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Christian Pinter

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/10/2026
It's artificial intelligence.
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 18/09/2026
I'm really glad that Code Switch included this part of my interview, because I think these are the points that so often get lost in the discussion of trans panic and why the WNBA might be an ideal target for those anti-trans groups to latch onto. www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...
We're talking about actual bigotry and the belief that this group of people shouldn't have, like, the same human rights as another group. It legitimizes them. And so the WNBA is a big platform for them to be able to do that. But I think what's actually really insidious about being the target is that transphobia is rooted in white supremacist ideas of who is allowed to be a woman and what a woman should look like. Those beliefs have, you know, negatively impacted Black and brown and non-Western women throughout history.

So what you have is a league in the WNBA that is full of Black women, 7-foot-tall women, masculine women, women who don't fit kind of the traditional markers of conventional white Western ideas of womanhood. And so I don't think it's surprising that transphobic ideas around the acceptable kind of woman are coming and impacting this league.

And I think the last piece that I will say is, I think, in some ways, the lack of visibility that the league had for a lot of years really protected it. Like, it wasn't as successful as it should have been because of racism and homophobia and misogyny. And once it becomes successful, the flip side of that is it really does become a different kind of victim of those ideas. And the fact that you have a league that is all women, predominantly Black women, largely queer women who have been successful and they don't need men to do it, and their product is not necessarily for men. I think that's a threat to the status quo. And so it's not just about protecting women's sports. It's actually about dismantling them from the inside.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2025
Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/08/2026
Fuck you
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skáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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close up of tuxedo cat
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Dominic @domoffinland.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
this guy gets it
Listen to this king at a Huntington City Council meeting on Flock Cameras:

"I'm not gonna waste your time, I'm kinda hungry, but one last thing. Every single Flock camera has about 2-3 lbs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold. Do with that information what you will."
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Christian Pinter @christianpinter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Leseliey co-founded Birth Center Equity and Birth Detroit, which have helped countless women and families in Detroit. I'm so proud of the work we did together to improve maternal health in our state.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Don’t let Flock into your community
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Congresswoman Andrea Salinas @salinas.house.gov · 20/07/2026
On the 57th anniversary of the first man on the Moon, we reflect on all of the tremendous progress we have made and all the scientific progress that we will make 🌕 #MoonLandingDay
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 19/07/2026
Have you subscribed to Assigned Media yet? It's journalism by and for the trans community (and our allies) and we're completely reader funded. Put your subscription money somewhere that matters. Join us today! assignedmedia.org/support/
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onion person @junlper.beer · 15/07/2026
conservatives are state mandating transitioning from male to male
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 10/07/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social Assigned Media finds NYT ran 5 trans sports stories after recent SCOTUS ruling but none quoted trans ppl. This continues its run of being the most likely major outlet to run multiple trans pieces but least likely to quote trans ppl. Grow up, Sulzberger.
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NYT Wrote Five Stories on the Trans Athlete Ban Decision. Not One Quoted A Transgender Person. - Assigned Media
The paper of record continues to diverge from other news organizations in its coverage of the transgender community.
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Kalamazoo Community Foundation @kalfound.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
That's a wrap! We are excited to share that our Love Where You Live street mural is officially complete! 💚 🎨 🎉 💙 We hope you’ll stop by to check out the mural for yourself the next time you're in downtown Kalamazoo. #LoveWhereYouLive 📍Pitcher St. between Lovell and South
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Public Media Network @publicmedianet.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Since 1987, OutFront Kalamazoo has been the LGBTQIA+ resource center for Kalamazoo County - there is a space for you in Kalamazoo. In this Stories That Work for Good feature, staff, volunteers, and community members share what OutFront means to them.
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There is a space for you - Outfront Kalamazoo
Since 1987, OutFront Kalamazoo has been the LGBTQIA+ resource center for Kalamazoo County - there is a space for you in Kalamazoo.
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 01/06/2026
Union workers in St. Joseph County walked out of work Monday, as United Auto Workers issued a simple statement to leadership at American Axle: “No contract, no axles.” via @michiganadvance.com
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Workers strike at Three Rivers axle plant as contract expires
Union workers in St. Joseph County walked out of work Monday, as United Auto Workers issued a simple statement to leadership at American Axle: “No contract, no axles.”The union said the critical GM…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Over 50 years later, this anti-Vietnam War PSA still rings true.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/05/2026
So once applications open for the $1.7B slush fund, we're all going to apply and break their portal, right?
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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
A humorous map of the United Stated color coded to the 3 regional terms for carbonated beverage where 

the North East and South West and a small central region call it soda, 

the North West and North Central calls it’s pop 

And the South East and South Central calls it Coke. 

Alaska is divided between Soda and Pop 

Hawaii is Soda. 

For humorous twists however they are labeled 

K-pop demon hunters 
K-soda demon hunters 
K-Coke demon hunters. 

This is.a reference to K-pop demon hunteds movie where K-pop means Korean Pop Music.
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Christian Pinter @christianpinter.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
donald trump's weak spots are his fontanels
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Christian Pinter @christianpinter.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Saving articles like these to show my children why these are the worst Americans to have ever lived.
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Brian Jeffries @nwbuckeye.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Happy May Day. They can’t kill us all.
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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
This week, the Supreme Court finally killed off the Voting Rights Act of 1965. I've spent the past decade studying the VRA and the attacks on it, so I thought I would offer some historical perspective, and where I think we're headed. This will be a long thread; buckle up.
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Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Here's today's vintage tutorial by the talented Preston Blair - shows us how the LINE OF ACTION in a figure TRANSFORMS the pose and its impact. The wrong/right examples here illustrate the idea so well - READ IT ONCE AND KNOW IT FOREVER! #animation #animationdev #howtodraw #draw
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The Onion @theonion.com · 20/04/2026
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...
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Josh Sanchez @joshsantv.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
In a statement, an attorney for the co-op board says the PFC is "disappointed" by the decision. They also believe the decision was influenced in part by "incomplete or one-sided accounts presented by a limited group of dissatisfied individuals." www.woodtv.com/news/kalamaz...
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Food co-op loses Kalamazoo Farmers Market bid amid leadership shakeup
For the first time in 13 years, the Kalamazoo Farmers Market will not be operated by the People’s Food Co-op of Kalamazoo this summer.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/04/2026
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MLive @mlive.com · 04/04/2026
Kalamazoo County is one-third of the way to addressing its housing shortage. Meet the woman at the center of the effort.
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Former politician pulls strings to build the housing Kalamazoo County needs
Kalamazoo County is one-third of the way to addressing its housing shortage. Meet the woman at the center of the effort.
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RedruM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You  know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Trump’s VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes, from @npr.org ⬇️ www.npr.org/2026/04/02/n...
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Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes because of it
Foreclosures on VA loans are at their highest level in a decade. VA has a fix but it is months away and could still leave vets worse off than most other homeowners.
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Josh Sanchez @joshsantv.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Update on Stryker Cyberattack: Company says medical products are "fully safe to use.” The Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity arm says it's investigating the attack launched by an Iranian-linked group. www.woodtv.com/news/kalamaz...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
A tornado was confirmed by the National Weather Service in south Michigan (Union City) Source: www.facebook.com/share/v/188U...
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Christian Pinter @christianpinter.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Reflecting on my own time in the US submarine service, I am reminded of Mush Morton's command of the Wahoo: when the fear of your enemy strips their humanity away, you don't shy away from dishonorable conduct - you consider it as a viable option.
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Mush Morton and the Buyo Maru Massacre
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Lucy Luciid @lucyluciid.com · 03/03/2026
Monkey wrenching is such an under appreciated form of protest
YOU CAN FIGHT ICE
BY ANNOYING THEM
- MESS UP THEIR FOOD/DRINK ORDERS
- LOSE THEIR TICKETS/RESERVATIONS
- OVERTIGHTEN LUG NUTS, STRIP SPARK PLUGS
- GIVE THEM INCORRECT BUT REAL-SOUNDING
INFORMATION
- RECORD THEM WITH YOUR PHONES
- DISRUPT THEM WITH LOUD NOISES (CAR ALARMS, MUSIC, BANGING METAL) AND BRIGHT LIGHTS (FLASHLIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS)
- SHAME THEM
Fuck yeah
THE FASCISTS WANT COMPLACENCY.
DO NOT GIVE IT TO THEM.
Fuck them White supremacist
IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO MAKE «MISTAKES"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/01/2026
It’s the United States that needs regime change.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
🚨BREAKING: Democracy Docket has obtained a draft of the executive order being circulated with the White House that would allow Trump to take unprecedented control over voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Exclusive: Read the draft executive emergency order for Trump to take control of elections
Lawyers and legal experts explicitly said that such an order is blatantly unconstitutional.
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Rep. Hillary Scholten @scholten.house.gov · 19/02/2026
More than 7,000 butterflies from four continents will soon fill Frederik Meijer Gardens. This annual exhibit brings families, students, and visitors to West Michigan and highlights one of the cultural institutions that makes our region such a special place. www.mlive.com/news/grand-r...
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7,000 butterflies from 4 continents will soon fill Frederik Meijer Gardens
The annual Butterflies are Blooming exhibition returns on March 1 with 60 tropical species from Africa, Asia, Central and South America.
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Michigan Jill @whitchmi.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
They're coming, Michigan, and staging in the midst of big immigrant communities in Ann Arbor, Ypsi, Dearborn, Canton, & Detroit. One of two nearby airports is a cargo facility where new B-24 Liberators left the line to bomb fascists in WW2 Germany. A sick irony. open.substack.com/pub/distills...
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ICE Isn’t Slowing Down. It’s Moving Into Michigan.
The administration keeps whispering “slowdown,” but the paperwork, real estate, and detention infrastructure say the opposite.
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Indivisible Greater Kalamazoo ❌👑 @kzooindivisible.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
OUR EVENT IS LIVE ON MOBILIZE! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...?
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NO KINGS Kalamazoo · No Kings
**We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.** What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading fr...
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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has shared a big data update, covering all recorded US protests through Jan 2026. Some key takeaways 🧵:
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 31/01/2026
A meme using the "domino effect" template shows a man kneeling on the floor, about to tip over a tiny domino that will knock down a series of increasingly larger blocks. The tiny domino is labeled "Lowtax bans hentai," while the final, massive block is labeled "Trump destroys democracy," suggesting a hyperbolic chain reaction between the two events.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Sean McCann @mccannforcongress.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Congresswoman @hillaryscholten.bsky.social knows there’s more that unites us than divides us and that it is critical that we put people above partisanship. She has always shown up and delivered results for West Michigan.
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Kalamazoo Community Foundation @kalfound.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Join us at Sarkozy Bakery in downtown Kalamazoo on February 9 for National Pizza Day! As we continue to celebrate 100 years of impact across Kalamazoo County, we're giving 100 customers a FREE pizza. 🍕😋 Come see us between 11am and 5pm to grab your pizza and share your love for where we live! 💙💚
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Care Collective of Southwest Michigan @carecollectiveswmi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Without sparing a single dollar, you can still donate hundreds of products to folks in #Kalamazoo. Here's how: Send us a message saying you'd like to run a product drive! We'll tell you everything you need to know about spreading awareness and collecting products. #EndDiaperNeed #MenstrualHealth
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.
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