a misdemeanor charge. There were a bunch of discovery problems.

And now this.

Kudos to the FPDS!

A verdict form for Sydney Lori Reid. She was found Not Guilty.

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 1d

Unban Link.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 10d

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but inconsistent moderation quickly eroded trust.

When systemically marginalized users pushed back, Bluesky’s leadership minimized concerns and began to target them for bans.

Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where systemically marginalized users could feel safer, but…

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2h

Can we be done with the Fetterman comparisons now

New York Magazine @nymag.com · 6h

Newly surfaced internet comments made by Graham Platner — he once identified as a Communist, and railed against police — present the Maine senate candidate with his first real test.

Graham Platner’s Honeymoon Is Over

Newly surfaced internet comments made by Graham Platner — he once identified as a Communist, and railed against police — present the Maine senate candidate with his first real test.

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 2h

Cops are great

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 9d

He’s seen the photos, she’s seen the photos, and there’s nothing else she can do or say. This is textbook, “I will never ask you a question I don’t already know the answer to.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 4h

Ok fine it’s longer than 6 words but this is the greatest short story ever written.

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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 3h

(Context the above is being used to target women in tech on Twitter, by implying they sell photos of their feet because you actually really can't tell these are fake photos on first glance)
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𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · 3h

I really want to see someone write a critically reimagined review of the entire tech landscape from, say, 2004 to the present, as primarily being an architecture for marshaling and directing harassment.

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 6h

For @spitfirenews.com, I found that increasingly realistic AI-generated videos are being deployed to harass, smear, and create endless offensive content of influencers, whose likenesses are already readily available online. It’s happening to private figures, too.
spitfirenews.com/p/ai-generat...

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Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️‍🌈🚀🦄 📜 @lynnemthomas.com · 3h

MY BAD, THERE ARE ONLY SIX KNOWN COPIES (I was thinking of a different title where there are 12 known copies and we hold one)

Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️‍🌈🚀🦄 📜 @lynnemthomas.com · 3h

Today's episode of "holy shit, we have THAT in our collections?!" is the first edition (1811) of Percy Shelley's The Necessity of Atheism. That's the pamphlet that got him kicked out of Oxford, and there are only 12 known copies. 😎

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Hell-Raea-ser 🦋✨🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @raea.meangirls.online · 6h

remote work is like birth control or UBI atp where there’s overwhelming research consensus they improve quality of life for people they apply to, yet access is impeded or blocked by the ruling class because the thought of marginalized ppl having rich full lives makes steam come out their ears

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 6h

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

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Signing Mass Effect @ Essen! @ithayla.bsky.social · 4h

ironically, they just announced clam spit has been turned into bone glue.

The Onion @theonion.com · 4h

Biologists Announce There Absolutely Nothing We Can Learn From Clams https://theonion.com/biologists-announce-there-absolutely-nothing-we-can-learn-from-clams/

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Piper @the-pied-piper.bsky.social · 4h

But my point was “man born to privilege is told his empire is good so fights for evil empire for a long time then realizes he’s a baddie, becomes revolutionary” is a very common reoccurring theme in the history of revolutionaries and not, on its own, proof of duplicity.

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 5h

Brilliant article from @sirosenbaum.bsky.social about the "purity" of female bodies and why the hell philosophers are filing amicus briefs citing Socrates to keep trans women from playing sports. Only on @flaminghydra.com! flaminghydra.com/purity-tests/

Purity Tests

Among the cornucopia of horrors pouring out in our daily news, you may have missed this one. It’s an amicus brief, though it’s not at all friendly, arguing that trans girls shouldn’t play sports on gi...

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Jean-Marc Liotier @liotier.bsky.social · 4h

"Gunboat diplomacy is the pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of naval power, implying or constituting a direct threat of warfare should terms not be agreeable to the superior force"

sanneru.bsky.social @sanneru.bsky.social · 1d

A trio of US B-52H Stratofortress bombers was spotted flying near Venezuelan airspace in what some analysts are calling a bold display of military power. Flight tracking data shows all three bombers departed from Louisiana's Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, starting at 2:50am ET.
#Venezuela

America's nuclear bombers spotted on secret mission over Venezuela

Flight trackers spotted three B-52H Stratofortress bombers leaving the US and hovering near Venezuelan airspace in what some analysts are calling a bold display of military power.

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jag @i-am-j.ag · 4h

Periodic reminder: Tolerance is a social contract, not a death pact.

If you are bigoted, hateful, rude, or sociopathic, you've defaulted on that contract and are no longer entitled to tolerance, civility, or acceptance anywhere in polite society.

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 6h

TC
But Blacksky takes it one step further.
It targets minorities and marginalized individuals and has an algorithm that can filter out racial harassment. Unlike X, where a user might block one racist person and then see another, users on Blacksky can completely filter out whatever they want from their timelines, providing a custom social media experience.
"Sometimes you need a global stage.
Sometimes you just want a cozy corner with close internet friends where you can control who sees what," Fraser told TechCrunch.
Users own their data and can decide to host such information on Blacksky rather than Bluesky, giving them control over who has access to their content.
People also vote on decisions together, Fraser said, such as what the community guidelines should be and if non-Black users should be allowed to post in the community.

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