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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?

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shmuela 🌈🌸✨ @shmuela.bsky.social · 19h

God I hope not 😂

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Rika⁷ @commanderrika.blacksky.app · 20h

Canceled my Spotify premium for many reasons. One of them being the ICE ads they are playing.

And for ARMY pals, Pandora also counts towards Billboard. As does Tidal and Apple Music.

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shmuela 🌈🌸✨ @shmuela.bsky.social · 19h

Why is his shirt TUCKED INTO HIS UNDERWEAR. He’s such a dork omg

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shmuela 🌈🌸✨ @shmuela.bsky.social · 1d

I developed a frame of mind at work around inevitable misgendering that strangers don’t need to know my gender. My gender is on a need-to-know basis and they don’t need to know 🫠

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DESIGN THINKING! Comic @designthinking.lol · 2d

With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 2d

Mr. Dapper is either in on it or the thieves don’t have a chance escaping his superior investigation skills, there is no in-between.

Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 2d

This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.

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shmuela 🌈🌸✨ @shmuela.bsky.social · 1d

Esp bc chances are those jewels are covered in the blood of imperialism so if something’s gonna be stolen it’s the best thing imo

🕷️Gory Thing🕷️ @korybing.bsky.social · 2d

Heard about the Louvre jewel heist and my first thought was “finally, some good old fashioned normal crime”

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jen⁷ @barbiehobis.bsky.social · 2d

there’s a ghost in hobi’s house but at least its a friendly one!

🔞

#jihope #hoseok #jimin #btsfanart #ship #nsfw

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HB 👻 @heebiebeebies.bsky.social · 4d

I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once.

And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.

Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 5d

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors

“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

www.404media.co

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shmuela 🌈🌸✨ @shmuela.bsky.social · 3d

To me that’s peak liberalism. The organizers of the rally have ground rules to not “upset” the cops, and have even called the cops on their own “protestors” when they don’t follow those rules. It’s not necessary and it’s deeply harmful

shmuela 🌈🌸✨ @shmuela.bsky.social · 3d

The protests I go to I do not sign up for, we do not cooperate with cops, and the protests have specific goals we mean to achieve with our action. We do not play nice.

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shmuela 🌈🌸✨ @shmuela.bsky.social · 3d

I mean, no kings is def not a protest. They explicitly state they’re a “rally”. Actual protests, you’re correct, are acts of civil disobedience that are, as a matter of definition, in opposition to law and power. But I do think no kings is a useful place to engage people towards meaningful actions.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 3d

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

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Joyce Brekelmans @joycebrekelmans.bsky.social · 3d

‘We need to show people what we’re fighting for, not just what we’re against. I know that outrage is useful for getting people out on the street, but we also need visions for the kind of world we could build. What I love about the frogs is the vision of joyful collaboration, play, and creativity’

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 3d

after a clarinet player was arrested at Sunday's ICE protest in downtown Portland, I talked to five artists, crafters and makers - a puppet designer, an illustrator, a graphic designer, a knitter, and a theatre artist - about creativity under fascism

www.orartswatch.org/resistance-c...

“Resistance can be joyful” • Oregon ArtsWatch

Portland protest artists on creativity, resilience, inflatable frogs, and protecting the soul of the city.

www.orartswatch.org

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your lesbian dad ₍^. .^₎Ⳋ ♡ - 🛌 @sowoozoojoon.bsky.social · 4d

To block the whole list tap Subscribe > block list

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 4d

Here’s a block list:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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M. Kirin 📶⚡ @mkirin.itch.io · Nov 16

"i hope this site doesn't end up like the last one :("

Hope has nothing to do with it--DO YOUR PART!

Twitter & Truth Social are dying. Their users are used to farming outrage for engagement. Don't give them any!

🚫 Don't argue with them!
🚫 Don't quote them!

✅ #BlockAndMoveOn

A poster showing a weeping skull wearing a red hat. The skeleton is holding a smartphone that is showing no comments, shares, or likes, as though no one is interacting with its posts. The text on the poster reads "This account does not feed trolls. Block and move on."

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 4d

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 4d

So block the official government accounts and don't do any trolling or harassment of those accounts, it's exactly what they are hoping you'll do. Remember that the people who own and operate this place are NOT your friends in fact they fucking hate you, so keep your shit tight.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 4d

Never have I blocked an account so fast

Verified Account Tracker @verified.pds.mmatt.net · 4d

✅ @homelandgov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.

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shmuela 🌈🌸✨ @shmuela.bsky.social · 4d

I’m so sorry, I can’t even imagine what you’re going through. Sending you so much love and healing thoughts 🫂

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 5d

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors

“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

www.404media.co

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 5d

BY THE WAY

If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.

There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.

Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."

TURN IT OFF.

Screenshot from Windows Settings>Privacy and Security>Text and image Generation.

"Text and image generation uses on-device AI technologies to quickly respond to requests. Turning this settings off will not affect apps and features using cloud AI technologies.

Text and image generation
Windows and anyone using this device can use Text and image generation.

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A.D.🍀🦩 @adwills.bsky.social · 5d

Please keep going, bro. Take breaks if you need them. Take care of yourself. Shut things down for a bit. Surround yourself with your favourite things. Just keep going. I get it's easier said than done. I've been through this. It's crushing sometimes. Please don't give up. Don't let anyone else win.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5d

NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.

We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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