Sufyan Abbasi
@sufy.me
Just trying to survive climate change and late stage capitalism. Posts, likes, and thoughts are my own.
AWU-gler working on Earth Engine
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Sufyan Abbasi
@sufy.me
· Nov 9
"The idea of a hierarchy of human value is a very well-marketed idea in our media and our politics, and things will really start to change when we place our blame more on those who are selling it for their own gain than those who are desperate enough to buy it."
~ Heather McGhee
~ Heather McGhee
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Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
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"I am forced to get on a stationary bicycle and pedal to generate electricity for the Loyalist States. The guard does not chuckle or show any recognition when I ask, 'Is it a fixed gear, at least?' He just stares for a moment and then hits me in the temple with his baton."
buff.ly/kvdEXDB
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My Whimsical, Millennial, Meme-Addled Youth Did Not Set Me Up for Success in the New American Dystopia
DAY 1 The secret police appear at my door and drag me from my apartment. “What about my desert island discs?” I shout, thinking this will get a lau...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"I am forced to get on a stationary bicycle and pedal to generate electricity for the Loyalist States. The guard does not chuckle or show any recognition when I ask, 'Is it a fixed gear, at least?' He just stares for a moment and then hits me in the temple with his baton."
buff.ly/kvdEXDB
buff.ly/kvdEXDB
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There is no purpose, no motivation, no explanation for this other than racist, frat boy cruelty.
They saw a family with brown skin driving a car with the window open, and egged each other on to pepper spray them as they drove past.
Just to hurt them. No other purpose.
This is who they are.
They saw a family with brown skin driving a car with the window open, and egged each other on to pepper spray them as they drove past.
Just to hurt them. No other purpose.
This is who they are.
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
There is no purpose, no motivation, no explanation for this other than racist, frat boy cruelty.
They saw a family with brown skin driving a car with the window open, and egged each other on to pepper spray them as they drove past.
Just to hurt them. No other purpose.
This is who they are.
They saw a family with brown skin driving a car with the window open, and egged each other on to pepper spray them as they drove past.
Just to hurt them. No other purpose.
This is who they are.
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poor children literally went without food. people lost jobs and went into debt and got evicted and sold their cars they need to get to work. people who otherwise would have lived longer will die younger because of the stress of this. people did things for money they can't undo
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
poor children literally went without food. people lost jobs and went into debt and got evicted and sold their cars they need to get to work. people who otherwise would have lived longer will die younger because of the stress of this. people did things for money they can't undo
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These are the Democrats who voted with their Republican friends to double healthcare costs for millions of Americans. They're all millionaires.
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
These are the Democrats who voted with their Republican friends to double healthcare costs for millions of Americans. They're all millionaires.
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There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Who do you think he voted for? I hope it’s for that guy, Zohran, I heard he was pretty cool.
On this beautiful morning in Astoria, I cast my ballot for our city and our future.
I hope you will too.
I hope you will too.
November 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Who do you think he voted for? I hope it’s for that guy, Zohran, I heard he was pretty cool.
I cannot wait to see Blackwater’s prepared statement today.
November 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I cannot wait to see Blackwater’s prepared statement today.
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A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
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🎵 why would Lockheed Martin build a ballroom..... 🎶 This is TikTok Premium ☺️
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🎵 why would Lockheed Martin build a ballroom..... 🎶 This is TikTok Premium ☺️
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Commentary: For every meal a food bank provides, SNAP provides nine. The impact of even a temporary delay cannot be understated. Hunger does not discriminate by party, and everyone needs to eat. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/03/f...
Food banks: Without SNAP, we can't handle the demand • Minnesota Reformer
Over half of SNAP participants are either seniors or children, and fewer than 5% of SNAP participants are able-bodied adults without children.
minnesotareformer.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Commentary: For every meal a food bank provides, SNAP provides nine. The impact of even a temporary delay cannot be understated. Hunger does not discriminate by party, and everyone needs to eat. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/03/f...
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The combined wealth of the 10 richest people in America jumped $698 billion over the past year.
This figure was supercharged by Donald Trump’s tax giveaways to his fellow billionaires.
www.thedailybeast.com/wealth-of-am...
This figure was supercharged by Donald Trump’s tax giveaways to his fellow billionaires.
www.thedailybeast.com/wealth-of-am...
Wealth of America’s Richest Billionaires Rockets Under Trump
“The rise of a new American oligarchy” is underway, according to an Oxfam study.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The combined wealth of the 10 richest people in America jumped $698 billion over the past year.
This figure was supercharged by Donald Trump’s tax giveaways to his fellow billionaires.
www.thedailybeast.com/wealth-of-am...
This figure was supercharged by Donald Trump’s tax giveaways to his fellow billionaires.
www.thedailybeast.com/wealth-of-am...
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Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.
futurism.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This is an incredibly powerful message that I needed to hear.
Thank you for blazing the path forward out of the shadows and to a place where Muslims can just be leaders, like many others.
Sadly, I can’t say that I’m a proud New Yorker, but you make me a proud American!
Thank you for blazing the path forward out of the shadows and to a place where Muslims can just be leaders, like many others.
Sadly, I can’t say that I’m a proud New Yorker, but you make me a proud American!
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
This is an incredibly powerful message that I needed to hear.
Thank you for blazing the path forward out of the shadows and to a place where Muslims can just be leaders, like many others.
Sadly, I can’t say that I’m a proud New Yorker, but you make me a proud American!
Thank you for blazing the path forward out of the shadows and to a place where Muslims can just be leaders, like many others.
Sadly, I can’t say that I’m a proud New Yorker, but you make me a proud American!
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The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
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Many world leaders will get a letter from me today, demanding overdue concrete action to save Palestinian lives.
They must increase the number of medical evacuations from Gaza. Patients with life-threatening conditions cannot wait any longer:
They must increase the number of medical evacuations from Gaza. Patients with life-threatening conditions cannot wait any longer:
A letter to world leaders from MSF's International President | MSF
Dr Javid Abdelmoneim, our International President, appeals to the humanity of world leaders, asking them to facilitate medical evacuations from Gaza, Palestine.
msf.me
October 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Many world leaders will get a letter from me today, demanding overdue concrete action to save Palestinian lives.
They must increase the number of medical evacuations from Gaza. Patients with life-threatening conditions cannot wait any longer:
They must increase the number of medical evacuations from Gaza. Patients with life-threatening conditions cannot wait any longer:
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on making public transit accessible: "I think the way that you move around the city, it influences the way in which you see the city. Too often if you're riding around only in a car with tinted windows, the only New Yorker you might see is a reflection of yourself."
Zohran Mamdani, the Internet’s Mayor
Mere months ago, New York’s mayoral front-runner was polling right next to “Someone Else.” He spoke to WIRED about building a social media machine, Big Tech capitulation, and learning from Eric Adams.
www.wired.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on making public transit accessible: "I think the way that you move around the city, it influences the way in which you see the city. Too often if you're riding around only in a car with tinted windows, the only New Yorker you might see is a reflection of yourself."
Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power!
*shows early 2000’s flip phone alarm set to a voice recording of Linkin Park’s “In the End”*
*shows early 2000’s flip phone alarm set to a voice recording of Linkin Park’s “In the End”*
1930s Phonograph Doubled as an Alarm Clock, Letting People Start Their Day with Their Favorite Record
1930s Phonograph Doubled as an Alarm Clock, Letting People Start Their Day with Their Favorite Record
The Deutsches Uhrensmuseum introduces the French-made Peter Pan clock above as follows:
Even as early as 1930, people were trying to find a way to replace the unpleasant sound of the alarm clock. The ...
www.openculture.com
October 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power!
*shows early 2000’s flip phone alarm set to a voice recording of Linkin Park’s “In the End”*
*shows early 2000’s flip phone alarm set to a voice recording of Linkin Park’s “In the End”*
If the government doesn’t show up in the next 15 minutes, do I legally get to skip my civic duties?
October 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
If the government doesn’t show up in the next 15 minutes, do I legally get to skip my civic duties?
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If this is how one of the world's most famous people is treated, we can only begin to imagine* what captive Palestinians have experienced.
* We don't actually need to imagine. There are countless, corroborated accounts from Palestinians and Israelis.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
* We don't actually need to imagine. There are countless, corroborated accounts from Palestinians and Israelis.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”
– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar
www.aftonbladet.se
October 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
If this is how one of the world's most famous people is treated, we can only begin to imagine* what captive Palestinians have experienced.
* We don't actually need to imagine. There are countless, corroborated accounts from Palestinians and Israelis.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
* We don't actually need to imagine. There are countless, corroborated accounts from Palestinians and Israelis.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
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Aftonbladet's report is harrowing and should make anyone who doubted it feel ashamed.
Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”
– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar
www.aftonbladet.se
October 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Aftonbladet's report is harrowing and should make anyone who doubted it feel ashamed.