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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17h
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Sassy South African @aviate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The only difference between the GOP and the ANC is the colour of their skin. Same corruption, same grifting, same incompetents in government.
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erikapotgieter.bsky.social @erikapotgieter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“We were never consulted” – Cape Town residents challenge Equinix data centre | GroundUp share.google/S9hs7KpJxVcB...
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“We were never consulted” – Cape Town residents challenge Equinix data centre
Rezoning appeal has temporarily halted plans
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 29/09/2026
"The result is tens of thousands of children being shuffled among the houses of anxious temporary caregivers. It can take months to procure the…permissions necessary to transport children to their parents, many of whom have been deported to countries whose governments can’t help, or won’t."
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: Heads of major AI firms warn the UN that without intervention, "AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole".
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Heads of AI firms tell UN Security Council that it could be a risk to all humanity
The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/09/2026
Jaw-dropping documents from our lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
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AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 22/09/2026
The Irish Presidency of the EU has proposed member states to allow AI companies unfettered access to the data of EU citizens. According to leaked docs, the proposal would effectively exempt AI companies from any of the GDPR rules and deny EU citizens data protection rights noyb.eu/en/ai-eu-mem...
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AI: EU Member States plan “digital expropriation” of Europeans in the interest of AI companies
In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of AI companies to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental rights of Europeans.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 21/09/2026
As revealed in recently unsealed court documents, Microsoft’s Director of Applied Science calls ChatGPT and Copilot’s harvesting of data the “largest theft of labor in human history” and says that Microsoft’s defense makes a “complete mockery of the idea of ‘fair use.’”
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OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web
OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were driving us toward Google Zero, and they did it anyway.
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Sassy South African @aviate.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Those who undertook the Groot Trek to Domland (USA) continue to whine and whinge and beg on South African Facebook groups about "no jobs", "no money", "terrible housing". Go ask your orange daddy for help, he promised you a paradise. #SoCalledRefugees
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is National Voter Registration Day in the US! Find out how to register (or how to check your registration status), learn about the importance of voting and more, here: 📚📜
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National Voter Registration Day — a staff-created list from Johnson County Library
Today (September 15) is National Voter Registration Day, a nonpartisan civic holiday dedicated to celebrating our democracy. Since its kickoff in 2012, the holiday and its team of thousands of Partner...
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Sassy South African @aviate.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#SouthAfrican refugee’s hopes for a new life end in suicide. Loneliness, depression and a struggle to find work marked her final weeks. Her mental health has prompted questions about the medical screening required for people entering the refugee programme: www.citizen.co.za/network-news...?
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South African refugee’s hopes for a new life end in tragedy - LNN - Network News
Loneliness, depression and a struggle to find work marked the final weeks of a Boksburg woman who left South Africa hoping to build a better future.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 05/09/2026
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‘What America Did to Me Is Wrong’: Inside One of the Largest Third-Country Removal Flights So Far - The American Prospect
On July 31, an estimated 71 detainees were expelled to various countries on a hellish flight to Africa. Many were then illegally returned to their home countries.
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Sassy South African @aviate.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Slopmongers Slopgobblers Slopaganda
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Sassy South African @aviate.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Remember Mel and Piet, the grocery "shoppers" in the USA? She self-deported and he was deported. He was arrested at the airport on his return & is still in jail with no bail.
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Sassy South African @aviate.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Every time I order a coffee in a restaurant or coffee shop, I don't ask for an Americano... I ask for an Africano. The waiter / waitress laughs heartily and knows exactly why. I'm waiting to see which place becomes the 1st to change their menu. #SouthAfrica
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 26/08/2026
The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs. Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too. Luckily, I have a guide for that.
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Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🚨👇🏽THIS THIS THIS👇🏽🚨 He is 💯% correct.
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Sassy South African @aviate.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
And while the Trump regime punishes Canada, our ally on 9/11, it lavishes favors (military, financial, and diplomatic) on Saudi Arabia, the country that gave us most of the 9/11 terrorists. What a messed up administration.
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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"That was more than a year ago. Mosquera still sits in that same maximum-security prison with nowhere to go. No charges against him. No way to appeal his predicament. No sign that he will ever be freed."
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Sassy South African @aviate.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Shame on you, #Eswatini
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The complete debasement of the US State Department in one simple chart. The Trump/Rubio State Department presented a graphic to an international conference that mislabeled EVERY African country. It appears that no one is left who can properly name a single African country.
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US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at ‌a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We found some fraud, waste, and abuse. Trump ordered the National Park Service to spend $5 million on a project to paint four horse statues using 23.75-karat gold leaf. This money was intended to maintain our national parks, but instead it’s being spent on gold paint for statues.
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I’m fortunate know to these great cartoonists www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
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Cristina, Carrilho Targeted by Neo-Nazi Group
The names of two Portuguese cartoonists, Andre Carrilho and Cristina Sampaio, were found on a far-right neo-Nazi group’s list of future targets. The Movimento Armilar Lusitano (Lusitanian Armillary Mo...
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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Hit the flight attendant call button, complain that the person is disrupting the flight, say you feel their behavior is causing a hazard that could become serious if the a/c encounters turbulence. Say they are inhibiting your ability to pay attention to directions from the cabin crew or cockpit.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
My takeaway from this illuminating report is that AI companies could eventually seek to buy up most physical media and ingest its content, thereby making themselves the sole source of information.
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AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remain
AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Due to overwhelming public backlash, Meta abandoned its invasive AI feature, which would have allowed public profiles to be used in AI-generated images unless users proactively opt out. Big Tech wanted to strip away our right to privacy. But the people spoke up, and we won.
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
They’re all crooks
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
An American story, with remarkable reporting by Adrian Carrasquillo of The Bulwark. Should be a gift link.
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He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was picking up a crew for a construction project when ICE shot him. It now claims he was the aggressor.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A total violation of international law. Eswatini is imprisoning people from multiple countries no crime, based on no violation of law in that country, and with the direct knowledge and acquiescence of the United States.
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Sassy South African @aviate.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Only in Orange America can you make FIFA more corrupt then they already are.
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Sassy South African @aviate.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Omni Air (a big ICE contractor) taking the Cabo Verde soccer team home. Also the airline that took the first Afrikaner "refugees" to the US in a publicity stunt. Shameful airline.
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TSinghmorethanl @tsinghmorethanl.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
A pity the nation can not stop this robbery.
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Jessica Denson @jessicadenson07.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Major Watson is currently in Air Force custody and under a gag order. He did an extensive interfere with me on Lights On the week before his reveal to prepare for this eventuality. Please share it widely: m.youtube.com/watch?v=2ooH...
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EXCLUSIVE: Detained ACTIVE DUTY Major FIRST EVER to Demand Trump's REMOVAL from Office | Lights On
YouTube video by Jessica Denson
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
If you owe a woman $5 million for sexual assault, you also owe the country your resignation.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
OpenAI and Microsoft are being sued by the owners of 400 local newspapers nationwide for mass copyright infringement. The publishers claim the two tech companies illegally scraped their content to train their AI models — jeopardizing local journalism in the US.
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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This article is a deep dive into the Texas canned hunting industry. I can’t believe anyone thinks that luring an animal to a feed station is hunting. So many weak pathetic people in the world. (Gracie’s ranch doesn’t hunt but is a captive breeding ranch for others.) www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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There’s an escaped giraffe on the run in Texas. Why was she there at all?
When an animal goes viral, there’s almost always a dark side to the story.
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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
In November 2024, 237 million people could legally vote in the US (citizens, age, etc). 77.3 million people voted for Donald Trump. That’s 33%.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 15/06/2026
Adriana Zapata is a torture survivor with diabetes and other complex medical needs. ICE sent her to the Democratic Republic of Congo—a place she has never been, doesn’t speak the language, and is not safe. This judge is going to hell. gothamist.com/news/judge-r...
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Judge reverses order to return Colombian woman with NJ ties from Congo
Adriana Zapata was detained on her way to stay with family in New Jersey. A judge says she can't return to her home country for fear of torture there.
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Sassy South African @aviate.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
AfriForum recorded a profit of more than R1.3 million from an investment managed by a broker using Thebe Stockbroking. Thebe Stockbroking was previously 100% owned by Thebe Investment Corporation, one of the oldest BEE companies & a known ANC finance vehicle. www.news24.com/investigatio...
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AfriForum’s BEE payday: Empowerment critics invested R3m through ANC financier | News24
Afrikaner lobby group AfriForum, a staunch opponent of the ANC and the government’s BEE policies, invested R3 million through a stockbroking firm owned by a well-known ANC financier.
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Damien Marie AtHope Ⓐ 🚩🏴🌍 @damienmarieathope.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
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Sassy South African @aviate.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Barron trump's buddy. America, the deranged, where rapists and women beaters are glorified.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Elias Law Group is litigating 83 voting and election cases in 42 states. 30 fight DOJ's efforts to get state voter files. 11 involve redistricting. 7 challenge state proof of citizenship laws. 6 seek to undo omnibus voter suppression laws. 5 aim to protect voting by mail. When we fight we win.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 12/06/2026
The Boeing 747 represented a pinnacle of American engineering excellence, Ian Bogost writes. The plane’s retirement signals an end to an era of American culture—and ambition:
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The Boeing 747 Begins Its Final Descent
The jet was perhaps the pinnacle of American engineering excellence. Its retirement signals an end to an era of American culture—and ambition.
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Sassy South African @aviate.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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Hype @hype.aero · 09/06/2026
Air Canada ex-pilot charged and fined after alleged years flying without required ATPL license - www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toro... More on hype.aero
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
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Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry
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