I may have just lost my job because I missed a mandatory training - on a goddamn SATURDAY. And yes - it was required. And apparently it was the "only one available." FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
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Made of meat. Tasty, marbeled meat. Mmmmmmm.
I'm so fucking exhausted and FUCKING PISSED OFF AT THE HEAT that I can't even watch Stargate SG-1 without being grumpy. This, my friends, is a new high/low.
For the current news cycle, Bodega Cat chose the right section of the Bodega.
Bodega Cats@bodegacats.bsky.social · 6d ago
Look, at this point I'd rather just take the deal with the fae. Yes, it is an amoral, eldritch, inhuman creature whose motivations are utterly alien to my feeble mind. But at least the fae would be capable of holding a basic conversation.
how many real people have experienced actual, documented harm at the hands of Trans people playing sports? ok, how many children will be victimized by mandatory genital inspections, because you know the number isn't zero? tell me again, who are you trying to protect here??
Check out this clip and make sure you search the Atlas of Surveillance to see what surveillance technologies are being used in your community. www.atlasofsurveillance.org
Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 2d ago"Flock cameras are just one part of a vast ecosystem," @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver warned his audience last night. "Check out resources like the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance, which catalogs each of the technologies used in your area." www.atlasofsurveillance.org/
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Call me Old Fashioned, but I don't think the Attorney General of the United States and Trump's personal pedophile attorney should be the same person.
A message for our European friends: "People & organizers in Europe have real leverage in slowing down #Palantir —maybe even more than we have in the US—because their success depends on their ability to grow across European govts. Slowing down and stopping that is a huge success." #purgepalantir
netzpolitik.org@netzpolitik.org · 2d agoSoftware von #Palantir ist bei der US-Regierung im Einsatz, beim US-Militär, bei der Abschiebebehörde ICE. Wir sprechen mit Aktivisten von @purgepalantir.bsky.social über den Widerstand gegen den Konzern netzpolitik.org/2026/protest...
WHAT FUCKING PUBLICLY ELECTED PEDOPHILE CAME UP WITH THIS SHIT?????
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
Being undocumented in the United States is not a crime. Being undocumented in the United States is not a crime. Being undocumented in the United States is not a crime. Being undocumented in the United States is not a crime. Being undocumented in the United States is not a crime.
Seize the weapons of mass surveillance. boingboing.net/2026/07/27/l...
Look up your local cops on the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance
The Atlas of Surveillance is a database of police technology in use across the United States: enter your city, county, state or the name of a local law enforcement agency,…
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The EFF's new handout lays out the basics: officers can't order you to move just for filming, but can for public safety. In 2026, a Los Angeles jury found two women guilty of felony stalking after following an ICE agent home and livestreaming it.
A printable one-page Guide to Recording Law Enforcement
You may be aware that cops have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public, and that you have a constitutional right to record what they do. Cellphone video proved that…
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I send an *insane* amount of time watching Sorted Food Kitchen Gadget videos. They are one of my greatest sources of dopamine. youtu.be/21PrUsl4jMk?...
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"There are cats you will never want to pet. Feed them anyway."
Micaiah Johnson@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social · 2d agoI was beaten to it by the amazingly generous @mollytempleton.com but yes! The blog I was nervous about yesterday is a reality today. She’s free. She’s long. She contains multiple cat photos. www.patreon.com/MicaiahJohns...
And I still use it for the discounts and the gas point. I am a grocery retail whore.
Chip Gorman@chipgorman.bsky.social · 2d ago"Your Kroger Card Started It All: A History Of Surveillance In The West"
Been in the 95-100s for the last couple of weeks. I have wicked temperature dysregulation due to lupus. Which means I have: - constant low-grade headache - joint pain - fatigue liek whoah - inability to sleep until temp is below 75 (and it takes WORK to get it that way) And no - no air con.
Mania Cookie Which will also be my Fem Punk Japanese Girl Band name.
Luke Steuber@coolhand.bsky.social · 3mo agoLow Libido Beef Burrito
I don't have words because I am FOAMING AT THE FUCKING MOUTH.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
EXCLUSIVE: 404 Media has obtained a coaching guide that Flock surveillance gives to police about “how to speak to city councils about public safety technology.” @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. Read the full story here: www.404media.co/own-the-narr...
"Flock cameras are just one part of a vast ecosystem," @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver warned his audience last night. "Check out resources like the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance, which catalogs each of the technologies used in your area." www.atlasofsurveillance.org/
I learn quite a bit from this publication. I used to be a pacifist (I'm not anymore), but I've always shaken the hand of anyone in a uniform and thanked them for their service and told them, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have the freedom to be me."
Stars and Stripes@starsandstripes.bsky.social · 2d agoProtecting our shores, saving lives, and answering the call whenever duty demands! 🎂🎁⛑ Celebrate the Coast Guard’s birthday EARLY with 25% off a Stripes digital subscription. 🔓Coupon code: COAST 🔗: www.stripes.com?view=registe... #Flashes
THIS is what 'reaching across the aisle means". NOT pandering, but *reaching out* to find common ground with people on the other side of a divide. I love AOC.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2d agoThere is pervasive corruption across our healthcare and agricultural systems that defy party lines. I meet with MAHA activists because a lot of their concerns are bipartisan issues that major corporations paint as partisan. The fight isn't left and right, it's top and bottom.
These artists worked segregated beaches for tips, among them Owen Golden, who sculpted with one arm. Postcards of them were often retouched to make the Black sculptors look white. A 1944 hurricane finally destroyed the trade.
Life-size sand sculptures once lined the Atlantic City boardwalk
Sand men were buskers who sculpted the beach just off the Atlantic City boardwalk and worked for tips. They built in high relief out of saltwater-soaked sand, life-size and bigger:…
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