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Manny's cafe was once a hotspot for public chats about politics. But it avoided any discussion of San Francisco's role in incubating tech fascism. Then Manny ran for office as a darling of the tech billionaire set. Now he's dropped out amid sex assault claims. sfstandard.com/2026/10/01/m...

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Manny Yekutiel drops out of SF supervisor race

In the hours after the Standard reported new allegations of sexual assault against the candidate, Yekutiel had lost numerous endorsements, including Mayor Daniel Lurie.

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 8h

We've worked with too many organizations where people referred to themselves as changemakers but didn't want to make change actually.

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 8h

Everyone is so tired. Exhausted. And I'm talking to so many friends and colleagues who are hoping for a functional institutional power to come along and take care of them, take the annoying work and worry away. An employer, a publisher, a big funder, an elected leader, etc. I think it's just us.

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 6h

Having read this book a couple times now... this IS great it IS awesome You are all so lucky to get to read it for the first time! <3

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 7h

Gonna be honest, between Jacob Gellar and Cornell (I went to Ithaca College) it’s been a real shit week. Having just written extensively about rape and assault for a recent video, all this has honestly just hit me awfully. I hate living in a culture where rape is so common, so excused and enabled.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 10h

EVERYONE! See Forgotten Island before it leaves theaters! It's as if a Filipino who was deeply affected by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was raised on anime, Tumblr, and was not-so-secretly a furry, got to animate a movie. So fun and heartfelt. Dreamworks have really been killing it.

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Raissa and Jo Dancing

ALT: Raissa and Jo Dancing

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 12h

I always ask if people think hearing a digital piano programmed to play a concerto is the same as hearing my dad — who’s been playing for 79 years and still practices hours a day — do it. And funnily enough no one has ever agreed that it is.

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Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.com · 12h

It is true, #3 is the best issue if you think humans are losers.

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 12h

ZOMG check out this variant cover for issue three of #StarTrek Zero Point by Niclas Mortensen. I love all the covers for this issue, but this one really conveys what issue three is about!

Cover shows a Federation starship. In front of it stand a Caitian (cat guy) with claws out, a Pandronian (green colony creature with weird ridges on his head) and a Tzenkethi (big dinosaur guy). All three of them are wearing Starfleet uniforms.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 14h

Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...

A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is.

Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.

Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.

an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol

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Bailie @bailierosenlund.bsky.social · 16h

Had a LOT of fun designing these Ivy and Harley costumes for Poison Ivy in Briarwood (coming out this November of DC Go!) #art 🌹✨

Costume designs for Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn, in the upcoming Poison Ivy in Briarwood DC Go webcomic.
Ivy: Dressed a 'medieval' green witch dress, with flowing long skirt layers and billowing half-sleeves. She wears an off the shoulder blouse below a corset top. Her red hair is long and partially tied back with braids.
Harley: Wearing a venetian jester outfit reminiscent of her classic suit, with long hat jangles, a ruffled collar and skirt, and puffy sleeves. the outfit is patterned with stripes and checkerboard all in black, red, and white. she has a small black diamond painted underneath each eye.

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 16h

I'm unusually irritated to discover that the turnover (samosa, empanada, clanger, patty, sambousek, etc), which is damn near universal, had not been invented at the time of my Mesopotamian game. I was all set to write about Iron Age turnovers, only to find there weren't any. Hmph!

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 16h

Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 15h

I used to be a mammal until I transitioned Now I'm a ma'amal

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 16h

Exactly. THE NIGHTWARD was inspired by Caribbean MYTHOLOGY, yet reviews said they couldn't 'see' the 'Caribbean' in it. I told you it was a secondary world sci fantasy, so excuse me? What even were your expectations? Coconut trees? Beaches? I mean... I'm not a tour guide & this ain't Burger King.

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Mia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 18h

actual hot take: y'all, generally speaking, are not interested in supporting BIPOC and queer authors when they are not writing about Hurt and Trauma because it's not educational to you. even if the books have BIPOC and queer casts and are in new settings.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

i think cox should spend less time weeping about polarization and more time working to convince his co-partisans not to abandon pluralism and liberal democracy

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 20h

"For America to right itself, we need changes on the scale of Reconstruction and the New Deal. And I worry that’s not going to happen if Democrats and the broader anti-Trump left are taking their cues about what’s necessary and politically possible from the Times." newrepublic.com/article/2160...

newrepublic.com

The Left Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly Too

The paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 20h

True not just in publishing/writing. Look at how this new Meta Muse basically jumps into the user's shit, mixes it around, gets it everywhere. Shares their address. Lies to their contacts. Sells their stuff at a low price. Do not let the vampire in. Hang garlic. Sharpen stakes.

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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 20h

AI will never be able to make art. Thanks.

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 20h

So many different people, groups, and organizations have come together to push back against the attack on the freedom to read, including students themselves. Read more about what students in Florida are doing here:

theguardian.com

No more book bans: how Florida students are pushing rightwingers out of school boards

Local communities are fighting back against the influence of conservative groups like Moms for Liberty in education

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 20h

Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19h

New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender

The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Did an extremely fun commission for @rachelsacksmph.bsky.social and @michaellehrer.bsky.social!

Chief O'Brien in his Niners baseball uniform with the slogan "He was more than a hero... HE WAS A UNION Man!"

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Captain America has advice for you: 'One book he found eye-opening was Rebecca Solnit’s “The Mother of All Questions.” “The hardest thing to reconcile is that just because you have good intentions, doesn’t mean it’s your time to have a voice,” he said.'

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Chris Evans, a.k.a. Captain America, Comes Back Down to Earth (Published 2018)

Why the linchpin of Marvel’s “Avengers” movies — and walking image of American fortitude — is giving it all up to play a villain on Broadway (and learn to tap dance).

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Ms. Wong @mauiwong.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This subscription is totally worth every penny!

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 30/09/2026

I love Jane and it absolutely sucks that she's having so much trouble paying her rent. She's a wonderful artist and an incredible human. I support her patreon and it's an endless source of tasty recipes and lovely art. I highly recommend signing up right away 💘💝💕

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Astrid Bear @astridbear.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Trombone Shorty needs an invitation.

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 30/09/2026

Dr Frank n Further: I'm craving valid... ... ... ...ation

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 30/09/2026

Excited to learn the keyboard player of Oh He Dead is named Piano Whitman. We are getting close to being able to have a full band made up of people named after their instruments, what with Johnny Guitar Watson and Billy Bass Nelson.

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 30/09/2026

I really do think tech crossed a line at some point between "helping you do the things you want to do" on the one hand, and "helping you do the things tech wants you to do" on the other. At this point, we're all contorting ourselves to live how the tech industry thinks we should be living.

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 30/09/2026

People always mix up Jonathan Swift and his sister Taylor

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It feels genuinely ridiculous having to say this, but the point of art is to connect with another human. Someone thought of that painting or melodic line or scene or paragraph that is suddenly making you weep, and that means that they saw you and understood you without even meeting you.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Maybe time for those who don't experience this directly to return to this thread (which I posted when PTSD was being weaponized to relieve Graham Platner of responsibility for his actions).

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I watched TNG's "Measure of a Man" and "Q Who". I love how TNG was able to write wonderful interiority into its one-off officers like Captain Phillipa Louvois and Ensign Sonya Gomez*, as if they were fully realized people who stepped into the episode and stepped out to continue their lives unseen.

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 30/09/2026

Also Plan B is one of the funniest edgiest comedy films I've ever seen. Also, Quiz Lady!

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The mortality reviews that ICE published late last week show that medical neglect is widespread in Trump's concentration camps — something immigrants, advocates and attorneys have said for years, and which ICE routinely denies. New from me in @prospect.org.

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Disturbing Pictures of Neglect in ICE Mortality Reviews - The American Prospect

The federal government released dozens of mortality reviews of immigrants who died in detention in recent years. They show a uniform pattern of medical neglect.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tech industry is laser focused on solving the problem of humans enjoying each other’s company bsky.app/profile/down...

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 30/09/2026

Comedy Bros: You can't do edgy comedy anymore Adults and I Love LA: umm helloooo Comedy Bros: ...

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 30/09/2026

It's happening again!!!! This Saturday is the TRANS NERD MEET UP. If you identify as trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, genderfluid, whatever, you are welcome. We define "nerd" super broadly: there might be games. Zeitgeist SF, 12:30 until whenever Deets/RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/trans-nerd...

TRANS NERD MEET UP: trans flag against a colorful starfield background

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

the media would have a collective orgasm over a Democrat Not Knowing Sports

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I do think they probably ran his texts through an LLM and it hallucinated crimes. That’s scary and bad and it’s funny they got caught, but imagine how many other times this happens on a day to day basis against people with no rights, let alone the ability to publicly humiliate the AI prosecutor.

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DongWon Song @dongwon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hello. I am widening my submissions categories to include: - Epic Fantasy - Space Opera - Near Future/High Concept SF - Horror Details here: www.dongwonsong.com/submission-g...

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Submission Guidelines — DongWon Song

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Kevin Moorebidity @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn.

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