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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

View from the Southern Shores of the St Lawrence

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

raise revenue and undercut right-populism with One Weird Trick (capitalists HATE this)

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026

jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

@anildash.com is one of the tech pundits that I occasionally enjoy. I'm a big fan of naming things clearly - notwithstanding respect for the consent of the audience - and at least being thoughtful about what influences we let bend and twist our language.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

white evangelical Republicans whose experience of Catholicism is limited to people like JD Vance assumed that their allies on abortion would be their allies on everything and miscalculated so badly here. even the most conservative US bishops cannot function without their immigrant parishioners!

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We can’t just move past what SCOTUS has permitted this Administration to do to people who have lived and worked in the U.S. for years and even decades.

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Notwithstanding your opinion that in fact a theme I took from the peripheries of my community’s municipal (including school board) elections, which happen to be next week. Apparently my concrete, tried example offends your reductive prejudices.

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

E) As I said elsewhere I would expect that it’s easy to find plenty of people to have constructive disagreements with *within* one’s own groups. The only people I’d send out to talk with white guys are other straight white guys.

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

D) At the same time I think it’s disrespectful to those people from oppressed groups who have carried the effort of advancing social issues by engaging with their neighbors - an out queer person, a BIPOC person breaking into hostile professions by claiming this work is worthless. It’s not.

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

… oppressed groups have any particular duty to engage in convincing anyone. B) I certainly do not advocate debating anyone’s humanity. C) Everyone will have times in their lives when they need to withdraw and regroup and others when they can be out there pushing. Community is built in many ways.

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Good thing then that the case you’re insinuating is what I explicitly excluded. Your bad faith argument doesn’t deserve any additional engagement but for the sake of mutual bystanders some more clarification that you could have found on your own. A) I don’t believe that members of …

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One viable argument is enough. And different themes will be in the debatable zone in different places. Also, it’s always possible to break a lance for *someone’s* humanity. What have you tried?

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Well the solution would be to pick those for whom this is not the case, yet you disagree? Talk to people doesn’tnean walk into the neonazi pub to convince them not to be racist, but to talk to your uncle about why you don’t want a Flock camera, or support kids with undocumented parents in yr school

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It’s also a bit disrespectful to blithely reject the idea in the face of the work that people have done and are doing every day to make their perspective visible. The gay person who comes out at work and to their family. The BIPOC person in a white-dominated space and many more.

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

… very fundamentally social issues *are* advanced by people talking across disagreements. Realistically, most members of minorities would talk with someone they share minority status with. People will work on family and community members. Minority status doesn’t preclude disagreement

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I think the OP deserves a lot of side-eye for the rose-rimmed glasses and lack of reflection on his own role and opportunities to do that. For example, instead of telling his audience what to do he could… do it and report on the results, thereby leading by example. But I also think that…

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 03/10/2026

MY NAME IS INIGO MONTOYA

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 03/10/2026

This is the lesson that the Biden admin failed to learn and that UK Labour is also flailing about horribly at:

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"The doctrine that the strong shall dominate the weak is the doctrine of our enemies. And we reject it." -- FDR

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Huh? That’s some bankrupt ad hominem attack right here.

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Fair? Since when are we held to fairness in the settings and configuration we choose for our software? What would that even mean?

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Big split in September precipitation relative to normal between northern and southern Alaska. At or near record high September totals west-to-east along about ~65ºN. Dry in Southwest , Southcentral, and Southeast Alaska into the upper Tanana Valley. #akwx #Climate #Autumn2026 @leahwrenn.bsky.social

Map centered on Alaska plotting site specific precipitation totals in September color coded by the precent of normal.

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Ken Miller @akskierken.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Fairbanks

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And being in a third world country doesn’t preclude doing good academic work either.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026

The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The lone woman on Tennessee's death row was still alive after she was administered two lethal injections, her lawyer said in a motion seeking to halt her execution Wednesday night, a stunning development after the Supreme Court had stepped in to allow the state to put her to death.
At 8:26 p.m. local time, witnesses said
"executioners had injected both syringes of lethal injection chemicals and Pike is still alive and snoring," her lawyers said in a federal court filing.
They said Pike "has not lost consciousness and still has a heartbeat," and that curtains to the death chamber "have gone down twice."

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

i thought about this old tweet tonight and how nothing has ever aged better

@Merman_Melville • Jan 24, 2019
Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is fantastic cultural geography. Very strong lede. Even if you don’t read it all (you should; remember we are working on our brains) the first three paras do the work. Thanks to the person who shared it. www.queergeographies.com/stuck-on-the...

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Why We’re Stuck on the Last Ditch

Why does the public delight in watching lesbian bars unravel?

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

He'll only get confused if he is expected to pay attention to the women's teams, too.

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Quote Investigator @quoteinvestigator.com · 28/09/2026

QI helped the brilliant language maven Nancy Friedman @fritinancy.bsky.social find citations for vagmaxxing. Now, Nancy has posted a piece about the terms: pervert glasses, meat proxy, and vagmaxxing Before clicking, please note the content warning: ickiness

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James Brooks Cascade @alaska.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oh neat — UAF's library is getting a frozen vault to store sensitive archives: aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublic...

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UAF IFB Rasmuson Library Archives Vault - Phase 3

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." UN Declaration of Human Rights, which the United States violates.

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Dave in AK @bikewritedave.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The early voting location is Noel Wien. You can cast your vote (I already did), check out a book, and stop in at the cafe which has really good coffee, a secret that needs to get out.

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sorry, but this is clearly AI slop. It may be human to get tricked because we resonate with the feeling.

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Stephanie Smith @spkr118.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’ve been fighting for people for 30 years. I know what it takes to win. I’m running for City Council so I can fight and win for the whole city. Join me on October 17th. This is our city. This is our future. We can win it together. #vanpoli youtube.com/shorts/t5Kr1...

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Stephanie Smith for Vancouver City Council: Vote October 17th

YouTube video by Stephanie Smith

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I love that she's called Louise Michel.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Oh, Maciej C - that's a blast from the past. Smart guy, often insightful, but got bigot brain worms.

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

These people are completely bent on destruction through incompetence. Yeah, most people should at least have the occasional claim for a vaccine or a checkup or a cancer screening. But the absence of claims doesn’t mean they won’t need healthcare tomorrow.

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It won’t I wager. Seems like crowdsourcing led to a false alarm.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Fall auroras also offer a rare time that I can see the aurora without much snow on the ground. This results in some of the darkest skies all year when the moon isn't present.

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I deleted a post because autocorrect turned it into its opposite. I meant: This is from an Alaskan leftist lesbian who you *couldn’t* pay to move to California.

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

As for the bigger question of wobbly-on-trans-ppl ie. transphobia-infected Democrats, my attitude is simple: is this someone I’d rather fight when they’re in office compared with a fascist or MAGA Republican? If yes, I’ll vote for them. We often don’t get to choose our champions but our opponents.

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

How many LGBTQ+ Alaskans have you recently talked to I’d like to know? Alaska sure has its bigots and a penchant for craziness in politics, but it’s msjotuty pro -choice, high on atheists and overwhelmingly people register as a flavor of independent. Plenty of our queer people in Alaska.

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

That didn't take long: first 16 days of September and Fairbanks is already at the second highest precipitation total for the entire month. Hopefully the 1925 record is safe. #akwx #Autumn2026 @jenniferschell16.bsky.social @carrieinfbx.bsky.social @bikewritedave.bsky.social

Listing of the 12 Septembers at Fairbanks with more than 2.5 inches of rain for the entire month. Fairbanks 3.77 through the first 16 days of September 2026 is already second highest, but far behind the record of 5.61 inches in September 1925.

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Oh, sure, but every incoming generation of young people has to work through their own political awakening. I believe pragmatically picking who we'd rather be yelling at. In my early times, our "allies" were writing op-eds about how it's the role of the state to protect the symbolic order.

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Yeah, someone really really sheltered may shy back realizing that some trans people are fucking angry right now, for very very good reasons. Or that some other oppressed group has some less than highly marketable traits. Hanging on to reality is always better than respectability politics.

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Someone might get introduced to trans people via someone who is angry enough to use strong hyperbole for rhetorical effect? Tough shit, that's what the world is like. Some were introduced to gay people through die-ins and that pink condom on the obelisk at Pl de la Concorde. It was all good.

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Chris W 64.9N @borealchrys.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

You can't deal with ... rhetorical devices? Hyperbole is a thing.

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