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Lorax Horne

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Editor and writer. Tech critic. Doing work stuff for my local Center for Migrant Worker Rights (which isn't on Bsky). If you like anything I've posted, donate to this family: https://chuffed.org/project/116311-protect-an-open-source-engineer-and-his-family

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Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli prisons, are still released into an apartheid country where they can be killed at any moment by Israeli security forces, by settlers or by disease and neglect because freedom of movement is restricted. The struggle does not end until Palestine is free.

11.10.2025 01:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence. 

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

@MrAndyNgo Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes. The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence. In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons. photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

10.10.2025 19:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3355    ๐Ÿ” 532    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 337    ๐Ÿ“Œ 237

Needed.

10.10.2025 00:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a young man is smiling with his eyes closed and his mouth open . Alt: leonardo dicaprio crying in one of his movies as a young actor
08.10.2025 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And everything in the story, has probably already happened, to some revolutionaries somewhere, whether in the Argentina dirty war, Chile under Pinochet, in the Black Panthers, or today in Calais or Nauru and other immigrant concentration camps. The movie isn't fanciful, it's brutalist realism.

08.10.2025 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

[Spoilers of themes in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER]

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I would say this story it too romantic, exaggerated, extreme. Except we live in a world of white supremacist cult members conspiring in underground bunkers, billionaires like Peter Thiel / Elon Musk killing USAID, c/o Stephen Miller.

08.10.2025 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

08.10.2025 14:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5120    ๐Ÿ” 2414    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 83    ๐Ÿ“Œ 111

Shoutout to the Montreal Convention.

08.10.2025 17:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Objection to the removal of Ravan from the Board of Trustees election process 2025/Arab Community - Meta-Wiki

#Wikimedia is currently electing open positions on its Board of Trustees. Wouldn't you know, two pro-Palestinian candidates have been removed from the ballot under mysterious circumstances. Statement from the Arabic Wikimedia community: meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Objecti... #censorship #fascism

08.10.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said โ€œno one has died" because of his governmentโ€™s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Muskโ€™s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

08.10.2025 10:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2340    ๐Ÿ” 1394    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 55    ๐Ÿ“Œ 160

So you are a racist who believes one race is superior to others? There's a better word for that.

07.10.2025 10:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

06.10.2025 20:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19334    ๐Ÿ” 7327    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 132    ๐Ÿ“Œ 373
The benefit to local communities is undeniable. Using inmate labor, they can build up the supply of sorely needed housing for area families. A few years ago, Alexandria gained two duplexes and a small house for people who are homeless or facing eviction. Single-family, three-bedroom homes sell to nurses or teachers for $100,000 below market rate and stay affordable forever because theyโ€™re in a land trust that restricts resale price.
Paying inmates a higher wage could jeopardize the affordability of those homes.

The benefit to local communities is undeniable. Using inmate labor, they can build up the supply of sorely needed housing for area families. A few years ago, Alexandria gained two duplexes and a small house for people who are homeless or facing eviction. Single-family, three-bedroom homes sell to nurses or teachers for $100,000 below market rate and stay affordable forever because theyโ€™re in a land trust that restricts resale price. Paying inmates a higher wage could jeopardize the affordability of those homes.

Incarcerated people are also your community. Tolkkinen out here arguing for Omelas.

05.10.2025 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

05.10.2025 18:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16965    ๐Ÿ” 3741    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1330    ๐Ÿ“Œ 542
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For Brazilian writer Frei Betto, the 21st century has a before and after Gaza โ€œYou cannot call civilization a period of time when the wealthiest countries are spending more with weapons to kill, than with initiatives that would save lives.โ€

โ€œYou cannot call civilization a period of time when the wealthiest countries are spending more with weapons to kill, than with initiatives that would save lives.โ€

05.10.2025 18:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

05.10.2025 09:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37500    ๐Ÿ” 16862    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 805    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2374
Paris before and after street transformation

Paris before and after street transformation

New urban forest planted in front of Paris City Hall

New urban forest planted in front of Paris City Hall

A Paris โ€œSchool Streetโ€ where cars are removed and people space/tree planting are added

A Paris โ€œSchool Streetโ€ where cars are removed and people space/tree planting are added

According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50โ„ƒ (122F) by 2050.

Just the start.

Common sense.

05.10.2025 02:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1434    ๐Ÿ” 351    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38

You used to be able to read the news to find things out, but now you have to parse the newspaper of record and factcheck their whole output, to find what they leave out.

04.10.2025 17:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Since dawn, Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 46 Palestinians, despite US President Trumpโ€™s call for Israel to cease its attacks, medical sources told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

๐Ÿ”ด LIVE updates: aje.io/08ph6v

04.10.2025 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 356    ๐Ÿ” 260    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27

What a dark day for press freedom in the United States

03.10.2025 21:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1410    ๐Ÿ” 528    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Now obviously, the British political/media class have enthusiastically frog-boiled themselves into believing that dragging off two hundred old ladies is just normal, regular centrist moderate politics. But you are not them, you should recognise that this is absolutely deranged authoritarian lunacy.

03.10.2025 07:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 138    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The Israeli influence operation in Iran pushing to reinstate the shah monarchy Citizen Lab Found That an Online Network Pushed Out Deepfake Videos During Israel's Airstrikes on Tehran's Evin Prison. An Investigation by TheMarker and Haaretz Reveals the Persian-language Online Ca...

Also, @haaretzcom.bsky.social @themarkup.org has an exclusive companion report here, authored by Gur Megido and Omer Benjakob ๐Ÿ‘‡

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

03.10.2025 03:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Who needs โ€œcybersecurityโ€ anyway? That shitโ€™s for trans people and furries

03.10.2025 08:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 195    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A hole for a latrine dug into a sandy ground. A pile of cement bricks is set up nearby under the shade of a red canvas wall.

A hole for a latrine dug into a sandy ground. A pile of cement bricks is set up nearby under the shade of a red canvas wall.

Wooden framing sticks set up in a rectangular shape on an empty lot with red canvas sheeting laid out on the sandy ground ready to be nailed to the sticks. In the background, other white canvas tents can be seen.

Wooden framing sticks set up in a rectangular shape on an empty lot with red canvas sheeting laid out on the sandy ground ready to be nailed to the sticks. In the background, other white canvas tents can be seen.

A 30-something man with black jeans and a blue polo shirt with a measuring tape clipped to his belt is standing on a plastic chair so he can reach up to attach a red canvas sheet to a wooden frame. It is a sunny day with blue skies and he is wearing a baseball cap and glasses, and there is a shine of sweat on his brown arms.

A 30-something man with black jeans and a blue polo shirt with a measuring tape clipped to his belt is standing on a plastic chair so he can reach up to attach a red canvas sheet to a wooden frame. It is a sunny day with blue skies and he is wearing a baseball cap and glasses, and there is a shine of sweat on his brown arms.

A child of about 7 years old wearing a black t-shirt and long pants stands under the shade of a red canvas wall with a relaxed pose, holding their hands together in front. In the background the shape of two people are putting up the red canvas sheet, stretching it out on a wooden frame. On the ground in front of the child, a large red canvas sheet is laid out on the sandy floor, with two hammers and other tools and some sticks lying nearby. It is a sunny day with blue skies and a whisp of cloud.

A child of about 7 years old wearing a black t-shirt and long pants stands under the shade of a red canvas wall with a relaxed pose, holding their hands together in front. In the background the shape of two people are putting up the red canvas sheet, stretching it out on a wooden frame. On the ground in front of the child, a large red canvas sheet is laid out on the sandy floor, with two hammers and other tools and some sticks lying nearby. It is a sunny day with blue skies and a whisp of cloud.

It has been a few days since anyone donated to their crowdfund page, but the Abu Matar family is still working on their tent site and making progress, thanks to @raindovemodel.bsky.social and the Safebow team. Donate here: chuffed.org/project/1163... to help the family finish their new home.

02.10.2025 11:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Canada and the UK's new immigration laws are blatant attempts to suck up to the fascist United States dictator, and it will not end well for us.

02.10.2025 09:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Hat ein Mรผnchner Scharfschรผtze in Gaza Zivilisten getรถtet? | frontal
YouTube video by frontal Hat ein Mรผnchner Scharfschรผtze in Gaza Zivilisten getรถtet? | frontal

An IDF sniper from Munich is alleged to have shot unarmed civilians in Gaza, according to an investigation by @zdfde.bsky.social @spiegel.de @arijnetwork.bsky.social @theguardian.com @papertrailmedia.de. Learn more about the #GazaSniper (English subtitles available). www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGDv...

01.10.2025 16:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Consider Israel's annihilation of agricultural land in Gaza alongside the genocide โ€“ and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life.

29.09.2025 21:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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