Jack
@contrapunktus.bsky.social
Jack's just this 🏳️⚧️ guy...
First Windows 11, now this. Here's what you can do to keep Google from making Android as proprietary and invasive as Apple products. Goog's working on locking it down entirely by September 2026. Soft launch has already started. We can stop this.
Keep Android Open: Your Action Plan for Freedom
YouTube video by Techlore
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
First Windows 11, now this. Here's what you can do to keep Google from making Android as proprietary and invasive as Apple products. Goog's working on locking it down entirely by September 2026. Soft launch has already started. We can stop this.
This is the best researched article I've seen about the events surrounding Charlie Kirk's death
Charlie Kirk was killed by a meme
Making sense of our dark new era of extremely online political violence
www.garbageday.email
September 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This is the best researched article I've seen about the events surrounding Charlie Kirk's death
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That both of Turning Point USA’s founders are dead from public health crises their organization worked hard to enable is a parable for our time.
September 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
That both of Turning Point USA’s founders are dead from public health crises their organization worked hard to enable is a parable for our time.
And then he died in a school shooting
“I think it's worth it. It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal." - Charlie Kirk
September 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
And then he died in a school shooting
What would Mr Rogers think of all this?
The Unforgivable Sin of Ms Rachel
YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis
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August 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What would Mr Rogers think of all this?
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This is not a very promising sign given Bluesky’s ToS changes
it appears that @bsky.app have suspended the account of @jessiegender because a trans person saying "I wish ill on JK Rowling" is against the rules, so let me say with my loud cis voice that I too wish ill on all perpetrators of hate speech against trans people
reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous
reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous
August 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This is not a very promising sign given Bluesky’s ToS changes
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Ramadan. Ramadan is 75 years old and has had a fascinating life- he owned several businesses and even lived in China for a while. He lost everything. He has 10 children, although a daughter was killed. He’s helping a large extended family.
August 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Ramadan. Ramadan is 75 years old and has had a fascinating life- he owned several businesses and even lived in China for a while. He lost everything. He has 10 children, although a daughter was killed. He’s helping a large extended family.
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My son's smile carries me through the hardest days.
We’ve lost homes, belongings, and so much more — but I won’t let my children lose hope.🕊
Every act of kindness helps me protect their innocence and rebuild what was stolen.❤️
Please Donate or Share 🔃
🔗 gofund.me/6f2ca285
We’ve lost homes, belongings, and so much more — but I won’t let my children lose hope.🕊
Every act of kindness helps me protect their innocence and rebuild what was stolen.❤️
Please Donate or Share 🔃
🔗 gofund.me/6f2ca285
August 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
My son's smile carries me through the hardest days.
We’ve lost homes, belongings, and so much more — but I won’t let my children lose hope.🕊
Every act of kindness helps me protect their innocence and rebuild what was stolen.❤️
Please Donate or Share 🔃
🔗 gofund.me/6f2ca285
We’ve lost homes, belongings, and so much more — but I won’t let my children lose hope.🕊
Every act of kindness helps me protect their innocence and rebuild what was stolen.❤️
Please Donate or Share 🔃
🔗 gofund.me/6f2ca285
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Sally Rooney: “I would happily publish this statement in a UK newspaper–but that would now be illegal. The present UK Gov has willingly stripped its own citizens of basic rights & freedoms, including the right to express & read dissenting opinions, in order to protect its relationship with Israel.”
Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it
Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it
I would happily publish this statement in a UK newspaper – but that would now be illegal
www.irishtimes.com
August 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Sally Rooney: “I would happily publish this statement in a UK newspaper–but that would now be illegal. The present UK Gov has willingly stripped its own citizens of basic rights & freedoms, including the right to express & read dissenting opinions, in order to protect its relationship with Israel.”
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The EU is planning on doing something similar to the UK's "Online Safety Act". Mullvad writes about it here, but in what seems to be an attempt to appear moderate does not quite get across how dystopian this legislation actually is.
mullvad.net/en/chatcontr...
The included comic however, does.
mullvad.net/en/chatcontr...
The included comic however, does.
August 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The EU is planning on doing something similar to the UK's "Online Safety Act". Mullvad writes about it here, but in what seems to be an attempt to appear moderate does not quite get across how dystopian this legislation actually is.
mullvad.net/en/chatcontr...
The included comic however, does.
mullvad.net/en/chatcontr...
The included comic however, does.
If you're in the EU or UK, there's still stuff you can do
Stop Killing Games: Wrap up
YouTube video by Accursed Farms
youtu.be
August 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
If you're in the EU or UK, there's still stuff you can do
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Another exhausting day in the hospital, but I feel proud. I am very happy with what I do, even though it is very little. We will continue our work until the last moment in the service of our people. Please do not forget us. We still need your support.
chuffed.org/project/save...
chuffed.org/project/save...
August 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Another exhausting day in the hospital, but I feel proud. I am very happy with what I do, even though it is very little. We will continue our work until the last moment in the service of our people. Please do not forget us. We still need your support.
chuffed.org/project/save...
chuffed.org/project/save...
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imo, if someone believes some races or ethnicities are genetically inferior to others, that person has revealed a weakness of mind and character that casts extreme if not irrefutable doubt on their other ideas. why would i expect them to use more rigor on, eg, housing than they do on human nature?
July 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
imo, if someone believes some races or ethnicities are genetically inferior to others, that person has revealed a weakness of mind and character that casts extreme if not irrefutable doubt on their other ideas. why would i expect them to use more rigor on, eg, housing than they do on human nature?
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“Israel is using starvation as a weapon of genocide in Gaza. The death of one child is not an accident, but the death of many is a crime the world has allowed.” www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza...
Gaza extermination: Hasan should have turned three. Instead, he starved to death
Israel is using starvation as a weapon of genocide in Gaza. The death of one child is not an accident, but the death of many is a crime the world has allowed
www.middleeasteye.net
July 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
“Israel is using starvation as a weapon of genocide in Gaza. The death of one child is not an accident, but the death of many is a crime the world has allowed.” www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza...
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The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
forward.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Video games used to work until technology couldn't support them anymore, but that's not the case anymore. If you live in the EU and want to take a stand for consumer rights against planned obsolescence in gaming, please consider signing the petition at www.stopkillinggames.com.
Stop Killing Games
www.stopkillinggames.com
July 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Video games used to work until technology couldn't support them anymore, but that's not the case anymore. If you live in the EU and want to take a stand for consumer rights against planned obsolescence in gaming, please consider signing the petition at www.stopkillinggames.com.
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The Democratic Party’s age problem isn’t just bad, it’s much worse than Republicans’. Half of registered Democratic voters are under 50, yet half their senators are over 67. Despite claiming to represent the future, party leadership systematically blocks younger voices from gaining power.
May 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The Democratic Party’s age problem isn’t just bad, it’s much worse than Republicans’. Half of registered Democratic voters are under 50, yet half their senators are over 67. Despite claiming to represent the future, party leadership systematically blocks younger voices from gaining power.
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From the @crabmuseum in Margate...
1/ "Today the Supreme Court voted to exclude a group of persecuted people from equality legislation. Their ruling centred on the word "biology", with the judge stating that biological sex is "assumed to be self-explanatory and to require no further explanation."
1/ "Today the Supreme Court voted to exclude a group of persecuted people from equality legislation. Their ruling centred on the word "biology", with the judge stating that biological sex is "assumed to be self-explanatory and to require no further explanation."
April 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
From the @crabmuseum in Margate...
1/ "Today the Supreme Court voted to exclude a group of persecuted people from equality legislation. Their ruling centred on the word "biology", with the judge stating that biological sex is "assumed to be self-explanatory and to require no further explanation."
1/ "Today the Supreme Court voted to exclude a group of persecuted people from equality legislation. Their ruling centred on the word "biology", with the judge stating that biological sex is "assumed to be self-explanatory and to require no further explanation."
"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams" -- Willy Wonka
The Stories Fascism Fears Most
YouTube video by Jessie Gender
youtu.be
May 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams" -- Willy Wonka
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Great article on the eugenics ideas at the core of the MAHA, MAGA, and DOGE projects.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed
At the heart of all Trump administration policies is ‘soft eugenics’ thinking – the idea that if you take away life-saving services, then only the strong will survive
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Great article on the eugenics ideas at the core of the MAHA, MAGA, and DOGE projects.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
May 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."