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Praba Pilar

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Interdisciplinary artist, working with & critiquing emerging technologies, with a focus on technologies of life. Critical Theory professor, Co-director of Bioart Ethical Advisory Kommission. More at https://www.prabapilar.com

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omg! Gaitana speaks in the video interview with an absolutely atrocious U.S. accent - no puede ser, no me jodas!

21.02.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Entrevistamos a Gaitana, una IA que quiere llegar al Senado de la RepΓΊblica | Dos Puntos
Entrevistamos a Gaitana, una IA que quiere llegar al Senado de la RepΓΊblica | Dos Puntos YouTube video by Caracol Radio

Here a program about and interview with #Gaitana, an #AI bot, running for public office in Colombia, aiming for a seat typically reserved for indigenous communities - www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgDz...

21.02.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

love is real this valentines day season

21.02.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

very helpful advice and steps to take

21.02.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The WTF #AI category keeps growing......

21.02.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Local residents protest against a plan to convert an industrial warehouse into a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Roxbury, New Jersey

πŸ“Έ Charly Triballeau

17.02.2026 03:55 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

Damn, when People magazine is reporting on Putin..... Mugabe..... criminal networks.... full Epstein coverage.... things are changing....

21.02.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Let's try this again πŸ‘‹

Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA.

I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?

21.02.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 13765 πŸ” 3500 πŸ’¬ 896 πŸ“Œ 188
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The Artist as Cybershaman | RUANG// RUANG// is a platform for curatorial research, critical connoisseurship, and context-rooted art production across Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

interesting journal and articles @thinkruang.bsky.social - take a look at thinkruang.com/journal/issu...

21.02.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just a reminder: Howard Lutnick is the author of Trump's tariff regime. He simultaneously has made heavy bets on the market that SCOTUS would strike it down. Nothing unethical about that, is there?

20.02.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 178 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 11
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NEW: Natasha Korecki at NBC reports that in light of the SCOTUS tariff ruling, Gov. Pritzker sent President Donald Trump an invoice of $8.6 billion.

20.02.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 10372 πŸ” 2917 πŸ’¬ 436 πŸ“Œ 360
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#TariffRuling

20.02.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 367 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 5
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Team | Tarbell Center for AI Journalism The Tarbell Center for AI Journalism supports journalism that helps society navigate the emergence of increasingly advanced AI.

I wasn't talking about the effective altruists & longtermists so much last year cause a girl can only do so much. But they've quietly taken over the "left" & appropriated language we use on AI, infiltrating seamlessly. Eg this foundation granting $$ for journalism on AI,
www.tarbellcenter.org/team

19.02.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5
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Europe is ready to ditch US tech for private alternatives | Proton New research from Proton shows that Europeans want to shed US tech dependence and build tech sovereignty for Europe. Read the full report.

This was very clear on my recent travels - proton.me/blog/europea...

19.02.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is increasingly difficult to keep up with security threats. in addition to the article, here is what proton has to say about their own reported vulnerabilities - proton.me/support/vena...

19.02.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wondering if proton password manager is also vulnerable.

19.02.2026 22:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Scientists: if you have pursued/secured philanthropic funding in the wake of federal research funding cuts, I want to talk to you.

Reposts appreciated!

17.02.2026 22:50 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
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Ordinary people are doing extraordinary things to protect their neighbors from the regime β€” and nowhere has made that clearer than Minnesota.

18.02.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 603 πŸ” 190 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1
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Kansas Senate overrides governor’s veto of anti-trans β€˜bathroom bill’ TOPEKA β€” The Kansas Senate overrode Gov Laura Kelly’s veto on Tuesday, putting the state one step closer to forcing people to use bathrooms in government buildings that match their biological sex at b...

Fuck you Kansas

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

18.02.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking at their findings - that is for each median Gemini Apps text prompt. How many text prompts is done per 24 hour period, per week?

16.02.2026 06:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Damn!!!! How much electricity and water does this burn through?

16.02.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Grind the country to a halt

14.02.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Grind the country to a halt’: Democrat urges national strike if Trump meddles in midterms In wake of Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to β€˜take over’ voting, senator Ruben Gallego urges citizens to take a stand and give the β€˜ultimate response’

Here's a #Democrat to follow - Senator Ruben Gallego @gallego.senate.gov is calling to GRIND THE COUNTRY TO A HALT - through a general strike www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

14.02.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œWe can no longer forgo the option to strike”: An interview with Minnesota General Strike organizers - Spring Two shutdowns against ICE organized by Minnesota labour unions and student groups shook the United States in January. Spring sat down with two organizers involved in the strikes, Aminah Sheikh and Dan...

USA: β€œWe can no longer forgo the option to strike”: An interview with Minnesota General Strike organizers springmag.ca/we-can-no-lo...

11.02.2026 11:34 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Glad to see union leaders talking about a general strike. Mass strikes require planning, strike funds and mutual aid. (They will not happen through posting and spontaneous action.)

13.02.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 183 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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"The day of accountability will come": Rep. Delia Ramirez on abolishing and prosecuting DHS The Handbasket spoke with the congresswoman who called out ICE long before it was popular.

πŸ”₯ β€œTo me, when we're talking about what justice looks like, it's ultimately getting to a place where every single fascist agent and the leaders that directed them to do what they did are held accountable to the highest degree of the law. And that means prosecution.”

14.02.2026 02:19 πŸ‘ 3076 πŸ” 779 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 37

The way we win is by mobilizing these kinds of feelings and then following thru all the way on their utopian promise.

14.02.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the US gestapo using your help for a neighbor to kidnap you. Democratic leadership across the board needs to take much stronger stands on maga

14.02.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US military used Anthropic’s AI model Claude in Venezuela raid, report says Wall Street Journal says Claude used in operation via Anthropic’s partnership with Palantir Technologies

Claude can write your romance novels, help write your emails and guide your coup. Truly a versatile technology.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

14.02.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
Drones used in Israel's genocide of Palestinians are now surveilling Americans. Why isn't corporate media covering it?

Drones used in Israel's genocide of Palestinians are now surveilling Americans. Why isn't corporate media covering it?

According to Nate Bear's Substack
Β‘Do Not Panic!, after October 7, US drone manufacturer Skydio supplied more than 100 Al-powered surveillance drones to the Israeli military for use in Gaza.
By 2025, US police departments across major cities began deploying the same drone models to monitor protests and public spaces.

According to Nate Bear's Substack Β‘Do Not Panic!, after October 7, US drone manufacturer Skydio supplied more than 100 Al-powered surveillance drones to the Israeli military for use in Gaza. By 2025, US police departments across major cities began deploying the same drone models to monitor protests and public spaces.

Skydio now holds contracts with more than 800 US law enforcement and security agencies, up from 320 in early 2024.
Federal agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), use drones to track and pursue targets, while police departments launch them hundreds of times a day in towns and cities nationwide.

Skydio now holds contracts with more than 800 US law enforcement and security agencies, up from 320 in early 2024. Federal agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), use drones to track and pursue targets, while police departments launch them hundreds of times a day in towns and cities nationwide.

A March 2025 rule change expanded police drone use by allowing flights beyond visual line of sight and over crowded areas.
The New York Police Department alone has flown drones more than 20,000 times in under a year, including at political protests.

A March 2025 rule change expanded police drone use by allowing flights beyond visual line of sight and over crowded areas. The New York Police Department alone has flown drones more than 20,000 times in under a year, including at political protests.

AI drones used in Gaza are now surveilling American cities…

And corporate media isn’t covering it.

www.donotpanic.news/p/the-ai-dro...

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