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Concepts of a Rae @alsorae.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Shoot this app into the sun, maybe.

Concepts of a Rae @alsorae.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The wrong kind of people like bigots, homophobes, transphobes, bell ends, lovers of genocide, classists, gentrifying dumb dumbs who scoff at community, and people who dismiss the Black and brown lived experience can keep tf away from me, my city, and the incredible humans that make it great. ❤️

A post from Igneous Sigil aka @igneoussigil.bsky.social, who is akin to communicating with a brick wall, that reads, “It doesn't matter what words you try to clean it up, we can smell the stink of "there's a right kind of person and a wrong kind of person and we don't want the wrong kind of person living among us".”

This post is one of many that mischaracterizes the original conversation and contributed to a pile on of Black women. Clearly, this poster is an ally.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 21/09/2026

NEW — This past Saturday, steppers from all over the country traveled to the mecca to compete on one of the biggest stages for Chicago-style steppin’. Check out our photo gallery and the list of winners. thetriibe.com/2026/09/phot...

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PHOTO GALLERY: Steppers came from across the country to the mecca to claim their crown • The TRiiBE

The 35th Annual World’s Largest Steppers Competition, hosted in suburban Tinley Park, brought the Chicago dance to the main stage.

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Concepts of a Rae @alsorae.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Never blocked this many people in less than 24 hours before.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I think you're missing what the post said. no one said you can't move where you want. it's about how people engage (or lack thereof) with the community they move to

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's funny to me when people pretend they don't understand what long-time residents in particular cities mean when they use the term "transplant." Of course you do. They mean HOSTILE and DISRESPECTFUL people who move into cities and expect those cities to cater TO THEM and their personal bullshit.

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Franki Butler @frankitheb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Transplant hate" is about people who want to turn the city into a bigger version of their shitty hometown -- just as white, but w/better [insert ethnicity here] food. It's not that people move. It's that they move & then use cash and cops for racist blandification.

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Franki Butler @frankitheb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you've never wanted to replace the local pupusa joint with an OrangeTheory, no one's talking to you; stop getting offended.

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calm despite @neurodelicious.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026

They really don't see the difference between like, jazz musicians flocking to NYC in the 20s, or even all the more recent intrepid souls (Madonna, whatever) who came to make their way, vs the new type of gentrifiers who only patronize Starbucks and call the police 🤦🏽‍♀️

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YSUBassoon @bassoonysu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

No one took physical media from you. Instead, they sold you the idea you wouldn't need it anymore so you'd get rid of it yourself. And now you're completely at their whim for what's available. Buy a BluRay player and physical copies of movies, shows, and music you love. Take back control.

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Appalachia Comics Project @appalachiacomics.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Join us for a series of book signing events September 27-29 to commemorate two years since Hurricane Helene and the ongoing work to rebuild. These events support local comic shops, bookstores, and libraries, helping with the continuing recovery and celebrating the creativity of the region.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

For the NYT I wrote about Ed Sheeran, the fantasy of political neutrality and the politics of self-interest www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o...

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Opinion | Ed Sheeran, Macklemore and Why Politics Is So Hard for Celebrities

Celebrities use the facade of neutrality as shelter, as a place to take refuge.

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Concepts of a Rae @alsorae.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

For the folks in my mentions who are calling me a xenophobe and keep using woke as some kind of insult (?) - integrate (verb): - To make into a whole by bringing all parts together; unify. - To join with something else; unite. - To make part of a larger unit. Good luck out there.

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Concepts of a Rae @alsorae.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I dunno man but at some point, “convenience” became a curse.

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Concepts of a Rae @alsorae.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If this post makes you angry, you may want to investigate why. …not with me though.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 21/09/2026

Yes what @alsorae.bsky.social said. I would also add, they're moving into more and more spaces that are outside of the areas that transplants traditionally lived in.

Transplants are called transplants for a reason. They specifically don’t engage in the communities they move to but aim to control and mold them to be more palatable to their own wants and needs.

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Droniela - Mentally the Third @girlrobot.io · 21/09/2026

When people say the LLMs don't think they don't mean that their thought is primitive, that their thought is not good enough, that their thought is not as good as a human's: They mean it's a completely different thing that has no awareness, self or otherwise. It's a word generator with context input.

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Concepts of a Rae @alsorae.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Telling my kids that this is what an ally looks like. #thanksObama

A post made by very angry man, Jack aka @kuuga.bsky.social, who is very angry because I dared to say that some native New Yorkers might take issue with those new to the city for legitimate reasons. He got so mad that he posted, “It's not your "lived experience" it's your opinion, which you're laundering through "some OTHER people, definitely not me though, have *reasonably concerns*". Boring.” Jack seems to enjoy delegitimizing women’s lived experiences and that makes me sad. But not as sad as he is angry. I hope Jack gets less angry. ❤️

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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights** Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight.

From meteorologist Eric Snitil

**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights**

"Heads up birders, I would not be surprised if the biggest bird migration night of the year happens over the next 2 nights. Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight. That is a lot, but the pattern could not be better for migratory birds. A massive area of high pressure will turn the low level winds from the northeast to the southwest across most of the US. The last time we had anything similar to this in the fall was early October last year when a record 1.25 billion birds were in flight. I doubt we get to that level, but I suspect the number will top 500 million especially Monday night which looks to be the bigger of the two nights. You can help by turning off those outdoor lights on big migration nights, and the next 2 nights is about as big as it gets."

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

When the powerful playact powerlessness it is always a ploy to avoid accountability.

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Concepts of a Rae @alsorae.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Some people, tired of their god kings, used their god to justify going to inhabited land & brutally murdering folks there so THEY could become the new god kings but it was too hot so they stole & enslaved people an ocean away to amass god king wealth & then convinced the world they were the best.

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Concepts of a Rae @alsorae.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Somehow this still white washes history. 🙃

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 08/01/2026

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but constant, chaotic, unfiltered news and social media can overwhelm the mind—flooding your attention, stirring up emotions, and making it hard to think clearly. It’s okay to step back and be selective about what you let in. Your mental well-being matters.

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Concepts of a Rae @alsorae.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Coming back to this because I mean it! Life is short! Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed! Don’t let the bastards take sexiness away from you! If this absolute nerd can reclaim it, so can you!

A photo of a Black woman from behind posing after a racy pole dancing class. Her fave is cropped out of the photo and a heart emoji sits over her bum because the internet is very rude.

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Concepts of a Rae @alsorae.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Gutted. RIP to another great talent and the creator of a song that means so much to me still… youtu.be/A-oh-tP6RvA?...

youtu.be

Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing (Official Video)

YouTube video by Atlantic Records

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Concepts of a Rae @alsorae.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Beyond what’s suggested, I honestly can’t recommend making every day sexy as hell enough. You deserve it.

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Concepts of a Rae @alsorae.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What annoys me more than AI slop is no one bothering to proof the highly visible AI slop.

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Concepts of a Rae @alsorae.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

That cookie is crumbling. She’s dust, babe. Particles.

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Concepts of a Rae @alsorae.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Haha how is this not apartheid haha?

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 13/09/2026

You may be relieved but spare a thought for so many editors in the mainstream media who were hoping to run hyping headlines about the far right winning in Sweden As always when SD is hyped and ends up crashing, I expect Swedish politics will drop off the radar as it's no longer sexy enough

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Rosina O @techysaavy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I am a nyc teacher and am in urgent need of a text set of books, Hate That Cat. I would love to conduct book clubs with this book. I need 7 books. Please repost. Thanks www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...