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Ash, apparently

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Ash. Writer of stories, novels and poems.

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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 1h
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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 1h
I think maybe we should let Billie Joe sleep through October this year too
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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 15h
Well of fucking course it is. It was a vanity project for a violent billionaire narcissist and you sycophants hopped on board to score political points
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h
The moment Jack Smith realized Eric Schmitt was talking about the wrong game.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15h
This is one of the most maddening thigns about this court: Not just the substantive rulings, but how they think about “irreperable harm.” If the Most Special Boy has to wait a month to do a thing he REALLY wants to, that’s irreperable harm. Actual large-scale human suffering? Meh.
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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 15h
Progressive politicians in Canada have the opportunity to not follow the backslide many U.S. Democrats have demonstrated in recent years when it comes to trans rights xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
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The Democrat turn on trans rights should be a warning to Canadian progressives | Xtra Magazine
In elections across Canada, centre and left-wing politicians can’t let anti-trans arguments set the terms of the conversation
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23h
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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 16h
He wants the name to be 100% inaccurate instead of only 50%
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 16h
The Regime despises people with disabilities and wants them to disappear. Their latest action is repealing requirements for federal contractors to hire those with disabilities at rates that are similar to those of the U.S. population overall. Oh, and now they’re hiding the data, too.
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Trump rolls back federal hiring rules. Are disabled workers at risk?
Trump just slashed federal disability hiring rules in new DEI crackdown. Advocates warn a decade of progress for disabled workers is now on the line.
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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 16h
This supreme court is little more than a veneer over fascism, a way to pretend the rule of law still applies in this country. It will be like this until we reform it.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 17h
Universal Daycare is a staggering boon for working parents and for kids, it is among the greatest blessings of living in New Mexico in this time, and everywhere else should be so lucky. The whole point is to make stay-at-home a choice, not obligation, so everyone can have full lives as full people.
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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 16h
Sorry they want how much money for exactly what amount of the company? $30 billion at a valuation of $1.4 trillion... Are they asking for $30 BILLION DOLLARS for 2.14% of the company??? Am I getting that right?
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18h
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19h
One thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr...
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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 17h
Just one of my favorite quotes, alongside "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here, this is the war room!"
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 18h
"ohhh noooo it's toooo powerful! it's gonna hack ur dudes!" style fear-hype for the governments, "invite this adorable bastard demon into your home; we super swear it can't and won't steal your true name (PII)" style lies for the plebs
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 21h
“I’ve implored folks to practice talking about it,” 3d Way's Lanae Erickson told me. “You know, practice saying ‘I trust parents in my district to make decisions for their kids more than politicians.’ Practice saying, ‘sure, we need rules but politicians aren’t the right ones to make it.’”
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 21h
Transphobia, a U of Kansas prof told me, "is historically comparable to any point in history, when those in power are punching down at the weakest in society. When you concede to them these points, you’re conceding that it’s OK to punch down and letting them position themselves to ask for even more"
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 21h
Terry Schilling, a main architect of Republicans’ transphobic campaign messaging, has talked about the "magic" in spreading hate-driven propaganda. "How do win, how do we replicate this on other issues?” he asked on a right-wing podcast. What might those issues be?
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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 22h
Ehhhhh I'm not really comfortable with the body shaming of Elon Musk Like I don't give a shit about him, he belongs in the Torment Nexus, but the way he looks is very close to the way my brain tells me I look in the mirror (thanks dysmorphia) and the public shaming makes me really uncomfortable
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 23h
Democrats seem headed for big wins, but one avenue for self-sabotage would be adopting R's framing on trans rights. @billiejsweeney.bsky.social spoke with insiders incl Lanae Erikson of Third Way and Rep. Sarah McBride for this substanial piece of new reporting. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Democrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say - Assigned Media
Insiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights.
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Jonathan Dresner @jondresner.bsky.social · 23h
There are no good-faith anti-trans arguments and no acceptable compromises on trans lives. We must protect each other to survive.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Future presidential debates should probably feature questions like "are you stupid enough to start a cold war with Canada" or "who pays a tariff"
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 29/09/2026
Corporate death penalty for these criminal companies.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
it’s so funny that people were like “OMG a 2PM Oval Office announcement, is Trump going to end the war in Iran or invade Cuba?!?!” and it turns out, no, he’s just going to rant about how good the economy is + how elections are rigged and then fall asleep
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Katie Notopoulos @katienotopoulos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I talked to the librarian at a tiny upstate NY library where the flyer for drop-in event where she'll help you remove the AI features of your phone has gone viral www.businessinsider.com/library-bye-...
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency
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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/09/2026
karl just put on the damn hot dog suit next time
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's not the main reason that any future democratic administration needs to not hire Jake Sullivan (that would be his role in refusing to stop the flow of US weapons & funds into the genocide of Gaza) but him being this petty about accurate reporting is disqualifying alone
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The Nerdskull @nerdskull.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is exactly why MMOs need to moderate people for Bigotry aggressively. This failure likely loses them 6 figures of users over time, easily.
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micah @nemerevermore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
putting this on the main feed because it is an evergreen thought I have about the "all the fascist homophobes are secretly gay" trope
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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No one should be able to spend more than $1500 on an election Per election. Not per candidate, per issue, per state. Yes including donations to PACs, yes including donations in-kind of anything but volunteer labor, gas to do it, and food to eat while you're at it. $1500. Per person $0 per company
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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Before we kick off ace discourse again... if you see a screenshot of an inflammatory post by a "liberal" account go see if it has the signifiers of "blue dot in a red state," "no DMs," only reposts political takes and memes, this one checks a lot of "just here to start discourse" boxes...
Profile for "Halo McCoy" with an Obama 2028 header and profile pic and a bio full of similar things you'll find in all of these questionable accounts:

"Progressive Liberal Socialist. Blue dot in a Southern red zone. I don't do DMs. I DO NOT DONATE $ TO ANYONE ONLINE SO STOP FOLLOWING ME. Have pitchfork; will travel. Race: Satan. ANTIFA AND PROUD!"
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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
we really need to start calling out these conservative christians for just straight up not believing in christianity. if you don’t believe christian teaching, nobody is forcing you to call yourself a christian! free yourself!
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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Moms for Lebensraum strikes again
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Sarah Clarke - Not your doll @damselindystopia.northsky.social · 11/08/2026
Honestly once you understand large parts of the gender critical movement as abusers raging at the community their victim is part of because they can no longer get to the individual a lot of stuff starts making much more sense.
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Nerd #7132 @nerd7132.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
a lot of contemporary American politics is abusive family dynamics scaled up
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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fuck Lonsdale and his murder machines
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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This place is best shunned and left uninhabited
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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I would legit watch this How many families were stuck on that ship. Why didn't they separate the saucer more often??
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Chris Washington @cwashington.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
AfD: "We're not Nazis." Meanwhile the very first thing they do once gaining power...
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Germany’s AfD, CDU ban new Holocaust ‘stumbling stones’
The brass-covered cobblestone blocks bear the names of victims of Nazi persecution and are laid into sidewalks, often outside their former homes.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Fascism Doesn’t Always Arrive by Force. Sometimes It Comes as Law" A visit to the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam showed me how changes in the law were used by the Nazis to push their agenda. It’s a warning from history we must heed before it's too late. @kimwehle.bsky.social for Zeteo:
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Fascism Doesn’t Always Arrive by Force. Sometimes It Comes as Law
A visit to the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam showed me how changes in the law were used by the Nazis to push their agenda. It’s a warning from history we must heed before it’s too late.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Matty! @mattythemouse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What gets me: Talarico was doing just fine until he came out and decided to opine on trans sports. So it’s like… Once again, democrats should stop trying to appeal to right wing social issues that give them no tangible gain except pissing off their own constituents.
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unhinged eldritch abomination @rhymeswithk.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
the freaks and perverts in your life are worth far more than most people realize
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404 Media @404media.co · 28/09/2026
Executives working on AI at Microsoft and OpenAI admitted what its critics have been saying all along: LLms are predatory pieces of technology that have been built on what a Microsoft executive called “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
LION
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The Nerdskull @nerdskull.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don’t know how to get establishment liberals to understand that dividing your base and angering your allies is not a way to get elected. You can shout that the other guy is worse until you’re blue in the face but that won’t make anyonr excited to help you get elected or turn out.
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