Reposted by Alison RylandJessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 52mExactly. I am tired of seeing the “I always knew”/“their work was actually bad” takes whenever allegations emerge. Sometimes—often, actually!—bad people find their way into good spaces and make good things. And you’re not better than the folks who were taken advantage of for “always knowing” 211919
Reposted by Alison RylandSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 4hBan states are asking the Supreme Court to be able to extradite abortion providers to face criminal charges. Fugitive Slave Act 2: Electric Booglagoo 03815
Reposted by Alison RylandSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 21hTo 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 123821098
Reposted by Alison RylandLawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 1hAnd they used the euphemism "passes away." 0159
Reposted by Alison RylandPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 3h"Contributors who are completely turned away by the fact that they can’t use LLMs are probably contributors you don’t want in your project... [they] are probably not able to review and understand the code by themselves (or they will lose that ability soon enough)." 0428
Reposted by Alison RylandDigital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 4h15/ That is the pattern worth seeing. Weaken the institutions that enforce labor rights. Reduce consequences for violations. Rewrite rules in employers’ favor. Then workers are left fighting company by company against corporations with more money, lawyers, data and technology. 1104
Reposted by Alison RylandDigital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 4h14/ Amazon is also fighting states trying to fill the federal vacuum. When New York gave its labor board authority to step into some private-sector disputes amid NLRB paralysis, Amazon sued. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...reuters.comAmazon sues to block New York state labor lawAmazon.com sued the New York State Public Employment Relations Board on Monday to block it from enforcing a new law that the online retailer considers an attempt to illegally regulate private sector l... 195
Reposted by Alison RylandDigital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 4h13/ Amazon’s Atlas documents are here. They show what anti-union strategy can become when data, AI and predictive modeling are added to old-fashioned corporate power. truthout.org/articles/ama...truthout.orgAmazon Is Deploying AI to Spy on Its Workers and Bust Unions Before They FormInternal company documents obtained by a Canadian labor board show how Amazon is tracking workers’ every move. 2129
Reposted by Alison RylandDigital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 4h12/ This is where the story gets chilling. Complaints about bathroom breaks, heat, equipment, rest periods or management are not only workplace problems to fix. They can become signals in a system designed to detect where workers may be moving toward collective action. 194
Reposted by Alison RylandDigital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 4h10/ Which brings us to Amazon. Internal documents disclosed in a Canadian labor case describe “Atlas,” a labor-risk system using hundreds of data points to identify worker unrest and predict where organizing may emerge next. 172
Reposted by Alison RylandDigital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 4h5/ Then came the collapse. Good Jobs First found wage cases down 97%, wage penalties down 83%, workplace safety penalties down 47% and safety cases down 35%. Those union labor leaders who supported Trump & GOP are to blame as well I am thinking of Teamsters' O'Brien goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...goodjobsfirst.orgWorker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs FirstWorker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First 1104
Reposted by Alison RylandDigital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 4h1/ Labor laws mean little if nobody enforces them. Trump & his GOP sycophants weakened the agencies, boards & rules workers depend on. Now some of America’s biggest corporations are pushing harder against unions. Amazon may show us where this leads. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy 26147
Reposted by Alison RylandENDOANARCHY ΘΔ @endoanarchy.bsky.social · 11hOct: 0/$850 Goal for October is up! I'm a disabled trans creator with no income. Need assistance paying bills, transportation, food, medical care and other necessities. #MutualAid #Helpsky #TBNC #TransAidko-fi.comSupport TheFeralDarkSupport TheFeralDark 0913
Reposted by Alison Rylandutopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 2hIf you need any more evidence that: 1. Twitter is the hitler site 2. You, as a socialist, should not be on the hitler site 3. Social media in general, here included, cultivates a lot of people, you included, into emotive reactionaries and should not ultimately be where you shape your ideas. 425451
Reposted by Alison RylandMegs 🇨🇦🏳️⚧️⚓ @megs.bsky.social · 5hThe Sportsman's Club in Charlottetown PEI booked the punk band Rougaroux, which has several trans members. The bartender immediately barred them from using the women's restroom, even taping up a transphobic sign. The band packed up their gear and left. Google and Yelp review your hearts out, folks.cbc.caVancouver band cancels Charlottetown show after venue denied transgender member washroom access | CBC NewsA Vancouver punk band that was set to play in Charlottetown this past weekend cancelled its show after a transgender band member was stopped from using the women's washroom at the venue. 13921
Reposted by Alison RylandStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 4hThe BBC switching its local resources from radio to the website has been disastrous for the business model of local newspapers, but you have to balance that against how good it has been for 'the BBC's opponents' and 'random companies who now get a PR hit on the biggest news website in the UK'. 613633
Reposted by Alison RylandMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"The judges said they want to review whether her allegations of sexual abuse and rape as a child were fully considered before she was sentenced to death." 18730115
Reposted by Alison Ryland18↑|🧿♀ Ishtar🌙 ♂ Saturn return era ♇ 🍉 @estrelladeishtar.bsky.social · 20hHi. Apologies for the repost, but I still am struggling w help for this, & with sudden unexpected expenses hitting me hard on top of the bills due to financial abuse debts, my funds are declining faster on top of no luck w job. & I really don't want to lose those funds & be forced to move back. 238
Reposted by Alison Ryland𓆑🏳️⚧️JJ♿๑ï @day10machine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If you want to donate directly I appreciate that so much ! Thank you ! cash.app/$Day10Machine Venmo @Day10Machine paypal.me/Day10Machine Links to my ko-fi, Patreon, and wishlist are here if you prefer: linktr.ee/day10machinelinktr.eeJJ @Day10Machine Official: TikTok, Instagram, Threads | LinktreeHomeless disabled agender bi trans guy. I draw little guys, and sometimes write. 079
Reposted by Alison RylandLilah Sturges @lilahsturges.com · 13hGuys I don’t want to sound too self-congratulatory or anything but I think I finally understand art. And the thing is though that you can’t explain it because the art itself is the explanation. 2291
Reposted by Alison RylandK.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 13hhey if any men want to speak out about the allegations against Jacob Gellar now would be a perfect time to put your money where your fucking mouth is. 052
Reposted by Alison RylandZoë Hannah is bisexual @zoehhannah.com · 17hShout out this bot for speaking up 2598
Reposted by Alison RylandQuin Bunny Notaro 🏳️⚧️ | Pumpkin-Spiced Author 🎃👻 @bunnyisawriter.bsky.social · 13hBut before I do: I’m sick of people discussing these rapists, pedophiles, racists, transphobes, murderers like they have logic or empathy or a soul. They know what they’re doing. They don’t care or find it funny. Their futures don’t matter. It isn’t a debate. Morally bereft fools. 161
Reposted by Alison RylandSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 13hi feel like the issue with LJM saying this that if the goal is to downplay transfers in order to get a more favourable position with DPRK in favor of peace, i don't really see how POW repatriation happening is going to get in the way of that 1335
Alison Ryland @acryland.bsky.social · 13hIt's not really mind-boggling at all. I literally tell people not to visit this country. You can be a Canadian passporting-holding non-visa-needing day tourist and still get kidnapped by ICE. Also, people *should* be boycotting us. 000
Reposted by Alison RylandDiana Nightbloom @diananightbloom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Please help by quote posting, liking and donating. 💕 💸 #HelpSky #MutualAid #HelpFolksLive #MADBoost 054
Reposted by Alison Ryland#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 29/09/2026Senator Van Hollen is forcing a vote on his 502B resolution TONIGHT. It would force the U.S. State Department to conduct a comprehensive review of Israeli human rights abuses and release that to Congress and the public. Tell your senators to vote yes at the link below imeupolicy.org/exposeisraelimeupolicy.orgMessage Your Senators: Expose Israel's Violence and Human Rights Abuses — IMEU Policy ProjectWe need to pressure our U.S. Senators to take real action. Tell them to report on human rights violations in the West Bank and hold Israel accountable. 4269103
Reposted by Alison RylandFabian @nocheinautor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Did you also learn in school that carnivores are "nature's health police" because they kill the sick and weak prey animals? Yeah I wonder what that says about the frame of thought this idea comes from. Probably nothing problematic in there, just caring for a healthy population, right? /s 162
Reposted by Alison RylandThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is the future. Not more pipelines. 317128
Reposted by Alison Ryland🦌 The Deer Whisperer 🦌 @thedeerwhisperer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A new Orca calf born to the T-137 pod!🐋 Port Susan, Washington 📸Audrey Gao 151423162
Reposted by Alison RylandMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You know when public attention can reverse a prosecutorial decision like this you almost get the sense that the decision to shrug it off in the first place was not based on an assessment of the quality of the evidence so much as an assessment of the seriousness of the crime. 363577830
Reposted by Alison RylandGarnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 28/09/2026Gavin Newsom: I have to do some transphobia to win over Republicans The Democratic governor of a “red” state: 023864
Reposted by Alison RylandLionel Dripps @lioneldripps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026For those not following, there’s a city in Russia occupied Ukraine near the frontline cut off from everywhere by mines and torn up roads, the people who haven’t been able to evacuate have only food they can grow themselves or have been rationing for a year, and Russia does not care. 6288108
Reposted by Alison RylandTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026From lantern laws to Black Codes to COINTELPRO to today: facial recognition turns the border into "a network of surveillance that digitizes colonial logic and sorts bodies into categories of belonging and threat along racial lines," argue Tsion Gurmu, Nekessa Opoti and Fatima Mohamed.buff.lyBlack Migrants Bear Brunt of ICE's Facial Recognition PushThe racialized, uneven consequences of these technologies often go unscrutinized, write Tsion Gurmu, Nekessa Opoti and Fatima Mohamed. 34128
Reposted by Alison RylandENDOANARCHY ΘΔ @endoanarchy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's never going to not be weird to me to be blocked in response to asking someone to provide a source 💀 Like if I'm wrong I will gladly be proven wrong but deleting people's comments and blocking instead just makes you look ridiculous imo 161
Reposted by Alison RylandDan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ah yes the circle of life 13594311566
Reposted by Alison RylandMaria Bruxxxa @mariabruxxxa.bsky.social · 27/09/202690/400 Still need 310, rent is due in 11 days, thank you so much for all that have been sharing 💖💖💖 01826
Reposted by Alison Rylanddani - the plot twist menace🌈| boost 📌 @midnight0wl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026📣 WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MOVERS AT 📣 ( live tracking via noah's display ) 1711
Reposted by Alison RylandQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 27/09/2026The Liberal Dems have voted to reject the EHRC Code of Practice - which recommends the segregation of Trans+ people from most single-sex spaces Read more in our newsletter 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/understand-the… 16812
Reposted by Alison RylandLex Roman @lexroman.com · 25/09/2026Watch what you post because Threads just might pretend you're the guy who masturbated on the plane. What just happened to Peter Shankman is a warning for all of us using Meta products. 321702508
Reposted by Alison RylandFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026the rationalists secular solstice doom holiday is just the funniest shit ever, I’m sorry but omg www.interfaithamerica.org/article/at-b...interfaithamerica.orgAt Bay Area's Secular Solstice, Rationalists Grapple with AI DoomsdayFor participants worldwide, the holiday offers a meaningful, musical opportunity to stare down the dark. At this year’s Bay Area Secular Solstice, that looked like grappling with the possibility of su... 2472667
Reposted by Alison RylandFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026This is another great, approachable explainer on “the rationalist wackos who have managed to take over much of the AI industry, and who now have tons of money and political power.” www.iankduncan.com/personal/202...iankduncan.comSex, AI, and the Apocalypse - Ian DuncanHow a community devoted to thinking clearly incubated salvation stories, abusive experiments, race science, and an affection for autocracy, and why that history matters now that its alumni are asking ... 571915463
Reposted by Alison Rylandonekade @onekade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is consistent with a phenomenon researchers have documented in other contexts, namely that people believe computers even when the clear physical evidence in front of their eyes contradicts the computer. privacysos.org/blog/bias-al...privacysos.orgBias All the Way Down: Research Shows Domino Effect When Humans Use Face Recognition Algorithms – Privacy SOS 320441
Reposted by Alison Rylandonekade @onekade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Cops put this woman in solitary for three days on the strength of Flock "evidence" that she had killed people in a hit and run. Her car, meanwhile, had zero visible damage. But cops told her the "damage" was consistent with the accident. They believed Flock over their own eyes. 16470164