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Sam

@sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social
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Questioning [just about] everything by Design. Disclaimer: Outlier / there will be typos! Safety protips: ssd.eff.org

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
It's one thing for governments to do stuff people disagree with in a normal partisan environment. It's another thing entirely when governments, from the local to the national, brazenly disregard the will of most, if not all, of their constituents in eager service to the plutocracy 's wishes.
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 6h
The internet was built as a public good--like a public library, using taxpayer $...including the NSF grant that went to grad students Page & Brin in the 90s, giving them the means to build Google. Then guys like them privatized public goods--stole what we paid for & made themselves billionaires.
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 6h
source: x.com/anasalhajji/... #geopolitics
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 8h
that annoying tiny window of being able to edit that just disappears after mere minutes on mu.social is such a pity.
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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 8h
#WolffBites: French protests against cuts in public services spread to Portugal and Italy, as earlier to Belgium. Italy's gov't learns nothing, hits protesters with police, solving nothing, provoking more protests. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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‘We are suffocating’: protests spread to Lisbon and Milan as housing and living cost tensions intensify
Hundreds at Lisbon tent camp demand action, as Giorgia Meloni says march in Italy was exploited by ‘hooligans’
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 9h
general reminder 🔥 bsky.app/profile/volt...
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bsky.app/profile/volt...
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 10h
Utterly nonsensical not to be able to edit your own posts on this platform. Part of the reason I keep resorting to Mastodon.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10h
Right-wing billionaires now own the Washington Post, the LA Times, CNN, CBS News, virtually every local TV station, virtually every news radio station, most local newspapers, X, Facebook, Threads, and TikTok. (Did I miss any?) They own almost the entire information environment.
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 10h
Perhaps.. and apparently you were sceptical how the plot would play out when written for the eye. youtu.be/O1bZe7bdXMw
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Bill Moyers interview with Ursula K. LeGuin about "Lathe of Heaven"
YouTube video by kliljedahl
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 10h
harsh Rod.. harsh.. lol.
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 10h
The Lathe of Heaven: 'The book is set in Portland, Oregon, in the year 2002. Portland has three million inhabitants and continuous rain. Many citizens suffer from malnutrition and poverty. The world is seriously affected by war in the Middle East and climate change' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lat...
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The Lathe of Heaven - Wikipedia
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 10h
also notably, little if anything is as of yet being reported about these events on this platform.
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 10h
18 October. Thousands of protesters take over the streets of downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in pro-Lula rally, as thousands in Chile, Lisbon Portugal and London protest in solidarity and remembrance #18Octubre #Brasil #Lula #18DeOctubre #socialinequality
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 17/10/2026
Who’s stealing from us? The billionaires!
Qui nous vole? Les milliardaires
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 11h
and just like that, he manages to outdo even himself. Trump: If Democrats win, “You’re going to be thrown into a system where everyone gets healthcare.” 👀
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reijer hendrikse @reijer.bsky.social · 13h
Tot op het bot verwende techlords die de wereld in de fik steken hebben altijd terechte zorgen, terwijl mensen met terechte zorgen alleen maar de wereld in de fik steken
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 13h
yes, the @mu.social has an edit button but its on a timer.. so there's only a small edit window and then.. poooofff its gone.
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Joe Brian 🇺🇦 will win @mrjoebrian.bsky.social · 14h
This is brilliant! It was made by @pkuper.bsky.social
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 13h
🎧✨ youtu.be/QjL7D33xpS4
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Viagra Boys - Sports (Official Video)
YouTube video by viagra boys
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Brian Keith Jackson @bkjwordplay.bsky.social · 13h
"If we take the streets like the French, Trump will declare Marshall Law." Uh. ICE is kidnapping and killing people. Apps are blocking content. It's already Marshall Law. Just say you don't want to risk your place in a system that was built to benefit you and shut tf up, even that isn't convenient.
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 13h
🎧✨ youtu.be/CJ54eImz88w
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Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Official Video)
YouTube video by Talking Heads
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The Pentaxian @the-pentaxian.bsky.social · 16h
In the trenches at a protest rally. 📷 Pentax K-70 🔘 Pentax 55-300mm APS-C #Photography #StreetPhotography #Art #HumansOfBlueSky #Protest #NoKings #HandsOff #Vote #VoteEarly #Rally #Architecture #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #B&W #BnW #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotoOfTheDay #Pentax #P689
A black and white photo of an ongoing street protest showing two people in ball caps in the foreground, one looking left and the other looking right.    A little ways back is a man holding up a handmade cardboard sign that reads, "Wake Up America".  From there the protest caries on down the sidewalk and into the distance.
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 13h
Only readers left alive..
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 14h
Yep. As if Bluesky is even very popular.. 😅
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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.wsocial.eu · 16h
When our political future is distorted by Zuckerberg’s META (boycotting Lula) and Musk’s STARLINK (boycotting Ukrainians’ resistance) to please TRUMP, our collective dependencies on the US have now become a democratic and security risk! www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 15h
absolutely stunning cover! 😍
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Stephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 23h
I've participated in A LOT of marches in my lifetime. And I can't stress this enough: the creativity in these student protests is off-the-charts cool. I've honestly never seen so many witty signs & references. And this contrasts deeply with the State's archaic monolithic violent response.
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Contestation étudiante : quand les pancartes diffusent de la culture
Pour limiter tout risque de confiscation de pancarte et pour le clin d'oeil, des étudiants élaborent des pancartes spéciales. En latin ou en réutilisant de grandes oeuvres du patrimoine. Comme à l'éco...
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 15h
🎧✨ youtu.be/E4X56wIOZns
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Glass Beams - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 16h
Incredible paragraph. Beyond satire
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 16h
Responses to the street violence in France are all too predictable: racists point to non-Whites, Zionists to Arabs, and fascists to communists.
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 16h
🎧✨ youtu.be/a-1YI-neupU
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Massive Attack - Massive Attack x Young Fathers featuring Professor Guy Standing
YouTube video by MassiveAttackVEVO
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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.wsocial.eu · 16h
How to explain the sudden youth protests across Europe? It’s now a single coordinated movement, but these mobilizations share some common grievances and tactics Interview with @aljazeera.com
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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 22h
Upright slabs of Lewisian gneiss at Calanais - this isn’t even the main circle. An amazing megalithic landscape! #StandingStoneSunday
A circle of stones standing on the moor
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Béa Gonzalez @sophiacycles.bsky.social · 17h
“It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for the soldier to fight on the battlefield."~William Butler Yeats
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 17h
🎧✨ youtu.be/088B-ZW33lM
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FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE - No (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
YouTube video by Nuclear Blast Records
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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 20h
i've seen the best minds of my generation destroyed by admin
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 17h
Know what I'm most wary of? performing too much. Now you know.
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
The use of AI in political ads is not evenly distributed: “More than 80 percent of the ads were produced by Republican campaigns or Republican-aligned political action committees” #midterms #AI #ads $137 Million in A.I.-Generated Ads Flood the Midterms www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...
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$137 Million in A.I.-Generated Ads Flood the Midterms
Republicans have used A.I.-generated content more often than Democrats, ranging from subtle enhancements to convincing deepfakes.
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 17h
Now we also know what the AI was for..
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 17h
If all you understand is Microsoft platforms you're little more than a salesrep. Nothing more.
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Bert Hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @berthubert.bsky.social · 17h
“The problem is that most governments are by now infused with big-tech aligned employees, contractors and consultants. These people aren’t necessarily corrupt, but if you’ve delivered services for 25 years based on Microsoft platforms, it becomes very tricky to think about anything else”
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 17h
Anyone still not paying attention after my spelling it out, daily, I can't help you any longer.
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 17h
O dear, lost another lurker..
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
Never been a better time to read Careless People by former Meta senior executive Sarah Wynn-Williams, which — among many, many revelations — reveals that Facebook promoted the European far right in the mid-2010s as a gambit against post-Snowden privacy regulations.
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Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
#1 New York Times BestsellerA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, AP, THE ECONOMIST, SLATE, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, AND MORE!“Care...
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Florence Dellerie @florencedellerie.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
#17octobre
Pancarte de manifestation en carton montrant PorcoosR disant en Anglais : je préfère être un porc qu'un fasciste"
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Sam @sfsutcliffe.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026
🎧✨🎶 same as it ever was..🎶 youtu.be/fR0jgT9UX0Q
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Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Talking Heads
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
Sidney Lumet & Paddy Chayefsky’s NETWORK (1976) One of the most prescient Films ever made.
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