A fragment cast adrift
@a-fragment.bsky.social
Middle-aged nerd, amateur hobbyist. Always tired and constantly rolling Diplomacy checks. Used to mostly post about fandom, but now mostly raging at the current state of things.
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NEW — Despite a last-minute effort to extend time for occupants to find other housing and receive housing assistance, residents of the South Shore apartment building raided by ICE must move out by Friday.
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Judge: residents must move out, ICE-raided South Shore building is uninhabitable • The TRiiBE
The tenants of the property at 7500 S. South Shore Drive are ordered to leave the property by Friday.
thetriibe.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
NEW — Despite a last-minute effort to extend time for occupants to find other housing and receive housing assistance, residents of the South Shore apartment building raided by ICE must move out by Friday.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
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It's truly wild to me that this just keeps happening. Coca-Cola runs an AI ad and people overwhelmingly react with disgust. They do it again, and people are disgusted again. Now McDonald's makes an AI ad that's so bad that so many people are furious about it they pull it down.
People hate AI slop!
People hate AI slop!
McDonald's Pulls Down AI-Generated Holiday Ad After Deluge of Mockery
McDonald's Netherlands is catching flak for a stupefying AI-generated video, which was roundly condemned on social media.
futurism.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's truly wild to me that this just keeps happening. Coca-Cola runs an AI ad and people overwhelmingly react with disgust. They do it again, and people are disgusted again. Now McDonald's makes an AI ad that's so bad that so many people are furious about it they pull it down.
People hate AI slop!
People hate AI slop!
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Yesterday, the Supreme Court let stand a ruling that says states can ban books from public libraries. lithub.com/public-libra...
Public libraries in TX, LA, and MS are no longer protected by the First Amendment.
Six months ago, Anthony Aycock wrote a piece for this website called “How a Single Court Case Could Determine the Future of Book Banning in America” in which he detailed a case working …
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December 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Yesterday, the Supreme Court let stand a ruling that says states can ban books from public libraries. lithub.com/public-libra...
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It’s day 26 of the Starbucks strike. These workers are NOT backing down. No contract, No Starbucks!
Today is the 4 year anniversary of our first union victory! Since then, we've won over 650 union elections.
It's been 4 years without a contract, and 4 years of union busting. That's why we're on day 26 of our national ULP strike - and we won't back down.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/b...
It's been 4 years without a contract, and 4 years of union busting. That's why we're on day 26 of our national ULP strike - and we won't back down.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/b...
Starbucks workers are still without a labor deal four years after their first union win. Here’s why | CNN Business
The Starbucks union organizing campaign has been one of the biggest successes in the American labor movement over the past few years. But despite momentum, there is still no first labor contract, a ke...
www.cnn.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It’s day 26 of the Starbucks strike. These workers are NOT backing down. No contract, No Starbucks!
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29 November 2025, Moon at 70%.
Miraculously got a few clear nights in a row. Makes for good practice with the new gear, it’s fun learning all of the quirks.
#Celestron #CPC800
#Nikon #D7500
4K ISO-2500 1/1000 sec | ~4,000 images | AS! RS6
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
Miraculously got a few clear nights in a row. Makes for good practice with the new gear, it’s fun learning all of the quirks.
#Celestron #CPC800
#Nikon #D7500
4K ISO-2500 1/1000 sec | ~4,000 images | AS! RS6
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
29 November 2025, Moon at 70%.
Miraculously got a few clear nights in a row. Makes for good practice with the new gear, it’s fun learning all of the quirks.
#Celestron #CPC800
#Nikon #D7500
4K ISO-2500 1/1000 sec | ~4,000 images | AS! RS6
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
Miraculously got a few clear nights in a row. Makes for good practice with the new gear, it’s fun learning all of the quirks.
#Celestron #CPC800
#Nikon #D7500
4K ISO-2500 1/1000 sec | ~4,000 images | AS! RS6
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
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We stand in solidarity with our friends at the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation. Together, we make clear that our past will not be erased and that its lessons will continue to guide us towards a more just future. @heartmountain.bsky.social
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Vandalism Damages Historic Heart Mountain Buildings - Rafu Shimpo
POWELL, Wyo. — Over the past two months, the historic hospital at the Heart Mountain National Historic Landmark has experienced four separate incidents of vandalism. The federally owned buildings were...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We stand in solidarity with our friends at the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation. Together, we make clear that our past will not be erased and that its lessons will continue to guide us towards a more just future. @heartmountain.bsky.social
rafu.com/2025/12/vand...
rafu.com/2025/12/vand...
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Doing the little hobbies, activities & side quests you love is so hard & so important, because they're *not* little, they're how you choose to delight in being alive, but Capitalism & its flunkeys continually tell us that Work is the only true & moral thing, & revokes food & shelter if we shirk it.
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Doing the little hobbies, activities & side quests you love is so hard & so important, because they're *not* little, they're how you choose to delight in being alive, but Capitalism & its flunkeys continually tell us that Work is the only true & moral thing, & revokes food & shelter if we shirk it.
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Water your tree.
December 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Water your tree.
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"Julio" is harvesting mandarins in the Fresno CA area. "We're paid $55 per 900lb bin - the same amount as the past few years. This is wrong. The cost of living has gone up. Why haven't our wages? We work hard and deserve to earn enough to feed our families." #WeFeedYou
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Julio" is harvesting mandarins in the Fresno CA area. "We're paid $55 per 900lb bin - the same amount as the past few years. This is wrong. The cost of living has gone up. Why haven't our wages? We work hard and deserve to earn enough to feed our families." #WeFeedYou
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My colleague points out here that possibly one in seven requests to our library now may be assisted by LLMs.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
My colleague points out here that possibly one in seven requests to our library now may be assisted by LLMs.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
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State book ban laws only matter as much as they're enforced, and in California, that continues to be a big question mark, especially in Redlands...
www.communityforwardredlands.com/redlands-uni...
www.communityforwardredlands.com/redlands-uni...
Redlands board to weigh removal of two library books
Redlands Unified will hold public hearings Tuesday to decide whether The Bluest Eye and Push stay in school libraries or are removed.
www.communityforwardredlands.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
State book ban laws only matter as much as they're enforced, and in California, that continues to be a big question mark, especially in Redlands...
www.communityforwardredlands.com/redlands-uni...
www.communityforwardredlands.com/redlands-uni...
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In the name of "democratic accountability," the Supreme Court’s Republicans are completely disregarding the express, codified will of Congress, and allowing their preferred president to neutralize agencies’ regulatory functions by firing people willy-nilly
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...
The Supreme Court Wants You to Believe Congress Does Not Exist
The conservative justices aren’t concerned about unaccountable federal agency heads. They are concerned about federal agency heads who aren’t accountable to their favorite president.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In the name of "democratic accountability," the Supreme Court’s Republicans are completely disregarding the express, codified will of Congress, and allowing their preferred president to neutralize agencies’ regulatory functions by firing people willy-nilly
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...
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“… we’re out here fighting not only for ourselves and our future, but for so many people before us,” said a senior at the Oregon high school. “This entire country is made up of generations of immigrants, and we’re just here doing what’s right.”
“Hundreds of Forest Grove High School students walked out of class at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 8, protesting federal immigration enforcement and what they described as growing fear in their community.” hillsboronewstimes.com/2025/12/08/f...
Forest Grove High students ‘stand up for community’ in protest to oppose ICE enforcement - Hillsboro News Times
Hundreds of Forest Grove High School students walked out of class at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 8, protesting federal immigration enforcement and what they described as growing fear in their community. Unde...
hillsboronewstimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:03 AM
“… we’re out here fighting not only for ourselves and our future, but for so many people before us,” said a senior at the Oregon high school. “This entire country is made up of generations of immigrants, and we’re just here doing what’s right.”
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Daily Memo: A Thousand Confirmed Kidnappings in the Past 90 Days, Plus Two More Deaths in Detention
@eltragon.bsky.social
@eltragon.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Daily Memo: A Thousand Confirmed Kidnappings in the Past 90 Days, Plus Two More Deaths in Detention
@eltragon.bsky.social
@eltragon.bsky.social
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Quite an announcement video from @crockett.house.gov www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...
Jasmine for Texas
YouTube video by Jasmine Crockett
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December 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Quite an announcement video from @crockett.house.gov www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
My first thought (although the scene with Miss Giddy is probably more on point):
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
My first thought (although the scene with Miss Giddy is probably more on point):
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) will potentially treat opponents of President Donald Trump’s policies as “domestic terrorists,” according to a leaked memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi to all U.S. law enforcement agencies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Leaked Memo: DOJ To List, Target Anti-Trump Activists as ‘Domestic Terrorists’
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The Department of Justice (DOJ) will potentially treat opponents of President Donald Trump’s policies as “domestic terrorists,” according to a leaked memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi to all U.S. law enforcement agencies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table”
This is the kind of world-class, cutting-edge scientific excellence we knew was coming when RFK appointed Dr. Oz to oversee Medicare and Medicaid
Scoop from @leahfeiger.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/dr-oz-...
This is the kind of world-class, cutting-edge scientific excellence we knew was coming when RFK appointed Dr. Oz to oversee Medicare and Medicaid
Scoop from @leahfeiger.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/dr-oz-...
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table”
This is the kind of world-class, cutting-edge scientific excellence we knew was coming when RFK appointed Dr. Oz to oversee Medicare and Medicaid
Scoop from @leahfeiger.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/dr-oz-...
This is the kind of world-class, cutting-edge scientific excellence we knew was coming when RFK appointed Dr. Oz to oversee Medicare and Medicaid
Scoop from @leahfeiger.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/dr-oz-...
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What would a JANM exhibit or website look like without DEI? It would be blank. #ScrubNothing
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This L.A. Museum Is Standing Up to Trump’s Whitewashing, Vowing to ‘Scrub Nothing’
The Japanese American National Museum stands out among cultural institutions by refusing to bend to President Trump’s attacks on diversity, history and the truth.
capitalandmain.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
What would a JANM exhibit or website look like without DEI? It would be blank. #ScrubNothing
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capitalandmain.com/this-l-a-mus...
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"'They all were scared, crying... they were pointing with the guns not to move,' he said.
He said all four are U.S. citizens..."
www.kare11.com/article/news...
He said all four are U.S. citizens..."
www.kare11.com/article/news...
Ring camera captures Burnsville ICE raid that leaves 7-year-old without parents, according to family
ICE agents detained four people from a Burnsville home, according to family members, including a 7-year-old's parents and the husband of a pregnant woman.
www.kare11.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"'They all were scared, crying... they were pointing with the guns not to move,' he said.
He said all four are U.S. citizens..."
www.kare11.com/article/news...
He said all four are U.S. citizens..."
www.kare11.com/article/news...
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Hello! I am excited to finally announce the details of my new podcast. Introducing The Union Bug—a podcast by workers, for workers. Premiering Jan 2.
Introducing The Union Bug, a new podcast
The Union Bug is a podcast by workers, for workers. Premiering January 2.
www.wordsaboutwork.news
December 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Hello! I am excited to finally announce the details of my new podcast. Introducing The Union Bug—a podcast by workers, for workers. Premiering Jan 2.
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars, LOTR, or Marvel.
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars, LOTR, or Marvel.