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Greg Pak

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    According to the article, all she's been doing is TAPING articles onto the walls. TAPING. Not spraypainting, not carving, not damaging. Just TAPING.

    And they're calling that vandalism.

    This too is fascism.

    Abraham Gutman @abgutman.bsky.social
    Park rangers fined Sandra Shachar for vandalism this morning at the President’s House, hours after the Trump admin installed its version of history. The 72 year old has been posting news articles on the site’s walls since the slavery exhibit was removed. If she does it again, she’ll be arrested.
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    Jul 16, 2026
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    "A.i." is a tool pushed by racist, fascist billionaires for racist, fascist purposes.

    The Breach @breachmedia.ca
    Ontario jails are using an AI tool that claims to predict prisoners’ behaviour. And it’s disproportionately placing Black prisoners in maximum security. An investigation by @desmondcole.bsky.social reveals the province knew the tool would discriminate against Black people—and used it anyway.
    Black prisoners are assigned harsher living conditions in Ontario jails—thanks to AI ⋆ The Breach
    Ontario jails are using a program that claims it can predict prisoners’ behaviour, disproportionately putting Black prisoners in higher-security facilities
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    Jul 19, 2026
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    Literally shut this entire industry down.

    Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social
    “Polymarket [Backed by Peter Thiel] Allegedly Paid Influencers to Stage Fake Wins … According to [WSJ], Polymarket & its contractors reportedly built near-identical clone sites — including a domain called poiymarket.com — where creators cld simulate trades without risking real money.” 6/23/26 … 1/
    Polymarket Allegedly Paid Influencers to Stage Fake Wins
    Polymarket allegedly paid influencers to fake trades on clone sites, with 70% of 1,105 reviewed videos showing bets that never happened.
    1,756 518
    Jul 4, 2026
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    I know that most of our digital tools are controlled by awful billionaires and it's almost impossible for us to divest ourselves of all of them.

    But I think that X and Substack are so horribly toxic that everyone should avoid them as much as possible.

    Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
    And as a commenter welcomes, guess who just welcomed Andrew Tate onboard? Yep, Substack.
    1,433 435
    Jul 20, 2026
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    The Politico article itself notes that there is ZERO actual evidence for the DHS claims.

    The Politico headline is inexcusable.

    Never forget that Politico is owned by Alex Springer.

    www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

    Politico’s parent company Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner emailed his top executives shortly before the 2020 election to ask if any of them would “want to get together for an hour in the morning on November 3 and pray that Donald Trump will again become President of the United States of America,” according to an email obtained by The Washington Post.
    Politico @politico.com
    DHS says it found thousands of non-citizens on voter rolls in four states
    DHS says it found thousands of non-citizens on voter rolls in four states
    A draft press release viewed by POLITICO said non-citizens were registered in California, Nevada, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
    1,290 431
    Jul 16, 2026
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    If you care about retaking the Senate, Platner's given us extra work:

    If Maine falls short, we need to hold MI and GA and take NC -- and then we have to pick out 3/4 out of AK, IA, OH, and TX.

    Please pick a race you care about and donate/volunteer if you have the capacity. Some links to follow...

    1,029 388
    Jul 8, 2026
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    I do not believe democracy is compatible with billionaires being able to spend unlimited amounts of money on politics.

    2,063 374
    Jul 14, 2026
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    Honestly think it should be illegal to conceal the death or incapacity of an elected official.

    tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net
    Republicans may be running out the clock on disclosing whether McConnell is even alive, purely so a filing deadline slides past and Thomas Massie can't grab the seat. A man's actual mortality reduced to a procedural loophole for gatekeeping power.
    Journalists float astonishing theory around silence surrounding Mitch McConnell’s health
    With Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) health status still unclear after his latest medical incident, multiple journalists have offered a stunning theory for why his office and fellow Republicans have remained largely silent.McConnell was rushed to the hospital in mid-June for an undisclosed medical rea...
    1,763 359
    Jul 5, 2026
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    I won't give to Yale any longer. I called the alumni office and told them why. If you're a Yale grad, you can, too! alumni.yale.edu/contact-us

    Contact Us
    Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social
    Fresh off of endorsing Chris Rufo —by name—and his vision to destroy higher education, Yale is rushing to help the Trump admin resegregate education. An absolute disgrace.
    Yale Seeks Trump Administration Deal as It Faces Sprawling Investigation
    1,255 342
    Jun 27, 2026
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    they’re just experimenting on
    kids

    Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social
    Just found out the state of Georgia has contracted with an AI chat bot to screen for dyslexia K-3. Asked my daughter about it and she said “oh yeah I have talked to her a lot.”
    1,399 337
    Jul 18, 2026
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    Hey, do me a favor and do an internet search for "free fridge" and your town's name. And then go drop some stuff off when you have some food you're not gonna eat. Got some takeout with an extra wonton soup you're not gonna eat? Take it to the free fridge. Someone needs it. Seriously.

    798 329
    Jul 18, 2026
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    Trump is a dirty fascist liar. Don't believe or spread his bullshit.

    Wanna protect your vote? Make sure you're registered RIGHT FUCKEN NOW and share the link with everyone you know.

    vote.org

    Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org
    Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.
    601 320
    Jul 17, 2026
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    everything's coming up jimothy

    drawing by greg pak of jimothy the tailless raccoon with short spine syndrome. jimothy's standing in a little grassy patch, giving us a little smile and thumbs up
    Greg Pak @gregpak.net
    might have to draw a jimothy
    2,237 314
    Jul 19, 2026
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    It's Trump's fucking fault, in case you had any doubt.

    Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social
    Here’s Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately. Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it. gizmodo.com/heres-why-we...
    Here's Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately
    Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it.
    784 255
    Jul 1, 2026
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    FUN MOVIE FACT: your eyes did not deceive you if thought a key location from MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (2003) looked familiar! It's appeared in many classic Hollywood films for decades. True fans of cinema recognize it immediately as: "The Ocean."

    1,422 246
    Jun 28, 2026
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    Yell at your electeds when they screw up. They deserve it and sometimes it works.

    The Stranger @thestranger.com
    Seattle City Council pulled a 180 today, deciding that hungry kids actually should get fed.
    Seattle City Council Revives Universal School Meals - The Stranger
    So it turns out students may get universal free school meals this fall after all! This afternoon, Seattle City Council President Joy Hollingsworth and Councilmembers Dionne Foster and Dan Strauss anno...
    770 244
    Jul 24, 2026
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    Now you can't "loiter" on the National Mall, the most public of all public land in the United States.

    amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
    “Loitering is not permitted in this area. Please proceed to a designated location. Thank you for your cooperation,” a surveillance machine tells a small cluster of National Guard members as they patrol the fenced off Reflecting Pool in the rain.
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    Jun 26, 2026
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    This is exactly it -- if you make a kid use generative "A.i." or an LLM, you're telling them they're not good enough. That their own minds and ideas and experiences and abilities are not enough.

    That's a terrible, thoughtless, cruel thing to do.

    Shame on Kaepernick and everyone involved in Lumi.

    DEAN WON!!! @deansnuggles.bsky.social
    my daughter (11) spends hours every week drawing comics. her art (and storytelling) has improved exponentially in the last year! I can't imagine how harmful it will be to tell kids their art isn't good enough, they need to use a theft-engine instead. we'd lose a whole generation of artists!
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    Jul 17, 2026
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    The entire consumer-facing "A.i." industry is a fucking scam. Ban it from all your businesses and institutions.

    Summer Brennan @summerbrennan.bsky.social
    I ran an absolutely 100% human, zero AI-involvement at any stage passage of my writing through an "AI detector," curious if it could really tell human from AI work, and it said my own writing was "84% AI written" then asked I wanted to pay to have it "humanized." So there's that to keep in mind.
    1,001 208
    Jul 5, 2026
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    To repeat: "A.i." in the schools is child abuse. These companies want to turn your kids into incompetent losers who are addicted to their terrible products. Do not let them.

    Lauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social
    futurism.com/future-socie... lol
    As one New York financier told Financial Times journalist Gillian Tett, new hires who were seen as “AI natives” are turning out to have alarmingly shallow ideas. So much so, the anonymous finance worker admitted, that his firm now actively avoids seeking out AI-literate STEM graduates, and opts to comb through humanities students instead.
    621 205
    Jul 5, 2026
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    oh hey turns out the debate’s over - LeBron wins

    Acyn @acyn.bsky.social
    DOOCY: Where do you stand on LeBron versus Michael Jordan as the best ever? TRUMP: Michael Jordan's a friend of mine, play golf with him. He's a really good guy. and I think LeBron is maybe he's a racist but maybe he doesn't like Trump. I only like people who like me.
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    1,287 205
    Jul 24, 2026
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    Good. Meta still sucks. Remember that they tried this, and will probably try something similar soon.

    Reece @thiccreese.bsky.social
    BREAKING NEWS: Meta rolls back controversial feature that let anyone tag public Instagram accounts and generate images using their likeness—without their knowledge or active consent. @wired.com
    Man in hoodie explaining news in front of screenshots ▶
    610 198
    Jul 10, 2026
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    Break this company up.

    Natanael, Tech janitor @natanael.bsky.social
    "Amazon employees have flagged low product prices on rival retailers’ sites as threats to Amazon’s own profitability, and informed the products’ suppliers that their sales on Amazon.com have been cut – or might soon be cut – going forward." Prison time.
    ‘We were at their mercy’: inside the Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internet
    Internal emails revealed in court and interviews with ex-employees describe how Amazon’s practices drove up prices for competitors like Walmart and Target. Amazon denies price-fixing claims and says i...
    514 185
    Jul 22, 2026
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    I don't wanna hear a damn thing from "A.i." pushers about serving underserved communities, etc.

    Consumer-facing "A.i." is a scam tool for scammers, period.

    nicole froio @nicolefroio.bsky.social
    "Nearly all aspects of the accounts appear to be AI-generated — from the “person” in the video to automated responses to comments, which in some cases attempt to mimic African American vernacular — and experts warn scams like this are growing every day."
    AI avatars in digital blackface want to sell you this belt buckle
    Can race, guilt, and empathy get you to pay $40 for this $9 belt buckle on TikTok?
    490 185
    Jul 16, 2026
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    Once again, as far as I can tell, the primary functions of consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." are cheating, disinfo, and fraud.

    ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com
    my husband sent me an Instagram reel and was like….is this AI? and upon searching: it is a plague of AI fake Natives across TikTok and IG selling various “handcrafted” items. moccasins. earrings. jackets. they all have the same AI website and all the stuff costs $79.99
    AI slop fake Indigenous content scam ▶
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    Jul 16, 2026