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Today, in a case declared secret, a Salvadoran court ordered the provisional imprisonment of Ruth López of human rights organization @cristosal.bsky.social. “They won't silence me. I want a public trial!” declared López. “I am innocent! I am a political prisoner.” beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...

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NEW: "Big Balls" is making big bucks. The infamous technologist is now a permanent federal employees (with a GS-15 grade), as are other DOGE operatives like Luke Farritor, who was closely linked to the destruction of USAID. This is by @makenakelly.bsky.social

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Great report by Sam Black from Musk's xAI data center in Memphis that's wrecking the air - feels like this is the tech-driven model for rapid AI expansion

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Elon Musk’s grip on the government is not lessening. Beyond his continued relationship with the Trump admin, Musk’s companies will still have billions in influential federal contracts. Even Trump says Musk is “really not leaving.”

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Every streaming service should have two categories for documentaries, “Documentaries” and “Okay, But, Like, Actual Documentaries”.

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MOUNTAINHEAD (Armstrong, 2025)

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The Flanderization of ghibli in the public mind is just so insane to me. Acting like it’s entirely wholesome and cutesy but is really overtly anti capitalist, depict the horrors of war and environmental decline, and have TONS of body horror and depictions of death and disease. it legit annoys me

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Def tuning in for the latest chapter of Alleen's reporting on Energy Transfer, Greenpeace, and indigenous resistance 👇👇

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Second day of pride and Jonathan Joss was murdered in a homophobic hate crime and the FBI is asking for tips to investigate providers. It's going to be a long month.

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Today we stood with the members of @reiunion.bsky.social SoHo to call out management and demand they reach a fair contract with the their workers before the end of 2025. Solidarity with these brave REI workers standing strong for their rights at work.

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ALSO, some comrades are organizing against Avelo Airlines: www.stopavelo.org - please join in if you are interested.

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ICE raided a popular restaurant in a San Diego neighborhood. About 3 dozen agents, some in full tactical gear, arrested restaurant workers while patrons were enjoying dinner. The ICE agents didn't expect a resounding rejection by neighbors & patrons. The community spontaneously protested.

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PBS producer WNET quietly erased episodes containing a drag queen and a trans character from its platforms.

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Breaking: PBS has officially filed suit over Trump's executive order targeting the public broadcasting system. PBS alleges that Trump is committing viewpoint discrimination, which violates the First Amendment of the Constitution. Here are all the details >>> www.cnn.com/2025/05/30/m...

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5 years ago today. happy anniversary to all who celebrate

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2.5 hours on Clothes & the Class War? Only The Dig + Derek 💅🏼 @thedigradio.bsky.social @dieworkwear.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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proliferation of nudify apps and the app store / social media complicity in promoting and platforming them is an absolute nightmare: www.404media.co/no-one-knows...

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I spent five weeks talking to federal workers about knowledge loss and brain drain across the federal government, and its implications, both right now and for decades to come. Their stories are frightening, but I think it's important to know what we're facing: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Wow — New NYC mayoral polling from PIX11, Emerson College, and The Hill shows Andrew Cuomo's commanding lead has vanished. Cuomo now only beats Zohran Mamdani by single digits in the final round. Final round: Cuomo: 54% Mamdani: 46%

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I didn't know (my ignorance) but learned from @leahlitman.bsky.social's book that a white motel owner tried to say that the civil rights act violated the 13th amendment by not allowing him to discriminate against black people

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Update: reports today that multiple legal observers were arrested today in New York at two separate immigration courts, for allegedly “obstructing” ICE. Not only that, apparently some immigration courts are barring the public from attending hearings. This mess is escalating fast.

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The Constitution Pipeline, which would take shale gas from PA to New England, and which died a few years ago, is going to be revived b/c Hochul apparently (tho she denies it) cut a deal with Trump for both offshore wind and the Constitution Pipeline to proceed www.wsj.com/business/ene...

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"The chatbot’s instructions tell it to “de-emphasize the climate catastrophe narrative,” to focus on “real pollution, not CO2.” The bot is told to frame these arguments in the most reasonable possible way" "chatbots are useless" is wrong. They're very, very useful, for a certain kind of person:

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From 1989 to 1993, THING told a generation of young black queer people they were beautiful. @sashafrerejones.bsky.social‬ celebrates the magazine’s legacy of barbed commentary and tough love.

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Super exciting! ProPublica Joins Lenfest Institute AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program And apply here to be our AI Engineering Fellow: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...

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In less than two days, 13,000+ people have taken a few minutes to protect the healthcare of trans people, and all Americans nationwide. Let's keep going. Tell a friend to join you and take action: Demand Congress to protect our healthcare! action.transequality.org/a/stopmedica...

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a thing since the beginning of this administration is learning about new weird little guys who are completely unqualified for their government jobs and taking notes on them until there's enough info to warrant a story on one of them. my menagerie of weird little guys.

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"I love New York, and I love the job of being a reporter...Reporting is the best job you can have. You get paid to talk to people." Tom was courageous, gracious, and inspiring. I'm glad I got to work with him at @thecity.nyc www.journalism.cuny.edu/2025/05/in-m...

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UPDATES: I'm tracking the far right anti-LGBTIQ activists, Christian Nationalists and violent extremist groups targeting LGBTIQ events during Pride Month. At least 17 LGBTIQ events or organizations have already been the target of online harassment, and one business has been the target of vandalism.

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“We can argue about the specifics and the size of the error bars, but we’re not talking about dozens of people [dying]…We’re talking about tens of thousands of people.”

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FIFA says that "football unites the world" but ten years on from the most serious scandal in its history it has succeeded in uniting expert opinion on its unfitness to govern world football and the need for meaningful reform of the organisation. fairsq.org/fifa-joint-s...

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“Already gaining traction for outpatient medical visits, the AI-powered systems are also moving into hospital rooms and emergency departments to capture discussions at the bedside, update medical records, draft care plans and create discharge instructions.”

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Tomorrow at City Hall, 2pm - join us!

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A masterpiece by @adamserwer.bsky.social. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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"Rape is nothing more or less than a conscious process of intimidation by which all men keep all women in a state of fear."

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🚨Last week ICE seized a Bronx highschooler at a routine immigration court date. We’ve been hearing of these reports nationwide & now it’s not just in our city; it’s in our public schools. NYC needs local electeds who will protect our #SanctuaryCity status. In June, we have the chance to elect them.

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actually surprised by how poorly jordan peterson performed on jubilee and feel this gives me an opening to emerge as an "intellectual," make a lot of money, and buy a home in a walkable neighborhood

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Man wait till he hears about how authors design elaborate spreadsheets and spend hours calling and emailing and pay out of pocket to clear 600 words they’re just quoting to make a point about the writing itself

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I subscribe to the @newyorker.com, I was part of ACT UP, I knew Larry Kramer well and know Tony Fauci too. Daniel Immerwahr's piece on RFKJr, features this and other passages that need a reponse. 1/

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New piece out with @lauragarbes.bsky.social on how stock footage use is influenced by the political economy of copyright, and how this affects representational diversity in documentary. Congrats to Josh Glick and Pat Aufderheide on editing the new Oxford Handbook of American Documentary.

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The fearless Professor Ruha Benjamin's brilliant & beautiful Tanner Lecture #2 Dystopia, Utopia, or UStopia? From Artificial Intelligence to Abundant Imagination www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYIi...

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at a punk show where there’s free hrt at the merch table. we’re gonna be alright y’all

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Come browse one of New York’s largest zine collections at the ABC No Rio zine library. We are holding an open day from 10am to 3pm on Sunday, May 25th. peoplesles.org/event/abc-no...

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Three years since we announced our intent to unionize, and after two years of bargaining…we did it. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s non-tenure track faculty have a first contract, ratified by our 300+ colleagues.

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