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Arrests have a cost yall: - time in jail - bail - dealing with lawyers / courts - no contact orders - employment - travel restrictions Civil disobedience with the intention of provoking arrest has a time and a place. It's best done as part of a widespread, dedicated campaign supported by normies.

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does bluesky get upset if you say that david cleary is soldier F because he totally is

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As expected Apple has canceled encrypted iCloud storage for UK users rather than capitulate to UK gov and create backdoor for gov to access data. "British customers who already have Advanced Data Protection will be warned later to disable it or lose access to iCloud." by @joemenn.bsky.social

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State governments should cut off all state and local cooperation with the FBI, and they should do it immediately. No law requires it, the Constitution fully empowers you to not even return their calls. But there is no legitimate purpose now in treating them as an acceptable partner for anything.

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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

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Using Twitter regularly is highly unethical, and a significant personal failing for people that do.

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Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes. You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment. My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc. www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...

submitted 3 days ago • 134 comments

Trump won't need the active-duty military to violently suppress widespread protests. State governors will happily call out their National Guard to suppress mass protests the same way they did in 2020. Democratic governors too.

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NEW: HHS launches anti-transgender campaign featuring Riley Gaines. It seeks to ban gender affirming care and require the federal health agencies to eliminate recognition of trans people. womenshealth.gov/protecting-w...

submitted 3 days ago • 189 comments

The Cybertruck is so cool! Here's a diagram of where the cameras are, for educational purposes. You should get one!

submitted 3 days ago • 17 comments

Its something worth being #transmemes

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we don't need a butlerian jihad. the computers aren't this way ontologically. it's the real people making them evil who are the problem

submitted 4 days ago • 41 comments

the need for “national security” led generations of lawmakers to blank check a massive unaccountable surveillance state, but now as one guy blows up safeguard after safeguard, no one even mentions the words. Guess we really just wanted to build a massive unaccountable surveillance state

submitted 5 days ago • 16 comments

All over today. This is NYC.

submitted 5 days ago • 130 comments

glad someone is finally saying it lol

submitted 9 days ago • 93 comments

"This growing body of research refutes the rampant myths and fear-mongering that suggest pretrial detention ... is ultimately in everyone's best interests. They show that even a day or two in jail can cause immense and long-lasting harm — harm that judges tragically and systematically ignore."

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

calling for a moratorium on using 'fafo' anymore unless you've personally gone out and delivered a 'fo'.

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When someone says any variety of “if you fight back they’ll authoritarian crack down you” I always wonder what they think is going to happen if we don’t fight back

submitted 6 days ago • 40 comments

Fascinating profile of a park ranger in San Francisco who works with unhoused residents and has adopted the novel tactic of treating them like human beings, building relationships, and helping them access resources on their own timeline.

submitted 6 days ago • 147 comments

The NAACP is re-mixing 1930s-era "don't buy where you can't work" campaigns to confront the neo-segregationists targeting DEI. apnews.com/article/blac...

submitted 6 days ago • 66 comments

As Wes Streeting trumpets the role of the private sector in “saving the NHS”, it’s worth remembering what happened the only time a whole NHS hospital was handed to the private sector to run. The care failings - gaining the worst CQC rating ever - were chilling (& barely reported at the time):

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I simply don’t want to think about Elons penis. Please stop all news stories related to this topic. Thank you.

submitted 6 days ago • 32 comments

Same.

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has anyone else noticed the loot icons on their minimap lately leading to cars with this sticker on them?

submitted 6 days ago • 11 comments

The police use your phones to gain warrantless information including location data. Don't bring them with you, even turned off, if you're going out.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

I knew the cops were protecting the nazis on the overpass but it looks like they were directly working with them

submitted 8 days ago • 38 comments

1. A common mistake is to look for ideological consistency on the far right, and to become confused when some of the things it claims to stand for sound positive and even progressive. Here’s a thread on how to understand this. 🧵

submitted 7 days ago • 41 comments

In a phone call with The Tribune Thursday night, Rep. Trevor Lee denied ever saying Nazi flags could be displayed in schools. Here is video of Lee saying Nazi flags could be displayed in schools.

submitted 8 days ago • 45 comments