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Brigid Alverson

@brigidalverson.bsky.social
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Comics journalist, library fan, ally. I vote. Support trans youth! All opinions are my own. Pronouns: She/her.

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 2h
So… TSA’s next move is “If you’ve got time to lean, you’ve got time to clean” to really reinforce the vile nature of the job? Because the US relationship with service workers can always get worse. Puttin’ me in solidarity with TSA line workers takes some real assholery.
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Who Was It Harming to Allow a TSA Agent to Sit in a Chair While Scanning IDs?
If the Trump administration can find a way to make life a little worse for any federal employee, even a TSA agent, they'll undoubtedly do it.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 4h
this is a man who knows he’s getting canned or impeached after the election and who is trying to set up a future political career
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morbius @jazzpomegranate.com · 4h
JUST PENIS
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 4h
he is such a freak (not complimentary)
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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social · 4h
I'm thrilled to be included! Jump aboard and check it out!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h
This is an example of why Donald Trump is just a simple-minded bought-and-paid-for stooge for tech when he talks about AI being self-regulating.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 7h
To name some of the worst... ✖️Medicaid and SNAP have been cut to deliver $4.5 trillion in tax cuts primarily for billionaires and corporations. ✖️Michigan is set to lose $2-3 billion annually in federal Medicaid and SNAP funding.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 7h
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 5h
ICE briefly posted eight of its 2025 death reviews online. Most of them raised issues of substandard and “inappropriate” care of ill detainees. theintercept.com/2026/09/30/i...
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Ungovernable Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 5h
I guess if you have no morals you don't mind working for immoral companies. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/29/b...
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ICE to buy modified Boston Dynamics robot dogs in $1.3 million contract - The Boston Globe
The agency inked the deal with Connecticut company Radeco, which modifies the original machines with military grade add-ons that include a robotic arm, thermal camera, and sensors for explosive materi...
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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social · 5h
ICE is not going to use these for safety checks. They are going to use them to attack, harass, and injure innocent people. Boston Dynamics is owned by Hyundai, and you can contact them to ask them to stop the sale: www.hyundai.com/worldwide/en...
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Contact us | Footer - Hyundai Worldwide
Hyundai Motor Company's enquiry form serves as the practical contact point for customers and owners looking to get help with ownership or product questions.
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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 23h
Full wipe of Cornell admin.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
renaissance painting when the renaissance is really fucking stupid
senator schmitt and his two idiot staffers after making a generational fuck up
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
being a “team player” 😒
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In 2020, members of Congress got private briefings on the pandemic and some sold stock right after. Weeks later the market crashed and the rest of us took the hit. I'll vote to ban congressional stock trading with no loopholes. Serve the public or play the market. Not both. #AngieForFlorida
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Genuinely the worst campaign message I’ve ever seen
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This sort of MAHA pandering is so pathetic. You own a restaurant in Concord, Massachusetts for Christ's sake.

SALTBOX
FARM
saltboxfarm
Concord, Massachusetts
SALTBOX KITCHEN IS
EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE
THAT
WE HAVE ELIMINATED ALL
SEED OILS FROM OUR
KITCHEN.
WE NOW USE AVOCADO
OIL IN
OUR VINAIGRETTES, AND OUR
COOKING
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE REPLACED SEED OILS WITH BEEF TALLOW IN OUR FRYOLATOR
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Zander Cannon | SLEEP HC/TPB out now!! @zandercannon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He could have been a globetrotting boy reporter teaming up with a salty sea captain, a deaf scientist, and two bumbling policemen, but he chose this
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This little comic by @isabellarotman.bsky.social is especially relevant right now, given the discourse around bystander intervention. Could be the best $5 you ever spend: www.isabellarotman.com/store/p/preo...
isabellarotman.com
Not On My Watch: The Bystanders Handbook for the Prevention of Sexual Violence — This Might Hurt Studios
Not On My Watch: The Bystander’s Handbook For the Prevention of Sexual Violence  is self-published comic book that emphasizes the importance of bystander intervention and provides real world stra...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026
Talking recently to family members of people snatched up and expelled to third countries by ICE, I learned: 1) All of those captured were in 287(g) jurisdictions; 2) None of the family members had known what 287(g) was and had erroneously thought people with no arrests were safe.
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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today at Good Comics for Kids, @jcaleb.bsky.social reviews the first two volumes of Shinobi Undercover, which he describes as "a sort of shonen 21 Jump Street." goodcomicsforkids.slj.com/2026/09/29/s...
goodcomicsforkids.slj.com
Shinobi Undercover Vols. 1-2 | Review
Yodaka is as hopelessly socially awkward as he is brilliant in a fight, which makes his new undercover assignment a challenge: In order to protect a schoolgirl, he must attend high school himself.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
Let the history books show that STUDENT reporters brought national attention to unchecked abuse. I hope that their cups and opportunities forever overfloweth.This is courage.
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District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'
Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.
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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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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If a politician takes money from weapons manufacturers, don't be surprised when they back weapons contracts. If a politician takes money from Big Pharma, don't be surprised when they try to stop guaranteed healthcare. That's why I don't take ANY corporate money. None.
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Zeroisanumber @zeroisanumber.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They're coming for womens' place in public life and trans rights are a stalking horse.
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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Historically White, wealthy fraternities traffic in risk. They revel in recklessness. Violence and contagion are the same opportunity to consolidate their power and demonstrate their impunity. It won't stop; it's their currency.
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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All the news about the Cornell 7 has inspired some folks, like the fantastic @jessicavalenti.bsky.social, to re-up their calls for banning historically White fraternities. 10 years ago I reviewed the history of these orgs, arguing they were un-reformable. I stand by my argument. In my new book...
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Why Colleges Should Get Rid of Fraternities for Good
'Reform is simply not possible'
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We've all heard how corrupt Ken Paxton is. But he is also incredibly stupid if he thinks this "well, he served 60 whole days" excuse for releasing Adam Hoffman, who sexually abused a boy over a three-year period starting when he was 8.
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
there should be a name for that consultant stink that dems get about them, the miasma of bad of advice, ill-considered knee-jerk centrism in the face of actual fascism, the reek of cowardice that only comes from abysmal advice
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc...
John Anzalone &
@JohnAnzo
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Underestimate @RahmEmanuel at your own risk.
He knows how to win. He knows how to fight.
And he knows how to message.
And no one will out work him. Regardless of whether he wins the Democratic nomination in 2028 he will make an impact on the race. You can be sure of that. Don't take your eyes off of him. At the minimum, learn from him.
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
From nytimes.com
6:47 AM • 9/26/26 • 274K Views
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Guess what?' — which happened to be one of Biden's favorite phrases — pays off roughly 00.01% of the time as a rhetorical device. Paxton lowers the payoff ratio here.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Now, just five weeks until the midterms, a growing number of Republicans are panicking as they grasp how many voters despise the man they’ve spent the last decade enabling." open.substack.com/pub/america/...
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Rats Are Fleeing the Sinking Ship
But they have waited too long and are still too few in number to change the outcome of a likely Democratic tsunami
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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026
There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.
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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Global warming comes for manga: Ashita no Joe creator Tetsuya Chiba has put his current series on hold due to health concerns, possibly arising from the extreme heat this past summer: www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09...
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Tetsuya Chiba Puts Hinemosu Notari Nikki Manga on Hiatus Due to Poor Health
Chiba cites summer's severe heat, plans to return to autobiographical manga
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VoteHub @votehub.com · 28/09/2026
NEWS — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear criticizes fellow Democrats who say transgender athletes should be barred from women’s sports. “That is not the party that we are. We start as a party of compassion and empathy.”
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
historian says 💯
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Who here remembers Dynamite magazine? Turns out Dog Man creator Dav Pilkey does, and he used it as inspiration for his new activity book, out next year from Graphix: icv2.com/articles/new...
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Dav Pilkey Celebrates 10th Anniversary of 'Dog Man' with 'Dynamite'
Activity Book with Puzzles, Games, and 3D 'Dog Man' Comic
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Abbott gave $500,000 to Trump's inauguration fund. Now the DOJ case over its allegedly tainted baby formula is reportedly gone. Call your members of Congress and demand answers. If a check can make a case vanish, no parent is safe from the next one. #TrumpsCorruptCongress
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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This should be obvious, but judges are supposed to be independent of the person who appointed them. Good for Judge Gallagher for upholding the law!
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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As a lover of old-timey stuff, I endorse this message (although I know it will drive graphic designers crazy) (that's not really a downside though). MANICULES!
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As objectionable as this is, it allows only individual searches. Mass purges at this point in the cycle are prohibited under existing statute. Congress under Dems needs to begin defunding all these menacing devices that threaten privacy and voting rights.
nytimes.com
Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Otherwise a fine is just a fee.
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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NYT confirming Haaretz's report from earlier this month: Two sources told the Times "that the Emirati leader had secretly reported to Mr. Netanyahu that Hamas was considering a major attack. The warning from the Emirati leader, however, never reached the leaders of Israel’s security establishment."
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Netanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7 (Gift Article)
The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials sai...
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 25/09/2026
Your tax dollars should pay for health care and schools. Not political ads for Trump. Pull it down.
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Patty Murray demands White House stop airing taxpayer-funded Trump ad
WASHINGTON – Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state, the top Democrat on the Senate committee responsible for federal spending, demanded Thursday that the White House stop airing a taxpayer-funded TV a...
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SouperSide @souperside.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Susan Collins can deny whatever she wants… …but the dude who named her in the bribery scheme that went to PRISON… …is in prison for giving HER money. 🤷‍♀️
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