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Vaska Raeca

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He/Him Technical Writer Professional Doomscroller Fan Of A Certain Spectre Haunting Europe

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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 8h
I identify with the main character as a person who is constantly distracted from the main mission so I can hit the baseball minigame to earn the chicken who can run my real estate empire. (Also, Kiryu is the best)
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 8h
It told me I owned a dog. So, great intelligence work that.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 9h
It was a genuinely miserable time with him, Graham, Swaggart, and Falwell on television all the time turning people towards hate. None of them died soon enough or painfully enough.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 9h
And it's like the 276th fat Donald too. It was worthless satire the first time and doing it over and over makes these people look like talentless clowns.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 11h
The company that wants your government ID to see vaguely defined 'adult content' proves its unwilling and unable to provide even basic security for users.
rockpapershotgun.com
Hackers steal millions of Discord IDs and email addresses in "deliberate, multi-stage attack" on security service Double Counter
Discord's privacy woes continue as hackers of a third-party security tool make off with 1 million user email addresses.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 12h
The real kicker was the sign next to it for another company advertising that they bought Pokemon cards.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 12h
Really not enjoying the enviromental storytelling in this reality.
Sign stuck in the ground at an intersection advertising in white text on a blue background: biohazard cleanup for crime, trauma, blood, odor, death, drugs, hoarding and more.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Discarded "You Are Alone" wristband giving strong 'baby shoes, never worn' vibes.
Pink rubber wrist band with white text that says, "You are not alone" lying on top of a white metal box.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Unconscionable decision by the Northern Ireland High Court and Parade Commission. I hope everyone who approved this is haunted by the screams of the Quinn children for the rest of their lives.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Amazing long read of a small group of determined scientists and volunteers trying to maintain the bison population in Ukraine despite a desperate lack of funds and while also dodging Russian drones. #environment #ukraine
biographic.com
Saving Bison as Bombs Fall | bioGraphic
Amid the destruction of war, Ukrainian conservationists remain determined to help a European bison herd persevere.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm not found of the proliferation of drones but corporations don't deserve a right to privacy. Furthermore the language agribusiness is using to attack monitoring is the same they used in the 1990s when they accused animal welfare groups of being terrorist organizations. #environment
theintercept.com
FAA Investigates Drone Pilot Who Films Animal Abusers
The cattle ranch at the center of the case asked the FAA for strict drone regulations, saying legal flyovers threatened “food security.”
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Aww, incredibly adorable, and good on you for taking so much time to befriend and bring them in for rescue.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
That federal, state, and local agencies were happily installing police-linked video cameras to spy on people while simultaneously dismantling sensors meant to ensure the air we breathe is safe is a dark illustration of where power and profit lie in this nation. #environment
floodlightnews.org
America’s air monitors are disappearing. So is your power to expose polluters.
Across several states, a quiet chemical industry campaign is making it harder to hold polluters accountable.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Clean water has to be a human right and there's a long, grim history of nations and empires that ignored that collapsing. I'm sure that if Kurt Engelhardt was forced to drink lead or PFAS contaminated water, he would quickly change his tune and maybe someone should look into that idk. #environment
motherjones.com
You don't have a right to safe drinking water, US court rules
A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"...a program called “PlastiVan” that travels from city to city teaching students about “the contribution plastics make to modern life." is something you expect in an Armando Iannucci movie, not something permitted in a functional nation suffering the poisonous effects of microplastics. #environment
grist.org
When plastic companies write the lesson plans
The plastics industry is offering schools curricula that cast plastics as safe, recyclable, and a source of good jobs.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
These regulations were one of the very few successes that got past the Republican controlled Senate which addressed the staggering mortality rate in Cancer Alley. Now even these modest protections are under threat of being undone at the behest of chemical companies. #environment
e360.yale.edu
A Hard-Won Rule to Cut Chemical Plant Pollution Is Being Unraveled
In 2024, the Biden administration enacted wide-ranging regulations to protect communities near petrochemical plants from air toxics. The Trump administration has since granted exemptions to scores of…
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If you ever want to feel angry, look for testimonies by Palestinians who tried to help a relative or loved one across the Israeli wall and how the IDF allowed them to bleed out, or fatally sicken, and die in the ambulance. There are thousands of these incidents stretching back decades. #israel
newlinesmag.com
The Patients Israel Won't Let Leave Gaza
For many Palestinians in the territory, survival depends on a chain of administrative decisions over which they have no control
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You might think Israeli politicians wouldn't target dissidents for harassment, lawsuits, and threats of having their citizenship removed they echo the lead-up to the 1935 Nuremberg Laws but hey time is a flat circle. #israel
theguardian.com
Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZA
Miki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of ‘treason against the state’
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Climate change doesn't only manifest in the bleaching of coral reefs, it is a fundamental, verging on catastrophic change to where ocean species can survive and reproduce. While a few species will thrive, many risk devastating population loss and possible extinction. #environment
grist.org
Gray whales are starving as the Arctic warms. Will the US protect them?
The population on the West Coast has plunged by half, and environmental groups might sue the Trump administration for ignoring their plight.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Possibly the most succinct example of Christian Fascism (and how fascism is the endpoint of capitalism) where the environment and public health are sacrificed for corporate interests while the rights of women are stripped away and their lives monitored. #environment
motherjones.com
The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution
The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I see we've reached the holy relics stage of the failed war. #ukraine
theguardian.com
Orthodox church sends medieval prince’s remains to Russian troops in Ukraine
Part of Dmitry Donskoy’s right hand sent to ‘spiritually strengthen’ soldiers
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
That is fantastic, you do amazing work and its great to see it on a stage where a lot more people will see it.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Not liking the framing of the AI 'breaking lose' or 'going rogue' the program was simply setup, using hacking trips scraped from online sources, to do 'now what?' over and over again. No one lost control, the thing was setup recklessly. Also they can just be unplugged, they're no Skynet.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I'm bemused how Saudi Arabia's war of choice with Yemen of America's war of choice with Iran will both backfire spectacularly with their opposition consolidating political power and geographic control of Arabia's two vital water routes.
foreignpolicy.com
The Bab el-Mandeb Problem
Houthi control of a Red Sea port brings Tehran closer to claiming another critical waterway.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
There is absolutely no need to listen to claims from people who are working at the brain cooking factory.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's amazing how much CSAM has been essentially normalized as something the public must accept as part of being online rather than something that would have the company dismantled and the executives in prison for decades long stretches.
arstechnica.com
“This is the AI men actually use”: Meta ads pushed apps nudifying real teens
Meta dragged its feet removing ads that nudify young girls' Instagram pics.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Ahh, that is delightful.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yeah, there should be no struggle here, fuck those people.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
As someone who listens to the Seeburg 1000 channel, I am curious about the Elevator Music playlist.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
These influencers need to be slapped in prison for a decade to stop this dangerous, exploitative behavior. This entire class needs to start experiencing harsh consequences for trying to turn our lives into content.
theguardian.com
‘This is colonialism for clicks’: the influencers attempting to meet and film the world’s most isolated tribes
A new breed of adventurer is chasing internet fame by targeting uncontacted peoples. Critics say they are risking the wellbeing of these remote communities – and their own lives
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
When this administration is finally overthrown there needs to be not just a full reversal of every vile piece of discriminatory ruling, law, and regulation, but punishment meted out against every religious organization that sought to remove rights from queer people. #LGBTQ
theintercept.com
Christian Employers Can Now Discriminate Against Trans People
A settlement with the Christian Employers Alliance blocks the EEOC from ever investigating the group’s members for gender identity discrimination.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Considering that Bluesky admins have a documented history of punishing transgender accounts for speaking out against bigotry on this site, this reeks of a new method deleting those accounts entirely.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It's refreshing to see a news outlet take a principled stand on this issue, especially when many of the larger organizations like the NYT, WaPo, and Atlantic are publishing virulent transphobia.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
To their credit MapQuest also didn't change 'Gulf of Mexico' which has made it, along with Here Wego and OpenStreetMap, as an excellent alternative to the big three which have enabled Trump's Caligulian-phase.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Ben-Gvir, the defense minister, out there making sure Israel isn't beating the Nazi comparisons. And no, don't come at me about it being out of context, when someone says, "They shouldn’t live. They’re not even people." that's the same things the Nazis said and wrote down. #israel
apnews.com
Israel's Ben-Gvir advocates killing '30 to 40' people in Gaza nightly while speaking to ex-hostage
An extremist official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet has advocated for killing “30 to 40” people in Gaza each night.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Israel has claimed that these incidents are either unintended or meant to deny cover for resistance fighters. The reality is that this is an arson campaign designed to make southern Lebanon unlivable, burning away forest and agriculture so the area can be made a free fire zone. #israel
theguardian.com
Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say
Emergency services, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and crops
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Amazingly researched article that examines Israeli's missile strikes in Lebanon are done without any concern for civilian deaths and often seem to be done to effect maximum physical damage. Also telling is how Christian deaths get apologies from Israeli spokesmen while Arabs are ignored. #israel
newlinesmag.com
Israel Called Its Beirut Strikes Precise. We Reconstructed Five of Them
New Lines investigates attacks in and around Lebanon’s capital, from a single destroyed room to flattened residential buildings, testing Israeli claims about distinguishing targets from civilians
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Lobbyists for Weyerhaeuser and IKEA bribed the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to submit new standards that claim that cutting down trees helps the climate, something in complete contradiction to every scientific paper published. #environment
source-material.org
Lobbyists push for declaration that felling trees helps the climate
The timber industry’s influence over forest carbon accounting rules risks derailing global carbon calculations, scientists warn.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The industry lobbyists whispering in Trump's ear want to go back to devastating clear-cutting and destroy the already delicate eco-system at a time when global warming is making huge fires more common and deadly. #environment
reuters.com
Trump administration moves to rescind rule that protects millions of forest acres
The Trump administration took a step ‌toward rescinding a decades-old rule that protects undeveloped forests on Tuesday in a move it says will help manage wildfire risk, but which environmental groups...
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Between this and shifting to the terrible subtitle software, Sony really seems to be doing its level best to wreck Crunchyroll. And sadly they are going to get away with it since there's no competition.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The USS Benfold was launched in 1993 and was retired from the Indo-Pacific, after a decade of service, last year but shoved back out because the corrupt procurement process has meant a Navy with decaying ships and systems that will fail the first time their is blue water combat.
cnn.com
US Navy destroyer spent four days without power last month in South China Sea | CNN
A US Navy guided-missile destroyer spent four days last month without working toilets, galley services and air conditioning in the blistering heat of the South China Sea after the warship lost power.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
For some inexplicable reason I've found myself humming the theme to the old movie "Condorman" the last few days.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Possibly the best example of Big Data evangelism, certainly one that got shared the most, was 'Big data and the death of the theorist' from Wired magazine in January 2013. It also included a lot of the same talking points you'll hear today about how powerful AI* is and will improve our lives.
Wired magazine for January 2013 with Jimmy Fallon on the cover. The text headlines include 'The Robots Take Over!' 'They're coming for your job. And you'll be glad they did.' and 'Jimmy Fallon Welcomes Our New Overlords.'
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
If these people listened to actual historians for just five minutes they would hear tales of incredible discoveries because they were drinking friends with an archivist or found an unlabeled box or made the effort to interview survivors. This vast majority of human experience is not online.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
These claims were, of course, horseshit and fell apart upon contact with reality. Computers cannot tell when a source contains errors or falsifications. They also cannot crunch data that is not digitized, the amount of archived information that's not been scanned is staggering.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This idea that AI* can do research because it can handle data is a recycled from 2012-2013 when tech companies claimed their software solutions could crunch information to a degree that it negated the need for researchers in numerous scientific fields.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Wait, this is essentially the 'big data' argument that software companies and their evangelists made in 2013, that we wouldn't need researchers anymore that computers could simply crunch information and come up with solutions. It ignored the same issue that 99% of information isn't online.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I've never encountered a single person who uses Threads and since Meta has a long history of falsifying numbers I'd bet real money it's just brands, bots, and third-tier influencers.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
An excellent snapshot of the different ways Trump's illegal war on Iran has negatively affected people across the globe, pushing many into the margins and those already in trouble into poverty without an exit.
apnews.com
Across the world, the Iran war is reshaping everyday life
People share stories of spiking gas prices, goodbyes filled with fear, livelihoods pushed closer to the edge — and days that no longer looked the way they once did.
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Vaska Raeca @vaskaraeca.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I need a con with this theme:
Flag showing a cobra snake coiled around anti-personnel hand grenade with the text "I swear to god I'll kill us all if you fuck with me'
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