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If you’ve not heard Antoinette Konan’s self titled 1986 album, which got reissued in 2019 by the label Awesome Tapes From Africa, you’re in for a treat—it’s joyous, buoyant, and pop-tastic, blending the ahoko (wooden idiophone) with ‘80s electronics
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antoinettekonan.bandcamp.com/album/antoin...
Antoinette Konan, by Antoinette Konan
6 track album
antoinettekonan.bandcamp.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
If you’ve not heard Antoinette Konan’s self titled 1986 album, which got reissued in 2019 by the label Awesome Tapes From Africa, you’re in for a treat—it’s joyous, buoyant, and pop-tastic, blending the ahoko (wooden idiophone) with ‘80s electronics
antoinettekonan.bandcamp.com/album/antoin...
antoinettekonan.bandcamp.com/album/antoin...
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This is the start of round 2 of program cuts. A number of colleges tried to hold off these closures for a year, hoping the feds might change their mind about the visa programs. Now, the hope is gone.
George Brown’s renowned chef school halting one-third of its programs #StarExclusive
George Brown’s renowned chef school halting one-third of its programs
Enrolment is being halted in seven of 21 programs in culinary arts and hospitality as colleges face grim financial news.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is the start of round 2 of program cuts. A number of colleges tried to hold off these closures for a year, hoping the feds might change their mind about the visa programs. Now, the hope is gone.
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We originally set up an alert to track our mentions @towcenter.bsky.social - but soon found that my name cropped up a great deal, (false ‘Dr’ added), talking about the things I talk about (tech + media) but none of the quotes were real. AI slop me has been pretty busy….
We found AI produces fake ‘expert’ quotes for questionable websites - including our own director… @dmil.bsky.social @cj-robinson.bsky.social @emilybell.bsky.social
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When the pink-slime researchers become the pink slime.
We love to hear when journalists engage with our research, so in October, we set up an LLM agent to sort through Google Alerts for Tow Center’s work and notify us when our research is cited in news. T...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
We originally set up an alert to track our mentions @towcenter.bsky.social - but soon found that my name cropped up a great deal, (false ‘Dr’ added), talking about the things I talk about (tech + media) but none of the quotes were real. AI slop me has been pretty busy….
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🕯️Today, we honor and mourn the trans and nonbinary people whose lives have been taken by violence, discrimination, and hate.
✊ Indivisible Chicago stands with our transgender & gender nonconforming neighbors, organizers, and loved ones. We fight for protections, dignity, and liberation—every day!
✊ Indivisible Chicago stands with our transgender & gender nonconforming neighbors, organizers, and loved ones. We fight for protections, dignity, and liberation—every day!
November 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
🕯️Today, we honor and mourn the trans and nonbinary people whose lives have been taken by violence, discrimination, and hate.
✊ Indivisible Chicago stands with our transgender & gender nonconforming neighbors, organizers, and loved ones. We fight for protections, dignity, and liberation—every day!
✊ Indivisible Chicago stands with our transgender & gender nonconforming neighbors, organizers, and loved ones. We fight for protections, dignity, and liberation—every day!
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I refuse to lose hope in people. In us. Our local charities have asked for a pause in donations because they have received so much. I told some friends of a toy & gift card donation I'm making to a local family and they insisted on adding more money. I believe we want to help each other.
November 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I refuse to lose hope in people. In us. Our local charities have asked for a pause in donations because they have received so much. I told some friends of a toy & gift card donation I'm making to a local family and they insisted on adding more money. I believe we want to help each other.
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I also believe -- know! -- interpersonal charity is no replacement for a proper social safety net, so I know we need to keep fighting for that. I am just heartened by the way so many are stepping up in the meantime.
November 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I also believe -- know! -- interpersonal charity is no replacement for a proper social safety net, so I know we need to keep fighting for that. I am just heartened by the way so many are stepping up in the meantime.
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This is a wild thing for someone who calls themselves an intellectual to say with a straight face to the New York Times. This is not a historical account based on an understanding of the history--this is just pure far right, Christian Nationalist propaganda/conspiracy theory ca. 1962-1980s.
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is a wild thing for someone who calls themselves an intellectual to say with a straight face to the New York Times. This is not a historical account based on an understanding of the history--this is just pure far right, Christian Nationalist propaganda/conspiracy theory ca. 1962-1980s.
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We partnered with @pablo.show to investigate Riley Gaines' rise to MAGA stardom. @msjpauly.bsky.social dug up docs that reveal the right-wing funders behind her ascent and spoke to puzzled teammates who wonder what happened to her.
Read ow.ly/o3wq50XuCzp
Watch/listen www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKUl...
Read ow.ly/o3wq50XuCzp
Watch/listen www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKUl...
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
We partnered with @pablo.show to investigate Riley Gaines' rise to MAGA stardom. @msjpauly.bsky.social dug up docs that reveal the right-wing funders behind her ascent and spoke to puzzled teammates who wonder what happened to her.
Read ow.ly/o3wq50XuCzp
Watch/listen www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKUl...
Read ow.ly/o3wq50XuCzp
Watch/listen www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKUl...
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Federal prosecutors on Thursday moved to drop criminal charges against Marimar Martinez, a woman who was shot multiple times by a US Border Patrol agent last month in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood.
Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Woman Shot by Border Patrol Agent in Chicago
Observers point out this isn’t the first time prosecutors have dropped charges against protesters in recent months.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Federal prosecutors on Thursday moved to drop criminal charges against Marimar Martinez, a woman who was shot multiple times by a US Border Patrol agent last month in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood.
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"Cynthia" harvest strawberries in Oxnard CA. "This day it was very difficult to do my job because of the rain. The rows we need to walk through in the strawberry field were full of water. This makes it very difficult to work as it is extremely slippery." #WeFeedYou
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Cynthia" harvest strawberries in Oxnard CA. "This day it was very difficult to do my job because of the rain. The rows we need to walk through in the strawberry field were full of water. This makes it very difficult to work as it is extremely slippery." #WeFeedYou
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WH: The peace plan for Ukraine was drafted by Rubio and Witkoff
“They have been quietly working on it over the past month,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
“They have been quietly working on it over the past month,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
BREAKING: Leaked U.S. "Peace Plan": Full Translation of 28 Key Terms Presented to Ukraine
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Leaked U.S. "Peace Plan": Full Translation of 28 Key Terms Presented to Ukraine
A complete English translation of the leaked 28-point U.S. draft peace plan for Ukraine, detailing security guarantees, NATO restrictions, territorial concessions, sanctions relief for Russia, reconst...
www.onestnetwork.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
WH: The peace plan for Ukraine was drafted by Rubio and Witkoff
“They have been quietly working on it over the past month,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
“They have been quietly working on it over the past month,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
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Rep. Jason Crow: “Karoline Leavitt is outright lying. Actually, what she said from the podium is that there was an encouragement of disobeying lawful orders. We actually said the exact opposite.”
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Rep. Jason Crow: “Karoline Leavitt is outright lying. Actually, what she said from the podium is that there was an encouragement of disobeying lawful orders. We actually said the exact opposite.”
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JUDGE COBB: “.. At its core, Congress has given the District rights to govern itself. .. Those rights are infringed upon when defendants approve, in excess of their statutory authority, the deployment of National Guard troops to the District.”
@nytimes.com
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November 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
JUDGE COBB: “.. At its core, Congress has given the District rights to govern itself. .. Those rights are infringed upon when defendants approve, in excess of their statutory authority, the deployment of National Guard troops to the District.”
@nytimes.com
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@nytimes.com
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BREAKING: Judge Jia Cobb rules that the Pentagon's National Guard deployment into DC is ILLEGAL. Further, she says a president can NOT use the National Guard to fight crime – perceived or invented.
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
BREAKING: Judge Jia Cobb rules that the Pentagon's National Guard deployment into DC is ILLEGAL. Further, she says a president can NOT use the National Guard to fight crime – perceived or invented.
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items "potentially divisive."
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items "potentially divisive."
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items "potentially divisive."
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items "potentially divisive."
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Before she died, my great-grandmother told me what her mother told her as swastika uniforms took her to the gas chambers:
"Remember you're a Jew; I'll return soon." She never saw her again.
A new Coast Guard policy says that same swastika isn't hate but "potentially divisive."
Never again is now.
"Remember you're a Jew; I'll return soon." She never saw her again.
A new Coast Guard policy says that same swastika isn't hate but "potentially divisive."
Never again is now.
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Before she died, my great-grandmother told me what her mother told her as swastika uniforms took her to the gas chambers:
"Remember you're a Jew; I'll return soon." She never saw her again.
A new Coast Guard policy says that same swastika isn't hate but "potentially divisive."
Never again is now.
"Remember you're a Jew; I'll return soon." She never saw her again.
A new Coast Guard policy says that same swastika isn't hate but "potentially divisive."
Never again is now.
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He’s proven—again—that there are no bounds to how low he’s willing to go.
This is absolutely disgusting, and Americans deserve better than this cowardly, chaos-driven clown show. (2/2)
This is absolutely disgusting, and Americans deserve better than this cowardly, chaos-driven clown show. (2/2)
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
He’s proven—again—that there are no bounds to how low he’s willing to go.
This is absolutely disgusting, and Americans deserve better than this cowardly, chaos-driven clown show. (2/2)
This is absolutely disgusting, and Americans deserve better than this cowardly, chaos-driven clown show. (2/2)
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Just so we’re ALL clear: the President of the United States made death threats toward sitting Democratic members of Congress.
But they’re always claiming Democrats are the dangerous ones, right?
(1/2)
But they’re always claiming Democrats are the dangerous ones, right?
(1/2)
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Just so we’re ALL clear: the President of the United States made death threats toward sitting Democratic members of Congress.
But they’re always claiming Democrats are the dangerous ones, right?
(1/2)
But they’re always claiming Democrats are the dangerous ones, right?
(1/2)
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Try it Piggy and face a rebellion you could never imagine!!!
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Try it Piggy and face a rebellion you could never imagine!!!
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Say no to Fast Fashion!
Photos: Chile’s desert dumping ground for fast fashion leftovers
Chile's Atacama, the driest desert in the world, is increasingly suffering from pollution caused by fast fashion.
www.aljazeera.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Say no to Fast Fashion!
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I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
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One thing I learned from “The Wire” is that even professional gangsters have enough decency not to do hits at church newrepublic.com/post/203321/...
ICE Agents Raid a Church With No Explanation
Operation “Charlotte’s Web” continues.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
One thing I learned from “The Wire” is that even professional gangsters have enough decency not to do hits at church newrepublic.com/post/203321/...
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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This meets the the most standard definition of tool use used in primatology (Beck 1980), and it surprises me how many don’t think it qualifies as tool use 🧪
A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
Have wild wolves learned to use tools?
Video captures a lone female pulling crab traps out of the water, but does it count as tool use?
www.science.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This meets the the most standard definition of tool use used in primatology (Beck 1980), and it surprises me how many don’t think it qualifies as tool use 🧪
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"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?