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Michelle Dean @michelledean.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Just remembered the classic CanLit novel about an archivist who has sex with a bear.
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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 17/07/2025
"For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams of the beautiful Annabel Lee"
Illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a scene from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Annabel Lee". Two lovers embrace at the edge of the sea, water splashes around them and the surrounding rocks. A full moon shines over them, and storm clouds loom.
Published in "Sticker Jigsaw: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection" 2024 Macmillan
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 15/03/2025
If you're in Illinois and: - Palestinian, or protesting the genocide in Occupied Palestine; or - trans, or protesting for trans rights; and you are arrested or discriminated against, I can represent you pro bono. Please email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. I will take as many cases as I can.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
…. This is why I don’t forgive This lady is old enough to remember this country turning BOATS of Jews away to die at Hitlers hands while accepting “contrite” scientists She shouldn’t care about nothing but outliving these bastards and enjoying her time left INSTEAD
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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 15/03/2024
People are losing the spirit of the Ides of March. It's not about just stabbing. It's about coming together to stab in groups
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
What we are all experiencing is called "resilience targeting." It is a deliberate attack favored by many of todays shitlords, and is a fairly well known theory in disinfo and climate circles; it's just that everyone seems to be in denial that it's an attack. Today might be a good day to read up
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/03/2025
10. Lastly, I am a transgender journalist covering LGBTQ+ issues every day. You can subscribe to support my journalism at www.erininthemorning.com/subscribe. Lastly, as a disclosure, the writer (myself) is married to Rep Zephyr, and sometimes my beat crosses into my personal life.
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Subscribe to Erin In The Morning
News and discussion on trans legislation and life. Click to read Erin In The Morning, by Erin Reed, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
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Alexander Tin @alexander-a-tin.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
In a change from Biden administration HHS Secy Kennedy told Fox this week that health agencies are now opposed to use of bird flu vaccine in poultry, citing antigenic shift worries "means you’re turning those birds into mutant factories" tinalexander.github.io/notes/2025/0...
A screenshot of text that reads in part: "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. [00:17:19] And we’ve in fact, said at the USDA, that they should consider maybe the possibility of letting it run through the flock so that we can identify the birds and preserve the birds that are immune to it. The vaccines do not– there’s no indication that those vaccines actually provide sterilizing immunity and all three of my health agencies, NIH, CDC, and FDA, the acting heads of those agencies have all recommended against the use of the bird flu vaccine for that particular genotype, because the vaccine could actually promote antigenic shift, which means you’re turning those birds into mutant factories. And that could actually accelerate the jump to human beings. There’s never in history that we know of, bird flu’s been around for a hundred years. There’s never been human to human transmission."
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Yod of Nobunaga @yoda-nobunaga.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
We simply do not have to sacrifice the rights of trans people to save rights elsewhere and anybody that tells you otherwise is a fascist
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bunny ✤ @oakfrogs.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
miffy meadow 🌷
artwork of the character miffy in long windswept grass, on a sunny hillside. the illustration is framed with pink tulips in the foreground and rabbit shaped clouds in the background against a pale blue sky. pink tulip petals flow in the wind.
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WIRED @wired.com · 06/03/2025
“I am not saying it’s CIA or not,” a former intelligence analyst who worked at Langley for more than a decade tells WIRED. “But it’s reckless that this information is out there at all. It speaks to the fact that these guys have no interest in even understanding government operations.”
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A Sensitive Complex Housing a CIA Facility Was on GSA's List of US Properties for Sale
Plans to redevelop a Northern Virginia warehouse site have long been complicated by the area’s worst-kept secret—the presence of a CIA facility. The GSA put the site up for sale anyway.
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WIRED @wired.com · 06/03/2025
NEW: A now-deleted list containing hundreds of US government properties that the General Services Administration (GSA) plans to sell includes most of a sprawling, highly sensitive federal complex in Springfield, Virginia that also houses a secretive CIA facility, WIRED has learned.
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A Sensitive Complex Housing a CIA Facility Was on GSA's List of US Properties for Sale
Plans to redevelop a Northern Virginia warehouse site have long been complicated by the area’s worst-kept secret—the presence of a CIA facility. The GSA put the site up for sale anyway.
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U.S. Representative Al Green @algreen.house.gov · 06/03/2025
Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...
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Congressman Al Green on X: "Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl" / X
Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl
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Cate Eland @romancingnope.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
It's also REALLY notable that at least in 2022, prohibiting trans kids from playing on sports teams that aligned with their gender identity wasn't an 80-20, 70-30, or even 60-40 issue. And broadly, the majority wanted to PROTECT trans people from discrimination. www.pewresearch.org/social-trend...
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Americans’ Complex Views on Gender Identity and Transgender Issues
Most favor protecting trans people from discrimination, but fewer support policies related to medical care for gender transitions; many are uneasy with the pace of change on trans issues.
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Emmy Cumslutress @coyotegirl.online · 06/03/2025
cis folks, please do not let us die. please stand up for us. outside of contacting your reps, please say something when a family member or friend says something abhorrent about trans people (especially youth) it starts by letting assholes know that everyone else does not think like them please.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 06/03/2025
Last week, Republicans voted to gut Medicaid and take away healthcare from 8-year-old kids like William. Don’t let them lie to you. This is what they voted for. But we still have a chance to stop it.
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J. Clark @jclarkwriting.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I’ve written a Romeo and Juliet like romance that is LIVE on Kickstarter! 👯 2 idiots in love 💥 Family drama/bloodshed 🍋 Tangy scenes 🏳️‍⚧️ LGBTQ+ couples (main is queer FMC/cis MMC) www.kickstarter.com/projects/jcl...
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All This Time Book Launch!
An AM/BW romance that explores coming of age issues like religion, & not burning it down trying to make the impossible, possible.
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comrade coze @maximumcoze.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
in the my fanfiction this would be the dress she wears when Elphaba marries Galinda. #oscars
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Holly Sullo @hollysullo.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
Howdy beautiful Bluesky-ers! 💕💕 I’m Holly! I’m a professional illustrator and designer. I love bright colors, food, and comics. Let’s be pals!!- 🕸️ hollysullo.com
A stylized illustration of a blue guy skating with derby gear on. There are stars and ribbons shooting out, giving it a fun type of movement. The colors are bright and cheerful.A stylized illustration of two punk styled guys with burger heads. They are smoking French fries and looking badass. The art is colorful and fun looking.A stylized illustration of a bowl of ramen. The pork and egg are the most detailed, making it look warm and delicious. A stylized illustration of a pink rabbit drinking tea, facing away from the viewer in contemplation. It is framed by pretty looking foliage, making it appear to be in the middle of a magical field.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 04/03/2025
BREAKING: A judge blocked President Trump's executive order targeting access to gender-affirming care for trans people under 19 years old nationwide. This is the second time this discriminatory executive order has been put on hold in our legal challenge against it.
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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Incredible. Shoutout to @elisabethepps.bsky.social!
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Robin Bradford @tuphlos.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Just showing this because I can. And because I don't know if I told you it has a starred review from PW. And because there are already 8 holds. #collectiondevelopment amzn.to/3Xryijg
Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Measles is caused by a virus. There are no antivirals for illness. Treatment is symptom management & supportive care. Treatment is NOT: • antibiotics (it’s a virus) • unproven wellness products • cod liver oil, “nutrition hacks,” or supplements. We can prevent measles: with the MMR vaccine.
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Toorurii🦩🪐 @toorurii.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
ANGEL 🔁 DEMON ❗️🪐🔥 #art #oc
A drawing of Toorurii’s ocs Platina (left) and Agape (right) in the form of their angel/demon counterparts. Platina, who was originally a goat-like Greed demon, is now a bird-like Saturn Angel. Agape, previously a Cupid, is now depicted as an Incubus. 

Beside each of them are tags identifying the switch they underwent. 

Toorurii’s signature is in the upper left. 

In the middle bottom, it says DO NOT USE. NO REPOSTS. I’m talking to YOU Pinterest user 🫵
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 04/03/2025
Here's Rick Astley singing Pink Pony Club
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Pink Pony Club (Chappell Roan Cover)
YouTube video by Rick Astley
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Kerry Ann (She/Auth-her) 🏳️‍⚧️ | Screenwriter @kerryanncoder.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Oh, hey #transwriters and #queerwriters - I wrote something! And it's on Itch (digital) and Amazon (hardcover) And I'm shamelessly self-promoting my debut satirical trans/queer novel. kerryann.itch.io/we-interrupt...
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We Interrupt This Transition by Kerry Ann Boyko
This queer comedy novel is a darkly humorous satire of gender politics and the entertainment industry
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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Just you and I ✨ Defying gravity ✨
Painting depicting Elphaba and Glinda from Wicked. Elphaba flies high over Glinda with the yellow brick road and the Emerald City in the distance.
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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Let their howls inspire you 🐺 nywolf.org/join-us/
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 02/03/2025
There are an estimated 1.6 million trans people in the US. That's equivalent to the population of Philadelphia. Imagine if the federal government suddenly announced that Philadelphians no longer have civil rights.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Richest guy in the world telling us we can’t afford to have our government fund cancer research.
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NPR @npr.org · 02/03/2025
An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
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DOGE's savings page fixed old mistakes — and added new ones
An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Here are some nice mushrooms
A pair of fuzzy orange mock oyster mushrooms grow on the side of a burnt log, its charred wood provides lots of little crevices to emerge from. All photos by me
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
A reminder for these times.
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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Many folks want to organize right now but aren’t sure how. There are many ways; that’s the hard part AND the beauty of it. This model by Leah Penniman, illustrated by Christine Tyler Hill, shows how comprehensive social change requires many strategies. We need all of us. Find your role and begin.
Four Wings Of Movement Collaboration 
- Leah Penniman

A butterfly is drawn with four segments of its wings, each labeled RESIST, BUILD, REFORM, and HEAL. Within each winglet, examples are written, and they’re described in detail along the edges of the illustration. 

RESISTING oppression via direct action—think Occupy, protests, boycotts, marches, treesitting, etc.

BUILDING new worlds and systems—think co-ops, community ownership models, land trusts, social networks, food hubs, organic farms, etc.

REFORMING existing systems to shift power and resources—think holding elected office, advocacy, institutional leadership, etc.

HEALING individual and collective trauma—think art and experience-making, storytelling, medicine-making, therapy, music, etc.
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WIRED @wired.com · 03/03/2025
A WIRED investigation reveals that billion-dollar scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands are enslaved—are using Starlink, the satellite internet service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to stay online and keep their operations running.
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Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.
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audreyii_fic @audreyii.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Seeing this James Bond montage makes me think about all the thousands of times women have been made to apologize for liking escapist romances
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/03/2025
Gun lobbyists gave Cambridge Analytica a trove of data on gun owners derived from warranty cards, voter rolls, hunting licenses and other sources. Here’s how Cambridge used the info to drum up support for the gun industry’s preferred candidates.
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How Cambridge Analytica Used Intimate Data to Exploit Gun Owners’ Private Lives
Documents obtained by ProPublica detail the sophistication and intrusiveness of Cambridge’s work for the gun industry in 2016. The firm’s campaign aimed to help elect Donald Trump and keep…
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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Hey everyone -- Moms of Liberty and Dept of Education launched a snitch line portal today to rat out teachers and anyone promoting anything DEI. FLOOD THE PORTAL Spam the hell out of it. Pass it on! It works! enddei.ed.gov
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Adi 🍉 @adigoesswimming.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Done
School or school district:
Washington, DC
School or school district ZIP Code:
20500
Please describe in as much detail as possible the discriminatory practice taking place:
The white house is discriminating against women, people of color, and trans people. They are attempting to force schools to teach a curriculum of white supremacy and false history. They are trying to indoctrinate our children in an ideology of hate, and erase the true history of this country. I demand you remove President Musk, the puppet Trump, and allow our schools to teach reality. I don't care whose precious delicate white feelings it hurts.
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Katee Robert @kateerobert.com · 28/02/2025
ANYWAY, did you know there's an extension you can put on Chrome that will connect with your local library system and when you go look at a book, say on AMZ, it will tell you if that book exists in the library system and if it's available? It's literally called Library Extension.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/02/2025
Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. 25 years ago. But it can still spread in pockets where vaccination rates are low, like the west Texas county with a current outbreak. Here's how fast.
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As the Texas outbreak grows, how contagious is measles, really?
Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. 25 years ago. But it can still spread in pockets where vaccination rates are low, like the west Texas county with a current outbreak. Here's how fast.
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Sam Logan @samandfuzzy.com · 24/02/2025
Taking a little time to reflect
A. Corgi dressed up as an adventuring hero stands at the edge of a pond. He looks into the pond and sees three little goldfish, as well as his own reflection. He takes a closer look as the goldfish swim around. The fin of a giant goldfish starts to emerge. In the last panel, the corgi is startled to discover that the giant goldfish is actually also a reflection, and the real giant goldfish is hovering upside down in the air in front of him.
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melissa capriglione @ HOODIE KICKSTARTER @mcapriglioneart.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
just making my silly little drawings : )
cartoon drawing of a the artist's persona holding a piece of paper that says "my art : )" with a doodle sun in the corner. the artist's face looks sad and exhausted, but smiling. in the background, there's a few cartoon buildings on fire with "literally everything" pointing to it with an arrow
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Coach Rusty @coachrusty.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
There’s a hawk with a snake in its mouth who’s been sitting on my mailbox and staring at me through the window since dawn. Is this bad it seems bad
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lucaswaldron.bsky.social @lucaswaldron.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"Our analysis showed that patients who were admitted while their fetus was still believed to have a heartbeat were far more likely to develop sepsis." Read the full methodology on @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Incredible public service. @propublica.org has catalogued the DOGE crew and their links to Elon. projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
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Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
NEW: Public health teams are being gutted by Trump's purge of federal employees, imperiling crucial, lifesaving work. "We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed." w/ @deldeib.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left behin...
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
It's pretty cool that Eater put together resources for restaurants about how to handle ICE raids
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What Should You Do if ICE Comes to Your Restaurant?
We spoke to legal experts about what restaurant owners and workers can do to protect themselves from immigration raids
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