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https://cos.dreamwidth.org/ Posting photos at http://cospics.bsky.social/ - birds, fish, coral reefs, street art, cats, and sometimes other stuff.

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Cos@c0s.bsky.social · 2d ago

I've called my representative and senators about this a few times this year, but will definitely call again. I ask, "would you pass a law that requires every library and bookstore to check everyone's IDs at the door?" I tell them this is the same thing, because it is. #resist

SnepShark 🔞@snepshark.bsky.social · 3d ago

It will be worse than this! Most websites will be forced to ask you to send your ID to a third party surveillance service, adding a credit card won't be enough for most. Bluesky asks for your *social security number* if you live in Texas now, due to this shit. Call in, and kill it.

It’s a floor wax and a dessert topping!@pipercat.bsky.social · last mo.

Here are well known socialists Greg Abbott and Rudy Giuliani asking their constituents to turn their thermostats up to 78 degrees during a heatwave: www.nyc.gov/html/om/html... www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...

Abbott to Texans: Try To Use Less Power | Houston Public Media

Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday made this appeal to Texans: Curb your electricity use, if you can — for the grid's sake.

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Cos@cospics.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I joined a birding walk this morning. When we saw some double-crested cormorants, someone remarked that cormorants aren't very photogenic, and in defense of cormorants I immediately thought of this photo I took in the Everglades years ago. #birds #wildlife #Everglades

Double-crested cormorant (a large dark bird) viewed at an angle from the rear, sticking its neck up and holding wings out to dry. Background is clear blue water, no ripples, with bits of trees and clouds reflected.
ACLU@aclu.org · 2mo ago

There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.

Evan Greer@evangreer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW: Ahead of our meetings with @massgovernor.bsky.social and @massago.bsky.social this week @fightforthefuture.org is sharing a draft of proposed alternative social media legislation. Our model bill cracks down on Big Tech abuses without destroying privacy and throwing LGBTQ+ youth under the bus.

Fight for the Future releases draft of proposed social media legislation that protects ALL kids from Big Tech

Massachusetts-based digital rights group Fight for the Future has released a working draft of a model bill they are offering as an alternative to the well-intentioned legislation put forth by Governor...

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Cos@c0s.bsky.social · 3mo ago

At the #MayDayStrong rally in Boston today, one of the speakers from a teachers' union was asking for support to stop this deportation: tinyurl.com/aftma4mariola - sign and re-post. #resist

Stop the deportation of Mariola – keep this mom and educator in her community!

Mariola is a mother, elementary school educator, and student at Salem State University. Sixteen years ago, she came to the U.S. fleeing violence and persecution she faced in Guatemala as an indigenous...

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AFT Massachusetts@aftmass.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Mariola is our AFT MA union sibling. Please ACT NOW and sign your name to demand her deportation be stopped immediately. Then share this with your community! Our union sister needs our solidarity. Please take action for Mariola, her son, and the Lynn Teachers Union: tinyurl.com/aftma4mariola

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

PabloReports: Who do you think Trump should fire next? AOC: Is he out of women? Trump only seems to have the capability to fire female secretaries. If you’re a man in the Trump administration, it seems that they reward misconduct.

Cos@c0s.bsky.social · 4mo ago

EFF stays on social platforms they don't endorse and have strong criticisms of, because other people on those platforms need what EFF offers. But they're leaving Twitter because it's no longer relevant or impactful - because most people have left and they don't think it's worth the trouble anymore.

Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 4mo ago

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Cos@c0s.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The other day I realized that since Macs changed from using Intel chips to Apple Silicon, they now have real Apple cores.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4mo ago

If the estimates were right, there were about 9 million people at No Kings rallies today. That would mean this protest was THIRTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE TEA PARTY PROTEST which we were told, over and over again, was a massively important sign that US politics had shifted dramatically to the right

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Again, the first Tea Party rallies in April 2009 -- heavily promoted in advance by Fox News -- only had about 300,000 attendees across 750 cities, but the media treated it like the Second American Revolution. There will be multiple *individual* No Kings rallies today that have more people at them.

Cos@c0s.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Jimmy Tingle on immigration at #NoKings #Boston: "40% of agricultural workers are undocumented - most of these people would make great citizens. Some of them are sneaking into this country... to work! That's like someone sneaking into your house to clean it!"

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Ellen Seebacher@ekseebacher.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I spent my junior-high and high-school years in Texas, and books were my life. Prohibiting students from reading anything but state-approved pabulum is repulsive: thebloggess.com/2026/03/25/t...

Today they banned my book. It was not the first. It won’t be the last. Here’s what I want you to know.

This is not what I wanted to write. I wanted to write about how I’m about to go on book tour for my new book in a few days. Instead I am writing about the fact that I was just informed that m…

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