LAshton 🌱
@leoashton.bsky.social
Bunny companion, animal liberation, human rights, artist on west coast. Wine & tech industry escapee. He/him #Brandalism leoashton.net
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They’re not cowardly.
They’re complicit.
Assuming they’re cowardly gives them the benefit of the doubt of being in opposition.
They’re complicit.
Assuming they’re cowardly gives them the benefit of the doubt of being in opposition.
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
They’re not cowardly.
They’re complicit.
Assuming they’re cowardly gives them the benefit of the doubt of being in opposition.
They’re complicit.
Assuming they’re cowardly gives them the benefit of the doubt of being in opposition.
They really just want to dump garbage on us as long as they dont have to pay artists. www.creativebloq.com/design/adver...
Hilarious graphic shows how bad the Coca-Cola Christmas ad really is
Real Magic?
www.creativebloq.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
They really just want to dump garbage on us as long as they dont have to pay artists. www.creativebloq.com/design/adver...
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Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
Yes, our government of clowns (no offense to 🤡) is that petty and stupid.
A win! A federal judge has ruled that the White House must once again provide American Sign Language interpreters during press briefings. The U.S. District Judge Amir Ali emphasized that these briefings inform Americans about critical
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Yes, our government of clowns (no offense to 🤡) is that petty and stupid.
As if this POS Musk and his tech bros weren’t creepy enough, they keep finding a way.
“At a meeting in April, xAI staff lawyer Lily Lim told employees that they would need to submit their biometric data to train the AI companion to be more human-like in its interactions with customers, according to a recording of the meeting review by the Journal.”
xAI used employee biometric data to train Elon Musk’s AI girlfriend
Project Skippy?
www.theverge.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
As if this POS Musk and his tech bros weren’t creepy enough, they keep finding a way.
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
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In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
It's not policy, just a schoolyard bully enforcing his cruelty. www.nationofchange.org/2025/11/03/u...
USDA warning to grocers deepens SNAP crisis as Trump defies court orders | NationofChange
www.nationofchange.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
It's not policy, just a schoolyard bully enforcing his cruelty. www.nationofchange.org/2025/11/03/u...
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There’s no opt-out, no warrant requirement, and almost no oversight. In a nation built on personal freedom, the idea that the government can identify, track, and store your data simply by pointing a phone at your face should alarm everyone citizens and non-citizens alike.
November 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
There’s no opt-out, no warrant requirement, and almost no oversight. In a nation built on personal freedom, the idea that the government can identify, track, and store your data simply by pointing a phone at your face should alarm everyone citizens and non-citizens alike.
A tale of 2 species/places. Authorities compelled to act by activists including friends that were initially charged with felony for rescuing dogs. In Sonoma County another friend was vilified and convicted a day later for doing same thing for 4 chickens. #OpenRescue support.peta.org/page/90101/a...
Progress! Lab Supplier Shuts Down Puppy Pipeline—but Dogs Still Need Your Help
Help give dogs still trapped at Ridglan a second chance.
support.peta.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A tale of 2 species/places. Authorities compelled to act by activists including friends that were initially charged with felony for rescuing dogs. In Sonoma County another friend was vilified and convicted a day later for doing same thing for 4 chickens. #OpenRescue support.peta.org/page/90101/a...
This is a system that protects industry, not people and it’s making Americans sick. The poultry industry has consistently failed to adopt responsible practices to control salmonella. The USDA enables it. www.farmforward.com/publications...
www.farmforward.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is a system that protects industry, not people and it’s making Americans sick. The poultry industry has consistently failed to adopt responsible practices to control salmonella. The USDA enables it. www.farmforward.com/publications...
Indy still out there punching Nazis. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’
Indiana Jones star calls US president one of history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Indy still out there punching Nazis. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Happy Halloween (updated) youtu.be/dTISF4ZwjMg
Ministry - Every Day Is Halloween (Squirrely Version) [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Cleopatra Records
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Happy Halloween (updated) youtu.be/dTISF4ZwjMg
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"It was not an accident."
Retired U.S. Colonel Steve Gabavics investigated the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and says the final report was watered down by the Biden administration to avoid blaming an Israeli soldier for intentionally killing her.
Retired U.S. Colonel Steve Gabavics investigated the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and says the final report was watered down by the Biden administration to avoid blaming an Israeli soldier for intentionally killing her.
October 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"It was not an accident."
Retired U.S. Colonel Steve Gabavics investigated the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and says the final report was watered down by the Biden administration to avoid blaming an Israeli soldier for intentionally killing her.
Retired U.S. Colonel Steve Gabavics investigated the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and says the final report was watered down by the Biden administration to avoid blaming an Israeli soldier for intentionally killing her.
How the Animal Ag Industry Obstructs Climate Policy - the industry is running all these campaigns basically against individual action. Because individual action here has potentially more leverage than it would in the case of fossil fuel and transportation. drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
S14, Ep7 | How the Animal Ag Industry Obstructs Climate Policy
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
How the Animal Ag Industry Obstructs Climate Policy - the industry is running all these campaigns basically against individual action. Because individual action here has potentially more leverage than it would in the case of fossil fuel and transportation. drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
Important Reporting by @kennytorrella.bsky.social that shows the worst may be yet to come. The prevailing method of killing is grim: Producers close barn vents and pump in heat to raise the temperature, which slowly — and painfully — kills the birds via heat stroke over several hours.
October 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Important Reporting by @kennytorrella.bsky.social that shows the worst may be yet to come. The prevailing method of killing is grim: Producers close barn vents and pump in heat to raise the temperature, which slowly — and painfully — kills the birds via heat stroke over several hours.
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Kudos to my friend Troy Vettese for this important essay in Current Affairs--"The Left Has Failed Animals."
"Even among self-described 'ecosocialists,' the lives of animals are often treated as an afterthought."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-lef...
@currentaffairs.bsky.social
"Even among self-described 'ecosocialists,' the lives of animals are often treated as an afterthought."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-lef...
@currentaffairs.bsky.social
The Left Has Failed Animals
Even among self-described “ecosocialists,” the lives of animals are often treated as an afterthought. We can, and must, do better.
www.currentaffairs.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Kudos to my friend Troy Vettese for this important essay in Current Affairs--"The Left Has Failed Animals."
"Even among self-described 'ecosocialists,' the lives of animals are often treated as an afterthought."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-lef...
@currentaffairs.bsky.social
"Even among self-described 'ecosocialists,' the lives of animals are often treated as an afterthought."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-lef...
@currentaffairs.bsky.social
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What needs to be more widely conveyed, as 404Media does, is that violation of privacy is the primary use case of Meta products at large. By egregiously representing these scenarios as outliers of otherwise handy "human-centred" tech, MSM actively participates in this predatory paradigm.
October 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
What needs to be more widely conveyed, as 404Media does, is that violation of privacy is the primary use case of Meta products at large. By egregiously representing these scenarios as outliers of otherwise handy "human-centred" tech, MSM actively participates in this predatory paradigm.
One of my favorite bands, Laibach, just released a new single, performed with a Palestinian children's choir. youtu.be/gLFUuWDgNfg
Laibach: YOM KIPPUR (feat. Palestinian Children’s Choir)
YouTube video by Laibach
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
One of my favorite bands, Laibach, just released a new single, performed with a Palestinian children's choir. youtu.be/gLFUuWDgNfg
Thats the thing about protection money, they always come back for more. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Trump’s UCLA deal: Pay us $1B+, and we can still cut your grants again
The deal wouldn’t protect UCLA from the proposed university compact.
arstechnica.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Thats the thing about protection money, they always come back for more. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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To give an example of what I mean, here's a paragraph from the Grokipedia "article" on ICE.
The three citations are to The Heritage Foundation, testimony from the Executive Director of FAIR, and a report from the Center for Immigration Studies.
No dissenting voices allowed on Grokipedia.
The three citations are to The Heritage Foundation, testimony from the Executive Director of FAIR, and a report from the Center for Immigration Studies.
No dissenting voices allowed on Grokipedia.
![Economic and Border Security Effects
ICE's enforcement actions, including interior arrests and removals, contribute to reducing the net fiscal burden of unlawful immigration on U.S. taxpayers, which imposes an estimated annual cost of at least $110 billion after subtracting taxes paid by unlawful households.[157] Unlawful immigrants and their U.S.-born children consume public services—such as education, Medicaid, and welfare—at rates exceeding their tax contributions, with per-household net costs averaging $8,776 annually as of 2024 data.[158] By prioritizing removals of criminal noncitizens and recent arrivals, ICE operations yield fiscal savings through decreased expenditures on these services; for instance, standard economic modeling of enforcement shows net benefits to natives and legal residents from reduced unlawful population size, with surplus gains estimated at billions annually in avoided costs.[159]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreidltkveytnladkueo3gb3aqc4vp3kbw7gec7rss2cfi7tamn3wpmi@jpeg)
October 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
To give an example of what I mean, here's a paragraph from the Grokipedia "article" on ICE.
The three citations are to The Heritage Foundation, testimony from the Executive Director of FAIR, and a report from the Center for Immigration Studies.
No dissenting voices allowed on Grokipedia.
The three citations are to The Heritage Foundation, testimony from the Executive Director of FAIR, and a report from the Center for Immigration Studies.
No dissenting voices allowed on Grokipedia.
Their tour stop in Dallas that year is one of my favorite punk show memories- I was with a friend that would oddly enough become the drummer of the goo goo dolls during their heyday. That this was 40 years ago? 😭
40 years ago
Black Flag at The International Club, Houston, Texas, October 1985.
Photo by Ben DeSoto
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #blackflag #history #punkrockhistory
Black Flag at The International Club, Houston, Texas, October 1985.
Photo by Ben DeSoto
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #blackflag #history #punkrockhistory
October 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Their tour stop in Dallas that year is one of my favorite punk show memories- I was with a friend that would oddly enough become the drummer of the goo goo dolls during their heyday. That this was 40 years ago? 😭
Our future can only be dystopian if we allow these Silicon Valley asshats to lay the groundwork. thedispatch.com/article/erot...
You Can’t Opt Out of Sam Altman’s Erotica
Even if he insists you can.
thedispatch.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Our future can only be dystopian if we allow these Silicon Valley asshats to lay the groundwork. thedispatch.com/article/erot...
Sadly this satire is not far from the real silicon valley companies and their attitude towards all of us artists, writers, workers, human animals. replacement.ai
Replacement.AI
Humans are no longer necessary. So we’re getting rid of them.
replacement.ai
October 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Sadly this satire is not far from the real silicon valley companies and their attitude towards all of us artists, writers, workers, human animals. replacement.ai
Follow the money… an old story that never fails.
It's thoroughly unsurprising to see members of the Fanjul family on the list of Epstein Ballroom funders.
We recently ran the definitive story on the Fanjul sugar dynasty, which dates back to the late 19th century.
prospect.org/2025/09/05/s...
We recently ran the definitive story on the Fanjul sugar dynasty, which dates back to the late 19th century.
prospect.org/2025/09/05/s...
October 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Follow the money… an old story that never fails.