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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 5h

No Kings protests were one of the few times Trump, MAGA, and right-wing media were reacting to something the opposition did, rather than the opposition reacting to whatever they do.
Adopt a principle from war strategy: generally better to be taking action and forcing opponents to react. Good point.

Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 5h

Point five is really important. The protests provoked errors from the administration (shit force one) that may haunt them for years. That’s what happens when you stop being reactive.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

Two weeks left.

It's almost GO(TV) time.

zohranfornyc.com/gotv

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 1d

For the full report: www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

Hey, so another piece of advice for people who are S-Corps: there is a company called Opolis that acts as your employer of record and will provide health insurance and other benefits.

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 3d

So I started scouring the internet. TikTok, Instagram, court docs, and local news sites, in Spanish and English.

It was hardly scientific. But I found senior citizens tackled. Pregnant women handcuffed. Kids detained. A veteran pulled out of his car on the way to work.

The videos were everywhere

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 3d

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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Shannon Drake 🌒🌕🌘🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @shannondrake.bsky.social · Aug 18

So are #Russian birth rates, for similar reasons. Wonder why.

Lowest in 200 years for Vladdy. He needs more cannon fodder.

#Trump #Putin

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 18

👇🏽

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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 4d

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.

Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.

This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

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XianJaneway @xianjaneway.bsky.social · 3d

They shot the dog.
💔
If it were a movie, this would be where the tide turns.

Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 7d

When you’ve pissed off WeRateDogs so much they’re calling you “fucking losers” on Main you have absolutely lost all merit in the court of public opinion

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BORDER PATROC
ICE AGENTS KILL DOG
DURING UNLAWFUL SEARCH, REFUSE TO RENDER AID, AND LEAVE WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES

weratedogs This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE.
Unsurprisingly, they did not care enough to help the family as they tried to save him. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov

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XianJaneway @xianjaneway.bsky.social · 3d

What major societal event did you miss, because of circumstances in your own life?

I missed hurricane Katrina, bc I was having my first child, & Gamergate, bc I was having my 4th.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 4d

MAGA has always obsessed over Epstein's involvement with Democrats, but who’s gonna tell them about Trump?

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4d

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 4d

Bald middle aged man in an all black suit, black trench, and black winklepickers strutting down my block. Not sure where he’s going but I know when he gets there he’s gonna get killed by John Wick

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Jessi D (Scary Ver.) @gothydellamorte.bsky.social · 4d

The constant framing of AI as an accessibility issue that breaks down barriers is completely at odds with the poor communities constantly fucked over in service of AI, the cost of it financially and environmentally and the cost of producing even the smallest most derivative crap.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4d

It’s tiresome at this point, but again, their entire pitch is “wouldn’t it be great if there were no such things as talent, craft, and skill,” and what that means is a bland, slop-filled world. www.businessinsider.com/marc-andrees...

Didn't go to film school? Don't worry. Legendary investor and movie buff Marc Andreessen doesn't think that will be an issue for future creatives.

During an episode of "Monitoring the Situation," the podcast for the venture capitalist firm that Andreessen cofounded, A16z, he said advancements in AI technology — like OpenAI's Sora 2 — have made it possible for a new type of filmmaker to emerge.

"The filmmaker with no visual skill, or access to a set, or to a camera, or to actors, but with an idea," Andreessen said on Friday. "It's going to start with shorts and animated things and so forth, but it's going to work its way up to full movies."

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XianJaneway @xianjaneway.bsky.social · 5d

Screenshot this & post it everywhere! I've verified it w/ several local small biz owners.

XianJaneway @xianjaneway.bsky.social · 5d

Another form of resistance:

REMEMBER, swipe fees cost small businesses more money each year than EMPLOYEES.

When buying from a small business, pay cash as much as possible.

Use cards w/ corporations.

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XianJaneway @xianjaneway.bsky.social · 5d

Dammit, they didn't do the data backup like I specifically asked for on the work order. 🙄
So I had to leave it there.

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XianJaneway @xianjaneway.bsky.social · 5d

...at some point, but RIGHT THEN what I needed was MONEY.

Now this computer is incredibly out of date, & probably only good for doing eBay & learning programming .

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XianJaneway @xianjaneway.bsky.social · 5d

"....I don't WANT to learn Linux. I don't WANT to learn programming right now. It won't help me move the needle towards my goals, but running a cheap Windows machine will."

It was the first time that I realized, "Learning new things isn't always helpful."
I would love to learn programming...

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XianJaneway @xianjaneway.bsky.social · 5d

My giant computer.
I got it 5 years ago for like $300, from FB marketplace.
My husband had all of our computers running Linux.
Which was incompatible w/nearly every bit of software I needed for running a reselling business. 🙄
He INSISTED it would be easy for me to learn it.

I said, "No....

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 5d

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5d

“Deplorables” was a scandal for years and she wasn’t even in the government yet. This is the White House Press Secretary, whose salary is paid by the American public.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 5d

Also on the protein thing: excess protein is really, really hard on your kidneys. And damaging your kidneys ends up being part of a renal-cardiac-circulatory mess that you +20 years wants no part of. If you’re both cutting calories and resistance training, consider whole foods and see a dietician.

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XianJaneway @xianjaneway.bsky.social · 5d

I just unsubscribed to like 10 newsletters that I don't need. Please clap.

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