Akulas
@akulas.bsky.social
Artist, crafter, activist, gamer.
aka Akulas Psyhos, Akulas_does_Art
aka Akulas Psyhos, Akulas_does_Art
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Angus: Canada can no longer view the United States as an ally. We know that Donald Trump doesn’t believe in liberal democracy—he doesn’t believe in the rule of law.
Prime Minister Carney is not welcoming the leader of the free world to Canada.
He is welcoming Vladimir Putin’s sock puppet.
Prime Minister Carney is not welcoming the leader of the free world to Canada.
He is welcoming Vladimir Putin’s sock puppet.
June 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Angus: Canada can no longer view the United States as an ally. We know that Donald Trump doesn’t believe in liberal democracy—he doesn’t believe in the rule of law.
Prime Minister Carney is not welcoming the leader of the free world to Canada.
He is welcoming Vladimir Putin’s sock puppet.
Prime Minister Carney is not welcoming the leader of the free world to Canada.
He is welcoming Vladimir Putin’s sock puppet.
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Jersey City has become the latest municipality to ban AI rent gouging software, joining San Francisco, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, and San Diego.
June 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Jersey City has become the latest municipality to ban AI rent gouging software, joining San Francisco, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, and San Diego.
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I was a medic at the Santa Ana protests in OC today.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
June 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I was a medic at the Santa Ana protests in OC today.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
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fuck ICE and fuck the police and fuck billionaires and find solace in the fact they will NEVER feel what you feel when you look at your loved ones bc they are soulless miserable cowards !!!
June 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
fuck ICE and fuck the police and fuck billionaires and find solace in the fact they will NEVER feel what you feel when you look at your loved ones bc they are soulless miserable cowards !!!
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The airlines also sold our data to ICE. Jesus.
June 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The airlines also sold our data to ICE. Jesus.
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It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
June 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
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Everything was fine until Trump decided to unleash violent raids w/o grounds in elementary schools, shopping areas, & peaceful public spaces.
ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation.
Let’s start there.
ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation.
Let’s start there.
June 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Everything was fine until Trump decided to unleash violent raids w/o grounds in elementary schools, shopping areas, & peaceful public spaces.
ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation.
Let’s start there.
ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation.
Let’s start there.
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The Trump Department of Justice has now declared Donald Trump has the authority to entirely abolish protected areas set aside as national monuments by past presidents.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
DOJ finds Trump can abolish areas protected as national monuments
An opinion released by the Office of Legal Counsel concludes the president can abolish national monuments declared by past administrations.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Trump Department of Justice has now declared Donald Trump has the authority to entirely abolish protected areas set aside as national monuments by past presidents.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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A woman walking home alone was shot point-blank with “non-lethal” rounds fired by officers in Los Angeles. A neighbor filmed the assault and rushed to help only to be fired on and ordered back.
June 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A woman walking home alone was shot point-blank with “non-lethal” rounds fired by officers in Los Angeles. A neighbor filmed the assault and rushed to help only to be fired on and ordered back.
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You think being a legal citizen with valid ID will save you?
It won’t.
It won’t.
June 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
You think being a legal citizen with valid ID will save you?
It won’t.
It won’t.
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Amazon, Coinbase, Lockheed Martin, Oracle, Palantir and other corporations are supporting Trump’s military parade.
These companies sponsor the America250 Foundation, which is handling spectator logistics and putting on a festival for the controversial Trump parade.
www.theverge.com/policy/68569...
These companies sponsor the America250 Foundation, which is handling spectator logistics and putting on a festival for the controversial Trump parade.
www.theverge.com/policy/68569...
Big Tech quietly sponsors Trump’s military parade party
Amazon, Oracle and Coinbase are top sponsors, while Meta’s involvement is unclear.
www.theverge.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Amazon, Coinbase, Lockheed Martin, Oracle, Palantir and other corporations are supporting Trump’s military parade.
These companies sponsor the America250 Foundation, which is handling spectator logistics and putting on a festival for the controversial Trump parade.
www.theverge.com/policy/68569...
These companies sponsor the America250 Foundation, which is handling spectator logistics and putting on a festival for the controversial Trump parade.
www.theverge.com/policy/68569...
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The GOP budget bill would cut up to $300 billion from SNAP over the next ten years.
42 million Americans get food assistance from SNAP.
This bill would make people go hungry.
42 million Americans get food assistance from SNAP.
This bill would make people go hungry.
May 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The GOP budget bill would cut up to $300 billion from SNAP over the next ten years.
42 million Americans get food assistance from SNAP.
This bill would make people go hungry.
42 million Americans get food assistance from SNAP.
This bill would make people go hungry.
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LLMs and generative AI are fruit of the poisoned tree, and the plagiarism is one of the three main reasons why. The ecological impact is another (excellent work by @jamesmodonnell.bsky.social and @caseycrownhart.bsky.social for @technologyreview.com):
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
www.technologyreview.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
LLMs and generative AI are fruit of the poisoned tree, and the plagiarism is one of the three main reasons why. The ecological impact is another (excellent work by @jamesmodonnell.bsky.social and @caseycrownhart.bsky.social for @technologyreview.com):
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Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever, analysis of new data @epi.org from me & Adam Reich of Columbia Labor Lab.
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
www.epi.org/blog/america...
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
www.epi.org/blog/america...
May 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever, analysis of new data @epi.org from me & Adam Reich of Columbia Labor Lab.
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
www.epi.org/blog/america...
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
www.epi.org/blog/america...
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Ansari: I sit on the Natural Resources Committee, where we witnessed the most anti-environment legislation go through. It includes massive giveaways to the oil and gas industry. I discovered that the chairman had purchased hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of oil and gas stocks.
May 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Ansari: I sit on the Natural Resources Committee, where we witnessed the most anti-environment legislation go through. It includes massive giveaways to the oil and gas industry. I discovered that the chairman had purchased hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of oil and gas stocks.
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Colorado law now explicitly protects transgender people from being “deadnamed” or misgendered in certain places under legislation signed into law Friday by Gov. Jared Polis.
May 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Colorado law now explicitly protects transgender people from being “deadnamed” or misgendered in certain places under legislation signed into law Friday by Gov. Jared Polis.
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“The longer we go in the wrong direction, the more painful and slow the journey back will be when we eventually correct our course.”
“If the kidnapping of people (and trafficking them to foreign gulags without due process) didn’t upset them, what will?”
“If the kidnapping of people (and trafficking them to foreign gulags without due process) didn’t upset them, what will?”
May 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“The longer we go in the wrong direction, the more painful and slow the journey back will be when we eventually correct our course.”
“If the kidnapping of people (and trafficking them to foreign gulags without due process) didn’t upset them, what will?”
“If the kidnapping of people (and trafficking them to foreign gulags without due process) didn’t upset them, what will?”
Hayes: Every provision in this program is cruel and they know it. That's why none of them spoke on it in committee. That's why they have no response. That's why they don't hold town halls. That's why they don't answer questions. All they do is tweet, repeat, and hide in the back until they vote yes
May 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Frost: Tonight the people stealing are not folks with tattoos and hoodies but people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins sitting in the capitol now, not in some alley wrapped in darkness but the United States congress wrapped in the flag. It is disgusting and we will never forget this.
May 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Frost: Tonight the people stealing are not folks with tattoos and hoodies but people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins sitting in the capitol now, not in some alley wrapped in darkness but the United States congress wrapped in the flag. It is disgusting and we will never forget this.
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A reminder: Both sheriffs and local police have the right to refuse ICE detainers. These requests are voluntary and not legally enforceable under federal law. Across the country, many sheriffs and police departments choose not to cooperate and that choice is fully within their legal rights.
May 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A reminder: Both sheriffs and local police have the right to refuse ICE detainers. These requests are voluntary and not legally enforceable under federal law. Across the country, many sheriffs and police departments choose not to cooperate and that choice is fully within their legal rights.
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“Given the very real consequences for our competitiveness, our standard of living and, yes, also our bottom lines, we all ought to be making the case for aggressively funding basic science.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
Opinion | The White House Tech Bros Owe Their Fortunes to the Research They’re Killing
Underlying many investments are breakthroughs in medicine and technology from great universities.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“Given the very real consequences for our competitiveness, our standard of living and, yes, also our bottom lines, we all ought to be making the case for aggressively funding basic science.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
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ICE recently conducted a raid of farm workers, seemingly focused on pro-union worker leaders.
On Friday in New York the federal agents stopped a bus and, armed with a list, appeared to single out those who have been doing union organizing for years.
theintercept.com/2025/05/05/i...
On Friday in New York the federal agents stopped a bus and, armed with a list, appeared to single out those who have been doing union organizing for years.
theintercept.com/2025/05/05/i...
“They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case
“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a UFW official about an ICE raid in New York.
theintercept.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
ICE recently conducted a raid of farm workers, seemingly focused on pro-union worker leaders.
On Friday in New York the federal agents stopped a bus and, armed with a list, appeared to single out those who have been doing union organizing for years.
theintercept.com/2025/05/05/i...
On Friday in New York the federal agents stopped a bus and, armed with a list, appeared to single out those who have been doing union organizing for years.
theintercept.com/2025/05/05/i...
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Autism researchers and advocates are pushing back against the creation of an autism database – meant to track the health of autistic people in a major research study – and pointing to the ways such databases could be misused.
May 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Autism researchers and advocates are pushing back against the creation of an autism database – meant to track the health of autistic people in a major research study – and pointing to the ways such databases could be misused.