Reposted by Q (they/them)Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally. 2717441579
Reposted by Q (they/them)jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 27/09/20262006: don’t have the same password for everything, don’t share information like yr mother’s maiden name or the name of the street you grew up on 2026: yr last 17 passwords have been found on the dark web. everything is listening to you. an ai agent is asking for a photo of yr state id 218332
Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Even if this were actually going to happen (zero chance), it still wouldn't cover the amount that Michigan households have paid in tariffs this year. www.wnem.com/2026/09/10/s...wnem.comStudy: Tariffs cost Michigan households $5,600 since JanuaryA new study finds tariffs have cost the average Michigan household more than $5,600 since January. 000
Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Highly recommend this @michiganpublic.bsky.social piece on the way that "felony murder" charges are disproportionately deployed against young Black men in MI. www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus... The Stateside interview with the author was equal parts informative and infuriatingmichiganpublic.orgServing life for an unintended death: how felony murder locks up Black MichigandersWhen the Wayne County prosecutor charged Kevin Matlock with felony murder, he could only think one thing: “I didn't kill anyone. Why do y’all keep saying murder?” 000
Reposted by Q (they/them)merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 08/09/2026you HAVE to get on board with beanie babies. beanie babies are going to leave you behind. you must devote your time to studying all the new beanie babies and how it impacts yuor life. also theyre alive and im in love with iggy the iguana 153326610
Reposted by Q (they/them)Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Let’s talk about Medicare for All. What would it mean for the individual American? ⬇ The day you’re born you get a card that gives you health insurance with no premium, co-pay, or deductible. Doesn’t matter if you get a job, lose a job, turn 26 or 65, get married or divorced — it's there for you. 1002174944401
Reposted by Q (they/them)gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Still thinking about the Luddites I came across this. How fascinating it is to watch what might be the germ of a neo-Luddite movement around surveillance technology. And a guy writing a nudge-wink, fuck-the-man, banger of a country song makes me feel American in a way that for once isn’t pejorative. 16891270
Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026michiganadvance.com/2026/08/18/d... #a2councilmichiganadvance.comDocuments show undercover DHS presence at Ann Arbor ICE resistance event in April • Michigan AdvanceAn undercover Homeland Security Investigations agent attended an April event in Ann Arbor focused on resistance to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to federal investigative records. 061
Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026A big "Ann Arbor Mentioned" on @marketplace.org today! #A2Council www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...marketplace.orgFree solar panels and home batteries? Ann Arbor's trying it outElectricity is getting more expensive and less reliable. Local power, like solar panels and batteries, helps solve those problems, but they’re expensive. That’s why Ann Arbor, Michigan, is installing ... 0150
Reposted by Q (they/them)Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/08/2026I made dinner for my abuser a bunch of times. You have to play nice while you're planning your escape so you don't get dead. Max Miller is a textbook abuser. 745238774480
Reposted by Q (they/them)Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026El Sayed: "When it comes to trans rights, this is the right to get the health care that you need...It’s the right not to be discriminated against by your government because of who you are. Because what tends to happen is they come for theirs, then they come for yours" 232733739
Reposted by Q (they/them)David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Got a good job down at the Data Center. I work on the line, and it's hard work but it's honest and the wage is fair; my family and I are grateful for it. I rivet the word "absolutely" onto the little apologies that chatbots do when they misunderstand a prompt. 1654563572
Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Enjoyed talking with Mayor Taylor while he was out door-knocking today. My rising freshman was starstruck to discover him on our porch, and I appreciated how he made sure to include her in the conversation and give her opportunities to ask questions and share concerns. 010
Reposted by Q (they/them)Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 17/07/2026It just shouldn't be this…sh-hard… 7645511154
Reposted by Q (they/them)Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 15/07/2026THIS. People who believe in “climate havens” really are just looking for an excuse to tut tut why people have to live in THAT place, they should just not do that, they should live somewhere safer— There is no safer. We are all connected. 15589129
Reposted by Q (they/them)Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026i cannot handle canadian wildfire smoke and the threat of diarrhea lettuce at the same time 1002568309
Reposted by Q (they/them)National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 09/07/2026Yesterday ICE agents shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a father, husband, and beloved neighbor who spent 35 years building a life in the U.S. Our hearts are heavy with grief for his family and all those suffering at the hands of ICE, CBP, and this administration's unrelenting cruelty. 1554228
Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I did that thing where I caught up on a little bit of sleep on vacation and now my body is like "oh, we can do that now? Let's keep going!" And I don't know how to convey to it that vacation ended almost a week ago and I do actually have other things to do than take inconveniently timed naps 😭😭 000
Reposted by Q (they/them)Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I am a huge Mallory McMorrow fan - and her decision to suspend her campaign is a testament to her character and commitment to the public interest. Abdul El-Sayed for Michigan! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...nytimes.comMcMorrow Suspends Senate Bid in Democrats’ Heated Michigan Primary 511164184
Reposted by Q (they/them)Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 05/07/2026@abdulelsayed.bsky.social is running against Haley Stevens for the D nomination for the US senate in Michigan. She's the centrist AIPAC candidate. He supports Medicare for All, wants to abolish ICE, and is endorsed by the UAW and the WFP. Crystal clear choice here. abdulforsenate.comabdulforsenate.comHomeAbdul El-Sayed is running for US Senate in Michigan to get money out of politics, put money in your pocket, and pass Medicare for All. 14716
Reposted by Q (they/them)Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 03/07/2026Ok I’ve solved the Bluesky US flag argument this is what we’re gonna fly from now on so you know We Don’t Mean It That Way 18751128
Reposted by Q (they/them)Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 26/06/2026my kind of Jubilee, the Japanese national team vs. 100 kids 18781992329
Reposted by Q (they/them)Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Yeah, that’s the America I grew up in. When I say the anti-trans playbook now is the same playbook as they ran in the 90s against gay people, I mean the SAME 4651081515
Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 17/06/2026As a strident shoelace checker, I find it FASCINATING that there are people whose brains seemingly aren't anxious about freak escalator accidents. What must that kind of life be like? 010
Reposted by Q (they/them)Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 15/06/2026You don't have to answer the door for the Feds. Do not voluntarily talk to the Feds. If they have a warrant signed by an actual judge, then they can do precisely what the warrant says. But DO NOT TALK TO THE FEDS. Do not answer the door. If you're arrested, your only words are "I want a lawyer." 6469122773
Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Apparently a "feels like" temperature of 101 is what finally settles a 2 year old doodle down 000
Reposted by Q (they/them)Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 09/06/2026“No one has ever made kids sick before, I’m like the Christopher Columbus of child illness” 26713131
Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 08/06/2026In 31 hours I: drove across Michigan, visited Lake Michigan at sunset after a great meal in a small tourist town, slept, worked, drove to Chicago, went to New City for the free parts of Pokémon Go Fest, went to the Pokémon Fossil Museum, and drove all the way home. So much fun AND so tiring 🫠 020
Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026The photo of the Greek soldier is really striking in the context of the white nationalist tantrum over The Odyssey. Musk and his ilk would absolutely hate crime someone dressed like that today, but that was masculinity in 1902! ”Retvrn" to those fabulous shoes, motherfuckers! 000
Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Another thing I would like a refund for. Why are tax dollars spent on absurd infographics to let him feel like the star of show and tell? 010
Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026It's the point in the school year where there's no semblance of routine and I have no sense of what day of the week it is or what I'm supposed to be doing. I always forget how disorienting it is. In case you are also here: it's Wednesday, June 3rd, about 6:30pm EST. Take your meds, drink water, etc. 010
Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 31/05/2026I've wondered if We The People can get a refund for the things that he has wasted public money on by not following the law and policies. Like how much tax money was spent on installing his name on the Kennedy center (and now having to pay to have it removed)? Can we get that back somehow? 020
Reposted by Q (they/them)Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 30/05/2026the generation gap here is so huge. it was not kids and teenagers who fell for the ten-year right-wing propaganda campaign to erase every tiny inch of progress made on trans rights; it was their parents and grandparents. the party is not prepared for what winning a primary will look like by 2036 11968434
Reposted by Q (they/them)Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Did you see this??? An entire 50 PERCENT of Democratic voters under 30 want the party to MOVE TO THE LEFT on transgender issues. Comparing with other issues polled, it's second only to healthcare as an issue younger voters want to see the party move left on. 1072832693
Reposted by Q (they/them)Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Again, please share. In every aspect of American history you will run smack dab into the critical contributions of Black people. It’s not Black history. It’s American history. Trying to erase it is a fool’s errand. We live it every day. time.com/5836444/blac...time.comThe Forgotten Black History of How Memorial Day StartedHistorians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise awareness of freed slaves who decorated soldiers' graves in 1865 184126945869
Reposted by Q (they/them)Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/05/2026While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible. 238207385375
Reposted by Q (they/them)Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 02/05/2026A visibly emotional Anne Hathaway responding to a trans kid--who named herself Ella after Ella Enchanted, and thanked Hathaway for her courage as an ally--saying "Ella, sweetie, I want to make something absolutely clear: It takes zero courage to love you"......now I might cry too 3287412289
Reposted by Q (they/them)Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 27/04/2026I want cis Americans to sit uncomfortably with the fact that most of these restrictions were ushered in through the liberal act of "just asking questions" about trans people. 1048821647
Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Unless he stops traveling to Mar-a-lago and his other golf courses, I'm not buying the "I can only be safe in a ballroom" excuse 010
Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I worked all afternoon and then went straight to see Mother Mary with friends. Time to open bluesky...media.tenor.coma man in a suit is carrying a stack of pizza boxes into a doorway .Alt: The gif from Community where Troy walks into the apartment smiling and carrying a stack of pizza boxes, his face turns to shock when he sees Jeff trying to put out a fire and Abed and Annie tending to Pierce, who has been shot 030
Reposted by Q (they/them)Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · 23/04/2026Well, they've finally struck home. #ICE has detained my former #umich student, Yousif Azizi, a PhD student in public policy at Virginia Tech w/a valid visa. He was arrested while taking his children to school in Maryland. After multiple transfers, he is in a detention center in Arizona.yousofazizi.comFree Yousof Azizi 191575851
Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026PSA: if you drive a vehicle similar to those used by ICE and you do something that might feel suspicious (e.g. drive slowly through a church or school parking lot) when there are people around, please verbally acknowledge it "hey, sorry, just had to pull off to send a text/check my map/etc." 000
Reposted by Q (they/them)Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 18/04/2026The desperate campaign to push AI down our throats is just what Nestlé did with baby formula, or Monsanto with patended seeds. Manufactured Intermediation—inserting a corporate tollbooth into a process that used to be self-sustaining, using a low initial barrier to entry to destroy the alternative. 302814996
Reposted by Q (they/them)Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 18/04/2026The defense secretary is derisively comparing the media to a maligned group of rabbinic Jews, the FBI director is denying reports of drunkenness on the job, the vice president is in a two-front theological war with the pope and Erika Kirk, Donald Trump is still president, and gas is $4. Happy Friday 502311517