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Lorax Horne
@lorax.bsky.social
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Editor and writer. Tech critic. Doing work stuff for my local Center for Migrant Worker Rights (which isn't on Bsky). If you like anything I've posted, donate to this family: https://chuffed.org/project/116311-protect-an-open-source-engineer-and-his-family
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Lorax Horne @lorax.bsky.social · Oct 2
It has been a few days since anyone donated to their crowdfund page, but the Abu Matar family is still working on their tent site and making progress, thanks to @raindovemodel.bsky.social and the Safebow team. Donate here: chuffed.org/project/1163... to help the family finish their new home.
A hole for a latrine dug into a sandy ground. A pile of cement bricks is set up nearby under the shade of a red canvas wall. Wooden framing sticks set up in a rectangular shape on an empty lot with red canvas sheeting laid out on the sandy ground ready to be nailed to the sticks. In the background, other white canvas tents can be seen. A 30-something man with black jeans and a blue polo shirt with a measuring tape clipped to his belt is standing on a plastic chair so he can reach up to attach a red canvas sheet to a wooden frame. It is a sunny day with blue skies and he is wearing a baseball cap and glasses, and there is a shine of sweat on his brown arms. A child of about 7 years old wearing a black t-shirt and long pants stands under the shade of a red canvas wall with a relaxed pose, holding their hands together in front. In the background the shape of two people are putting up the red canvas sheet, stretching it out on a wooden frame. On the ground in front of the child, a large red canvas sheet is laid out on the sandy floor, with two hammers and other tools and some sticks lying nearby. It is a sunny day with blue skies and a whisp of cloud.
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olambrillas.bsky.social
Mon Laferte.
Los artesanos.
November 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
lorax.bsky.social
Being good at math in pre-K is not going to get your son through life, lady.
sambiddle.com Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 1d
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
lorax.bsky.social
Suspend all intelligence sharing with the US. ALL.
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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queencityjamz.bsky.social
HBD Kurt Vonnegut, one of the best Americans ever. His Uncle Alex story is one of my absolute faves. Real hard these days to enjoy the lemonade but we really gotta try hard to keep our spirits up to fight these bastards.
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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gammarae.design
Reminder that sex segregation was implemented not to "protect women" but to protect the egos of cis men who got beat by women athletes
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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zeteo.com
I Cannot Unsee the Photos of the Tortured Palestinian Hostages Returned by Israel

@dianabuttu.bsky.social asks: Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies that the Israelis finally released as part of this 'ceasefire' deal?

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Crushed Legs. Gunshot Wounds to the Head. Shackled: Israel Returns Mutilated Palestinian Bodies
Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies, with crushed legs and gunshot wounds to the head, that the Israelis finally released as part of this 'ceasefire' deal?
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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kashana.blacksky.app
Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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adamweinstein.bsky.social
Primaries for senators
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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sesmith.lol
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
lorax.bsky.social
"If adults find something funny, that means it’s not"
November 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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thevivllainous.bsky.social
To make art is to be human
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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thevivllainous.bsky.social
Art is emotion through expression. AI does not think and it cannot feel. It is a program designed to scrounge the internet to pass things off as its own. All the while stealing jobs from real artists and soaking up drinking water.
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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downwithdan.bsky.social
lol she got his ass and he knows it
Joyce Carol Oates @Joyce... 17h O So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates— scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the "most wealthy person in the world." Elon Musk ' @elonmusk X.com Oates is a liar and delights in being mean. Not a good human.
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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laurenmarietta.bsky.social
easily my favorite moment of #MozFest thus far was just listening to @schock.cc effortlessly connect the long history of globalized racial capitalism, settler colonialism, and heteropatriarchy to our current moment of AI/tech extractionism, oppression, and oligarchy 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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charleskeener.bsky.social
On Thursday, the former chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno Ocampo, told the BBC the U.S. attacks on civilian vessels would be treated as crimes against humanity under international law.
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
lorax.bsky.social
Migrant workers "are keeping farming alive in Nova Scotia. Without them, we would not have the farming that we do with fruits and vegetables.” And a hurricane just wiped out the homes in Jamaica that some of them have been working in Canada for 20 years, to build. www.919thebend.ca/2025/11/02/j...
Jamaican workers heading from N.S. farm to devastation after Melissa
The co-owner of a Nova Scotia farm says about two dozen Jamaican workers they employ have flown back home not ...
www.919thebend.ca
November 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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tylerfromtheinternet.com
Me waiting for the bus omw to kick your ass
A tiny little floofy white dog that looks like it weighs five pounds sopping wet sits very polite looking slightly nervous in a little clear raincoat with blue pipping. Next to a foot ignore the foot
May 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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josephcox.bsky.social
New from 404 Media: we've obtained a leak from inside Palantir describing Palantir's plan to help ICE find people to deport. Includes peoples' location. Palantir is expecting a backlash, preparing comments for employees to tell their family. Says ICE "mature partner"

www.404media.co/leaked-palan...
Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People
Internal Palantir Slack chats and message boards obtained by 404 Media show the contracting giant is helping find the location of people flagged for deportation, that Palantir is now a “more mature pa...
www.404media.co
April 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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campuscodi.risky.biz
Repeat after me: Do not fill in and sync your government ID data to your Google account

blog.google/products/chr...
Chrome now helps you fill in passport, driver’s license, vehicle information and more.
Chrome already saves you time every day by securely filling in your addresses, passwords and payment information. Today, we’re making it even more helpful. For desktop u…
blog.google
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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julieofthespirits.bsky.social
And the concrete reason Mexico hasn't broken off relations with Israel is because "who will train our cops now :( wherever will we get the spyware we use on feminist activists"
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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julieofthespirits.bsky.social
Mexico too, for everyone who's bought the propaganda line about how Sheinbaum is some kind of Antizionist Hero (Mexico recognizes Palestine because Mexico has always tried to get along with everybody) Israel is Mexico's #2 supplier of weapons (and spyware)
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
lorax.bsky.social
What is happening in Gaza. How many trucks were admitted today. Why are international journalists blocked from entering. Why aren't they letting out medical evacuees, people with student visas, people with family members trying to sponsor them to emigrate. Where is the yellow line.
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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mrscrabapple.bsky.social
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
lorax.bsky.social
Sorry but that's stupid. Police should not be issuing press passes. Press groups do not need to sign an MoU with police, police need to follow the law and let reporters do their jobs. Unimpeded.
joeyneverjoe.bsky.social Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 7d
Councilmember Ysabel Jurado has introduced a motion to protect journalists covering protests. The motion: LAPD will create a public campaign on how to obtain LAPD-issued press passes along w/ signing MoUs between press groups and the city to create an agreement on conduct at protests.
Councilmember Ysabel Jurado Introduces Motion to Bolster Protections for Journalists Covering Protests LOS ANGELES – Today, Councilmember Ysabel Jurado introduced a motion to bolster protections for journalists covering protests and other public demonstrations in Los Angeles, ensuring they can report freely and safely. The motion follows a federal lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department, citing multiple instances in which officers fired less-lethal projectiles at journalists covering protests. A judge subsequently issued a Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting such targeting, reaffirming the critical role of the press in keeping the public informed and enabling civic participation. “When the press can freely and safely do its job, the public can participate fully in our democracy,” said Councilmember Ysabel Jurado. “Our responsibility as a City is to make sure those who report the truth are protected, not punished, for doing their jobs.” State law does not require specific press credentials for journalists covering protests. LAPD Media Guidelines note that press badges are “optional tools,” but ambiguity in verifying press status has led to constitutional violations, costly settlements, and federal court intervention, highlighting the urgent need for clear, standardized guidelines to protect members of the press and safeguard taxpayer dollars. Councilmember Jurado’s motion calls on the LAPD to develop a public campaign explaining how members of the press can obtain an LAPD press badge. It also calls for collaboration with several City departments to create a Memorandum of Understanding between the LAPD, the Los Angeles Press Club, and the Radio & Television News Association of Southern California. The MOU would establish a shared code of conduct for First Amendment demonstrations, setting clear, operational standards for how LAPD engages with journalists. The motion also calls on the City Attorney, CLA, and CAO to develop
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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dougsaunders.bsky.social
This is the actual official whitehouse dot gov web site
faineg.bsky.social Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 9d
this is achieving levels of 2003-era racist grandpa cringe that cannot be measured with any known scientific instruments

www.whitehouse.gov/mysafespace/
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