Ben Meyers is a sound of love
@spindleshanks.bsky.social
Music and sound art nerd, sometimes-lawyer, flâneur, inspired by anarchism and engaged buddhism and cats.
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It’s kind of a buzzkill when “ICE Propaganda” squeezes intro your top genres because Spotify keeps runnings ads for Trump’s brutal secret police force.
Maybe this year let’s skip sharing our Wrapped and urge our followers to Cancel Spotify instead.
indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
Maybe this year let’s skip sharing our Wrapped and urge our followers to Cancel Spotify instead.
indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
indivisible.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It’s kind of a buzzkill when “ICE Propaganda” squeezes intro your top genres because Spotify keeps runnings ads for Trump’s brutal secret police force.
Maybe this year let’s skip sharing our Wrapped and urge our followers to Cancel Spotify instead.
indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
Maybe this year let’s skip sharing our Wrapped and urge our followers to Cancel Spotify instead.
indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
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OK nerds, I have a challenge for you.
@tangledwilderness.bsky.social has just published my Letter to the Trans Teens Thinking About Giving Up as a zine. I want to see how many copies of it we can get into the hands of the people who need to read it, and I need YOUR help.
@tangledwilderness.bsky.social has just published my Letter to the Trans Teens Thinking About Giving Up as a zine. I want to see how many copies of it we can get into the hands of the people who need to read it, and I need YOUR help.
August 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
OK nerds, I have a challenge for you.
@tangledwilderness.bsky.social has just published my Letter to the Trans Teens Thinking About Giving Up as a zine. I want to see how many copies of it we can get into the hands of the people who need to read it, and I need YOUR help.
@tangledwilderness.bsky.social has just published my Letter to the Trans Teens Thinking About Giving Up as a zine. I want to see how many copies of it we can get into the hands of the people who need to read it, and I need YOUR help.
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I DESPERATELY need these fucking people to understand that this relentless “you’re hurting the Jews” rhetoric lobbed at people who aren’t doing that and using “you’re hurting the Jews” as a catch all for any opinion you disagree with IS ACTUALLY WHAT IS HURTING THE JEWS
My statement after meeting with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social:
June 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I DESPERATELY need these fucking people to understand that this relentless “you’re hurting the Jews” rhetoric lobbed at people who aren’t doing that and using “you’re hurting the Jews” as a catch all for any opinion you disagree with IS ACTUALLY WHAT IS HURTING THE JEWS
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Hey everyone,
Been quiet about this, but I had to give up my home of 13 years this week. Can’t go back to work until August & between moving expenses, medical bills & car repairs, I’m out of money. I need help to get by the next 2 months & be able to report.
Donation links below. Anything helps.
Been quiet about this, but I had to give up my home of 13 years this week. Can’t go back to work until August & between moving expenses, medical bills & car repairs, I’m out of money. I need help to get by the next 2 months & be able to report.
Donation links below. Anything helps.
June 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Hey everyone,
Been quiet about this, but I had to give up my home of 13 years this week. Can’t go back to work until August & between moving expenses, medical bills & car repairs, I’m out of money. I need help to get by the next 2 months & be able to report.
Donation links below. Anything helps.
Been quiet about this, but I had to give up my home of 13 years this week. Can’t go back to work until August & between moving expenses, medical bills & car repairs, I’m out of money. I need help to get by the next 2 months & be able to report.
Donation links below. Anything helps.
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Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
March 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
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Anyone who would like to join a class action lawsuit against the NYPD for ticketing cyclists who legally proceed with a WALK signal🚦🚦🚦can contact the law firm at the # and email at the bottom of this article
@nyc.streetsblog.org
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/12/c...
@nyc.streetsblog.org
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/12/c...
Cyclist Launches Class Action Suit For Bogus NYPD Red Light Tickets - Streetsblog New York City
The NYPD keeps ignoring a law that allows cyclists to pass through a red light on the "Walk" sign. Now, someone is making a federal case about it.
nyc.streetsblog.org
May 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Anyone who would like to join a class action lawsuit against the NYPD for ticketing cyclists who legally proceed with a WALK signal🚦🚦🚦can contact the law firm at the # and email at the bottom of this article
@nyc.streetsblog.org
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/12/c...
@nyc.streetsblog.org
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/12/c...
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Just a reminder, if you were an REI member who purchased more than $10 worth of items in 2024 or joined in 2024, you can vote until midnight May 1st to reject the proposed slate of anti-labor Trump supporters for the REI board vote.escvote.com/REI/
April 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Just a reminder, if you were an REI member who purchased more than $10 worth of items in 2024 or joined in 2024, you can vote until midnight May 1st to reject the proposed slate of anti-labor Trump supporters for the REI board vote.escvote.com/REI/
Imagine what OTHER Signal groups Hegseth and Vance also have on their personal phones…
March 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Imagine what OTHER Signal groups Hegseth and Vance also have on their personal phones…
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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Anecdotal, but I'm definitely noticing an uptick in advocacy for violence here. About which I'll say only this: Promoting violence on social media is the work of trolls and fools, those eager to bait others into implicating themselves in the age of surveillance or fools rushing to the gulag.
March 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Anecdotal, but I'm definitely noticing an uptick in advocacy for violence here. About which I'll say only this: Promoting violence on social media is the work of trolls and fools, those eager to bait others into implicating themselves in the age of surveillance or fools rushing to the gulag.
Where's my congressmember @repdangoldman.bsky.social ? I've seen plenty of fluff from his office, but nothing on the most critical issue of the day.
New — Rashida Tlaib, Mark Pocan, Nydia Velázquez, Delia Ramirez, Ilhan Omar, Jasmine Crockett, Summer Lee, Ayanna Pressley, Lateefah Simon, Al Green, Gwen Moore, André Carson, Nikema Williams, and James McGovern call on the Trump administration to release Mahmoud Khalil:
March 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Where's my congressmember @repdangoldman.bsky.social ? I've seen plenty of fluff from his office, but nothing on the most critical issue of the day.
Truly the best attorney advertising I’ve ever seen.
![Banner with the words “L’CHAIM INTIFADA [Palestinian flag] JEWS FOR A LIBERATED PALESTINE AND THE PROMPT COLLAPSE OF THE US EMPIRE”, hung over a billboard for a personal injury law firm such that the words AMERICA INJURY” are still visible to the left of the banner.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5teitv52vdzlvpckz6zrkut6/bafkreih3hvh6cj6tuewco625da67au5656mfkluteftpwcvhm75guy7drm@jpeg)
March 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Truly the best attorney advertising I’ve ever seen.
Are you an REI member? Support the workers by voting NO to the proposed incoming board members!
www.ourrei.com/2025-rei-boa...
www.ourrei.com/2025-rei-boa...
Vote NO in REI’s Board Election | REI Union
Learn how REI Co-op members are standing up and fighting back against their corporate Board of Directors during this year's election.
www.ourrei.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Are you an REI member? Support the workers by voting NO to the proposed incoming board members!
www.ourrei.com/2025-rei-boa...
www.ourrei.com/2025-rei-boa...
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Unless a Dem is wearing a Bread & Puppet head tonight don't tell me their outfit is a protest
March 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Unless a Dem is wearing a Bread & Puppet head tonight don't tell me their outfit is a protest
Thank you Nina Simone for always bringing the light to the bleak times. ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
February 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Thank you Nina Simone for always bringing the light to the bleak times. ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
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My phone autocorrected "Valentines" to "collectives" and honestly it's the most perfect correction I can imagine.
February 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
My phone autocorrected "Valentines" to "collectives" and honestly it's the most perfect correction I can imagine.
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Today NYC DOT launched the application portal for our new e-bike trade-in program. Through this pilot delivery workers with uncertified e-bikes & illegal mopeds can sign up to trade them in for a free, UL-certified e-bike + 2 certified batteries. More info here: www.nyc.gov/html/dot/htm...
January 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Today NYC DOT launched the application portal for our new e-bike trade-in program. Through this pilot delivery workers with uncertified e-bikes & illegal mopeds can sign up to trade them in for a free, UL-certified e-bike + 2 certified batteries. More info here: www.nyc.gov/html/dot/htm...
Happy Wordle 1312 to all who celebrate.
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January 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Happy Wordle 1312 to all who celebrate.
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well that was easy!
January 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
well that was easy!
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These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.
January 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.
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This isn't very clear. It goes like this:
Desktop:
1. Go to accountscenter.facebook.com (while logged in to Facebook)
2. Your information and permissions (on the left)
3. Your activity off Meta technologies (on the right)
4. Manage future activity / Delete past activity
Desktop:
1. Go to accountscenter.facebook.com (while logged in to Facebook)
2. Your information and permissions (on the left)
3. Your activity off Meta technologies (on the right)
4. Manage future activity / Delete past activity
Log into Facebook
Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know.
accountscenter.facebook.com
January 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This isn't very clear. It goes like this:
Desktop:
1. Go to accountscenter.facebook.com (while logged in to Facebook)
2. Your information and permissions (on the left)
3. Your activity off Meta technologies (on the right)
4. Manage future activity / Delete past activity
Desktop:
1. Go to accountscenter.facebook.com (while logged in to Facebook)
2. Your information and permissions (on the left)
3. Your activity off Meta technologies (on the right)
4. Manage future activity / Delete past activity
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This is real (at least in the US). It's not one of those stupid things where you put an idiotic statement on your FB page declaring something illegal. I just checked it on FB settings and it had a list of every website I visited recently. Fucking weird. The future kind of sucks.
UM, I had NO idea facebook was tracking everything I did on the internet. EVERYTHING. I have diligently blocked and followed all ways to try to stop this messed up social media from taking from me, but this is the final straw… THESE JERKS! AGH! [screenshots on how to do it in the comments]
January 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This is real (at least in the US). It's not one of those stupid things where you put an idiotic statement on your FB page declaring something illegal. I just checked it on FB settings and it had a list of every website I visited recently. Fucking weird. The future kind of sucks.
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Okay I angrily washed dishes etc. and calmed down a bit.
Here is an action item if you do not like the anti-trans and anti-intersex legislation ongoing in the US right now.
This is something that has been done in my hometown (I was a part of it, but only a small part) & can be done elsewhere too.
Here is an action item if you do not like the anti-trans and anti-intersex legislation ongoing in the US right now.
This is something that has been done in my hometown (I was a part of it, but only a small part) & can be done elsewhere too.
November 20, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Okay I angrily washed dishes etc. and calmed down a bit.
Here is an action item if you do not like the anti-trans and anti-intersex legislation ongoing in the US right now.
This is something that has been done in my hometown (I was a part of it, but only a small part) & can be done elsewhere too.
Here is an action item if you do not like the anti-trans and anti-intersex legislation ongoing in the US right now.
This is something that has been done in my hometown (I was a part of it, but only a small part) & can be done elsewhere too.
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Welcome to Bluesky, @katiehonan.bsky.social!! Katie is a superb reporter for the NYC nonprofit newsroom THE CITY (@thecity.bsky.social), focusing on City Hall, and is also a cohost of the great FAQ NYC podcat. Follow Katie!
Catch up with all of the investigations into Adams administration officials in @thecity.bsky.social's guide: www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/09/f...
Who’s Investigating Mayor Eric Adams’ Inner Circle and Why
The FBI has raided multiple people linked to the mayor so far, including the NYPD commissioner, schools chancellor and first deputy mayor.
www.thecity.nyc
September 9, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Welcome to Bluesky, @katiehonan.bsky.social!! Katie is a superb reporter for the NYC nonprofit newsroom THE CITY (@thecity.bsky.social), focusing on City Hall, and is also a cohost of the great FAQ NYC podcat. Follow Katie!