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Someone is a syllogism; I am not a syllogism; someone isn't me
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inkican.bsky.social
Good, evil, it’s all about putting butts in theater seats – if you can do that, we’ll let you slide on everything else.

inkican.com/jared-le...

#tron #tronares #tronlegacy #disney #tronuprising #tronmovie #jaredleto
Jared Leto in Tron:Ares
October 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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crimethinc.com
Although millions took the streets today to demonstrate against Donald Trump's power grab, there was only one shooting, in Salt Lake City.

Nonetheless, it is important to learn what you can do if a person is shot near you at a demonstration. Please read this guide.

crimethinc.com/gunshotwounds

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A Demonstrator’s Guide to Responding to Gunshot Wounds
Even if you have no medical training, there are things you can do to maximize the likelihood that a person who is shot in your vicinity will survive.
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June 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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kieranhurley.bsky.social
grahms. he secked me grahms. he secked me so eh hev called him a paedo. yes lek the guy in the cave in Thailand. there's a lest. no a lest. a lest. the Epstein paedo lest. yes eh know em on it too but
June 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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sundaedivine.lol
The GOP budget: brought to you by the phrase “stop hitting yourself.”
Tweet by Robert Reich.
May 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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other98.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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fpwellman.bsky.social
Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
This is the most dangerous move yet
The canary is gasping for air
open.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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nonserviammedia.bsky.social
NSP 64 is out now! 🏴

We had a wide-ranging conversation with writer, musician, and software engineer @thomaswebb.net about #transhumanism, #socialmedia, #gender liberation, and more!

🎙️ on.soundcloud.com/jTKFMD7jiDTc...
📽️ youtu.be/7M4cc6XzvMo

@lucystag.bsky.social #anarchism #libertarianleft
Non Serviam Podcast #64 - Liberating Body and Mind with Thomas J. Webb
February 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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inkican.bsky.social
Our horrific technodystopia has arrived tech.slashdot.org/st...

#technology #tech #innovation #engineering #business #technews #gadgets
Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop - Slashdot
"In-dash advertising is here and Stellantis, the parent company of Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, and Ram, beat everyone to further enshittification," writes longtime Slashdot reader sinij. "Ads can be seen in this video." From a report: In a move that has left drivers both frustrated and bewildered, Stell...
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February 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
Protestors outside the Tesla Manhattan Showroom.

"Don't buy swastikars"

(📹 @sandibachom.bsky.social ) #3E #EndOligarchy #TeslaTakeover #TeslaProtests
February 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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bigbash.bsky.social
A lot of people in Boise are at a loss for what to do to protect community members when ICE comes around (or, better yet, before they hit the neighborhood).

Here are some helpful suggestions for building resilience and resistance.
crimethinc.com CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · Feb 11
Eight Things You Can Do to Stop ICE

crimethinc.com/StopICE

We've produced a guide detailing many different ways you can act to prevent ICE from tearing families apart and terrorizing your community.

This is also available as a PDF for printing. Please circulate these widely!
The cover of a zine, reading "8 things you can do to stop ICE." A design showing the bars of a prison becoming keys. Text reads "Less locks, more keys."
February 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
End impunity
End autogenocide
End oligarchy

#3E
End impunity End autogenocide End oligarchy Join the #3E Movement
February 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
Mexico out negotiated Trump. Mex gets to do a troop rotation or add additional troops to the already existing 10 to 20 thousand troops at the border. Trump caved and lifted the tariffs and is doing a victory lap for accomplishing.... *checks notes* securing Mexican defences against the US.
February 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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bigdgrandroyal.bsky.social
People threw away 250 years of American Democracy for a clown in orange makeup.
February 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
5wim.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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jamellebouie.net
hey question, is this bad?
January 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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aoc.bsky.social
Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare.

Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.”

We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽
January 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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crimethinc.com
It’s Safer in the Front

Faced with intensifying repression, there is an understandable inclination to seek safety by avoiding confrontation. But this doesn't always work.

crimethinc.com/saferinthefr...

“Counterintuitively, it's often best to be in the front lines, so you can see what's going on.”
It's Safer in the Front
Faced with intensifying repression and state violence, there is an understandable inclination to seek safety by avoiding confrontation. But this is not always the most effective strategy. “Coun...
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January 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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igd.bsky.social
This was introduced by Marjorie Taylor Green, who spoke at a neo-Nazi conference alongside Nick Fuentes. There is physically no “list” of domestic terror groups. The first Trump admin said this when responding to a petition to label antifa terrorists in 2017. itsgoingdown.org/proud-boy-le...
Message from the Trump administration in 2017, " President Donald J. Trump has repeatedly said that hatred and violence have no place in America. Our country must unite in condemning violence and recognize that the bonds of love and loyalty that bring us together are stronger than the wicked forces trying to divide us. Although Federal law provides a mechanism to designate and sanction foreign terrorist organizations and foreign state sponsors of terrorism, there is currently no analogous mechanism for formally designating domestic terrorist organizations." Nick Fuentes and Marjorie Taylor Green
January 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Since Monday, Trump has: Halted civil rights investigations, suspended public health advisories, frozen infrastructure spending, rescinded an executive order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors and another one aimed at lowering drug prices.

How does this help working people?
January 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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crimethinc.com
Today—for the seventh time—a fixed electoral process will return the despot Aleksandr Lukashenko to power in Belarus.

Last time he held an "election," in 2020, an uprising nearly toppled his government. It remains an inspiring example for all who fight autocracy:

crimethinc.com/WhenWeRise

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Belarus: “When We Rise”
Anarchists who participated in the 2020 revolt analyze its strengths and weaknesses, exploring why it ultimately failed to topple the dictatorship.
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January 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
5wim.bsky.social
authoritary rendition
youranoncentral.bsky.social Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Jan 25
Mexico has denied the US ethnic cleansing "deportation" flights, after the US illegally flew into Mexican airspace attempting to dump people into Mexico.
US warplane being loaded with civilians to be illegally dumped in Mexico
January 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference, a letter from an alleged X whistleblower.

"What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations."

theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
I'm writing this with a heavy heart and no small amount of fear. As a former X (formerly Twitter) employee on an H1B visa, I can't reveal my identity without risking everything, but I can't stay silent any longer about what I saw and was made to do. When Elon Musk took over, everything changed. What started as a social media company became something much darker. I was part of a team that was directly ordered to manipulate Twitter's systems to influence the 2024 US presidential election. It wasn't subtle, and it wasn't ethical. We completely changed how the algorithm worked, pushing pro-Trump and right-wing posts to the top of people's feeds. To make it look balanced, we also boosted some left-wing critics of Democrats, but it was all carefully calculated. These changes didn't just affect Americans - they impacted users worldwide. One of the most disturbing things we did was create thousands of fake accounts using advanced AI systems called Grok and Eliza. These accounts looked completely real and pushed political messages that spread like wildfire. Havn't you noticed they all disappeared? Like magic. We also knowingly allowed foreign governments to manipulate the platform. State-backed groups from Israel, Iran, and Russia were running their own influence campaigns, and because their goals aligned with ours, we looked the other way. Even when they clearly broke the rules, we didn't stop them. Perhaps the most unethical part was how we manufactured news stories. One team would write completely fake articles, while another team would artificially boost their engagement metrics to make them go viral. We specifically targeted certain groups of people, knowing exactly how to manipulate their views and emotions. The moderation team became a tool for our agenda. We systematically silenced anyone who got in our way, enforcing the rules when it suited us and ignoring them when it didn't. Elon Musk himself was deeply involved in these decisions, often joking about being "Black Hat MAGA." What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations. The damage we've done is immeasurable, and I don't know if it can ever be fixed. People don't know what's real anymore, and that's exactly what we wanted. The pilot program for the Eliza AI Agent, was election interference. Eliza was release officially in October of 2024, but we had access to it before then thanks to Marc Andreessen. I'm terrified to be writing this, but I had to speak up. I just hope that someone with the power to do something about this sees this letter. You'll know what i’m saying is the truth by Elon's actions to the news someone spoke out. For more evidence look at the docs of Eliza AI Agent software. We left bread crumbs. Yours sincerely, A former employee who can't sleep at night.
January 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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jamellebouie.net
trump revoking desegregation in federal contracting
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Jan 22
BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since.
(b) The Federal contracting process shall be streamlined to enhance speed and efficiency, reduce costs, and require Federal contractors and subcontractors to comply with our civil-rights laws. Accordingly: (1) Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965 (Equal Employment Opportunity), is hereby revoked. For 90 days from the date of this order, Federal contractors may continue to comply with the regulatory scheme in effect on January 20, 2025. (ii) The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs within the Department of Labor shall immediately cease: (A) Promoting "diversity"; (B) Holding Federal contractors and subcontractors responsible for taking "affirmative action"; and (C) Allowing or encouraging Federal contractors and subcontractors to engage in workforce balancing based on race, color, sex, sexual preference, religion, or national origin. (iii) In accordance with Executive Order 13279 of December 12, 2002 (Equal Protection of the Laws for Faith-Based and Community Organizations), the employment, procurement, and contracting practices of Federal contractors and subcontractors shall not consider race, color, sex, sexual preference, religion, or national origin in ways that violate the Nation's civil rights laws. (iv) The head of each agency shall include in every contract or grant award: (A) A term requiring the contractual counterparty or grant recipient to agree that its compliance in all respects with all applicable Federal anti-discrimination laws is material to the government's payment decisions for purposes of section 3729(b) (4) of title 31, United States Code; and (B) A term requiring such counterparty or recipient to certify that it does not operate any programs promoting DEI that violate any applicable Federal anti-discrimination laws.
January 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
75% of California farmworkers are undocumented. California produces 70% of the US' agriculture.

Blue states should consider a hard border to keep Trump and MAGA out and stop exports to red states.
youranoncentral.bsky.social Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Jan 22
US crops expected to rot across the country as Trump's ethnic cleansing campaign via ICE targets immigrant community. Food prices to rise. Trump's shock troopers detained visibly Latino immigrants and US citizens alike.

americasvoice.org/blog/immigra...
"immigrants were getting swept up while refueling their trucks or picking up some breakfast before starting their day, 25% of citrus workers stayed home from work. The day after, 75% stayed home. The raids have "sent shockwaves through the entire community," Creamer said. "People aren't going to work and kids aren't going to school," mirroring mass school absences following past workplace raids in states like Mississippi, New Mexico, and Tennessee. "Throughout the raids, Border Patrol appeared to be profiling farm workers," United Farm Workers said. "These raids have resulted in dozens of arrests of hardworking people, including UFW union members." The labor union called the enforcement actions "a troubling preview of what we expect our communities to endure over the next 4 years."
January 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM