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Middle-aged nerd, amateur hobbyist. Tired of being tired.

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 6h
🧊✈️ HOW IT ALL STARTED 👀 “I figured if they’re trying to hide [the flights], then we should definitely be looking at them closer. It’s not a classified military mission. You’re just doing a law enforcement function, supposedly.” – JJ in DC
progressive.org
Flight Trackers Against ICE
How a loose network of individuals who track flights built a powerful tool for immigrant detainees and their supporters.
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 10h
ICE is back to targeting Home Depots in CA, we haven’t seen that since BP left. Since publishing this video, l've seen reports that 2 more Home Depots in the IE have been targeted and a Home Depot in Anaheim was targeted today.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 9h
As ICE is terrorizing California’s Central Valley, one gas station owner has been preparing and delivering food directly to his farmworker customers. "For Mohammed, delivering meals is one way to show farmworkers they have not been forgotten.” kmph.com/news/local/c...
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Cutler gas station owner delivers meals to farmworkers amid immigration enforcement fears
As fears surrounding immigration enforcement grow across the Central Valley, one local business owner is finding a way to support farmworkers, one meal at a tim
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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 12h
can't take "LLMs are people" discourse seriously when we haven't even convinced everyone that all people are people.
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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 15h
I’ve asked in-thread about MA regs so check there for updates, but a reminder that, as Bull Press (which designs games to be shared freely to incarcerated people) has long noted, “most games are contraband – hardcover, contain maps, require dice — & run material that can put a target on your back”
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Bull Press Conversational Games
#1 internet web page
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 15h
“Ana” shares pics from the winter strawberry rows in Oxnard. She’s eager for the season to start so that she can make as many boxes to save up for her rainy day fund. "We worry about the strong El Niño rains coming as it means I may not be able to work for several days." #WeFeedYou
Strawberries that are not yet ripe growing in a field
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WHRO Public Media @whropublicmedia.bsky.social · 14h
Norfolk’s Bureau of Cemeteries oversees more than 182,000 graves spanning eight historic municipal sites, including Elmwood Cemetery. City ordinance requires municipal crews to mow and trim every two weeks, leaving little time for detailed preservation work beyond basic groundskeeping.
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How Norfolk maintains tens of thousands of graves at its historic cemeteries
Preserving gravestones is a constant battle against time.
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
“We can’t stop AI! We can’t stop progress!” My dudes, ladies, and genderqueer buddies: we have stopped using a lot of things. Especially shitty things that harm us. Remember how station wagons had backwards facing seats until they realized that’s begging for injuries in an accident?
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California Fast Food Workers Union @cafastfoodunion.org · 14/10/2026
Recently, KFC/Taco Bell workers organized a strike in California due to extreme heat. In the 9 years we’ve been working at this store, the AC has never worked or never been turned on, and the thermostat on the wall always reads 84 degrees no matter what the temperature feels like! Enough is enough!
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Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A WHOLE AUTUMN OF ADVENTURE 🎲 ⚔️ 🍂 A fantastic fall awaits in Critical Role Land, with new legends, the return of familiar favorites, and more! LEARN MORE AND JOIN US ⬇️ critrole.com/fall-2026-programming
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Dark(er) times ahead, folks.
"It looks dangerously like the construction of an internal spying agency," said Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst with the American Civil Liberties Union's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, who has written extensively, on immigration agencies' mass surveillance. "It's a nightmare in the making."
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Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Keep fighting, authors. Cancel your dues and membership to this and any other group that capitulates to the LLM fraud machine and refuses to fight in your name to protect your rights as HUMAN creators. There is no ethical use of generative AI. Boycott the SoA. #AuthorsNotAlgorithms
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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 14/10/2026
The Helix Nebula has caught many telescopes’ “eyes.” Zoom to a portion of the planetary nebula and compare Hubble (visible light), Spitzer (infrared), and #NASAWebb (near-infrared) images. Notice how the resolution and details change. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. 🔭
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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Yesterday, Wizards informed us that it doesn’t intend to voluntarily recognize the D&D or Studio X units of our union ahead of a vote. We remain committed to creating a workplace focused on wellness, transparency, and collaboration by winning our coming election.
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A fragment cast adrift @a-fragment.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Is this limited to ODU students/grads?
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Kate Mulgrew @thekatemulgrew.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
My new profile image is a mid-infrared view of the Centaurus A galaxy (11 million light years from Earth) taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. 🔭✨ science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
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NASA Webb Uncovers Unusual Galaxy Shaped by Cosmic Collision - NASA Science
Webb uncovers unusual galaxy shaped by cosmic collision: Webb's unprecedented sensitivity across near- and mid-infrared wavelengths cuts through the thick lanes of dust that obscure Centaurus A’s cent...
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John Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A reminder for those at the back.
A redraw of the i nice panel from Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, where Batman snaps a rifle in two over his knee.

He says "THIS is the weaponnof the enemy. We do not NEED it. We will not USE it."

I've replace the rifle with a plank of wood labelled "AI Slop"
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 13/10/2026
We will appeal the ruling dismissing our San Jose ALPR case. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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As Federal Court Rules ALPRs are Mass Surveillance, EFF Gets
In an extremely disappointing ruling, a California trial court dismissed SIREN v. San Jose, our case challenging the city of San Jose’s warrantless searches of its vast stores of Automatic License
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Lauren @oglauren.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Heads up to the Keurig owners #coffee hackingpassion.com/keurig-smart...
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Keurig Smart Coffee Makers Have a Camera Inside and Keurig Wrote It Into Its Privacy Policy in 2020
One Keurig smart coffee maker sent 1,008 GB in 10 days. Keurig's privacy policy has named a camera in its brewers since 2020, before they went on sale.
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Guillotines for Traitors 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦 @sburr741600.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Tell me more about abundance, 3-day work weeks and our utopian future. www.grocerydive.com/news/kroger-...
grocerydive.com
Kroger to cut 3K corporate jobs over the next 3 years
The grocer has “more layers, more handoffs and more overhead than we need,” CEO Greg Foran wrote in an internal memo.
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A fragment cast adrift @a-fragment.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Did you at least get a tour before being shooed away?
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A fragment cast adrift @a-fragment.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hoping they do well at the combined location. Hoping too that they'll keep the Sat biscuits & gravy.
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
My latest photo-essay at @theprogressivemag.bsky.social. Covering one of the most incredible shows I've ever been to. Springsteen, Morello, Joan Baez and so so many others. progressive.org/latest/playi...
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Playing Power to the People
At a new festival, performers from Joan Baez to Public Enemy harnessed the power of music to build political solidarity.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Heat killed a 24 yr old farm worker in Mississippi in Sept. Republican-backed AB6213 would block all national heat regs. We must stop this bill. Email your US Rep today. We must stop these heat deaths. Two minutes of your time can save lives. 1/2
A photo of farm workers laboring on what looks like a very hot background with the text overlay: 

Obed Azahel Hernandez Perez

Farm worker, 24, dies of heat exposure in North MississippiFarm workers working on a very hot background with the text overlay: 

Perez had barely started working for the season.

Mississippi has some of the most dangerous working conditions in the country.

Second highest worker death rate in the country.

The state is one of the five states that doesn't have its own labor enforcement agency.Farm workers working on a very hot backgrounds with the text overlay: 

"If heat regulations became a standard and the employer was in full compliance with that standard, that worker would likely be alive today."

- Jordan Barab, Former OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary

Heat regulations save lives.
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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“This land was Mexican once, was Indian always and is. And will be again.” This quote from #GloriaAnzaldúa was inscribed on the arch (top right) of “Danza Indigenas,” a 1994 public artwork by Judy Baca for the Baldwin Park Metrolink stop. www.judybaca.com/artist/portf... #IndigenousPeoplesDay
Color photo of the 20-foot-high archway and adobe wall, a recreation based on the nearby San Gabriel Mission. Etched at the center-top of the weathered adobe-like arch is the word Sunigna, the Gabrielino name for the area. Gloria Anzaldúa's quote can be seen in the top right corner. Took this photo awhile back.
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Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Digital illustration of an indigenous man with two braids wearing a jean jacket. There's text that reads, 'Columbus didn't discover anything.'
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A fragment cast adrift @a-fragment.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Afternoon cocktail
A big ol' bee taking a drink from a cluster of purple flowers
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404 Media @404media.co · 12/10/2026
Raven, previously called GeoSpy, lets cops figure out what specific Airbnb or Zillow property a photo was taken in.
404media.co
AI Company Lets Cops Pinpoint Specific Houses Based on a Single Interior Photo
Raven, previously called GeoSpy, lets cops figure out what specific Airbnb or Zillow property a photo was taken in.
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A fragment cast adrift @a-fragment.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Dreaming of croissants
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A fragment cast adrift @a-fragment.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A fool and a too trusting soul. You do not go creeping around people's property all la-de-dah in the year 2026!
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Every day it's another shit day for my industry. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
hollywoodreporter.com
Getty Images to File for Bankruptcy, Go Private In Restructuring Deal
Affiliates of Charles Koch's investment firm and the Getty family have pledged up to $533 million of new equity for the photo provider.
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A fragment cast adrift @a-fragment.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Raquel Cassidy (Susan Gately) Sad at Window
Alt: Raquel Cassidy (Susan Gately) Sad at Window, but also conveying a certain rude, peering-in to the window mood.
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A fragment cast adrift @a-fragment.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I saw that the other day but didn't have a chance to turn around. Huzzah to you for capturing it foe posterity!
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MadMarvin @marvinm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Columbus statue in a lake. It's night time and the water has a lovely aquarium green colorGoogle maps grab with a pim for the Columbus statue in the water
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PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Each Year Worldwide @tkovach.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
To quote @patrickwyman.bsky.social once again: Christopher Columbus was "a dogshit person even by the standards of the late 15th century."
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Also it’s time for the news to stop treating this administration’s racist war against Somalis as “Trump being Trump.” They targeted Minneapolis because they hate an ethnic group here, and now they’re targeting the most prominent political figure in that group with thinly rationalized state violence.
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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 12/10/2026
RedactElon.com @subvertgrift.bsky.social
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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 12/10/2026
ok i made these, along with re-ups of a few other designs. buy now on pre-order, all purchases support my independent, ai-free journalism, thank you: dinfontay.bigcartel.com/category/din...
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/10/2026
First Indigenous Peoples Day where I can say: If you are not fully aware of how the US government has terrorized Indigenous people and our children from its inception, read my book.
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Boarding Schools and the Indigenous Story by Ashley Fairbanks | Moon Palace Books
Created in collaboration with Race2Dinner, here's the harrowing true story of America's history with boarding schools, and the forced assimilation of Indigenous kids and families.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 11/10/2026
Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent
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A fragment cast adrift @a-fragment.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
That you continue to cook with love, and for those you love, is just one way that you are like him.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 10/10/2026
My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.
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Virginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their Homes
Virginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.
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A fragment cast adrift @a-fragment.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Say it with a sticker - part 3?
A metal light pole festooned with stickers next to a Cure coffee shop in Norfolk, Va.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Warrantless stops and violent roving patrols by masked federal agents across California, especially the Central Valley, have been terrorizing farm workers for the past 5 days. The chaos is escalating. full statement: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
United Farm Workers union condemns brutal
ICE surge impacting farm workers in Central Valley; highlights Rep. Valadao's comments as 'insulting' to his constituents
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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Two things the public broadly hates: ICE and ALPR surveillance cameras.
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Joshua "the Crypt" Keep(er) @jekeep.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"The study argues that decades of breeding and farming to increase yield have reduced many nutrients in crops." Capitalism's idea of efficiency is only tied to profits. There was never any consideration given to if the increased yields still delivered adequate nutrition.
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Vegetables are half as nutritious than 60 years ago. Experts now know why
Fewer than a third of wheat varieties used in bread released since the 1960s meet the recommended zinc target, due to poor soil quality
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Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Adult life is like "Having friends and hobbies prevents you from getting lonely, experiencing health problems, and developing dementia," and then adult life does absolutely everything it can to prevent you from having friends and hobbies.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Jose" starts his day picking strawberries at an organic farm. After picking he goes back to crush the strawberries that have fallen to the ground that are no longer usable. This prevents pest infestations and stops fungal diseases from spreading to the rest of the crop. #WeFeedYou
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Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
AI doesn't "bring the archive to life" or to even "show what this looked like in color." The medium is the message, in the sense that there is never life in a photo, there is a material object with artifacts that memorialized technology as much as any moment. It's all more imagination avoidance
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A fragment cast adrift @a-fragment.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nice!
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