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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 1h

Must-read report bringing into full focus the magnitude and harm of the MAGA assault on Black America.

theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · 3h

The harm is real: Black workers pushed out of jobs, HBCUs stripped of resources, Black mothers and fathers denied healthcare, and neighborhoods left without protection from floods, asthma, or poisoned water.

📖 Read the full Blackout Report now.
#BlackoutReport #OnyxImpact

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3h

www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

Say what, now?

A family member sent me an image of a baby dressed in an elf outfit. My baby. It was adorable—and unnerving.
My cousin took a photo from our group chat and uploaded it to Meta AI. While his heart was in the right place, my mind was spinning. What could Meta do with my son’s face? The privacy policy of Meta Platforms says the company can use these images to “improve AIs and related technology.”
In the age of AI, I can’t control where my—or my son’s—face ends up. Our likenesses are no longer our own.

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Amras, A Werewolf Story θ∆ @amras.me · 19m

JD Vance’s “kids tell stupid jokes” defence of the Young Republicans Telegram story by @politico.com rings hollow and disingenuous as fuck for a couple reasons, not the least of which being that YR is for the 18 – 40 age cohort. These assholes are ✨ADULTS✨, not children, not “kids.” Fuck this.

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2h

it’s one of the reasons I wish there was a little less of a left-liberal circular firing squad On Here, I understand that there are extremely annoying folks on the internet but if you have a conversation with normal offline libs they are emphatically not the problem

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2h

the Booker interview with the older white ladies from the other day where they tore him to shreds for collaborating is the tip of the iceberg

wine moms are out for blood

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2h

many conversations I have had with complete normie libs, the kind who have a tote bag from donating to NPR and shop at Whole Foods, involve the kind of rhetoric that under no circumstances should be put on the internet

people are very mad

Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 2h

look i was recently talking to a septuagenarian life long dem (who shall remain nameless) and generic lib, and she was like “i just think there should be firing squads and they should sell tickets.”

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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 2h

look i was recently talking to a septuagenarian life long dem (who shall remain nameless) and generic lib, and she was like “i just think there should be firing squads and they should sell tickets.”

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 1h

All these "AI will replace teachers" pieces envision a caricature of a system that doesn't exist and pretend that techbros have invented a thing that has been around for centuries.

"The robot will explain X to students in writing!"
So, a book. An unreliable, ephemeral, environmentally costly book.

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 1h

Knowledge has been effectively free since widespread support of public libraries in the 19th century. Students have been able to check out books and learn material on their own for longer than higher ed as we know it has existed. Profs have never been merely content delivery vectors.

Vlad 🐸 Țepeș @porcupunk.bsky.social · 16h

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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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 34m

These aren’t “kids,” JD.

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TheSinnamom @thesinnamom.gay · 1h

I cannot believe that the next mayor of New York City is not only someone who I deeply admire and I share the vast majority of beliefs and policy preference with... but it also a complete dork with the same goofy sense of humor as me

NYC deserves nice things and Zohran is like the Nicest Thing

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

An important message to the people of New York City.

More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

An important message to the people of New York City.

More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday

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Lupus Londonwolf @lupuslondonwolf.bsky.social · 1h

89.

89.

That's how many murders there have been in London in the last twelve months. A city of more than 9million people that everyone keeps saying is a lawless hell hole.

Might be due to the fact that the press don't like that our mayor isn't a nice white Christian boy.

Just sayin'.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1h

This is shameful and un-American. The people have a right to ask what their military is doing, and we shouldn’t have to buy just the official line.

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Syn, MD / MUTT @mutt.bsky.social · 1h

As an actual medical doctor I feel it's my duty to share how insane the people running our government and making healthcare policy decisions are.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2h

I was married but I’m not married any more. Women don’t like the vehicle.

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Lupus Londonwolf @lupuslondonwolf.bsky.social · 1h

For those of you that still buy into the 'London is really dangerous and is getting more dangerous every day' bollocks......enjoy some truth.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 1h

Since we can’t rely on the HHS, CDC, or FDA to say it, I will:

MAKE SURE YOU ARE VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES. GET YOUR MMR.

Measles cases have reached their HIGHEST point since the disease WAS ELIMINATED from the United States in 2000. We are at the tipping point for the return of ENDEMIC measles.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2h

The Trump regime has run out of excuses for the government shutdown, so they’re now blaming the vast majority of Americans who simply wish to preserve democracy.

See you on Saturday at a NoKings.org protest—the tides are turning.

GOP's latest government shutdown scapegoat: No Kings protests

Republicans try to shift blame from themselves to protesters.

www.axios.com

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Bill DeMayo @bdemayo.bsky.social · 7h

I refuse to give that guy the satisfaction of scaring me. Fuck that. This is our country and we will save it from him and the rest of his band of shitty men.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 13h

Donald Trump and JD Vance can find money to launch missiles over the I-5 during a government shutdown, but not a dime for Americans’ health care.

I-5 may be shut down due to concerns over live-fire military event at Camp Pendleton

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is weighing whether to close parts of Interstate 5 beginning Friday amid concerns over what it says is a White House-directed plan to use live ordnance during a military ann...

www.latimes.com

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LisaLisa @lisalisa42.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings this Saturday, Oct 18

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Our Revolution @our-revolution.bsky.social · 18h

Trump’s throwing a full-blown fit over the upcoming No Kings protests. His MAGA allies are raging, calling attendees “terrorists” and “Marxists.”

The coordination screams Stephen Miller panic mode.

But it’s backfiring: Democrats are fired up and turnout’s likely to surge. #NoKings

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Ben Silverstein ❌👑 @bensilverstein.bsky.social · 3h

It's clear what they're trying to do. Fortunately, not a soul in history has felt intimidated by Ted Cruz.

Cruz: Follow the money. Cut off the money. You look at this No Kings rally—there’s considerable evidence that George Soros and his network is behind funding these rallies which may well turn into riots.

I've introduced legislation that would allow DOJ to use RICO to prosecute the money that is funding these No Kings Protests

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s power depends on maintaining the illusion that he’s all-powerful, and that Americans adore him.

But that illusion is harder to maintain if millions of people are in the streets protesting.

This is why Republicans are trying to discredit No Kings Day rallies before they've even happened.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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