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Gulf Coast Conference - Week 2️⃣

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May 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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themountaingoats.bsky.social
I stopped attending Mass regularly in 1995 however I have never formally left the Church nor been excommunicated. the college of cardinals therefore has an opportunity to do something extremely funny. holler at yr boy, Rome
April 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Something special to celebrate #TransDayofVisibility

It was time to update the Trans Rights Are Human Rights In BattleTech video, with an additional voice & new art

If you're in the BattleTech or MechWarrior fandom & believe that trans rights are human rights, go give it some love 💜
Trans Rights Are Human Rights In BattleTech - BattleTech is for Everyone
YouTube video by Digital Diversity
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March 31, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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moreperfectunion.bsky.social
Egg production is only down about 4% from last year, but prices have more than doubled.

While the industry blames bird flu, critics are accusing the largest egg companies of price gauging.

They point to the fact that corporate profits have soared in recent months.
February 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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theonion.com
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
SILVER SPRING, MD—As mass firings of career experts and scientists continued to roil the federal government, officials confirmed Friday that cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
theonion.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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workingclasshistory.com
Shin is commemorated by our February T-shirt of the month, made by a workers' Co-op supporting grassroots unions in Asia: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/t-s...
February 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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igd.bsky.social
Posobiec tweeting about 1488
February 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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jamesstout.bsky.social
another Durruit quote- this one real- for today

"There are times in life when it’s impossible to carry out an order, even when the person giving the order is very high up. By disobeying, man becomes civilized."
February 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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thejonhyman.bsky.social
The only instances of “anti-Christian violence” I can recall was the Klan burning down Black churches.
February 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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karaswisher.bsky.social
Epic by @wired.com
dell.bsky.social dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · Feb 6
“…you must be aware that it is not a
crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”
February 4, 2025 Edward R. Martin, Jr. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Patrick Henry Building 601 D Street NW Washington, D.C. 20530 Transmitted via email Re: Threats to prosecute critics of DOGE Dear Interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. Edward R. Martin, Jr.: We write to raise serious concerns about your recent public statements threatening to prosecute those who "target" or "impede" Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) within the Executive Office of the President. We request that you publicly commit to abide by the First Amendment, which your office is sworn to uphold and Musk himself claims to champion, in any DOGE-related investigations or prosecutions you may pursue. On Monday, you tweeted a letter to Musk asking him to use the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia to protect DOGE staff and their work and directing him to refer "any questionable conduct or details that [Musk] find[s] or notice[s]" to your office.' In the letter, you assert that "actions in any way that impact [DOGE's] work may break numerous laws," and that you commit to the pursuit of "all legal action against anyone who impedes [Musk's) work or threatens [Musk's] people." You also state that you will "protect DOGE and other workers no matter what," citing past protests in Washington, D.C., which you refer to as riots. As you know, DOGE, or the United States DOGE Service as it is formally known, is a government entity established within the Executive Office of the President; by executive order, DOGE is supposed to access only "unclassified agency records." The day before your letter, WIRED reported about and named six young engineers working for DOGE — Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. The experience and qualifications of public employees is of significant public interest. Following this news report, a user on X — the social media platform owned by Mr. Musk — made a post also naming th… X has since suspended the account of the user who posted the names. As an experienced attorney holding such an important public position, you must be aware that it is not a crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the First Amendment protects the right to publish newsworthy information that the publisher lawfully obtains, including names far more sensitive than those of government personnel.' Musk himself has publicly touted DOGE's engineers while citing "media reports" regarding them. Nor is it a crime to harshly criticize government employees and officials, even if transparency and criticism "impede" their work? Moreover, while certain true threats are unprotected and may be criminally punished, they are limited to serious expression[s]' conveying that a speaker means to 'commit an act of unlawful violence."$ Hyperbolic speech, even using threatening language, is entitled to full First Amendment protection.' You must also surely be aware that the First Amendment protects Americans' right to peaceably assemble, especially to protest government actions.' The First Amendment severely constrains the government's ability to limit protests in public forums, such as the public streets of Washington, D.C." The government also cannot ban or restrict future protests based on unlawful conduct alleged to have occurred at past protests. 2 Threatening to prosecute First Amendment speech and activity is not only at odds with the U.S. Constitution, it is also entirely inconsistent with Musk's own stated principles and the right of the American people to know what the government is up to. Musk describes himself as a free speech absolutist and has proposed a massive declassification of government records, opining that all government records should be public by default. '3 Just three months ago, Musk publicly posted… government employees with whom he disagrees on X.' If it is Musk's intention for the U.S. Attorney's Office to censor the press and public from identifying and discussing those conducting DOGE's work on his behalf, that would be incredibly hypocritical. It is also vital that the U.S. Attorney's Office maintain the highest ethical standards and avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Rule 3.1 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for the Washington, D.C. Bar, of which you are a member, states: "A lawyer shall not bring or defend a proceeding, or assert or controvert an issue therein, unless there is a basis in law and fact for doing so that is not frivolous."Is Under Rule 3.8, prosecutors are additionally prohibited from filing in court or maintaining a charge "that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause."l6 The same rule provides that "[i]n exercising discretion to investigate or to prosecute," prosecutors shall not "improperly favor or invidiously discriminate against any person."17 Threatening to file frivolous charges against Americans and vaguely insinuating that wide swaths of constitutionally-protected speech and activity could invite criminal investigations and prosecutions may already violate these and other rules of professional conduct. Actually doing so almost certainly would. Additionally, publicly offering the Office of the U.S. Attorney's services to Musk in the context of his asserting that protected expression is a criminal act is unbecoming of your public office and your duties as a public servant. Your oath is to the U.S. Constitution - including the First Amendment - not to President Donald Trump, Musk, or DOGE's desire to operate in secrecy and without criticism. We request that you immediately (a) identify the specific "targeting" of DOGE staff your letter to Musk was referring to and what specific laws you contend it violated, (b) publicly commit to not investigate or prosecute journalists or others for reporting on or publish… Common Cause Courage Foundation Defending Rights & Dissent Demand Progress Education Fund Democracy Matters First Amendment Coalition First Amendment Foundation Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) Freedom of the Press Foundation Government Information Watch GovTrack.us Greenpeace USA Muslims for Just Futures Partnership for Civil Justice Fund PEN America Project On Government Oversight Radio Television Digital News Association Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Revolving Door Project RootsAction.org Social Security Works Society of Environmental Journalists Society of Professional Journalists The Authors Guild The Freedom BLOC Whistleblower & Source Protection Program (WHISPeR) at ExposeFacts Woodhull Freedom Foundation CC: All House, All Senate Senate Majority Leader John Thune Speaker of the House Mike Johnson House Majority Leader Steve Scalise Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin 4
February 6, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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anarchistfederation.net
‘The sea is forbidden’: Gaza’s fishermen remain steadfast against Israeli attacks
‘The sea is forbidden’: Gaza’s fishermen remain steadfast against Israeli attacks
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February 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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rubyji.bsky.social
Everyone please stop arguing for a minute and listen to @margaret.bsky.social! #Solidarity is the only way out. None of us are perfect and all of us are needed.

margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/shoving-at...
I don’t know what works, exactly, but I know what doesn’t work. What doesn’t work is the endless and obsessive search for the “one right way” to fix the world. There is no single vanguard who can save us, just like there is no politician or revolutionary leader who will lead us all into a bright, shining future. There’s also no single ideology–not even my beloved anarchism–that’s going to do it. The Zapatistas have a saying that lives in my head, that they’re fighting for a world in which many worlds are possible. If we are fighting for a pluralistic, multicultural world, then we must fight for it in pluralistic, multicultural ways. 1. our solidarity will be based on respect for a diversity of tactics and the plans of other groups. 2. the actions and tactics used will be organized to maintain a separation of time or space. 3. any debates or criticisms will stay internal to the movement, avoiding any public or media denunciations of fellow activists and events. 4. we oppose any state repression of dissent, including surveillance, infiltration, disruption and violence. we agree not to assist law enforcement actions against activists and others.
February 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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hopefulhermit.bsky.social
#StreetArt
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Grafitti
February 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
All of the Republicans who for years railed about "unelected bureaucrats" destroying the government are awfully quiet as an unelected bureaucrat destroys the government.
February 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Worried about a fascist takeover? This sheet-pan paella will make you feel like you’re in 1930s Spain.
February 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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salena.bsky.social
I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this.
February 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Cory Booker took a smiling photo in his office with former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant, wanted by the ICC for war crimes, in front of a picture of Frederick Douglass.
December 15, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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davidgraeberinst.bsky.social
"My own conclusion was psychologically it’s not that people want to work, it’s more people want to feel they are transforming the world in a way that makes some kind a positive difference to other people. In a way, that’s what being human is all about."
December 15, 2024 at 1:16 PM
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@chantalalive.bsky.social
Anarchists know that a long period of education must precede any great fundamental change in society, hence they do not believe in vote begging, nor political campaigns, but rather in the development of self-thinking individuals. — Lucy Parsons
December 9, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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directactiondistro.bsky.social
We will not celebrate genocide.
From turtle island to Palestine. May all colonizers fall.
Black and white graphic of Indigenous elder with the US flag behind them. In the stars is a cross, money symbol, and a bomb. One stripe covers the mouth of the elder. In big text on top it says NO THANKS, on bottom NO GIVING! under that image are two small arrows, crossed, above the text GENOCIDE IS NOTHING TO CELEBRATE. www.indegenousaction.org is in tiny print under the image of the elder. Background is indigenous pattens with pumpkins overlayed slightly visible in a ghostlike manner. in orange letter at the top are the words Thanks - Taking, under that white texts reads: ‘ Thanksgiving’ is a white-washed holiday designed to conceal its true origins of violence, genocide, land theft, and forced assimilation. Indigenous lands and bodies have been brutalized and exploited for 500+ years all in the name of colonialism, white supremacy, patriarchy and financial gain. We must re-evaluate what we’ve been taught about the history of this land and recognize that genocide, extraction, and exploitation of our lands and communities continue today. Under the text is a small rectangular box with turtle that has americas on its back, next to the turtle are three words stacked on top of each other: indigenous environmental network. Environmental is slightly smaller and sandwiched between the other two words. Image has red background with black text that reads native land dispossession on top. Under that are 4 images of Palestine with dates 1918, 1947, 1960 and 2022 at the bottom left of each outline of Palestine showing in black land inhibited and stewarded by natives slowly disappearing to all white which shows land controlled by settlers. The same for the so called US is under that but the dates are 1492, 1784, 1840 and 2022 and since the states are bigger they are more in a box shape than side by side like the four pictures of Palestine. At the bottom of the image is a key showing native land is black area and settlers controlling land is white area. Bottom right hand corner of image has the JVP logo (Jewish voices for peace). Image with white background and two women dancing on a single barbed wire with their arms out in flowing traditional outfits. On the left is a feminine person indigenous to turtle island with highlights of turquoise and gold in clothing in the otherwise black and white image. On the right is a feminine person with a keffiyeh around her head and a waistband that has the colors of Palestinian flag on it. The words FROM (in red) TURTLE ISLAND (in a grayish black) by their heads above their arms that are almost touching. Believe their arms the words TO GAZA in green. fetchart.ca is watermarked on the Palestinians dress.
November 28, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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November 16, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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schock.cc
Apropos of nothing in particular, if you're interested in learning more about how Twitter was built by devs from txtMob, an anarchist service for direct action against the cops, you might enjoy reading this (free!) chapter from my book Design Justice:

designjustice.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/0v6035ye...
Design Narratives: From TXTMob to Twitter
designjustice.mitpress.mit.edu
November 16, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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abortionfront.bsky.social
Abortion clinic providers are true heroes, facing terrifying opposition daily. In 1998, Nurse Lyons survived a bombing at her Alabama clinic that killed a security officer. These healthcare warriors keep showing up. Show them love through our #TreatAClinic program! storycorps.org/stories/not-...
November 16, 2024 at 9:32 PM
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shematologist.medsky.social
I AM DECEASED.
Picture of a worm driving a car with words: the worm in RFK jrs brain on his way to day one as deputy health secretary
November 15, 2024 at 2:31 AM
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dearmrlevy.com
If I die at any point in the next few years it’s because of THFC. Not the vaccine. Not a heart attack. Not walking in front of a bus. Not over indulgence with a Class-A. Tottenham. It will be Tottenham.
November 10, 2024 at 3:01 PM