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spaceotty.bsky.social
Mark S, Macrottdata Refinement
@spaceotty.bsky.social
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“For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love”. Aerospace Engineering student, writer, pilot, and lover of anything space. PFP @gingintigtig.bsky.social. He/him. 28. BLM!
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mikestabile.bsky.social
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.

Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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chiitan.love
LOVE you!
Transgender people are Chiitan's family.
I will continue to spread the message that we can create a world where it is normal for transgender people to love whoever they want.
September 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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guayodraws.bsky.social
Julio & Poncho - Ch4 Pg4
July 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
spaceotty.bsky.social
A screenshot from Firefox's news suggestion. A dark grey background is behind white text at the top reading "Thought-provoking stories". Under that is an image of a middle-aged white dude smiling like he's just having a grand ol' time. The picture is labeled with a grey box that says "Politics". Underneath the image is the text "CNN" and "What We Know About the Minnesota Shooting Suspect" An ooooooooold screenshot from Twitter. Back when it was Twitter. @zackfox, whose PFP appears to be a Dragonball Z character I don't recognize (don't roast me plz) posted an image of a white family (Mom, Dad, preteen daughter" who are all tan in swim gear with big smiles out on a lake in a blue jetski. You can tell it's a lake because there's an out-of-focus treeline behind them. Anyways it looks like a stock photo, they're throwing up a lot of water and generally having a blast. What was I ... oh, yeah! Sorry, lost my train of thought. Anyways, the caption reads "this how the photos be lookin in headlines when a white man kills his entire family".
June 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
spaceotty.bsky.social
When you really definitely understand the circumstances of this country’s founding and mythology.
reportbywilson.bsky.social Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · Jun 15
Today, the far right went full masks-off and said, “Fuck it — We’re monarchist now!”
June 15, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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geewolf.bsky.social
two more movie frames studies with Detective Benoit Blanc :)
June 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
In Santa Ana, California, an ICE agent body slams an elderly man.
June 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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maggieastor.bsky.social
Another article I wrote years ago that I have been thinking about a whole lot

"In the retelling ... people sanitize the movement for public consumption, downplay its opposition and use the mythologized version to discredit its successors"
Why Protest Movements Are ‘Civil’ Only in Retrospect (Published 2020)
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Here's the menswear guy's post on being undocumented.
I debated whether to share my story on here, but I guess I will. I think there's an idea out there that millions of violent criminals are pouring across the border, carrying machetes and drugs, looking to harm Americans. Certainly, while some people fall into that category, the vast majority of undocumented immigrants don't. My family escaped Vietnam after the Tet Offensive and went through an arduous journey that eventually landed them in the Canada. My father worked there for a time as a janitor; my mother, a secretary. When work fell through, my dad was offered to work with his sister in the United States, so he went, as our family needed money. He ended up staying in the US longer than he was supposed to — not knowing immigration laws — and asked my mom to come be with him. Of course, she went and carried me over the border while I was still a baby. I'm still unsure whether we technically broke an immigration law. The border between Canada and the United States was pretty porous (as it is today, for the most part). But either way, since I came here without legal documentation, I eventually fell into the category of being an undocumented immigrant. Yet, I've been in the United States since I was a baby. My identity and roots are very much based in this country, no different from anyone else. The lack of legal immigration has totally shaped my life. It has made every interaction with the law much scarier. It has shaped which opportunities I could or could not get. It has taken an emotional toll, as this legal issue hangs over your head like a black cloud. There are millions of people in my situation — people who were brought here as children, some babies, and were unable to raise their hand during this process and say "maybe we should hire a lawyer." Parents may have crossed the border not knowing about the law, as the law can be pretty confusing and lawyers are expensive. Perhaps, in the end, they should have hired a lawyer; but sometimes life is messy. In the end, they crossed for the same reason many people rise every day: to support their families. I think it's unreasonable to deport millions of people who have contributed positively to society. It's simply not true that the majority of these people are violent criminals carrying drugs. Many own small businesses; many work as skilled laborers (including garment workers!). The vast majority are good, honest people. For those of us who grew up in the United States, sending us "back" to our "home" country would mean sending someone to a foreign land, as they grew up in the United States. Tearing families apart based on immigration status seems inhumane. About twenty years ago, I watched with some small measure of hope that the Dream ACT would pass and help a portion of undocumented immigrants. I saw people march angrily in the streets (something I supported). But I was dismayed to see nothing really come about. In fact, when Obama passed DACA, I was skeptical that it would be sensible to give your information to the federal government without a guaranteed path to citizenship. It seems that the Trump administration may use those lists to hunt down immigrants. I think the ICE sweeps are inhumane. I support and admire the protestors who are putting their bodies on the line for non-violent resistance. Ultimately, I think we need to solve this issue on a systemic level. It's unreasonable to me to expect that the government will deport some 10-20 million people. Even deporting 1 million will cause an insane amount of chaos, not to mention an incredible amount of wastef… I have seen people march on this issue, only for it to be dropped later and dissolve into quiet grumbles. In the end, nothing is done for immigrants. Time passes until decades later, we have another political crisis like the one we have today. This cycle seems unsustainable. I hope people sustain this energy to solve the immigration issue and put undocumented immigrants — most who are peaceful, skilled, and hard-working citizens — on a path to citizenship. As time continues to go by, many undocumented immigrants are seeing their lives wasted away. If you care about this issue, I hope you get involved on the long haul: volunteer for pro-immigrant groups, donate to mutual aid, and perhaps pursue career paths that help people in this situation. I was moved to read someone on here say that, when they found their employee was undocumented, they helped them get a green card. The path was difficult, as our immigration system is broken (it took them 11 years). But I can tell you that this is like pulling someone drowning in raging waters. Ultimately, I hope me sharing this story helps push back against the idea that all undocumented immigrants are MS-13 members. I know many people in my position and they are all like your neighbors.
June 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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brosandprose.bsky.social
"Nearly 50 Palestinians have reportedly been killed and 300 others wounded near the distribution center that Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the U.N. Palestinian relief agency, has called a “death trap.”"
Boston Consulting Group CEO apologizes for Israeli-backed Gaza aid project
Top consulting firm fires two partners over involvement in aid initiative beset by violence and controversy.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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astrokatie.com
I think it's important to continuously reiterate that federal science funding grants in the US (and elsewhere) are made because the government, with the input of panels of independent experts, have concluded that the work being done is IN THE INTEREST OF THE NATION.
matthewfacciani.bsky.social Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · Jun 9
When the Trump administration froze this Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist's research funding, he received an email from China offering to relocate his lab to any city and university of his choice, with guaranteed funding for 20 years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
U.S. Scientists Warn That Trump’s Cuts Will Set Off a Brain Drain
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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voiceofobrien.bsky.social
Know your rights.
June 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
spaceotty.bsky.social
Oh for fuck’s sake
A screenshot of a headline, white text over black background in a serif font, that reads “Trump charts new territory in bypassing Newsom to deploy National Guard”
June 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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nhashem.bsky.social
Yeah I guess LeBron putting up a 22.6 PER is pretty special, but it's not that impressive when you compare him to people rolling out of bed and firing off something like this at age 86.
June 8, 2025 at 5:49 AM
spaceotty.bsky.social
“These are real people with real families you’re hurting with your ridiculous rhetoric and inflammatory comments” well I’m so sorry our words were mean I just don’t like seeing people sobbing as their families are carted off to a supermax prison in another country for committing no actual crimes.
marcofoster.bsky.social Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · Jun 7
Awww you guys - the Acting Director of ICE is really upset that we keep accurately refering them the American Gestapo and calling out their kidnappings. Keep up the good work everyone!!!
June 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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ollieotty.bsky.social
Happy Pride, everyone! Let your light shine, and don't let anyone extinguish it. Times may be hard right now, but we shine brightest in the dark.
Ollie the otter at a pride festival. They're wearing an NB tank top, an ace wristband, and a gay flag cape, as well as holding an MLM flag.
June 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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guayodraws.bsky.social
And we begin the new chapter ✨
June 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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docseuss.bsky.social
FUCK. even though I think the loop is a bit bland at times, I have really enjoyed the jurassic world games. i won't touch this shit with a ten foot pole. not even sure I'd touch it if i got it in a humble monthly
dilong96.bsky.social DILONG @dilong96.bsky.social · Jun 6
DO NOT BUY JURASSIC WORLD EVOLUTION 3

They’re using ai generation in their game, boycott this shit and force their hand to remove this garbage from their game entirely.

store.steampowered.com/app/2958130/...
June 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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nadiadrake.bsky.social
"You’re punching a generation-size hole, maybe a multigenerational hole, in the scientific and technical workforce. You don’t just Cryovac these people and pull them out when the money comes back. People are going to move on.”

www.scientificamerican.com/article/prop...
This Budget Plan Would Devastate U.S. Space Science
Scientists are rallying to reverse ruinous proposed cuts to both NASA and the National Science Foundation
www.scientificamerican.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
“The idea of justice eludes even the people who are following the letter of the law and want nothing more than to live peacefully in this country, while the people who have everything continue to skirt the system in search of more.”
In Trump’s America, wealthy criminals are pardoned, poor innocents are arrested
While ICE patrols court houses for law-abiding immigrants, Trump's friends get a free pass.
www.thehandbasket.co
June 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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silvy777.bsky.social
The International Red Cross is the custodian of the Geneva Convention. The 4th Convention after WW2 is to protect ALL civilians during war. Nothing justifies what US and Israel are doing to Palestinians. "We are hollowing out the very rules that protect the fundamental rights of every human being."
June 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
spaceotty.bsky.social
Because they look for symbols and communication from the divine in *everything*, and the Black Box of genAI is too impenetrable for anybody to say God *isn’t* speaking through it.
June 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM