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Jesse Farrell

@jfarrell.eurosky.social
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🏳️‍⚧️ powerlifter, unfree software repairbot, cat mum. 🏉: UBB/Leinster/🇮🇪 (♂️) 🇼🇸/🇹🇴/🇫🇯/🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (♀️). @pingouin@tech.lgbt in fediverse. 🇧🇧🇲🇸 Pro-democracy, antifa-scist. Capitalism is a choice.

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Rachel Hallie @dazedrachel.bsky.social · 19h
Again I think turning individual influencers with 0 editorial oversight into the main sources of info for entire marginalized groups is very bad for a number of reasons. One that it is not healthy for an individual to do nothing but report on their own oppression day in and day out, but also...
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Jesse Farrell @jfarrell.eurosky.social · 14m
Their electorate and electeds can justify all manner of bigotry and persecution based on some obscure clause in a Leviticus translation, but refuse to wrap their heads around Thou Shalt Not Kill, and seek, once again, some sort of humane method of murder. Americans are vengeance junkies.
nytimes.com
After Failed Attempt to Execute Christa Pike, Tennessee Pauses a Planned Execution
Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, ordered a review of the state’s lethal injection process after the botched attempt to put Christa Pike to death. She was hospitalized Wednesday.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 6h
Dancers stand along the Mirroir d'Eau (Water Mirror) reflecting pool before an attempt to break the world record for the highest number of participants in a French Cancan performance, in Bordeaux, south-western France 📸 Christophe Archambault
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 6h
New "final" album by The Fall was announced yesterday. Now it seems there's more to the story. Apparently Cog Sinister, the label for the new album "Post Script," has now passed under the control of Gonzo Multimedia, a label owned and run by an elected councillor for the far-right Reform UK party.
hello & good morning,
i hope this finds you well.
herewith i would like to encourage you NOT to feature/review/air/mention this release.
luckily, a superb journalist from the uk got back quickly. see below.
there are more links/proofs/confirmations in case needed.
thank you. this is not a joke, it is serious.
no matter how much we enjoy the fall.
there are lots of other good/better new releases we can feature/listen to.
many thanks & all my best,
ed


Hey Ed

Thanks for this, which we were looking forward to covering at ...; however, as it seems that Cog Sinister has now passed under the control of Gonzo Multimedia, we cannot support any releases from a label owned and run by an elected councillor for the far-right Reform UK party (somewhat similar to the AfD in Germany): 

https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/councillors-and-elected-representatives/find-your-councillor/robin-baxter-ayling

I hope you understand our reasons.

All the best
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Michael Paulauski♨️ @mike10010100.com · 19h
No wonder it was trivial to fact check her last article lmao The article she then *updated* after I pointed out that her links weren't pointing to the right legislation.
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 6h
If anyone is in touch with any of the local trans inclusive safe spaces orgs around the country can you reach out to them and ask if they would be willing to speak to me over the next day or so please. I have opened my DMs.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 8h
There's misogynist horror in the news all the time.
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Woman Is Found Captive in Attic Near Boston, Leading to Charges for Man
The man, Jordende Pierre, 29, faces kidnapping, sex trafficking and other charges. He held the woman against her will for six weeks, officials said.
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TransLucent @translucent.org.uk · 30/09/2026
ANNOUNCEMENT: TransLucent is proud to announce that award-winning actor, author and Artistic Director Alan Cumming is our newest Patron. Alan said: “I am honoured to join TransLucent as a Patron at a time when standing up for the human rights...... translucent.org.uk/translucent-...
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TransLucent is Proud to announce that Alan Cumming has become our latest Patron.
TransLucent is Proud to announce that Alan Cumming has become our latest Patron.
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Ivan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 6h
“The Senator set a perjury trap and wound up catching himself. By late afternoon, even pro-Trump influencer Benny Johnson's clip of the triumph had come down.”
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Vera Kwang @armoredqueen.bsky.social · 6h
Again I say to the spelling bee gods: A FUCKA YOU MUDDER
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 6h
The Telegraph has published my letter responding to a column by James Rebanks. I argue that the pastoral idyll can obscure destructive and wasteful land use. They changed one thing though: I pointed out that the headline accused me of waging a "sheep culture war", not the article. archive.ph/pgEGB
archive.ph
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alex benzer @alexbenzer.com · 17h
the bsky team is working on various ideas for creating smaller social spaces in the app. which use case is most interesting to you? 1. posting into "topics" that organize public posts 2. posting into "communities" or "groups" that can be public or private 3. posting directly to your followers only
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Andrew Long @closetotheedge.bsky.social · 6h
#NowPlaying: Stickmen: Umeda. Recorded live in Japan 2022, released 2024.
stickmen.bandcamp.com
UMEDA, by Stick Men
12 track album
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PMC Vanguardist @tylerboschert.bsky.social · 9h
if you were trying to have the most toxic possible combination of traits for this moment, it could well be: —media CEO —still on Twitter in 2026 for some reason —dating a failed leftist meme candidate
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Jesse Farrell @jfarrell.eurosky.social · 1h
Seemingly untouched by the erasure-happy mobs of the current administration: some portraits in the Bandelier National Monument near Los Alamos, plus a Land Acknowledgement in the Visitor Center.
Two portraits from life in the area, maybe from New Deal-era photographers, part of an exhibit in the Visitor Center of Bandelier National Monument.Two more portraits from life in the area, maybe from New Deal-era photographers, part of an exhibit in the Visitor Center of Bandelier National Monument.Three more portraits from life in the area, maybe from New Deal-era photographers attached to the WPA or CCC, perhaps, part of an exhibit in the Visitor Center of Bandelier National Monument. Shame on me for not grabbing more details.A land acknowledgement statement, still standing, at the Visitor Center of Bandelier National Monument, near Los Alamos.
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Miska Knapek @miskaknapek.bsky.social · 6h
#nature #photography Geese passing through just outside of Copenhagen, heading south
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david-s.bsky.social @david-s.bsky.social · 6h
Computational concepts remain valuable for carefully crafting theories in cognitive science (Guest & Martin, 2021; van Rooij & Baggio, 2021), but they can only flourish if we 
(a) do not confuse AI systems for minds or theories, 
(b) do not confuse machine learning for the scientific method, and 
(c) understand that our computational models can track only the scope and limits of our understanding.
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Elly @invalidhandlebunny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
[$5 for food please] | | (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ
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Pay EJ Burg Art using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/mtfvicky and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 6h
It's Black History Month in the uk! Schools, businesses etc this is your reminder to book Black authors and speakers IN OTHER MONTHS not just october.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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bubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social · 7h
social media is a nightmare these days, but i just need to say: the way you talk about strangers’ experiences of sexual assault tells the survivors in your real life whether or not you can be trusted with their stories and their safety. and there *are* survivors in your life, so don’t fuck it up.
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Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · 17h
I genuinely think it’s laudable that there are people within the rabidly transphobic Labour Party who, even now, are still willing to fight the good fight But to have any chance of success, they need to be really honest about who exactly the anti-Trans activists within their own party actually are
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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 6h
Ashley John-Baptiste picked Donny Hathaway as his specialist subject on Celebrity Mastermind. Watch from 6 min 30secs www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
bbc.co.uk
Celebrity Mastermind - 2025/26: Episode 6
Dean Franklin, Chloe Petts, Ashley John-Baptiste and Robyn Cowen are put to the test by Clive Myrie in the classic quiz where celebrities take to the famous black chair.
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Kirsten Verdel @locuta.bsky.social · 5h
- Het Witte Huis zegt dat zijn chatbot nauwkeurige informatie moet geven, maar veel feitelijke antwoorden over Trump en de verkiezingen van 2020 zijn inmiddels verboden. De chatbot bestempelt zulke informatie nu als “politiek commentaar”.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 5h
🔺Planners have sought more information from an American university seeking to establish an international campus in Co Waterford. 🔺Ave Maria University, established by Dominos founder Tom Monaghan, plans to ‘form future saints’ Read here: www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 18h
Transphobes found my writing and posted it on Twitter. Replies went straight to rapist, infiltrator, evil and other pleasantries. Height of argument: I shouldn't have been in the room. D'oh. Not one word on what I actually wrote, so here it is: bsky.app/profile/aida...
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The Register @theregister.com · 5h
The tech industry is hot for shopping bots, but they're years away
theregister.com
The tech industry is hot for shopping bots, but they're years away
What's good for human shoppers does not work with probabilistic AI agents
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LibreOffice @libreoffice.bsky.social · 5h
In September we had new releases of #LibreOffice, updates from events, and said hello to new team members working on QA and online: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
Project and community recap banner
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Turing Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 6h
I am stressed out when I see Americans post they have complicated feelings about capital punishment. There's nothing complicated about it. Don't do it.
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Carrie O'Hara @carrieo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My music performance degree prepared me for a successful legal career at least as much as law school did.
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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 18h
A couple of things stand out from The Needle's analysis. I have written professionally for about fifteen years, including for some pretty lofty publications, and I have *never* made 60k a year from writing. The money has to be coming from somewhere. Fear sells, apparently.
8.2: Personal Experience

Jane Migliara Brigham, one of the writers on this story, has spoken to Erin Reed about her journalism in the past.

In Jan. 2025, Brigham was interviewed by Erin Reed for a writing position at Erin in the Morning. She was offered $60,000 to write 4 articles a week at 600-800 words each. 

For contrast, in that same month, Artemis T. Douglas, the other writer of this story, interviewed at Colorado Public Radio for a role that would involve daily quick-turn stories, roughly one brief a day, about something that happened in Colorado, for $45,000-$50,000.
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Katra Ariello, Golden Apple Audio 🏳️‍⚧️ @katrafiy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey everyone, I'm really in a bind. I was just told earlier today that my job will be terminating me on October 13th, exactly one day before my upcoming requested paid medical leave to recover from bottom surgery. I intend to fight this in court, but I could really use some help in the meantime.
gofund.me
Donate to Support Katra Through Bottom Surgery Recovery, organized by Katra Ariello
Hi, my name is Katra, and I’ve just been notified that I’ll be let go of… Katra Ariello needs your support for Support Katra Through Bottom Surgery Recovery
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 29/09/2026
Really great work here from @maggiemertens.bsky.social:
slate.com
She Was a College Beach Volleyball Star. Then She Was Abruptly Kicked Off the Team. The Real Threat to Women’s Sports May Be to Blame.
Republicans have made women’s sports a signature issue. What’s really happening shows how cynical that is.
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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 9h
just like the Fugitive Slave Act, conservatives demand that they can impose their evil systems upon liberal states, democracy be damned, but if liberal states so much as offer a mild disincentive for evil to make conservative state maybe Suck Less then it's unconstitutional tyrannical overreach
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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 6h
The state shouldn't be allowed to murder people. And now, what, they've poisoned a woman twice and are now obliged to try to keep her alive because they couldn't kill her? The whole thing is insane.
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GenderQueeries 🇨🇦 @genderqueeries.ca · 9h
Our good allies at Global Affairs Canada continue to not update their 2SLGBTQIA+ section on this page. The "some states" bit has been there since before the inauguration but they've added info about forms after the EOs and policy changes. bsky.app/profile/gend...
2SLGBTQI+ persons
Federal systems in the U.S. are changing to no longer accept markers of gender identity. Sex assigned at birth may now be requested by federal forms and processes, including:

visa applications
NEXUS applications
passenger manifests
passport applications
Social Security applications
Laws also vary by state and municipality. Some states have enacted laws affecting 2SLGBTQI+ persons. Check relevant state and local laws.

Travel and your sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics
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Hugo Gordon @hugogordon.bsky.social · 6h
Purely anecdotal but really is striking how many people I know who have said they've cancelled or put off trips to the US because of concerns about the current administration. It's not even just "I won't go because I don't like his politics", it's "I'd be nervous being there."
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 8h
This is Tim, back with you for the 1,681st time with a daily thread, covering all the big news about Ukraine, in one handy thread. Fact checked and analysed, and never missed a day, from someone who stood on Maidan in 2013-14. Day 1681 - let's go!
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 10h
one thing I hope people think about with this piece I guess is that country music looks a lot different if you acknowledge Black contributions and think about the way that a lot of stuff that could be country isn't just because it's by Black people. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/there-are-...
everythingishorrible.net
There Are A Lot of Reasons Not To Have Heard “Choosin’ Texas”
Country music’s racism is one.
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 10h
genres in the US are often designed as a way to let racism do your listening for you.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 10h
The Washington Post is at it again... "Democrats fail"... No, let me fix that headline to make it more accurate. Republicans back Trump as he moves to illegally cancel $810M in congressionally approved funds. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
washingtonpost.com
Democrats fail to stop Trump from canceling $810M in funds approved by Congress
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) blocked the effort, meaning the Trump administration will succeed in eliminating the funding it deemed “wasteful.”
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 10h
a lot of southern soul (Clarence Carter, Percy Mayfield, Al Green, Otis Redding, Bobby Bland...) might just as well be country. George Jones could really be soul music. the difference is more about marketing than anything else.
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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 10h
46 years ago today Group Sex is the debut studio album by American hardcore punk band Circle Jerks, released on this day in 1980. #punk #punkrock #hardcorepunk #CircleJerks #groupsex #punkrockhistory #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 10h
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Plans to Bring Back Firing Squads, Group Executions if He Retakes White House
The former president wants to expand the use of the death penalty, and expand the federal government's options for carrying out death sentences.
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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 19h
After a girl was raped near campus in an area women repeatedly reported as unsafe, Delhi women held protests demanding safer streets, lighting, and policing. They cite broken cameras, vanishing police booths and stalled safety projects. #OpDeathEaters
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After men posing as police raped a girl in a Delhi park, her college moved classes online. Women rejected being kept indoors; took to the streets
After a 17-year-old was raped near their campus, Delhi women marched demanding safer streets, lighting, transport and policing—not curfews and restrictions on women. They point to broken cameras, depl...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h
We need to focus on the fact that Senators Kennedy and Grassley participated in this charade and soiled themselves badly in the process. They need to apologize to the witness, and to the American public for their serious misconduct. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 17h
Potential motto for the @nytimes.com: —speaking power to truth
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Status @status.news · 11h
Donald Trump tried to ban MS NOW from the White House. Now, his administration is planning to spend taxpayer dollars to reach its viewers, and inside the network, we have learned, some are "pissed." Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/ms-now-tru...
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MS NOW’s Trump Ad Dilemma
Trump tried to ban MS NOW from the White House. Now, his administration is planning to spend taxpayer dollars to reach its viewers, and inside the network, Status has learned, some are "pissed."
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 16h
People out here just talented as shit . Like. My goodness. Tell me about how you see the world to come up with this ?!? How you hide a Millennium Falcon in the optical illusion of a Falcon.?!?
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