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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

I frequently say you don't need to protest. You don't! There are a thousand other ways to push back on fascism if protesting doesn't feel comfortable or safe for you!

But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

NO KINGS, y'all! October 18! Find a rally near you and GO!

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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 9d

"Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared."

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 9d

NEW: Judge Immergut issues her written second TRO, blocking the Trump admin from deploying ANY federalized National Guard troops from ANY state in Oregon. (Full hearing thread below) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Based on this Court's prior Opinion and Order Granting Plaintiffs' First Motion for
Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 56; the hearing on Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; and the newly submitted declarations, ECF 60, 63, 65, this Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 59, and ORDERS as follows:
1. Defendants are temporarily enjoined from deploying federalized members of the
National Guard in Oregon.

2. This Second Temporary Restraining Order expires by its own terms in fourteen
days on October 19, 2025.
3. Plaintiffs are ORDERED to post a nominal bond of $100 within 48 hours. The
bond shall be filed in the Clerk's Office and be deposited into the registry of the Court.
4. Defendants' Request to Stay or Administratively Stay this Second Temporary
Restraining Order, which was raised in the hearing on Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary
Restraining Order, is DENIED.
The Court Clerk will contact the parties to schedule a telephone hearing on
October 17, 2025, to address whether this Second Temporary Restraining Order should be extended for another 14 days.
6. Any motion for a Preliminary Injunction shall be filed no later than October 17,
2025; Defendants' opposition shall be due no later than October 23, 2025, and Plaintiffs' reply shall be due on October 27, 2025.
A combined hearing on the preliminary injunction motion and a trial on the merits
under Rule 65(a)(2) is set for October 29, 2025, before the Honorable Judge Karin J. Immergut, in Courtroom 13A, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
IT IS SO ORDERED
DATED this 5th day of October.
/s/ Karin J. Immergut
Karin J. Immergut
United States District Judge

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Odin Halvorson @indubitablyodin.bsky.social · 9d

This feature literally saved my butt during a recent switch from CalyxOS! Love seeing important updates like this.

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 9d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Signal @signal.org · 11d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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Odin Halvorson @indubitablyodin.bsky.social · 25d

Ah, yes, budding brownshirts can argue with a professor and then get that professor to administrators and the president of an entire university fired.

But our democracy is completely fine.

Odin Halvorson @indubitablyodin.bsky.social · 26d

I had a wonderful time last night presenting at the Virtual International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts. My presentation on jediism, hauntology, and postmodernism was very fun, And there were so many great insightful questions, plus my co-panelists presentations were an absolute treat.

Odin Halvorson @indubitablyodin.bsky.social · Sep 15

Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective

In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.

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#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS

Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective

In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation. Join me as I unpack being a first-generation master’s student, the challenges of specialization vs generalism, and how this degree reshaped

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Odin Halvorson @indubitablyodin.bsky.social · Sep 7

Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective

In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.

www.youtube.com/watc...

#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS

Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective

In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation. Join me as I unpack being a first-generation master’s student, the challenges of specialization vs generalism, and how this degree reshaped

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Odin Halvorson @indubitablyodin.bsky.social · Aug 31

Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective

In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.

www.youtube.com/watc...

#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS

Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective

In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation. Join me as I unpack being a first-generation master’s student, the challenges of specialization vs generalism, and how this degree reshaped

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The Sons of Liberty @sonsofliberty.bsky.social · Aug 26

Funny how they scream angrily about "Socialism" until their Orange Messiah, YamTits McJulius, is having the government take control of private businesses. 🐸🍵 ~AdminMatt

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Tech Oversight Project @techoversight.bsky.social · Aug 26

For a weekly digest on Big Tech's biggest harms and the effort to hold them accountable in Congress and statehouses across the country, subscribe to The Dispatch.

The Dispatch

A weekly newsletter about tech policy from the Team at The Tech Oversight Project.

dispatch.techoversight.org

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · Aug 26

Let us by all means determine that software should be covered by the Working Time Directive. Let’s tell OpenAI they can no longer change or deactivate their models because that amounts to forced surgery or murder. If we must have this conversation, let it go all the way.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 26

Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times

As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient

www.theguardian.com

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · Aug 26

AI “investors have been expecting record returns for their expenditures…”

But NINETY-FIVE PERCENT (95%) of companies are getting ZERO return on artificial intelligence — “despite investing billions”

www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...

@johncassidysays.bsky.social @newyorker.com

A man at his computer; text: 95% of companies studied are getting zero return on AI - despite investing billions. | Investors have been expecting record returns for their expenditures. but some are beginning to fear

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Odin Halvorson @indubitablyodin.bsky.social · Aug 26

wtf

domi @domi.zip · Aug 26

THINK OF TERRORIST CHILDREN

Android Authority @androidauthority.com · Aug 25

Google wants to make sideloading Android apps safer by verifying developers’ identities

Odin Halvorson @indubitablyodin.bsky.social · Aug 24

Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective

In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.

www.youtube.com/watc...

#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS

Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective

In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation. Join me as I unpack being a first-generation master’s student, the challenges of specialization vs generalism, and how this degree reshaped

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Rachel Hands @rachelhands.com · Aug 24

the language of “collaboration”
with gen-ai tools is always pronounced in my brain in the voice of Kira Nerys

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Aug 24

Better for…

A Better Way to Think About AI

Artificial intelligence is ready to collaborate. Why fixate on automation?

www.theatlantic.com

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PenguinGuy 👊🐧🔥 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 @penguinguynz.bsky.social · Aug 24

It’s not a competition.

Both Gaza and Ukraine are besieged by fascist colonial invaders on illegal land grabs who want to eliminate the local population.

Both invaders need to eradicated.

And Israel’s war on Gaza did not begin on 7 October. It began in 1947.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 23

After DOGE outed Halimi, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.

They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.

DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.

Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · Aug 22

AMAZING NEWS! A judge has ruled that the Everglades Interment Camp must halt operations. They cannot receive new immigrants (thank GOD), and must tear down fencing and other aspects within 60 days. Essentially making it inoperable.

www.everglades.org/judge-halts-...

Judge Halts Operations at Everglades Detention Center With Preliminary Injunction

www.everglades.org

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 22

Your car is not your castle — it’s a constitutional gray zone.

It doesn’t have the same Fourth Amendment protections as homes. You can refuse to open the door of your home if officers don’t have a warrant; you can’t refuse to step out of your car.

“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”

We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · Aug 22

Opposition absolutely works. It's not 100% of the time but we have to attack from as many fronts as possible.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Aug 22

BREAKING: A federal judge in Miami gave the state of Florida 60 days to clear out the immigrant detention facility called Alligator Alcatraz — handing environmentalists and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians a win.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 21

Newsom: We got here because the President is struggling. We got here because the President is one of the most unpopular presidents in U.S. history. We got here because he recognizes that he will lose the election.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Aug 22

Check this shit!

Earlier today, ICE tried to break into private property in Lynwood, California — no judicial warrant, no authority. Acting like thugs, not federal agents.

Spoiler alert: Lynwood does not play. This trio of goons got sent packing.

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