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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14h

This is a country of delusional people who believe they may one day be rich. The California Wealth Tax has less than 50% support right now. We have to tell the truth about the propagandized voting public. It's incredible.

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Rusty Staples @cpnfurious.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And now we go to the QTs 👀

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

when i mention "claude" you can assume i'm talking about the albino alligator not the llm

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Rusty Staples @cpnfurious.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This study doesn’t account for commuters who would have to quit their jobs altogether if some of our transit systems collapse. A $3300 hit will have plenty of workers looking for jobs closer to home

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 20/09/2026

Not really sure where a bunch of liberals got the idea that they can’t win without throwing trans people in the garbage, but they’re stupid and cruel and wrong. If you want a human sacrifice so damned bad put gavin newsom in the wicker man

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Rusty Staples @cpnfurious.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

@darthbluesky.bsky.social DYK that SAFE Red Panda is having a sploot-off today?? A bunch of zoos are sharing posts and trading cards! www.instagram.com/saferedpanda...

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Alex @alxlndomountain.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There's a lot to like about this article but it ultimately pulls its punches and misses the mark. Lets start off noting @scottwiener.bsky.social hasn't reckoned with the consequences of his years of genocide enthusiasm as @nadiarahman.bsky.social said and continues trying to avoid the issue.

The Wiener campaign did not respond to requests for an interview.

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j a k e @jakeismaking.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

just like loving Dolly Parton brings us together, so does hating Ed Sheeran.

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Bracing for the inevitable damage-control stunt, dual free concerts in Ramallah and Tel Aviv

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Salt M. Bank 🍉 @saltmbank.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Ed’s stench is so rancid that with no more supporting acts left to quit the rest of the tour, bands are now retroactively dropping out

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …

What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 13/09/2026

for two months, I've been flying drones over Flock cameras to situation them in space and geography; I even got my commercial drone license in order to do it. I'd like to share this project with you all: it's called Records Of Enemy Surveillance: recordsofenemysurveillance.com

image of a residential intersection with one red car driving across it and a baseball field in the background

black and white dithered image of two red squares around the flock cameras in the previous image, on either side of the intersection

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12/09/2026

If Talarico’s comments and stances cause people not to vote for him then he should make better comments and take better stances. I accurately report on those comments and stances, that is my job and my role in my community.

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Rusty Staples @cpnfurious.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Greetings from San Francisco where our billionaire nepo baby mayor endorsed one candidate who’s been credibly accused of SA

Yekutiel wins Lurie endorsement after assurance sexual assault claim 'simply was not true'

Lurie also endorsed District 1o candidate Theo Ellington after touting his leadership ability.

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Steve Flack @vitaminsteve.com · 11/09/2026

that’s it, we’ve peaked. Call it a day, go start your weekends.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I am actually grateful for social media today. If you are under 25, you are getting a more honest accounting of the post 9/11 era than I got about the post-Vietnam era than I did as a young person. I attribute this 100% to social media. Traditional media and US politicians cannot be counted on.

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Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Enoki and Liu sitting in a tree Being C-U-T-I-E-S

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Rusty Staples @cpnfurious.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Every US city: police OT and vague police spending is causing a massive deficit Also every US city: we should massively increase the police budget every year

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Rusty Staples @cpnfurious.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Dorsey has an opponent, Alex Behrend, but ML isn’t giving him equal coverage because he hasn’t raised what ML considers is enough money. IOW, ML thinks money is the most important factor in elections

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 09/09/2026

AI* has a >10%** chance to kill us all *not the AI we're working on but some other AI that we'll build for sure if you keep funding the company I work at **number I made up based on a still-theoretical technology that nobody has but we all love talking about

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Rusty Staples @cpnfurious.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I got this mailer too. They even made it unusually long, so it was obvious that it was a Wiener mailer with a height reference before even reading it

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Rusty Staples @cpnfurious.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

SF Democrats have endorsed a candidate credibly accused of SA. They also opposed a billionaire tax and a measure to dedicate funds for affordable housing. This is why voters don’t trust Dems, part 5,000.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

BREAKING: The union of Starbucks workers is officially calling for a boycott of the chain. @sbworkersunited.org has over 12,000 unionized baristas, and they're calling on customers to stop visiting Starbucks until they get a fair union contract.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/08/2026

The Empire State Building went pink at exactly 9:25pm for Dolly Parton. Because of course they made it 9 to 5. That’s how you honor an icon. 🩷

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 25/08/2026

Fun fact, tho not so much given the circumstances: Many large west coast SEIU local numbers are based off mergers. 1021 was 10 locals, now 1. 521 was 5, now 1. 721 was 7, now 1. Not 925. 925 is numbered after the 9 to 5 movement of women workers in the 70s, which Dolly wrote the song about.

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT

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W. Kamau Bell @wkamaubell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton was definitely on the list of WHITE FOLKS THAT BLACK PEOPLE DON’T PLAY ABOUT. R. I. P. Dolly Parton.

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atomly @atomly.com · 25/08/2026

I hope Jolene is reflecting on her actions today.

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Rusty Staples @cpnfurious.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The same DA who prosecuted a protester at OpenAI’s offices

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Mark Misoshnik @misoshnik.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

So BAJA, SFJCRC, and the Zioness Action Fund are co-hosting an event called "Understanding the Rise of the DSA," with the implication that it has negative impacts on the Jewish community. This will be a thread on the participants and their history of racism/Islamophobia. They do not speak for Jews.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 14/08/2026

Compton’s uprising predates Stonewall, and so many other notable milestones in LGBTQIA+ history, but it has received significantly less recognition. Now organizers are fighting to reclaim the site from GEO Group.

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Historic Site of Queer Resistance to Cops Is Now Owned by Private Prison Firm

Organizers in San Francisco are fighting to reclaim Gene Compton’s Cafeteria from GEO Group.

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Rusty Staples @cpnfurious.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Alex Karp and Michael Moritz hating each other is the Let Them Fight moment we’ve been waiting for

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We couldn't get meetings. If they did, it was a favor to Peter. During one pitch meeting with Sequoia Capital, Alex pitched his heart out and watched a major Sequoia partner, Michael Moritz, draw on a napkin because he was bored.
Years later, Alex still feels rage about this, telling an interviewer, I should have told him to go fuck himself.
But he didn't. He's like a billionaire venture capitalist, so it's like I don't like him by default, but very funny. It's really funny.
It's really funny that Moritz is just like, all right, man, okay.
Draw dicks Q Search
bout
a notepad.
Oh, I was just thinking that.

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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Did you feel shaking in northern #California at 8:30 this morning? That was a M4.1 earthquake near San Leandro (about 20 km to the east of San Francisco). Shaking was felt by thousands of people in the Bay area. Details (USGS) and to report shaking: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Map from the USGS showing felt ground shaking in northern California from the M4.1 earthquake near San Leandro, CA on August 13 (08:30 a.m. PDT). Different colours are used to indicate the strength of shaking.

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Dr. Jenny Morber @jrmorber.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The new protest uniform: Arc Flash & Electrical Protection Clothing & Kits www.saftgard.com/arc-flash-el...

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 12/08/2026

NEW: Harmeet Dhillon swore in 100+ new Civil Rights Division lawyers as "civil rights warriors" for "ALL Americans" — then named exactly none of them. So we did. Court filings let us ID 11. At least 5 arrived with records of misconduct, controversy, or hiring irregularities. 1/

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Meet the attorneys Harmeet Dhillon installed to turn the Civil Rights Division against its mission - Public Citizen

Introduction On July 8, 2026, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon tweeted that she had sworn in more than 100 new…

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May-lee Chai (she/her) @mayleechai.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

SF police dragged an innocent man from his car due to a typo, bashed his head into the ground, peppersprayed him, realized their mistake and charged him anyway. Now he’s dead. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/u...

hood of his sweatshirt, pinning him to the ground and bashing his head into the pavement.
Before being forced into handcuffs, Mr.
Ludwig can be heard on the video shouting, "I wasn't doing nothing, bre" An officer then sprayed him at very close ange, directly into his eyes. A short time later, Mr. Ludwig can be heard wheezing and telling the officers repeatedly that he cannot breathe.
"This case shows how easily police can wrongfully target someone," Mr. Cox said.
According to the complaint, the officers realized only after Mr. Ludwig was handcuffed that they had entered the license plate number incorrectly. But they proceeded to arrest him anyway.
The public defender's office said that Mr.
Ludwig could not afford the impound fee necessary to recover his car and that the city had sold it at auction. Prosecutors then charged him with reckless driving and resisting arrest.

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Alex @alxlndomountain.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

California spends something $3B/mont on transportation, most of it in fossil fuel infrastructure. Maybe we can use those dollars instead of creating false tradeoffs between different modes of transit

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Rusty Staples @cpnfurious.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Is it bad that SF’s city attorney has repeatedly violated journalists’ First Amendment protections? Seems bad.

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Rusty Staples @cpnfurious.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

SFPD arrested the wrong man, beat him, he then had his RV towed (leaving his girlfriend homeless), and died of “undisclosed causes”

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Here's The New York Times follow-up report, calling it an "elaborate ruse," and coming very close to asserting that the Trump administration intentionally and clandestinely put reporters at risk. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/u...

The extraordinary lengths that the government took to get the president out of Turkey in secret suggested that officials viewed the Iranian threat as credible. And it led the White House to purposely mislead reporters assigned to cover Mr. Trump, allowing the press to report that he was traveling on board a plane that was being used as a decoy.

The threat was not specific to the Qatari-donated jet. Instead, Mr.
Trump was being targeted on whatever airplane he was traveling on, as The Times has previously reported.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The ADL has a website dedicated to attacking Mamdani staffers—including my friend Waleed Shahid. The ADL is applying a level of scrutiny to him they aren’t applying to literal neo-Nazis working in the federal government. Waleed has a Jewish wife and child. The ADL is a disgrace.