Synthminded
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I seem to mainly be posting things related to Tanuki lately… Tanuki Earth… | Video Editor of The Confabulators https://bsky.app/profile/theconfabulators.bsky.social
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🌟 Sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America @cwaunion.bsky.social
Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
Sex workers at Pahrump brothel are unionizing, alleging unfair contracts and conditions - The Nevada Independent
In the last week, the brothel has fired three workers who challenged a new contract that they say is unfair. Lawyers have filed an injunction with the federal labor board.
thenevadaindependent.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:33 AM
🌟 Sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America @cwaunion.bsky.social
Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
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Rabbi Tzvia Jasper, at the Jews against ICE demo in DC today, via @joellenovey.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Rabbi Tzvia Jasper, at the Jews against ICE demo in DC today, via @joellenovey.bsky.social
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The wealthy dominate political donations. My co-authored research found the top 0.1% contribute at rates 10-15x higher than bottom 90%. They’re not just more likely to donate, they give exponentially more per capita. The wealth gradient in politics is real. cup.org/4cfm0Az
February 12, 2026 at 4:17 AM
The wealthy dominate political donations. My co-authored research found the top 0.1% contribute at rates 10-15x higher than bottom 90%. They’re not just more likely to donate, they give exponentially more per capita. The wealth gradient in politics is real. cup.org/4cfm0Az
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So did Trump threaten to sue Gallop through backchannels, I wonder?
Or is this an attempt to avoid the appearance of bias by not reporting the inconvenient truth?
Or is this an attempt to avoid the appearance of bias by not reporting the inconvenient truth?
After Trump approval hits just 36%, an all time low, in December, Gallop decides to stop polling this. Their Presidential Approval Rating is one of the most cited barometers of public opinion on the president’s performance, and has been in use since Harry Truman.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Gallup to stop tracking presidential approval ratings after 88 years
Public opinion polling agency says decision ‘solely based on Gallup’s research goals and priorities’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:20 AM
So did Trump threaten to sue Gallop through backchannels, I wonder?
Or is this an attempt to avoid the appearance of bias by not reporting the inconvenient truth?
Or is this an attempt to avoid the appearance of bias by not reporting the inconvenient truth?
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Another victory for Bari Weiss, lifelong McCarthyite and consigliere of the most openly Nazi presidency in the history of the U.S.
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Another victory for Bari Weiss, lifelong McCarthyite and consigliere of the most openly Nazi presidency in the history of the U.S.
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Breaking: House passes new version of SAVE Act, worst voter suppression bill considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise:
-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The GOP’s “show us your papers” bill Is the latest effort to help Trump take over elections
“If the SAVE Act were to pass, it would be the worst voter suppression law that Congress has ever enacted"
www.motherjones.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Breaking: House passes new version of SAVE Act, worst voter suppression bill considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise:
-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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the games industry is collapsing/has already collapsed and investors are never coming back and that all sucks but i do generally have hope that a more stable, genuinely independent scene will emerge in its absence. that is until i see a single comment on any video by the gaming audience jesus christ
February 12, 2026 at 3:02 AM
the games industry is collapsing/has already collapsed and investors are never coming back and that all sucks but i do generally have hope that a more stable, genuinely independent scene will emerge in its absence. that is until i see a single comment on any video by the gaming audience jesus christ
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Wow this punched me in all of my feelings. This is Powerful.
Native activists set up prayer camp outside Minneapolis ICE detention center • Minnesota Reformer
Tribal members and descendents set up tipis and a fire at a Fort Snelling Park for four days of prayer for those detained by ICE
minnesotareformer.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Wow this punched me in all of my feelings. This is Powerful.
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it will live on in my animal crossing town
February 8, 2026 at 3:52 AM
it will live on in my animal crossing town
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Just take a look at this and remember, Pam Bondi's concern here was not with any of the victims of these crimes but with the nosy Democrats who actually gave a shit about them.
February 12, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Just take a look at this and remember, Pam Bondi's concern here was not with any of the victims of these crimes but with the nosy Democrats who actually gave a shit about them.
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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Thanks to the good folks at @thetyee.ca for republishing my piece from today
The response to the #TumblerRidgeShooting from far-right media, online commentators and even an elected official in Canada is another dark example of how pervasive anti-trans misinformation has become, even in Canada.
Mel Woods writes. #bcpoli #bced
Mel Woods writes. #bcpoli #bced
As Tumbler Ridge Mourns, Anti-Trans Misinfo Spreads | The Tyee
No good will come from the conservative rush to weaponize the shooter’s identity in this story.
thetyee.ca
February 12, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Thanks to the good folks at @thetyee.ca for republishing my piece from today
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you can just not fund this shit under any circumstances
you don’t have to pretend they need better training, or are doing an important job incorrectly
they’re just racist thugs doing ethnic cleansing and the whole gang should be in jail
you don’t have to pretend they need better training, or are doing an important job incorrectly
they’re just racist thugs doing ethnic cleansing and the whole gang should be in jail
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:37 AM
you can just not fund this shit under any circumstances
you don’t have to pretend they need better training, or are doing an important job incorrectly
they’re just racist thugs doing ethnic cleansing and the whole gang should be in jail
you don’t have to pretend they need better training, or are doing an important job incorrectly
they’re just racist thugs doing ethnic cleansing and the whole gang should be in jail
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There will always be an RFK Jr as long as situations like this are routine and the medical research community doesn't unequivocally say that for-profit healthcare is morally wrong and fight against it.
Yet another indictment of the United States health system that James Van Der Beek’s wife and six kids need a gofundme because his unsuccessful cancer treatment destroyed them financially
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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Donate to Support for James Van Der Beek's Family, organized by Jason K
James Van Der Beek was a beloved husband, father, and friend who touched the lives of … Jason K needs your support for Support for James Van Der Beek's Family
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February 12, 2026 at 2:31 AM
There will always be an RFK Jr as long as situations like this are routine and the medical research community doesn't unequivocally say that for-profit healthcare is morally wrong and fight against it.
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He got out after 3 months in an ICE gulag.
My electrician is a green card holder who's been here since he was a kid. He got married to a citizen, applied for citizenship, went to court for the papers and when he got there ICE kidnapped him and he's been locked up for a month.
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
He got out after 3 months in an ICE gulag.
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For those who dont know the one here in Vegas is full of sewage
Oh for fuck sake. How is anyone still falling for this bullshit? You can’t just dig tunnels in Florida. Our unofficial state fish is the sink hole. Anyway. RIP Harry Potter land, swallowed by Elon Musk’s giant unfinished hole in the ground probably.
Elon Musk’s tunneling company tapped to link Universal parks
The company is best known for creating the underground Las Vegas Loop. But little is known about how The Boring Company intends to proceed in Central Florida, including how it might approach constr…
www.orlandosentinel.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 AM
For those who dont know the one here in Vegas is full of sewage
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Honestly wondering if we're gonna react a point soon in the game industry where the seemingly infinite pool of young talent you can grind up into cocaine, held together by any ever smaller pool abused and exhausted senior devs all dries up? This can't go on forever, right?
February 12, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Honestly wondering if we're gonna react a point soon in the game industry where the seemingly infinite pool of young talent you can grind up into cocaine, held together by any ever smaller pool abused and exhausted senior devs all dries up? This can't go on forever, right?
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Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski has railed against the addition of AI tools into creative processes, as he prepares to launch a new sci-fi comedy featuring a rogue artificial intelligence as its villain. https://bit.ly/46KAy9P
February 12, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski has railed against the addition of AI tools into creative processes, as he prepares to launch a new sci-fi comedy featuring a rogue artificial intelligence as its villain. https://bit.ly/46KAy9P
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The person photographed here who is in their bathrobe filming armed, masked federal agents in St. Paul is MPR News journalist @samstroozas.bsky.social @mprnews.org . She is an incredible journalist and person. We do not deserve her.
A high-speed car chase involving a federal agent in St. Paul ended with a multi-vehicle crash and injuries to the fleeing driver, who was taken away in an ambulance. bit.ly/4kvJo0M
📸: Leila Navidi
📸: Leila Navidi
February 11, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The person photographed here who is in their bathrobe filming armed, masked federal agents in St. Paul is MPR News journalist @samstroozas.bsky.social @mprnews.org . She is an incredible journalist and person. We do not deserve her.
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You should treat every singeplayer videogame that releases, even the shit ones, as a gift from the Heavens themselves because it's only going to get harder and rarer for them to exist without some kind of global fundamental shift in priorities.
February 12, 2026 at 12:18 AM
You should treat every singeplayer videogame that releases, even the shit ones, as a gift from the Heavens themselves because it's only going to get harder and rarer for them to exist without some kind of global fundamental shift in priorities.
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Making a game should not be "get people to work on it for free until a publisher sees a near-finished product and offers to market it past the finish line" or "have lucked into success 10 years ago and coast on residuals, funding future projects" with nothing in between.
February 12, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Making a game should not be "get people to work on it for free until a publisher sees a near-finished product and offers to market it past the finish line" or "have lucked into success 10 years ago and coast on residuals, funding future projects" with nothing in between.