Merle
@wet-meadow.bsky.social
big time nerd. aspiring snail. denizen of the bottomlands.
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Organizers in LA are raising money to do tamale buyouts from local tamale vendors who are unable to safely vend on the street due to ICE kidnapping vendors. The tamales will be distributed to unhoused neighbors. Please consider donating — I personally vouch for this one: venmo.com?txn=pay&audi...
June 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Organizers in LA are raising money to do tamale buyouts from local tamale vendors who are unable to safely vend on the street due to ICE kidnapping vendors. The tamales will be distributed to unhoused neighbors. Please consider donating — I personally vouch for this one: venmo.com?txn=pay&audi...
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Sharing from @prisonculture.bsky.social -
Over 60 groups have been coordinating since December across LA as part of the Community Self Defense Coalition. Their IG: www.instagram.com/communitysel... and you can donate to their ongoing work: www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
Over 60 groups have been coordinating since December across LA as part of the Community Self Defense Coalition. Their IG: www.instagram.com/communitysel... and you can donate to their ongoing work: www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
Donate to Support the Community Self Defense Coalition!, organized by Community Self defense
The Community Self Defense Coalition was born to defend and prot… Community Self defense needs your support for Support the Community Self Defense Coalition!
www.gofundme.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Sharing from @prisonculture.bsky.social -
Over 60 groups have been coordinating since December across LA as part of the Community Self Defense Coalition. Their IG: www.instagram.com/communitysel... and you can donate to their ongoing work: www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
Over 60 groups have been coordinating since December across LA as part of the Community Self Defense Coalition. Their IG: www.instagram.com/communitysel... and you can donate to their ongoing work: www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
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this piece was originally up at this same location during the 92 riots....
June 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
this piece was originally up at this same location during the 92 riots....
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the older I get, the more absurd the weekend feels. two days to get all your chores done, socialize, do hobbies, self care, and spend time with family? 48 hours? what? 16 of those hours are spent sleeping!
it’s 2025 and we’re still selling our precious time to corpos who see us as disposable labor
it’s 2025 and we’re still selling our precious time to corpos who see us as disposable labor
April 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
the older I get, the more absurd the weekend feels. two days to get all your chores done, socialize, do hobbies, self care, and spend time with family? 48 hours? what? 16 of those hours are spent sleeping!
it’s 2025 and we’re still selling our precious time to corpos who see us as disposable labor
it’s 2025 and we’re still selling our precious time to corpos who see us as disposable labor
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An extraordinary separate dissent from Justice Jackson accuses the majority of trying to pass off its dirty work under the cover of the shadow docket and explicitly invokes Korematsu, the Japanese internment case. Wow. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
April 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
An extraordinary separate dissent from Justice Jackson accuses the majority of trying to pass off its dirty work under the cover of the shadow docket and explicitly invokes Korematsu, the Japanese internment case. Wow. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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This one is important, especially under Trump. The directions may be very slightly changed with later android / iOS updates but you 100% can still remove the advertising ID.
LE buys this data then link you to a time & place and then track you anywhere via advertising ID
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
LE buys this data then link you to a time & place and then track you anywhere via advertising ID
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
How to Disable Ad ID Tracking on iOS and Android, and Why You Should Do It Now
The ad identifier - aka “IDFA” on iOS, or “AAID” on Android - is the key that enables most third-party tracking on mobile devices. Disabling it will make it substantially harder for advertisers and da...
www.eff.org
March 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
This one is important, especially under Trump. The directions may be very slightly changed with later android / iOS updates but you 100% can still remove the advertising ID.
LE buys this data then link you to a time & place and then track you anywhere via advertising ID
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
LE buys this data then link you to a time & place and then track you anywhere via advertising ID
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Columbia student and New Yorker, Mahmoud Khalil - who was targeted and detained for constitutionally protected speech - should be home with his 8 months pregnant wife today.
Not missing in ICE detention, unreachable by his lawyers.
1/15
Not missing in ICE detention, unreachable by his lawyers.
1/15
March 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Columbia student and New Yorker, Mahmoud Khalil - who was targeted and detained for constitutionally protected speech - should be home with his 8 months pregnant wife today.
Not missing in ICE detention, unreachable by his lawyers.
1/15
Not missing in ICE detention, unreachable by his lawyers.
1/15
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For our community that wants ways to take action outside protest and voting!
February 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
For our community that wants ways to take action outside protest and voting!
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remember this can be one day or day one - do what you can!
February 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
remember this can be one day or day one - do what you can!
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complaining about "the far left" is such loser energy. oh no, not the people who want everyone to have human rights!!!!
February 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
complaining about "the far left" is such loser energy. oh no, not the people who want everyone to have human rights!!!!
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ROC: Call Gov. Hochul to urge her to immediately remove NYC Mayor Adams, who struck a deal to have his corruption case thrown away if he helps Trump target immigrants. Hochul has this power. Career attorneys are resigning over this blatant quid-pro-quo. www.governor.ny.gov/content/gove...
Governor Contact Form
www.governor.ny.gov
February 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
ROC: Call Gov. Hochul to urge her to immediately remove NYC Mayor Adams, who struck a deal to have his corruption case thrown away if he helps Trump target immigrants. Hochul has this power. Career attorneys are resigning over this blatant quid-pro-quo. www.governor.ny.gov/content/gove...
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Indivisible includes suggested talking points to use when speaking with your senators—whether Democratic or Republican docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Indivisible includes suggested talking points to use when speaking with your senators—whether Democratic or Republican docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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This is what you want to see for a protest - orgs working in coalition to support mass action & aren't afraid to put their name behind it! You'll have jail support, trained legal observers, marshalls, & likely food and water and masks. Go to actions like this in New York! #ProtectTransKids
Happpening Today! Join DSA, CIR-SEIU, NY Docs, and many other orgs for a rally TODAY, Monday Feb 3rd @ 6:30PM at St. Vartan Park - East 35th & 1st Ave to demand NYU-Langone reverse its recent decision to stop providing gender-affirming care to trans patients under 19.
February 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is what you want to see for a protest - orgs working in coalition to support mass action & aren't afraid to put their name behind it! You'll have jail support, trained legal observers, marshalls, & likely food and water and masks. Go to actions like this in New York! #ProtectTransKids
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the fascists are looking to rigidly define gender not just to punish trans people like they claim but to lay the groundwork for the oppression of all women. when gender is legally mutable, it is harder to use it to restrict people’s rights.
they want to build a cage around you, made from our bones
they want to build a cage around you, made from our bones
January 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
the fascists are looking to rigidly define gender not just to punish trans people like they claim but to lay the groundwork for the oppression of all women. when gender is legally mutable, it is harder to use it to restrict people’s rights.
they want to build a cage around you, made from our bones
they want to build a cage around you, made from our bones
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In Firefox you can disable Google AI overviews by creating a custom search engine.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...
Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good
The power of URL parameters lets you unofficially turn off Google’s AI Overview.
arstechnica.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:40 AM
In Firefox you can disable Google AI overviews by creating a custom search engine.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...
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WoLF’s new executive director Sharon Bryne was recently interviewed by NPR about one of Trump’s anti-trans EO. Liberal media outlets already have a huge problem platforming TERFs & other anti-trans assholes but I expect it to get much worse under the current administration.
January 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
WoLF’s new executive director Sharon Bryne was recently interviewed by NPR about one of Trump’s anti-trans EO. Liberal media outlets already have a huge problem platforming TERFs & other anti-trans assholes but I expect it to get much worse under the current administration.
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Some things you can do. No one can do all these things, but most people can do at least one:
Feed people. There's work for you at Food Not Bombs or whatever you got going on where are.
Join a local cop watch, ICE watch, or rapid response group.
Who's being targeted in your area? Have their back.
Feed people. There's work for you at Food Not Bombs or whatever you got going on where are.
Join a local cop watch, ICE watch, or rapid response group.
Who's being targeted in your area? Have their back.
January 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Some things you can do. No one can do all these things, but most people can do at least one:
Feed people. There's work for you at Food Not Bombs or whatever you got going on where are.
Join a local cop watch, ICE watch, or rapid response group.
Who's being targeted in your area? Have their back.
Feed people. There's work for you at Food Not Bombs or whatever you got going on where are.
Join a local cop watch, ICE watch, or rapid response group.
Who's being targeted in your area? Have their back.
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good thing trump fired the entire Aviation Security Advisory Committee last week and is redirecting funds towards deportations.
unrelated, remember how hitler fired the head of airship safety for not being pro-nazi and then put in a yes man willing to cut corners and then the hindenburg blew up?
unrelated, remember how hitler fired the head of airship safety for not being pro-nazi and then put in a yes man willing to cut corners and then the hindenburg blew up?
January 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
good thing trump fired the entire Aviation Security Advisory Committee last week and is redirecting funds towards deportations.
unrelated, remember how hitler fired the head of airship safety for not being pro-nazi and then put in a yes man willing to cut corners and then the hindenburg blew up?
unrelated, remember how hitler fired the head of airship safety for not being pro-nazi and then put in a yes man willing to cut corners and then the hindenburg blew up?
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January 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I have no way to verify this is true. May hit close to home as an NB person working for a company that receives DARPA grants. So fucked.
Im shaking w rage.
Just off the call with a small Biotech who is trying to find better cancer trts.
NIH has frozen their grants
They may reapply, but they have to send a list of transgender employees along with their grant application.
THIS IS SCIENTIFIC KRISTALLNACHT
@gavinyamey.bsky.social
Just off the call with a small Biotech who is trying to find better cancer trts.
NIH has frozen their grants
They may reapply, but they have to send a list of transgender employees along with their grant application.
THIS IS SCIENTIFIC KRISTALLNACHT
@gavinyamey.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I have no way to verify this is true. May hit close to home as an NB person working for a company that receives DARPA grants. So fucked.
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The AI bubble was inflated based on the idea that we need bigger models that both are trained and run on bigger and even larger GPUs. A company came along that has undermined the narrative - ways both substantive and questionable - and now the market panicked that $200bn got wasted on AI capex
Can someone explain it to me like I'm stupid?
January 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The AI bubble was inflated based on the idea that we need bigger models that both are trained and run on bigger and even larger GPUs. A company came along that has undermined the narrative - ways both substantive and questionable - and now the market panicked that $200bn got wasted on AI capex
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Tech elites, fueled by an ideology that embraces capitalist monarchy, helped Trump win the election. Now he's ramming through mass infrastructure projects to fuel AI - which will only accelerate jobs lost to automation. The future is here, you just weren’t invited. itsgoingdown.org/good-night-t...
January 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Tech elites, fueled by an ideology that embraces capitalist monarchy, helped Trump win the election. Now he's ramming through mass infrastructure projects to fuel AI - which will only accelerate jobs lost to automation. The future is here, you just weren’t invited. itsgoingdown.org/good-night-t...
Made it to the beach for baby moon! @unrulyedges.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Made it to the beach for baby moon! @unrulyedges.bsky.social
Day 8 of testing positive for COVID for the third time in a year = day 8 of isolation and migraines. Pretty good company tho.
January 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Day 8 of testing positive for COVID for the third time in a year = day 8 of isolation and migraines. Pretty good company tho.