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Delete X and stop buying tesla.

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Donald Trump Is a Traitor. www.americaamerica.news/p/donald-tru...

#ResistanceRoots Doris “Dorie” Miller was born on this day in 1919 in Waco, Texas. Because of his heroism during the attack on Pearl Harbor, he became the first African American recipient of the Navy Cross. His bravery spurred civil rights activists to push to desegregate the U.S. military. /1

NEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence.

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ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying

So a few folks asking why OAI is releasing this at all. And I think that's probably worth a thread in its own right

Scientist, inventor & women's rights campaigner Eunice Foote died #OTD in 1888. She was the first to demonstrate the greenhouse effect (heat-absorbing properties) of carbon dioxide (CO2), laying the scientific groundwork for #climatechange research. #WomenInSTEM

remember: it saved no net money, social services US citizens are getting cut, and left the US in a weaker place geopolitically. none of the debates about fiscal responsibility, obligation to US citizens first, or 'hard choices' actually apply. they're all bullshit. killed people for nothing at all.

I think @darrigomelanie.bsky.social said everything that needs to be said.

NASA mathematician, programmer & manager Dorothy Vaughan became the first Black female supervisor at NACA (precursor to NASA) in 1949. Her life & work, along with those of Katherine Johnson & Mary Jackson inspired the book/film Hidden Figures. She was born #OTD in 1910. #WomenInSTEM

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Despite trump blowing up the world to distract us, don’t forget that US Congressman Ted Lieu who has seen the files said : "In the Epstein Files, Donald Trump raped children. Donald Trump threatened to kill children" RELEASE THE FILES. ALL of THEM.

“Cutting off fundamental, curiosity-driven science is like eating the seed corn. We may have a little more to eat next winter but what will we plant so we and our children will have enough to get through the winters to come?” ― Carl Sagan

“Elon Musk destroyed USAID as a mechanism for killing off as many of the global poor and non-white as he can before they kill him first (as he, insanely, believes)” is not a conspiracy theory. In truth, it’s very hard to conclude anything else.

Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...

The wonderfully talented Marsh Family has a new parody of Alanis Morissette's song "Ironic." This will piss off Crybaby Caligula yugely. Isn't he moronic? Don't you think?😅

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

A Canadian Sikh leading the Royal Edinburgh Tattoo is such a good mashup; it's like British Empire fan fiction. It is also a beautiful illustration of what is possible when diversity is celebrated.

@velshi.com @maddow.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social @cnn.com @aoc.bsky.social @ayman.msnbc.com @raskin.house.gov The US govt, led by a person who believes he’s hasbeen persecuted endlessly is, unsurprisingly, trying to censor something they don’t like. micahflee.com/the-server-c...

One thing that's been bugging me today: people who claim Dolly Parton wasn't political. False. She was very political. Her art and life's work were about interrogating power + amplifying the powerless. You only think she wasn't political because she did this by example, not bullshit slogans.

Thank you for founding the Imagination Library and touching & enriching the lives of millions of children around the world. And thank you for your wonderful songs...we will always love you. Goodnight and godspeed, Dolly Parton. 🕯️

Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton coined the term “software engineer.” She directed the Software Engineering Division at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab & led development of the on-board flight software for NASA’s Apollo Guidance Computer. She was born #OTD in 1936 & turns 90 today! #WomenInSTEM

Want to make Elon Musk’s life a little more difficult? www.cardsagainsthumanity.com/elonhasnofri...

Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.

on this day 1952 blues artist Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton records "Hound Dog" for the first time, Elvis recorded his version of it 4 years later.

Her name is Sister Rosetta Thorpe. Known as the "Godmother of rock" that inspired Elvis.

Lucille Ball--actress, comedian, producer & film-studio executiver--was born #OTD in 1911. In 1962, she bought out Desi Arnaz's interest in Desilu Productions & became the 1st woman to own & run a major TV studio. Desilu produced many popular TV series including Mission: Impossible & #StarTrek. 🖖

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On this day in 1944, the Gestapo found Anne Frank and her family in their Secret Annex. Her diary stands as a warning against hatred and persecution. Eighty years later, we should recognize the warning signs before it’s too late.🙂‍↕️

El Sayed: "When it comes to trans rights, this is the right to get the health care that you need...It’s the right not to be discriminated against by your government because of who you are. Because what tends to happen is they come for theirs, then they come for yours"

My wife is the best! She wrote some smutty Belinda Blinked fan fiction in Toki Pona for my birthday. Lived up to the @flintstonerocky.bsky.social standard of prose! 😀😆 We still love you, Rocky! #belinkers #tokipona

BREAKING: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche for the Epstein Files, Judge Sullivan has just ordered Blanche to produce, in camera (in chambers), the UNREDACTED emails & documents, and Blanche must bring documentation supporting his representations the DOJ’s redactions are what he claims they are.

It is 91 days until Spiel 2026 (starts 22 Oct 2026)!

@andybeshearky.bsky.social Why are you not appointing someone to fill in Mitch McConnell’s seat? The Republicans seem to be hiding facts about his health and even whether McConnell is dead or alive? You need to act now, it’s your duty as governor to act on behalf of your state and the country.

@crittervision.bsky.social Please check your feeds on YouTube as they seem to be glitching (both the 24/7 camera and the panoramic camera “Glitching” in that they jump from one time to another with short frozen times in between jumps Thanks! Normally love to watch the feeds!