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@beethovensmash.bsky.social
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An old 90s baby. Two-time platform enshitification survivor (RIP Tumblr, RIP Twitter).

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Barbara Waxer 🌈 @barbara-waxer.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 15/10/2026
This should be getting WAY MORE PRESS “New Study Reveals Retaliation Against Higher Education Employees for Supporting Palestinian Rights” mesana.org/news/2026/10...
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Middle East Studies Association
MESA's Academic Freedom Initiative has released a major new report, Lessons in Repression: Silencing Campus Workers on Palestine Since October 7, 2023. The report shows how higher education institutio...
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Richard Ferro, MD MSc @richferro.com · 15/10/2026
There are people more willing to defend the imaginary feelings of lines of code then the humanity of actual people and that will never stop being ridiculous and infuriating
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Clement and Sotomayor are fighting over what a "consumer" is now. Because the videos from 247sports are "free" Clement says they're not "consumers" of the videos, and thus not protected by the law. IF THE PRODUCT IS "FREE"... *YOU* ARE THE PRODUCT!!!!!
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
What was once a gradual slide into autocracy has become something like free-fall. We should all be in the streets. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US launches immigration raid of Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar's home, Fox News reports
US authorities conducted a predawn raid Monday on the Washington-area home ​of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar in ‌a probe of the Somali-born lawmaker's immigration paperwork, Fox News Digital re...
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
15 outlets published 249 articles about Jason Arday, but there appears to be a partial media blackout regarding Dr Lola Salem, Michael Gove's ex-girlfriend, who has been suspended from Oxford University after being charged with possessing indecent images of children. jamradio.uk/news/2026/10...
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Lola Salem denies indecent-image charges | Jam Radio
Oxford academic Dr Lola Salem denies indecent-image charges. Her recently reported separation from Michael Gove is a separate matter.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Everyone is just okay with this capitalbnews.org/the-unseen-t...
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The Unseen Toll: Depression, Anxiety Plague Black Women a Year After DOGE Layoffs
Part 1 of a three-part series, FIRED: The DOGE Layoffs Hit Black Women Hard, a collaboration between MindSite News, Capital B, The 19th, and The Nation, edited by MindSite News. Photographs by Kuwilil...
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
They love to tell you to bootstrap Until you DO bootstrap Then they post multi-paragraph, pocket-watching dissertations about how "uncomfortable" your success makes them, and how ~something~ should be done (Cuz they never actually expected you to "Make It," FYI) Ask me how I know :)
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Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Good news for voice actors. SAG-AFTRA’s new TV animation deal includes wage hikes, AI protections, and better residuals. Imagine if the artists responsible for characters’ entire physical performances got residuals, too. www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-right...
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SAG-AFTRA TV Animation Deal Boosts Wages, AI Protections
SAG-AFTRA members will vote on a new TV animation deal featuring annual wage increases, expanded AI protections, better residuals, and benefit gains.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There is a tendency after high profile sexual violence to turn every conversation to prevention. Resist that temptation. It allows perpetrators and those who enable them to escape accountability. And every prevention program is undermined by a context where violence happens without consequence.
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Hannah Lee Stockdale (LOOKING 4 WORK) @hanoodles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
He destroyed careers, he destroyed peoples’ livelihoods. I hope he sleeps well with his golden parachute knowing he’s had a major hand in turning the US animation industry into the desert it is today.
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Rie Sonomura, NeoY2K Hacker Vtuber @riesonomura.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
same with the AI flag in the video itself, ESPECIALLY for music
I wish all AI generated thumbnails a very "Don't recommend channel"
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026
Andy Beshear is proof that you can win a red state without abandoning trans people.
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Jack who wrote Aether Torrent @jackscarab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1). Word-of-mouth from Bluesky. 2). Word-of-mouth from friends. 3). Word-of-mouth from Tumblr. 4). Stumbled upon in a Coming Soon list (or website ad) while looking up a different movie's showtimes. 5). Luck of the draw for pre-show trailers. 6). Physical movie posters/standees at the local theater.
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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 24/09/2026
in the age of AI, making art is a radical act
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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026
talent is a lie
a cartoon picture of a frog throwing a crooked looking clay vase with the words “talent is a lie, just do it anyway”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
General reminder, gang: @cartoonist.coop has multiple pages of tutorials on building your own site. Do not sign your productive output over to corporations who consider you acceptable collateral damage in their pursuit of profit. cartoonist.coop/resources/
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RESOURCES – CARTOONISTS UNITED
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
By destroying Voting Rights Act and gutting 14th & 15th amendments the Roberts Court is recycling legal arguments once used by Confederates and white supremacists to destroy Reconstruction Please read my deep dive w/ @pemalevy.bsky.social in @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
At core, they do not believe democracy *should be allowed* if their side isn’t guaranteed to win. And that becomes the inescapable problem.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Republican judges are fucking insane and unsurvivable in the long term
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026
Organize *with* people, not *for* them. It’s different
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Eliel Cruz @elielcruz.com · 18/09/2026
They keep dropping these on Friday afternoon for a news dump. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/doj-s...
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DOJ Secures Agreements with NYU and UPMC to End Pediatric “Gender-Affirming Care”
Today, the Department of Justice announced agreements with two of the nation’s largest health care systems—New York University Langone Hospitals (“NYU”) and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (“U...
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 11/09/2026
9/11 was a travesty. However it’s interesting to constantly hear “Never Forget” about 9/11 when we constantly hear get over it about the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Jim Crow Laws, and KKK lynchings.
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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"The whole “Oh no, our models went rogue” thing … When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who is the person who built this bridge to be so flimsy?" www.wired.com/story/one-of...
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One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’
Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.
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Bloxxy System | use #tags @bloxxel64colonthree.xyz · 11/09/2026
I will reiterate, do not buy GTA six do not support rockstar in any other way, fight for the rights of your local game developers #gamedev #workersrights
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Duck AI Slop!! @duckaislop.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Steam hosted an "Ai Gaming Fest", a free block / ignore list. We've updated our mega spreadsheet too Thread of the games with NO disclosures🧵 included! store.steampowered.com/curator/4628... steamdb.info/sales/event/...
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AI Gaming Festival
Learn how AI being used to games faster than ever, and see some of the games that are being created with the technology.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A thing worth remembering is that Zohran Mamdani is not only using direct social media communication with his constituency as an undeniably successful charm offensive, but also in recognition that legacy media is *fully* captured by billionaire interests, & attempting to go thru them is pointless.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 04/09/2026
Wonder how those clinics for youth Mandani was gonna set up are going.
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
@kendrawcandraw

Me watching some high fantasy shit: I would simply not be corrupted by the magical object. If it is actively harming you why don’t you just put it down. Idiot

Me receiving psychic damage 23 hours a day from my phone: Ouuughhhh oouuuuwwwwaaaaaa ooaaaaghuuuuuhhhowwgahhhhh suuuuuwah
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brent 🌹🗽 @therealbrent.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Holy shit
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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
all I know is that as we get more billionaires, the world gets worse
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I post a lot of stories about cops using Flock to stalk former or current partners, but don't forget that cops also use Flock to intimidate and harass people who try to hold them accountable.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/09/2026
Last night, Seth Moulton became the latest anti-trans Democrat to fall. There is good evidence that his anti-trans positions directly impacted the election - 67% of voters said those positions made them less likely to vote for him. Markey wins in a landslide. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Seth Moulton Abandoned Trans People, And It Cost Him Everything: Ed Markey Crushes Him In MA Senate Primary
Moulton is the latest Democrat to lose his job after staking out anti-trans positions.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Feel it's important to remind my friends across the pond that You Should Ignore Him now that he's been deported home. He's a filthy little parasite screaming obscenities of every stripe for attention, and he will DEFINITELY try to adhere himself to your pundit-o-sphere. Reject him.
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Regular Car Reviews @regularcars.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
How to stop Content Harassers and get them to leave you alone. You say these music words and it ruins their ability to make money off the video they shot.
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virgil (school hiatus) 🫆🔮💫 @vigilnaut.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
daily reminder ✨
DO NOT ask yourself whether your art is GOOD. instead ask: is it SINCERE, is it CATHARTIC, was it FUN TO MAKE, is it MADE BY ME, and don’t forget to stay silly
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“As I watched the disaster unfold I had a sudden jolt of recognition—I knew one of those villages. My friend has his house on the banks of the Trishuli river. Was he ok?” Moving piece by @joshglancy.bsky.social on his Nepalese trekking guide friend Biru [sharetoken] www.thetimes.com/article/812e...
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My friend Biru the Nepalese guide, whose world has been washed away
An awful realisation dawned on Josh Glancy as he watched footage of the flash floods caused by a glacier collapse on the Nepal-Tibet border
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🏳️‍⚧️ UNBAN LINK @biancamack.co · 30/08/2026
Love a direct, to the point queen. Say it plainly and leave no space for bad-faith bullshit.
Asked why the WNBA continues to experience these heightened distractions, Cloud said, "Men."
"The men now that are like 'Oh, we need to protect the WNBA,’ y'all were the same ones saying we shouldn't be paid," Cloud continued. "Y'all were the same ones saying we shouldn't have been invested in, saying we're a joke, the same ones that don't respect Black women. So, if you're going to protect women, that means all women. That includes Black women, trans women and the list goes on."
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Reminder that the lies of white women have cost innocent Black and brown people everything. They are not bystanders in white supremacy, but active participants.
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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NHS cancelling surgeries for adults even after they’ve already paid for travel + accommodation and waited years to get there. Some were about to be wheeled into theatre! Every manager responsible for this decision must be sacked and every patient paid compensation.
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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The fully animated and colored ‘Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl’ pilot by @kianamai.bsky.social will release next Friday, September 4th.
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The predictable Discourse is starting and I'm going to take a strong stand here: you can both want to abolish ICE and laugh really, really hard at Milo Yiannopoulos getting arrested by ICE after a decade of stoking the ethnonationalist hatred that led us to this point
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I knew about all this. But I’m willing to bet you didn’t. Worth a read before you check out the doubtlessly glowing obituaries. 
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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“How will we ever replace them?” FUND. THE. ARTS.
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Britt Wilson @britterson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A little ceramic pot with a sad face. Hand lettering around him says “he’s crying because you used A.I. instead of your brain.”
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