zacobin

zacobin

@zacobin.bsky.social

Sewer socialist in Brooklyn

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zacobin
@zacobin.bsky.social

Self hosting too, if you can

Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org

The big tech companies have been the default software for far too long. Take a few steps and find software you actually like to use. www.eff.org/pages/i-wan...

eff.orgHow to Opt Out of Software Made by Big TechBig tech companies make the devices we use and the operating systems that come on them. They also make the bulk of the default software that comes packed into those operating systems. But spend even
zacobin
@zacobin.bsky.social

It’s bribery all the way down

Erin Maye Quade@erinmayequade.bsky.social

My 4 yr old daughter has an account, opened without our consent. The maximum amount of money any person can donate to my campaign is $1,000. The limit to what a corporation can donate to our daughter's account: none. Every corporation with business before the MN Legislature can now donate stocks...

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

Inside an ICE facility, women talked about the men whose 911 calls landed them there — the boyfriends or husbands who had beat them, choked them, threatened deportation. “I had suffered from domestic violence,” one woman said. “But the one who ended up in trouble was me.”

propublica.orgThese Women Were Trying to Escape Domestic Abuse. ICE Detained Them Instead.It’s especially intimidating for immigrants suffering abuse to call 911. With this in mind, Congress has long treated people who need help as victims, not targets for deportation. Under the Trump admi...

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Joel S.
@joelhs.bsky.social

This is a pogrom, no different than what the Cossacks did to Jewish communities in the Pale of Settlement.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers on Friday, setting olive groves on fire and slinging rocks. Caught in the attack was Post photographer Heidi Levine. “They just kept kicking me and kicking me, like probably 50 times,” Levine said. https://wapo.st/4yt6dHY

zacobin
@zacobin.bsky.social

Get ready to vote for mamdani for a third time

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov

New York City! You have 10 days left to register to vote! Go to vote.nyc to register, find your polling site or see a sample ballot. And don’t forget: turn your ballot over to vote on faster government!

zacobin
@zacobin.bsky.social

“Papers, please” internal passports when?

404 Media@404media.co

Body cam footage we obtained reveals the first Flock camera searches ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, and highlights how the system has turned otherwise mundane traffic stops into interrogations for drivers. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMXh...

zacobin
@zacobin.bsky.social

36 but close enough

The Onion@theonion.com

40-Year-Old Not Active Enough To Realize Body Falling Apart https://theonion.com/40-year-old-not-active-enough-to-realize-body-falling-a-1847782934/

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

Replying to @propublica.org

4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.

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Working Class History
@workingclasshistory.com

If you want to learn more about this period of intense class conflict in the US South, be sure to check out our graphic novel, Black Coal & Red Bandanas! Get yours here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/bla...

Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com

#OtD 4 Sept 1919 5000 miners, many armed, marched on Logan County, WV, after hearing rumours of women & children being killed by mine operator thugs. They refused to leave until a committee could enter the area and verify all was quiet. More in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e57-...

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donni saphire
@donni.bsky.social

When I read posts I feel confused and unsettled but when I read a book I feel calm enjoyment. Ah well, time to read several hundred posts

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