National security decision-making has a longer time horizon. It would be stupid for Canada, Europe, South Korea, etc. to act now based on assuming the US will be a reliable in a decade. We have shown that we are not. Many Americans still don’t appreciate how profound of a change that is.

I like that the process of naming this kitty was going to the locals and asking "hey what do you call these?" which is a refreshing change of pace

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Meet the first new cat species discovered in 100 years: Leopardus tilcayo

ICE agent Christian Castro, who is accused of unjustifiably shooting Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis through the closed door of a north Minneapolis home in January, made his first appearance in Hennepin County District Court Thursday.

ICE agent in Jan. 14 Minneapolis shooting makes first appearance in Minnesota state court • Minnesota Reformer

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Christian Castro, who is accused of unjustifiably shooting Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis through the closed door of a north Minneapolis home in January, made hi...

minnesotareformer.com

South Lebanon faces ongoing Israeli attacks - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/south-lebanon-faces-ongoing-israeli-attacks

South Lebanon faces ongoing Israeli attacks

<article data-history-node-id="447896" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/south-lebanon-faces-ongoing-israeli-attacks" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/south-lebanon-faces-ongoing-israeli-attacks" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">South Lebanon faces ongoing Israeli attacks </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon have continued, state media reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>Late on Thursday, an&nbsp;Israeli aircraft struck Talloussah and carried out two attacks on the Jinjil area of al-Qantara.</p> <p>Another air strikes&nbsp;targeted Nabatieh al-Fawqa. Meanwhile,&nbsp;illumination flares were fired over the outskirts of Yater and Beit Lif.</p> </div> </div> </article>

middleeasteye.net

Used facial recognition on some unsuspecting dude, gassed him up by pretending to admire his work, and recorded the interaction with his pervert glasses. Easily the most cynical thing I’ve seen in a long while.

Influencers Are Using Meta's AI-Glasses to Film Manipulative Feel-Good Slop of People in Public

A content creator is using facial recognition software paired with Meta's AI glasses to film "joybait" of people without their knowledge.

futurism.com

your local health department may be able to vaccinate you for low or no cost

Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 2mo ago

Your local health department may offer the covid and/or flu vaccine at low or no cost for uninsured folks — it's usually worth reaching out to them to ask. (this could be a municipal health department or county health department) 🧵

here is the gofundme and information about her family:

Donate to Help Bring Luis Home to His Family, organized by Amayrani Baltazar

Help Bring My Brother Home ❤️ I’m creating this fundraiser for my broth… Amayrani Baltazar needs your support for Help Bring Luis Home to His Family

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If you can’t make your own honeypot from scratch, store-bought is fine.

FBI warned ICE agents could be targeted by fake ‘tradwife’ dating profiles, memo reveals

Exclusive: Internal FBI memo, reviewed by the Guardian, said women wanted to dox and ‘embarrass’ agents, but provided few details

theguardian.com

My name is RaeRae. Three years ago, I was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer. I survived, but while healing, all I could think about was that I survived cancer to potentially spend the rest of my life growing old in a body that is not totally mine. Help me reach my goal?! gofund.me/11ec81bfc

Donate to Help RaeRae Alleviate Pain and Dysphoria, organized by Cat Thomas

Hello and welcome!! This is a fundraiser for my magical friend RaeRae, who I have … Cat Thomas needs your support for Help RaeRae Alleviate Pain and Dysphoria

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Anthony and the other farmers can use your help too. They need money to cover seeds and tarpaulins Let’s enable their choices. You can contact Anthony here: info@ugandafarm.org

Uganda Community Farm | A Grassroots Action on Extreme Poverty

The UCF is a nonprofit social enterprise that aims to put the rural poor in the remotest areas of eastern Uganda on a self-sufficient path from extreme poverty.

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One of the ways in which you can tell Americans *fundamentally* misunderstand transgender people, is that they keep telling lies about "tax payer funded sex changes." BITCH if it were THAT easy... Likewise, a lot of us never undergo bottom surgery for personal reasons as well. Country so dumb.

I don't think people really understand the psychic impact of knowing that multiple times a day every day your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, and everyone who could ever have any power over you is being flooded with agitprop designed to make them hate you

gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 2mo ago

i've seen this ad three times already today

A little weird that the pro-AI position is that it could potentially kill all of humanity and the anti-AI position is that it definitely won't. FWIW I think there's a range of plausible outcomes for e.g. rogue AI hacking that are very bad even if you take human extinction off the table.

Wrote about documenting ICE arrests during a surge in southwest Florida -- and how no one wanted any of the footage.

ICE is Still Surging

Dispatch from an immigration surge in southwest Florida

turtlediaries.net

So when a Dem says they agree with any of this, they are taking a position that is against what trans people ALREADY HAD just 5 years ago. That's why trans people won't accept it. It's not about progress, it's about preventing a managed decline in civil rights agreed to by Democrats.

So when libs say, you need to do incremental progress like gay marriage, it completely ignores the rollbacks that have happened in 5 years. It is every aspect of trans life from where we use the bathroom, how we are addressed, what our IDs say, to even censorship on discussions about our existence.

5 years ago, there were over 100 multidisciplinary gender clinics for trans youth. Today, there are less than 31 (as of July 2026). bsky.app/profile/esqu...

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 4mo ago

In 2021, there were roughly 101 gender clinics offering care to transgender youth offering a full range of gender affirming care. By July 2026, there are only about 31 left that still prescribe hormones and puberty blockers.

Again, 5 years ago, none of these policies existed. 15 states require the forced outing of trans students 16 states ban medicaid coverage of gender affirming care 14 states have "Don't say trans" laws banning discussion of trans people's identities. 29 states have banned participation in sports.

Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth

When the time comes, Daysi Gonzalez will be trading whatever comfort she takes in professional success for the cold hard reality of Trump’s deportation zealotry. Another story we should not have to tell:

She’s Helping Dems Take Back Congress. Trump Is Forcing Her to Self-Deport.

Daysi Gonzalez has built a life here for 25 years, and a career as a formidable political operative. Now she is planning an exit she never chose.

lnk.thebulwark.com

why is it not enough that vulnerable people must give up their rights for the greater good? why must they also accept their own sacrifice quietly and graciously? ask yourself if you would be so forgiving if you were the one expected to suffer for the greater good

"You just have to convince people." Dawg, there are a dozen conservative websites dedicated to spreading lies about trans people and billions in election spending. I just had to croundfund an outpatient surgery and I'm one of the biggest trans writers of our time.

The trans girls in sports policy we had in 2020? Compromise. Puberty blockers were literally a compromise.

I've found that this attitude goes hand in hand with a failure to realize that every single issue that is now labelled "radical trans activism" was a compromise trans people won with those in power that power is now reneging on.

I'm afraid if you think this way, you've fallen for fascist propaganda. Introspection on how that happened to you is needed immediately.

One of the more insidious phrasings I've seen with the Dems/trans rights discourse lately is the idea that trans people are being greedy and demanding a "maximalist" approach to trans rights. No, you cannot call the state of rights American trans people had as recently as 2023 "maximalist," sorry.

NEW: Once exceptionally rare, illegal deportations — in defiance of court orders or due to ICE screw-ups — are now a routine part of President Trump's mass deportation push. It happened 3 times this past week and more at least 30 times in recent months. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

well golly balls guess whose feminist media collective just came out with a bunch of great fuck-ai merch

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