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Today is my birthday! If you want to celebrate with me, please consider a donation to @pointofpride.org, an org that provides direct support to trans people for gender-affirming care wellness needs: www.pointofpride.org/donate

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Donate: Support trans folks in need of access to healthcare services

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 12h

You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 5h

I slept so much yesterday and today and I'm still sleepy! How!

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Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 6h

missed National Coming Out Day. but came across this screenshot of the mass email i sent 12 years ago!

mass email from me when i transitioned. the body of the email reads-
"about 15 years ago i sent out a mass email stating that i had used the Troy Aikman quarterback rating system to decide that the right choice was to switch email providers from Aol to Comcast. using the same system i'm pleased to announce that the Troy Aikman quarterback ratings system has given me the clarity to go ahead and switch genders.
i'm available to anyone by phone that would like to crunch the numbers. thanks eveyrbody and sorry for the mass email! and thanks Troy Aikman!"

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Greenb3ar @greenb3ar.bsky.social · 19h

Okay the best political ad of the year is here from LA-DSA

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 20h

later in the day she found her own fuzzy coat and it’s one of my favorite pictures of her

ilhan in target before we were boycotting target

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 20h

when something scary happens to ilhan i think about this photo. you’d never know from how brave she is that she isn’t seven feet tall. we’ve all got to have her back, because she isn’t just some character on capitol hill, she’s a real human, with real children, who deserves to be safe in her home.

me and ilhan and i am big and she is tiny

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Brian Michael Bendis @brianmbendis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

THANK you for all the Magneto love. @andreasorrentino.bsky.social @tombrevoort.bsky.social and I are thrilled so show this beautiful project to you in February. here is the press release from marvel.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

"I'm using Twitter to monitor the other side" mf you are a insurance agent but yeah western society depends on you reading 357 tweets an hour about race mixing and which amendments should be canceled

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 12/10/2026

this is the good stuff, folks. get the fuck off of x and use this toolkit to tell your reps to stop pushing people towards the nazi site for nazis.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The bathrooms in the newer panel area are all right but the ones on the artist alley level and exhibitor hall level are an embarrassment. Truly a building with a hostile aura.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This time perhaps with the goal of building a good building instead of a bad building

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

In general I'm a firm believer that we just need to scrap the current javits and start over

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AIPT @aiptcomics.com · 10/10/2026

🚨 HUGE Marvel reveals at #NYCC2026! 🧲 MAGNETO: END OF DAYS! 💚 HULK WAR: INFERNAL RAGE! ⚔️ IMMORTAL SOLDIERS! 😂 WHAT THE--?! returns! 🔥 X-ORCISTS now ongoing! 🌌 STAR WARS crossover grows! PLUS: Official solicit text and preview art in our full recap:

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NYCC 2026: Marvel announces ‘Magneto: End of Days,’ ‘Immortal Soldiers,’ and more at House of Ideas panel

Marvel's NYCC 2026 House of Ideas panel reveals Bendis and Sorrentino's Magneto: End of Days, the Hulk War: Infernal Rage event, Immortal Soldiers, and more major 2027 announcements.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Apologizing in advance for anyone I don't manage to link up with at NYCC. My health has been wobbly for the past month and I'm doing my best but also trying not to push myself too hard. It's been a loooong week for this little body!

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Rachael Stott @rachaelstott.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Let's gooooooo

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 09/10/2026

It's just been announced at NYCC so I guess I can tell you that I'm writing The Regulators for Marvel. My five issue comic series will be out in 2027. Mutants, magic and monsters woven into the very fabric of Jim Crow America.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Best program you could ever use for comics-making, and it's not even close. Grab it now, gang.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The finale (??) is here!! DID OUR HEROES WIN??? www.marvel.com/comics/issue... written by me pencils/inks by Lorenzo Tammetta colors by Rod Fernandes letters by Joe Sabino edited by @alannawrites.bsky.social and Lindsey Cohick

the cover for Realmguard #8 -- Doctor Doom in his fur lined cloak, blasts out magic as he screams.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That's 118 postcards in the mail to let voters in my area know our polling location changed! ✌️

A beefy stack of get out the vote postcards

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 04/10/2026

Huge news! @comixaction.com & @handsoffnyc.bsky.social are throwing a NO KINGS COMIC-CON on Thursday, 10/15 to kick off the NK VOTE EARLY campaign! Awesome comics & pop culture guests! FREE! ONLINE! You don't wanna miss it! RSVP now! I'll be there - see ya soon! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

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No Kings Comic-Con · No Kings

It’s the biggest pop culture fest in this or any other galaxy — NO KINGS COMIC-CON! Join us live on Thursday, October 15th for an early kickoff to the NO KINGS: VOTE EARLY festivities! This free, vi...

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

They are going to deregister as many Democrats as they can. And they're going to hype these numbers to try to convince you, "you don't need to vote; you've got this; one little vote won't matter." They'll try to push R's who would stay home that they need to vote. Don't be complacent.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Anyway I had a great time and saw some giant Irish hounds and bought a massive lemonade and maybe got a sunburn!

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

But man the inherent comedy of wanting to "protect" women in sports and bathrooms so badly that you're yelling at random women at Harvest Fest, like. Thanks, I'm good, man! I think we can find a better champion!

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

He was the only serious heckler, most of the people that came up were people (Republicans *and* Democrats) who are ready for this administration to be taken down a peg.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Went back and forth and he seemed to get very upset that *I* wasn't upset and he started literally running away while spewing fox news talking points over his shoulder. Mind you I'm 5'2" and the only other person in our booth was a retired lady. God. What an embarrassing and sad existence.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Told me I was lying, "they're in the women's bathrooms!" etc. Told him calmly that I wasn't really worried about that and was more concerned with why the government thinks it can decide what medical treatments are appropriate instead of a person's doctor.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tabling today at Harvest Fest for the Dem Committee and a buff older guy walks up clearly looking for a fight, asking "why are you letting all the transgenders into the sports?" Told him the number of trans athletes in professional sports is negligible and he crashed out.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

You're very welcome, and thank YOU for reading!

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

imagine telling the pope “you’re not even an AI influencer” like that’s a sick burn

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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What I suppose I find interesting about AI conciousness is that the idea's boosters are never, so far as I can tell, asked the question "why are you trying to make a slave"

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026

Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yup!! Tbh I think we'd be much more dangerous to a new form of sapience than it would be to us. (Not that I think agi is sapient)

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Claude is conscious!" Okay so give Claude lunch breaks. Pay it a fair wage. What's stopping you?

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Every time these tech bros argue their machines are conscious (they're not), someone should ask them why they're so okay with the idea of creating a new slave class.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think you can tell these people are unserious because it's never "acknowledge our machines are conscious so we can give them self-determination/rights/pay." There never seems to be a call to action other than "give us less oversight and more money"

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was a student journalist and we took that shit dead seriously. It's not at all surprising to me that student journalists are relentless as hell.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Y'all I'm so serious, *anything* you can do locally to get even a few more voters to show up is worth doing. Postcards, canvassing, phonebanking, texting friends, helping folks check their registration. There is momentum here and we need a win!

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