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Ray Pride

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Daily newsletter/column, Today in Culture, free sub @ Newcity.com. Film critic. Photographer. Editor. raypride.substack.com; [my name] everywhere / weekly film column newcityfilm.com

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John Voelcker@johnvoelcker.bsky.social · 1h ago

So, all those recalls, warning vehicles could erupt into flames at any time? Even when parked + turned off ?? It's NOT #EV models driving the recent growth in those recalls. It's conventional gasoline + diesel vehicles. Not that you may have heard that, but the @washingtonpost.com did the analysis.

What’s really driving recalls of cars at risk of bursting into flames? It’s not EVs.

“Park outside” safety warnings are often tied to other problems found in both gas and electric vehicles.

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hoptimus@hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 3h ago

This is fucking humiliating and anyone doing work in software should think about this long and hard before doing business with Google. Strong companies don't do this. Weak ones who think they need help from the government to survive? Yeah, this is their speed.

Arieh Kovler@ariehkovler.com · 3h ago

Before and after using a US VPN. without VPN: Lake Ontario on the map itself, but the attraction pin has been renamed to Lake America with VPN with US IP: Both are Lake America.

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 8h ago

Latest example of "You Can Just Do Stuff" governing taken to the extreme. The judge can't physically enforce his or her own ruling, the White House controls law enforcement and Congress won't impeach.

Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret)@portlandken.bsky.social · 12h ago

1) DHS asks a federal judge for a warrant to hoover up private data from journalists, activists, and trade unions. 2) Judge denies because it is an obvious violation of the 1st and 4th Amendments with no justification. 3) DHS issues its own "Administrative Warrant" and sucks up the data anyway.

Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 56m ago

This article is a very hard read and I encourage everyone to read it. I’ll also add that when we were organizing Lights for Liberty in 2019, one of the catalysts was the use of “freezer” boxes on pregnant women. As with all fascists, they’re accelerating. Awful. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...

Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE (Gift Article)

Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 4h ago

‼️ In August, more than 2,500 Shaheds were launched on Ukraine, - Serhiy Flash calculated Last month - 1,500 Now Shaheds are being launched almost straight from the assembly line, as evidenced by the found documentation.

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ben chambers 🏴@benjaminchambers.bsky.social · 15h ago

slave ships >> cattle cars >> deportation flights again, the pilots of these flights need to have their licenses revoked and blacklisted from the aviation industry

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 15h ago

ICE’s flight manual says children above 13 years old can be shackled if they are deemed a security risk. A father being moved with his two teenaged sons — who might “conspire” with one another against 10+ flight guards — would be enough for them to be considered security risks.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h ago

Universities, including public campuses using tax dollars, turned out to be much more receptive to Milo, including spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to platform him. He was purged from the right, and then from America, by his fellow travelers in hate.

Milo Yiannopoulos' Berkeley visit cost over $800,000, he stayed for minutes
Nate O@nateo.bsky.social · 5h ago

The highlighted text clarified my thoughts re. ‘academic freedom’. No, conservative students don’t have ‘the right’. A campus is no different from any other domain of life, and a conservative bringing an obnoxious bigot to speak anywhere is, for others that use the space, by supposition, not welcome

Stereogum@stereogum.com · 7h ago

At Daisy Chain Fields tonight, Olivia Rodrigo brought out Sarah McLachlan for “Building A Mystery” and “Angel,” dedicated to Dolly Parton. The pop star's festival, which was inspired by McLachlan’s Lilith Fair, raised $10M for women's rights nonprofits, an amount Melinda French Gates is doubling.

Andrea Pitzer@andreapitzer.bsky.social · 10h ago

Anyone who's seen the videos of these dogs has understood for years how they could be used to hunt humans.

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 2d ago

New: ICE plans to spend millions of dollars on Boston Dynamics dog robots. ICE says this is to improve "officer safety." The robots can open doors, pick up objects, have 360 cameras, infrared vision, etc. Boston Dynamics didn't respond to question on its stance on ICE www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...

ProPublica@propublica.org · 11h ago

When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth polled top commanders in 2025 about cutting a program meant to protect civilians from harm during military operations, they all said it should be kept intact. Hegseth gutted the program anyway.

Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.

The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering part...

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Rep. Debbie Dingell@debbiedingell.house.gov · 3d ago

The Great Lakes are a shared treasure that generations of Americans and Canadians have worked together to protect. That’s why I’m introducing legislation to keep Lake Ontario as Lake Ontario and block President Trump’s idiotic order. www.politico.com/live-updates...

House Democrat moves to reverse Trump’s ‘Lake America’ order

Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell is introducing a bill to nullify Trump’s executive order renaming Lake Ontario.

politico.com

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 5h ago

🔥 In the city of Kirishi, Leningrad Region, the Kirishnefteorgsintez refinery was hit. Critical installations at the plant were hit ✈️ Yeysk was also hit. NASA satellites recorded a large-scale fire in Yeysk. It is likely that not only the airfield was hit, but also a military town.

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Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social · 11h ago

Fun fact — and reminder: For all their focus on “officer safety” and arguments about aggressive tactics being necessary, no ICE officer has ever been killed in the line of duty. It is more deadly in the US to be an elementary school student than an ICE officer.

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 2d ago

New: ICE plans to spend millions of dollars on Boston Dynamics dog robots. ICE says this is to improve "officer safety." The robots can open doors, pick up objects, have 360 cameras, infrared vision, etc. Boston Dynamics didn't respond to question on its stance on ICE www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...