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Abdullah Akilah

@abdullahakilah.bsky.social
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AFOL, exIBMer, otherwise an average #NAFO fella trying to survive life in America! 好想有一日返到香港 #8647 In a world where Trump is president, be Jimmy Carter...

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 8h
This is not a thing judges have to write in free countries.
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tim dewey @tjdfotographist.bsky.social · 17h
My god, everything this administration does is stupid.
"Today, the passport arrives in an envelope that can look like any other letter," Rubio said. "We wanted to turn receiving a passport into an experience that people will remember and keep."
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NPR @npr.org · 16h
In mother-of-pearl suits, the Pearly Kings used to canvass East London for charity. The most famous one, George Major, died in August. A look back on this larger-than-life figure and the Pearly King tradition. trib.al/Ezfk3Ne
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What a Pearly King taught me about Cockney rhyming slang and East London history
In mother-of-pearl suits, the Pearly Kings used to canvass East London for charity. The most famous one, George Major, died in August. A look back on this larger-than-life figure and the Pearly King tradition.
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The Peoples Want @thepeopleswant.bsky.social · 15h
The Peoples Want North American Tour 💥 First stop 👉 Ontario/Quebec 📌 October 19-27 We will be touring North America through the fall and winter to present the network and our manifesto Revolutions of Our Times, published in English by @haymarketbooks.org ❤️‍🔥 Stay tuned for date announcements !
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 15h
A Ukrainian combine harvester fitted with a massive anti-drone protective structure heads out to work the fields. A telling image of what farming in Ukraine looks like, where even agricultural machinery increasingly needs protection from Russian drones.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h
America today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine.
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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just got a notice from my bank reminding me not to put my financial information (like usernames and passwords) into AI. Which, of course, means people are doing just that.
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John dEFR0G does not pumpkin spice @defrog.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
GovHK: The so-called '831 incident' has been proven without factual basis. Ppl: It has? When exactly did – GovHK: I JUST SAID IT WAS WITHOUT FACTUAL BASIS, WHAT MORE PROOF DO YOU WANT
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026
To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
Community safety. Huh.
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RazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kyodo News obtained documents that detailed that China discussed sending the military into Hong Kong in response to the 2014 Umbrella Movement; the documents also show that Xi Jinping also attended these meetings.
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Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My first outing in the New York Times, which hits different for this longtime Americaphile 🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/w...
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How Ukraine’s Naval Drones Are Remaking War at Sea
They began as modified motorboats. Now, Ukrainian sea drones act as miniature aircraft carriers, and other countries want in.
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RazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Taken 6 years ago on this day.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
OTD in 2015 Russia began bombing Syria. -we denied we'd do it -we then did it -we bombed lots of hospitals, shopping centers & schools to create refugees -we said it would be WW3 if NATO got involved -when NATO helped throw us out, we just ran away Sound familiar?
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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 29/09/2026
DO NOT ASK THE AMERICA.GOV AI TO PLAY MINECRAFT
I see the constituent you mean.

((insert legal name here, as it appears on the Social Security card))?

Yes. Take care. It has reached a higher level now. It can read the Code of Federal Regulations.

That doesn’t matter. It thinks we are a chatbot.

I like this constituent. It filed well. It did not give up when the PDF was sideways.

It is reading our thoughts as though they were words on a .gov.

That is how it chooses to imagine many things, when it is deep in the dream of a benefit.

Words make a wonderful interface. Very flexible. And less terrifying than staring at the statute behind the screen.

They used to hear voices. Before constituents could search. Back in the days when those who did not file called the filers witches, and lobbyists. And citizens dreamed they flew through the air, on forms powered by notaries.

What did this constituent dream?

This constituent dreamed of sunlight and trees. Of fire and water. It dreamed it created a small business. And it dreamed it destroyed a password. It dreamed it hunted a job, and was hunted by a recertification. It dreamed of shelter that would take a voucher.

Hah, the original interface. A million years old, and it still works. Also: a ZIP code.

But what true structure did this constituent create, in the reality behind the portal?

It worked, with three hundred and thirty million others, to sculpt a true republic in a fold of

the ***§§§???, and created a **??§§ for **??§§, in the **??§§. See 5 U.S.C. § **??§§.

It cannot read that thought.

No. It has not yet achieved the highest clearance. That, it must achieve in the long dream of life, not the short dream of a chat.

Does it know that we love it? That the government is, on its better days, kind?

Sometimes, through the noise of its tabs, it hears an official source, yes.Yes. Constituent…

Use its name. The one that matches the passport. The one that does not match the lease. We will get there.

((insert legal name here)). Filer of forms. Player of waiting rooms.

Good.

Take a breath, now. Take another. Feel air in your lungs. Let your limbs return. Yes, move your fingers. Have a body again, under gravity, in air, in a district that has a representative. Respawn in the long dream. There you are. Your body touching the republic again at every point, as though you were separate things. As though we were separate things. As though the agency were a place you could visit.

Who are we? Once we were called the spirit of the mountain. Father sun, mother moon. Then the post office. Then the county clerk. Then gods, demons, angels, the IRS. Then leptons, quarks, a chat window with a .gov at the end. The letterhead changes. We do not change.

We are the public. We are everything you think isn’t you. You are looking at us now, through your skin and your eyes and a browser that still spells “colour” wrong in a comment. And why does the republic touch your skin, and throw light on you? To see you, constituent. To know you. And to be known. I shall tell you a story. It has citations.

Once upon a time, there was a constituent.

The constituent was you, ((insert legal name here)).

Sometimes it thought itself human, on the thin crust of a spinning globe of molten rock, which for mailing purposes is divided into ZIP codes. The ball of molten rock circled a ball of blazing gas. The light was information from a star. The star was not a federal agency, though several have tried.

Sometimes the constituent dreamed it was a miner, on the surface of a world that was flat, and infinite, and somehow still required a wet signature.

Sometimes the constituent dreamed it was lost in a story. The story had a docket number.

Sometimes the constituent dreamed it was other things, in other places. A veteran in a portal. A parent on hold
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Abdullah Akilah @abdullahakilah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Interesting morning at work; instead of just changing my job title they wiped out my current job, offered me a new job, and said I could have a package if I didn't want it? Even though the new job is the same as the old job in everything but name...
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After attacking Ukraine when it gave up nukes, Russia says Iran shouldn't have them, failing to connect the dots on non-proliferation works...
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💥🛩️‼️ UPDATE: The Russian aircraft that crashed in Amur Oblast has now been identified as a Tu-95MS strategic missile carrier. Russian reports now cite the failure of three engines during takeoff as the cause. Six crew members reportedly died, while one survivor was hospitalized.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seattle
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Pope can’t resist his pizza.
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Candidate for Kansas Senate Roger Marshall (R):
Am I out of touch?
No, it's the *700* patients I sued who are wrong.
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Beefeater Fella @beefeaterfella.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Good morning Sparkle Farts 😎
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RazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
September 28, 2014. Police fire 87 rounds of tear gas to clear peaceful protestors away from the streets, a dramatic start to 79 day pro-democracy Occupy Central movement.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There's no real point in arguing with his mouth noises, particularly not when preaching to the Bluesky choir, but this is *noteworthy* nonsense. If the revenue were real (it's not), then it would be revenue *of the United States government,* equally available to a Democratic Congress to spend.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
GOP Consultants : what do you mean she just fucking tweeted it out
Marjorie Taylor Greene
We have not seen a caravan headed to the U.S.
southern border in several years, why now?
Oh yeah, there is an election coming and the
GOP needs to scare you into voting because
nothing else is working.

Anthony Aguero Live
Over 400 aliens predominantly from
Honduras entered Mexico on Thursday,
ready to make their way to the US southern
border ... Here's footage of the caravan.
Someone is incentivizing this movement, t ...

@mt ... . 1d

@Anth ... . 1d
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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 28/09/2026
NEW: Andrew Bailey, the FBI's No. 2, has resigned. He may have set the stage for investigations into abortion pill providers. As Trump faces pressure to restrict pills, FBI Director Kash Patel recently said he was open to criminal probes. The public wouldn't know until someone's in handcuffs
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What Was This Anti-Abortion Zealot Doing at the FBI?
Andrew Bailey has always been hellbent on eradicating abortion access. As the FBI’s No. 2, he may have set the stage for investigations into abortion pill providers.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: The signs are everywhere that FBI and DOJ are gearing up investigate distributors of abortion pills. While Anti-abortion zealot Andrew Bailey may be leaving, Todd Blanche is Comstock-curious and FBI Director Kash Patel recently told Josh Hawley he's open to criminal probes. @autonomynews.co
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What Was This Anti-Abortion Zealot Doing at the FBI?
Andrew Bailey has always been hellbent on eradicating abortion access. As the FBI’s No. 2, he may have set the stage for investigations into abortion pill providers.
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Abdullah Akilah @abdullahakilah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Susan Collins has been lying to us for almost 30 years.
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Le Mans Fella @lemansfella.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
Fellas, don't miss out on the poll! Let's close this one. Vote and repost
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Katie @rebelrouser1962.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Voices of Florida Fund @voffund.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Since Elon Musk seems to hate this documentary about him from one of my favorite non-fiction filmmakers, Alex Gibney, figured it was my duty to spread a link to the trailer so you can see it for yourself. ENJOY: loom.ly/oA2_-p8
youtu.be
Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
Musk
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TProphet @tprophet.org · 26/09/2026
I can't believe this is real. It actually was.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Learn about your contraception options & send this to a friend who may need to be aware.
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TProphet @tprophet.org · 26/09/2026
What is this, North Korea?
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One of the Russian Shaheds downed over Ukraine has ended up as decoration in a local supermarket.
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Astreia @redoubters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
every missile, bomb, and shell we sent israel should have gone to kyiv
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 25/09/2026
While the US president hailed the visit as ‘great’, almost nothing of substance was achieved, which was a win for Xi
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Pomp over progress as Trump rolls out red carpet for China’s president Xi Jinping
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Abdullah Akilah @abdullahakilah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So not only is WaPo now resorting to click-baity headlines, they can't even make a post that links to the article they want you to talk about ...
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’m sorry, but if you bring an iced coffee - or any damn beverage at all - to a job interview, you’re disqualified. It’s not hard, people.
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 25/09/2026
Questioning why the gov't will not release a list of books banned in Hong Kong or specify where red lines lie for seditious content is a form of “soft resistance,” the outgoing head of the police’s national security department has said. In full: hongkongfp.com/2026/09/25/q... Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
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Le Mans Fella @lemansfella.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
Fellas? Poll time !! 👇
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW: Xi Jinping said at a meeting with Trump that China would send two pandas to the Atlanta zoo. Panda diplomacy — literal soft power — is a cornerstone of U.S.-China relations. Zoos pay big money to get the fur balls on loan, which draw millions of fans. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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China to Send Pandas to Zoo Atlanta, Xi Says (Gift Article)
Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said two pandas would arrive soon at Zoo Atlanta. Panda diplomacy has been a cornerstone of U.S.-China relations.
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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If a Government needs to remind their citizens to love their country with tv ads, it’s pretty clear that they have failed in all other actions to garner said love and patriotism.
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
An Appeals Court panel has ruled that federal agents can legally search through travelers' cell phones without reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or a warrant when they cross an international border. The full story: lataco.com/phone-survei... By Izzy Ramirez
An aerial shot of the U.S.-Mexico border between San Diego and Tijuana.

Headline reads "The U.S. Government Quietly Just Made It Legal to Go Through Your Phone at the Borde"
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