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Industrial Athena

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I finally made it. I hope there are cats.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1h
I don't believe they are conscious but I also don't believe you should get to do interviews where you say "idk man our business model might be built on enslaving sentient creatures" and still get to be a business.
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FᎪᎢ ᏩᎪNᎠᎪᏞF @sofarrsogud.bsky.social · 6h
WIFE: This band isn't as good as you led me to believe. ME: You have to imagine them as dragons, Sharon.
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 3h
Le Chomp. Photo from my collection, no date/info.
Photo of a handsome young man wearing a striped t-shirt and light trousers, standing in front of an old car - maybe 1940s but I really don't know cars. The man is looking down at a shorthaired tabby kitten that he holds gently in his hands, that seems to be licking his finger.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 3h
at one point segregation and anti miscegenation laws polled off the charts in south carolina. should we have been ok with a democratic candidate who said black people were less than human so we can "win first"? no? then why the fuck is it ok to do this against trans people? hint: it isnt.
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 6h
Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10h
It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.
X post from AI industry insider Alvin Sng :

My wife: Can you read our baby a book?
Me: I can just play an audiobook from my phone.
My wife: But then it won't be in your voice.
Me: I can train a voice model.
Parenting hits different when you work in Al.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11h
Anywho, I've been disappointed in most abortion rights organizations in the U.S. for decades now. The orgs that have acquitted themselves the best have been the abortion funds. You should direct your support and money to them.
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Industrial Athena @industrialathena.blacksky.app · 8h
JFC 😩
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Urge your reps to ban Surveillance Pricing and boycott any business that uses it. If it’s allowed to take root, you will be robbed for the rest of your lives.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22h
The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 22h
"Growth for the sake of Growth is the ideology of the cancer cell” Edward Abbey quote poster spotted in Carlton, Victoria
"Growth for the sake of Growth is the ideology of the cancer cell”
Edward Abbey quote poster
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Vic! Perfecto @victorperfecto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There has been some fair discussion about whether or not the rising proliferation of HARRY POTTER references in media is deliberate astro-turfing or tone deaf millenial nostalgia and denial/ignorance. This though? This is DEFINITELY on the suits
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Industrial Athena @industrialathena.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
🤩🤩
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’m sure I’m not the only one that saw the video of this man putting himself between French national police and student protestors circulating yesterday.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
louder please... faulty, not rogue
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Industrial Athena @industrialathena.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
Not on purpose
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Industrial Athena @industrialathena.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
💯
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you are on Facebook or instagram (this does not work on bluesky, sadly) there is an easy and free way you can donate money to New England animal shelters right now! Just post a photo of your pet with the hashtag #SNELovesPets. That's it. Subaru of New England does this every October. 💵
Screenshot of text that says "This October you can help animal shelters in New England raise thousands of dollars just by posting a picture of your pet! Something we all love to do anyway!

Every October Subaru of New England has their hashtag s n e Loves Pets campaign. During the whole month, every time someone posts a pet photo with the s n e loves pets hashtag , Subaru of New England will donate $10 (up to $75,000) to twelve New England animal shelters, including my local Vermont shelter the humane society of Chittenden County.

Please share your love of your pet and help shelter animals by posting photos of your little friends with the hashtag s n e loves pets this month!photo of my one-eyed black and white tuxedo cat marcel lying on his side on a beige velvet blanket, looking thoughtfully into the distance.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026
This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Look at this posh skrunkleton. Postcard from my collection, 1912. 🎩
Black and white photo of a medium haired tuxedo tabby sitting curled up in a top hat which is nestled in some kind of fur pelt. The cat has a contemptuous look on its face.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
imagine if the mainstream media covered Republicans' number one donor — the biggest political donor in US history! — and his controversial views with as much scrutiny as they covered Hasan Piker's
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“The insurance industry ranked American fraternities as the sixth-worst insurance risk in the country—just ahead of toxic-waste-removal companies.” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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The Dark Power of Fraternities
A yearlong investigation of Greek houses reveals their endemic, lurid, and sometimes tragic problems—and a sophisticated system for shifting the blame.
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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Censored on TikTok in <30 seconds. Appeal filed. They will allow California residents to know after the COVlD wave has subsided.
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 07/10/2026
Announcing the most exciting crowdfunding event - The Daily Tism presents: the Pet Gala. Join Tilly Gibbs & translator @brainmage.bsky.social on 22nd Nov for an evening of wall-to-wall cuteness to raise funds for It’s a Superpower?? Tickets are on sale here: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/its...
PEL GALA
THE DAILY TISM
22 NOV 6PM GMT

Image of Tilly the tabby cat looking stern and beautiful 

Bar code with numbers 63757374617264
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
you don’t hold "AI" accountable; you hold AI developers, vendors, and corporations that profit off it accountable holding "AI accountable" is like holding a toaster accountable. it's an inanimate object. it doesn't have wishes, feelings, or desires
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
this is an excellent and informative thread
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 07/10/2026
"We don't want to turn into a banana republic, so we won't try to rein in corporations" is the kind of thing you say if you don't know what makes a banana republic a banana republic, and instead want to be a banana republic where the bananas are data centers.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 07/10/2026
feels like we should make a larger talking point out of the fact that AI is just another attempt to consolidate wealth for billionaires
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
They are becoming more and more explicit that creating dossiers on you and graphing your relationships is the whole point. “Agents” indeed. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/07/m...
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is taking a try-before-you-buy approach with her new photo-centric AI agent startup Dazzle, a tactic she said is important “for those occasional users or those users who are just trying to see what the service can do at the very beginning.”

Dazzle analyzes users’ personal photos to understand aspects of their lives, such as their family members or interests, and then can take actions like reminding someone that a pair of shoes they recently looked up is on sale online.

It’s a strategy she learned from her early tenure at Google
, before the company built its market-leading online ad platform.
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Industrial Athena @industrialathena.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
OMG, delete this!!
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"why don't more women come forward?" men. the answer is men.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 07/10/2026
idk needs work
Picture of hands changing a smoke alarm battery. The text reads: In brightest day. In blackest night. I shall sound with all my might. When there's a fire or when my battery is dead if you forgot to change it. Which you did. Good morning, it's 3AM. Smoke alarms chirp all night! Check the expiration dates on your smoke alarms. Test the batteries. Oath optional.
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 07/10/2026
Historically redlined neighborhoods in Massachusetts experience twice the pedestrian fatalities as other neighborhoods. Is that because infra is worse there? Or because drivers are less likely to slow down when they see Black pedestrians, because they don't care about us? You already know. 🤷🏿‍♂️
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Study: drivers less likely to brake for African American pedestrians
A new study appears to offer additional evidence that drivers are less likely to brake for African-American pedestrians trying to cross the street, a phenomenon known as “walking while black.” Researc...
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Breaking News: The last thing keeping you mentally tethered has been purchased by Satan. Stay tuned for future updates.
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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 07/10/2026
Section 3 of Brian Heywood’s Initiative 638 would require Washington girls to prove they have a vagina just to play sports The wealthy hedge fund mogul's measure would exclude trans girls from playing with their friends and impose invasive sex verification requirements on girls that boys would not…
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Section 3 of Brian Heywood’s Initiative 638 would require Washington girls to prove they have a vagina just to play sports
The wealthy hedge fund mogul's measure would exclude trans girls from playing with their friends and impose invasive sex verification requirements on girls that boys would not have to deal with.
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Balthazaar Paine @balthazaarpaine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Either there's a factory churning out Nazi failsons or Andrew Giuliani, David Ellison and Eric Trump are all related.
Andrew GiulianiDavid EllisonEric Trump
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Industrial Athena @industrialathena.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026
Post a meme made by you
Photo still from Star Trek V of a bearded McCoy wearing a top with a deep V neck, exposing his chest hair and a gold medallion. His arms spread wide. 
The text reads, "Where the Klingon women at?"
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onion person @junlper.beer · 06/10/2026
one of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We are aware of multiple stops conducted today by federal agents in the Madera and Fresno areas. We remind the public to stay calm, to verify information, and to exercise one’s rights, including the right to not answer questions. If detained, do not sign anything without speaking to a lawyer. 1/
We are aware of multiple stops conducted today by federal agents in the Madera and Fresno areas. We remind the public to stay calm, to verify information, and to exercise one’s rights, including the right to not answer questions. If detained, do not sign anything without speaking to a lawyer. All encounters with federal agents should be recorded and documented if it is safe to do so. Witnesses can reach out to us to share what they see or to seek help.

Chaotic, warrantless immigration raids and roving patrols spread fear and disrupt lives and livelihoods. They do not belong here; hard working immigrants do.
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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The defendants union may be the first effort of its kind in the modern history of political protest in the US..." Follow, boost, and support the folks at @nspm7union.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump 2.0 is targeting US protesters with ‘antifa’ charges. Activists started a union to fight back
NSPM-7 Defendants Union plans to offer legal clinics, media training and more to people facing prosecution for protest
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 06/10/2026
I am 100% serious. Fascistic art demands adoration, demands to be loved, demands to be respected. It does not seek to express so much as to impress. It is art that aims to take and take and take, never to give.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
its why you see so little reporting from the msm on the effect trump has had on the black, latino, lgbtq community. reporters dont look like them so they dont exist. its all centered around straight white people and if they like trump or not. as if they are the only people in america. im tired of it
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VoteRiders @voteriders.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired” – Fannie Lou Hamer. Today we celebrate Fannie Lou Hamer, a Mississippi sharecropper who lost her job and home for trying to register to vote. She dedicated her life to fighting for voting rights for Black Americans. We honor her by continuing that fight.
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Industrial Athena @industrialathena.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026
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The Onion @theonion.com · 06/10/2026
Tilly Norwood Moved To Trash Folder By Deranged Fan
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 06/10/2026
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OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic
The reports of OpenAI agents harming 3rd party sites keep coming.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask?
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 05/10/2026
Spooky bird stories. My Halloween comic from 2024.
A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??" In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!". In panel 3, A screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!". In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".
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Thomas Spooks 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 06/10/2026
fwiw arstechnica.com/apple/2026/1...
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Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27
The tool can free up over 12GB of storage.
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