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Fun fact for US Americans: this is what many police stations look like in Northern Ireland, to this day. #ACAB #AbolishICE #LosAngelesRiot

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"Happy" pride month. To those asking why LGBTQ+ people need it, all it took was a government backed by religious fanatics coming into power to strip away the protections from persecution and ostracization fought for over decades. Hope that helps.

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The allure of modern western "conservatism" is that it encourages people to be utterly selfish and reject the idea of a social contract, blame everything bad on people further down the hierarchy and glorify good old days that never actually happened (or ignore what made them possible).

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Official #CrappyCommieCameraParty Rules!

submitted 11 days ago • 11 comments

"What makes affluent anti-vaxxers distinct is their belief that they are the ones questioning the system, when in fact they’re coasting on its success." www.theindex.media/the-herd-imm...

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On this #TabbyTuesday I present you Stella, my very timid foster kitten. #catsofbluesky #catsky #adoptdontshop

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So…about AI’s energy use… “…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”

submitted 19 days ago • 103 comments

When the husband thinks your #crappycommiecamera isn't quite crappy or commie enough and gets you some authentic 1980 Moscow summer olympics gear. #shittycamerachallenge #crappycommiecameraparty

submitted 18 days ago • 5 comments

European government entities and non-profits need to aggressively divest from American tech giants for the sake data souvereignity and safety. Their enablement of fascism and genocide must have consequences.

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Some blooms from the front yard - lilac and cytisus #bloomscrolling #gardensky #flowerreport

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

On this #caturday I present you our current set of foster kittens, Leah (black) and Stella (tabby). They are still very shy but already doing much better. #catsofbluesky #adoptdontshop #cats

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So Keir Starmer so far has - bent the knee to TERFs - ruled out the UK rejoining the EU - took the blame for 15 years of Tory government failings - agreed for the US to dump their subpar agriultural products onto the UK market in return for... f*ck all? Labour embarrassing themselves. Again.

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Proponents of replacing labour with automation (so nobody has to work to survive) would have a lot more support if they weren't commonly presenting themselves as deeply unlikeable edgelords who talk down to people whose livelihood is currently threatened by AI. We can't do this without UBI first!

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Was going to join the #CrappyCommieCameraParty #ShittyCameraChallenge with this but it would appear this one is in perfect condition, including the case. #Lubitel #Lubitel2

submitted 40 days ago • 2 comments

Some more shots from the first roll out of the analog Canon. 📷 Canon EOS 650, Helios 44-2 58mm f/2 (first two), Zodel 28mm f/f2.8 (last one) 🎞️ Kentmere Pan 100 #kentmerepan100 #35mm #filmphotography #blackandwhitephotography #canoneos650

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