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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 1h

I almost want to laugh at how absurd the points are for selling this (because they're getting more ridiculous and desperate), but I can't because too many people are being misled by the baloney.

Answer is no, this plagiarism machine is not more valuable than a professor.

Vlad 🐸 Țepeș @porcupunk.bsky.social · 3h

Wow. Just wow.

"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."

When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?

Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do

www.forbes.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h

A few of my thoughts:

www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-13-yea...

There is a natural inclination, especially among Americans steeped in our culture of mass incarceration, to judge the propriety of a person’s punishment not based on what they’ve done, but on how deserving one believes they are of receiving justice. On its face, any 13-year-old kid that allegedly made threats and was found to be in possession of a knife should be afforded the rights of due process in the juvenile court system. But because this boy was born in another country, because he and his family were asylum-seekers (authorized to work legally in the US) and not American citizens, and regardless of any piece of his personal story or history that led him to this point, some believe he is not owed those same rights. This boy—this child— deserves to rot in a federal facility, they say, and to be dragged across state lines away from his home. And for some, his mere existence in this country is crime enough.
But it’s important to bust these myths. It’s crucial to remember, as so many speakers at the Everett City Council meeting reminded us, that all of our safety is intertwined. DHS and its many agencies are trying to turn neighbors against one another. But our neighbors are not our enemies—in fact, they are the ones most likely to protect us.

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 5h

My guess is they're going to be more emboldened to do war crimes. *sighs*

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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Ellie Wolfe @elliew0lfe.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING: Morgan State University has received the largest donation in its 158-year history: $63 million from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. The gift is unrestricted, meaning the HBCU can spend the money however it wants. Here's what you should know:
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

MacKenzie Scott gives Morgan State its largest donation ever

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has now given Morgan State University a total of $103 million.

www.thebanner.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 5h

now the Court is spinning a giant wheel of racist excuses to kill off the Voting Rights Act

idk which one it'll land on, but they all have the same intended result: forcing people of color out of the political process, leaving a government by and for white people
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/calla...

The Conservative Justices Have So Many Ideas For How to Kill the Voting Rights Act

The Republican justices already know where they’re going. They just have to figure out which route they’re going to take to get there.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 6h

my main takeaways from listening to the Supreme Court oral argument today are

-the writing is on the wall for the Voting Rights Act
-the Republican justices are now throwing racist spaghetti at that wall; they'll pass of whatever sticks as the opinion's rationale
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/calla...

The Conservative Justices Have So Many Ideas For How to Kill the Voting Rights Act

The Republican justices already know where they’re going. They just have to figure out which route they’re going to take to get there.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 6h

Honestly, I wonder who made the terrible decision on Skeletor by casting him; I'd fight them. Leto doesn't have the dark, campy comedic chops to make that role work, plus he's a terrible human. (I think I said that on my post at the other place, but not here.)

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Nola Pfau @ohnola.bsky.social · 6h

It's unsurprising but so funny that the lesson they're taking here is "Tron" is the problem, and not that everyone fucking hates Jared Leto

Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 13h

A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all.

'Tron' Might Really Be Doomed After 'Tron: Ares'

A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all.

gizmodo.com

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 6h

I predict he's going to be a terrible Skeletor also. (Main reason I'm not seeing that He-Man flick.)

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 6h

Don't cast Jared Leto to lead a franchise. (Or anything, actually.)

I think there are things about the TRON franchise that work. They don't always know what to do with it.

Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 13h

A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all.

'Tron' Might Really Be Doomed After 'Tron: Ares'

A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all.

gizmodo.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 13h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7h

The Supreme Court's conservative justices appeared likely to gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a decision that would have massive consequences for the future of Black political representation in the South

The Supreme Court Seems Ready To Hand Trump His Dream Of One-Party Rule

The conservative justices appear ready to gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The only question is how.

www.huffpost.com

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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 1d

Once again: this is also happening in DC. Still.

It feels like we’ve been forgotten, maybe because there aren’t huge confrontations to run photos of. But our neighbors are still being taken every day. Routine traffic stops are now done by 12+ feds alongside local police.

Please talk about us too.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

"Residents in Chicago and Portland are living in a police state where masked armed forces kidnap who they want to kidnap, where they have to listen to public officials routinely lie about what is happening in their neighborhoods." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 8h

Palestinian photographer reunites with family Israeli guards told him were dead - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-photographer-reunites-family-israeli-guards-told-him-were

Palestinian photographer reunites with family Israeli guards told him were dead

<article data-history-node-id="430245" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-photographer-reunites-family-israeli-guards-told-him-were" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-photographer-reunites-family-israeli-guards-told-him-were" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Palestinian photographer reunites with family Israeli guards told him were dead</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A Palestinian photographer who was told his family were dead by Israeli guards while in detention, discovered they were alive after he was released on Mondaay, Al Jazeera reported.</p> <p>Shadi Abu Sido was detained by Israel at al-Shifa Hospital  on 18 March, 2024. He is one of 1,900 Palestinians who were detained during Israel's war on Gaza.</p> <p>While he at his family of origin's house in Gaza, he was shocked to suddenly hear the voice of his wife and children.</p> <p>"I heard her voice, I heard the voice of my children, I was astonished, it cannot be explained, they were alive," he told Al Jazeera. "I saw my wife and children alive". </p> <p>Almost 11,000 Palestinians are currently still being detained in Israel in grave conditions. A third of them are being held without charge. </p> </div> </div> </article>

www.middleeasteye.net

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 8h

Fifteen libraries across Alaska will be gaining access to a large online database of national and in-state news sources.

Grant funding will give 15 Alaska libraries free access to many paywalled newspapers

The libraries can now offer online access to up-to-date news, plus an archive of old papers.

buff.ly

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 9h

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 9h

EVERY BOOK BANNED FROM THE READING BOWL HAS BEEN RESTORED!!!!!

The kids will be able to read and compete over all 20 books. Raising the issue made a difference. Teen advocates made a difference.

docs.google.com/document/u/0...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 9h

Listen to how casually Justice Gorsuch presents as fact the idea that remedying racial gerrymandering requires racial discrimination.

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 9h

Gen Z has turned to analogue hobbies like crafting and reading to escape our current hell world. I wrote about it!

Pajiba @pajiba.com · 1d

Why Gen Z Has Become Obsessed With Cozy Hobbies

I've been getting back into crocheting recently. It's a calming and highly satisfying activity that gives me something to do at night while I watch films that isn't just screwing around on my phone. While visiting my local wool shop,... Read more...

www.pajiba.com

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Sonia is an Ignyte and Ember Award winner! @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 9h

This and the Palestinian hostages are always referred to as anything but, despite returning with signs of psychological and physical torture, missing limbs and eyes… they’re just “Palestinians” or “prisoners.”

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

I think what's bothering me about all these statements I'm seeing from politicians that are variations of "Israeli hostages and Palestinians are returning to their homes, yay" is that Israelis are returning to their homes and Palestinians are returning to uninhabitable post apocalyptic rubble.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 9h

BREAKING: President Donald Trump’s administration for now must stop firing workers during the government shutdown, a federal judge in San Francisco ordered.