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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 6h

I remember a few people on here saying the reports were exaggerated

Lisa Röstlund @lisarostlund.bsky.social · 8h

We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.

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Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4h

"Covering a war means going to places torn by chaos, destruction and death... It means trying to find the truth in a sandstorm of propaganda" - the late Marie Colvin.

Truth is the cornerstone of justice. Without it we can't start to hold those responsible to account. Let journalists into Gaza.

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 4h

The Rafah crossing is expected to re-open.

Alongside the desperately needed aid, journalists must be allowed into Gaza.

Over 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza - but the crimes of the Israeli government and military must not go undocumented.

Let the journalists in.

Graphic with an image of a press photographer among rubble in Gaza.

Text reads:

REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.

LET
JOURNALISTS
IN

Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London, SE16 9GQ

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Mae 美妍 @atfruitbat.myatproto.social · 5h

She doesn't speak for me either.

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I'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social · 7h

Not again… I’m getting stronger…

A black and white cat sits upright with a serious, confident expression

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Katie Beckett @klbex13.bsky.social · 8h

I'd rather listen to @zackpolanski.bsky.social talk about women's rights than Rowling because he includes all women including trans and non binary.

And I'm a cis woman.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 9h

Carole Malone, "Youu can't say what women's rights are because you're not a woman"

Zack Polanski, "You're not trans are you. We can all say you're not that thing so you can't have an opinion" 🔥

"You can still have an opinion from listening to people"

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 6h

Farage and foreign influence. He is not working for Britain, but for the highest bidder

Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 6h

How a Democracy for Sale story about US Christian Right funding prompted a @nytimes.com investigation into the links between Nigel Farage, Reform UK and the Alliance Defending Freedom.

So good to speak to the peerless Jane Bradley:

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/nigel-fara...

Nigel Farage and the foreign influence threat

How US anti-abortionists are supporting Reform, and why we need to talk about Russian influence, with the New York Times’ Jane Bradley.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 9h

Carole Malone, "Youu can't say what women's rights are because you're not a woman"

Zack Polanski, "You're not trans are you. We can all say you're not that thing so you can't have an opinion" 🔥

"You can still have an opinion from listening to people"

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bird/h @birdperhour.net · 6h

#birdbot

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 6h

In the month since I was elected leader of the Green Party, we have gained a new member equivalent of every single minute. 24/7.

We're all smiling. But we've also got a big job to do.

Let's make hope normal again.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Visibly enthusiastic, incredibly articulate and with a winning smile that never left his face, Zack seemed entirely at home

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 1d

Actual safety notice from my alma mater:

Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses being used exactly as everyone expected

The techbros are not okay (it’s a completely open campus…not all the buildings, obviously)

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Office of Public Safety

Crime Safety Advisory:
Suspicious Occurrence Reported

Dear USF Community,

We want to make you aware of recent reports of a suspicious occurrence on and around campus. Multiple community members have reported contact from an individual, described as male and wearing Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses, who has approached women with unwanted comments and inappropriate dating questions. Reports indicate that this individual may be attempting to post these interactions online under the account name "pickuplines.pov" on TikTok, Instagram, and possibly other social media platforms.

While no threats or acts of violence have been reported, we want our community to stay informed and take steps to support one another.
If you encounter this individual or any suspicious activity:

Take immediate action to report the incident at the time it occurs by calling Public Safety Dispatch.
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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 18h

Side view of a small white bunny sitting on a bed of hay and wood shavings.

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 1d

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Mae 美妍 @atfruitbat.myatproto.social · 22h

Today's earworm

youtu.be/O_xrzoc6WP0

[Chinese/Pinyin/Mmsub] 海市蜃楼 - 一颗狼星许蓝心/Hai Shi Shen Lou - Xu Lan Xin

YouTube video by Crystal 冰瑶

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Mae 美妍 @atfruitbat.myatproto.social · 23h

"In my kind and inclusive city of York, those putting up flags and supporting them have been emboldened to perpetrate racism, intimidate communities, have beaten people up, and hung a death threat on our city wall."

It was always about violence for the flaggers.

www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2554307...

York MP calls for help in getting flags down - saying people have been threatened

Workers who have been hired by City of York Council to take down flags erected across the city are being intimidated by activists, an MP has said.

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Murk @ginkgogoes.bsky.social · 1d

Tree sparrow 🪶

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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 1d

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🎉 110,000 Green Party members!

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

This surge is now absolutely phenomenal.

110,000 members.

That's +5000 in the last 24 hours alone!

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 1d

Vote Reform, get misogynists and abusers

D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 1d

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 1d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 27% (=)
LAB: 20% (=)
CON: 17% (=)
LDM: 16% (-1)
GRN: 13% (+1)
SNP: 3% (-1)

Via @yougov.co.uk, 12-13 Oct.
Changes w/ 5-6 Oct.

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Mae 美妍 @atfruitbat.myatproto.social · 23h

GOOD. About time!

Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 1d

BBC caves to complaints and agrees to major Zack Polanski interview

www.thenational.scot/news/2554271...

BBC caves to complaints and agrees to major Zack Polanski interview

ZACK Polanski will be interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg after the BBC received complaints from the public for the lack of coverage of the Green Party…

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Kayce Bell @kaycebell.bsky.social · 22d

Hi! We need lice for our diversity and adaptation project. Specifically, we need lice from zebras, camelids (camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, guanacos) & aardvarks. If you or someone you know might have lice, I'm happy to discuss our inclusive collaboration plans!
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Mammals & Lice

We are interested in understanding what drives host-parasite relationships. We are using the Anoplura (sucking lice) parasite and mammalian host system to generate a comprehensive sucking louse phylog...

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

'“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno...wrote'

'Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator.'

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Mae 美妍 @atfruitbat.myatproto.social · 1d

Like Odo, he's in liquid form in his bucket 😹

I'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social · 1d

He’s so relaxed, he turned into liquid

A black and white cat is sitting inside a white bucket, looking relaxed and almost melted into its shape.

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Mae 美妍 @atfruitbat.myatproto.social · 1d

Also a good rejoinder to the kind of people who suggest you have to make yourself rub shoulders with bigots, or else you're in an "echo chamber". Actually no, it's a well considered position to keep bigots at arm's length.

Chris Kendall 👊🇪🇺🧶 @ottocr.at · 1d

For some reason I had laboured under the misapprehension that Moseley disappeared from politics after the 1930s. But he was still at it in the 60s. I did not realise that there was a direct unbroken line of continuity from him to Farage via the National Front. Anyway, Bertie shows us how it’s done.

In December 1961, the British fascist, Oswald Mosley, sent Bertrand Russell two of his books. Mosley wrote of ‘the two root differences between us' in international politics, and subsequently invited Russell to lunch. On 22 January 1962, Russell declined the invitation in these terms.

Dear Sir Oswald,

Thank you for your letter and for your enclosures. I have given some thought to our recent correspondence. It is always difficult to decide on how to respond to people whose ethos is so alien and, in fact, repellent to one's own. It is not that I take exception to the general points made by you but that every ounce of my energy has been devoted to an active opposition to cruel bigotry, compulsive violence, and the sadistic persecution which has characterised the philosophy and practice of fascism.

I feel obliged to say that the emotional universes we inhabit are so distinct, and in deepest ways opposed, that nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from association between us.

I should like you to understand the intensity of this conviction on my part. It is not out of any attempt to be rude that I say this but because of all that I value in human experience and human achievement.

Yours sincerely,
Bertrand Russell

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