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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 4h

There are still a lot of people out there who want some magnetic leader to rise and lead them, and don’t realize that the longer they wait to take initiative to get involved themselves, the longer this nightmare will continue.

If you want something done, do it!

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Nevada Jones @nevadajones.bsky.social · 1h

Beat me to it.

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Nevada Jones @nevadajones.bsky.social · 1h

The NYT is too incurious to do anything besides the Ohio diner beat.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

Just voted YES on PROP 50!! Make sure to vote early! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Nevada Jones @nevadajones.bsky.social · 8h

I really don't like seeing people go through that.
But when it's crypto-anything, I can't deny just a little schadenfreude.
Hopefully he didn't bet everything on it.

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Nevada Jones @nevadajones.bsky.social · 8h

Maybe we all just need a VPN at this point.

Nevada Jones @nevadajones.bsky.social · 8h

Or, failing that, just a stupid t-shirt.

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Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 1d

How I write every piece

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Nevada Jones @nevadajones.bsky.social · 8h

A classic.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 13h

Checking out my war-ravaged neighborhood here in SE Portland this morning. Everyone stay safe out there.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10h

Find a rally. Show up.

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 1d

Next Saturday's anti-Trump 'No Kings' protest is expected to be the largest single demonstration in U.S. history.

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 7d

There should be a "not interested because this is AI" button so the algorithm can learn how much humans don't want that stuff.

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Nevada Jones @nevadajones.bsky.social · 13h

On absolutely everything.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 17h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 22h

This opened last night. The Guardian described it as flawed, and it is over-conceptualised. But a documentary about an artist at the end of her life is still a radical idea. Close to death Marianne is defiant and so charismatic, and it's an incredible thing to have captured on film.

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Nevada Jones @nevadajones.bsky.social · 1d

All they hear is "f**k you I won't do what you tell me" and, apparently, none of the other lyrics.

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Nevada Jones @nevadajones.bsky.social · 1d

He got so utterly ratio'd for this that he disabled comments.

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Nevada Jones @nevadajones.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly — It's like, sorry Louis CK, you don't get to be a beloved comedian anymore because it turns out you're an abusive sex pest.
But when it isn't something like that, I think it's envy more than anything.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 1d

"protests don't work" is one of the most toxic imaginable takes for someone on this site to have right now and anyone advocating it should be blocked

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Nevada Jones @nevadajones.bsky.social · 1d

So if you create something that takes time, effort, and emotional investment, who owns it if not you? Who should be able to earn something from all that work if not you?

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Nevada Jones @nevadajones.bsky.social · 1d

Discerning, filtering, and sorting information is every bit the critical thinking skill that LLMs seek to diminish in us. That's the whole point.
It's not an inconvenience, it's a fundamental need of healthy human cognition.

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