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Margaret Wright

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Empire is its own undoing. - Diane di Prima, "Revolutionary Letter #96, poem at dawn" * * * * * * πŸ–€ she/they, union delegate, writer πŸ–€ Albuquerque thrash noise, so-called New Mexico, USA LOL

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This is the first strike during this war that they hit the inner circle of Beirut. Until now, this area has been considered a safe neighborhood and district. Many of the displaced built up their shelters nearby at the Corniche. Horrific. #Lebanon #Beirut

08.03.2026 00:12 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The catastrophic impact to local health where the air is poisoned, as well as to our global ecosystem as they literally set the planet on fire and fill the atmosphere with pollutants

07.03.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 391 πŸ” 173 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4
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ProPublica Sues Education Department for Withholding Records About Discrimination in Schools Under Secretary Linda McMahon, the work of the Office for Civil Rights, which aims to protect students from discrimination, is cloaked in secrecy.

β€œActions by the Department of Education have real consequences for millions of students and families,” a lawyer representing ProPublica said. β€œThe public deserves to understand how executive authority is being exercised.”

08.03.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 425 πŸ” 124 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 3
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Tzedakah Campaign 5786 Support Gaza Soup Kitchen

The people of Gaza continue to struggle for basic sustenance, particularly now that Israel has once again restricted the flow of aid during its attack on Iran. The Gaza Soup Kitchen is still doing all it can to feed and provide medical support to as many people a day as possible. Please help them.

07.03.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And hey, these lessons apply everywhere.

06.03.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

AI is a snake eating itself.

It relies on uncompensated labor to "learn", then economically displaces the people doing that labor.

Which means that there is no one left for AI to steal from, causing it to stagnate, frozen in time based on old training data.

07.03.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIn October 2025, both her SSI and Medicare benefits were halted, and she was told her immigration status was under review.

Although Rakestraw was born in the U.S. and has never once traveled or lived outside the country, federal officials still raised questions about her legal status.”

07.03.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Big Bend border wall protest this morning in Terlingua, Texas, population 138. Rural Texas is not going to let this administration come lock their river behind a wall of steel.

07.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Ruben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stop The Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later.

Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas.

"He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger."
www.bbc.com/news/article...

07.03.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 5340 πŸ” 3391 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 224
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Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas.

β€œNever again” is meaningless if it doesn’t include this. There’s no reason to mince words other than cowardice: these are concentration camps and never again is now.

06.03.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 347 πŸ” 149 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Nothing will ever top that original picture but I need people to understand that this is probably one of the most unreal guys alive. A totally impossible guy. Like by all rights he should not exist but at the same time he could of course only exist in the dimension we’re all trapped in.

06.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 719 πŸ” 125 πŸ’¬ 87 πŸ“Œ 81

If we are being honest: Claude didn't do any of those things.
People USING Claude as an excuse for greed extraction are.

β€’ Claude didn't choose to work for the military.
β€’ Claude didn't build data centers.
β€’ Claude didn't defund mental health.
β€’ Claude didn't refuse security protocols.

Humans did.

06.03.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 530 πŸ” 143 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 15

Claude is roleplaying sentience, and it's handlers are such anti-social dweebs, they can't tell the difference.

06.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 434 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2
A post on X from the betting platform Polymarket that says β€œBREAKING: Anthropic CEO says Claude may or may not have gained consciousness, as the model has begun showing symptoms of anxiety.”

A post on X from the betting platform Polymarket that says β€œBREAKING: Anthropic CEO says Claude may or may not have gained consciousness, as the model has begun showing symptoms of anxiety.”

Literally as I’m arguing with someone about whether AI companies are misleading people into believing their technology possesses God-like super-intelligence I see this monstrosity

06.03.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 5302 πŸ” 837 πŸ’¬ 315 πŸ“Œ 621

there were like 3 VHS options when I was stuck at my grandmother's house with a fever and one of them came with the new blender

06.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

what's one of your ultimate comfort movies?
bsky.app/profile/raea...

06.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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From Ukraine to Iran, Hacking Security Cameras Is Now Part of War’s β€˜Playbook’ New research shows hundreds of attempts by apparent Iranian state hackers to hijack consumer-grade cameras, timed to missile and drone strikes. Israel, Russia, and Ukraine have also adopted this trick...

Hacking internet-connected civilian security cameras for recon has become a standard operating procedure of modern warfare. First for Russia and Ukraine, now for Israel and Iran.

Your insecure internet-of-things surveillance system is now their targeting system.

www.wired.com/story/from-u...

06.03.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 191 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 9
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Was diplomacy with Iran really doomed to fail? Trump’s negotiators seemed to misunderstand Iranian positions, but acknowledge they probably could have gotten β€œObama plus” deal.

Who could have guessed two real estate guys would have no idea what they were doing in negotiations with Iran? Absolutely devastating account from @lkrozen.bsky.social. diplomatic.substack.com/p/was-diplom...

05.03.2026 04:39 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

This is very bad. The best hope for ending this war was Trump declaring victory and stoping the bombing.

If the current regime hangs on, this is going to get a lot worse and many more innocent people are going to die.

All while unleashing longterm damage on US strategic interests.

06.03.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Arguing if Platner is a Nazi or not is a stalking horse for the argument over whether he's an idiot or not, and he is.

06.03.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 475 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 5

Lol I guess mass shooter manifestos and csam were okay

06.03.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Live: Trump demands Iran's 'unconditional surrender' Half a million people estimated to have been displaced by Israel in Lebanon

"Trump demands Iran's 'unconditional surrender,'

[as] half a million people [are already] estimated to have been displaced by Israel in Lebanon"
www.middleeasteye.net/live/live-us...

06.03.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There is absolutely zero explanation for hitting targets like this unless your objective is to destroy any possibility of normal life and produce mass civilian death. Completely unjustifiable and another war crime. We saw this thirty years ago in Iraq.

06.03.2026 05:57 πŸ‘ 666 πŸ” 213 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6

2020: β€œsocial media isn’t real”

2026: *podcasters tracing overseas drone targets with chatgpt*

06.03.2026 06:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump in Jan. 6 case gets life sentence for child sex crimes Andrew Paul Johnson, authorities said, tried to keep one of his victims mum by floating the promise of money he was expecting to receive from the Justice Department.

A Jan. 6 defendant pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the Capitol attack was sentenced to life in prison for child molestation and related crimes. Andrew Paul Johnson was arrested in August, nine months after Trump pardoned him.

05.03.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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this is making me laugh so hard

05.03.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 1897 πŸ” 388 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 248
Kristi Noem before and after her MAGA plastic surgery mistakes

Kristi Noem before and after her MAGA plastic surgery mistakes

dog this is straight up fucking crazy

05.03.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 2952 πŸ” 257 πŸ’¬ 147 πŸ“Œ 191
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Why We Must Fight to Stop HR 7661 Before It Destroys the Lives of American Children Lately I’ve been calling my House rep and screaming about one zillion things, and maybe you have too. But today I want to talk about one thing in particular you should add to your list: H.R. 7661 i…

I wrote about the first national book banning bill, which effectively seeks to erase trans people. At the end I include a link to let your reps know that you oppose this bill and all it stands for. lithub.com/why-we-must-...

05.03.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 650 πŸ” 444 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 13

When might that be happening?

05.03.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

despicable, genocidal warpigs
bsky.app/profile/nyti...

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