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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 5h

Here's how you can help survivors of the Western Alaska storm:

Here's how you can help survivors of the Western Alaska storm

The remnants of Typhoon Halong have killed one person, left two missing, displaced hundreds and destroyed or damaged dozens of homes.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 17h

Also just thinking through what this is going to mean for victims/survivors of sexual violence, stalking and more. And how perpetrators and predators will use this technology because OpenAI definitely doesn’t care

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know how many times to point out that is absolutely ghoulish and non-consensual and disgusting behavior.
To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also.
Sick.

October 10, 2025

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Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Happen Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Screenshot includes an AI generated image of what looks like a human cross between Daenaerys Targaryen and Marilyn Monroe on the back of a dragon.

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Dave 86-47 @bulldogdemocrat.bsky.social · 3d

ANTIFA Pumpkin Carving Contest Winner - 2025

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Amber J Martin, Ph.D. @lefthemisphere.bsky.social · 1d

Glad that my local airport has refused to air this video too.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown. trib.al/tw3Hd3X

Airports Are Pushing Back Against Kristi Noem’s Shutdown Propaganda

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday we received word that the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) within Dept of Ed (DoEd) was gutted--right now we believe there is no one or nearly no one left. But what does it mean? 1/11

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Amber J Martin, Ph.D. @lefthemisphere.bsky.social · 2d

My heart breaks for you, Saleh. I thought you had made it through the genocide. RIP.

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Amber J Martin, Ph.D. @lefthemisphere.bsky.social · 3d

People in Gaza need continued support and will for a time to come. You can donate directly to individual families like Jamal’s

chuffed.org/project/1389...

Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!

Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...

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Amber J Martin, Ph.D. @lefthemisphere.bsky.social · 3d

What the fuck is this?

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Columbus Day, 2025

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Today our Nation honors the legendary Christopher Columbus -- the original American hero,

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 3d

Honestly, it’s exhausting that people think Gazans should only ask for help to survive to eat, to stay alive but not to dream, to study, or to rebuild their lives. Wanting education, safety, and a future isn’t greed. It’s being human.

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mohammed554.bsky.social @mohammed554.bsky.social · 4d

@lefthemisphere.bsky.social I am Muhammad. We live in a state of genocide. We are suffering from hunger and my sister Retaj suffers from anemia. She needs food. I need $300. Please don’t ignore me. 😭💔💔

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Anas Basil 🍉 @annas-basil4.bsky.social · 4d

@lefthemisphere.bsky.social
We’re safe, but everything around us isn’t. Two years of war left nothing standing. If kindness could rebuild walls, Gaza would already shine again.
🤍 Be part of the light that helps Gaza stand again.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 4d

There may be a ceasefire but families in Gaza have lost almost everything and are having to rebuild. Mahmoud has a new baby arriving soon too ❤️

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 4d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mahmoud. Mahmoud was a computer engineer doing web development before this. He’s lost his job and home (and many coworkers) and is in a tent with his family including his children Zeina, 6 and Zane, 2. His wife Malak is 7 months pregnant.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 4d

Giving the Nobel Peace Prize to someone who enthusiastically supports the first extrajudicial massacre by Trump and his apparatus of her countrymen in small boats is bleak.

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 4d

They gave the Nobel Peace Prize to someone who supports and praises Trump’s extrajudicial execution of Venezuelan civilians?

Max P III @blackballer.bsky.social · 4d

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Amber J Martin, Ph.D. @lefthemisphere.bsky.social · 5d

“When we speak of raids, of suspicion, of the quiet erosion of rights, we’re not predicting — we’re recalling. Listen to Black people. The warning isn’t a sermon; it’s a survival manual.”

theintercept.com/2025/10/08/c...

Black People Knew This Would Happen

Generational experience has taught us what happens when the state builds a weapon for someone else: Sooner or later, it finds a way back to us.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 5d

Keep your corrupt, grubby, abusive hands off Tish James, Donald Trump.

Your cowardice is showing — weak men seek revenge on powerful women who hold them to account.

But NY’rs don’t play. Our AG has been a fierce warrior for our rights, time & again. You better believe we’ll be there for hers.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Amber J Martin, Ph.D. @lefthemisphere.bsky.social · 5d

There is still so much need in Gaza. Help by donating and sharing.

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Please Donate to Oday Halawa in Gaza to survive and build a home

My name is Mohammed A and I live in Mississauga, ON Canada. I am setting up this fundraising page for Oday Halawa from Gaza. He is looking for donations to pay for daily necessities for his family and...

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 6d

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 6d

"[C]onversion therapy increased 'serious psychological distress [compared to those who received no therapy] (47% vs 34%), depression (65% vs 27%), substance abuse (67% vs 50%), and attempted suicide (58% vs 39%).'"

With "affirmative therapy [..] suicide attempts plummeted to 3%."
#USA #Healthcare

The Unscientific Nonsense of Conversion Therapy — Assigned

Conversion therapy is not only ineffective at its purported goal, but also only serves to amplify psychological distress.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Amber J Martin, Ph.D. @lefthemisphere.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone may join us in our solidarity fast.

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GAZA SOLIDARITY FAST: A CALL TO ACTION

GAZA SOLIDARITY FAST: A CALL TO ACTION CUNY FSJP calls on you to join teachers, students, and staff at schools and universities in and beyond New York City standing in solidarity with Gaza through a ...

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 6d

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Amber J Martin, Ph.D. @lefthemisphere.bsky.social · 6d

Free.

Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · 6d

A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness compiles Francesca Albanese's damning reports on Israel’s conduct in Palestine since October 2023.

The ebook is free to download. We encourage readers to donate to @unrwa.org to support their critical work: www.plutobooks.com/product/a-mo...

Book cover and promotional image for A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness: Reports on Israel’s Genocide in Palestine by Francesca Albanese, edited by Mandy Turner and Lex Takkenberg. The cover features an illustration of two women in red and black dresses holding a white dove against a red background. Text above reads “READ THE REPORTS FOR YOURSELF.” A yellow circle on the right says “FREE EBOOK – Available on plutobooks.com.

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Amber J Martin, Ph.D. @lefthemisphere.bsky.social · 7d

Help Kholoud and her family survive the worst days of their lives.

gofund.me/7e11b57f9

Donate to Help Ahmed and his family survive in Gaza, organized by AHMED ALJA

I am Ahmed, a Palestinian living in Gaza since 1998 after losing my father in 199… AHMED ALJA needs your support for Help Ahmed and his family survive in Gaza

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