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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 6h

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 22h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 23h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Sean @badtownnomore.bsky.social · 2h

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 3h

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 3h

A new book argues that when easy money ran out, Silicon Valley’s billionaires looked for someone to keep the good times rolling. They found him in Donald Trump.

What Really Drove Silicon Valley’s Shift to the Right

In Gilded Rage, journalist Jacob Silverman argues that a decade of free cash turned tech’s utopians into power brokers and made Trump their unlikely ally.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 4h

I have seen shocking footage of thousands of people in Chicago fleeing what I assume are horrible crime-doers, or as the lib media is falsely describing it “The Chicago Marathon.” It is a war zone here, folks, and people were running so fast from the crime-people that others were cheering for them!

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 6h

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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Sam Brunson @smbrnsn.bsky.social · 4h

I mean, in theory. But an enlarged prostate isn’t terminal, and may not have anything to do with living forever. There are plenty of aging-related discomforts that immortality research could absolutely overlook!

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Sam Brunson @smbrnsn.bsky.social · 4h

Imagine living forever where it takes forever to heal AND to pee. 2/2

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Sam Brunson @smbrnsn.bsky.social · 4h

I mean, immortality is probably cool and all when you’re in your 20s, think you’re immortal already, and also you heal instantly.

But like, I still wakes up with a sore hand a month after my bike accident. And I’m not old enough yet to be suffering from issues relating to an enlarged prostate. 1/

John Q Public @conjurial.bsky.social · 5h

maybe too serious, but I believe Thiel wants to stop aging, and also that he doesn't realize / is on too many drugs to realize

a) the way to pursue that is steering medical research with funding commitments and lobbying

b) he's probably too old to benefit from the results

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 4h

the thing about the vanilla pro ad is that everyone likes ice cream cones and a world where everyone is carrying a vanilla ice cream cone is super pleasant

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 5h

Just saw an announcement from a kids soccer group that ICE agents have been spotted in the area, so it’s OK to skip today’s games if people are scared.
The MAGA assault on our community is intolerable and has nothing to do with making people’s lives better.

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Il Pomodoro @dabenner.bsky.social · 5h

I think that's what another team pays if they poach him. If they terminate early or fire for cause they owe some lesser sum. Penn state is theoretically leaving $50m on the table but realistically after this season nobody would beat down their door for him.

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Sam Brunson @smbrnsn.bsky.social · 5h

Honestly, the coach seems to have negotiated an excellent contract and the university seemed to assume they wouldn’t have to fire him, except for cause.

It’s not great, but if I could negotiates contract with a $49 million separation clause, you’d better believe I would.

Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 5h

49 million dollars to fire a coach. Imagine a populace as competitive about having the best actual university as sports teams. What wonders we could achieve.

www.espn.com/college-foot...

Penn State fires coach Franklin, sources say

Penn State has fired head coach James Franklin after back-to-back losses to UCLA and Northwestern, sources told ESPN. He is owed more than $49 million.

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Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 5h

For all the excellent uses of AI, a BIG, BIG problem is that some people are using it as a way to automate semi-fraudulent (or even literally fraudulent) tricks designed to bypass their regular responsibilities.

In this extreme case, to profiteer by forcing students to buy a fake textbook.

Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 1d

A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations.

She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly!

Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:

A diagram of the bones and (some) deep muscles of the hand and forearm. AI says that we only have four digits. It’s also identified a tendon as the median nerve, another tendon as the ulnar nerve, among other issues.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the neck. It hallucinated the “ennocleidomasid” muscle, and the “anterior scalpalin muscle”.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the lateral thigh. It says that the gluteus Maximus (the big juicy butt muscle) is on the anterior side. It also points to the quadriceps muscle and says “attattment”. It also says that the same structure is the tibia AND the deep fascia of the leg.

An AI generated diagram of the bones of the hand and forearm. This time AI says we have 6 digits. It also says that the radius is the ulnar artery. Among other many issues.

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Sam Brunson @smbrnsn.bsky.social · 5h

I’m a huge proponent of academic freedom.

But even academic freedom has its limits—forcing students to buy ADHD’s try to learn from AI slip like this is far enough out of the norms of the university that I could accept it as a fireable offense.

Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 1d

A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations.

She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly!

Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 7h

“Alito has the opinion”

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 7h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Monica Carmean @monicacarmean.com · 5h

If you wanna get swarmed at the farmers market bring a gallon bag of whistles and give yourself 20 minutes to run out.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 5h

In all seriousness, if reestablishing social prohibitions against lying is part of building a healthy public sphere (as @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social has argued), oaths of office are a pretty good route to achieving that goal in a pluralistic society

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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 5h

I believe the media should still treat it as big news when the president tells flagrant lies in order to conceal his own role in leading a violent insurrection against the United States. I know, I know, Trump lies every day — which is exactly why it should be a big story.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h

Rep. Jim Himes on Trump blowing up boats in the Caribbean: "The White House has not shared what they believe their legal justification is. They did put out a memo. I will tell you based on what I know now and the reading of that memo, these are illegal killings."

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Sam Brunson @smbrnsn.bsky.social · 5h

Probably true. I just remember it as the paper you got at the hotel, trying to be bland and inoffensive and broadly acceptable to everyone.

And I may have been reading it wrong back then! But definitely today it’s interested in the truth, not speaking to literally everybody.

Sam Brunson @smbrnsn.bsky.social · 5h

USA Today had very clearly shown it can meet the moment, while Jeff Bezos had very clearly proven that he cannot. 2/2

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Sam Brunson @smbrnsn.bsky.social · 5h

Twenty years ago, I would not have imagined that the Washington Post (a at least its op-ed section; its journalists rock) would be covering for fascism while USA Today would be speaking uncomfortable truths.

But given the last several years, I’m not actually surprised. 1/

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 5h

The Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, when a violent mob swarmed the U.S. Capitol, occurred while Trump was still in office.

Donald Trump falsely says 'Biden FBI' placed agents in Jan. 6 crowds

The Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, when a violent mob swarmed the U.S. Capitol, occurred while Trump was still in office.

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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 5h

The Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, when a violent mob swarmed the U.S. Capitol, occurred while Trump was still in office.

Donald Trump falsely says 'Biden FBI' placed agents in Jan. 6 crowds

The Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, when a violent mob swarmed the U.S. Capitol, occurred while Trump was still in office.

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