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don’t forget: waymos and other robotaxis are surveillance devices on wheels that police are increasingly tapping for footage

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The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world. They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.

submitted 1 day ago • 151 comments

Nothing more LA than this woman selling dirty dogs in between rubber bullets and tear gas

submitted 16 hours ago • 61 comments

dance of love ❤️

submitted 15 hours ago • 62 comments

Police continue to shoot directly at protesters. Multiple protesters are bleeding with wounds

submitted 13 hours ago • 44 comments

Greta Thunberg says she and other members of the Freedom Flotilla were taken by Israeli forces while attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.

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“We are heading into this hurricane season with more uncertainty than usual,” N.C. Gov. Josh Stein said, because funding for FEMA and NOAA are both in flux. #ncpol www.newsobserver.com/news/weather...

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I Got A Handjob & Blowjob Through A Girl's Panties.

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Let’s talk for a moment about some of the more subtle ways that the press acts as a mouthpiece for law enforcement. Actor Jonathan Joss was shot to death on Sunday. I don’t know what happened; I wasn’t there. But his husband said a homophobic neighbor shot him as part of an explicit hate crime. /1

submitted 5 days ago • 93 comments

NEW: For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. WIRED went through hundreds of records that reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a legitimate terrorism threat. Unpaywalled as part of our FOIA-based coverage.

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BREAKING: Federal judge orders that hormone therapy and social accommodations be maintained for transgender people in federal prisons, blocking Trump admin policies. Judge Royce Lamberth, a Reagan appointee, granted class certification and prelim. injunction in a lawsuit challenging the policies.

submitted 5 days ago • 22 comments

cat cafe

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Barely Censored MEW MEW Will Make You Feel All Better

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

the snake ain't gonna oil itself or something idk I'm no philospher

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Updated this piece about how the Trump admin removed images of women and persons of color from websites. The good news is that the webpage about a NASA employee overcoming adversity was restored after she posted about it. The bad news? NASA then fired her. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...

submitted 21 days ago • 36 comments

Spent too much time on this

submitted 22 days ago • 212 comments

#WARNING: CPSC is warning consumers to immediately stop using VFAUOSIT, HGN, Kicimpro and Qomolangma kitchen faucets and NICTIE bathroom faucet, all sold on Amazon.com

submitted 24 days ago • 22 comments

Last year the Japanese variety show Gaki no Tsukai had the famous singer Yoko Takahashi go undercover at a restaurant where she fooled everyone right up until she took the stage and belted out A Cruel Angel's Thesis, the intro song to Neon Genesis Evangelion. Just stunning.

submitted 26 days ago • 49 comments

I only have so many “wow that’s crazy” in stock before I move to “damn” which is also in limited stock

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Like I said, things bode ill for your society when people start feeling like they’re being actively punished for being honest and hardworking

submitted 28 days ago • 28 comments

DAMN NATURE YOURE SCARY

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Poisoning the air of a Black community for a fucking chatbot.

submitted 30 days ago • 148 comments

So in a crazy coincidence, my congressional campaign actually reunited my rescue cat, Heater, with her foster mom. And the footage is just too cute not to share. 🧡🤍

submitted 32 days ago • 90 comments

Breaking: federal district court orders North Carolina to certify state supreme court election for Democrat Allison Riggs & rejects Republican attempt to overturn election and throw out thousands of votes. Huge victory for democracy & fair elections www.courtlistener.com/docket/69489...

submitted 34 days ago • 45 comments

Yesterday, Seattle Police trespassed a trans woman for being naked at Denny Blaine, a nude beach and queer hangout. It's not the first time cops have showed up in recent weeks, beachgoers say. www.thestranger.com/news/2025/05...

submitted 34 days ago • 8 comments

The communications app and Signal clone TeleMessage, which was spotted on former US national security advisor Mike Waltz's phone, has suspended “all services” following reports of hackers stealing data from the app.

submitted 34 days ago • 14 comments

an under discussed aspect of the “birth rate decline panic” is that young people keep voting for politicians and agendas that never win in america and feel like the world is doomed, while older generations keep reiterating that doom cycle and forcing agendas on younger generations that fuck us

submitted 34 days ago • 101 comments

Plagiarizing Independent Journalists Is Part of Mainstream Media’s Business www.splinter.com/plagiarizing...

submitted 34 days ago • 5 comments

Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses. Real buttons are sooooooo back baby!

submitted 35 days ago • 266 comments

no idea, but considering I don't get like any interaction 🫠

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The communications app TeleMessage, which was spotted on former US national security adviser Mike Waltz's phone, has suspended “all services” as it investigates reports of at least one breach. www.wired.com/story/signal...

submitted 34 days ago • 12 comments

@dropthepackets.net 🙏🏻I'm here fighting to save my beloved, only child. Please help me by donating or sharing bsky.app/profile/aahv...

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

I love how much NC values its trails, to the point that there are #ncga bills about them. www.wunc.org/environment/... #ncpol

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

I'm calling for an army of volunteers to build a massive wiki that enumerates the things that Trump has broken and that will need fixing: presswatchers.org/2025/05/we-n... Are you with me?

submitted 35 days ago • 73 comments

too bad I can't rebalance my 401k to emerging markets

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The Taiwanese writer reflects on the importance of queer community, her ascent in Japan’s literary world and her ongoing battles against online harassment.

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New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach www.404media.co/the-signal-c...

submitted 35 days ago • 164 comments

Let's talk about eugenics, because to a lot of people it feels like it makes sense. And why it's utter nonsense.

submitted 35 days ago • 6 comments

Finished watching Star Trek: Discovery! I really enjoyed it, the whole cast was great. Tilly though 🥰

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

How Trump’s funding cuts to NPR & PBS threaten North Carolina stations. WUNC says it challenges their ability to air national programming. PBS North Carolina says it directly threatens vital funding for local stations. (Via @daniellebattaglia.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/politic... #ncpol

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Texas conservatives who've championed book bans & anti-LGBT policies suffered big losses tonight in school board races. And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards. I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.

submitted 36 days ago • 118 comments

I’m sorry, what????

submitted 36 days ago • 264 comments

Oh wow. Note: This response (below, which is real) to Trump’s tweet depicting himself as pope is from the New York State Catholic Bishops, who represent the collective bishops of the state. Among them is Cardinal Dolan of NYC, who Trump appointed to his new religious liberty commission this week.

submitted 36 days ago • 513 comments

In an area where the most important things in life are faith, fishing, and family, climate science has been a tougher conversation. Despite their vulnerability to such changes, people Down East seldom use terms like “climate change” or “sea level rise." www.theassemblync.com/environment/...

submitted 36 days ago • 5 comments

new gender neutral greeting just dropped

submitted 36 days ago • 143 comments