Spooky action at a distance

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This Saturday, October 18, we’re exercising our right to dissent and taking to the streets.

Prepare for No Kings protests with our virtual Know Your Rights training this Wednesday, October 15 at aclu.org/october15_training

An absolute legend... and learning about how he struggled with the pressures of fame (body image and whatnot)... not only did he deserve more time, but he deserved more time *for him.* So grateful for the music he left us before moving forward

D'Angelo Dead at 51 Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.

D'Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51

@govpritzker.illinois.gov owns every arrest and act of violence against protesters this morning. He is aiding and abetting Operation Midway Blitz by allowing state cops to do this. He tells us to film ICE. His cops have shoved me around for filming this morning.

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

I frequently say you don't need to protest. You don't! There are a thousand other ways to push back on fascism if protesting doesn't feel comfortable or safe for you!

But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.

Meant to write a follow-up, but thanks to everyone who contributed and shared @ny10neighbors.bsky.social raised over $6k and the race raised over $1.6m!!! It was also a beautiful day w immaculate vibes (and our future mayor, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ran, too 🏃)

We mourn the passing of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fearless Black transgender elder whose life embodied the struggle for liberation, dignity, and justice. From the Stonewall uprising to her decades of advocacy for incarcerated trans women and communities of color, Miss Major taught generations to resist oppression and love each other fiercely in the face of state violence. Her legacy is one of radical care and defiant joy, a reminder that true freedom means leaving no one behind. May her spirit continue to guide us as we fight for the world she envisioned. Rest in power, Miss Major. Your legacy and work will live on. *** Art by @translashmedia [image: colorful illustration of Miss Majors with text: “I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train & teach & love on & create families within my community & gender non-conforming people so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved & seek happiness, & share that with people that we care about.” —Miss Major Griffin-Gracy“] #RIPMissMajor #MissMajor #TransElder #TransPioneer #Stonewall #TransIcon #TransLiberation

We mourn the passing of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fearless Black trans elder who fought for liberation, dignity, and justice. From Stonewall to decades of advocacy, she taught us to resist, to love fiercely, and to care radically. Her spirit lives on in every fight for collective freedom.

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"This is, simply put, bullshit."

Much of what #SCOTUS does these days.

A gorgeous packed theater shot from the stage.

We’re live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PP8...

image circulating claiming to attribute a fake quote to mamdani. text reads: dec. 2024: “as mayor of nyc i would arrest benjamin netanyahu” sept. 2025: “arresting netanyahu would make me a trumpian fascist.” - this second quote has in big letters over it the words “fake quote.”

post from the originator of the phrase. text reads: @zei squirrel here you have it side by side. Zohran in December 2024, when he was running in the primary, pledging that he will definitely arrest Netanyahu. Then fast forward to Zohran in September 2025, after he won the primary, and suddenly arresting Netanyahu makes you a Trumpian fascist:

a fake quote being attributed to zohran mamdani is igniting the pro-palestine left.

he never said arresting netanyahu would make him a trumpian fascist. that phrase was posted by an account known for using extreme rhetoric to accuse mamdani of effectively saying that as a result of him softening.

CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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Many organizations are delivering different privacy options based on location data (from yr IP address), so delivering a more arm-twisty/ invasive setup to most US users. Also, folx are less afraid of being charged for non-obvious violations of GDPR (like an EU citizen visiting a site from w/in US)

The rules have not changed, we just have really weak data privacy laws in the US, allowing these kinds of dark patterns. California’s a bit better, but there are carve-outs for certain cases in the CCPA. There have been some changes, but more a result of experimentation 1/2

Is this a halfku or something?

I was ready for it to stop raining yesterday tbqh. Glad it held out for the 5k, but I still got soaked doing dad things smdh

…and for kidnapping his daughter and then leaking that they did so to the papers. Instead, he folded (understandable, they had his kid) and got absolutely no credit from them for it

My goodness, if the kind of cops who threaten this nonsense actually walked off the force and never looked back… what a wonderful this would be 🎶

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

This is a really important thread for everyone who calls themselves a progressive. We need to challenge the narratives we’ve been told about safety and danger.

Oh shit, when was this? That’s my neighborhood! And I was in a race today that dude showed up at… I’m always a minute too late for a selfie, lmao

YouTube video by XOXO Festival Ed Yong, Journalist/Author - XOXO Festival (2024)

Always worth revisiting, @edyong209.bsky.social talking about his reckoning with The Atlantic and why he left, including a nod to @prisonculture.bsky.social. (And skip back to 13:15 or so for a very satisfying truth-telling about Jesse Singal) youtu.be/ddy5uMdzZB8?...

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsk... • 2d "I don't think we can mitigate for climate change." - Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.

One of the many things I wish I had been wrong about is saying that back in the nineties, our leaders looked at climate change and said: We can’t do shit about this without measures we find unacceptable, so future generations will just have to deal with it via machine guns, fences and attack dogs.

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Thankfully, some of yesterday's CDC firings have been rescinded.

But this should be a major scandal, not business as usual in this shitshow of an administration. It's either spectacular incompetence or an effort to make even politically untouchable positions feel precarious to those in them.

It also takes a fair amount of misplaced good faith to assume that fascists will respect the self-identification of people opposed to fascism. Ridiculous assumption

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

Crucial article (& 🧵) on how ill-equipped many in the media are to meet the moment. Both-sidesing reality against lies and propaganda designed to facilitate violent repression is not just journalistic malpractice. It is active complicity in fascist violence