April
@agoodwinsmith.bsky.social
she/her/your fluency; Canadian; interior of BC; cats are nice; sincerely very tired of monumental enshittification; reading attention span currently cereal box; powerless and aware of it
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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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First came the Amazon One palm reader at Whole Foods checkout stands. Now, Sam Altman wants you to pay for things—and verify your identity—with a scan of your irises via an orb that stores biometric information on the blockchain.
Sam Altman's Eye-Scanning Orb Is Now Coming to the US
At a buzzy event in San Francisco, World announced a series of Apple-like stores, a partnership with dating giant Match Group, and a new mini gadget to scan your eyeballs.
wrd.cm
May 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
First came the Amazon One palm reader at Whole Foods checkout stands. Now, Sam Altman wants you to pay for things—and verify your identity—with a scan of your irises via an orb that stores biometric information on the blockchain.
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my working assumption is that any foreign government who cares to has basically real time access to the inner workings of the Trump administration
which doesn’t really help much when the six fireflies bouncing around inside Trump’s skull hit a new random thing to tariff
which doesn’t really help much when the six fireflies bouncing around inside Trump’s skull hit a new random thing to tariff
TeleMessage, the Israeli company that makes the modified Signal app used by Trump officials, was hacked. “I would say the whole process took about 15-20 minutes,” the hacker said micahflee.com/the-signal-c...
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.
micahflee.com
May 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
my working assumption is that any foreign government who cares to has basically real time access to the inner workings of the Trump administration
which doesn’t really help much when the six fireflies bouncing around inside Trump’s skull hit a new random thing to tariff
which doesn’t really help much when the six fireflies bouncing around inside Trump’s skull hit a new random thing to tariff
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Lol just crazier and crazier
Trump says movies produced outside the U.S. are a national security threat. So he’s imposing a 100% tariff on all movies that are “produced in foreign lands.”
May 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Lol just crazier and crazier
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"To put it bluntly, the most powerful people in the world are preparing for the end of the world, an end they themselves are frenetically accelerating.”-- @naomiaklein.bsky.social & Astra Taylor www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"To put it bluntly, the most powerful people in the world are preparing for the end of the world, an end they themselves are frenetically accelerating.”-- @naomiaklein.bsky.social & Astra Taylor www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Great write up on a very effective scam that uses a second scammer to call your bank while you speak to the scammer. Don't trust unsolicited calls/texts/emails claiming to be from your bank.
The scammer is on the phone to you.
Their accomplice is on the phone to your bank, pretending to be you.
Your bank sends you the notification.
You accept, and scammers proceed to drain your account.
Full write up: shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05...
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Their accomplice is on the phone to your bank, pretending to be you.
Your bank sends you the notification.
You accept, and scammers proceed to drain your account.
Full write up: shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05...
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Bank scammers using genuine push notifications to trick their victims
You receive a call on your phone. The polite call centre worker on the line asks for you by name, and gives the name of your bank. They say they're calling from your bank's fraud department. "Yeah, r...
shkspr.mobi
May 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Great write up on a very effective scam that uses a second scammer to call your bank while you speak to the scammer. Don't trust unsolicited calls/texts/emails claiming to be from your bank.
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Imagine if YOUR wife, sister or daughter was detained immediately after giving birth & isolated from her baby, her family, her lawyer & friends. She was held incommunicado.
𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗡 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗔𝗕𝗬!
This regime is lawless.
They are soulless.
They are brutal.
They are Nazis.
www.kold.com/2025/05/03/g...
𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗡 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗔𝗕𝗬!
This regime is lawless.
They are soulless.
They are brutal.
They are Nazis.
www.kold.com/2025/05/03/g...
May 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Imagine if YOUR wife, sister or daughter was detained immediately after giving birth & isolated from her baby, her family, her lawyer & friends. She was held incommunicado.
𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗡 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗔𝗕𝗬!
This regime is lawless.
They are soulless.
They are brutal.
They are Nazis.
www.kold.com/2025/05/03/g...
𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗡 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗔𝗕𝗬!
This regime is lawless.
They are soulless.
They are brutal.
They are Nazis.
www.kold.com/2025/05/03/g...
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Great sign seen at today’s #TeslaTakedown.
May 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Great sign seen at today’s #TeslaTakedown.
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RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Last Tuesday, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by RFK Jr.’s department.
NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Last Tuesday, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by RFK Jr.’s department.
RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s departm...
www.wired.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Last Tuesday, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by RFK Jr.’s department.
NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Last Tuesday, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by RFK Jr.’s department.
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So DOGE was just about getting rid of Elon’s troubles.
May 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
So DOGE was just about getting rid of Elon’s troubles.
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Some signs of the times: Seen today at the joyful #HandsOff and #TeslaTakedown protest here in my town.
May 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Some signs of the times: Seen today at the joyful #HandsOff and #TeslaTakedown protest here in my town.
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A soft wind rustled through some pine trees. You swore it sounded like muffled words. Couldn’t be, obviously. But you listen again. You convinced yourself you heard it. “Rainbow bike tunnels in IRA2” it whispered.
They’re building rainbow cycle tunnels in Norway. With no cars. Nice video by Critical Mass Bergen.
May 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A soft wind rustled through some pine trees. You swore it sounded like muffled words. Couldn’t be, obviously. But you listen again. You convinced yourself you heard it. “Rainbow bike tunnels in IRA2” it whispered.
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Can anyone explain how Alberta has been so poorly treated by Liberals? They bought them a pipeline ffs. And the highest ever amount of oil produced/exported was under Trudeau. These folks aren't living in reality. They'll never be satisfied. They want to hate liberals more than they want the truth.
May 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Can anyone explain how Alberta has been so poorly treated by Liberals? They bought them a pipeline ffs. And the highest ever amount of oil produced/exported was under Trudeau. These folks aren't living in reality. They'll never be satisfied. They want to hate liberals more than they want the truth.
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The forever-correct way to translate Canadian parties to other countries without using their politics for reference
April 29, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The forever-correct way to translate Canadian parties to other countries without using their politics for reference
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A Haitian woman who was among those held in allegedly inhumane conditions has died after more than 10 weeks in immigration custody.
At least six others have died in ICE custody in fiscal 2025, which began in October, ICE data shows.
At least six others have died in ICE custody in fiscal 2025, which began in October, ICE data shows.
Haitian woman dies in US immigration detention
At least six others have died in ICE custody in fiscal 2025, which began in October, ICE data shows.
www.usatoday.com
April 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A Haitian woman who was among those held in allegedly inhumane conditions has died after more than 10 weeks in immigration custody.
At least six others have died in ICE custody in fiscal 2025, which began in October, ICE data shows.
At least six others have died in ICE custody in fiscal 2025, which began in October, ICE data shows.
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From an Australian cartoonist...
April 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
From an Australian cartoonist...
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12 Indigenous candidates elected in 2025 federal election
12 Indigenous candidates elected in 2025 federal election | CBC News
Twelve First Nations, Inuit or Métis people were elected as the ballot count continues on Tuesday in the 2025 general election.
www.cbc.ca
April 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
12 Indigenous candidates elected in 2025 federal election
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Danielle Smith has one card to play: picking fights for the sake of fighting. If she doesn’t make an enemy out of the federal government, she’s left with no one to blame but herself.
Albertans are proud to be Canadians. We know better than to play games when our nation’s sovereignty is threatened.
Albertans are proud to be Canadians. We know better than to play games when our nation’s sovereignty is threatened.
April 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Danielle Smith has one card to play: picking fights for the sake of fighting. If she doesn’t make an enemy out of the federal government, she’s left with no one to blame but herself.
Albertans are proud to be Canadians. We know better than to play games when our nation’s sovereignty is threatened.
Albertans are proud to be Canadians. We know better than to play games when our nation’s sovereignty is threatened.
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RFK Jr. is ending the federal Narcan distribution program credited with the recent steep decline in overdose deaths. This despite his own past heroin addiction and his own brother dying of a drug overdose in 1984.
RFK Jr. to End 'Godsend' Narcan Program That Helped Reduce Overdose Deaths Despite His Past Heroin Addiction
Despite overcoming heroin addiction himself, RFK Jr. is backing plans to cut a critical Narcan program that helped reduce overdose deaths.
www.latintimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
RFK Jr. is ending the federal Narcan distribution program credited with the recent steep decline in overdose deaths. This despite his own past heroin addiction and his own brother dying of a drug overdose in 1984.
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Give a person a fisshe and thei will eate for a daye. Teache a person to fisshe and thei will eate for a lyfetyme. Destroye the fish ponde to make a computer tell lies about fisshe, you are a Gen AI companye.
April 29, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Give a person a fisshe and thei will eate for a daye. Teache a person to fisshe and thei will eate for a lyfetyme. Destroye the fish ponde to make a computer tell lies about fisshe, you are a Gen AI companye.
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Alberta shocks nation with same election results they've turned out since 1958 #cdnpoli
Alberta shocks nation with same election results they've turned out since 1958
CALGARY - In a truly unexpected turn of events, Alberta has stunned voters across Canada by voting exactly the same way they have voted in every federal election for seven consecutive decades.
www.thebeaverton.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Alberta shocks nation with same election results they've turned out since 1958 #cdnpoli
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Follow the money, people. Always follow the money.
America is corrupt from sea to shiny sea.
America is corrupt from sea to shiny sea.
Remember, to throughly cook all meat products, for safety’s sake…👇
Enjoy. 😎✨
Enjoy. 😎✨
April 30, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Follow the money, people. Always follow the money.
America is corrupt from sea to shiny sea.
America is corrupt from sea to shiny sea.
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there is a decent chance i never spend a single dime at target again in my life www.startribune.com/target-gave-...
Target gave $1M to Trump inauguration fund, a first for the company
President Donald Trump raised a record amount of cash for his inauguration, including donations from several companies with operations in Minnesota.
www.startribune.com
April 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
there is a decent chance i never spend a single dime at target again in my life www.startribune.com/target-gave-...
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I hate you
If you care about traffic — if you care about not being late to work, coming home to your kids, and saving your time — you have to care about GenAI.
GenAI has come to traffic management, and this cutting-edge tool will help the state better serve all Californians.
GenAI has come to traffic management, and this cutting-edge tool will help the state better serve all Californians.
April 30, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I hate you
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Congress says it's antisemitic to say Jesus wouldn't approve of killing Palestinian children but not antisemitic to say Jews killed Jesus
SCOOP: The Antisemitism Awareness Act — up for vote in Senate committee tomorrow — now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements by Christian conservatives.
New added language in the bill clarifies First Amendment protections.
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New added language in the bill clarifies First Amendment protections.
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Why the Antisemitism Awareness Act now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements
The Antisemitism Awareness Act's added language says it would not infringe on religious liberty to protect the claim that Jews killed Jesus.
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April 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Congress says it's antisemitic to say Jesus wouldn't approve of killing Palestinian children but not antisemitic to say Jews killed Jesus