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LAshton 🌱

@leoashton.bsky.social
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Bunny companion, animal liberation, human rights, artist on west coast. Wine & tech industry escapee. He/him #Brandalism leoashton.net

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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A slight twist to the continued privatization of public spaces in the US. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
artnews.com
Lucas Museum Will Erect Permanent Fences Around its Plaza, Undercutting its Rhetoric of Accessibility
An expansive public plaza surrounding Los Angeles’s recently opened Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will be permanently fenced off.
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ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · 29/09/2026
Apple’s sticking to their story even though everyone can see this was jawboning plain as day. Thank you @raskin.house.gov for not giving up.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Apple worked with Trump admin to remove ICE-tracking apps, lawmaker says - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com
Apple pressured to explain Trump role in ICE-tracking app removals
Lawmaker rejects Apple excuse for banning ICE-tracking apps as unconstitutional.
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Friends of Animals @foaorg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
JEERS to the BLM, which announced a $30M USDA investment to expand wild horse fertility control. More fertility control won't end the roundups. It only perpetuates the myth that there are too many wild horses on public lands. Wild horses are not the problem. friendsofanimals.org/blms-investm...
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My article "Turning a private surveillance service into a public disclosure: The case of Amazon's ring doorbell" is out in Infomation, Communication & Society. On: mass surveillance, presumption of innocence, perceived privacy, and a permanent sense of alertness by owners. Open access: ap.lc/eXPfr
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Low-Wage 100 have wielded their political power to enrich CEOs while turning a blind eye to the harmful effects of government actions on their workers. ips-dc.org/report-execu...
ips-dc.org
Executive Excess 2026 - Institute for Policy Studies
Executive Excess 2026
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 16/09/2026
it would take you literally like 20 minutes to get an eager economics or computing science academic on the phone to explain to you that this is all bullshit, but that would disrupt the interests and goals of extraction class paper ownership, so you get this weird ass journalistic simulacrum
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Tomorrow should be a big night and beginning of a great season at Universal HHN Hollywood.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This idea that you need to "engage with" or "have dialogue" with fascism or racism is normalizing gibberish, designed to make Cook's consistent appeasement of global authoritarians seem heady and well-rounded. It's the kind of thing vacuous, unethical MBA types tell themselves to quite ethical…
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Let’s all keep just buying teslas using X and calling Musk a genius. Oh and funnel more tax dollars his way while we’re at it.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Nothing says end times like the US military spending billions setting up 20 nuclear reactors across the country with little to no regulations.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Exactly.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dissolving Meta would be the only thing close to justice, otherwise it’s blood money and payoffs.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 26/08/2026
I love all the pre-merger bullshit about how great these deals will be for Americans then every single time when the deal is approved, and the layoffs, price hikes, and shittier product arrive, none of them (including the press) are anywhere to be found the circus leaves and it's just trash
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Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 26/08/2026
The rapid growth of chickens — now, 31 billion globally — has sped up pathogen evolution, boosting persistence, antibiotic resistance and spillover to humans. buff.ly/moQPJLb
sentientmedia.org
How Factory Farms Supercharge Harmful Bacteria
The rapid growth of chickens — now, 31 billion globally — has sped up pathogen evolution, boosting persistence, antibiotic resistance and spillover to humans.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Denton, Home of Happiness, for those of us that are alums of UNT/NTSU Rocky Horror has always been part of our memory.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
RIP Tim, you were one of a kind. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
hollywoodreporter.com
Tim Curry, Outlandish Star of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ Dies at 80
The three-time Tony nominee terrified audiences in Stephen King's 'It' and was a prolific voice actor as well.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Here's an excerpt -- read the whole column and tell me what you think!
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
From the beginning, Russiagate was used by a shellshocked liberal establishment to explain away Trump’s victory in a way that didn’t implicate the Democrats. theintercept.com/2026/08/22/r...
theintercept.com
RIP to the Russiagate Liberals
With Alex Vindman and George Conway’s losses, Democratic voters are forcefully rejecting the notion that Russia is to blame for America’s ills.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/08/2026
Switching from Flock to another ALPR provider or other police surveillance technology isn't a fix, EFF’s @mguariglia.bsky.social told @NPR.org. "You're just replacing one color of camera for another. Those dangers you were concerned about are still going to be there."
npr.org
As Flock battles public scrutiny, other police surveillance companies see an opening
Dozens of cities have canceled their contracts with Flock. Some are switching to other companies, but privacy experts say they're no better than Flock.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The Cramps really were a amazing band, especially live. variety.com/2026/music/r...
variety.com
The Cramps’ ‘Gravest Gravy’ Unearths Long-Lost Sessions From One of Rock’s Most Brilliantly Deranged Bands: Album Review
The Cramps were one of the most unhinged rock bands of all time, but Jenna Ortega dance scenes aside, they're overlooked. 'Gravy' should change that.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Something I think about every time I see a Tesla, that and of course the whole Nazi thing.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Seems like bits and pieces of the US are being autioned off to those that like to murder and dismember journalists and their enablers. kotaku.com/electronic-a...
kotaku.com
Electronic Arts Officially Sold For $55 Billion
With the closing of the market today comes the second-biggest acquisition in gaming history
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Looks like a tribute to the icon himself will be in the works for the 2026 Halloween Horror Nights. Hope to see you in the dark. youtu.be/Zs4t1jd64pQ
youtu.be
Ozzy Osbourne: Prince of Darkness Announcement Video - Halloween Horror Nights 2026
YouTube video by Halloween Horror Nights
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Not only was the tejon pass shut down for a time due to fire, I came out from my costume fitting today to see the hill above Burbank on fire. This heat isn’t helping matters, be safe everyone.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“Music publications BrooklynVegan, Alternative Press, Revolver, and Goldmine have been gutted by parent company Veeps... Nearly all the staff at each publication appear to have been laid off yesterday. Veeps, which is now owned by Live Nation, acquired the publications in 2024 or 2025”
pitchfork.com
BrooklynVegan, Alt Press Hit With Mass Layoffs
Music publications Revolver and Goldmine have also been gutted by owners Veeps and Live Nation
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
As usual, don’t address the animal cruelty, just hide it from public view. How corporations hijack public policy. Factory farms want to create a rule to block drone footage of their facilities. archive.ph/2026.08.05-1...
archive.ph
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Because tech companies are allowed to break laws and regulations at will, without any real consequences. From scraping your labor to killing your children, they get away with it. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
wired.com
‘Everyone Is Doing It’: The Truth About AI in Hollywood
Puck’s Matthew Belloni says AI has quietly become part of everyday filmmaking. The battle now isn’t whether Hollywood will use the technology—it’s who controls what’ll come next.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A cruel reality behind that California Milk. factoryfarmwatch.org/articles/cal...
factoryfarmwatch.org
What You Should Know about Calf-Raising Operations
These little-known facilities have become a cornerstone of industrial dairy production.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
@senatorcervantes.bsky.social I support AB 1382. Please do what you can to pass AB 1382 to protect companion animals from unethical biohackers. Please don't let the legislation die in the senate appropriations committee. Thank you.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
How the Reflecting Pool vandalism case fell apart - it symbolizes everything this sociopath has done to this country, but let’s not forget the murdered. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
theatlantic.com
How the Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case Fell Apart
Federal prosecutors searched for evidence and found that “a botched installation” was to blame.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Costco also does the #HumaneWashing and #GreenWashing thing, just not as extensively as a place like Whole Foods. It’s an industry whose business model is deceiving the public.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
We are all burned out Uncle Al. Madness all. youtu.be/UEOkt8U6GKc?...
youtu.be
Ministry - Burned Out (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Cleopatra Records
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I met Philip many years ago on a movie set outside Dallas, will always remember what a nice guy he was, kind enough even to buy an extra like me a drink at the local restaurant. One could see his potential as an actor back then.
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Lucy Parsons Labs @lucyparsonslabs.com · 20/07/2026
Want to see a public collection of all the times cops have been busted abusing Flock systems to stalk exes, spy on protests, or deport migrants? You can check it out here 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 HT @deflock library.kansas.watch
library.kansas.watch
ALPR Abuse Library — Kansas Watch
A publicly maintained index of news articles documenting abuses, misuses, and civil liberties concerns related to Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs).
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 20/07/2026
“Google actively suppresses carceral information, narratives, and digital trace data related to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) detention facilities” according to the report.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The enshitification of the internet continues to accelerate. truthout.org/articles/goo...
truthout.org
Google’s New AI-Fueled Search Bar Threatens to Further Upend Journalism Industry
Independent journalism needs a lifeline to survive as Google urges readers toward AI summaries instead of article links.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Not shopping in any of their stores now…
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14/07/2026
“As influencers continue to present surveillance-capable devices as fashionable, convenient technology, they help normalize a culture where we are accustomed to being constantly recorded and having our data collected.”
thedailytexan.com
The surveillance state, voiced by Kylie Jenner
Columnist Tia Chatterjee argues the acceptance of content filmed using smartglasses reflects society’s growing acceptance of surveillance and erosion of privacy.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Shame on this President, this Administration and this Country.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 09/07/2026
again, just positively fascinated by business and tech journalism that doesn't think labor or consumer welfare are relevant to any of the stories they're telling, while pretending the country isn't grotesquely corrupt your job is supposed to be truth telling, weirdos
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
So stoked, had a audition down in LA less than 2 weeks ago and looks like I'll get my first union gig next month.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Sometimes the scariest people are the ones running behind the scenes, not the candidate (arguably Hilton is scary enough.) sfstandard.com/2026/07/06/r...
sfstandard.com
The hack and the flack: How Steve Hilton’s wife, Rachel Whetstone, conquered California
As comms chief for Google, Facebook, Uber, and Netflix, she helped write Silicon Valley’s political playbook. Does she want to help her husband rule the state?
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Many of us are clinging to romanticized visions of the past, unwilling to give up traditions that experts have shown are harmful not only to social structures, but also to the world we inhabit and the other species with which we share it. www.currentaffairs.org/news/eel-smu...
currentaffairs.org
Eel Smuggling Is The Organized Crime Racket You’ve Never Heard Of
Worth more than cocaine, eels are trafficked by the million around the world. These mysterious, wonderful creatures need to be protected.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The wealthy have long leveraged charity work and philanthropy to launder their reputations, and have just as long overlooked the real needs of communities and ecosystems in favour of their own vain prescriptions, doing as much damage as they do good... www.currentaffairs.org/news/if-you-...
currentaffairs.org
If You Want to Save a Whale, Don’t Call a Millionaire
In Germany, the strange fate of Timmy the whale revealed the problem with letting unqualified rich people run animal conservation efforts.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
With the 250 anniversary coming up, it’s astonishing to see how quickly this country has been regressing and destroying the progress that has been made by so many of its citizens over decades. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Death by firing squad: archaic method on the rise in US as Idaho opens new execution chamber
Supporters of the method say it’s foolproof – but forensic experts say it can be ‘excruciating’ amid allegations it has been intentionally botched
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Executives rarely carry the costs of this system. The price is paid by gardeners, farm workers, rural families, slaughterhouse workers, small farmers, consumers and animals. thehill.com/opinion/judi...
thehill.com
When corporations write the rules, public safety isn’t guaranteed — just ask Monsanto
When a federal agency approves a product, can a corporation use that approval to block people from seeking justice? Monsanto argued yes. The Supreme Court agreed.
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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 02/07/2026
If companies can't run data centres without polluting our air and water, pushing up energy bills, abusing workers' rights, harming local communities or wrecking the climate – then they shouldn't be allowed to run them A safe climate and healthy environment are necessities – tech bro profits aren't
ft.com
EU weighs weaker data centre climate rules in win for Big Tech
Past proposals for strict rules on renewable energy certificates have been dropped after heavy lobbying, draft shows
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GodlessPrimate @godlessprimate.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
People who can barely afford food or rent are stuck paying a trillionaires bills. Fuck that.
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LAshton 🌱 @leoashton.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Proud to call Rocky and Conrad my friends, they are amazing activists and beautiful people. oaklandside.org/2026/06/29/g...
oaklandside.org
Will a jury send the Golden Gate Bridge protesters away for 15 years?
Activists blocked the span for four hours in April 2024 to protest the genocide in Gaza. Jurors resume deliberations today in their felony trial.
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