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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 9m

If you think that No Kings is a paid rally, go get a bag.

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Cangal 😷 @cangal.bsky.social · 9m

The Portland Zebra posted links to image files on reddit - www.reddit.com/user/kenistod/

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 15m

As usual, the muscular baby jeb lund knocks it out of the park.

Read this, then figure out where your closest No Kings protest is this Saturday.

muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 2h

Like a lot of us here, the Lock 'Em Up-est comments I see on social media are coming from, well, extremely normal people. So I wanted to explain how extremely helpful it would be this weekend if they scared the shit out of everyone driving them nuts.

Dear Normies: Time to Stand Up - Truthdig

For people who’ve never been to a protest in their lives, Saturday’s ‘No Kings’ rally is a good place to start.

www.truthdig.com

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brainfrog👩‍🦼🫁 @brainfrog.bsky.social · 1d

I have one week left to raise the remaining $1291 for out of pocket medical expenses related to my urgent surgery on the 23rd.

Thank you to everyone who's helped me get this far. As always, I will be paying it forward as soon as I can.

brainfrog👩‍🦼🫁 @brainfrog.bsky.social · Aug 28

Apologies, somehow the original was deleted. I'm undergoing my 3rd urgent, non-elective revision spinal fusion this Oct to replace & extend my hardware. I'd appreciate any help in achieving this goal to ensure I have the resources necessary to recover safely & fully.
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Donate to Lee-Ann's 3rd Spine Surgery Survival Fund, organized by Lee-Ann SB

Hey folks, my name is Lee-Ann. I'm a thirtysomething living in Ontario, Canada… Lee-Ann SB needs your support for Lee-Ann's 3rd Spine Surgery Survival Fund

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 24m

"Alright man. Just get out there and make up your usual weird bullshit. Just make sure it's not creepy, okay? Because people are fine with us making shit up, but they can't think we're huge freaks. You got this."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children."

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Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · 29m

Meanwhile there are actual decent non-Mitch McConnell people who struggle with things like walking without falling and can see you suggesting that folks like them belong in assisted living facilities and not in political office.

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Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · 33m

Just a suggestion that folks refrain from ableism and ageism when discussing Mitch McConnell.

Being old and falling down doesn't make him a trash person, but all the actual trash things he has done and facilitated definitely do.

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 2h

Everyone knows that Meta is basically single-handedly behind the "do age verification in the app store" push, right?

Government mandated online age verification is dangerous, doesn't work, and poses a massive threat to human rights and free expression no matter where/how it's done. Full stop.

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Cangal 😷 @cangal.bsky.social · 34m

Canadian Tire will start selling iconic Hudson's Bay blankets, donating proceeds to Indigenous fund
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Canadian Tire will start selling iconic Hudson's Bay blankets, donating proceeds to Indigenous fund | CBC News

Canadian Tire acquired HBC's intellectual property, including the striped blanket design, earlier this year for $30 million as part of the wind down of the retailer.

www.cbc.ca

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 40m

Our investigative folks at the Fifth Estate having been trying for months to get the province to talk about a leak of thousands of Interior Health employees’ personal information, and who was responsible.

The response from Health Minister Josie Osborne is not exactly inspirational.

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Cangal 😷 @cangal.bsky.social · 40m

Toronto renters should make about $44 hourly to comfortably afford a one-bedroom apartment: report www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

Toronto renters should make about $44 hourly to comfortably afford a one-bedroom apartment: report

If a renter in Toronto wants to dedicate about a third of their paycheque to a one-bedroom apartment each month, they should be making roughly $44 an hour.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 46m

Among the many cool things that Equal Access Public Media (@equalaccesspublicmedia.org) does is their Style and Accessibility Guide! It is a thorough and robust resource. It's free, and open to all in media — and beyond — to use.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 46m

Equal Access Public Media (@equalaccesspublicmedia.org) is working to make news more accessible to people who have trouble accessing news because of disabilities, use of alternative communications, different ways of accessing the internet, or low literacy levels.

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Making journalism more accessible for you

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lissa @unraveledlissa.bsky.social · 1h

An important case brought to light by Euan and The Tyee.

“The war on drugs, and all the politicians and policy makers that maintain it are covered in blood — the blood of our friends, loved ones and families.”

Euan Tombstone @drugdatadecoded.ca · 1h

Thanks to @thetyee.ca for getting this story out to a bigger audience. Some incredible comments by the judge during the closing arguments.

thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

DULF Founders 'Being Hung out to Dry,' Says Judge | The Tyee

Arguments in the trafficking trial for providing tested drugs has ended, with a verdict due Nov. 7.

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Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · Jul 6

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The Anatomy of Epistemic Capture, and How We Lost the Battle for Reality.

aka Joe Rogan is a festering steaming frothy loose pile of human feces, Joe Walsh, Alex Jones and so many more are parasites that inhabit that pile. That's my informed opinion anyway.

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Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · Jul 6

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What is Epistemic Capture?

It's when bad actors seize control of how knowledge is produced, interpreted, and distributed.

They don’t just distort facts, they hijack narrative space, weaponize meaning, and win people’s imaginations.

So scenarios like Don imagined are highly plausible.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

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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Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · Jul 6

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The results across domains:

• Climate change: delayed action, discredited science
• Public health: vaccine refusal, anti-mask hysteria
• Democracy: election denial, "deep state" fears
• Gender identity: moral panic, erasure of rights

The tactic? Shift the frame from policy to paranoia.

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Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · Jul 6

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How they operate:

• Weaponized doubt (“We just want a debate”)
• Pseudo-expertise (manufactured credentials)
• Algorithmic amplification (engagement over truth)
• Astroturfed dissent (fake grassroots rage)
• Innocent framing (“I’m just asking questions”)

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 5h

Reddit's AI product provided dangerous advice in medical subreddits and moderators can't turn it off www.404media.co/reddit-answe...

Reddit's AI Suggests Users Try Heroin

AI-generated Reddit Answers are giving bad advice in medical subreddits and moderators can’t opt out.

www.404media.co

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 2h

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

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Cangal 😷 @cangal.bsky.social · 1h

a woman is covering her face with her hands in front of a paramount sign

Alt: a woman is covering her face with her hands

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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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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1h

I dont know what stage of capitalism this is, but I am exhausted

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17h

the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 1h

The problem isn’t that Republicans are racist, misogynist, nazis who love rape jokes, it’s that their racist, misogynist, nazi rape jokes were leaked.

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 1d

Nick Fuentes says the leaked Young Republican chats prove that "everyone's a groyper now," but they have to do a better job of hiding their real views: "These guys were doing a great thing ... The mistake that they made is that they were sloppy." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

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