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Andy Solages

@sological.bsky.social
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Tout moun se moun. Vi moun se mezi a pou tout bagay. Here for comics, Africana, Haiti, the Black Atlantic, buildings, constructive politics, fungi, trees, oceans, climate, space, Hip-Hop, and appreciating historians, writers, artists, scientists, etc.

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onekade @onekade.bsky.social · 7h
44 percent is still voting for Trump?!
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10h
The dreadful decline of hosting at home: ‘I feel shame any time a friend comes over’
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The dreadful decline of hosting at home: ‘I feel shame any time a friend comes over’
It used to be quite normal to pop next door for a coffee or invite friends over for dinner. But not any more. What’s behind this change – and just how damaging is it?
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Somebody Somewhere @agrrl.bsky.social · 9h
What has been the most infuriating to me in DC is how my neighbors normalize this occupation, thank the soldiers for they’re service, ignore them, think “they’re not doing anything” 🙄 or “they don’t want to be here” 🙄 while NG sign 3- to 6-month contracts to stalk Black people bc it’s easy 💵
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Andy Solages @sological.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm surprised that this isn't AI slop going full Confederate with the white male victim schtick.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
12:00 min: "Trump is enamored with AI bots because AI bots are enamored with him. They are programmed to be sycophantic. It would be easy to get Trump to do something horrific by making it look like the AI bot is reinforcing Trump's own plans instead of goading him." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koos...
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Expert Explains to Sam Altman Why He Sucks (feat. Sarah Kendzior)
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 07/10/2026
oh this is going to be a cavalcade of shit and I can’t wait to watch it go down
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 07/10/2026
In Georgia, Keisha Bottoms has a real chance of becoming the first Black woman elected governor in U.S. history. trib.al/l2VGvzP
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Are the Blue Wave Polls Too Good to Be True?
If Democrats don’t win by as much as the polls suggest, many liberals will be disappointed and the media will downplay the anti-Trump wave.
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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa
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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.
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SydTheKid💋 @thicneyyy.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026
“Chatbbt, is it raining?” Summer please. 😭😭😭
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404 Media @404media.co · 06/10/2026
Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.
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Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage
Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Andy Solages @sological.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Peace to cats that rock mack knowledge knowledges. The rhythm, the rhyme. Once upon a time not long ago.
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is a really good piece by @natashakorecki.bsky.social at NBC News: "Many Latinos were better versed in the details of Salgado Araujo’s shooting death than in the names and backgrounds of those running for some of the highest-profile offices in their state..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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How the shooting death of a Houston father is igniting Latino politics in Texas
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed on his way to work by ICE agents, who said he used his vehicle as a weapon. An outraged community is demanding justice — and change.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 05/10/2026
Exactly this. And in fact, many models *have* been created this way, and decades of prior machine learning systems *were* created this way, consensually. These things are choices! People are STILL working this way! It’s not just that a better world is possible — it already EXISTS. We can nurture it.
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The Not Chaotic Cherub 😇 @biensur-jetaime.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026
Chris Rock vehemently defended a white man who liked to unleash his Vienna sausage on unsuspecting women but refused to help a wrongfully convicted Black man get out of jail for decades and if that don't tell you exactly what kind of person he is nothing will.
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David Lebo @leboism.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
For those not following NJ politics, please know that the Lt Gov resigned a few days ago because a report came out saying he did serial harassment, and yesterday he went on TV to say "i put that report through multiple AIs and they told me it wasn't sexual harassment." Former university president
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026
Your favorite Anthropic so-called "whistleblower" said that the rationalists have "specialized minds" that allow them to see that the end is about to be brought on to us by a magical machine god. Parroting the cult leader (of the rationalists, the R in TESCREAL) who says the same about himself.
His autobiography even opens with a parable: as a small child he threw his favorite squirtgun off a third-floor balcony rather than accept that his mother could lend out what was his, and felt complete when he heard it hit the pavement. He goes on to describes himself as a specialist in the technological transformation of the human species, one of the few people alive with the standing to steer it. He identifies with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the one person who sees the danger clearly and has to act while everyone else gets on with ordinary life.
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Andy Solages @sological.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Dr. Michelle Taylor: Justice for Kendall Francis. www.patreon.com/posts/171322...
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On Kendall Francis and the White Privilege of Visibility | Professor Cinephile
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The first move for Skydance after the merger announcement: fire the studio executives who brought in One Battle After Another and Sinners.
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Michael De Luca, Pamela Abdy Out at Warner Bros.
The news comes as Paramount Skydance is readying to finalize its deal for the legacy studio.
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Albumism @albumism.com · 04/10/2026
Freestyle Fellowship released their debut album ‘To Whom It May Concern...’ (1991) 35 years ago this week | Listen to the album + read our tribute by @jesseducker.bsky.social here: album.ink/FFtwimc
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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026
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Andy Solages @sological.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It's institutional "me no Black" alongside saltine Spaniards.
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You Call Yourself a Film Critic @filmcriticmaybe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trejo also worked on that shit animated show they did he's a bad 'un for sure don't be taken in by how charming and affable he comes across
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA faculty
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 03/10/2026
Just bumping into this again with people _reflexively_ using the word "grape" or a 🍇 emoji and not even realizing they're doing it. It's all part of the same system, where the men running these companies make platforms that don't even let people accurately describe the crimes that they enable.
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 02/10/2026
The state of our economy is failing Black workers, families, & futures—and this is a damning reminder of that. We need federal action to address this crisis. Sec. Scott Bessent must release the report on the impact of Black unemployment. And the Fed must do its job to maximize employment for all.
An article by The Grio titled: Black unemployment rises sharply to 7% as economists point to Trump policies
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 01/10/2026
🧵 1/ The Ebola outbreak in the DRC, with >8,000 confirmed cases and nearly 4,000 deaths, remains uncontrolled. There are treatment units but not enough health care workers to staff them. Those who are there face risk of infection, exhaustion, and trauma, some while not even being paid.
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Congo Is Running Short of Health Workers as Ebola Remains Out of Control, WHO Says
One treatment center requires about 300 health professionals, said WHO representative
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
if you've been wondering how thin the commitment to the cultural is as an. 'alternative' to explicit racism of the more clearly segregationist sort, consider the implications of "the mere fact of us being able to notice" that someone is of South Asian heritage as ruling our assimilation
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 02/10/2026
We need just one more member of Congress to call for a vote on the Dream and Promise Act — 217 of them have already done so. If passed, this legislation would provide a pathway to citizenship that Dreamers have been fighting for since 2012. Demand action to protect our communities from ICE.
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Pathway to Citizenship Now
ICE has shot and killed people in our streets. Dozens have died in ICE custody. These aren’t isolated events. We need solutions today and the Dream and Promise Act is a critical piece of that. Take action now
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 02/10/2026
Zohran quoting @prisonculture.bsky.social on Theo Von’s show may be the thing my brain finally rejects as a step too far. This, we refuse to process.
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Dr. Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The CDC is now the CDC in name only. Along with staff cuts, RFK Jr has made it difficult for scientists to do their jobs, including response to outbreaks such as measles and Ebola. Twenty political appointees now direct staff to spend time and $$ on dubious hypotheses. 🧪 archive.today/r38pw
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Andy Solages @sological.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Why am I listening to Jill Scott sing "Don't Play" like I'm not about to start work? Nowhere for this energy to go.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 02/10/2026
Congo's Ebola outbreak has now recorded more than 4,000 deaths, authorities said, as they struggle to contain the spread of the virus.
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Congo's Ebola outbreak records more than 4,000 deaths as authorities struggle to contain the virus
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has now recorded more than 4,000 deaths, authorities said as they struggle to contain the spread of the virus.
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Andy Solages @sological.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That blue will lose if he's the Dem's who
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Andy Solages @sological.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just read "Muppets Take the Marvel Universe" aloud with my takes on each character's voice. That was fun.
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Andy Solages @sological.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some popular fiction (e.g., Terminator movies, The Matrix) make machines the threat, but in real-life, it's always been the Luthors.
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Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"When we focus on polarization as the problem, the solution is for everyone to quiet down and be 'civil'—an outcome that benefits those who are willing to grab as much power as they can without concern for legality or civility." - @lilymasonphd.bsky.social
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026
Today, it's official: New Yorkers can cancel subscriptions with just the click of a button!
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A little law gives hope that government can suck less and make people’s lives better
New York City wants to make it easier for you to cancel subscriptions.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
"There are economists who study numbers, and then there are economists who ask what the numbers are hiding. Opoku-Agyeman has built her work around that distinction." WOW. 🥹 Grateful to The IMPACT Magazine for the kindest profile of #TheDoubleTax and me. Black-owned media FTW. #blacksky
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The Cost of Being a Black Woman in America Is More Than a Pay Gap: Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman Is Measuring the Double Tax
There are economists who study numbers, and then there are economists who ask what the numbers are hiding. Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman has built her work around that distinction. A doctoral candidate …
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I have seen the chart saying that people in the U.S. don't invite anyone over to dinner anymore. I would like to say that this may be empirically true. What is also true is that when people invite people over it's often the case that people flake out. So it creates a negative feedback loop.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
You're never going to figure out how to write a power fantasy for women or people from marginalized groups if you don't take the time to study their marginalization and how they are uniquely limited and denied by the mainstream.
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him.
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Andy Solages @sological.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It can be fun at Meta's brain-scrambling app, but the vile side (besides Meta itself) gave people like Feminista Jones good reasons to leave.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pathetic…..
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log̷o, reanimated dad @loxophile.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yeah personalized infinite music was already solved it's called "the entire corpus of music that already exists"
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Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Again: AI is a technology but it's also an ideology; that ideology is Bossism; neither bosses nor AI advocates really understand what most people do in their jobs so both assume AI can do it. They're *trying* but if these tools could replace jobs beyond Junior Software Developer, we'd know.
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026
this administration illegally shut down federal agencies, impounded money from Congress, set up for-profit concentration camps and sent children there. They dismantled our public health infrastructure and children died of measles. Doing accountability for crimes against our Constitution is the work.
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