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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/10/2024

probably in the abstract the Trump campaign doesn't want the last week of the campaign to be a rolling series of Trumpers going on insanely racist tirades on live TV. but that is who they are, every last one of them

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

Holy shit this whole editorial is incredible, but especially this section.

Trump has for years maintained a discourse of contempt and misinformation against the island that reveals an obsession and disdain for a people who do not have the power of the vote to defend themselves, since the three million American citizens who live in Puerto Rico cannot vote in the presidential elections. However, the other five million who live in the United States, whom they also labeled as trash, can vote. Let’s not forget the paper towels he threw at us while we suffered without electricity for months and let’s not forget that the funds did not arrive because Trump -through the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development- told them to stop because he considered Puerto Ricans “bums who live begging.”

It is cowardly to insult those who cannot defend themselves. At Sunday’s event they not only insulted Puerto Ricans. They also insulted Latinos, blacks and women. An angry mob shouted prostitute at the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate. They also spat in front of a group of her supporters. Many were Latinos, who applauded, not understanding the consequences. One day it will be your turn.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

Nine days? Isn't it more like 80 years?

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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 29/10/2024

This is the one I can’t stand. www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

The part of the book that caused the most controversy concerns Trump's divorce from his first wife, Ivana. Hurt obtained a copy of her sworn divorce deposition, from 1990, in which she stated that, the previous year, her husband had raped her in a fit of rage.
In Hurt's account, Trump was furious that a "scalp reduction" operation he'd undergone to eliminate a bald spot had been unexpectedly painful. Ivana had recommended the plastic surgeon. In retaliation, Hurt wrote, Trump yanked out a handful of his wife's hair, and then forced himself on her sexually.
Afterward, according to the book, she spent the night locked in a bedroom, crying; in the morning, Trump asked her, "with menacing casualness, 'Does it hurt?" Trump has denied both the rape allegation and the suggestion that he had a scalp-reduction procedure. Hurt said that the incident, which is detailed in Ivana's deposition, was confirmed by two of her friends.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

For some context, Vancouver is sometimes known as Vantucky for its reputation as an Old South wannabe, complete with white supremacists, Nazis and Tea Party morons. The desperation some people have over this election is going to lead to worse, I feel. Please check on your ballots.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

The massive decline in healthcare in the U.S. really scares me.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

I really want to raise a big red flag about a new kind of privatized healthcare I see emerging (in Oregon, but elsewhere likely) that could be scammy as hell. More and more ppl can't access major providers so go to "urgent care" or to these cash-only setups that only offer NPs instead of MDs.

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🎹 sharon su @doodlyroses.com · 17/10/2024

There are far many more people on classical music Bluesky than could fit in a starter pack, but for those of you new here from the bad place, this is a good place to start! go.bsky.app/2zsLk8b

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Ellen Kushner @ellenkushner.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

DYING!!!!! Werner Herzog reads MADELEINE 😂 youtu.be/57EDxvldLD4?...

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Werner Herzog Reads Madeline

YouTube video by RyanIverson

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

I recently reposted an image of two clothed women about to kiss. Not kissing, but about to. This was labeled as 'adult content.' Photos of men and women kissing and more proliferate and there are no labels.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

I grew up with photos like the one of a young girl covered in napalm and screaming. In high school, they showed us footage of Holocaust victims. My children play video games where they can shoot others into a bloody mush. The only thing being protected here is Israel's credibility.

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

The corrupt bargain Trump and Musk struck will, among other things, reward Musk financially for way overpricing Twitter and ruining the platform. We shouldn't let him turn the acquisition into a loss-leader by plunging the U.S. into fascism. www.offmessage.net/p/musk-dont-...

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

Picking up the mail is becoming a demoralizing experience. My mother won't stop ordering scrapbooking supplies from Temu and my father won't stop subscribing to this waste of ink and brain cells:

This is a photo of a glossy publication called Trending Politics: The Exclusive Publication for Proud Americans. This particular issue is a white background with a black and white drawing of Donald Trump on the cover, from February 2024. Text blow the drawing says They Can't Just Erase Trump from the Ballot...Right?

Another photo of the same publication from May 2024 with Conspiracy Theory Special Edition in large letters across the front.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 15/10/2024

The speed with which they pivoted from "secret logs reveal a doctor visited the White House, is Joe Biden already dead???" to "Amateur DJ Trump plays a set at his Town Hall, we have no opinion on this" makes me feel like my brains are unraveling.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

Does he ever even attempt to make any kind of sense? I don't know if he's mentally ill or it's his age or what have you, but this kind of rambling nonsense really suggests someone who doesn't understand anything he is talking about.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

If you haven't, I strongly encourage everyone to be calling their senators and congresspeople and even leave messages with the White House switchboard that there must be an arms embargo against Israel. You can find who your representatives are and how to contact them at congress.gov and senate.gov.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

Menopause is weird: my ears itch and occasionally, bleed. Not much, mind you, just a spot or two, and no pain, but then I was told hot flashes would just come and go quickly and that was such a lie.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 05/10/2024

Once In A Lifetime 36" x66" 91x167cm Oil on Canvas 2021 Commission #Art #Painting Canvas and paper prints available at earthskyart.ca/shop

Abstract landscape: night sky with noctilucent clouds, green aurora, a comet over 2 large glacial erratics

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

Steve Silberman's empathic storytelling changed how society—and researchers—view autistic people. More on his legacy: www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/the... By @ejwillingham.bsky.social

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The legacy of Steve Silberman and his book, ‘NeuroTribes’

The writer’s empathic storytelling changed how society—and researchers—view autistic people.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 21/09/2024

I remember something you'd hear Republicans say from time to time: From my cold, dead hands.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 21/09/2024

I can't believe the kids are still talking about the movie today. We saw The Matrix last night (their first time) and they were so blow away and now in love with all of it. I'm a little worried they're going to want to see the sequels and I'd hate to see that light go out.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 21/09/2024

The most compelling part of this article is the simple fact that if a launch were attempted and it failed (as many still do), it would be an environmental catastrophe over the whole planet. Abandon AI and focus on technologies that safely break down plastics and other waste.

bigthink.com

Why we'll never shoot Earth's garbage into the Sun

It would get rid of our hazardous, radioactive, and pollutive waste for good, but physics tells us it's a losing strategy for elimination.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 21/09/2024

If you can buy a nuclear reactor to power your pet project that has no value to anyone and is, in fact, heavily derided for its uselessness, you may have reached the peak of social irresponsibility. Sadly our government is no longer in the business of protecting its people.

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Jayaprakash has a mastertape @jayaprakash777.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

I've increasingly come to realise thatz while other authors may have done more by way of formal or conceptual innovation, Le Guin was among the handful who really brought a keen sense of justice to genre fiction.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

With all the information from Project 2025 on down, I'm surprised we are not marching and holding public protests. No one is organizing?

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

Another absurd example of Bluesky's Moderation Service in action. I'm going to start collecting these.

A Bluesky post by user Helen De Cruz with a link to her blog discussing correspondence between Spinoza and Van Blijenbergh entitled 'Letters on Evil.' The link is censored with an 'adult content' warning.

This is what was censored: a classical painting depicting the Garden of Eden with a naked Adam and Eve.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

'[These spiders] can be identified by their-' Four inch bodies, eight inch legs. That's all this article had to say. 'Giant' is the primary descriptor here.

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Giant invasive joro spiders spotted for first time in Pennsylvania

Intimidating looking but relatively harmless arachnids native to east Asia spread across US north-east

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

The kids have never seen The Matrix, so it was essential viewing for the 25th anniversary. It not only still holds up and looks more amazing than most films made today, but the kids loved it and can't stop talking about it. There is still no 🥄

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a picture of a man with the words hey mikey i think he likes it above him

Alt: A scene of Tank from The Matrix: he is a well-muscled MOC in a t-shirt and suspenders with a headset on, sitting at a bank of computers. He is looking off-screen at Neo, saying 'Mikey I think He Likes It.'

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

the number of things that would improve INSTANTLY if we got rid of the electoral college and passed national vote by mail is like …. like all of them. like all the things

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 15/09/2024

It didn't take long for this to reach a new level of offensive absurdity. My post below, asking why an innocent photo of two people kissing was labeled "adult content" has been labeled "sexually suggestive." @bsky.app

This is the screen shot from my post showing the "labels on your content" showing this as "sexually suggestive" and offering the option to appeal. There also seems to be to different moderation services: one called Bluesky Moderation and the other moderation.bsky. Same?

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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

its really disheartening to know about 60 million americans are just.... bigots

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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

“Denaturalization.” They’re going to strip people of their citizenship and deport them. They’re going to deport US citizens.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 15/09/2024

This never seems to end. Censoring us for existing never ends. Why is the image of two women about to kiss (no nudity, nothing graphic) labeled as Adult Content? Why did it need a label at all? @bsky.app?

This is a skeet by The Daily Tism that shows a photo of two women, one with short shaved hair and arm tattoos and the other with long hair in a tank top, holding one another, against a doorway, about to kiss.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

If it takes a village to raise a child, JD Vance must have been raised by the Village of the Damned.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

So good to hear Nick Lowe again. I love that he's still out here showing how it's done and giving us something new. I think I've listened to I Read A Lot a million times and it never gets old. He really knows how to connect.

rollingstone.com

Nick Lowe Throws a Rockabilly Party on ‘Indoor Safari’

Nick Lowe throws a rockabilly party on his new album 'Indoor Safari.' Read our review.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 13/09/2024

If AI could replace asshats like this I might get on board. No I won't but LLMs strength is in writing garbage like this.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 05/09/2024

Lovely New York Times obituary for Steve Silberman, who, per autistic advocate Ari Ne'eman, “told our story in a way that hasn’t been done in the past by placing autistic people at the center. He spent time with autistic people at conferences and gatherings." www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/s...

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Steve Silberman, 66, Dies; Writer Deepened Understanding of Autism

Prodded by Oliver Sacks, he wrote a humane, award-winning book about the condition. A music maven, he also wrote liner notes for the Grateful Dead and his friend David Crosby.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

This means far more to me than the Swift endorsement.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

I was born in 1970 too. I grew up with a lot of music, wanted to be a composer, but being a girl with no money or connections made it impossible. There's more to the story, but I gave up, the business is so ugly. So many work very hard though and someone like Shor undermines all of it.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

It's been two weeks since we lost Steve Silberman. Still can't believe it. Too young.

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Distant Juxtaposition @djyoung.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

A line in the sky (a hawk, in fact)

A photo I took of some dreamy, stratocumulus clouds against a pale blue sky. In the center of the photo is what looks like a dark thin line against the clouds. It is a hawk turning so it is only visible like a pen mark across a page.

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