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Former union VP. Likes, re-posts & follows ≠ endorsement.

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They Helped Women Fight Online Abuse. They Were Barred From the U.S.

The story is about two women. But what they represent cuts to the MAGA core.
HateAid challenges the ecosystem of disinformation, harassment and algorithmic amplification that fueled Trump’s rise.
The DSA is not censorship. It is a guardrail against weaponized information.

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27.02.2026 07:48 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Hello, @support.bsky.team @safety.bsky.app any updates on this bug? I’m going to give it another week of attempting manual reply deletion but if the problem continues here I’m going to need to delete my account. Ty!

20.02.2026 21:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Based on user reports from late 2025, this is a known, active bug in the Bluesky application where deleted posts- particularly replies-reappear after a refresh, even after the app indicates the deletion was successful.

Based on user reports from late 2025, this is a known, active bug in the Bluesky application where deleted posts- particularly replies-reappear after a refresh, even after the app indicates the deletion was successful.

Honestly, will need to delete Bluesky if this issue continues. The lack of ability to set one’s acct here to private is already a difficult compromise I’ve chosen to accept in order to stay in touch w/friends here but that lack of user control and choice combined w/this bug has me eyeing the exits.

20.02.2026 21:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

On Substack’s partnership with Polymarket— “There’s a slippery slope from all this integration with shady quasi-gambling to these folks becoming straight-up touts.”

20.02.2026 18:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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EXCLUSIVE: Canadian PM Mark Carney is spearheading discussions between the EU and a major Indo-Pacific trade bloc after calling on middle powers to join forces.

The aim is to short-circuit Donald Trump’s tariffs.

🔗 politi.co/4ayYnTn

16.02.2026 12:17 👍 371 🔁 119 💬 22 📌 42
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Given the toxicity of social media, a moral question now faces all of us: is it still ethical to use it? | Frances Ryan With so many platforms rife with racism, misogyny and far-right rhetoric, there must be a point where decent people walk away, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

“I’d just like to post a photo of my dog without coming into contact with a Nazi. I’m not sure that’s the snowflake demand Musk and co want us to think it is.”

14.02.2026 09:00 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Moments like this remind us how fragile and precious life is.
May Tumbler Ridge feel the love of a nation wrapping around them.

12.02.2026 00:10 👍 21 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
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Overwhelming majority want Elon Musk’s X banned in Ireland

Overwhelming majority of public want X banned in Ireland due to the proliferation of AI-generated “nudified” images.

archive.ph/8Xz60

28.01.2026 08:15 👍 34 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 1
screenshot of a reddit post in r/nursing

Photo of a hospital hallway where staff in scrubs stand with their hands clasped and heads bowed

screenshot of a reddit post in r/nursing Photo of a hospital hallway where staff in scrubs stand with their hands clasped and heads bowed

As seen on r/nursing

Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him

26.01.2026 22:01 👍 5768 🔁 1390 💬 80 📌 65
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA

Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA

Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now

24.01.2026 19:39 👍 23719 🔁 7817 💬 632 📌 607
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Alex Pretti identified as man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis Pretti, an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, had no criminal record beyond parking tickets.

Dr. Dimitri Drekonja, a friend and colleague of Alex Pretti’s from the Minneapolis VA, described Pretti as a caring and funny ICU nurse who treated the hospital’s most critically ill veterans. www.startribune.com/alex-pretti-...

24.01.2026 22:14 👍 174 🔁 50 💬 2 📌 1
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a candle is lit up in the dark with a single flame coming out of it Alt: a candle is lit up in the dark with a single flame coming out of it

Alex Pretti

25.01.2026 03:53 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The California Tower at Balboa Park in San Diego on Jan. 21, 2026. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters. Hed: ‘People are mad’: First-ever parking fees at San Diego’s Balboa Park draw anger

The California Tower at Balboa Park in San Diego on Jan. 21, 2026. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters. Hed: ‘People are mad’: First-ever parking fees at San Diego’s Balboa Park draw anger

San Diego’s new paid parking at Balboa Park has sparked widespread backlash as museum visits dropped and residents complained about the additional cost to access one of the cities most iconic spaces. bit.ly/49WVQC1

📸 Adriana Heldiz

23.01.2026 20:00 👍 23 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 3
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The only path out is through.

22.01.2026 23:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bloom posting.

22.01.2026 04:39 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Likewise, I’m sure! :-)

21.01.2026 04:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
cute little dog splooted out

cute little dog splooted out

cute little dog splooted out

cute little dog splooted out

cute little dog splooted out

cute little dog splooted out

cute little dog splooted out

cute little dog splooted out

what's a seal doing at the farmers market?

19.01.2026 17:30 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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imagine if you took all the city's meat and put it in a freezer

19.01.2026 20:03 👍 4524 🔁 507 💬 387 📌 367
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Today we’re making and sharing lentil soup with our neighbors.

19.01.2026 02:20 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I was just thinking the same thing earlier today walking down the main street of my own town, in North Vancouver.

17.01.2026 22:30 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"

17.01.2026 04:28 👍 11071 🔁 1934 💬 22 📌 272

Listen, if you put a song in a mix tape for one person and then reuse that song in someone else's mix tape that's unethical. These are just the rules, I don't make them.

Two songs by the same band can never be back to back, it's the law. Shit is complicated.

17.01.2026 00:59 👍 3516 🔁 245 💬 30 📌 0
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Looking past Vancouver’s Lions Gate Bridge on my walk this morning to the mists shrouding Mount Baker to the southeast in the United States.

17.01.2026 07:06 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Golden Gate Bridge from Lincoln Park, San Francisco 5:48p 1/16/26 @trachkids.bsky.social

17.01.2026 06:42 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese EVs in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.

Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday. n.pr/4bzqnrR

16.01.2026 11:56 👍 2003 🔁 529 💬 132 📌 166

meanwhile in canada

15.01.2026 06:04 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Attorney General Bonta Launches Investigation into xAI, Grok Over Undressed, Sexual AI Images of Women and Children Potential victims of xAI can file a complaint at oag.ca.gov/report OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced opening an investigation into the proliferation of nonconsensual sexu...

California AG launches investigation into xAI and Grok oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...

14.01.2026 18:14 👍 34 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 1
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#Oakland and the Santa Cruz Mountains in the winter haze. From Panoramic Hill, Berkeley. #cawx

14.01.2026 04:27 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk’s Grok over AI deepfakes Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok due to its misuse in generating explicit images.

Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.

12.01.2026 06:30 👍 7098 🔁 2156 💬 174 📌 319