Devdas
@f3ew.bsky.social
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if you're interested in pop culture that actually pushes back against the erosion of freedoms, you'll get more of it from one issue of an SFF zine than you will in a year of every streaming service combined
a canceled streaming subscription is easily converted to several spec fic magazine subs on patreon and similar services, some are as low as 1-2 bucks. the more you know.
September 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
if you're interested in pop culture that actually pushes back against the erosion of freedoms, you'll get more of it from one issue of an SFF zine than you will in a year of every streaming service combined
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The reason why fundraising text read like scams is because they are. The political fundraising system has imported the tactics of elder financial fraud. These tactics are designed to filter out skeptics and specifically target and exploit seniors.
95% of scam PAC donors are 65+, costing > $500m.
95% of scam PAC donors are 65+, costing > $500m.
Spam PACs Raise Money by Deceiving Seniors
One 89-year-old woman made 7,532 donations totaling $68,666
data4democracy.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The reason why fundraising text read like scams is because they are. The political fundraising system has imported the tactics of elder financial fraud. These tactics are designed to filter out skeptics and specifically target and exploit seniors.
95% of scam PAC donors are 65+, costing > $500m.
95% of scam PAC donors are 65+, costing > $500m.
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ALU founder Chris Smalls to be released from Israeli detainment. Smalls was beaten and jailed in inhumane conditions for trying to deliver baby formula and medicine to starving people in Gaza on the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social
Expected to arrive back in the US on Friday.
Expected to arrive back in the US on Friday.
July 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
ALU founder Chris Smalls to be released from Israeli detainment. Smalls was beaten and jailed in inhumane conditions for trying to deliver baby formula and medicine to starving people in Gaza on the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social
Expected to arrive back in the US on Friday.
Expected to arrive back in the US on Friday.
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There is no longer any doubt that Israel has set up a fake humanitarian organisation so it can kettle Gazans into a kill box and murder them en masse
It is evil beyond description and in a decent world it would result in immediate, massive, global action to stop them and prosecute those responsible
It is evil beyond description and in a decent world it would result in immediate, massive, global action to stop them and prosecute those responsible
Dozens of Palestinians killed in latest Israeli attacks near food aid distribution site, medics and witnesses say
Witnesses describe people shot in head and torso near sites run by Israeli-backed US organisation Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
There is no longer any doubt that Israel has set up a fake humanitarian organisation so it can kettle Gazans into a kill box and murder them en masse
It is evil beyond description and in a decent world it would result in immediate, massive, global action to stop them and prosecute those responsible
It is evil beyond description and in a decent world it would result in immediate, massive, global action to stop them and prosecute those responsible
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I want to talk about my move from Substack to Ghost for a second, and what it's been like working with a nonprofit tech company that actually lives its values.
Especially if you're a writer still on Subtack, please read. 1/x
First of all, about the org: They are a nonprofit, I just met employee +
Especially if you're a writer still on Subtack, please read. 1/x
First of all, about the org: They are a nonprofit, I just met employee +
Ghost: Independent technology for modern publishing
Beautiful, modern publishing with newsletters and premium subscriptions built-in. Used by Sky, 404Media, Lever News, Tangle, The Browser, and thousands more.
ghost.org
March 14, 2024 at 4:52 PM
I want to talk about my move from Substack to Ghost for a second, and what it's been like working with a nonprofit tech company that actually lives its values.
Especially if you're a writer still on Subtack, please read. 1/x
First of all, about the org: They are a nonprofit, I just met employee +
Especially if you're a writer still on Subtack, please read. 1/x
First of all, about the org: They are a nonprofit, I just met employee +
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🚨🚨 LAST 6 DAYS 🚨🚨 of the annual Strange Horizons fund-raiser!
We are only $88 away (!) from meeting our base goal of publishing through 2026. And then there is our first stretch goal of a special issue on fungi next year!
Donate here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...
We are only $88 away (!) from meeting our base goal of publishing through 2026. And then there is our first stretch goal of a special issue on fungi next year!
Donate here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...
Strange Horizons 2026
A free weekly speculative fiction magazine with a global perspective.
www.kickstarter.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🚨🚨 LAST 6 DAYS 🚨🚨 of the annual Strange Horizons fund-raiser!
We are only $88 away (!) from meeting our base goal of publishing through 2026. And then there is our first stretch goal of a special issue on fungi next year!
Donate here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...
We are only $88 away (!) from meeting our base goal of publishing through 2026. And then there is our first stretch goal of a special issue on fungi next year!
Donate here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...
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just to be clear, being from a working class background does not actually make it okay to use the environment-destroying plagiarism machine. All use of AI in writing fiction is morally bankrupt, because it steals and it destroys - and that's not even getting into the betrayal of craft.
July 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
just to be clear, being from a working class background does not actually make it okay to use the environment-destroying plagiarism machine. All use of AI in writing fiction is morally bankrupt, because it steals and it destroys - and that's not even getting into the betrayal of craft.
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exactly like vacation, only somehow a threat to your career for vague reasons
July 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
exactly like vacation, only somehow a threat to your career for vague reasons
@floord.bsky.social Hey, is someone responding to my email about regularly hosting Devops meetups?
July 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
@floord.bsky.social Hey, is someone responding to my email about regularly hosting Devops meetups?
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Europe is so ill equipped to handle people a few muslims showed up and Germany is already trying to bring back the nazis
June 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Europe is so ill equipped to handle people a few muslims showed up and Germany is already trying to bring back the nazis
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Europe has basically no people, its super easy to be fancy when youre catering to a handful of people with 200 years of loot
June 29, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Europe has basically no people, its super easy to be fancy when youre catering to a handful of people with 200 years of loot
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"Like Indira Gandhi, Narendra Modi too has worked assiduously to undermine institutions whose independence is vital to democratic functioning."
scroll.in/article/1083...
Ramachandra Guha compares their political legacies, drawing from his personal experience and academic research.
scroll.in/article/1083...
Ramachandra Guha compares their political legacies, drawing from his personal experience and academic research.
June 29, 2025 at 6:55 AM
"Like Indira Gandhi, Narendra Modi too has worked assiduously to undermine institutions whose independence is vital to democratic functioning."
scroll.in/article/1083...
Ramachandra Guha compares their political legacies, drawing from his personal experience and academic research.
scroll.in/article/1083...
Ramachandra Guha compares their political legacies, drawing from his personal experience and academic research.
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you’re laughing. the largest antebellum plantation house burned down & there are brides who will not get to spiritually absorb the poisoned spectral energy of the land for their big day, & you’re laughing.
May 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
you’re laughing. the largest antebellum plantation house burned down & there are brides who will not get to spiritually absorb the poisoned spectral energy of the land for their big day, & you’re laughing.
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We need more global South on the BlueSky. Seems the global South issues are yet to get the right attention and engagement on this platform. India-pak clash is one example. There was very limited reporting on this platform.
May 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
We need more global South on the BlueSky. Seems the global South issues are yet to get the right attention and engagement on this platform. India-pak clash is one example. There was very limited reporting on this platform.
OH: The S in compliance stands for security.
March 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
OH: The S in compliance stands for security.
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In light of this deeply illegal activity at NSF and the ongoing attack on American science, I'm posting the slides from my 2017 talk at the American Physical Society about the Nazi take over of German physics/why German is no longer science's lingua franca 🧪
🧵 1/26
drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...
🧵 1/26
drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...
January 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In light of this deeply illegal activity at NSF and the ongoing attack on American science, I'm posting the slides from my 2017 talk at the American Physical Society about the Nazi take over of German physics/why German is no longer science's lingua franca 🧪
🧵 1/26
drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...
🧵 1/26
drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...
apnews.com/article/isra...
For those who have bothered to learn a bit of history, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagas...
For those who have bothered to learn a bit of history, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagas...
AP Exclusive: US and Israel look to Africa for moving Palestinians uprooted from Gaza
The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations to move Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
apnews.com
March 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
apnews.com/article/isra...
For those who have bothered to learn a bit of history, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagas...
For those who have bothered to learn a bit of history, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagas...
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I think it’s important for outlets to stop framing Trump’s actions as “anti-DEI” and describe what they actually are, which is pro-segregation
not only do people have an actual negative association with that description, it’s significantly more accurate
not only do people have an actual negative association with that description, it’s significantly more accurate
SCOOP: The military has started making deliberate efforts to scale back the recruiting of Black Americans. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Military Drops Recruiting Efforts at Prestigious Black Engineering Awards Event
Until this week, Army Recruiting Command had a public partnership with the Black Engineer of the Year Awards, or BEYA, an annual conference that draws students, academics and professionals in science,...
www.military.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I think it’s important for outlets to stop framing Trump’s actions as “anti-DEI” and describe what they actually are, which is pro-segregation
not only do people have an actual negative association with that description, it’s significantly more accurate
not only do people have an actual negative association with that description, it’s significantly more accurate
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Well this is quite an opener
January 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Well this is quite an opener
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Maus author Art Spiegelman’s next comic will be about Gaza, in collaboration with Joe Sacco. He thinks he will struggle to find a publisher in the United States.
“I’ll finish this thing or die trying.”
“I’ll finish this thing or die trying.”
Art Spiegelman Won’t Shrink Back From Controversy
The artist has illustrated more than one contentious New Yorker cover in his career, chronicled in a new film, and his next project will be no less gutsy.
hyperallergic.com
December 28, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Maus author Art Spiegelman’s next comic will be about Gaza, in collaboration with Joe Sacco. He thinks he will struggle to find a publisher in the United States.
“I’ll finish this thing or die trying.”
“I’ll finish this thing or die trying.”
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A real-life case study in anonymous internet harassment and insider threat: I must sadly retract my endorsement of Kevin Crawley, as I have recently learned he is a Kiwi Farms member. I believe he may pose a safety risk to his colleagues, or even to his employer.
www.linkedin.com/posts/efong_...
www.linkedin.com/posts/efong_...
Liz Fong-Jones on LinkedIn: Mailfrawd is Kevin Crawley, Staff Engineer at Meta
A real-life case study in anonymous internet harassment and insider threat: I have previously vouched for Kevin Crawley as a skilled communicator and…
www.linkedin.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:35 PM
A real-life case study in anonymous internet harassment and insider threat: I must sadly retract my endorsement of Kevin Crawley, as I have recently learned he is a Kiwi Farms member. I believe he may pose a safety risk to his colleagues, or even to his employer.
www.linkedin.com/posts/efong_...
www.linkedin.com/posts/efong_...