Reposted by Daniel José OlderSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 2hIncarcerated women report rampant sexual abuse by guards and the guards retaliate by spraying them with chemical agents and sending them to the hospital as a warning. Rape culture and brazen misogyny from the highest institution to the lowest. 1319149
Reposted by Daniel José OlderThe Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · 1hShocking story on how an expert’s taped interviews became (ab)used by USA Today. Thread. 12415
Reposted by Daniel José OlderNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 6hEarlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist. 261482478
Reposted by Daniel José OlderMadisyn Parisi (they/them) @madisyn-writes.bsky.social · 1hAI 🤝 Rape culture All the way down. 05014
Reposted by Daniel José OlderStates Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 1hDODGE CITY — Southwest Kansas communities reeling from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — which included random stops to check status — are looking for ways to recover as fear continues to grip the area’s large Hispanic population.bit.lyTrump’s immigration sweeps leave southwest Kansas communities looking for way forwardDODGE CITY — Southwest Kansas communities reeling from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — which included random stops to check status — are looking for ways to recover as fear continues to grip the area’s large Hispanic population. 02013
Reposted by Daniel José OlderMarty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 6hI was thinking about an old story of mine, Bear Language. It came out in Fireside in 2017, chosen by guest editor @djolder.bsky.social & @galendara.bsky.social's art is haunting. A story I feel, looking back, where my everything about my work had leveled up. firesidefiction.com/bear-language 0134
Reposted by Daniel José OlderAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 9hRIP to everyone killed by the gods for their hubris but im different. and better. maybe even better than the gods (and mind you, John Georges is a first-generation Greek immigrant who still has a home in Mykonos) bsky.app/profile/alex... 122332
Reposted by Daniel José OlderThe Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#TheLensNola🔍 Georges dismissed concerns from some of his reporters that his embrace of Meta blurs the line between the news and business. ✍️ Drew Hawkins from Gulf States Newsroom, Delaney Nolan and Vivi Smilgius from The Lens Full article 🔗: buff.ly/lmhU66R 33513
Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What PEN America Got Wrong About Antisemitism in Publishing jewishcurrents.org/what-pen-ame...jewishcurrents.orgWhat PEN America Got Wrong About Antisemitism in PublishingMisleading anecdotes, flawed data, and oversimplified analyses are at the heart of a narrative of Jewish exclusion promoted by the free expression… 593
Reposted by Daniel José OlderBriony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Are you fucking kidding me? Not only are they executing a woman who was convicted at 18 years old after suffering severe abuse, and who was held accountable in a way her male co-defendant never was... but they can't even *kill* her humanely!?! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...abc.net.auUS woman still alive after lethal injection dose, legal team saysMedia witnesses say Christa Pike was still alive when they were ordered to leave the prison by officials. 98627
Reposted by Daniel José OlderMaureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Harper Collins tried to claim both my stolen books. Harper Collins published neither. 111169
Reposted by Daniel José OlderIndrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026E is a young artist who managed to escape Israel's genocidal siege of Gaza. She had 4.5k followers here, which gave her reach she used to keep her family, still trapped there, alive. Then Bsky deleted her. Now, people have turned away. You don't have to. She's terrified for her family. Share/donate:chuffed.orgNo One Should Starve for Being Born HereMy name is Eslam Mohammad, I’m 24 years old, and I’m from Gaza. Over the past year, I’ve lived through unimaginable horror. I lost my home, my work as a photographer and artist, my friends, and the ... 1920
Reposted by Daniel José OlderGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Any time an AI chud touches anything, he demonstrates that he has no skills, no ideas, no creativity, only the ability to steal and copy, and he doesn't even have that skill, because he has to outsource it to an algorithm. 119123
Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Watching the Enron doc just to remind myself that all these corps will crumble 1381
Reposted by Daniel José OlderAaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Saw the documentary NAZA, made in secret, with interviews of members of Israel’s intelligence services testifying and showing how they created a system to perpetrate genocide in Gaza. The filmmakers and their families have been threatened by Netanyahu himself. I wrote my thoughts here boxd.it/gvDEIRboxd.itA ★★★★★ review of NAZA (2026)Merely a film. A film that has led Netanyahu himself to threaten the citizenship and safety of its Israeli filmmakers and even their families, simply for the act of filming veterans of Israel’s intell... 4280115
Reposted by Daniel José OlderAaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Here is the trailer for NAZA, the film Benjamin Netanyahu really, really doesn’t want you to see, which will be released for free worldwide in November after a short theatrical self distributed run. 111958
Reposted by Daniel José OlderSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:theguardian.comHoman Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 peopleExclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’ 9047351726
Reposted by Daniel José OlderEli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Scenes from a Hollywood trade magazine’s blanket coverage of a smattering of protesters outside a movie documenting the implementation of genocide 413519
Reposted by Daniel José OlderJeanne Theoharis @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Please amplify: As the report from the @aclu.org and @amnesty.org documented, universities like @cuny.edu are punishing students and faculty for pro-Palestine politics. We’re out today saying no to blacklisting at @cuny.edu and @brooklyncollege.bsky.social! Rehire the Fired Fourth! 02320
Reposted by Daniel José OlderJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 16892933066
Reposted by Daniel José OlderNot (A.) I. @aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · 25/09/2026"Numerous Flock cameras appear to be installed inside detention centers. A camera titled “C-F-23 FOXTROT MALE HOLDING 2/SHOWERS” appears at the coordinates of the Silverdale Detention Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee." theintercept.com/2026/09/24/h...theintercept.comFlock Wants The Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken OfflineA new map shows Flock has more cameras in the U.S. than was previously known. The company wants it taken down. 12812
Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Democratic politicians caved, once again, and once again grassroots activists were left to clean up the mess of their utter failure to lead. ||| Paramount Merger Delayed As Judge OKs Motion To Block Antitrust Settlement share.google/CMoY00DfVYrp...share.googleParamount Merger Delayed As Judge OKs Motion To Block Antitrust SettlementJust before a hearing expected to sign off on the Paramount-Warner Bros settlement, critics of the deal and the merger won a move to halt it, at least for now 23910
Reposted by Daniel José OlderWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English. 42103494407
Reposted by Daniel José OlderKitty Chandler @mightybattlecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Something something printer something gun unexpected noise ugh. 06513
Reposted by Daniel José OlderChantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026Y'all, beloved community, that I care for as you care for me in true understanding we share of loving mutuality so we all survive, at this time I badly need mutual aid. This ain't no scam. I'm not secretly rich. I'm on medicaid. I'm recovering from the serious trauma of getting committed by cops.buymeacoffee.comSupport Chantal!Hello friends! It's me, the author of the novel NONE BUT THE RIGHTEOUS and the novella FES IS A MIRROR and poetry and essay that touches your heart. You might know me from Bluesky where I constan... 12307381
Reposted by Daniel José OlderJD (by way of Blacksky) @jdot.blacksky.team · 24/09/2026Hey everyone! With the proliferation of news surrounding sexual abuse(rs), we’ve decided to launch a label called: Normalization of Sexual Violence. 6275101
Reposted by Daniel José OlderKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 23/09/2026Oh no the worst discourse you know is incoming 4180559
Reposted by Daniel José OlderLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970152264
Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026NaNaWriMo got into bed with a generative A.I. slop-vom factory. NanoWriMo then turned to dust as a direct result. Now the slop-vom factory is trotting out the badly resurrected Nano Corpse WaRioWriMo to make some cash off the whole mess. Gen A.I. in a nutshell. 23719
Reposted by Daniel José OlderJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026New from 404 Media: Meta announced Muse, its AI agent that can book restaurants for you. We've seen internal Meta messages showing Meta is actually testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers. In those tests its not AI, it's just a person www.404media.co/meta-tests-m...404media.coMeta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray us as ‘their AI is not good enough so they still need humans’ kind of coverage for this launch." 23421175
Reposted by Daniel José OlderChris Schweizer @ NCAF & NYCC @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Book 2 of OUTLAW'S APPRENTICE starts serializing today! Free to read! and updating each Wednesday. On Webtoons: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ou... On Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChrisSchweiz... OR read from the beginning: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ou... 06113
Reposted by Daniel José OlderLiam Robertson @liamrobertson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The actual clip of him saying this is so awesome. Absolutely brutal and from the sounds of it, deservedly so. 12376803
Reposted by Daniel José OlderDanny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026it was why i fell so immediately in love with @djolder.bsky.social and his work because it was so very much what i THOUGHT urban fantasy was going to be when we started using that term. he's one of the writers that caused me to journal about what his work meant to me and i'll remind him always lol 4163
Reposted by Daniel José Oldermr pussy (prison arc) @nat.haus · 20/09/2026Ed Sheeran overcorrected and joined the Houthis 241723308
Reposted by Daniel José OlderTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Anyway, panic is a psy-op. Stay furious. Stay serious. Organize. 92567616
Reposted by Daniel José Older👻Skulliam🎃Boo-tler🍂Yikes🕷️ @yeets.biz · 19/09/2026i need to know what happened 309163483179
Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Theseus forgetting to put up the white sail to proclaim he'd survived after the Minotaur situation and thus causing his father's death and naming the Aegean Sea in one fell swoop is PEAK himbo behavior. Alas he was also a fuckboy 3342
Reposted by Daniel José OlderBryan Camp @bryancamp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Icarus was the first dude who mistakenly believed he was wearing plot armor. Sun Wukong from Journey to the West was the first himbo... 1224
Reposted by Daniel José OlderTyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/09/2026“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”orlandosentinel.comDocs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI... 9555462163
Reposted by Daniel José OlderLisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker.  329253025781
Reposted by Daniel José OlderLisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Evil personified. 61830231
Reposted by Daniel José OlderDracula Enthusiast @kmfao.latinsky.app · 17/09/2026We are so Backlemore 0356