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Dozens of employees at Boston Dynamics have petitioned the company to stop the sale of its robot dogs to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Someone should kiss Elon Musk. Just kiss him. Damn autocorrect
again: whatever we had here was all bought and paid for with blood. wars were fought. the slaveholders and the fascists lost. this soft handed pallid little worm and all his paper wealth extracted from your taxes is not permitted to just tip it over by writing some checks. sorry
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Reminded of how tv news looped the images of the military equipment the Biden administration deliberately left behind in Afghanistan for weeks after the withdrawal as if they represented a huge scandal
Omg...this is horrific. “So Much Worse Than People Realize”: Never-Before-Seen Images Reveal Damage at U.S. Bases as Troops Describe Being Abandoned open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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Lights are reflected off a bulletproof screen as President Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina. More photos of the week: reut.rs/4yGkBNh 📷 Evan Vucci
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Going live with the one and only @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social in 30 minutes, exclusively on the AT Protocol! Join us for a discussion of his new documentary film "MUSK," storytelling and journalism in the Musk era, and the battle to hold the powerful accountable. stream.place/niedermeyer.online
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Not exactly my "job" but... theonion.com/fucking-lose...
What is your favorite meme/Onion headline about your profession?
The New York Times knows what it is doing and does not care www.nytimes.com/video/inside...
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Tim Robinson, sketch comedy GOAT: “Lorne has lost his fucking mind and someone needs to shoot him in the back of the head,” Robinson is written to have said around the time of Trump’s hosting spot, per Morrison’s book variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Have some self respect and use your voice (if you have one) to get people off of Twitter
It’s funny what a low opinion of themselves they have that their followers wouldn’t follow them if they posted that they’re leaving the Nazi site We’re going to see even more pitiful capitulation in the offline world
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Replying to @anildash.com
More to the point — people who stayed on the platform don't realize how inured to extremism they've become. They regularly get exposed to trending topics, and amplified content from verified accounts, that they would have recoiled from just a few years ago. I don't miss anything *not* being there.
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Replying to @gruber.foo
I just think it's dishonest to say that the politics are unavoidable on other platforms, but they are on X. Its *point* is its politics; you're just saying they exist at a level you find palatable. The guys who doxed my family aren't on the other platforms; they're followed by staff members on X.
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There’s only one cure for fascism and it’s not “improved media literacy”
Netanyahu has been re-elected multiple times. Brexit was a national referendum. AfD’s recent gains came in a free and fair vote. National Front/Rally gets its support freely too. Putin rigged the system, but independent measures have consistently shown him popular. Many want this stuff.
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NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.