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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 47m

the position of the administration it seems is that it is illegal discrimination and divisive racism for historically excluded groups to organize on that basis to improve their position. it’s basically just a genteel version of david duke’s complaint that there wasn’t a NAACP for white people

Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1h

I know it is beside the point because this administration simply wants resegregation but conferences for Black professional associations have always been open to everyone. Typically, the started as a response to white exclusion, and did not replicate that.

Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 1h

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1h

I know it is beside the point because this administration simply wants resegregation but conferences for Black professional associations have always been open to everyone. Typically, the started as a response to white exclusion, and did not replicate that.

Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 1h

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 1h

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 29d

Yeah lol let's see how much everyone like him when he says actually chatbots SHOULD get to coax children into suicide and write his terrible dogshit posts for him

Politico yesterday: California lawmakers pass landmark Bill that will test Gavin Newsom on AI

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 2h

"“While I strongly support the author’s goal of establishing necessary safeguards for the safe use of AI by minors, (the bill) imposes such broad restrictions on the use of conversational AI tools that it may unintentionally lead to a total ban on the use of these products by minors,” Newsom said."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h

Feel like shooting and killing the five people is the more consequential breach of the ceasefire

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

(ABC) - The Israel Defense Forces said its troops opened fire on Palestinians, killing five, after they allegedly violated the terms of the ceasefire agreement.

abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Israel-Gaza live updates: 5 Palestinians killed in Gaza City for alleged ceasefire violation, IDF says

Israel on Tuesday identified two of the people whose remains were returned.

abcnews.go.com

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1h

When she takes over CBS News, will Bari Weiss do what she has always done? Or will she do a totally different thing she has no expertise or interest in?
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/b...

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a wizard @towerwizard.bsky.social · 1h

The wizard is sorting stones for charms.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 18h

if you know a single soul in…

• the Kansas City metro area
• the St. Louis metro area
• the Indianapolis metro area
• the Nashville metro area

@ekkoastral.bsky.social is playing a few impromptu shows on our way back to DC

tomorrow thru friday

our last shows of the year!!!!

linktr.ee/ekkoastral

ekko astral on stage lookin epic photo credit alec pugliese

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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 1h

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Allison Morrow @amorrow.bsky.social · 1h

Incredible reporting and writing from the CNN investigative team on the scammy world of crypto ATMs

Americans are losing millions to scammers at crypto ATMs. Here’s how companies profit

Companies often fail to refund money to victims and aggressively fight police to claw back scam money seized from machines.

www.cnn.com

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Bad Medical Takes @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social · 1h

Bluesky user philip.health‬: You think we should provide free healthcare to people in the States illegally?
‪Bluesky user dochocson.bsky.social‬: Yes, because they're people.
‪Bluesky user philip.health‬: Should we give free healthcare to all people in the world, regardless of where they live? They are people as well.
‪Bluesky user biden2028.bsky.social‬: Sounds good.
Bluesky user philip.health‬: I guess we're in absurdville in the nutball part of bsky.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 13h

What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 17h

OK there's my Unhinged Literary Opinion: Pratchett is the greatest humanist/philosophical writer of our era.

Micah @rincewind.run · 17h

and since he really does have a quote for everything, in the wise words of Sir Terry Pratchett: “Susan hated Literature. She’d much prefer to read a good book.”

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spookillumi @illumi.meme · 17h

In honor of Columbus Day, I will be “exploring” the homes of local landlords and “discovering” their copper pipes

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 18h

thirty-four people have been arrested outside the broadview ice detention center since illinois state police + the cook county sheriff's office set up "unified command" on oct. 3.

charges range from misdemeanors, like resisting/obstruction, to felonies, like criminal damage to government property.

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✨Giver of Problems✨ @jforjae.bsky.social · 16h

Fortunately for me and unfortunately for some.

I already do.

Spooky Bunsz 👻 @copaceticbunsz.com · 1d

What's it gonna take for you to start thinking highly of yourself ?

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Veruca's Alt @verucas-alt.bsky.social · 1d

Not only do I want to be ungovernable, I want to be unalgorithmable.

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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 16h

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 18d

Your horoscope for today:
Be like a diamond - use the pressure you're under to become tougher, multifaceted, and more brilliant.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16h

They also cancelled government data collection about hunger to minimize evidence about their policies

José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 23h

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.