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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A thing that is weird and frustrating about these “a famous person said something about Palestine and then got in trouble” moments is that none of them ever lead to actually talking about Palestine - they just lead to us talking about the famous person and who’s mad at them.

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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Nobody's Fool 🧵🦋☀️ #art

a digital drawing of Dolly Parton as the tarot card "the fool", based on the song Dumb Blonde. Instead of blithely walking toward the edge of the cliff, she walks away from it, her little dog Crackerjack at her feet. She holds a multi-colored bindle over her shoulder, with a spook of thread poking out, leading to the needle held aloft in her hand. She wears a purple-blue jumpsuit with a sheer neckline and voluminous sleeves. The whole suit is bedazzled and there is a scene of Icarus falling from the heavens into the sea on her lower half. The border is pink, with a repeating pattern of butterflies, sparkly crying eyes, rhinestones, hands with crossed fingers, flowers, broken hearts, and pocket watches.

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Jack Guignol @jackguignol.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Sounds like a theological question for Thomas Equinas

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Today is Nakba Day, when we commemorate the roughly 750,000 Palestinians who were forcibly displaced by Zionist militias during the 1948 Palestine War. Acknowledging the Nakba and making restitution is the precursor to building a better future for everyone living in the region.

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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Now's a great time to support LaVonnia Moore, a rural Georgia librarian who was fired because she approved a library display (set up by community members) that included a book featuring a transgender character. Her legal case enters the mediation process this week. 📚 www.gofundme.com/f/help-lavon...

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Donate to Help LaVonnia Moore Seek Justice and Equality, organized by Lavonnia Moore

Seeking help for legal fees and life. My name is LaVonnia Moore. For … Lavonnia Moore needs your support for Help LaVonnia Moore Seek Justice and Equality

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

we all know this classic way

cover of POUNDED BY THE ACHES AND PAINS I GET AFTER DOING A SIMPLE PHYSICAL TASK THAT I WOULDNT EVEN THINK TWICE ABOUT DOING WHEN I WAS YOUNGER featuring shirtless man at a bbq rubbing his back there is a sentient anatomical diagram next to him lookin like 'oh dang sorry about that bud'

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Ivy @askylitocean.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

a handmade embroidery artwork titled "Manually embroidered cats" created by artist @ladyserebrennikova.

It features three cats with intricate, unique patterns on their bodies.
The artist notes that these are manually embroidered and sometimes sold with baby cats included.
The designs are often inspired by traditional art patterns like folk embroidery or floral themes.

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elynxabeth holmes ⎔ @freyja-lynx.dev · 23/02/2026

very important video please watch

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.

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Alexa (human variety) @alexathehuman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

January isn't yet over and at least nine people have been murdered by ICE this month, six of them in ICE detention and three in the streets.

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

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‘She was an amazing human being:’ Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent

Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.

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Alexa (human variety) @alexathehuman.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

If you voted for this, we are not friends. There is no love between us, because your hatred of our neighbors killed it.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Mourning those murdered by Hamas isn't incompatible with mourning those murdered by the Israeli state. Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide. Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Hey #asheville folks... We've released an album to benefit BeLoved Asheville on the first anniversary of #Helene. This is a trailer for a full demo vid we made. 16 tracks recorded in the days & nights after the storm passed over. coopersonfire.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...

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Alexa (human variety) @alexathehuman.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Shana tova to everyone except RFK Jr. and other vaccine deniers. I have Covid for the first time ever, so I'm ringing in 5786 with apples, honey, and acetaminophen.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Also: I put together a book list for this piece, as I do sometimes when what I'm doing in one essay will be wildly inadequate for the topic. I chose these for various reasons, & there are other books that could be added that are not. I'm a human person with finite time over here! But it's a start:

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Palestine and Israel

This is not a comprehensive list. But here are some places to start, to learn, to engage. Truth. Dignity.

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NewsGuard @newsguard.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

NewsGuard today published its anniversary edition of the AI False Claims Monitor, the monthly benchmark for how AI tools handle provably false claims. For the first time, NewsGuard de-anonymized the results and named scores for the top LLMs. www.newsguardtech.com/ai-monitor/a...

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Alexa (human variety) @alexathehuman.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Tisha B'Av was this past weekend, and this was my meditation on it. I don't always know how to express the depth of my distress about what's going on in Israel and Gaza, so sometimes I fall back on my coping tactics from high school - mediocre free verse poetry and sketching.

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Rabbi Jill Jacobs @rabbijilljacobs.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

"“God’s name is being desecrated through our sins,” Rabbi Amital wrote nearly five decades ago. “Is it possible to remain silent?!” Today, his challenge tragically rings just as true." My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit) forward.com/opinion/7575...

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Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?

A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/07/2025

The ICE camps are concentration camps. They should be called concentration camps. It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.

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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

This is a concentration camp

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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

The Israeli army has been killing dozens of Palestinians at aid hubs in Gaza practically on a daily basis. Soldiers have told Haaretz they have been ordered to fire at crowds “even though it was clear they posed no threat” www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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Mega👻Thee🎃Tron @valarmordollars.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

✨👏🏾STANDING OVATION👏🏾✨

Brooke from Let's Not Date posted on Facebook

"Don't send me an unsolicited picture of your peewee cocktapus unless you want me to...

A: find your mom's Facebook

B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were

C: badly photoshop that into a locket

D: convince you I'm your daughter.

Happy Father's Day Daddy."

Him: OK who is your mom

Brooke: I want to answer you for closure but mom asked me to never reach out to you so let's take this slow and find out if it's you first or not. I do have a picture of my dad as a young man...

Him: Show it to me now

Brooke: I keep it in a locket around my neck to keep him close to me.

Him:Jesus That's my senior picture

Him: Erase the picture I sent you
Deplete the picture I sent
Delete
Fucking he'll
Who is your mom
Tiffany
Brandy

Brooke: I can't believe this is really happening. God has blessed us with this moment.

I wish you hadn't sent me a picture of your penis, Dad.

Him: Jesus hell I didn't know
I said delete it
Who is your mom
Where do you live
Delete the picture
Don't tell your mom this ok

Brooke: Happy Father's Day Daddy

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

There seems to be one thing "uniting" Palestinians, Israelis, Iranians, and everyone in these endless wars: Innocents keep dying. FFS, children, children keep being killed. This isn't liberating anyone. This isn't gonna bring justice for anyone. This isn't gonna bring long-lasting peace to anyone.

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Alex Padilla @alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

If that’s what they do to a US Senator with a question, imagine what they do to farm workers, day laborers, cooks, and the other nonviolent immigrants they are targeting in California and across the country. Or any American that dares to speak up. I will not stop fighting to demand accountability.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 07/06/2025

🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨 Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs: Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate LA Jail Support / Bail Fund: account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor... Unión del Barrio: uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

hey here's something I would love us all to do like RIGHT NOW: find out if your local library is doing any kind of pride programming or display, and if they are, email them to say thank you and why it matters to you. whether or not you're queer. especially if you're in an area where it's fraught

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/05/2025

Found a baby songbird? Here's a newly updated chart!

A chart that explains what to do If You Find A Baby Songbird Out Of The Nest. Is it hurt or did a cat get it? (Cat bites & scratches cause deadly infections.) or, Has a person kept it for over a day, given it food or water, or gotten it wet? If yes, Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator
or wildlife care center near you. An online search can help. If no, what does it look like? Eyes not yet open. You have a hatchling. It's very young. Eyes open; feathers few & may be in tube-like sheaths. You have a nestling. Feathered; awkwardly hops or flutters; tail & wings short. You have a fledgling. Many sharp teeth; large claw on second toe. You have a velociraptor. If a hatchling or nestling, can you see the nest? If yes, Return it to its nest. The parents won’t care if they can smell you. If no, Make a nest from a basket & dried grass. Wire it to a tree. (Note: A few species, like Juncos, need a nest on the ground.) If a fledgling, is it in immediate danger? If yes, carefully move it to a safer spot nearby. If no, DO NOT INTERVENE! Though the bird looks awkward, it’s in a natural stage & the parents are still feeding it. If a velociraptor, has it seen you? If yes, back away slowly. Do not show fear. If no, run. Watch for others that may attack from the sides. FYI: Some babies (eg. swifts, most woodpeckers) only sit on the ground if in trouble. When in doubt, keep watch & contact a wildlife rehabilitator if needed!

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Alexa (human variety) @alexathehuman.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Arnold Lobel calling me out from beyond the grave.

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Alexa (human variety) @alexathehuman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Is Gritty actually the physical manifestation of the yetzer hara? 🤯

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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

There are a lot of bad things happening all at once, and it’s overwhelming to think about how to meet moments like this. Jean says to focus on 1 or 2 things that you care about, understand fairly well, and are either local or involve a topic where you’re likely to have influence and find community

a beautiful tortoiseshell cat has one paw extended as she rests on the back of a sofa. she looks alert, determined and thoughtful

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Alexa (human variety) @alexathehuman.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Don't buy the Trump administration's claims that they are cracking down on free speech and disappearing people to "combat antisemitism." I don't know a single Jewish person who thinks it makes us safer to imprison college students and scholars for writing op-eds or protesting peacefully. (1/2)

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 14/04/2025

ACLU: Washington Post article! Reported about internal memo. Found no evidence of antisemitic behavior, terrorist anything—nothing beyond op-ed! Judge: So there is a memorandum in the govt's possession that has not been produced to you? ACLU: Yes. And we believe there are two of them.

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No evidence linking Tufts student to antisemitism or terrorism, State Dept. office found

An internal memo, prepared before Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by ICE, raises doubts about the Trump administration’s claims that she supports Hamas.

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Alexa (human variety) @alexathehuman.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Legitimately could not find the afikomen last night. Accusations of trickery and (good-natured) recriminations were lobbed. And then the dog walked into the living room with a piece of matzoh in his mouth.

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Good morning, #asheville. I'll be covering the #handsoff protest today in Pack Square! Follow along for realtime updates... this is my first real outing on Bluesky and it's fun to be wielding the ol #avlnews hashtag again. #april5

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Here's my piece about the failure of #avlnews media to cover the wildfires in a way that actually, like, benefited their readership. It's on Patreon, but it's a free post, no paywall. It got three likes and only one of those was my mom, so it's a total banger. www.patreon.com/posts/on-hel...

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On Helene's six-month anniversary, local media is still failing us | Max Cooper

Get more from Max Cooper on Patreon

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Jason Coupet @professajay.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders. Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

ALA response to White House assault on IMLS
To dismiss the mission of an agency that advances opportunity and learning is to dismiss the aspirations and everyday needs of millions of Americans. And those who will feel that loss most keenly live in rural communities. 
As seedbeds of literacy and innovation, our nation’s 125,000 public, school, academic and special libraries deserve more, not less support. Libraries translate 0.003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people every year. Show Up for Our Libraries, ALA American Library Association, #ForOurLibraries

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Alexa (human variety) @alexathehuman.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Purim's an exceptionally good day for yelling at tyrants (and their lackeys) www.youtube.com/live/InnRY-O...

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U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards Town Hall

YouTube video by Blue Ridge Public Radio

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Alexa (human variety) @alexathehuman.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

@brazenhead.bsky.social & I started watching House of David mainly out of morbid curiosity. We're one episode in and I wish there were a specifically Jewish version of this with a canonically bi David, exacting historical detail, and the strange visual richness of something like The Green Knight

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Alexa (human variety) @alexathehuman.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

@catsofyore.bsky.social Thought you might enjoy this old picture I found of my parents' cats, Sagan and Shadow, in Washington, D.C. around 1980. Sagan was named after the astronomer Carl Sagan, because my dad was a huge nerd.

A yellowed photo of two black cats on a table. The one on the left is lying down and the one on the right is standing. Both are looking at the camera. Behind them, a tree and grass are visible through a glass door and windows.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

"I realized that all forms of religion are masks that the divine wears to communicate with us. Behind all religions there’s a reality, and this reality wears whatever clothes it needs to speak to a particular people." Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

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Alexa (human variety) @alexathehuman.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

@brazenhead.bsky.social after getting his CAT scan: Turns out I'm not a cat. @brazenhead.bsky.social after learning they were going to give him gabapentin: Or AM I?!?

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Alexa (human variety) @alexathehuman.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

One absolutely messed up thing about the American healthcare system is that if we pay for @brazenhead.bsky.social surgery within 48 hours, we get a "discount" of $300.

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