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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“AI” won’t solve Indigenous peoples’ healthcare gaps. @emilymbender.bsky.social and I speak with Keoni Mahelona, CTO of Te Hiku Media, about his work on Indigenous data sovereignty, and why it’s worth being skeptical when the “AI" industry says it cares about preserving Indigenous languages.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For me, it was some kid in detention. I earned it by skipping class to avoid an AP European History test. 🙄 I still had to take the stupid test, & my study hall teacher nearly stroked out ("Truant?! You were truant?!"), but it wasn't all bad: I found the school's weed dealer. 🤣

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The only acceptable use of AI is to troll through those documents and put together a list to prosecute.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Warriors don't win modern wars. They haven't for quite some time.

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I appreciate that you are supporting others in this way. The need is vast. In my job, out of 10 families assigned to me to deliver education, I support 2 of them with money so they can stay housed & fed. Maybe I can't save everyone, but I can financially support these families. ❤️‍🩹

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This movie came out when I was 13 years old. We were in the theater, sneaking around, looking for Rated R movies we could sneak into. We snuck into this movie, right as the Governor is starting his song. We did NOT understand what we were seeing, decided we had missed too much so far, and left.

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What Loeya

Alt: What Loeya

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Ah, thank you! So long ago. This scene, this quote is still one that I think about regularly.

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Megan Gallagher @megangallagher.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." Happy birthday, James Baldwin!

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Yes, I have a theory that academic bullies are those who feel emasculated because they don't earn as much as they would in industry, leading them to feel the need to assert themselves via aggressive disagreeableness.

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Can confirm. I was taught this at Penn State in the late 80s.

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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Masculinity is funny to me sometimes This guy driving a cab yellow Maserati is loudly revving his engine in traffic to let everyone know how fast he would go if we weren’t holding him back

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

To me, it looks like a oddly shaped billboard. The flat panels scream "Your Logo Here," which is ... a choice.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

somewhere in D.C. a room full of consultants are staring at the words "genocide = unpopular???" like it's the Monolith from 2001

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

OMG, so much this. When the news is like, "oh, looks like the job market is tightening up" instead of, "oh, about 1% to 2% of low-income families will lose the jobs, and thus, health care and housing, every month now." The audience is always the owner-class.

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Johnny's 'Burn It Down' Scene

ALT: Johnny's 'Burn It Down' Scene

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Just completed the survey again! Y'all, this is dope. The results are so cool, and you'll get to see them!

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Yep, a bad omen. I heard groups of three or more are called a ‘dumbass.’ 😂/s

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Politico @politico.com · 10/07/2026

Black leaders across the South have expressed a visceral shock in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision gutting the Voting Rights Act. But as the surprise wears off, a sense of isolation has begun to set in among some. 🔗 politi.co/4vSW46T

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BlackskyNews 🗞️ @blackskynews.blacksky.app · 09/07/2026

Survivors of torture, committed by disgraced former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge and detectives under his command, gathered Wednesday as Mayor Johnson broke ground on the nation's first permanent memorial honoring survivors of police torture. #BlackskyNews www.wbez.org/city-hall/20...

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Mayor Johnson breaks ground on long-awaited memorial to Jon Burge torture victims

The City Council pledged a lasting tribute as part of a 2015 agreement authorizing $5.5 million in reparations to 57 victims tortured under disgraced Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge. But it was Mayor B...

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Indeed! Thank you. I was too fired up to think straight.

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Getting ready to start an affinity group at work, and maybe among FB friends (I'm old), to help each other sort out their white supremacy and misgyny without traumatizing others.

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

This is why I tell white ppl that White Supremacy is coming for everyone. It empowers ppl to demand 'perfection' & rigs the system so mostly white men look perfect. But, it will come for you, white person. You aren't perfect. No one is. If you weaponize perfection, you doom yourself, too.

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Like the Dumbest Motherfucker Who Ever Lived

Alt: White man in black face realizes he is, "Like the Dumbest Motherfucker Who Ever Lived." From the movie Tropic Thunder.

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

How many of us escaped r*pe because our attackers were too drunk to stop us from leaving? How many of them remember what happened? How many of them deny, deflect, and reverse the victim and offender when called out? Where is the accountability? Well, if they run for office, make it public.

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I wish this happened to me, but when we reached this stage, my ex decided it was in *my* best interests that he emotionally manipulate & coerce me into being a person he saw as desirable, or elevating his own status. I wish he'd have had the maturity to just walk away and let me live my life.

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Of course, he's fighting it all the way down. He still thinks misogyny is a winner. Accountability has to look like this. If 20% of women have been assaulted in their lives, then something like 20% of men may have a serious allegation in their past. Hold them to account! Every single one.

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Not seeing any takes that the Mexico side missed a ton of opportunities, and didn't capitalize on any. I don't think England won so much as Mexico lost.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Oh wow that is genuinely upsetting

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The more I push white people on basic equality issues, & the more they push back, the more invested I am in making sure the voices of everyone who is not-white are heard. I'm divorced because I was protesting with BLM too much in 2020. But I'm white, so I have the racist snake on my shoulder, too.

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Yes, sir. I understand the assignment. I work for a nonprofit serving the "most needy" in our area. We assign need-points for things like "teen birth," "ESL," etc. But none for "race other than white." The reasons for not adding it are BS: "sorry, that's DEI," "there's no room on the form," etc. FFS

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I exist in a liminal space where I see lots of "white ppl" crap as a white person, and know I'm dishing it out like a drunk-blind sailor. Humility is the least we can offer the people who call us out on our BS.

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Nothing is more infuriating than wealthy white people taking away benefits for everyone, so they can hoard some resource (like draining swimming pools, removing park benches, closing public toilets. This short-sighted bigotry hurts us all.

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

So much this. I read (forget who said it) that racism is like a snake sitting on white peoples' shoulders, that only people of color can see. They know it will strike, even if you don't. White people have this blindspot & insist they don't.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I give The Funniest Thing permission to happen.

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I like the maps that show the size of the countries by GDP, and it looks like all the northern colonizer countries are bloated ticks, having sucked the wealth out of the Southern Hemisphere. UShttps://www.visualcapitalist.com/top-50-economies-by-gdp-in-2025/

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Mapped: The 50 Countries with the Biggest Economies by GDP

At a time of increasing geopolitical fragmentation, we show the top 50 economies in the world, from India to Mexico.

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Yeah, Men In Blazers asked him about soccer last week, and I kept thinking, "why him??"

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Everyone has a right to choose how they spend their money. They may regret it later this week. We can't know and shouldn't judge.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

ahahahaha suck it Vance, there's your legacy right there. Tarred by your failure of a boss to distract attention one last time before his cataracts burst

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The Padawan 🏳️‍⚧️ @only2be.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I'm able to collect cans from events and give them to struggling single moms. It is a small thing that's also a big thing.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

let this be a message to Americans who join the military. the GOP will campaign on your death and use their power to delete your existence from the history books once it becomes inconvenient.

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