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Software engineer by trade, trying to be a decent person in my time off. Just wanna make this watery rock a little better by my work and have some fun along the way

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 5d

I just (finally) registered for the NYC Gaza 5k to raise money for UNRWA mental health services. If you've got a few bucks (or many), please consider chipping in to support an organization standing in the gap getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6...

2025 NYC Gaza 5K

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 12h

Many organizations are delivering different privacy options based on location data (from yr IP address), so delivering a more arm-twisty/ invasive setup to most US users. Also, folx are less afraid of being charged for non-obvious violations of GDPR (like an EU citizen visiting a site from w/in US)

Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 12h

The rules have not changed, we just have really weak data privacy laws in the US, allowing these kinds of dark patterns. California’s a bit better, but there are carve-outs for certain cases in the CCPA. There have been some changes, but more a result of experimentation 1/2

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 13h

Is this a halfku or something?

Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 13h

I was ready for it to stop raining yesterday tbqh. Glad it held out for the 5k, but I still got soaked doing dad things smdh

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 13h

…and for kidnapping his daughter and then leaking that they did so to the papers. Instead, he folded (understandable, they had his kid) and got absolutely no credit from them for it

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 13h

My goodness, if the kind of cops who threaten this nonsense actually walked off the force and never looked back… what a wonderful this would be 🎶

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 13h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Alex Wakeman Rouse @awakerouse.bsky.social · 20h

This is a really important thread for everyone who calls themselves a progressive. We need to challenge the narratives we’ve been told about safety and danger.

alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 21h

THREAD. Did you know that at about 1/3 of all stranger homicides in the U.S. are perpetrated by police? But there's something hidden here that is important to understand in this authoritarian moment.

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 18h

Oh shit, when was this? That’s my neighborhood! And I was in a race today that dude showed up at… I’m always a minute too late for a selfie, lmao

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 19h

Always worth revisiting, @edyong209.bsky.social talking about his reckoning with The Atlantic and why he left, including a nod to @prisonculture.bsky.social. (And skip back to 13:15 or so for a very satisfying truth-telling about Jesse Singal) youtu.be/ddy5uMdzZB8?...

Ed Yong, Journalist/Author - XOXO Festival (2024)

YouTube video by XOXO Festival

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 1d

One of the many things I wish I had been wrong about is saying that back in the nineties, our leaders looked at climate change and said: We can’t do shit about this without measures we find unacceptable, so future generations will just have to deal with it via machine guns, fences and attack dogs.

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsk... • 2d
"I don't think we can mitigate for climate change."
- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.

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Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 1d

Every share spreads hope.❤️
Every donation changes our day.😓
gofund.me/f4f3fc2cc

Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 1d

As the days pass, the worry of rent and food remains what weighs on me the most — just to keep my children safe and stable.😓
We’ve come this far thanks to your kind hearts.
Please, help me secure one more month of peace and stability for them.🙏

I ask you, from my heart — be part of this step. ❤️

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 3d

If you care about my family, don't make me feel like I'm alone. We're hungry.

If you're browsing, please leave a dot. It's just a dot. We need more people donating

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · Sep 6

We are in urgent need of protection and a safe place to live. We’re raising support to help us escape danger and rebuild our lives in safety. Every contribution, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to security and hope. 💛
kindly give :
#BringRuaaHome #SafetyForRuaa #HumanitarianAid

Project Bring Ruaa and Her Family to Safety

I'm helping my friend, Ruaa Naji, raise funds to help her family survive.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 1d

Thankfully, some of yesterday's CDC firings have been rescinded.

But this should be a major scandal, not business as usual in this shitshow of an administration. It's either spectacular incompetence or an effort to make even politically untouchable positions feel precarious to those in them.

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 1d

100s of #CDC employees were notified Friday they were being fired — RIF'd. The firings cross multiple parts of the agency, endangering its core mission of keeping Americans safe.
Saturday, some were informed they were RIF'd in error.
Hard to imagine how this happens www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

CDC battered by government shutdown firings, while some are rescinded

The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 1d

It also takes a fair amount of misplaced good faith to assume that fascists will respect the self-identification of people opposed to fascism. Ridiculous assumption

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 1d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 2d

Crucial article (& 🧵) on how ill-equipped many in the media are to meet the moment. Both-sidesing reality against lies and propaganda designed to facilitate violent repression is not just journalistic malpractice. It is active complicity in fascist violence

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

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MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

The Supreme Court of the United States is not a legitimate body.

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 2d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 2d

There’s also now a Northeast Public Health Collaborative on the same wave www.health.ny.gov/press/releas...

Several Northeastern States and America’s Largest City Announce the Northeast Public Health Collaborative

www.health.ny.gov

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

[disclaimer: i'm just talkin, these are normative statements, idk and am not commenting on what infrastructure exists irl]

there has to be a way to absorb some of these people into state health departments..or set up an interstate body to keep tryna do this work..we just cant lose all this capacity

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 2d

Medill School of Journalism is awfully quiet about the full on fascist assault against journalists in its own backyard. (Then again, Dean Whitaker has played his part in trying to punish journalists himself for allegedly obstructing police...)

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a rally today in support of NY AG Letitia James in response to the specious and corrupt allegations against her by the Trump admin. @mollyroberts.bsky.social also wrote a great piece breaking down how flimsy the charges are at @lawfaremedia.org www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...

Grainy gray background with bold letters on top that read, “Solidarity Rally, Hands Off Tish James, Friday (10/10) Foley Square at 5:30”

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BKForge @bkforge.bsky.social · 3d

Join us for a rapid response with @nywfp.bsky.social TODAY to say, as @bradlander.bsky.social declared, hands off Tish James!

www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...

Hands OFF Tish James Rally · New York Working Families Party

## **CALL TO ACTION** **FRIDAY 10/10 at FOLEY SQUARE** ### On the evening of October 9th, Attorney General Tish James was indicted by a prosecutor handpicked by Trump. Attorney General James has lon...

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 3d

This is like writing about someone hoping to get a Best Actor Oscar despite not appearing in any films

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 3d

I also hope it holds. And the IOF treating a ceasefire start time as a deadline by which to slaughter as many people as possible is not new. But I still hold hope that it will hold, and the IOF will allow food, water, and medicine in. And cynicism is well-earned