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Michael Meir Saltzman @saltzman.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

The problem with the Torment Nexus is that it wasn’t optimized for user experience. Average daily users experience a ratio of roughly 70% torment vs non-torment in the nexus. The changes we’re implementing should reduce that to a staggering 60% torment. Our goal is 50/50 torment/non-torment by 2028.

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

this is incredibly accurate

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 12/10/2025

Men would rather collapse a government than go to therapy

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lizardbreath 🦎🪦🎃 @spindlypete.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

i don't have any chuds in my contacts

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

checking out the destruction from all the war outside (aka crows and squirrels digging in the powdery mildew-infested garden)

A gray tabby and dilute calico cat look out a window. There are Douglas fir trees and hedges visible and the sky is overcast.

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

many of these flowers were obviously brought from people's gardens and I'm feeling very emotional about that

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

what a fucking stupid time to be a person who cares about other people

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I still regularly have this theme song stuck in my head

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

The real reason we can’t have a viable resistance is because a lot of you are just mean. You don’t have a politic , you want control and want to punish people So you have no ability to conceive actual infrastructure outside of checking someone’s deservingness

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

There's no path out of the crisis that comes from shrinking the circle of who deserves public services, or narrowing the aperature of human dignity. We are invariably in this together.

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

We don't leave people behind.

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Anyone who makes these statements is using the fascists' framing for how we treat human beings and thus complicit in fascism. Also these self-righteous liberals wouldn't last a minute living in "red states", much less organizing to make them better places to live. Grow the fuck up.

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Trans women deserve to be respected and treated as human beings in their own right. But cis women who support this shit also need to realize that they're next. They'll drive ALL OF US out of spaces they don't want us in.

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

The rage I feel at people using feminism and civil rights progress TO TARGET WOMEN is incalculable. Anyone capitulating to this kind of shit is capitulating to Nazis.

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

glad I live in the godless part of Oregon simply so I don't have to smell this garbage

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

this is some Philip K Dick shit, Jesus

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

at least toby keith is dead this time

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

jesus christ we don't even have 9/11 to help paper over this bullshit

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government. That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

remember when this worked and police violence never escalated ever again?

Pig spraying Occupy Wall Street protesters in the face with pepper spray at UC Berkeley in 2012

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Uh, Republicans control the house and senate, do you expect Democrats can just wave a magic wand and not praise ICE and advise people to help them

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I keep coming back to this: a lot of people out here demanding more foresight and self-restraint from people facing down armed agents of the state than they demand of themselves in between their work email and Pornhub browser tabs

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

these guys really like hurting defenseless women

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Man also are these guys going to come up with anything new? Lost Cause mythology? Really?

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

He really loved his horse, though. Like a lot. A LOT.

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

As someone who does comms for a living, I can say that it actually takes so much more time to write something this mealy mouthed. It's probably run by multiple people, including legal. The only resources that are invested go straight to protecting corporate interests.

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

please replace us. It's been too long and we are a disaster.

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Some things still shock me, apparently.

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

it's going to be a long summer

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

jfc if you haven't caught up by now you never will

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

preventing waste fraud and abuse

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

something something star wars pun

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

yeah I mean, librarians are the last people I'd expect to comply with this bullshit

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

FINALLY. Although I do not like the precedent this has set

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katie @awesomebot3000.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

oh wow phew now I know we're in good hands

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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

NEW: US Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent a notice to state DOTs, including Oregon's, warning them to follow federal policies or risk funding. This includes complying with new anti-DEI policies and cooperating with ICE and DHS. www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...

These same principles apply ot recipients of Federal financial assistance from DOT, as both a matter of Federal law and by virtue of contractual provisions governing receipt of DOT funding. Accordingly, DOT recipients are prohibited from engaging ni discriminatory actions ni their own policies, programs, and activities, including ni administering contracts, and their employment practices.
Whether or not described in neutral terms, any policy, program, or activity that is premised on a prohibited classification, including discriminatory policies or practices designed ot achieve so- caled "diversity, equity, and inclusion," or "DEI", goals, presumptively violates Federal law. Re- cipients of DOT financial assistance must ensure that the personnel practices (including hiring, promotions, and terminations) within their organizations are merit-based and do not discriminate based on prohibited categories. Recipients are also precluded from allocating money received under DOT awards- such as through contracts or the provision of other benefits- based on sus- pect classifications. Any discriminatory actions ni your policies, programs, and activities based on prohibited categories constitute a clear violation of Federal law and the terms of your grant agreements.

In addition, your legal obligations require cooperation generally with Federal authorities in the enforcement of Federal law, including cooperating with and not impeding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other Federal offices and components of the Department of Homeland Security ni the enforcement of Federal immigration law. DOT has noted reported in- stances where some recipients of Federal financial assistance have declined to cooperate with ICE investigations, have issued driver's licenses to individuals present ni the United States ni v-i olation of Federal immigration law, or have otherwise acted in a manner that impedes Federal
law enforcement. Such actions undermine Federal sovereignty in the enforcement of immigration
law, compromise the safety and security of the transportation systems supported by DOT financial assistance, and prioritize illegal aliens over the safety and welfare of the American peo- ple whose Federal taxes fund DOT's financial assistance programs.

The Department retains authority, pursuant to its oversight responsibilities and the terms of your agreements, ot initiate enforcement actions, such as comprehensive audits and possible recovery of funds expended in a manner contrary to the terms of the funding agreement. DOT may also terminate funding in response to substantiated breaches of the terms of the agreement, or if DOT determines that continued funding is no longer in the public interest. These steps, within DOT's discretion, are intended to ensure accountability and protect the integrity of Federal programs.
To assist grant recipients ni meeting their legal obligations, DOT offers technical guidance and support through its program offices. Should you require clarification regarding your obligations, you are encouraged to contact your designated DOT representative promptly. Proactive engage- ment is strongly advised ot prevent inadvertent noncompliance.

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