Helen
@trainstar.bsky.social
I support buses and trains and living as COVID safe as possible.
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Glad to see our president spent Christmas…bombing a field next to a healthcare facility in a peaceful village in Nigeria
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.
Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area | CNN
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and c...
www.cnn.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Glad to see our president spent Christmas…bombing a field next to a healthcare facility in a peaceful village in Nigeria
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Dependable support for six families & a camp while everything remains so tenuous and life-and-death, still: this was and remains our goal, even as donations have become fewer.
Let's change that. Click “weekly” for healthcare, food, shelter, winter & newborn supplies: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Let's change that. Click “weekly” for healthcare, food, shelter, winter & newborn supplies: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
December 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Dependable support for six families & a camp while everything remains so tenuous and life-and-death, still: this was and remains our goal, even as donations have become fewer.
Let's change that. Click “weekly” for healthcare, food, shelter, winter & newborn supplies: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Let's change that. Click “weekly” for healthcare, food, shelter, winter & newborn supplies: chuffed.org/project/hope...
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You can do a lot locally with a dedicated group of 15 to 40 people. Regular people should be thinking at that scale rather than at the scale of thousands.
December 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
You can do a lot locally with a dedicated group of 15 to 40 people. Regular people should be thinking at that scale rather than at the scale of thousands.
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Accent segments are gray moonstone bugles framed by Madagascar Labradorite and faceted fine silver. Anchors are natural emerald rondels and fine silver, with a hand-made jump ring clasp.
December 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Accent segments are gray moonstone bugles framed by Madagascar Labradorite and faceted fine silver. Anchors are natural emerald rondels and fine silver, with a hand-made jump ring clasp.
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United Nations investigators voiced "serious concern" over what they described as Seoul's failure to ensure truth-finding and reparations for widespread human rights violations tied to decades of mass overseas adoptions. https://to.pbs.org/4qjqLik
South Korea plans to end foreign adoptions as UN urges Seoul to address past abuses
United Nations investigators have voiced concern over what they described as Seoul's failure to ensure truth-finding and reparations for human rights violations tied to overseas adoptions.
www.pbs.org
December 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
United Nations investigators voiced "serious concern" over what they described as Seoul's failure to ensure truth-finding and reparations for widespread human rights violations tied to decades of mass overseas adoptions. https://to.pbs.org/4qjqLik
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the graduation of a cohort of gaza’s new medical professionals in front of the ruins of al shifa hospital. No words, really.
December 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
the graduation of a cohort of gaza’s new medical professionals in front of the ruins of al shifa hospital. No words, really.
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Kinda seems like Trump punishing Colorado for not releasing Tina Peters (who tried to help him steal the election) from prison should be a bigger story
December 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Kinda seems like Trump punishing Colorado for not releasing Tina Peters (who tried to help him steal the election) from prison should be a bigger story
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Indigenous victims of an ongoing genocide, who were lynched on the explicit orders of Abraham Lincoln.
On Dec 26, 1862, the largest mass execution in US history took place under the orders of Abraham Lincoln. 38 Dakota warriors were hanged in Mankato, MN. Their people had been dispossessed by settlers and were starving.
+2 more men were captured and killed later. #Dakota38+2
+2 more men were captured and killed later. #Dakota38+2
December 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Indigenous victims of an ongoing genocide, who were lynched on the explicit orders of Abraham Lincoln.
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We really need a bluesky staffer to be a whistleblower and help us figure out how to stop the Palestinian Purge
December 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We really need a bluesky staffer to be a whistleblower and help us figure out how to stop the Palestinian Purge
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pspspspsps game’s on sale 25%, pspspsps it’s a Match-3 Dating Sim set in a solarpunk world of magic!
It’s made and directed by POC, overwhelmingly queer and trans like its creators, and meant to feel like a warm hug.
Gift it to the reformed Potter fan in your life!
It’s made and directed by POC, overwhelmingly queer and trans like its creators, and meant to feel like a warm hug.
Gift it to the reformed Potter fan in your life!
Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 to is OUT NOW!
GO GO GO!
✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/... ✨
GO GO GO!
✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/... ✨
December 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
pspspspsps game’s on sale 25%, pspspsps it’s a Match-3 Dating Sim set in a solarpunk world of magic!
It’s made and directed by POC, overwhelmingly queer and trans like its creators, and meant to feel like a warm hug.
Gift it to the reformed Potter fan in your life!
It’s made and directed by POC, overwhelmingly queer and trans like its creators, and meant to feel like a warm hug.
Gift it to the reformed Potter fan in your life!
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One of the right wing's top cultural initiatives was trying to destroy the idea that assholery deserves shame and we'll have to reverse that. "I'm just expressing an opinion I'm entitled to." Ok but you're an asshole. "I'm simply doing a business practice that technically isn't illegal." Ok. Asshole
October 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
One of the right wing's top cultural initiatives was trying to destroy the idea that assholery deserves shame and we'll have to reverse that. "I'm just expressing an opinion I'm entitled to." Ok but you're an asshole. "I'm simply doing a business practice that technically isn't illegal." Ok. Asshole
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i recently visited nyc for the first time and became mildly obsessed with the subway. this is some heartwarming shit right here on my new favorite mode of transportation
Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
December 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
i recently visited nyc for the first time and became mildly obsessed with the subway. this is some heartwarming shit right here on my new favorite mode of transportation
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“This circumstance presents noncitizens … with a choice between two irreparable harms,” wrote the judge.
Federal Judge Temporarily Halts ICE Arrests at San Francisco Immigration Courts
“This circumstance presents noncitizens … with a choice between two irreparable harms,” wrote the judge.
truthout.org
December 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“This circumstance presents noncitizens … with a choice between two irreparable harms,” wrote the judge.
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One of the cornerstones of the new deal was vitalizing local journalism! Bring it back!
one thing of many that would be really good to rebuild in this country is local news reporting
December 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
One of the cornerstones of the new deal was vitalizing local journalism! Bring it back!
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Dr. @profblmkelley.bsky.social speaks to this in her book: uncpress.org/978080787101...
Right to Ride
Through a reexamination of the earliest struggles against Jim Crow, Blair Kelley exposes the fullness of African American efforts to resist the passage of se...
uncpress.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Dr. @profblmkelley.bsky.social speaks to this in her book: uncpress.org/978080787101...
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Authenticity 👏 does 👏 NOT 👏 equal 👏 accuracy
December 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Authenticity 👏 does 👏 NOT 👏 equal 👏 accuracy
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Since Bluesky doesn't penalize folks for posting art, I may start drawing again. ; ^ ;
Any pastel fantasy artists I should follow?
Any pastel fantasy artists I should follow?
December 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Since Bluesky doesn't penalize folks for posting art, I may start drawing again. ; ^ ;
Any pastel fantasy artists I should follow?
Any pastel fantasy artists I should follow?
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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The wife of the 44 year-old man who died this week in Edmonton after waiting 8 hrs in the ER with chest pain was told by hospital security staff she was "being rude"
Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?
Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?
December 26, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The wife of the 44 year-old man who died this week in Edmonton after waiting 8 hrs in the ER with chest pain was told by hospital security staff she was "being rude"
Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?
Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?
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One of the US undersecretaries of state has seemingly declared that denialism & revisionist history about Canada’s mistreatment of indigenous people in our residential school systems is now the official policy of the United States. She calls the accurate Canadian historical consensus a “blood libel”
Hard to overstate how bad this is.
The people doing anti-hate and anti-disinformation work are now being sanctioned by the United States of America.
This is really, really, really bad.
The people doing anti-hate and anti-disinformation work are now being sanctioned by the United States of America.
This is really, really, really bad.
December 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
One of the US undersecretaries of state has seemingly declared that denialism & revisionist history about Canada’s mistreatment of indigenous people in our residential school systems is now the official policy of the United States. She calls the accurate Canadian historical consensus a “blood libel”
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It is the annual Making Of The Soup. If you want to feed some folks sleeping rough, I got me two hundred takeout quart containers. And a metric fuckton of tomatoes. And a Vitamix.
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Happy Christmas to every one
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Happy Christmas to every one
December 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It is the annual Making Of The Soup. If you want to feed some folks sleeping rough, I got me two hundred takeout quart containers. And a metric fuckton of tomatoes. And a Vitamix.
Chip in:
Venmo linda-tirado-3
PayPal bootstrapindustries@gmail.com
Chime $linda-tirado-3
Happy Christmas to every one
Chip in:
Venmo linda-tirado-3
PayPal bootstrapindustries@gmail.com
Chime $linda-tirado-3
Happy Christmas to every one
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
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NEW: The overwhelming majority of workers at The Columbus Dispatch and Newark Advocate have announced the formation of the Dispatch News Guild - @dispatchnewsguild.bsky.social
It’s the first time in the histories of both newspapers that journalists have unionized.
🖋️Sign their petition below!
It’s the first time in the histories of both newspapers that journalists have unionized.
🖋️Sign their petition below!
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
NEW: The overwhelming majority of workers at The Columbus Dispatch and Newark Advocate have announced the formation of the Dispatch News Guild - @dispatchnewsguild.bsky.social
It’s the first time in the histories of both newspapers that journalists have unionized.
🖋️Sign their petition below!
It’s the first time in the histories of both newspapers that journalists have unionized.
🖋️Sign their petition below!
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People have pointed out that AI is meaningless: people use the word to refer to such as
- the scripts controlling the behaviour of video game enemies
- the calculations used to clean data from a signal
- the machine that encourages people to kill themselves via generated CSAM
etc. It's too broad.
- the scripts controlling the behaviour of video game enemies
- the calculations used to clean data from a signal
- the machine that encourages people to kill themselves via generated CSAM
etc. It's too broad.
December 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
People have pointed out that AI is meaningless: people use the word to refer to such as
- the scripts controlling the behaviour of video game enemies
- the calculations used to clean data from a signal
- the machine that encourages people to kill themselves via generated CSAM
etc. It's too broad.
- the scripts controlling the behaviour of video game enemies
- the calculations used to clean data from a signal
- the machine that encourages people to kill themselves via generated CSAM
etc. It's too broad.
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Lots of new users so just want to post a reminder that using alt text is good not only because it makes the site more accessible, but it also makes your posts more discoverable. Alt text will help your posts show up in search results & get picked up by feeds, which means more eyeballs on your posts
August 31, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Lots of new users so just want to post a reminder that using alt text is good not only because it makes the site more accessible, but it also makes your posts more discoverable. Alt text will help your posts show up in search results & get picked up by feeds, which means more eyeballs on your posts