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@datasolidarity.bsky.social
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They/them. PhD candidate in Geography with a designated emphasis in NAS. I study drones, historical-geographical materialism, and Indigenous autonomy? How tho? Settler/Kaxlan.
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datasolidarity.bsky.social
Yeah, gpt-5 is ~so~~~~ smart.
ChatGPT response which reads: Thanks for catching that - you're right to point it out. Judith Butler uses they/them pronouns. When I referred to Butler as "she," that was a mistake on my part. I should have said they throughout. To clarify: • Butler has spoken explicitly about using they/them pronouns. • Referring to them otherwise isn't accurate and can reproduce the very issues their work critiques. Would you like me to restate my earlier explanation with the pronouns corrected?
August 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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rikiwilchins.bsky.social
20 Aug 25 -- Bluesky has suspended multiple trans users for anti-J.K. Rowling posts even when they didn't mention threats or violence. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
www.advocate.com
August 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
datasolidarity.bsky.social
It’s a good thing UCLA settled with the spurious antisemitism lawsuit 🙃
August 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
datasolidarity.bsky.social
Breaking: Chappell Roan doesn’t consider Saskatoon a city.
Screenshot of the top of the Wikipedia entry on Saskatoon. It reads that it’s the, “largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada.” It shows an aerial view of the bridges of Saskatoon and downtown.
August 1, 2025 at 6:32 AM
datasolidarity.bsky.social
This doc seems pretty cool for standing up to bs health insurance. Less cool tho, accepts money from major zionist billionaire. 😕
Tiktok screen capture from Dr. Potter’s account showing a clipping from an article featuring Bill Ackman
July 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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genderhorizon.com
I love her so much
illdottore.bsky.social Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social · Jul 17
Rümeysa Öztürk describes the library in the prison where she was held for 45 days for co-authoring an op-ed
July 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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thejenniwren.teamlh.social
California surgical center staff demanded a warrant when ICE tried to snatch a landscaper. Now DHS is falsely accusing them of assault. Sure—nurses assaulted armed, masked thugs with clipboards🙄. This is retaliation for standing up & exercising free speech.
#OnYourSide
July 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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lcrw.bsky.social
Hey everyone,

Been quiet about this, but I had to give up my home of 13 years this week. Can’t go back to work until August & between moving expenses, medical bills & car repairs, I’m out of money. I need help to get by the next 2 months & be able to report.

Donation links below. Anything helps.
Me standing in a bare room full of moving boxes and bags holding a poster for burger boogaloo featuring devo and the damned
June 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
datasolidarity.bsky.social
Time to add hertz to bds
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Jun 27
Hertz is now using AI scanners to check rental cars for damage the human eye might miss.

The car rental company has entered into a partnership with UVeye, an Israeli company that builds automatic vehicle inspection units.

www.motortrend.com/news/hertz-a...
Hertz Is Using AI to Scan Your Rental Car for Damage—and Fast-Tracking Repair Estimates
The tech has the potential to make renting a car quicker and easier—or more frustrating. In one instance in Atlanta, it's been the latter.
www.motortrend.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
datasolidarity.bsky.social
If the point of this is to build a more secure and less surveillance vulnerable ecosystem, I’m all for it, but the way this article is written is primarily about being anti-USian. It seems to suggest consumptive choices matter. It’s daft.
parismarx.com Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Jun 23
I’ve begun my journey to reduce my reliance on US tech, so it’s time for an update on how it’s all going!

No surprise, some services are far more easy to replace than others. Email and streaming are low-hanging fruit; maps and messaging can be more difficult. But we should still make the effort.
Getting off US tech is no easy task
But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t make the effort
www.disconnect.blog
June 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
datasolidarity.bsky.social
Settlers responding to videos of ICE-caused traffic accidents in Bell, CA. 🤔 #settlercolonialism
A thread of two skeets responding to a video of ICE running around the city of Bell, CA, recklessly leaving their vehicles unparked, causing traffic accidents. One post responds, “They're treating California like a foreign country they've occupied, illegally also. This is like Bahgdad during the height of the Forever War. At what point do they just start shooting?” And another states, “The frontier comes home.”
June 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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pplscitycouncil.bsky.social
Dozens of ICE vehicles posted up at Dodgers Stadium Gate E. Folks are suspecting that they may be bringing people here after conducting raids.

Get these fucking fascist pigs out of our city.
Vans parked at gate e Van’s pulling into dodgers parking lot
June 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
datasolidarity.bsky.social
Everyone at the University of California should be livid.
June 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
datasolidarity.bsky.social
“…gunman impersonating a police officer.”

Meanwhile, ICE continues to refuse to show warrants and identify themselves. “Don’t talk to cops,” has added incentive these days.
June 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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jenyetagain.bsky.social
i am begging you people to i that this is just cops. this is cops being themselves, knowing they can do whatever they want and get away with it. this isn't some random group of militia members, it's just cops off the leash. stop trying to imagine they're different groups.
iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jun 13
Proud Boys with badges.
June 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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ladyofsardines.bsky.social Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · Jun 13
“A group of migrants inside the facility seemed to mount a revolt on Thursday” is a pretty hopeful sentence to read…
Four Men Escape From Migrant Detention Facility in Newark
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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ufw.bsky.social
We feed you.
They hunt us.
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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tbh1910.bsky.social
The charges against Prof. Willoughby-Herard were finally dropped yesterday. She courageously defended UCI students against police stifling dissent against Israel's genocide in Gaza. I am inspired by her courage and honored to have represented her in this case. Solidarity with those who fight.
gncordova.bsky.social G Cordova @gncordova.bsky.social · Nov 21
This professor, Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, along with some of her colleagues and students, are still facing charges for protesting Israel's genocide of Palestinians at UC Irvine.
June 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
datasolidarity.bsky.social
“Beneath the pavement, the beach.”
A grainy black and white photograph of people walking past graffiti from France during the 1968 May uprising. It reads, “sous les pavés, la plage.”
June 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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elbarto.bsky.social
Perhaps the most important lesson to be learned from the encampment protests last year is that a protest has *more* power when you don't talk to the mainstream press and don't concern yourselves with what they're writing about you.
June 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
datasolidarity.bsky.social
No connection.
A 19th-century sepia-toned photograph of a pile of American bison skulls about two stories high and perhaps 300ft long. Two figures stand dwarfed in this image, one at the base, and another on the top of the pile.
May 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
datasolidarity.bsky.social
Sign to support Gazans trying to keep their bsky accounts! 🇵🇸
mommunism.bsky.social Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · May 24
We were hoping that this letter to @bsky.app could first be shared by a Gazan, but we were too worried that doing so would get their account deleted so we are sharing first.

You can sign on to the letter about the unfair treatment of Gazans on Bluesky here:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
[CLICK here if you would like your name added to this letter] النسخة العربية من هذه الرسالة متاحة أدناه. Open Letter to the Bluesky Team About Their Treatment of Palestinians in Gaza The signatories of this letter are all members of the Bluesky community, many of us have actively participated on the platform since its inception. We came to Bluesky because it was a breath of fresh air, a place that felt different from many of the other social media platforms. The lack of a central algorithm, the ability to build and use custom feeds, and the lack of penalty for link promotion contributed to an environment that allowed diverse and interesting voices to find their footing and community on Bluesky. While some of the signatories of this letter have had no issues with speaking their mind publicly on Bluesky, unfortunately that is not true for all the signatories because many are Palestinians currently living in Gaza. These Palestinians are journalists, artists, engineers, teachers, grandmas, entrepreneurs, a man who owned an ice cream shop, a pediatrician who has been featured on CBS Morning News, aid workers, architects, waiters, pharmacists, students–and perhaps most essential to the backbone of Bluesky, posters. All of these people provide unique and interesting voices to the Bluesky community. However, unlike the other signatories of this letter, these Bluesky community members have struggled to keep their accounts on the platform. Most of them have lost multiple accounts and/or have had their accounts labeled as spam. Some cannot even make an account without it immediately being removed from the platform. Gazans undertake immense efforts to simply be on Bluesky. Sometimes, they walk for miles just to have access to the internet. They scale rooftops where they are exposed to potential military attacks just for the opportunity to get better cell signals–one signatory of this letter tragically lost her brother this way. They use what little money they have to pay … Gazans have also been aggressively targeted and unfairly reported by bad actors. Many accounts openly encourage the reporting and targeting of any Palestinian. Several groups exist for the express purpose of looking for Palestinian accounts to report. We believe Bluesky owes Gazans, and the entire community who benefits from their voices, a greater duty of care especially in the context of the horrors they are enduring. We ask Bluesky to implement the following changes: Provide information on all Bluesky-affiliated websites in Arabic that explains the rules and expectations of the site in clear language. Investigate the accounts that are mass-reporting Palestinians on Bluesky. The mass reporting of Palestinians on Bluesky is a group effort to render the platform a hostile place for a community based on their ethnicity. As such, it is racism, and should be understood as such. Reports against Palestinians who have broken no community guidelines must be understood as racism, and the accounts that submit those reports should be disregarded in the future. Many Bluesky users encourage Gazans to tag or reply to them, and this is not always understood as unwelcome behavior. If an account is reported as Spam for tagging or replying to others, treat only reports from the tagged/mentioned account as legitimate, seeing as they were the only ones who received a notification. Send emails regarding disciplinary action every time it is taken. Gazans do not always get an email explaining what they did wrong, and those that do are required to parse a language they do not speak in order to understand their violation. Have these emails contain an easily visible link to information about their violations in Arabic. Respond to appeals in a timely fashion, many Gazans simply never hear back from Bluesky after they appeal a decision. In addition to removing Gazans for alleged spam behavior, Bluesky has also sometimes indicated that they are deleting an account for being a scam or … End IP bans on any account from Gaza and allow them to make new accounts where they can comply with Bluesky rules and continue to be valued members of the community. We understand that even if all these changes are made, many Gazans may still violate Bluesky rules in the future, but we hope that Bluesky will abandon their punitive approach to these violations and instead embrace an attitude of education, cooperation and community care– one that works to ensure people in Gaza can participate in a way that keeps their voices heard. We also call on the Bluesky community to help and support these accounts however they can. We want to continue to build a healthy community with better community members and this cannot be done if Gazans continue to be shunned. We can use this as an opportunity to show how to protect all vulnerable groups in the future. We hope that Bluesky does not follow the path of other social media platforms and instead forges ahead with a different philosophy. After all, that is the reason so many of its users are there. Bluesky's ethos of "No Caesars” should apply to all members of its community. [To add your name to the list of signatories, click here.]
May 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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mayawest.online
I signed it, you should too
mommunism.bsky.social Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · May 24
We were hoping that this letter to @bsky.app could first be shared by a Gazan, but we were too worried that doing so would get their account deleted so we are sharing first.

You can sign on to the letter about the unfair treatment of Gazans on Bluesky here:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
[CLICK here if you would like your name added to this letter] النسخة العربية من هذه الرسالة متاحة أدناه. Open Letter to the Bluesky Team About Their Treatment of Palestinians in Gaza The signatories of this letter are all members of the Bluesky community, many of us have actively participated on the platform since its inception. We came to Bluesky because it was a breath of fresh air, a place that felt different from many of the other social media platforms. The lack of a central algorithm, the ability to build and use custom feeds, and the lack of penalty for link promotion contributed to an environment that allowed diverse and interesting voices to find their footing and community on Bluesky. While some of the signatories of this letter have had no issues with speaking their mind publicly on Bluesky, unfortunately that is not true for all the signatories because many are Palestinians currently living in Gaza. These Palestinians are journalists, artists, engineers, teachers, grandmas, entrepreneurs, a man who owned an ice cream shop, a pediatrician who has been featured on CBS Morning News, aid workers, architects, waiters, pharmacists, students–and perhaps most essential to the backbone of Bluesky, posters. All of these people provide unique and interesting voices to the Bluesky community. However, unlike the other signatories of this letter, these Bluesky community members have struggled to keep their accounts on the platform. Most of them have lost multiple accounts and/or have had their accounts labeled as spam. Some cannot even make an account without it immediately being removed from the platform. Gazans undertake immense efforts to simply be on Bluesky. Sometimes, they walk for miles just to have access to the internet. They scale rooftops where they are exposed to potential military attacks just for the opportunity to get better cell signals–one signatory of this letter tragically lost her brother this way. They use what little money they have to pay … Gazans have also been aggressively targeted and unfairly reported by bad actors. Many accounts openly encourage the reporting and targeting of any Palestinian. Several groups exist for the express purpose of looking for Palestinian accounts to report. We believe Bluesky owes Gazans, and the entire community who benefits from their voices, a greater duty of care especially in the context of the horrors they are enduring. We ask Bluesky to implement the following changes: Provide information on all Bluesky-affiliated websites in Arabic that explains the rules and expectations of the site in clear language. Investigate the accounts that are mass-reporting Palestinians on Bluesky. The mass reporting of Palestinians on Bluesky is a group effort to render the platform a hostile place for a community based on their ethnicity. As such, it is racism, and should be understood as such. Reports against Palestinians who have broken no community guidelines must be understood as racism, and the accounts that submit those reports should be disregarded in the future. Many Bluesky users encourage Gazans to tag or reply to them, and this is not always understood as unwelcome behavior. If an account is reported as Spam for tagging or replying to others, treat only reports from the tagged/mentioned account as legitimate, seeing as they were the only ones who received a notification. Send emails regarding disciplinary action every time it is taken. Gazans do not always get an email explaining what they did wrong, and those that do are required to parse a language they do not speak in order to understand their violation. Have these emails contain an easily visible link to information about their violations in Arabic. Respond to appeals in a timely fashion, many Gazans simply never hear back from Bluesky after they appeal a decision. In addition to removing Gazans for alleged spam behavior, Bluesky has also sometimes indicated that they are deleting an account for being a scam or … End IP bans on any account from Gaza and allow them to make new accounts where they can comply with Bluesky rules and continue to be valued members of the community. We understand that even if all these changes are made, many Gazans may still violate Bluesky rules in the future, but we hope that Bluesky will abandon their punitive approach to these violations and instead embrace an attitude of education, cooperation and community care– one that works to ensure people in Gaza can participate in a way that keeps their voices heard. We also call on the Bluesky community to help and support these accounts however they can. We want to continue to build a healthy community with better community members and this cannot be done if Gazans continue to be shunned. We can use this as an opportunity to show how to protect all vulnerable groups in the future. We hope that Bluesky does not follow the path of other social media platforms and instead forges ahead with a different philosophy. After all, that is the reason so many of its users are there. Bluesky's ethos of "No Caesars” should apply to all members of its community. [To add your name to the list of signatories, click here.]
May 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM