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@crankible.bsky.social
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40s queer sad sack | traditional & digital artist www.redbubble.com/people/mlobart

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h
someone call up will smith we need him to do something
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In light of all the horrible sexual assault in the news, this from my conversation with Kate Manne in February at Princeton still sums up my thoughts. Power =\= Good Men(tm). Power = Power.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 25/09/2026
When times are as tough as they are now, the very, very least you can do is try to help people preserve their dignity and comfort! You don't even know what accommodations people need at that stage? I don't even know what to fucking say any more.
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Philip Baldwin @philipcbaldwin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today is Bi Visibility Day! Bi experiences are sometimes ignored, forgotten or misrepresented, both within the LGBTQIA+ community and the wider world. Bi identities are valid, wonderful and need to be celebrated. BE PROUD. BE VISIBLE. YOU ARE LOVED. #BiVisibilityDay
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
8/14/2026 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/o...
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Opinion | Is Ocasio-Cortez Ready for the Glass Cliff? (Gift Article)
She will run as a woman but unlike how every woman before her was forced to run.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 22/09/2026
Schools across the state started offering free breakfasts and lunches to all students in the fall of 2023. The number of students eating school lunch went up 15 percent the first year. The number of kids eating breakfast at school went up 40 percent.
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Fewer skipped meals, less stigma: New data on the impact of Minnesota’s universal school meals
A trio of new studies shows Minnesota’s universal school meals program is providing a sense of relief to Minnesota families and students who are no longer skipping lunch and worrying less about family...
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Enforce something, anything. Show people the existing frameworks. Hold just one person somewhere accountable for something. Then let’s talk about “novel” solutions.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Nikole Hannah-Jones w/ a sobering follow-up on her decision yrs ago to enroll her daughter in a poor, majority-Black public school rather than a wealthier, whiter private school. You leave heartbroken for the kids being failed by this grossly unequal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...
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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026
pleasant surprise. i would like to read whatever deranged dissent alito and thomas have written. i’m sure it will be some version of “MAIL FRAUD IS REAL AND I SAW IT IN THE CLOSET MAKING A BABY AND THE BABY LOOKED AT ME”
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Clancy Nacht @clancynacht.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Check it out, I'm part of an unbelievable line up for "Le Fantastique: A Literary Tribute to Clive Barker" So thrilled to be part of this and it's only 99 cents on Kindle right now! #horror #sale www.amazon.com/Fantastique-...
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Le Fantastique: A Literary Tribute to Clive Barker
All star tribute to Clive Barker
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
when you work at the BPAF but you’re beginning to realize there’s not going to be a successful IPO
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geri katz @gerikatz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“The country’s response to the worst terror attack in our history was to launch a global war of hysteria that consisted of rage-bombing two countries, destabilizing an entire region, and seeding a police state that has now been fully weaponized by an authoritarian regime against its own citizens.”
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Slop does not refer to criticism or mere dislike. You can use even the most colloquial of definitions for slop and all of them at least minimally refer to volume and machine produced.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
How old is everybody on this app? what memory are we talking about here? Because this never happened.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We woke up thinking about the long shadow of all the workers’ wins and even their losses. We made it free to watch the short documentary that dominated my life this year. Happy Labor Day. vimeo.com/1224659811/7...
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Power to the People, Y'all [Happy Labor Day]
Power to the People, Y’all is a character-driven documentary that explores aging, legacy, and resistance through interviews with five founding members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of the Black Panther...
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I knew that some folks will not be delighted by this review of Graham Farmelo's new biography of Hawking, but so be it. The book itself is good - as I say, Farmelo lets people's words speak for themselves, and many are quite damning. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Hawking by Graham Farmelo review – the dark side of genius
A biography of the physicist recognises his achievements, but also reveals the selfish narcissist underneath
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nic (they) @crankible.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
the amount of women who went after people who support either as well. the Heard case was really eye opening to me as someone who also had experienced domestic violence just how much *everyone* will blame you for being abused. and seeing women conflate PPD with PPS in dismissing even the possibility.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Women’s boyfriends and husbands are using this case as a way to degrade and threaten them—stories are popping up all over Reddit. It’s becoming an antifeminist litmus test, much like believing Amber Heard was. Believing that Clancy had postpartum psychosis will get you smeared and harassed.
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WIRED @wired.com · 04/09/2026
More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communication Workers of America. www.wired.com/story/wikipe...
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Wikipedia Workers Unionize for the First Time
More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communication Workers of America.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pop Syllabus.
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nic (they) @crankible.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
master of his domain (a lego airport) aka airport cat acrylic on art board 12x9" - painting video below prints etc: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1834... painted one of my all-time favorite pictures of our cat, oliver. #cats #lego #acrylicPainting #originalArt #art
acrylic painting of an orange and white cat lounging on a wooden table covered in lego, an airport and various vehicles and helicopters, a flight control tower, buildings, and minifigures. the background is nonsensically, a sky, blue darker near the bottom and lighter near the top. two faint white birds flying in the distance
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nic (they) @crankible.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
well. think it's about time i downloaded a backup and finally delete my account.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 26/08/2026
Young people deserve better than a policy built on panic. We're happy to see France's top court acknowledge this and strike down the country's legislation banning social media for under-15s. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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French Top Court Gets It Right, Strikes Down Social Media Ban For
In a welcome win for free expression, France’s top court has struck down the country’s legislation that banned social media use for people under 15 years old, which had been scheduled to take effect
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’
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Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’
The federal judge, who cited Dolly Parton in his ruling, found that the state law violated the First Amendment.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
One thing I wish people would realize is just how central JK Rowling is to the entire anti-trans ecosystem. Looking at a network node analysis of the top 200 anti-trans X accounts, she is the most central figure spanning both sides of the Atlantic from Republicans to Labour.
A network graph visualization on a dark background showing connections between various accounts. The central, highly connected node is labeled "J.K. Rowling," with lines radiating out to many other nodes color-coded by region (UK, US, etc.). A detail panel on the right displays stats for her account, including her role as "Author & commentator," an in-degree of 153, an out-degree of 84, and 14 million followers.A scatter plot graph on a dark background comparing accounts based on "followers (log)" on the x-axis and "in-degree" on the y-axis. The data points are color-coded by region. J.K. Rowling is highlighted as a major outlier in the top right corner, possessing the highest number of followers and the highest in-degree. Other labeled points lower on the graph include various politicians, individuals, and campaign organizations.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/08/2026
tl;dw: the job of the dem majority over the next two years, should it materialize, is to make life hell for the white house, not find points of cooperation
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What Democrats can learn from Mitch McConnell
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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nic (they) @crankible.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
i love fragrance, i love smelling it on other people but i also have a very strong sense of smell and i myself do one spray at a distance of anything strong, maybe two if it's muted. and i see people i really enjoy on social media doing 8-10+ spritzes.. i just can't imagine being in their proximity
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nic (they) @crankible.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
i went through your phone last night 16x12" acrylic on paper - 35+ hours #art #heartbreak #acrylicPainting inspo and painting video below
acrylic in paper painting sitting on a wooden desk easel.
two scenes depicted side by side:
on the left, a woman standing at her floor to ceiling windows in a high rise apartment looking out at the night city skyline, her cat sitting on a box next to her. she's wearing green shorts and loose dark gray cropped tank. shadow from her plan next to her make a pattern on one of her legs. one arm resting on the frame of the window, the other holding the window open

on the right, a woman in the car who is visibly crying, makeup running down her face as she drives at night in the city. blurry lights from the buildings around her outside the car. she's lit up pink from her special car interior lighting, and the right side of her face is illuminated by a phone sitting in a mount with the brightness turned up. she's listening to cardi b's thru your phone and is broken hearted. she's leaning her head on her hand, her elbow propped on the car door
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nic (they) @crankible.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
this painting is gonna take approximately forever #wip #cats #art
work in progress acrylic painting of our cat lying on a written table filled with airport and other Legos, a blue sky like background. painting sitting on desktop easel with plastic container lid with palette of cyan yellow magenta primary and mixed colors, paper towel used for wiping brushes on a mat on the desk
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 11/08/2026
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A Google insider spills the tea on how the company forsook its founding ideals
Claire Stapleton's new book, Don't Be Evil, recounts her journey from company cheerleader to outspoken dissident.
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nic (they) @crankible.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
got this before the primary tomorrow, with the amount of yard signs I've been seeing around my area in Connecticut too I just keep thinking, people are pissed (I'm also people) #uspol
Meet the Democratic Candidates for CT-01

ELECTION DAY: AUGUST 11TH

Corruption & Campaign Finance Reform

Immigration

Luke Bronin

Rejects corporate PAC money and supports overturning Citizens United.

John Larson

Accepted over $5 million from corporate PACs, special interests, Big Pharma, and Big Banks.

Public Service

Has a real plan to abolish ICE and reform our immigration system.

Navy veteran and Hartford Mayor who will bring new leadership and a real backbone to Washington.

Voted to increase funding for ICE under the Trump administration.

Served six terms in the Connecticut State Senate and has spent nearly three decades in Congress.

Jobs and Affordability

Has new ideas to lower costs, expand housing, and make life easier for working families.

Supports moderate approaches to lower costs, help businesses, and create jobs.

Endorsements

Endorsed by the Connecticut Democratic Party, VoteVets, College Democrats of Connecticut, Greater Hartford Young Democrats, and other leading progressive groups.

Failed to secure the Connecticut Democratic Party's endorsement.
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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Excellent piece highlighting student voices on gen AI in higher education, including MS student Mirakle (pictured!) in my lab who is leading research on college student AI resisters. I can only assume that leadership at many universities are making incorrect assumptions about student attitudes.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 04/08/2026
The internet shouldn’t become an ID checkpoint. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...
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Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint
Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification
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nic (they) @crankible.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
best to me would be from nine inch nails: pretty hate machine, broken, the downward spiral
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
That was fast. Google sent me a statement saying it is now “rolling back“ this AI feature after our demonstration and others from OSINT researchers www.404media.co/google-earth...
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Google Earth’s New AI Lets Anyone Fabricate Completely Bullshit Satellite Images
"Tonight I typed just one sentence into Google Earth and put refugees near the Mexican border. Then I planted a nuclear plant in Iran. Then I put a fatal crash on a street in Amsterdam."
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
RFK Jr says kids might be “better off” if they aren’t given the flu vaccine He is wrong A new study in Pediatrics finds that overall vaccine effectiveness against death from flu was 80% from Aug 2016 to July 2025 (jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...) RFK Jr’s vile anti-vaxx crusade is costing lives
Pediatrics:

New study—the flu vaccine reduces the risk of flu-related death in children by about 80%
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Lilah Sturges @lilahsturges.com · 30/07/2026
What’s not to love about this? The world needs more gay vampires!
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 26/07/2026
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First teaser for Apple TV's Neuromancer debuts at SDCC
Plus Mike Flanagan's Carrie teaser, trailers for Dark Matter S2 and Matchbox the Movie, and Marvel news.
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I promoted this before, but it's worth highlighting again: "PANIC FIRST, EVIDENCE LATER: What leading experts think about The Anxious Generation" kidsplaytech.com/wp-content/u...
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Panic First, Evidence Later — What Leading Experts Think About The Anxious Generation
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nic (they) @crankible.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
city skylines oh how I can get lost in the sauce for days making teeny tiny windows #art #workInProgress I messed up on the kitty location/size in the sketch so kitty gets a box
work in progress acrylic painting, on the right is mostly completed sad woman in a car driving in the city at night, she's lit pink from her awesome dash lighting, she's got makeup in tear tracks down her face and is resting her elbow on the car door with her head resting on her hand

on the right is partial pencil sketch with a cat sitting on a box, a couch of a high rise apartment looking out at the city skyline at night. sketched in woman looking out the window
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20/07/2026
TLDR on state of diarrhea outbreak: - still awaiting confirmation of source - we still need to be vigilant on what we eat - majority evidence still points to Taylor Farms lettuce - FDA communications has been confusing, but investigation is ongoing
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The FDA said a sample of shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by ‌Taylor Farms that is not part of the current recall tested positive for the parasitic illness
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FDA says sample of iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms tested positive for US parasite outbreak
The FDA on Saturday said a sample of shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by ‌Taylor Farms tested positive for a parasitic illness that has sickened thousands of people in the U.S.
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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 18/07/2026
New: Late last night, Taylor Farms quietly posted an official recall notice We now know that the parasite-linked iceberg lettuce was shipped to Walmart & food distributors in 27 (!) states It was for some reason still being sent out up until Thursday July 16 www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
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Parasite-Linked Lettuce Was Sent to Walmart Stores and Food Distributors in 27 States - Consumer Reports
Taylor Farms' recalled the parasite-linked lettuce it said was sent to Walmart stores, Sysco, and other food distributors in 27 states.
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nic (they) @crankible.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
was chatting w/my gp yesterday, her oldest is 14 (my oldest is almost 13 but we're still holding off on phones) and just got a phone and was feeling bad she wasn't reviewing her texting more often and I brought up giving them privacy as well. when you think about the equivalent of when we were kids—
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nic (they) @crankible.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
what I'm working on #wip #acrylicpainting been working on the references forever it feels like so glad/terrified to finally be putting it on paper
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nic (they) @crankible.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
told my kids countless times "when thunder roars, head indoors" we are not taking that risk for no reason. where i grew up in colorado, i was at my friend's house and her next door neighbor's tree got struck by lightning. and another friend's fence got hit in the same spot multiple times. no thx
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/07/2026
new video up with more thoughts on trump v barbara youtu.be/kjvAnWSBz4E
youtu.be
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Told the True Story of Birthright Citizenship
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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nic (they) @crankible.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
the riker and guinan scene that lives rent free in my mind www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvY3...
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Romance Lessons from Star Trek
YouTube video by EateryOfPizah
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I wrote about the Supreme Court's latest disgusting anti-trans ruling. I wrote about it because I refuse to act like taking away constitutional rights and allowing legal discrimination is okay just because it's happening to people who don't poll well in a diner in Ohio. In @thenation.com
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The Supreme Court’s Anti-Trans Ruling Goes Well Beyond Sports
The ruling is about whether trans people have the same rights as everybody else—and the Court said they don’t.
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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 30/06/2026
It’s like settling every NBA Finals with a game of horse
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