no one called it 'cutting off family' when these same parents threw their gay kids out of the house. wild how that works.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 6d ago

lol come the fuck on

This is a great ad.

Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW AD: 14 years ago today, Ken Paxton stole someone's $1,000 pen. Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.

Followed by federal immigration agents or asked to take down their zines, these artists are aware of the danger that comes with speaking out and still going strong. The full story: lataco.com/immigration-... By Amy Torres

At least 4 journalists are being dragged to court in Newark, NJ, TOMORROW following their arrests while covering protests at Delaney Hall. YOU CAN HELP: Use this form to tell prosecutors they must drop all charges. It takes 1 minute. Supporting democracy has never been this quick, free and easy...

📣 Take Action: Drop criminal charges against journalists in Newark

Make an impact with guided actions from Freedom of The Press Foundation.

freedom.press

Definitions, quotes are LAPD's own language: Unfounded = "did not occur as you described" Exonerated = "actions occurred but were justified, lawful and proper" Not resolved = "investigation unable to yield enough evidence to either prove or disprove" Shaggy Defense = it wasn't me Full tracking:

California Press Rights Tracking Doc (Consolidated)

docs.google.com

When people die and the media says they had “pre-existing conditions”… they’re pacifying the public. Anyone could die from Cyclosporiasis, but they want you to believe it can’t happen to you. It can only happen to the weak, the disabled, the elderly. The expendable people. Eugenics.

Two Deaths Linked to Cyclospora Outbreak in Michigan

The patients had “significant underlying health conditions” that may have contributed to their deaths, health officials said.

nytimes.com

I know it's an ass pain and a slog but Ghost and buttondown exist and are right there and even have tools to help you transfer your old posts and subscribers. Please leave substack.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

substack is not a neutral actor

Whoa-ohh, we're halfway there: "This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby" www.404media.co/this-app-war... bsky.app/profile/wolv...

This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby

The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to ...

404media.co

Dr. Damien P. Williams is just… so tired.@wolven.blacksky.app · 10mo ago

Some enterprising nerd needs to find some intersection of protocols or piece of code that only "smart glasses" depend on, and develop a piece of tech that fucks them up good. bsky.app/profile/did:...

We admire great works of art, architecture, and engineering. Why not cancer?

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 4w ago

We admire great works of art, architecture and engineering. Why not debt?

Interesting: AI summaries mean Google is now indisputably a content creator and can be held libel (in Germany, at least) for incorrect AI information. www.dw.com/en/german-co...

German court holds Google liable for fake AI answers

Judges in Bavaria drew a distinction between standard search engine results and AI-generated summaries. They ruled that tech giants themselves are responsible for the content of answers provided by AI...

dw.com

Not gonna lie, the fact that AI data centers are being cooled while Americans die in the street from heat stoke is really pissing me off.

Thomas House of Dublin exhibiting the pro-human solidarity that all of us should demonstrate.

We've made a list of games that use Gen AI and updated the Carrd! This will eventually be expanded to cover more things, but we're still figuring out the layout It contains both games that we've posted and ones that we haven't yet so you may see some new titles docs.google.com/spreadsheets... -E

Gen AI Mega List

docs.google.com

According to Trump's DOJ, doing the following things means you're involved in a conspiracy: • Posting “we need to become ungovernable” on Facebook • Wearing a sweatshirt that says “I’m Antifa!” • Possessing a bullhorn

DOJ's new ICE protest indictment is its most absurd yet

Federal prosecutors' latest antifa conspiracy involves wearing a sweatshirt that says “I'm antifa!”

motherjones.com

NEW: The transcript of today's sealed hearing in the "Broadview Six" case IS IN. Read it here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/95/75/a403b7...

Jon Seidel@jonseidel.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Chicago’s top federal prosecutor Thursday dropped the case against the remaining “Broadview Six” defendants in a stunning hearing that revealed apparent misconduct before a grand jury — of which he said he recently learned. Quick take via @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.

Dave is a very good author, you should read his work! especially when it is free

Dave Dobson@davedobson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My award-winning sci fi book, Kenai, is free as an ebook through May 9. Get a copy on me and enjoy this mind-bending military sci-fi novel. A tranquil, remote planet, once home to an alien race. A world still holding on to its secrets.

That’s me on the phone with ACLU attorney Weston Rowland. After Weston came down to help- he also got arrested. The LAPD arresting an ACLU attorney- who also does work for the LA Press Club- is truly an unfathomable escalation.

Mel Buer@melbuer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A Los Angeles police officer cited @shoton35mm.bsky.social, Investigative Reporter with @lataco.bsky.social for allegedly stepping into the roadway during May Day protests outside the MDC. "If you don't sign, you go to jail," one officer told Ray as he handed him a citation.

Today, the day of the Met Gala, the unionized workers of the Met posted this image to their Instagram. www.instagram.com/p/DX64ioYjecG/

this is so awful. I've been trying to have a witty comment about it all day but its just bad, misguided, and wrong. I was a child in d/Deaf school who got hearing aids and the parents told their kids to stop signing to me; which was traumatic in all the ways you can imagine for a 3yo, but

Science Magazine@science.org · 4mo ago

Involving seven finger ring sensors, a new system can translate American Sign Language and International Sign Language words to text. Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4tQeJiW

I've talked about Substack (& closed platforms in general) a lot over the years, but *this* was the most fired up I've gotten; I think it's because @anamariecox.bsky.social + @mike-eagle.bsky.social set such an amazing tone for the conversation. I'm so glad with how this came out. Please do listen!

Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 4mo ago

If your friends on Substack don't want to read any of the long essays and articles about The Substack Problem, send them this @anildash.com explainer video. (From his @pastduepodcast.com interview.) It's not just Nazis, it really isn't. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWdS...

Bon, on me les a demandés des millions de fois, alors s'ils ne sont pas en rupture de stock CE SOIR, c'est que vous mentez pour me faire plaisir. ON LES A. ILS SONT EN VENTE EN LIGNE. LES POSTERS "PIGEONS & FROMAGES" C'est ici: www.exemplaire-editions.fr/exemplaire/b...

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli. (don't forget the alt text!)

Walter Chaw@mangiotto.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli.

Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.

SubStack 👇🏼👎🏻👎🏻 Just an FYI: I got two emails from SubStack promoting white nationalist organizations so unsubscribed to all and I will never click on a link to SubStack. I'm really small potatoes, but I'm not going to help normalize Nazi stuff.

elaine@elainealimonti.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It’s owned largely by investor tech bros including venture capitol firm Andreessen Horowitz, co-headed by Marc Andreessen, avowed libertarian and Trump supporter who believes any government regulation or protections are “authoritarian.” Hated the Biden administration’s tech and ai policies.

Mr. Dash speaks truth. Leave substack now

David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · last yr.

"Substack is, just as a reminder, a political project made by extremists with a goal of normalizing a radical, hateful agenda by co-opting well-intentioned creators' work in service of cross-promoting attacks on the vulnerable." - @anildash.com www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...

I finally finished reading my copy of @gingerhaze.bsky.social's "Scarlet Morning" (I put it off because I love drawing out enjoyable books over long periods of time) What a fun book, and I'm still thinking about it days later. Get a copy. Read it. Have fun.

I’m sorry, if you’re a journalist and you’re still going to the White House Correspondents Dinner this year, genuinely, from the bottom of my heart, fuck off.

Status@status.news · 5mo ago

Journalists plan to make a subtle but pointed statement with their attire at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, Status has learned, as Donald Trump prepares to attend for the first time. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/whcd-first...

US economy of 2026 in a nutshell.

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew@amandasmith.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I’ve watched this four times and will not be stopping anytime soon

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

Sarah Perez@sarahp.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds