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swadlow.bsky.social
@swadlow.bsky.social
sysadmin, knitter, cat lover, LSG
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ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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here's an updated guide on how to remove all of the AI from Firefox
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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A U.S. soldier was executed on the streets of the U.S. capital, yet the flags remain at full-staff.

But when a hate-peddling podcaster was killed, the flags were lowered to half-staff within hours—and stayed that way for days.

WTH?

Tonight...
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Holy shit they reference this exact example. Literally TEXTBOOK illegal orders.
Senator Kelly is correct.

Plus a Public Service Announcement:

KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.

The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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It’s not a great deal if you don’t need it. And especially this year, others really need support. So for all of us who have enough, let’s refuse to get sucked into the holiday shopping frenzy and share instead of shop. We don’t need more stuff, we need communities where all our neighbors are safe.
November 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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The NLRB Is Suing to Keep States From Protecting Workers’ Rights talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-nlr...
The NLRB Is Suing to Keep States From Protecting Workers’ Rights
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Here's something nice I saw on Mastodon:

The band War and lots of people from around the world sing “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” to celebrate the 50th anniversary of that album’s release.
playingforchange.com/videos/why-c...
Why Can’t We Be Friends? ft. WAR and Friends |… | Playing For Change
In honor of the 50th anniversary of WAR’s legendary album and song “Why Can’t We Be Friends,” Playing For Change brings together the original remaining members of WAR with over 30 musicians from acros...
playingforchange.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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If I didn't have a kid who was allergic, I'd snap her up in a hot minute.
Dogs who like cats and not other dogs are special!!
🗽 Good Morning New York 🗽
This gal is looking for a low traffic adult only home. Cats are ok. No dogs. Needs training.
MELIA - 3.5 years old, 50 lbs
Over 800 days waiting. Be her hero.

💻Adoption@hempsteadny.gov
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Please watch this.

The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.

You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Zohran Mamdani has called for a boycott of Starbucks until the company can bargain a fair contract with its striking workers. We joined members of the mayor-elect's team on the Starbucks picket line in NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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"Trump’s policies are not new; they follow the same neoliberal logic of the past 45 years, which has led to the rise of food banks. What is new is the brazen disregard for the poor, the callousness, and the disregard for the immorality of hunger."
Trump’s Pro-Hunger Agenda and the Cruel Logic of Capitalism
Don’t forget that food insecurity has long been a feature of Republican politics, not a bug.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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So not only are Republicans withholding SNAP money, now Donald Trump is demanding the states UNDO their payments of SNAP for November.

Damn, the Trump Administration really doesn’t want kids to eat. 🥴

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
Trump administration says states must "immediately undo any steps" to send full SNAP benefits
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a late-night Saturday memo, also threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not comply with the government's new orders.
www.cbsnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.

Please pass it on!
Home - Long COVID Treatment Trial
Be part of groundbreaking Long COVID research from Scripps Research. We endeavor to conduct a portfolio of Long COVID clinical trials.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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you shouldn’t talk to a journalist about how people in need of abortions access them when abortions are outlawed, and this is no different.

shutting the fuck up is free.
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Libraries matter. Access matters.

After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.

@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says.
arstechnica.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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quick psa: if you use GDrive, go into Settings -> Manage Apps and make sure the Gemini AI horseshit is turned off.
Just got a heads-up about it elsewhere, and sure enough, Gemini had been turned back on without my permission
October 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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October 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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#SNAP
Everyone does better when everyone does better.
can someone please just run this as an ad?
October 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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“Don’t want to lose SNAP? Tell the Dems to reopen the government!”

SNAP assistance gets cut in the big beautiful bill too.

Healthcare is slashed as well.

They’re withholding food for 40 million Americans to try and force the Dems to sign off on cutting food AND healthcare!
October 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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hey guys... check your windows privacy settings...

this was on.

#NOai
October 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM