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Joel Dilley

@okiedharmabum.bsky.social

Noble warrior poet/isolated book worm. Buddhist af.

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dell cameron@dell.bsky.social · 5h ago

NEW: Meta reviewed, approved, and ran more than 50 ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads. They ran for nine months. Some were live this week. After WIRED asked about them, researchers found ~30 more

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.

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Joel Dilley@okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 2d ago

Monday buck CDs (and two-bit rationalizations). Gene Ammons on Chess? Yes. An Australian (?!) reissue of "Song of Innocence" by David Axelrod from '68, Bang On a Can's Michael Gordon and a best of Roy Buchanan's Atlantic albums. West Indies Nonesuch Explorer, Wolfe Tones live, ditto Beausoleil. +12!

4 CDs. Top left, Gene Ammons "Young Jug", top right, David Axelrod "Song of Innocence", bottom right, Michael Gordon "Light is Calling", bottom left, Roy Buchanan "Guitar on Fire"4 CDs. Top left, "West Indies: an island carnival", top right, the Wolfe Tones "Live alive-oh", bottom right, Twelve Girls Band "Eastern Energy", bottom left, Beausoleil "Looking Back Tomorrow"
Joel Dilley@okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 4d ago

In today's post. Essays and interviews w/ Johnny Shines, RL Burnside, Skip James, Jimmy Rogers, JB Hutto and some other lesser lights (only as far as name recognition!) plus the usual suspects, from 1990 (marked down to $9.98 at Half Price Books in '95)(I'm patient and got it for 4 bucks on ebay).

The cover of the trade paperback "Blues Guitar: The Men Who Made the Music; from the pages of Guitar Player magazine" edited by Jas Obrecht with a photo of the hands of B. B. King holding his guitar Lucille
Tammy Duckworth@duckworth.senate.gov · 5d ago

Sonya Massey trusted law enforcement to keep her safe. Instead, she lost her life at the hands of those sworn to protect and serve—an all too common tragedy for Black Americans.

May we honor Sonya’s legacy by advocating for justice, accountability and a safer future for all.

Officer who shot Sonya Massey denied medical release from prison

Sean Grayson, the officer who fatally shot Sonya Massey in her own home, has been denied medical release from his 20-year prison sentence. Grayson, a former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy, was diagn...

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Roy Edroso@edroso.bsky.social · 6d ago

It can't be stressed too strongly: REPUBLICANS ARE CROOKS. Depraved indifference to the law (at least at it applies to themselves) is part of their philosophy; they just convinced some idiots that this was "libertarianism."

tomwellborn3rd@wellborn.net · last wk.

Kim Davis told the court under oath she'd made no transfers over two thousand dollars in five years. Deeds show she moved three parcels worth over four hundred thousand to family members eight months before that. She wants the martyrdom without the debt.

Daniella@daniellamazzio.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Mouse is out of the bag: Extremely delighted to share that I'll be at this year's @socialismconference.org to talk w/ @vickyacab.bsky.social about her brilliant book, "The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took over the World." Register! socialism2026.sched.com/event/2RijZ/...

Daniella takes a selfie holding up the book "The Extended Universe."
Socialism Conference@socialismconference.org · 6d ago

📣 Socialism 2026 Schedule is now live! 📣 Don’t miss this year’s Socialism Conference, Sept. 4 - 7 in Chicago: four days of panels, workshops, debates, activities, and entertainment with thousands of socialists, abolitionists, and organizers! Schedule here: socialismconference.org/2026-schedule/

Politics, Education, Community Schedule is live! Check out the full conference schedule on our website and make sure to register today!
Haymarket Books@haymarketbooks.org · 6d ago

CHICAGO! The Veiled Prophet Join @devintoshea.bsky.social and @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social as they discuss the secret society that has controlled St. Louis for over a century. Live from Haymarket House and streaming on Youtube. Aug. 19 at 6:30 PM CT RSVP:

The Veiled Prophet: Devin Thomas O'Shea in Conversation with Rebecca Makkai - Haymarket House

Join us as Devin Thomas O’Shea and Rebecca Makkai discuss The Veiled Prophet,  A provocative look at the secret society that has controlled St. Louis for over a century, revealing how shadowy elites…

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Joel Dilley@okiedharmabum.bsky.social · last wk.

End of the month for this senior citizen on a fixed/rigged income so I'm in line at the local food pantry and my heart was immensely gladdened to see this sign ahead of me. (Bloomington, IL. Blue dot in red county.)

Pickup truck with "F🖕CK TRUMP" sign on tailgate