Collieflower
@collieflower.bsky.social
Your friendly local neighborhood mail carrier. Speedy Delivery in Pittsburgh. Outdoorsy, tabletop with buds, video games, history, and literature. Screaming in agony socialist.
The Internet Makes You Stupid, or so I've heard.
The Internet Makes You Stupid, or so I've heard.
Pinned
this was my pinned post for the longest time on my old twitter page and frankly it seems appropriate to bring this back.
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President Sheinbaum called for dialogue and pledged to send more supplies as soon as the two ships return to Mexico.
Mexican ships arrive in Cuba with humanitarian cargo amid US oil blockade
President Sheinbaum called for dialogue and pledged to send more supplies as soon as the two ships return to Mexico.
www.aljazeera.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
President Sheinbaum called for dialogue and pledged to send more supplies as soon as the two ships return to Mexico.
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I promise if you join the Patreon, Pin Boy will personally materialize in your room and show you such delights you've never seen or felt before, agony and ecstasy will be inseparable, and your nachos will always be fully loaded
February 12, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I promise if you join the Patreon, Pin Boy will personally materialize in your room and show you such delights you've never seen or felt before, agony and ecstasy will be inseparable, and your nachos will always be fully loaded
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Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp | Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps | Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp | Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Had to draw Melodia too… 🤘👩🎤🎹🎸
January 21, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Had to draw Melodia too… 🤘👩🎤🎹🎸
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Netflix's Ranma 1/2 adaptation won't feature any magical transformation, but the protagonist will feel a strange emptiness when he looks in the mirror sometimes
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February 10, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Netflix's Ranma 1/2 adaptation won't feature any magical transformation, but the protagonist will feel a strange emptiness when he looks in the mirror sometimes
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SCOOP: Rep. Summer Lee says ICE "illegally detained" a Brentwood immigrant with health issues who, his family says, is authorized to remain in the U.S. It’s another PGH immigrant detained by ICE who has legal standing in the U.S. www.axios.com/local/pittsb...
Scoop: U.S. Rep. Summer Lee presses ICE over detained asylum seeker
The Brentwood man was hospitalized while in ICE detention.
www.axios.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:45 PM
SCOOP: Rep. Summer Lee says ICE "illegally detained" a Brentwood immigrant with health issues who, his family says, is authorized to remain in the U.S. It’s another PGH immigrant detained by ICE who has legal standing in the U.S. www.axios.com/local/pittsb...
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I really need to make the move to Linux, haven't had a Linux install in ages but I'm sure at this point the whole ecosystem is so much easier.
Notepad was once a lightweight text editor in Windows, but Microsoft has increasingly been adding features to it in recent years. The new Markdown support has led to a Remote Code Execution flaw 😬 msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide...
February 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
I really need to make the move to Linux, haven't had a Linux install in ages but I'm sure at this point the whole ecosystem is so much easier.
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Adrian Chiles you magnificent bastard you’ve done it again
At the age of 58, I’ve bought my first drill. Can it make me a new man? | Adrian Chiles
At the age of 58, I’ve bought my first drill. Can it make me a new man? | Adrian Chiles
Bored with my DIY hopelessness, I’ve decided it’s time I learned some basics, writes Adrian Charles
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Adrian Chiles you magnificent bastard you’ve done it again
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Even if I accept the premise that AI is coming for all our jobs in the next decade, it isnt *the left* that needs to reckon with it. The left has spent decades endlessly advocating for a massive expansion of the social safety net. *The right* is the side whose only plan is "find a job or die, loser"
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 12, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Even if I accept the premise that AI is coming for all our jobs in the next decade, it isnt *the left* that needs to reckon with it. The left has spent decades endlessly advocating for a massive expansion of the social safety net. *The right* is the side whose only plan is "find a job or die, loser"
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Henry Cuellar should never hold elected office again. Anyway in the meantime, make your Senators scared of you.
Honestly even Republicans can be moved if they get enough calls. So make sure to do so. Especially make Democrats terrified of their voters if they don't vote no with a bullet on this one
Honestly even Republicans can be moved if they get enough calls. So make sure to do so. Especially make Democrats terrified of their voters if they don't vote no with a bullet on this one
NEW: House passes SAVE America Act
218-213; Rs + 1 Dem (Cuellar) vote yes.
Revised Trump-backed bill requires showing proof of citizenship "in person" to register and slaps photo ID rules to vote.
Now it goes to the Senate. No path to 60. THUNE promises a vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
218-213; Rs + 1 Dem (Cuellar) vote yes.
Revised Trump-backed bill requires showing proof of citizenship "in person" to register and slaps photo ID rules to vote.
Now it goes to the Senate. No path to 60. THUNE promises a vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes SAVE America Act, sending Trump-backed election bill to the Senate
The legislation would overhaul federal election laws in all 50 states by imposing new voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements. But it faces a daunting path in the Senate.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Henry Cuellar should never hold elected office again. Anyway in the meantime, make your Senators scared of you.
Honestly even Republicans can be moved if they get enough calls. So make sure to do so. Especially make Democrats terrified of their voters if they don't vote no with a bullet on this one
Honestly even Republicans can be moved if they get enough calls. So make sure to do so. Especially make Democrats terrified of their voters if they don't vote no with a bullet on this one
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A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
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Got more yardage than the Patriots
February 12, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Got more yardage than the Patriots
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your vote has weight outside of election day. regardless of how you end up voting, until then you can bargain with it. the lesser evils are watching you, if you promise your vote for nothing you'll get nothing. say you wont vote for bad candidates. say you'll only vote for policies you like
February 12, 2026 at 12:20 AM
your vote has weight outside of election day. regardless of how you end up voting, until then you can bargain with it. the lesser evils are watching you, if you promise your vote for nothing you'll get nothing. say you wont vote for bad candidates. say you'll only vote for policies you like
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The 6 Rs who crossed the aisle to block Trump's Canada tariffs:
Thomas Massie
Don Bacon
Brian Fitzpatrick
Jeff Hurd
Kevin Kiley
Dan Newhouse
Jared Golden (D) voted with the Republicans to maintain them.
Thomas Massie
Don Bacon
Brian Fitzpatrick
Jeff Hurd
Kevin Kiley
Dan Newhouse
Jared Golden (D) voted with the Republicans to maintain them.
Incredible that this many Republicans are still backing Trump on this wildly unpopular policy.
They'll now have to do it again after Trump vetoes and an override vote is held.
Just generating mountains of votes for midterm ads.
They'll now have to do it again after Trump vetoes and an override vote is held.
Just generating mountains of votes for midterm ads.
U.S. HOUSE APPROVES RESOLUTION TO END TRUMP’S CANADA TARIFFS BY 219–211
February 11, 2026 at 11:29 PM
The 6 Rs who crossed the aisle to block Trump's Canada tariffs:
Thomas Massie
Don Bacon
Brian Fitzpatrick
Jeff Hurd
Kevin Kiley
Dan Newhouse
Jared Golden (D) voted with the Republicans to maintain them.
Thomas Massie
Don Bacon
Brian Fitzpatrick
Jeff Hurd
Kevin Kiley
Dan Newhouse
Jared Golden (D) voted with the Republicans to maintain them.
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The Council will decide your fate
February 11, 2026 at 11:17 PM
The Council will decide your fate
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Hey artists, quote with your women in art ✨️💙
February 7, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Hey artists, quote with your women in art ✨️💙
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In this episode of the This Machine Kills podcast, @jathansadowski.com and @edwardongwesojr.com interview @abenanav.bsky.social about his proposal for a multi-criterial socialist economy. www.indep.network/this-machine...
This Machine Kills Podcast Interview With Aaron Benanav On His Multi-criterial Socialism Proposal – Part 2
In this new episode of the This Machine Kills podcast, co-hosts Jathan Sadowski and Edward Ongweso Jr. interview Aaron Benanav about the specific details of his proposal for a multi-criterial…
www.indep.network
February 2, 2026 at 8:21 AM
In this episode of the This Machine Kills podcast, @jathansadowski.com and @edwardongwesojr.com interview @abenanav.bsky.social about his proposal for a multi-criterial socialist economy. www.indep.network/this-machine...
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palestinian journalist posting on twitter that his bluesky account was immediately taken down purely because he was in gaza. all palestinian accounts are assumed to be spam.
![Tamer Nahed 𓂆🇵🇸
@Tamer_Alnoaizy
BlueSky is one of the worst platforms I have ever dealt with. Within seconds of creating a second account, after my first one was shut down just two days after it was created, my account was closed again. This happened despite the fact that I hadn’t posted anything or followed anyone. I was only in the process of adding a profile photo, yet I received an email claiming that my account was “spam” and that it was “causing harm.” What kind of logic is this?
The painful truth is that the account was shut down the moment it became clear it was created from inside Gaza. It seems we are no longer allowed to write or speak about what is happening to us here. They are not afraid of content itself, but of our voices and the reality we carry with us.
Millions are spent to silence these voices and to erase the truth. I am exhausted by this platform and by how our photos and videos, which document real suffering, are treated as “violations of community standards,” as if pain itself has become a crime.
What is happening is not simple moderation or policy enforcement. It is an attempt to erase our existence and bury the truth. And honestly, this is shameful and unbearably painful.
[the original poster has included two screenshots showing the email from bluesky admin informing him that his account has been taken down for being 'spammy, inauthentic or disruptive to users'. it's the standard boilerplate you get when they take moderation action.]
2:45 PM · Feb 10, 2026
https://twitter.com/Tamer_Alnoaizy/status/2021234178461704409](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2l6seozmjsqc4kfukjejat77/bafkreiga45xjdal6lfcqt2zmambaymeoelxafbrlt7fi2nmoahpbqj3cja@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
palestinian journalist posting on twitter that his bluesky account was immediately taken down purely because he was in gaza. all palestinian accounts are assumed to be spam.
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Too often when discussing trans rights, we’re forced to be on the defensive, as Republicans wage attacks.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Too often when discussing trans rights, we’re forced to be on the defensive, as Republicans wage attacks.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.