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I bet Pokey participated in the 90s DARE program because he thought it would help.
February 18, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I met Gumby and he said he didn't know you.
February 18, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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grandma starts poasting about how much she loves carl jr's big 'n' nasty platter with a saucer of hog grease for just $14.99 while supplies last, offer not valid in hawaii
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf

It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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In the 1930s fascism used rallies and fear.

A new study suggests "technofascism" uses algorithms and convenience. No uniforms. No mass spectacles. Just feeds that polarise, distract and subtly steer behaviour. But it is still fascism and we need to resist.

Stephen McNair reports ⤵️
Technofascism: AI, Big Tech, and the new authoritarianism
In the shadow of the fascism of the 1930s, George Orwell wrote 1984. A new study suggests that his world is closer than we want to think
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 7:57 AM
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Thomas Paine proposed a progressive tax on wealth, with the top tax rate being 100%. It's an idea that's as American as Apple Pie. www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
February 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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African Americans, Latino Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans/Pacific Islander, Italian Americans, &more served in WW2 alone in millions &many died so fuck off all the way back to South Africa w your "Nobody dies to defend a multicultural economic zone" &your "English/Scotts/Irish only" BS!
February 16, 2026 at 6:13 AM
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Devastated to learn that Univ of Texas at Austin is closing the American Studies dept. The years I spent there earning my PhD were formative, making me the teacher, thinker, and writer I am today. I've passed on what I learned at UT to thousands of students over the past 20 years. Just awful.
February 15, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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Bluesky was literally meant to be a cryptobro social network for grifters, LinkedIn sludge, and libertarians who know way too much about age of consent laws.

Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
Can you think of examples where people use technologies differently from what the developers intended, whether unintentionally or as an act of resistance?
February 15, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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I'm stoked that the Humble Bundle of my and @annaleen.bsky.social's books from Tor has raised nearly $5000 for the TGI Justice Project and Miss Major/Alexander Lee Black Trans Cultural Center.

www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...

Let me tell you about when I went to the TGIJP's anniversary party
Humble Book Bundle: Charlie Jane Anders & Annalee Newitz by TOR
Don’t miss this bundle of novels and story collections from acclaimed authors Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz! Pay what you want and support charity!
www.humblebundle.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Lot of good books in here, and a heck of a good cause to raise money for.
February 15, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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Some very powerful people want us to believe human labor is obsolete & way too many people are buying it.

Don’t let them make you think that you are disposable.

Time to revive the idea of a job guarantee. They just created a bunch of fascist ICE jobs overnight. Imagine that for work that matters.
February 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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All those Al models spouting bullshit with absolute confidence are stealing the work of real human investment bankers !
February 15, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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The Biden presidency had (so many) issues, but the one click cancel subscription order was legitimately great governing
February 14, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Kind of an on the nose “capitalism is a disease” example
In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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Ring has done this before. They partner with cops, get backlash, withdraw a bit, wait for it to calm down, and then go right back to working with cops. Don't believe this spin.
www.theverge.com/news/878447/...
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
www.theverge.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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RFK Jr/MAHA world say they're not reducing access to vaccines for anyone who wants them, only giving people "choice" to opt out.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
February 11, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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AOC: We all saw the performance Bondi had. She was screaming and crashing, and I think it’s because she knows she is implicated in a massive cover-up to protect a ring of pedophiles through:
February 12, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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Necessary but not sufficient.

He knew. And still appointed him.

Starmer needs to go.
February 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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lot of people clowning on this headline but this is a brave thing for a scholarly society to do and im gonna send it to scholarly societies im a member of to serve as an example of what we could be doing
February 10, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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"Life cannot just be about one sad thing after another," says the man responsible—directly or indirectly—for like 90% of the sad things that happened in the past year.
February 10, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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I loved the phrase “it’s a marathon, not a sprint” for social justice work until I read somewhere someone wrote “it’s a relay, not a marathon.” Yes! Rest is part of it. If you can swing a marathon that’s great, but we need relay runners & rest too.
I’m seeing more and more Minneapolis/Minnesota people naming that they are burned out and I just hope people allow themselves to change their pacing from sprint to marathon or better yet, a relay.

Slow down if the alternative is you crashing out and not being able to do anything.
February 11, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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Thousands of people across the country have been arrested and charged with impeding ICE agents for following at a safe distance and filming.

The intimidation campaign continues
ICE is cracking down on people who follow them in their cars
Becky Ringstrom was heading home after following federal immigration officers in her gray Kia SUV in suburban Minneapolis when she was suddenly boxed in by unmarked vehicles.
www.reuters.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:53 AM
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They're calling HRT a "sex-rejecting procedure" now. I guess that means my wife gives me HRT every night!
February 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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That the illegal destruction of USAID will kill more than *20 million people* in the next five years, & has ALREADY KILLED 600,000 in just one year, is a world-historical crime that Americans aren't being told about in the terms & with the repetition necessary for them to believe it.
They're Letting Cancer Patients Die to Fund Concentration Camps

www.thefarce.org/theyre-letti...
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM