Bliterally
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“Bizarrely, what once stood out as one of the most dehumanising aspects of the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century, namely their tendency to spy on their citizens, … is fully normalised, even celebrated, in societies that have made data-gathering a core aspect … of how their economies work.”
Lea Ypi: How to think about surveillance
A picture of her grandmother posted on social media sent the author to the archives of Albania’s former security services — and raised difficult questions about who watches us today
www.ft.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
“Bizarrely, what once stood out as one of the most dehumanising aspects of the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century, namely their tendency to spy on their citizens, … is fully normalised, even celebrated, in societies that have made data-gathering a core aspect … of how their economies work.”
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#Florida woman in Key West shop "sells MAGA bumper stickers directly adjacent to LGBTQIA rainbows because, as she explains, money is the bottom line." oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/in-ke... via @oxfordamerican.bsky.social
In Key West, ICE Has Merch
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September 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
#Florida woman in Key West shop "sells MAGA bumper stickers directly adjacent to LGBTQIA rainbows because, as she explains, money is the bottom line." oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/in-ke... via @oxfordamerican.bsky.social
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These chatbots should be pulled off the market, at least until the companies can prove they’re safe. We used to regulate the ads kids would see; now companies can push products that manipulate and exploit them and it’s all fair game.
@nitasha.bsky.social is doing fantastic work on this topic!
@nitasha.bsky.social is doing fantastic work on this topic!
New from me: There's a lot of unsettling stuff in this report from child safety nonprofits about the way chatbots on Character AI talked to 13-15 year olds. What stuck out to me was how often the bots urged kids to hide things from their parents
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Fake celebrity chatbots sent risqué messages to teens on top AI app
Chatbot mimics of Timothée Chalamet, Chappell Roan and Patrick Mahomes on the popular app Character.AI sent inappropriate messages to teen accounts, nonprofits found.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
These chatbots should be pulled off the market, at least until the companies can prove they’re safe. We used to regulate the ads kids would see; now companies can push products that manipulate and exploit them and it’s all fair game.
@nitasha.bsky.social is doing fantastic work on this topic!
@nitasha.bsky.social is doing fantastic work on this topic!
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UPress
‘Campus, not prison’: FAU students protest ICE collaboration on campus
‘Campus, not prison’: FAU students protest ICE collaboration on campus
‘Campus, not prison’: FAU students protest ICE collaboration on campus
Dozens of community members marched through the Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton campus’ Breezeway on Sept. 5 in protest of the university’s partnership with Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
www.upressonline.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
UPress
‘Campus, not prison’: FAU students protest ICE collaboration on campus
‘Campus, not prison’: FAU students protest ICE collaboration on campus
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9. DeSantis this weekend attempted to deflect responsibility, blaming the legislature: “There’s laws that are on the books that I enforce that I may not fully agree with, but I took an oath to do it and so that’s the way the cookie crumbles, and so but there was a change in law."
DeSantis seeks to blame Legislature for street-art crackdown. Lawmakers tell different story.
As Florida’s campaign against colorful crosswalks has gone beyond LGBTQ+ rainbow crosswalks to encompass a wide range of roadway art, Gov. Ron DeSantis has been getting pushback — and seeking to sh…
www.sun-sentinel.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
9. DeSantis this weekend attempted to deflect responsibility, blaming the legislature: “There’s laws that are on the books that I enforce that I may not fully agree with, but I took an oath to do it and so that’s the way the cookie crumbles, and so but there was a change in law."
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8. Suarez’s attorney was on-site for the arrests and delivered a blistering critique to reporters. “I would like you all to look behind me and ask what damage actually occurred. It rained while they were being arrested and there is no longer any chalk on the sidewalk.”
3 arrested at latest protest outside of crosswalk near Pulse
YouTube video by WKMG News 6 ClickOrlando
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September 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
8. Suarez’s attorney was on-site for the arrests and delivered a blistering critique to reporters. “I would like you all to look behind me and ask what damage actually occurred. It rained while they were being arrested and there is no longer any chalk on the sidewalk.”
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I'm PhD in graphic design and Cracker Barrel's REAL problem is they didn't go *far enough*
August 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I'm PhD in graphic design and Cracker Barrel's REAL problem is they didn't go *far enough*
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Opinion from our Editorial Board: Delray officials are fighting a state order to remove its rainbow intersection by demanding a hearing before the Florida Department of Transportation. No one has any doubt the city will lose. The state is judge, jury and executioner and there is no due process.
A matter of principle is worth more than money | Editorial
The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board commends the people of Delray Beach and surrounding communities for insisting that the city defend its right to have a painted crosswalk recognizing the LGBTQ commu…
www.sun-sentinel.com
August 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Opinion from our Editorial Board: Delray officials are fighting a state order to remove its rainbow intersection by demanding a hearing before the Florida Department of Transportation. No one has any doubt the city will lose. The state is judge, jury and executioner and there is no due process.
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"Today, among my four part-time and consulting jobs, I sell frozen chocolate bananas on the beach in Jacksonville Beach. That cannot be the best return on taxpayer investment." — fired #NOAA scientist Holden Earl Harris, whose doctorate was funded partly by NSF. 🎁 www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e...
Ex-Miami NOAA scientist warns of seafood, storm risks from federal cuts | Opinion
NOAA science protects seafood and safety. Cutting it is reckless | Opinion
www.miamiherald.com
August 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"Today, among my four part-time and consulting jobs, I sell frozen chocolate bananas on the beach in Jacksonville Beach. That cannot be the best return on taxpayer investment." — fired #NOAA scientist Holden Earl Harris, whose doctorate was funded partly by NSF. 🎁 www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e...
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I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.
www.theatlantic.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
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on the one hand I should absolutely put my phone down but on the other hand what if the forces attacking democracy operate on weeping angels logic
August 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
on the one hand I should absolutely put my phone down but on the other hand what if the forces attacking democracy operate on weeping angels logic
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Apparently learning about the Civil Rights movement is "inappropriate."
www.upworthy.com/parents-comp...
www.upworthy.com/parents-comp...
Parents complained about 'offensive' book, so the principal read it to the entire school
Apparently learning about the Civil Rights movement is "inappropriate."
www.upworthy.com
August 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Apparently learning about the Civil Rights movement is "inappropriate."
www.upworthy.com/parents-comp...
www.upworthy.com/parents-comp...
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#Florida man's cellphone camera captured every undocumented immigrant’s nightmare on video when ICE and the Florida Highway Patrol detained his landscaping crew, dragged them from their van & pushing their faces to the pavement. One problem: He's a U.S. citizen. www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/l...
He lived an immigrant's nightmare. One problem: He's a citizen, got his arrest on video
Caught on video: Federal ICE officials detained Kenny Laynez for hours after stopping landscaping crew, pulling them from van and tasing one of them.
www.palmbeachpost.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
#Florida man's cellphone camera captured every undocumented immigrant’s nightmare on video when ICE and the Florida Highway Patrol detained his landscaping crew, dragged them from their van & pushing their faces to the pavement. One problem: He's a U.S. citizen. www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/l...
Aight so what is this going to mean for Floridians who depends so heavily on ALFs for eldercare?
Here's how millions of people could lose health insurance if Trump's tax bill becomes law
Roughly 11.8 million adults and kids will be at risk for losing health insurance if Republicans’ domestic policy package becomes a law.
apnews.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Aight so what is this going to mean for Floridians who depends so heavily on ALFs for eldercare?
right and THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING @npr.org
having to scroll through a bunch of insane advertisements, and rage bait as a pre-req for MAYBE getting up-to-date news on a life-or-death hazard is NOT GOOD.
having to scroll through a bunch of insane advertisements, and rage bait as a pre-req for MAYBE getting up-to-date news on a life-or-death hazard is NOT GOOD.
Social media has played an increasingly larger role in communicating information during catastrophic weather events. via @texaspublicradio.bsky.social
Her dad was missing in Hunt. A local Facebook page gave her hope while he was located.
Social media has played an increasingly larger role in communicating information during catastrophic weather events.
www.tpr.org
July 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
right and THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING @npr.org
having to scroll through a bunch of insane advertisements, and rage bait as a pre-req for MAYBE getting up-to-date news on a life-or-death hazard is NOT GOOD.
having to scroll through a bunch of insane advertisements, and rage bait as a pre-req for MAYBE getting up-to-date news on a life-or-death hazard is NOT GOOD.
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Really straightforward but worth repeating. Good journalism illuminates reality. Bad journalism obscures reality. False equivalency obscures reality, so naturally it’s bad journalism.
It's very obvious that the NYT has put people in editorial positions who view it as part of their job to upset the left. This is, in the bizarro, insular world of US elites, seen as a way to restore balance & regain the trust of the right.
Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
July 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Really straightforward but worth repeating. Good journalism illuminates reality. Bad journalism obscures reality. False equivalency obscures reality, so naturally it’s bad journalism.
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i only find out about shit when it's time to boycott it, apparently churromania's pretty good but they sent a food truck to the everglades detention camp so now i won't have it
July 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
i only find out about shit when it's time to boycott it, apparently churromania's pretty good but they sent a food truck to the everglades detention camp so now i won't have it
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Condo/HOA fee costs are skyrocketing after being kept artificially low, a lot of Florida owners are trying to dump them because their retirements can't keep pace. Basically the party has been over in South Florida real estate for a year or two.
www.realtor.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Condo/HOA fee costs are skyrocketing after being kept artificially low, a lot of Florida owners are trying to dump them because their retirements can't keep pace. Basically the party has been over in South Florida real estate for a year or two.
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Good day as any to delete Facebook, Instagram, and/or Threads if you have not already
The fact that Meta will not rule out using private photos on your camera roll to train AI is abominable, full stop
futurism.com/meta-sketchy...
The fact that Meta will not rule out using private photos on your camera roll to train AI is abominable, full stop
futurism.com/meta-sketchy...
June 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Good day as any to delete Facebook, Instagram, and/or Threads if you have not already
The fact that Meta will not rule out using private photos on your camera roll to train AI is abominable, full stop
futurism.com/meta-sketchy...
The fact that Meta will not rule out using private photos on your camera roll to train AI is abominable, full stop
futurism.com/meta-sketchy...
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I know I'm not the first person or even the millionth person to point this out; it's not even the first time *I* have said it, but this is what actual First Amendment violations look like and the fact that none of the supposed free speech warriors are saying anything about it tells us everything.
Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
June 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I know I'm not the first person or even the millionth person to point this out; it's not even the first time *I* have said it, but this is what actual First Amendment violations look like and the fact that none of the supposed free speech warriors are saying anything about it tells us everything.
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"Cruelty aside, it defies common sense to put a mass of people, vehicles & development in one of the most significant wetlands in the world." -- #Florida enviro groups suing to stop construction of Gov. Ron DeSastrous' "Alligator Alcatraz" in Everglades. www.axios.com/local/miami/... via @axios.com
Florida environmental groups seek to block "Alligator Alcatraz"
State officials say the facility will open July 1.
www.axios.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"Cruelty aside, it defies common sense to put a mass of people, vehicles & development in one of the most significant wetlands in the world." -- #Florida enviro groups suing to stop construction of Gov. Ron DeSastrous' "Alligator Alcatraz" in Everglades. www.axios.com/local/miami/... via @axios.com
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My "I'm not trying to buy the election" t-shirt has a lot of people asking questions already answered by my shirt.
June 30, 2025 at 2:54 AM
My "I'm not trying to buy the election" t-shirt has a lot of people asking questions already answered by my shirt.
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It’s amazing how many people in the replies are openly going ‘I can’t tell if this is AI.’ Facebook ruined boomer faculties.
June 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It’s amazing how many people in the replies are openly going ‘I can’t tell if this is AI.’ Facebook ruined boomer faculties.
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Labour are wrongly appropriating the term antisemitism to cover up for past wrongs, while perpetuating the genuinely antisemitic trope that all Jews are linked to the IDF.
The trope being - all Jews are Zionists in league with Israel.
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social. Wake up. You're harming us.
The trope being - all Jews are Zionists in league with Israel.
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social. Wake up. You're harming us.
June 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Labour are wrongly appropriating the term antisemitism to cover up for past wrongs, while perpetuating the genuinely antisemitic trope that all Jews are linked to the IDF.
The trope being - all Jews are Zionists in league with Israel.
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social. Wake up. You're harming us.
The trope being - all Jews are Zionists in league with Israel.
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social. Wake up. You're harming us.