Mick Collins
@mick-collins.toot.community.ap.brid.gy
The Gories
The Dirtbombs
The Wolfmanhattan Project
One day I will write a comic book, I swear
[bridged from https://toot.community/@mick_collins on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
The Dirtbombs
The Wolfmanhattan Project
One day I will write a comic book, I swear
[bridged from https://toot.community/@mick_collins on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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‘Unusual and possibly unprecedented’: Judge calls out Chicago feds as Midway Blitz cases fall apart
Prosecutors have dropped charges against all five people charged in connection with Sept. 27 protests at the immigration holding facility in west suburban Broadview.
“The court cannot help but […]
Prosecutors have dropped charges against all five people charged in connection with Sept. 27 protests at the immigration holding facility in west suburban Broadview.
“The court cannot help but […]
Original post on ai6yr.org
m.ai6yr.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
‘Unusual and possibly unprecedented’: Judge calls out Chicago feds as Midway Blitz cases fall apart
Prosecutors have dropped charges against all five people charged in connection with Sept. 27 protests at the immigration holding facility in west suburban Broadview.
“The court cannot help but […]
Prosecutors have dropped charges against all five people charged in connection with Sept. 27 protests at the immigration holding facility in west suburban Broadview.
“The court cannot help but […]
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Viola Ford Fletcher, one of the last known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, died today at age 111. After decades of silence for fear of reprisals, she wrote a book about her experiences, "Don't Let Them Bury My Story," which was published in 2023. “I could never forget the charred remains […]
Original post on flipboard.social
flipboard.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of the last known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, died today at age 111. After decades of silence for fear of reprisals, she wrote a book about her experiences, "Don't Let Them Bury My Story," which was published in 2023. “I could never forget the charred remains […]
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I've said again and again that I consider it to be of the utmost importance that the #fediverse grows far beyond its present size. My reasoning is thus:
All major commercial social media platforms are either owned by #fascists , or by people who are only too happy to bend their knees to the […]
All major commercial social media platforms are either owned by #fascists , or by people who are only too happy to bend their knees to the […]
Original post on mementomori.social
mementomori.social
November 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I've said again and again that I consider it to be of the utmost importance that the #fediverse grows far beyond its present size. My reasoning is thus:
All major commercial social media platforms are either owned by #fascists , or by people who are only too happy to bend their knees to the […]
All major commercial social media platforms are either owned by #fascists , or by people who are only too happy to bend their knees to the […]
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"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the State Department that will impact how the agency conducts its annual Human […]
Original post on newsie.social
newsie.social
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the State Department that will impact how the agency conducts its annual Human […]
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@SteveBellovin the peope who think swastikas aren’t hate symbols want a list of Jews, in order to protect Jews. Naturally.
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
@SteveBellovin the peope who think swastikas aren’t hate symbols want a list of Jews, in order to protect Jews. Naturally.
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The Trump regime wants to start making a list of Jews (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/us/eeoc-university-pennsylvania-antisemitism-jewish.html). Now where have I heard that one before?
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Trump regime wants to start making a list of Jews (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/us/eeoc-university-pennsylvania-antisemitism-jewish.html). Now where have I heard that one before?
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PSA to anyone who uses Gmail!
"Reportedly, Google has recently started automatically opting users in to allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models. This means your emails could be analyzed to improve Google’s AI assistants, like Smart Compose or […]
"Reportedly, Google has recently started automatically opting users in to allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models. This means your emails could be analyzed to improve Google’s AI assistants, like Smart Compose or […]
Original post on stefanbohacek.online
stefanbohacek.online
November 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
PSA to anyone who uses Gmail!
"Reportedly, Google has recently started automatically opting users in to allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models. This means your emails could be analyzed to improve Google’s AI assistants, like Smart Compose or […]
"Reportedly, Google has recently started automatically opting users in to allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models. This means your emails could be analyzed to improve Google’s AI assistants, like Smart Compose or […]
I'm a "set-it-and-forget-it" kinda guy, especially with regard to my computer environment, so quitting the browser I've used since literally v.1.0.1 is a little upsetting (I have 430 open tabs), but Mozilla has chosen a path I do not with to tread; it's either Librewolf or Vivaldi for me, in the […]
Original post on toot.community
toot.community
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I'm a "set-it-and-forget-it" kinda guy, especially with regard to my computer environment, so quitting the browser I've used since literally v.1.0.1 is a little upsetting (I have 430 open tabs), but Mozilla has chosen a path I do not with to tread; it's either Librewolf or Vivaldi for me, in the […]
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RE: https://floss.social/@omgubuntu/115583973694128369
Time to fire the Mozilla management or to hard-fork all #mozilla projects.
#aislop
Time to fire the Mozilla management or to hard-fork all #mozilla projects.
#aislop
floss.social
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
RE: https://floss.social/@omgubuntu/115583973694128369
Time to fire the Mozilla management or to hard-fork all #mozilla projects.
#aislop
Time to fire the Mozilla management or to hard-fork all #mozilla projects.
#aislop
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Since the #cdc has now posted on their website that " #vaccines might cause #autism ", here is a reminder that this kind of #ableism has a long history.
This belief should be viewed through the lens of folklore […]
This belief should be viewed through the lens of folklore […]
Original post on mementomori.social
mementomori.social
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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In order to alleviate the fears of Americans that have supported the fascists, I think that we should start discussing what kind of penance is expected if they choose the right side now versus later.
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
In order to alleviate the fears of Americans that have supported the fascists, I think that we should start discussing what kind of penance is expected if they choose the right side now versus later.
So the Winter Collection is supposed to drop next friday, and I have three tunes in the folder, so your guess is as good as mine whether or not I make it
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 AM
So the Winter Collection is supposed to drop next friday, and I have three tunes in the folder, so your guess is as good as mine whether or not I make it
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To make matters worse, not one other person stood up for her. Not one.
#jenniferjacobs #quietpiggy #epsteinfiles #trumplies #trumpisstillapedo
#jenniferjacobs #quietpiggy #epsteinfiles #trumplies #trumpisstillapedo
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
To make matters worse, not one other person stood up for her. Not one.
#jenniferjacobs #quietpiggy #epsteinfiles #trumplies #trumpisstillapedo
#jenniferjacobs #quietpiggy #epsteinfiles #trumplies #trumpisstillapedo
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A former Palantir exec just published an extortion letter in the Washington Post: Democrats must fund tech oligarchs, abandon antitrust, and create 15 deregulated corporate zones—or “lose.”
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
Silicon Valley’s Extortion Letter to Democrats
Ex-Palantir Exec Warns Democrats to Bow Down or Lose the Future
www.thenerdreich.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A former Palantir exec just published an extortion letter in the Washington Post: Democrats must fund tech oligarchs, abandon antitrust, and create 15 deregulated corporate zones—or “lose.”
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
About to fall down a rabbit hole with some of the links in this column by @annaleen I can feel it
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835691-900-is-the-future-of-education-outside-universities/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835691-900-is-the-future-of-education-outside-universities/
Is the future of education outside universities?
New technologies and academic funding cuts are upending the ways we learn today. Newly enrolled student Annalee Newitz finds some silver linings
www.newscientist.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
About to fall down a rabbit hole with some of the links in this column by @annaleen I can feel it
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835691-900-is-the-future-of-education-outside-universities/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835691-900-is-the-future-of-education-outside-universities/
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🚨 Needless to say, the entire post is a trigger warning.
Just in time for the House vote on the Epstein Files, here's Volume VI of the Republican Rape Advisory Chart.
You will be offended. That's the point.
open.substack.com/pub/charlesg...
Just in time for the House vote on the Epstein Files, here's Volume VI of the Republican Rape Advisory Chart.
You will be offended. That's the point.
open.substack.com/pub/charlesg...
The Republican Rape Advisory Chart, Volume VI
Needless to say, this whole post is a trigger warning.
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
🚨 Needless to say, the entire post is a trigger warning.
Just in time for the House vote on the Epstein Files, here's Volume VI of the Republican Rape Advisory Chart.
You will be offended. That's the point.
open.substack.com/pub/charlesg...
Just in time for the House vote on the Epstein Files, here's Volume VI of the Republican Rape Advisory Chart.
You will be offended. That's the point.
open.substack.com/pub/charlesg...
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😬
The best reason yet to stay the fuck away from Windows 11.
An AI agent that gets its own account on your machine, access to personal folders, can upload to the cloud.
Nope. Nope. Nope […]
The best reason yet to stay the fuck away from Windows 11.
An AI agent that gets its own account on your machine, access to personal folders, can upload to the cloud.
Nope. Nope. Nope […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
😬
The best reason yet to stay the fuck away from Windows 11.
An AI agent that gets its own account on your machine, access to personal folders, can upload to the cloud.
Nope. Nope. Nope […]
The best reason yet to stay the fuck away from Windows 11.
An AI agent that gets its own account on your machine, access to personal folders, can upload to the cloud.
Nope. Nope. Nope […]
This is how the World ends
https://slashdot.org/story/25/11/17/2114208/an-ai-podcasting-machine-is-churning-out-3000-episodes-a-week
https://slashdot.org/story/25/11/17/2114208/an-ai-podcasting-machine-is-churning-out-3000-episodes-a-week
An AI Podcasting Machine Is Churning Out 3,000 Episodes a Week - Slashdot
fjo3 shares a report from TheWrap: There are already at least 175,000 AI-generated podcast episodes on platforms like Spotify and Apple. That's thanks to Inception Point AI, a startup with just eight employees cranking out 3,000 episodes a week covering everything from localized weather reports and ...
slashdot.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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[AI scraping countermeasures for art]
RE: https://mastodon.derg.nz/@anthropy/115559531227558540
boosting this here for people trying to watermark their artworks against AI scraping
RE: https://mastodon.derg.nz/@anthropy/115559531227558540
boosting this here for people trying to watermark their artworks against AI scraping
mastodon.derg.nz
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
[AI scraping countermeasures for art]
RE: https://mastodon.derg.nz/@anthropy/115559531227558540
boosting this here for people trying to watermark their artworks against AI scraping
RE: https://mastodon.derg.nz/@anthropy/115559531227558540
boosting this here for people trying to watermark their artworks against AI scraping
Amazing how chuds jumped outa the woodwork to prove the assertions true
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Amazing how chuds jumped outa the woodwork to prove the assertions true
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Gifting with Integrity: Federated Digital Spaces for Mutual Aid Networks
When friends told me, years ago, about "Buy Nothing" -- a Facebook group that implemented an impressive mutual aid ecology, I was intrigued... but did not follow up...because Facebook.
Now, though, they are undertraking a […]
When friends told me, years ago, about "Buy Nothing" -- a Facebook group that implemented an impressive mutual aid ecology, I was intrigued... but did not follow up...because Facebook.
Now, though, they are undertraking a […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
November 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Gifting with Integrity: Federated Digital Spaces for Mutual Aid Networks
When friends told me, years ago, about "Buy Nothing" -- a Facebook group that implemented an impressive mutual aid ecology, I was intrigued... but did not follow up...because Facebook.
Now, though, they are undertraking a […]
When friends told me, years ago, about "Buy Nothing" -- a Facebook group that implemented an impressive mutual aid ecology, I was intrigued... but did not follow up...because Facebook.
Now, though, they are undertraking a […]
Well, *I* thought is was funny
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Well, *I* thought is was funny
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