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@taridiachi.bsky.social

Spontaneously overdramatic, frequently wax poetic, often uncharismatic and unenthusiastic. Fantastic! Currently trying to survive until the end of Kingdom Hearts and Tower of God.

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Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 3w ago

POWERFUL MOMENT Americans forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center to protect a national memorial from a president threatening to tear it down. JFK’s niece, Kerry Kennedy, called on people to show up, and they did. This will never be the Trump Center, in the people’s eyes.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 4w ago

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour. But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families. The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that. Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened. Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues. Ed was in …What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me. And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability. I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed. Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation. When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic: لا شكر على واجب "La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty. That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human. Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
evacide@evacide.bsky.social · 4w ago

"More than anything, what stood out to me about the process of photographing these devices was geography: they exist at the boundaries of rich neighborhoods like Piedmont to track who enters; they exist embedded in poor neighborhoods to track the people who live there. Place exposes their purpose."

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Caræsten 🇵🇸@cara.city · 4w ago

for two months, I've been flying drones over Flock cameras to situation them in space and geography; I even got my commercial drone license in order to do it. I'd like to share this project with you all: it's called Records Of Enemy Surveillance: recordsofenemysurveillance.com

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the moon report 🌑@seachanger.bsky.social · 5mo ago

On May 1, 1886, after two years of planning by organized labor, 340,000 Americans walked off the job to demand an 8 hr work day. A few days later, cops shot at picketers, and on May 4th, when people protested, a deadly bomb was pinned on organizers at Haymarket Square. apwu.org/news/labor-h...

May Day: Fighting for the Eight-Hour Day | American Postal Workers Union

Chicago in the 1880s was a hotbed of labor organizing. Fed up with the status quo, where industrial workers toiled long hours in squalid conditions, the International Working People’s Association form...

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union@bethesdaunion.bsky.social · last mo.

The 40 hour work week. Compensation for overtime. The right to organize and strike. These were not inherent rights given to all in the US and Canada. They were fought for by the courageous workers who came before us. On Labor Day, we remember how far we've come, as well as our fight left ahead.

Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid.com · last mo.

A reminder on Labor Day that Reagonomics scam stole $79 Trillion from the bottom 90% and redistributed it to the top 1%, which is why wealth inequality now is worse than it was after the Great Depression. Stop defending billionaires. Start abolishing them. www.qasimrashid.com/p/9-facts-on...

9 Facts on Labor Day Legacy Media Won't Mention

This Labor Day, a reminder that the USA ranks worse than Russia and China on economic inequality—without immediate change, we all but ensure economic catastrophe

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨@kellylynnedang.bsky.social · last mo.

People of LA: Pissed he just illegally cut down 60 Cherry Blossom Trees that were each 100+ years old? How about the 79 indigenous California Oak trees over 150+ years old that the LA28 Olympic team is trying to destroy for an unneeded cross-country track, right now? This is America. FIGHT IT.

ARCADIA RESIDENTS PUSH BACK ON SANTA ANITA PARK'S PLAN TO REMOVE TREES FOR 2028 OLYMPICS By Jericho Tran Thursday, August 27, 2026 11:47PM PT NEW DETAILS CONTROVERSIAL OAK TREE REMOVAL PLAN RESIDENTS SPEAK OUT ABOUT SANTA ANITA PARK PROPOSAL abe abc7.com Residents voiced opposition to a proposal to remove dozens of oak trees at Santa Anita Park as part of preparations for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.ARCADIA, Calif. (KABC) -- Residents voiced opposition Thursday to a proposal to remove dozens of oak trees at Santa Anita Park as part of preparations for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The proposal from Santa Anita Park would remove 34 oak trees and affect the root zones of an additional 45 oak trees to make room for an equestrian cross-country course. The trees are protected under a preservation order. Neighbors at a community meeting held to discuss the proposal expressed frustration over the potential loss of the trees and questioned the project's environmental impact. "I'm perturbed for a lot of reasons. One, I like trees and these trees gotta be 150 years old. They're old," Arcadia resident Dennis Cosso told Eyewitness News. Another attendee said, "They were greenwashing everything."
スキタダキマ〜ス🌻@synxiec.blacksky.app · 2mo ago

Hey folks, About that AI opt-out feature Twitch was talking about? It's not just the streamers that have to turn that off. EVERYONE has to turn it off, because anything on your account, including the clips you make, will be fed to that infernal, ignominious devil machine if you don't. /1

jess m. ☕🍂@jametc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I cannot stress enough: the AI bubble has already popped it is just being kept on life support by corporations trying to squeeze even a dollar more out of their shit investment, and tech bros doing the same before abandoning their shit company startups. keep hating on AI, you're winning

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 2mo ago

Report Suggests Nearly No One Is Buying AI Generated Goods https://kotaku.com/3d-model-markets-are-being-flooded-with-ai-sellers-but-no-ones-buying-2000724790

@optimisticsoap.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?

Violet 🍉@permanentviolet.bsky.social · 4mo ago

privacy is a human right. call your reps.

Oppose KOSA and the KIDS Act (UPDATED 6/24) ⭑ 5 Calls

Updates June 24, 2026: The House Energy & Commerce Committee announced a bipartisan deal on a revised version of the KIDS Act, H.R. 7757. The new …

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The Intercept@theintercept.com · 4mo ago

Democrats and Republicans in Congress have struck a deal on the KIDS Act, which could pass on the House floor as soon as next week; if enacted, it would fundamentally change the way everyone accesses the internet. At stake is your ability to use many social media platforms anonymously.