Alexander the Great at Handjobs
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Nerd, lover of people (hypothetically), socialist, afraid of gators
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The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels Maduro regime a "terrorist" group
The escalation exerts unprecedented pressure on the Maduro regime, threatening to bankrupt Venezuela's already struggling economy.
www.axios.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
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Online age verification isn't the same as a quick ID flash: it's surveillance. These systems collect your data and undermine your ability to anonymously access and discuss sensitive topics online. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person?
This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what age-gating laws actually do, what’s at stake, how to protect yourself, and why EFF
www.eff.org
December 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Online age verification isn't the same as a quick ID flash: it's surveillance. These systems collect your data and undermine your ability to anonymously access and discuss sensitive topics online. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
I mostly enjoy the discover tab, but because I frequently like my one friend's gym selfies, Bluesky floods my feed with strangers' gym selfies. I, uh, do not care about this content. Only solution is for everyone but my friend to stop posting them.
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I mostly enjoy the discover tab, but because I frequently like my one friend's gym selfies, Bluesky floods my feed with strangers' gym selfies. I, uh, do not care about this content. Only solution is for everyone but my friend to stop posting them.
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Today I want to tell you about farmworkers.
Specifically, the child farmworkers of California's Central Valley.
As young as 12 years old.
In a blue state that is failing to ensure their health and safety.
Amazing investigation in 2 parts from our friends at @capitalandmain.bsky.social. Part I:
Specifically, the child farmworkers of California's Central Valley.
As young as 12 years old.
In a blue state that is failing to ensure their health and safety.
Amazing investigation in 2 parts from our friends at @capitalandmain.bsky.social. Part I:
California’s Child Farmworkers: Exhausted, Underpaid, and Toiling in Toxic Fields - The American Prospect
State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found.
prospect.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Today I want to tell you about farmworkers.
Specifically, the child farmworkers of California's Central Valley.
As young as 12 years old.
In a blue state that is failing to ensure their health and safety.
Amazing investigation in 2 parts from our friends at @capitalandmain.bsky.social. Part I:
Specifically, the child farmworkers of California's Central Valley.
As young as 12 years old.
In a blue state that is failing to ensure their health and safety.
Amazing investigation in 2 parts from our friends at @capitalandmain.bsky.social. Part I:
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Trump is planning a gift for Big Tech: no regulation for a decade. It could block states from regulating anything with an algorithm, and expose workers and consumers to untold abuses. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/VXqpRo1
Big Tech Poised to Win Immunity Shield From State AI Regulation - The American Prospect
The Trump administration is readying an executive order preempting constraints on AI. It could become a much more wide-ranging deregulatory tool.
trib.al
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Trump is planning a gift for Big Tech: no regulation for a decade. It could block states from regulating anything with an algorithm, and expose workers and consumers to untold abuses. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/VXqpRo1
Waaaaah's the deal with capitalism?
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Waaaaah's the deal with capitalism?
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OpenAI is planting the seeds for a pre-bailout, trying to dupe the government into guaranteeing its future. @ryanlcooper.com explains why this makes no sense given the fantastically absurd business model of the company:
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OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to:...
prospect.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
OpenAI is planting the seeds for a pre-bailout, trying to dupe the government into guaranteeing its future. @ryanlcooper.com explains why this makes no sense given the fantastically absurd business model of the company:
prospect.org/2025/11/07/o...
prospect.org/2025/11/07/o...
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Our top story: “The decision of these Texas agencies to enter into such agreements will lead to an erosion of safety … in addition to increases in racial profiling and targeting of immigrants, which are symptoms of this excessive, punitive and cruel mass deportation agenda.”
Texas Turns Its Sprawling State Police Force Into Immigration Agents for Trump
The notorious 287(g) task force program has finally reached DPS, raising fears of widespread racial profiling.
www.texasobserver.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Our top story: “The decision of these Texas agencies to enter into such agreements will lead to an erosion of safety … in addition to increases in racial profiling and targeting of immigrants, which are symptoms of this excessive, punitive and cruel mass deportation agenda.”
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Watching Independence Day at the bar and realized that's how billionaires feel about the Mamdani win rn. Imagine the Mamdaniship just parking over the Wall St bull and unleashing reasonable tax rate increases to fund public services
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Watching Independence Day at the bar and realized that's how billionaires feel about the Mamdani win rn. Imagine the Mamdaniship just parking over the Wall St bull and unleashing reasonable tax rate increases to fund public services
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Previously: So swings the political pendulum of First Amendment rights, as this foundational protection is treated as a prop to be bear-hugged in one moment and conveniently tossed aside when an opportunistic moment demands.
For Greg Abbott, Free Speech Is Just Another Political Prop
Charlie Kirk defended the First Amendment. Texas betrays it in his defense.
www.texasobserver.org
October 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Previously: So swings the political pendulum of First Amendment rights, as this foundational protection is treated as a prop to be bear-hugged in one moment and conveniently tossed aside when an opportunistic moment demands.
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After years of activist pressure, lawsuits, and bad press Ring made much needed reforms. Now, they’re pivoting back to mass police surveillance as a business model. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech
www.eff.org
October 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
After years of activist pressure, lawsuits, and bad press Ring made much needed reforms. Now, they’re pivoting back to mass police surveillance as a business model. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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five days and a few hours to go and at this point I'm just gonna be shameless: if you can help signal-boost this thing, I'd be grateful. I've done very well through my own channels, but haven't had much luck breaking out beyond them.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow
Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.
www.kickstarter.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
five days and a few hours to go and at this point I'm just gonna be shameless: if you can help signal-boost this thing, I'd be grateful. I've done very well through my own channels, but haven't had much luck breaking out beyond them.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
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Donald Trump’s murder spree on the high seas has killed at least 34 people with absolutely no legal justification. Ryan Cooper warns of the cruel precedent being set by our president:
trib.al/wS3wWEs
trib.al/wS3wWEs
The Pirate Lord Donald Trump - The American Prospect
All evidence suggests the president is directing the military to assassinate random civilians off the coast of South America, and thereby violating norms and laws that stretch back to before the founding of this country.
trib.al
October 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Donald Trump’s murder spree on the high seas has killed at least 34 people with absolutely no legal justification. Ryan Cooper warns of the cruel precedent being set by our president:
trib.al/wS3wWEs
trib.al/wS3wWEs
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The one good thing about them taking the horny restraints off ChatGPT is that we will never hear from some people again
October 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The one good thing about them taking the horny restraints off ChatGPT is that we will never hear from some people again
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Anyone trying to tell you Mattie Parker was a “moderate”, they were wrong. Mattie Parker telling you she wasn’t like the extreme in her party, well…
Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker is working with Mercy Culture Church, aligning with White Christian Nationalism.
Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker is working with Mercy Culture Church, aligning with White Christian Nationalism.
October 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Anyone trying to tell you Mattie Parker was a “moderate”, they were wrong. Mattie Parker telling you she wasn’t like the extreme in her party, well…
Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker is working with Mercy Culture Church, aligning with White Christian Nationalism.
Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker is working with Mercy Culture Church, aligning with White Christian Nationalism.
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The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.
If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.
If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.
October 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.
If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.
If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.
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NEW: Cops in Texas told 404 Media in May they used Flock to find a woman who self-administered an abortion out of concern for her safety.
Documents now show police were conducting a “death investigation” and discussed whether they could charge her with a crime: www.404media.co/police-said-...
Documents now show police were conducting a “death investigation” and discussed whether they could charge her with a crime: www.404media.co/police-said-...
Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime
Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.
www.404media.co
October 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
NEW: Cops in Texas told 404 Media in May they used Flock to find a woman who self-administered an abortion out of concern for her safety.
Documents now show police were conducting a “death investigation” and discussed whether they could charge her with a crime: www.404media.co/police-said-...
Documents now show police were conducting a “death investigation” and discussed whether they could charge her with a crime: www.404media.co/police-said-...
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Raunaq Alam has been in and out of jail five times in relation to anti-Israel graffiti on a Christian church. His lawyer says the case shows "how easily the government can roll back all of our civil rights."
Inside Tarrant County's Dogged Prosecution of a Pro-Palestine Activist
Raunaq Alam has been in and out of jail five times in relation to anti-Israel graffiti on a Christian church. His lawyer says the case shows "how easily the government can roll back all of our civil…
www.texasobserver.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Raunaq Alam has been in and out of jail five times in relation to anti-Israel graffiti on a Christian church. His lawyer says the case shows "how easily the government can roll back all of our civil rights."
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Last week, thousands of people in Texas were suddenly knocked offline. The cause? A bullet. The outage hit cities all across the state, including Dallas, Irving, Plano, Arlington, Austin, and San Antonio.
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A Bullet Crashed the Internet in Texas
A ‘stray bullet’ 25,000 people offline near Dallas.
www.404media.co
October 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Last week, thousands of people in Texas were suddenly knocked offline. The cause? A bullet. The outage hit cities all across the state, including Dallas, Irving, Plano, Arlington, Austin, and San Antonio.
🔗 www.404media.co/a-bullet-cra...
🔗 www.404media.co/a-bullet-cra...
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BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has bought access to a surveillance tool that is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data from hundreds of millions of mobile phones, according to ICE documents reviewed by 404 Media.
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ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
www.404media.co
September 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has bought access to a surveillance tool that is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data from hundreds of millions of mobile phones, according to ICE documents reviewed by 404 Media.
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
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I really miss @munecat.com live streams! I hope they're doing well!
September 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I really miss @munecat.com live streams! I hope they're doing well!
The military industrial not-that-complex, hah, got em!
September 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The military industrial not-that-complex, hah, got em!
