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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/05/2025

Hey folks, I have a HUGE request from the Trevor Project and would appreciate help getting the word out. Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it. This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights. Take it here:

trevorredcap.trvr.org

To proceed to the survey, please check off the box and click the button below.

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AmericanSilo @americansilo.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

DO. NOT. RANK. ANDREW. CUOMO.

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

"Independent journalists like @marisakabas.bsky.social uncovering major scoops are something of an existential threat to mainstream media’s business model, because they prove that you don’t need to spend millions of dollars to report the news."

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Plagiarizing Independent Journalists Is Part of Mainstream Media's Business

Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

"We don’t want your Nazi cars / take a one-way trip to Mars" is a pretty good chant

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Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Affect in Fandom is out! I contributed a chapter on Genshin Impact and dating, which, to no one's surprise, I'm critical about. Many thanks to the editors Dominika Ciesielska, @nicolleness.bsky.social and Agata Zarzycka for their work! Download it for free here: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

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Affect in Fandom

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

It took a lot longer than I'd hoped, but I've finally made the move away from Substack and set up shop on Ghost instead. The newish and improvedish CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io/post-to-the-...

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Post to the Ghost

I'm delighted to announce that, at long last, I've finally managed to move CAMPAIGN TRAILS away from Substack over to its new home at Ghost. This move has been a long time coming. More than a year ag...

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onion person @junlper.beer · 03/03/2025

it would be great if we had a democratic party willing to go out and say “this is an insane lie to get you to irrationally hate a minority group trying to just exist peacefully” rather than start throwing us under the bus and twiddling their thumbs

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Sage Deviant 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Want to see some incredible films made in the last couple years by actual trans people? Look no further to see what deserved Oscars: 1. The People’s Joker by @veradrew22.bsky.social 2. Kaipocalypse Now by @kaicomedy.com 3. I Saw The TV Glow by Jane Schoenbrun these all have my full vouch. 🏳️‍⚧️💖🏳️‍⚧️

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endora bullshit @endora-bullshit.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

this just got a like and it pretty much sums up my thoughts on flash boycotts we think that's how boycotts work bc that's how the powers that be taught us that's how they work it's not true. the civil rights boycotts were highly organized before, during, and after

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

What's not mentioned in this excerpt is that this was sponsored by Third Way, a think tank that is singlemindedly devoted to convincing Democrats to cut the left out of the party. God knows the DNC has its problems, but it's misleading to frame this as a mainstream Democratic conference.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Working w/ @megstampede.bsky.social on a seed distribution street art project for spring. We'll distribute Philly area seeds in dime bags, hanging off native plant posters. The QUESTION is how best to attach the dime bags to be strong enough to withstand wind, but easy enough for people to take.

This is a shitty canva graphic serving as a mock-up for the project. The bottom has a bar that says "Disregard graphic design, this is just a planning mock-up). The poster says Plant Native Plants, then learn more here with a QR code, and then below where many dime bags full of seeds are, it says Take One and PLant, with 5 dime bags hanging off the poster, each with a QR code labeled Planting Instructions. This is all on a brick wall.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I see some folks judging disabled people for using Amazon or gig apps like DoorDash or UberEats. Please remember for many of us who are housebound, there’s no viable alternatives. Some conditions may also neccesitate using certain services. 🧵 on MCAS & dietary restrictions /1

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 27/02/2025

This is such a fucking mealy mouthed article that shows so much of what is wrong with political journalism 1. the CONCERN IS DEAD AND SICK PEOPLE NOT 'POLITICAL PERILOUSNESS" 2. they don't fact check RFK's "measles outbreaks happen every year" comment.

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With RFK Jr. at his side, a measles outbreak could prove 'politically perilous' for Trump

The health secretary has long pushed misinformation about vaccines and played down an outbreak in Texas that has led to the death of a child.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 27/02/2025

This thread demonstrates of one of the reasons we do what we do. A great many smart, well-meaning folks have been confused and misled by all the bad-faith questions and faux-concern. They need calm, factual, and dare-I-say objective journalism to figure out what's going on.

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Ziedrich Pengels @thebigzeo.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

A perfect example of the infantilisation of trans men and mascs. They have to pretend adult trans men are “little girls” in order to take away our agency. If they admitted they were talking about adults what they are saying would seem way more paternalistic, and downright creepy!

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🌈✨MAX✨🌈 @solarcat.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Reminder that it’s not just the purchase by private equity, it’s the purchase by private equity *in a leveraged buyout.* Basically, they fund the deal by taking out a loan against the company they’re buying, then *saddle the company with the cost of purchasing itself.* It instantly fucks the books.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Not holding townhalls because constituents are pissed off is the civic equivalent and stopping testing because that way the COVID numbers can't go up.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

First of all, the people making edgy jokes here aren't doing it because they think it's good messaging, they're doing it because social media is like a lefty water cooler. They're goofing off with their friends. Second, are random Republicans ever rude online? Surely the same standard should apply.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

If I could blame one journalistic tic for the mess we're in, it's regarding random posts on social media as indicative of Democratic campaign strategy.

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Mel Stanfill @melstanfill.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

please help spread the word about my student's dissertation research, and fill out the survey if you qualify!

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Halaylah @halaylah.com · 24/02/2025

I've been screaming this for years.

"Listen, if a Bad President can come in and take away our rights and we're dependent on a Good President replacing them in four years to give us back our rights, then we do not have any rights.

"If politicians can take or distribute them, then they're not 'inalienable' and they're not 'rights.'

"We don't have inalienable rights we have conditional privileges, divvied out according to the whims of whoever currently holds the reins.

"And if we want to have actual rights, then we must build a system in which no one has the power to take them away to begin with."

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 26/02/2025

This will kill thousands and thousands of disabled Americans, which is entirely the point. Eugenics.

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Dylan Flesch @dylanflesch.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Friends of Sunset Park Library is distributing winter care kits at our branch of BPL tomorrow starting at 10:30am and going until 12:00pm or as long as supplies last. There will be hot coffee and red cards too. #Warm4Holidays

Warming Kit Distribution
The Friends of Sunset Park Library invite you to stop by our library as we offer free cold-weather essentials to help our community stay warm this season. Each kit includes a hat, gloves, hand warmers, socks, and a granola bar-available to anyone who could use a little extra warmth this winter. No registration needed-just stop by and pick up a kit while supplies last!

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

OUR FIGHTS FOR BODILY AUTONOMY ARE INTERTWINED Sepsis in the 2nd trimester is up 50% in TX is intertwined w/trans healthcare access being cut off & passports seized is intertwined with rollbacks putting more lead in drinking water is intertwined with stripping disability rights #SOLIDARITY

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Nilah "Nine Jobs" Magruder @nilahmagruder.com · 27/02/2025

When it comes to boycotting, just a thought. It’s okay if you can’t quit a company cold turkey. In Master Gardeners, when we encourage people to switch to native plants, the goal is 70% native, not 100%. If you were shopping at a store 80% of the time and cut it back to 60%, that 20% still hurts.

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Kate Sosin @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Trans and nonbinary folks, what questions do you have about travel and your documents right now? We are working on answers for a lot of scenarios

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Scarleteen @scarleteen.com · 23/02/2025

Reposting our comprehensive list of FREE resources and direct services (that’s us too) that don’t call the police. Share widely!

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 23/02/2025

Trump’s attacks on DEI are anti-Blackness on steroids. And we’re not backing down in our pursuit of reparatory justice. My #HR40Reparations bill establishes a federal commission to develop reparations proposals for Black people harmed by slavery. www.masslive.com/politics/202...

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Black History Month 2025: Mass. Rep. Pressley files ‘long overdue’ reparations bill

"This bill is not a symbolic gesture, but rather a meaningful step for repairing the deep structural injustices," U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-7th District, said Wednesday.

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Lain Kaplan, Mouthy Jewess 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Become ungovernable and live your truth. That is the only way to survive and build a new society for all.

How are queer people seen as political? Judith Butler writes in Undoing Gender,

“Queer people, through their bodies, style and relationships, make us question what is real and show us that the existing social order is not absolute.

They demonstrate that our gendered beliefs about the world, which also shape our cultural customs and rituals, are not set in stone and that a different life is possible.”

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

We have Nazi salutes now because nobody said anything about Confederate flags.

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Accessible version:

A roadside sign that reads, in all black caps:

With FEMA gone, when communities are destroyed from natural disasters, billionaires can buy the land for pennies on the dollar.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Elon, community noted *and* ratioed.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

🗣️WATCH: “Pull your head up. We got this. We are in this together.” @tequilamjohnson.bsky.social gets a standing ovation in rural Tennessee as she points to the resilience of Black folks throughout history to say Trump is not a hurdle that 🇺🇸 can’t overcome.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

it is a public health catastrophe that this guy has any sway at all in the national health picture, and it is a spiritual duty to pray for his failure at every imaginable level

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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

New: My dispatch from the hottest club in New York City on Friday — the Luigi Mangione hearing. Truly one of the most fascinating scenes I’ve ever witnessed. With illustrations from inside the courtroom by the great Molly Crabapple www.theverge.com/law/617946/l...

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Luigi Mangione’s hearing was the hottest ticket in New York

Hundreds gathered for a ‘Free Luigi’ protest.

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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Everyone complained about the other courtroom sketches of Mangione. Here you go, folks, @mollycrabapple.bsky.social will feed you. Read the full story for more!

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23/02/2025

Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

An upside-down American flag hangs from El Capitan near Yosemite National Park’s Horsetail Fall on Saturday to protest the thousands of federal job cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration.
Tracy Barbutes/Special to the Chronicle

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Caroline (she/her) 🌈 @cerinaldy.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

We attempted to do walk-in hours at to get our minor kids passports yesterday. (Minors have to go in-person, there’s no mail-in renewal.) As confirmation for all you’ve heard and probably suspected, USPS is desperately understaffed. On a weekday morning, only 2 employees. Only one at the window.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

Hegseth had previously taken aim at Brown. “First of all, you gotta fire, you know, you gotta fire the chairman of Joint Chiefs,” he said flatly in a podcast in November. And in one of his books, he questioned whether Brown got the job because he was Black.

“Was it because of his skin color? Or his skill? We’ll never know, but always doubt — which on its face seems unfair to CQ. But since he has made the race card one of his biggest calling cards, it doesn’t really much matter,” Hegseth wrote.

Caine’s military service includes combat roles in Iraq, special operations postings and positions inside some of the Pentagon’s most classified special access programs. However, it does not include key assignments that were identified in law as prerequisites for the job, with an exemption for the president to waive them if necessary in times of national interest.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Firing 7000 IRS agents will make it even easier for the rich to get away with skirting what they owe. But it's also a gift to the multi-billion dollar tax prep industry. Fewer IRS agents to help you file your taxes means more money in the pockets of companies like TurboTax.

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Valentine Powell @valentineirl.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Ok lets get into it then. Hi I'm Valentine, I was one of the employees who led most of the walkouts and who was part of the original group pushing for unionization at Blizzard, especially on the WoW team where I worked at the time.

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Clarkisha Kent @clarkishakent.blacksky.app · 22/02/2025

Never taken a bad picture in his life I’m crying 😂

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Crows Hate ICE Too @mefcorv.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Know Your Rights trainings work. Don’t even open the door. Really, to anyone. If it’s someone important and they know you, they have a cellphone, they’ll call.

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT. @distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting. Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...

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