Shawn
@scraun.bsky.social
Just sitting by the fire trying not to think too hard about the gruesome end that awaits us all.
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Majd. Before the war Majd was a software engineer, he wrote this beautiful thread about what happened to him and his family including Zeina, 4, Lareen, 6 and Mona, 8. Mona was so traumatized that she’s not been able to speak and needs care.
March 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Majd. Before the war Majd was a software engineer, he wrote this beautiful thread about what happened to him and his family including Zeina, 4, Lareen, 6 and Mona, 8. Mona was so traumatized that she’s not been able to speak and needs care.
Why isn't Shohreh Aghdashloo in Dune? She only speaks in command voice
March 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Why isn't Shohreh Aghdashloo in Dune? She only speaks in command voice
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If you think abortion information isn’t being censored, think again. Advocates have had their accounts suspended and posts removed. It’s time to fight back. #StopCensoringAbortion
Stop Censoring Abortion: Help EFF and Repro Uncensored End Digital Suppression
As reproductive rights come under attack in the United States and other countries around the world, it is vital that people have access to accurate abortion information–especially online. Reproductive...
www.eff.org
February 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
If you think abortion information isn’t being censored, think again. Advocates have had their accounts suspended and posts removed. It’s time to fight back. #StopCensoringAbortion
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Who is ready to bring it?
February 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Who is ready to bring it?
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My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
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Big Tech is censoring abortion content! 🚨
Social media platforms are removing vital info on reproductive health. Have you been censored? Report it here: www.eff.org/uncensored. #StopCensoringAbortion
Social media platforms are removing vital info on reproductive health. Have you been censored? Report it here: www.eff.org/uncensored. #StopCensoringAbortion
Stop Censoring Abortion: Help EFF and Repro Uncensored End Digital Suppression
As reproductive rights come under attack in the United States and other countries around the world, it is vital that people have access to accurate abortion information–especially online. Reproductive...
www.eff.org
February 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Big Tech is censoring abortion content! 🚨
Social media platforms are removing vital info on reproductive health. Have you been censored? Report it here: www.eff.org/uncensored. #StopCensoringAbortion
Social media platforms are removing vital info on reproductive health. Have you been censored? Report it here: www.eff.org/uncensored. #StopCensoringAbortion
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My co-workers are badass and I am proud of them.
EFF is suing DOGE and OPM over their illegal sharing of federal employee data.
EFF is suing DOGE and OPM over their illegal sharing of federal employee data.
BREAKING: We are suing DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to stop the brazen and illegal data sharing of federal employee data with the “government efficiency” group.
EFF Sues DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to Halt Ransacking of Federal Data
EFF and a coalition of privacy defenders have filed a lawsuit today asking a federal court to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing the private information of mil...
www.eff.org
February 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
My co-workers are badass and I am proud of them.
EFF is suing DOGE and OPM over their illegal sharing of federal employee data.
EFF is suing DOGE and OPM over their illegal sharing of federal employee data.
In other news, The Onion's stock dropped by 20% today for unknown reasons...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/m...
Netanyahu gifted Trump a golden pager during their meeting in Washington | CNN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gifted US President Donald Trump a golden pager during their meeting in Washington on Tuesday, an Israeli political source told CNN.
www.cnn.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In other news, The Onion's stock dropped by 20% today for unknown reasons...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/m...
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
It's a good start to build allies
Y'all, this zine is *so* fantastic. Definitely take a look, share it around. It's fantastic.
The new “Don’t Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do to Counter Fascism—Yes, You! Yes, Now!” zine makes a great gift for your liberal fam, friends, neighbors & coworkers!
Read, print & distro freely!
Full text & PDFs on @igd.bsky.social:
itsgoingdown.org/dont-just-do...
Read, print & distro freely!
Full text & PDFs on @igd.bsky.social:
itsgoingdown.org/dont-just-do...
January 29, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It's a good start to build allies
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Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, “there’s been a massive uptick in social media platforms removing content related to reproductive health care and specifically abortion pills,” EFF’s Lisa Femia told @nytimes.com. "This is an ongoing, increasing problem.”
Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers’ Posts
Some posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, “there’s been a massive uptick in social media platforms removing content related to reproductive health care and specifically abortion pills,” EFF’s Lisa Femia told @nytimes.com. "This is an ongoing, increasing problem.”
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Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
January 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
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Here’s a fun activity.
January 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Here’s a fun activity.
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Today in Milan, a student activist group hung a trash-filled effigy of Musk upside down on a gate outside of piazzale Loreto, where Mussolini's body was displayed in 1945.
They left the message: "C'è sempre posto a piazzale Loreto, Elon" (There's always room in piazzale Loreto, Elon)
They left the message: "C'è sempre posto a piazzale Loreto, Elon" (There's always room in piazzale Loreto, Elon)
January 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Today in Milan, a student activist group hung a trash-filled effigy of Musk upside down on a gate outside of piazzale Loreto, where Mussolini's body was displayed in 1945.
They left the message: "C'è sempre posto a piazzale Loreto, Elon" (There's always room in piazzale Loreto, Elon)
They left the message: "C'è sempre posto a piazzale Loreto, Elon" (There's always room in piazzale Loreto, Elon)
1. Making video games
2. Computer Science
3. CS->pre-med->CS
4. DevSecOps
2. Computer Science
3. CS->pre-med->CS
4. DevSecOps
if you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now, professionally?
1. Teacher, Writer
2. Interdisciplinary/Appalachian Studies
3. English-> HumanStudies(Anthropology)
4. LCSW/Therapist
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now, professionally?
1. Teacher, Writer
2. Interdisciplinary/Appalachian Studies
3. English-> HumanStudies(Anthropology)
4. LCSW/Therapist
if you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now, professionally?
1. Nebulous
2. Peace Studies
3. English
4. Advocate and Policy Wonk, Writer
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now, professionally?
1. Nebulous
2. Peace Studies
3. English
4. Advocate and Policy Wonk, Writer
January 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
1. Making video games
2. Computer Science
3. CS->pre-med->CS
4. DevSecOps
2. Computer Science
3. CS->pre-med->CS
4. DevSecOps
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Even though most of us will probably never lead the charge, we all have a vital role to play in this battle before us.
"Be a bush if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a highway, just be a trail. If you can't be a sun, be a star." ~ MLK
"Be a bush if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a highway, just be a trail. If you can't be a sun, be a star." ~ MLK
January 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Even though most of us will probably never lead the charge, we all have a vital role to play in this battle before us.
"Be a bush if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a highway, just be a trail. If you can't be a sun, be a star." ~ MLK
"Be a bush if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a highway, just be a trail. If you can't be a sun, be a star." ~ MLK
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Let's put this TikTok thing into perspective:
Currently there are no major communications platforms (print, cable news, and now social media) not under control by the far right.
Currently there are no major communications platforms (print, cable news, and now social media) not under control by the far right.
January 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Let's put this TikTok thing into perspective:
Currently there are no major communications platforms (print, cable news, and now social media) not under control by the far right.
Currently there are no major communications platforms (print, cable news, and now social media) not under control by the far right.
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Inside the State Dept., senior political appointees repeatedly disregarded their own experts on Israel's human rights violations.
These officials cracked down on leaks by threatening criminal investigations and classifying material critical of Israel.
New, @propublica.org
These officials cracked down on leaks by threatening criminal investigations and classifying material critical of Israel.
New, @propublica.org
A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza
Israel has repeatedly crossed the Biden administration’s human rights red lines. But the U.S. continued to send weapons. Exclusive records and interviews reveal what happened inside the State Departme...
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Inside the State Dept., senior political appointees repeatedly disregarded their own experts on Israel's human rights violations.
These officials cracked down on leaks by threatening criminal investigations and classifying material critical of Israel.
New, @propublica.org
These officials cracked down on leaks by threatening criminal investigations and classifying material critical of Israel.
New, @propublica.org
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Four massive animal penises cast in metal stand outside the University of Florida's Animal Science building in Gainesville, FL.
The statues, created by artist Carol K. Brown, were erected in 1988.
Pun intended.
The statues, created by artist Carol K. Brown, were erected in 1988.
Pun intended.
January 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Four massive animal penises cast in metal stand outside the University of Florida's Animal Science building in Gainesville, FL.
The statues, created by artist Carol K. Brown, were erected in 1988.
Pun intended.
The statues, created by artist Carol K. Brown, were erected in 1988.
Pun intended.