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Seen in Brooklyn this AM: an egged cybertruck with a bag of dogshit and also unbagged dogshit

'Asylum as We Know It': An Immigration Historian on Trump, Refuge, and Exclusion After World War II, "People understood that if they had allowed more immigrants into the United States, many of them wouldn't have been killed in Europe."

Out today: @yaelschacher.bsky.social, a director at @refugeesintl.bsky.social and a historian of U.S. immigration policy, speaks with @francescadnunz.bsky.social about the concept of 'Asylum' and how Trump's border policies build on decades of repression.

This is weird! I don’t want politicians to be my friend, I just want healthcare

Ready to read about something that isn't more dumb shit at the fuck factory

FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE UP TO DATE ON YOUR VACCINATIONS NOW.

looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

its going to be so epic when he dies

It actually started with Robert E. Lee if we want to go back in history. We'd have been better off today if a few thousand Confederate traitors had been hanged.

Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:

www.404media.co/declassified...

FYI google have now stopped "-ai" working at the end of your search string.

So put this at the end (after a space) instead:

&udm=14

Fuck you #google.

#AI

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

ICE Agents in Churches ‘Does Not Bode Well for the Future of Religion’ in America “They’re de facto endorsing government interference with the church—the very government interference with the church that they've complained about in the past.”

“This policy signals a return to some of the cruel and shameful policies that we’ve seen in our history, like the forced expulsion and resettlement of Native Americans in the Trail of Tears, or the internment of Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor. It’s the same order of shamefulness.”

one of my strongest held beliefs is that we will not fix any of our most serious problems unless we are willing to hold a Nuremberg for social media executives, funders and engineers

hey question, is this bad?

could really do without every single democratic congressperson tweeting “this is crazy, someone should do something”

Justice Dept. Is Said to Discuss Dropping Case Against Eric Adams Senior officials under President Trump have talked with prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of abandoning the corruption case against Mr. Adams, the mayor of New York City.

'Senior Justice Department officials under Trump have held discussions with federal prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of dropping their corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams'

This is grossly irresponsible reporting by the AP. What’s being offered is not a buyout. The deal is if you agree to resign in September you can continue working remotely until then. There is no buyout or severance.

I saw a post saying that ICE is pausing its tip line, so I decided to call myself to verify.

The recorded voicemail said they are not currently accepting immigration status tips.

Good job, friends.

The reason A.I. is being shoved down our throats is shareholders want a return on their investment. Every company that integrates this crappy tech into their products knows you don't want it, but they've sunk too much money into it and don't care. Turn it off, don't use it, don't look back.

Creativity is like a houseplant, not an endless well. You need to seek out sunlight, water, and nutrients in art, shows, music, experiences, and more to tend to it. And just like plants it has its dormant and active periods and you may not seem improvement for some time.

I believe the general internet tradition on these kinds of things is well known.

techcrunch.com/2023/04/21/m...

It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered… Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”

- 1984, George Orwell

SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.

You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.

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There were better shows on Netflix when it cost $10 a month

TikTok as we knew it died when it went dark this weekend. It’s still dead.

You won't be any better at fighting what's coming if you burn yourself out and spend all your time feeling bleak and hopeless, and the people telling you that it's all despair now probably don't have anyone's best interest at heart.

Hell yea