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the so-called “Arab Parties” would have 50% or more of the vote if all of the people living in the territory over which the State of Israel exercises control could vote
Netanyahu’s party appears to have come first in Israel’s elections. Highest ever vote for the Arab parties. As ever, the choice is between multiracial democracy and ethnonationalist fascism.
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this is good advice. this includes things like quote dunking and sharing screenshots. we don't need to engage with any of these jackasses at all, and angrily boosting them helps literally no one
I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.
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“Someone in the community dies. There is a silent auction of the deceased’s things to help pay for the funeral. The family sells the naming rights to the coffin and tombstone” www.nonprofitaf.com/if-community...
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Many comments on the great election victories in Brazil and Serbia state that the authorian right is in decline or that voters have rejected far-right authoritarianism. That is a wrong interpretation of what happened. Progressive movements mobilized and beat the authoritarian right. That's different
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We are relieved to see that another Bolsonaro will not take power in Brazil. But only grassroots action can address the deeper issues at play. “If Bolsonaro wins, they kill us—if Lula wins, they let us die.” crimethinc.com/2026/09/29/i...
Brazil's 80-year-old left-wing leader President Lula defeats Flávio Bolsonaro in a bitterly contested runoff. n.pr/48eAvU9
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Replying to @headfallsoff.com
it’s the most obvious wedge issue in the history of time. they dont care about sports, they want to make it impossible to be trans legally and socially and should be responded to as such. if you start earnestly debating about competitive integrity you are doing their work for them
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Key figures behind EA buyout accused of exchanging billions for political favours
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Ali, Darcy, and Keith have all taken to the stars, visiting weird planets, learning alien words, and checking in on the now decade-old No Man's Sky. sidestory.show/37-thank-you...
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Yes, but you know, how dare I, as a trans woman, question the Democrats? open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
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people need to pay far less attention to what bernie sanders says about ai and far more to what aoc says about ai. sometimes you do just need to step back from the apps and the screens.
AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"
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Part of my literal job is to fly out to physical game studios to rescue and recover historical materials that might be endangered and put them in a permanent archive. @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is a 501(c)3 publicly funded to do that, my DMs are open, and I'm free for the next couple weeks...
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This is fucking psychotic. More and more I believe that AI is a tool of white supremacy and fascism
The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...
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👇👇👇 #publishing #booksky #writingcommunity #writersky #kidlit
And while we're on the subject: there's no ethical use of a product brought to market through unethical means. It doesn't matter whether the product is "AI" or chocolate or diamonds. Most generative "AI" was knowingly developed through massive theft from creatives; we have the emails admitting this.
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Employers worldwide are pulling back on AI as they navigate a flood of errors and low-quality work that sap employee time, raise privacy and security risks, and drive up costs
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Seeing the expected “and yet they use Windows” responses to this frankly incredible move from House House and I sincerely hope games coverage can take this opportunity to teach audiences what an organised boycott actually is.
Big Walk will not be coming to Xbox "in accordance with the Palestinian-led BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement’s call to boycott Microsoft," per developer House House. BDS previously designated Microsoft as a boycott target, and called on users to boycott Xbox products in April 2025.
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