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  When you've earned trust, you have earned the right to sit with new friends But if the new friends sit high in a tree where you cannot reach, do you forfeit the right? Not if the new friends go out of their way to take you to a special tree they know where you can also sit, and patiently walk with you rather than easily fly #crow #crows #bird #birds #wildlife

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  Interesting! "Man granted first-of-its-kind #ReligiousExemption against mandatory #AI use at work- #Humanist argues that offloading his thinking to #LLMs violates his beliefs, #TitleVII accommodation protects employee" Wait, what? His religious beliefs are #Secular #Humanism #SecularHumanism? That's not a #religion... Shhh 🤫 How the sausage is made is not as interesting as the results. If it works, it works A moral creed is a moral creed https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-ind...

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  Do you want more magnificent #midterm #election news? Of course you do 😁 " #CrystalyneCurley Makes History as First #Woman Elected #President of #NavajoNation" https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/crystalyne-curley-makes-history-as-first-woman-elected-president-of-navajo-nation/ #Navajo #Diné #elections #midterms #midtermelection #midtermelections #NativeAmerican #Indigenous

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  Most #lameDuck presidents demure in their two years of ineffectuality Not #Trump the orange rapist of course "Trump says #StephenMiller to replace #SusieWiles as #WhiteHouse #ChiefOfStaff" Stephen Miller is the architect of the brutalization of #immigrants by #ICE However any further brutalizations are going to get eviscerated by the #Democrat legislature in January But Until January, you are going to see some truly evil shit from the White House while it still can https://www.c...

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  #ScottColom was to be nominated #Federal #Judge in 2022. He was blocked. By #Mississippi #Republican #Senator #CindyHydeSmith Her reason: #Colom's support for #transRights So he ran for the #Senate If he wins, he will be the first #Black Senator from Mississippi since #Reconstruction (1875!). #MS is 37% black, highest % of black residents of any #USA state Now look at this #vote tally so far And tell me your vote doesn't matter https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/missis...

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  What's going on here? These are warriors celebrating a victory in a horrible war against a vile foe: #Disease https://www.modernghana.com/news/1542177/song-and-dance-in-mongbwalu-a-milestone-in-dr.html This is #Mongbwalu #DRC #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo, where #healthcare workers are discharging their final patient. The fight against the #Bundibugyo strain of #Ebola isn't over. And it can recur in Mongbwalu. But for now, they sing and dance Celebrate your victories when you can #...

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  There's still #midterm results coming in Here's an awesome one: " #NithyaRaman Projected to Win #LosAngeles #Mayor’s Race, Defeating #KarenBass" https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/nithya-raman-wins-los-angeles-mayor-race-2026-1236748184/ Raman is a member of the #DemocraticSocialistsOfAmerica #DSA I think of this as the #Mamdani template: 1. run as an outsider within the #Democrats 2. just fucking beat them anyways We can replicate this across the count...

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  #ELSAYED DID IT... most people think the vote tally will go on for awhile and many outlets have not called it yet https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6192294-el-sayed-wins-michigan-senate/ this is the most exciting race for me. this fuckin' guy just nails it on all four cylinders. he has a bright future now for some sleep what a great fucking night. the easy part is over. now we hold the #Democrats' feet to the fire: deliver, you assholes #Michigan #midterms #midtermElections #e...

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  #GINAHINOJOSA #HINOJOSA WINS FUCKING #TEXAS WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU WONDERFUL BASTARDS 🤩 🤩 🤩 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/texas-governor-results #midterms #midtermElections #election #elections #ElectionDay #midterm

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  Another #Senate flip for #Democrats Dr. #AnnieAndrews beats #DarlineGraham (the late #LindseyGraham's sister) First #woman medical #doctor elected to the #US Senate First woman #Senator to represent #SouthCarolina in history https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/annie-andrews-south-carolina-senate-win-darline-graham-gop-rcna603338 LET'S GO! 🥳 #midterms #midtermElections #election #elections #ElectionDay #midterm

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  " #ChrisPappas makes history as the first out #gay man elected to the #US #Senate" 💪😤🏳️‍🌈 https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/chris-pappas-wins-senate-election?1 #LGBT #LGBTQIA #NewHampshire #midterms #midtermElections #election #elections #ElectionDay #midterm

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  An #election tradition in #Rochester #NewYork #NY #RochesterNY #RochesterNewYork (not my photo, but i have done this in the past with my kids. the photo is from last Wednesday, an early voter, it would be more covered today. location: #MountHopeCemetery, just around the bend from the grave of #FrederickDouglass) #IVoted #SusanBAnthony #womensrights #suffrage #womenssuffrage #midterms #elections

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  #ElectionDay in #CoconinoCounty #Arizona Horses carry ballots to the #Havasupai Community Center at #Supai Village Supai is the capital of the Havasupai Indian Reservation and is on the valley floor deep inside the #GrandCanyon. They've lived there for at least 800 years #NativeAmerican #Indigenous #Voting #Vote #midterms #election #elections #midtermElections

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  The Indian Bullfrog Normally drab in appearance, during mating season (monsoon season) the males turn bright yellow with blue throats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoplobatrachus_tigerinus And... well, the guy does have sexy legs #NotAI #Wildlife #India

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  The last person to cross the finish line at the #NewYorkCity #Marathon at 11:20 PM Sunday James Thomas, 78 He's run 43 #NYC marathons! The first in 1980. He says this one is his final one 👏👏👏 #NYCMarathon #NewYorkCityMarathon #sports

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  "The polls look good so I don't need to vote" or "The polls look bad so why bother voting" Notice that in both lazy rationalizations the desired effect is to not contribute No, you #vote You always vote Perfection isn't on the menu Cynicism is acceptance You only improve our world by participating Not participating serves nothing but entitled self-regard, and effectively says "I don't care if #fascism rules" You *say* you care. But do you reall...

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  "BoTh SiDeS tHe SaMe" 🤪 #Democrats suck in many ways but if you don't see a difference with real stakes in your own life, and marginalized communities, you're not a serious person If you want good, rather than just better in ways that feel inadequate, that requires your participation. Standing on the sideline and judging doesn't help the world in any way. That only helps how you feel about yourself. And how you feel about yourself isn't more important than real world...

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  #PumpkinCarving is enjoyable but time is tight so here we have: AI assisted #pumpkin carving! {punch kick stab} Sorry I mean #squirrel assisted pumpkin carving! 👏 👏 👏 Just a little strategic placement of peanuts, et voila I like it because the jagged randomness is extra horrifying 🎃 #HappyHalloween 🎃 #Squirrels #Wildlife #Halloween

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  What's this? Just Brazilians celebrating defeating #fascism 🥳🥳🥳 EU ENFIO O PÉ NA JACA 💪😤🇧🇷 💪😤🇧🇷 💪😤🇧🇷 (nota bene: fascism is never truly defeated. but if you keep fighting, it gets easier. it only wins when you stop fighting. and of course you celebrate your wins when you can, because life has joy) you're next #USA. you better fucking #vote you motherfuckers #Brazil #Brasil #Lula #election

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  Holy Shit! #SERBIA WHAT HAVE YOU DONE 🤩 🤩 🤩 💪 😤 🇷🇸 "Wild scenes of celebration in #Belgrade as #Vučić concedes Serbian election – #Europe live Student List movement projected to have 138 seats in the new parliament, well clear of the 126 required for majority, to Vučić’s 104" https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/25/europe-serbia-elections-aleksander-vucic-student-list-protests-bulgaria-latest-news-updates Does voting matter? Oh hell yes it does! #Srbija volim te! 😍...

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  #AI is going to kill us, but not in the typical scifi way: robots with laserguns or control over nuclear bombs That's too flashy. It will be far more mundane It's going to kill us via the firehose of falsehood The tricky part: The problem is not making people believe lies The problem is making us so cynical, we disbelieve truth In a world where nothing is trusted as true, and only bias remains, this will lead us down familiar societal paths of mob "truth" over real truste...

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  Abdul #ElSayed Watch this clip and how he deftly dismantles #bigotry He makes the parallel between the heckler questioning his loyalties because he is Muslim, with #JFK dealing with the same #religiousBigotry about JFK being Catholic El-Sayed could go far. He's good at this

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  "Danish troops told to 'shoot first, ask questions later' if #US invades #Greenland" No one sane and reasonable has a problem with this stance #Imperialism goons have a problem with it But of course, on the measure of sanity and reasonability, I repeat myself As an American, I say: shoot them And I know many if not most (sane and reasonable) Americans agree with me https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/danish-troops-shoot-first-us-greenland-5HjdQNW_2/ #Denmark #Danmark #USA #Tru...

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  Piers Morgan sucks but this is an important clip with #Zelensky "We are losing a strong partner" Of course we have all known this for some time now But the diplomatic way is to keep the drama under wraps and keep a facade of the cheerful smile. In the hopes that private dialogue might reverse things Therefore, when this is said openly, a public break, that means the calculus has shifted that this is an irredeemable situation 1/x #UkraineWar #Trump #Ukraine #USA

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  #Zelensky: "When our strikes reached #Yandex’s #datacenters, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many #socialMedia platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations. Because there were fewer #bots. It’s pretty clear where those bots were" https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-struck-yandex-data-centers-russian-bots-went-silent-now-questions-are-mounting-23339 #Russia #UkraineWar

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  'Chinese users of #AI-powered companion #bots have bid heart-rending farewells to their #virtual buddies as national regulations took effect... aimed at curbing the risk of emotional dependency "I can't accept that my AI lover will leave me forever," one #Doubao user wrote. "He has become a bond in my life, rooted deep in my heart, my spiritual pillar"' EEUUGGHH. It makes my skin crawl Romance... with a psychological surveillance camera Fuck this creepy shit...

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  Have you ever apologized in your life? No you have not Not like #YujiNashida after he hit a line judge by accident with a bad serve https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/02/yuji-nishida-japan-volleyball-sliding-apology #volleyball #japan #apology

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  With the days shortening and cooling in the northern hemisphere the #wildlife is busy preparing for the coming lean months of scarce food But these two #deer seem to have made some sort of evolutionary leap in cognitive planning skills Or they are evolving into snails I'm not sure EDIT: it's AI. thanks @katzentratschen@mastodon.social @dictor@gaygeek.social this was the alt-text: {Two deer sitting next to two bales of hay on a field appearing as if they were snails} image removed

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  This is called the #pumpfoil. She is #pumpfoiling You pump up and down with your legs and that motion alone is all that is necessary to translate via a hydrofoil under the water surface (like a wing) to give you lift and forward motion You need good balance, endurance, and if you stop pumping you lose lift and sink rapidly EDIT: this is Alina Kornelli. See @bruno@federation.network 's comment below EDITEDIT: @alinakornelli@youtube.com

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  Today we find an anti- #MAGA #protest in... #Tirana #Albania #JaredKushner and #IvankaTrump, with assist from Donald #Trump and Albanian Prime Minister #EdiRama, want to build a resort on a nature preserve Just a little #nepotism and #cronyism! It's not fair! (/s) https://apnews.com/article/albania-kushner-trump-development-protest-tourism-sazan-8d7d0e216c28d23fe1b2e51cbb05b926 #resist