Proud Beansprout
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Le proteste sono partite da Minneapolis e hanno coinvolto anche New York, Washington e varie città della California come San Diego e Los Angeles. Ci sono stati cortei anche a Portland, Kansas City, Seattle e Dallas, tra le altre
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Le molte proteste negli Stati Uniti per l'uccisione di Renee Nicole Good - Il Post
Le hanno sparato gli agenti dell’agenzia federale per l’immigrazione: dicono per legittima difesa, versione che sembra smentita da alcuni video
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January 9, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Le proteste sono partite da Minneapolis e hanno coinvolto anche New York, Washington e varie città della California come San Diego e Los Angeles. Ci sono stati cortei anche a Portland, Kansas City, Seattle e Dallas, tra le altre
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The rhetoric of a monster.
JD Vance Slammed After Baselessly Claiming Woman Killed By ICE In Minneapolis Was A 'Deranged Leftist'
www.comicsands.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:03 PM
The rhetoric of a monster.
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NEWS --> Reps Eric Swalwell and Dan Goldman are introducing a new bill to strip ICE officers of qualified immunity, making lawsuits and prosecutions easier. They also say agent who killed Renee Good should be prosecuted in Minnesota.
They break this news on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
They break this news on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
Trump Shooting Fiasco Worsens as Dems Find Fresh Line of Attack on ICE
As the Minneapolis killing gets darker for Trump, Representatives Eric Swalwell and Dan Goldman talk to us about their plan to rein in ICE—and about Trumpworld’s broader plunge into violence and lawl...
newrepublic.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM
NEWS --> Reps Eric Swalwell and Dan Goldman are introducing a new bill to strip ICE officers of qualified immunity, making lawsuits and prosecutions easier. They also say agent who killed Renee Good should be prosecuted in Minnesota.
They break this news on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
They break this news on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
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Across the country, Americans are honoring Renee Nicole Good and mourning all the lives ICE has taken and destroyed.
Hundreds of marches and vigils are planned this weekend. Please join us to say ICE Out For Good: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
Hundreds of marches and vigils are planned this weekend. Please join us to say ICE Out For Good: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
January 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Across the country, Americans are honoring Renee Nicole Good and mourning all the lives ICE has taken and destroyed.
Hundreds of marches and vigils are planned this weekend. Please join us to say ICE Out For Good: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
Hundreds of marches and vigils are planned this weekend. Please join us to say ICE Out For Good: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
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New: Trio of Dem senators urge Apple and Google to enforce their own terms of service and ban X, Grok apps for their flood of nonconsensual sexual imagery.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes
“Turning a blind eye to X’s egregious behavior would make a mockery of your moderation
practices,” three Democratic senators wrote to Apple’s and Google’s CEOs.
www.nbcnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
New: Trio of Dem senators urge Apple and Google to enforce their own terms of service and ban X, Grok apps for their flood of nonconsensual sexual imagery.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
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Wish me luck—The Scottish Boy (+ a new, similar book!!!) is out on sub to publishers, hoping to find a new home post-Unbound.
The book sold out 3 print runs & did big audio numbers on word of mouth, so I hope a new publisher can build on that. If you liked the book, pls RT 💕 synopsis in alt txt
The book sold out 3 print runs & did big audio numbers on word of mouth, so I hope a new publisher can build on that. If you liked the book, pls RT 💕 synopsis in alt txt
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Wish me luck—The Scottish Boy (+ a new, similar book!!!) is out on sub to publishers, hoping to find a new home post-Unbound.
The book sold out 3 print runs & did big audio numbers on word of mouth, so I hope a new publisher can build on that. If you liked the book, pls RT 💕 synopsis in alt txt
The book sold out 3 print runs & did big audio numbers on word of mouth, so I hope a new publisher can build on that. If you liked the book, pls RT 💕 synopsis in alt txt
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😱👀.......yes sir, THREE new webcomic pages this week! 👀😱
Let's get pummeled by all those feelings together, as friends
🔞Adults Only!🔞 https://asmodrawscomics.com
#comicoop #webcomic
Let's get pummeled by all those feelings together, as friends
🔞Adults Only!🔞 https://asmodrawscomics.com
#comicoop #webcomic
August 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
😱👀.......yes sir, THREE new webcomic pages this week! 👀😱
Let's get pummeled by all those feelings together, as friends
🔞Adults Only!🔞 https://asmodrawscomics.com
#comicoop #webcomic
Let's get pummeled by all those feelings together, as friends
🔞Adults Only!🔞 https://asmodrawscomics.com
#comicoop #webcomic
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Oh also of course my book and its follow-up (a similar medieval queer romance/thriller) are also looking for a new home. This book’s sales INCREASED every year purely on word of mouth. Imagine what could be done with marketing. Captive Prince x Song of Achilles:
August 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Oh also of course my book and its follow-up (a similar medieval queer romance/thriller) are also looking for a new home. This book’s sales INCREASED every year purely on word of mouth. Imagine what could be done with marketing. Captive Prince x Song of Achilles:
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Erasure takes many forms, but this is quite blatant.
July 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Erasure takes many forms, but this is quite blatant.
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while it is certainly thrilling for all the erotica buckaroos to see my rise into mainstream success, i find THIS direction of starting at horror and then discovering tinglers to be VERY fun. GODSPEED BUCKAROO
So @chucktingle.bsky.social is a very good horror writer. But apparently he writes other, spicier stories. I've not read any yet. I may do so
July 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
while it is certainly thrilling for all the erotica buckaroos to see my rise into mainstream success, i find THIS direction of starting at horror and then discovering tinglers to be VERY fun. GODSPEED BUCKAROO
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As a perma-lapsed Roman Catholic, I would really like it if Kobo could change their auto-reply when I spend some of my accumulated points on a book.
June 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
As a perma-lapsed Roman Catholic, I would really like it if Kobo could change their auto-reply when I spend some of my accumulated points on a book.
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Non importa che lavoro facesse, l'unica cosa che conta davvero è che un'altra donna è stata uccisa per mano di un assassino
#NonUnaDiMeno👠 #Femminicidio #BisognaDireBasta
#NonUnaDiMeno👠 #Femminicidio #BisognaDireBasta
Denisa Adas «soffocata e decapitata». La confessione della guardia giurata, il tentativo di nascondere il corpo: «Perché l'ho uccisa»
Il ricatto dietro l'omicidio della escort 30enne per cui ha confessato Vasile Frumuzache. Il corpo senza testa lo avrebbe nascosto nel trolley bianco della donna, poi abbandonato. Sentito anche un ita...
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June 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Non importa che lavoro facesse, l'unica cosa che conta davvero è che un'altra donna è stata uccisa per mano di un assassino
#NonUnaDiMeno👠 #Femminicidio #BisognaDireBasta
#NonUnaDiMeno👠 #Femminicidio #BisognaDireBasta
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A German-based technology company was able to export restricted tech to Russia even after the EU imposed a fresh round of sanctions on the country.
German firm shipped restricted tech to Russia — after EU sanctions kicked in
Calls for tightening of bloc’s sanctions regime after Kontron was able to export millions in sensitive telecoms tech to its Russian arm in late 2023.
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May 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
A German-based technology company was able to export restricted tech to Russia even after the EU imposed a fresh round of sanctions on the country.
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OPINION: It is time the EU pushes back — and hits the Kremlin where it hurts.
Europe must learn the art of ‘unpowering’ Russia
The EU is far from powerless — it is simply under-leveraged.
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May 23, 2025 at 7:25 AM
OPINION: It is time the EU pushes back — and hits the Kremlin where it hurts.
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EU citizens, please take 30 seconds to sign the European Citizens' Initiative to ban conversion therapy (torture against LGBTQ+ people).
Only 1 day left to meet the criteria of 1 million signatures.
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public
Only 1 day left to meet the criteria of 1 million signatures.
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
May 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
EU citizens, please take 30 seconds to sign the European Citizens' Initiative to ban conversion therapy (torture against LGBTQ+ people).
Only 1 day left to meet the criteria of 1 million signatures.
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public
Only 1 day left to meet the criteria of 1 million signatures.
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public
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Sharing so you can block it
May 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Sharing so you can block it
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Authors, it has neger been more important to make “AI cannot be used at any point of the process of bringing my book to market” a part of your contracts.
It’s not enough to tell them you don’t want it. You have to make it **a breach of contract** for them to do it. #booksky
It’s not enough to tell them you don’t want it. You have to make it **a breach of contract** for them to do it. #booksky
Fuck this, absolutely fuck this, everyone who loves audiobooks loves their favourite narrators because they are great at their jobs and interpreting the author's words and they make the experience what it is www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks
Amazon brand will offer more than 100 artificial intelligence-generated voices in English and other languages
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Authors, it has neger been more important to make “AI cannot be used at any point of the process of bringing my book to market” a part of your contracts.
It’s not enough to tell them you don’t want it. You have to make it **a breach of contract** for them to do it. #booksky
It’s not enough to tell them you don’t want it. You have to make it **a breach of contract** for them to do it. #booksky
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It's WebcomicDay 2025!! Perhaps you're on the hunt for a story-heavy dark romance (with explicit sex scenes!) webcomic to add to your reading list? Demons and exorcists wrecking beds and doing their best against underworld monsters! 👀🔥
🔞Adults Only!🔞 https://asmodrawscomics.com
🔞Adults Only!🔞 https://asmodrawscomics.com
May 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's WebcomicDay 2025!! Perhaps you're on the hunt for a story-heavy dark romance (with explicit sex scenes!) webcomic to add to your reading list? Demons and exorcists wrecking beds and doing their best against underworld monsters! 👀🔥
🔞Adults Only!🔞 https://asmodrawscomics.com
🔞Adults Only!🔞 https://asmodrawscomics.com
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Il partito repubblicano è stato preso in ostaggio prima dal Tea Party, e poi da MAGA, che alla fine lo ha riplasmato a sua immagine e somiglianza.
Un potente avvertimento per chi crede che assimilare AfD, e altri simili partiti estremisti, sia il miglior modo per neutralizzarli.
Un potente avvertimento per chi crede che assimilare AfD, e altri simili partiti estremisti, sia il miglior modo per neutralizzarli.
May 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Il partito repubblicano è stato preso in ostaggio prima dal Tea Party, e poi da MAGA, che alla fine lo ha riplasmato a sua immagine e somiglianza.
Un potente avvertimento per chi crede che assimilare AfD, e altri simili partiti estremisti, sia il miglior modo per neutralizzarli.
Un potente avvertimento per chi crede che assimilare AfD, e altri simili partiti estremisti, sia il miglior modo per neutralizzarli.
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In occasione dell'80° anniversario della Liberazione dal nazifascismo, il Comune di San Clemente ha sobriamente revocato all'unanimità la cittadinanza onoraria conferita a Mussolini nel 1924 e ha deciso di assegnarla, altrettanto sobriamente, a Giacomo Matteotti.
#25aprile
#25aprile
April 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
In occasione dell'80° anniversario della Liberazione dal nazifascismo, il Comune di San Clemente ha sobriamente revocato all'unanimità la cittadinanza onoraria conferita a Mussolini nel 1924 e ha deciso di assegnarla, altrettanto sobriamente, a Giacomo Matteotti.
#25aprile
#25aprile
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This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
April 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
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When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.