Red Bull, the scam compound whistleblower from my story below, is struggling to rebuild his life in a new country. He desperately needs tuition funds to keep his student visa, avoid deportation and stay safe. Anything you can give would go a long way: www.gofundme.com/f/support-wh... Thank you!

Donate to Help Scam Compound Whistleblower Rebuild His Life, organized by Jonna Higgins-Freese

Red Bull was trafficked, tortured, and forced to work as a scam… Jonna Higgins-Freese needs your support for Help Scam Compound Whistleblower Rebuild His Life

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Andy Greenberg@agreenberg.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Last year, a human trafficking victim trapped in a crypto scam compound in the Golden Triangle region of Laos contacted me. He then proceeded to leak to me a huge collection of the compound's internal materials. Then he had to get out alive. This is his story. 🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...

Welp there’s no unseeing this

Shall we keep chasing this murderous fish till he swamps the last man?

Sinners’ director of photography Autumn Durald Arkapaw has become the first woman to win the Oscar for best cinematography

Sinners’ Autumn Durald Arkapaw is first woman to win best cinematography Oscar

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Yes! John Brown and Jayhawks stole from slave owners. If you thought it was OK to steal Black people from Africa and keep them as slaves? Then they thought it was OK to steal them from you and set them free, and to steal all your other stuff and keep it. If you didn't like it? They took you out.

Kindra Cotton@kindracotton.com · 5mo ago

Can you be a good person and a thief? 🤔

How old does one have to be to get Biafra's, "I've fallen and I can't get up" reference? Get well soon.

Alternative Tentacles Records@alternativetent.bsky.social · 5mo ago

On Saturday, March 7th Jello Biafra suffered a hemorrhagic stroke caused by high blood pressure. 

As per Jello:

No Kings includes Draft Kings

Tony Hawk

William Adler@williamadler78.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Who's the most famous alum of your high school? I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed

The latest advances in mathrock by Angine de Poitrine absolutely delight me. youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?...

Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

YouTube video by KEXP

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Exciting story from @wired.com and @agreenberg.bsky.social today.

Andy Greenberg@agreenberg.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Last year, a human trafficking victim trapped in a crypto scam compound in the Golden Triangle region of Laos contacted me. He then proceeded to leak to me a huge collection of the compound's internal materials. Then he had to get out alive. This is his story. 🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...

ICE took the flower man in Echo Park 40 minutes ago. He’s at this corner every day. I’ve bought flowers from the man and woman here for anniversaries and birthdays. Lemmy loves to smell them whenever we walk by in the mornings. I was just at the street corner 15 minutes before it happened. Fuck.

California says, “Whatever” to Trump withdrawing the US and becomes the first state to join WHO.

Calexit coming?

LorennaCleary.bsky.social@lorennacleary.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Trump will surely claim CA is seceding. But what choice do states have now but to try and keep going without the US that Trump is making? bsky.app/profile/ones...

-18°/-42° wc

A bit of a contrast from the last one, but brilliant and moving. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v6t...

Echad Mi Yodea by Ohad Naharin performed by Batsheva - the Young Ensemble

YouTube video by Batsheva Dance Company

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I'm just going to post Dance Videos and Buddhism, because it's the only thing that helps my mental health.

CONCABADDIE BRANDI 😾@itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 7mo ago

As you know, I've been a lifelong fan of the LSU dance team since earlier today. This is why. www.instagram.com/reel/DN3c0zS...

Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military

I*E killed another human being in a Texas detention facility in what's being preliminarily ruled a homicide. apnews.com/article/ice-...

ICE says Cuban immigrant died while attempting suicide. A witness says guards pinned and choked him

A Cuban immigrant who lived in the U.S. for nearly three decades died in a Texas immigration facility during an altercation with guards.

apnews.com

another week of insanely good coffees.

Stay safe out there folks. The goons are in our hood today.

Paul F. Tompkins@pftompkins.bsky.social · 7mo ago

LOS ANGELES: ICE is prowling Silverlake & the hills

if you steal a cell phone or wallet in paris they kick you out of the french thieve's guild for insufficient whimsy

The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · 9mo ago

Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to Tom Waits Beastie Boys Herbie Hancock Queens of the Stone Age Sonic Youth

"Food" Thoyd@spaceplans.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to PJ Harvey Unwound Drive Like Jehu The Zombies Pulp

Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods... its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show

Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.

reuters.com

Let’s check in on the MAGA ‘patriots’ from Russia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kenya, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, and Iran - spreading their ‘patriotism’ worldwide.

a lot of people going to be wishing they had a coffee subscription to wake up to tomorrow.

All Night Long. The music supervisor for this game is doing an excellent job.

As a young film student, I was inspired by the Diane Keaton-directed documentary “Heaven.” It’s experimental, beautiful and very fun. It made me want to become an editor — which I did! youtu.be/byBwB8bsyfo?...

Heaven (1987) Documentary | History | Pop Culture | Diane Keaton

YouTube video by EncourageTV

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Daily Tejaniya for Oct 3: When you put energy into awareness, you take the energy out of craving aversion and delusion.

Daily Tejaniya for 10/2/25: Don’t think: "I'm doing well because my meditation is going well." Think: "I'm doing well because I'm aware."

I say this as someone who writes about Hollywood and entertainment for a living: People have got to stop thinking Hollywood is one monolithic mass. The creatives are a wholly different group than studio executives. The former group keeps making art despite the latter.

Juan Escalante@juanescalante.com · 11mo ago

DISNEY: Wins 5 Emmys for ANDOR, a show about resisting fascism ALSO DISNEY: Bends the knee to the federal government and suspends Jimmy Jimmy Kimmel for resisting fascism