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Canadian USian Californian (Yuhaaviatam/Maarenga'yam lands) cats dogs cooking food drink words news democracy music she/her LGBTQIA* ally WGB and I used to read, BT. Happily married. Also, fuck Putin.
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👋 Hi, we’re Unbreaking, a volunteer-run collective working to document our current moment of institutional collapse and its human costs—as well as the pushback and resilience work already underway. We believe this is critical work for building and retaining political agency.
May 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
👋 Hi, we’re Unbreaking, a volunteer-run collective working to document our current moment of institutional collapse and its human costs—as well as the pushback and resilience work already underway. We believe this is critical work for building and retaining political agency.
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Microsoft did not respond to a request for comment.
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The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has lost access to his email, because Microsoft canceled it
Trump's sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal's work
Nearly three months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.
apnews.com
May 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Microsoft did not respond to a request for comment.
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This was entirely foreseeable -- Trump told us exactly what he would do. Everyone who spent a single second of the election doing anything other than working as hard as they could to prevent Trump from being elected should feel like shit about it.
Every now and then I just pause and think that … we could have just elected Kamala Harris, and we’d still have an economy that was the strongest in the world; we’d still have an American-led trans-Atlantic order; we’d be assured that our universities would remain the envy of the world; … (1/x)
April 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM
This was entirely foreseeable -- Trump told us exactly what he would do. Everyone who spent a single second of the election doing anything other than working as hard as they could to prevent Trump from being elected should feel like shit about it.
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the jobs of the future, where you will be a hereditary serf producing goods for your betters
Lutnick: "It's time to train people not to do the jobs of the past, but to do the great jobs of the future. This is the new model where you work in these kinds of plants for the rest of your life and your kids work here and your grandkids work here. We let the auto plants go overseas."
April 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
the jobs of the future, where you will be a hereditary serf producing goods for your betters
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So, just to get it straight: it is antisemitic to wish that Israel would quit genociding Palestinians. It is *not* antisemitic to pine for an apocalyptic clash between God & Satan, set in Israel, that would result in all Jews dying & going to hell.
SCOOP: The Antisemitism Awareness Act — up for vote in Senate committee tomorrow — now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements by Christian conservatives.
New added language in the bill clarifies First Amendment protections.
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New added language in the bill clarifies First Amendment protections.
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forward.com/fast-forward...
Why the Antisemitism Awareness Act now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements
The Antisemitism Awareness Act's added language says it would not infringe on religious liberty to protect the claim that Jews killed Jesus.
forward.com
April 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
So, just to get it straight: it is antisemitic to wish that Israel would quit genociding Palestinians. It is *not* antisemitic to pine for an apocalyptic clash between God & Satan, set in Israel, that would result in all Jews dying & going to hell.
So...human trafficking of minor children, which supposedly was so incredibly important to the GOP mere weeks ago, is perfectly OK if it's conducted by Putin against Ukrainian children? www.blackburn.senate.gov/2025/2/human...
March 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So...human trafficking of minor children, which supposedly was so incredibly important to the GOP mere weeks ago, is perfectly OK if it's conducted by Putin against Ukrainian children? www.blackburn.senate.gov/2025/2/human...
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it’s atrocity on top of atrocity
Horrifying: After the contract tracking Ukrainian children abducted by Russia was terminated, the underlying evidence of these potential war crimes seems to be missing, a bipartisan group of Reps just charged in letter to Rubio. Two GOPers signed.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1929...
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1929...
Trump-Musk Scandal on Ukrainian Kids Stolen by Russia Just Got Darker
Data vital to tracking these abducted Ukrainian children may have suddenly disappeared. A bipartisan group of House members wants to know: Who did this, and why?
newrepublic.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
it’s atrocity on top of atrocity
don’t believe the “liberal mainstream media” hype, y’all
NEW: As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, our analysis found that this expanding media ecosystem is overwhelmingly right-leaning.
The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces
As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, the influence of this media ecosystem becomes more prominent — and Media Matters has found that the most popular of this conte...
www.mediamatters.org
March 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
don’t believe the “liberal mainstream media” hype, y’all
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If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen?
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
March 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen?
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
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It is honestly wild to me that Republicans cooked up a bill that would prohibit D.C. from spending more than $1 billion of its own budget, devastating our city services out of pure spite, *and Senate Democrats might actually vote for it.* Utterly appalling. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
House spending bill would lead to $1B in D.C. cuts. Here’s what that means.
The bill, also known as a continuing resolution, now moves to the Senate, where D.C. officials hope Democrats will help them defeat the measure.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It is honestly wild to me that Republicans cooked up a bill that would prohibit D.C. from spending more than $1 billion of its own budget, devastating our city services out of pure spite, *and Senate Democrats might actually vote for it.* Utterly appalling. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Dropping in to wish @jwomack.bsky.social a swift and seamless recovery (zipless?). Miss you muchly on the Fediverse ❤️
December 15, 2023 at 8:07 AM
Dropping in to wish @jwomack.bsky.social a swift and seamless recovery (zipless?). Miss you muchly on the Fediverse ❤️
Happy Birthday, @gammacounter.bsky.social !
August 4, 2023 at 6:52 AM
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This app is not fit for purpose
July 2, 2023 at 7:09 AM
This app is not fit for purpose
Oh Christ, I knew there was a reason I didn’t want to be here
I have to admit I am still not totally chill about Jack Dorsey's involvement. The guy is promoting a seriously dangerous anti-science demagague for president, and I'd be more comfortable if I knew he was FAR away from here.
July 2, 2023 at 4:43 AM
Oh Christ, I knew there was a reason I didn’t want to be here
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The amount New Yorkers will spend on NYPD overtime alone this year could pay for quality rental housing for all 17,000 families living in homeless shelters (including 25,000 children) for two full years.
July 1, 2023 at 8:46 PM
The amount New Yorkers will spend on NYPD overtime alone this year could pay for quality rental housing for all 17,000 families living in homeless shelters (including 25,000 children) for two full years.
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A Fact: Congress can overrule the Supreme Court.
July 1, 2023 at 8:46 PM
A Fact: Congress can overrule the Supreme Court.
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This should be national news. 1. NYC Mayor pressured his NYPD Chief not to discipline a top cop. 2. For proven corruption. 3. For secretly ordering officers to drop gun charges against a retired cop. 4. The Commissioner resigned bc of this corrupt request. https://t.co/CKgz6KBfwi
Eric Adams Asked Outgoing NYPD Commissioner Not to Discipline Top Chief, Source Tells THE CITY
When she did anyway, Keechant Sewell figured her days as top cop would end, but a spokesperson for City Hall denies the conversation with the mayor ever took place.
t.co
July 1, 2023 at 8:43 PM
This should be national news. 1. NYC Mayor pressured his NYPD Chief not to discipline a top cop. 2. For proven corruption. 3. For secretly ordering officers to drop gun charges against a retired cop. 4. The Commissioner resigned bc of this corrupt request. https://t.co/CKgz6KBfwi
oh good grief. It advances to now every time you open. Srsly are there other, better apps?
July 1, 2023 at 10:13 PM
oh good grief. It advances to now every time you open. Srsly are there other, better apps?
this
Given how poorly this app is reacting to the influx i feel like they should have been better prepared for twitter’s collapse
July 1, 2023 at 7:21 PM
this
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This isn't about scraping, this is about Google cutting off twitter's cloud hosting for unpaid bills.
Usage limits to match reduced capacity. Scrapers are just a cover.
Usage limits to match reduced capacity. Scrapers are just a cover.
July 1, 2023 at 5:36 PM
This isn't about scraping, this is about Google cutting off twitter's cloud hosting for unpaid bills.
Usage limits to match reduced capacity. Scrapers are just a cover.
Usage limits to match reduced capacity. Scrapers are just a cover.
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I feel like my generation experienced Peak Internet and we’re now on a downward trend.
Google Search sucks. You can’t trust Amazon ratings. Twitter & Reddit are at war with their users. Every useful news site is paywalled and every garbage one is free.
Turns out 2010s were the good old days.
Google Search sucks. You can’t trust Amazon ratings. Twitter & Reddit are at war with their users. Every useful news site is paywalled and every garbage one is free.
Turns out 2010s were the good old days.
July 1, 2023 at 12:09 PM
I feel like my generation experienced Peak Internet and we’re now on a downward trend.
Google Search sucks. You can’t trust Amazon ratings. Twitter & Reddit are at war with their users. Every useful news site is paywalled and every garbage one is free.
Turns out 2010s were the good old days.
Google Search sucks. You can’t trust Amazon ratings. Twitter & Reddit are at war with their users. Every useful news site is paywalled and every garbage one is free.
Turns out 2010s were the good old days.