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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

People tell these kids their disease doesn’t exist, and possibly even worse, that no one is obligated to do anything to stop it from spreading.

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Cranky Otter @crankyotter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Digging thru family archives I found a treatise on labor law It includes: An industry that cannot pay a living wage as defined in the law becomes parasitical and is not an asset but a liability to society. It should not be allowed to exist at the expense of wages or be subsidized by a low wage.

Page from Labor Law publication containing the stated quote in the 2nd column.

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Cranky Otter @crankyotter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Is Safari running all our website choices thru A.i. before loading? Because websites,especially with images, haven’t loaded this slowly since 1997. Fail If you want me to shop online, it has to be FASTER & less frustrating than an iRL store.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's amazing how many problems we would by just by enforcing the same laws on rich people we do on everyone else.

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Cranky Otter @crankyotter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Way too many people think all laughter indicates someone finds a thing funny. People also laugh when they’re startled in a not-unpleasant way or uncomfortable with a social situation where they don’t yet know how to safely respond. Or they’re being tickled. Probably for more reasons too.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/09/2026

Look, we know for fucking sure that my dog is sapient and also unpredictable and it turns out of he mauls someone I’m liable and he can be put down.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If I were elected president tomorrow the first thing I’m doing, legal or no, is banning private equity. Everything is so shitty across so many levels so like 5 guys can shit solid gold or whatever. Bring back town square stocks just for those 5 guys

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 13/09/2026

We should be building free and affordable housing instead of data centers tbh

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Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️‍🌈🚀🦄 📜 @lynnemthomas.com · 13/09/2026

My local pharmacist didn’t even ask. His only question for me was “which arm.” I made the appointment online, did the thing, that was it. I tend to space them out, so COVID is first, and I’ll top up on the flu shot when they do the clinics on campus because that’s slightly more convenient.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Biochemist Dr. Ida Stephens Owens mapped how human genes control drug metabolism. The first Black woman to earn a PhD from Duke (1967), she spent ~50 years at NIH. She identified the UGT1A gene complex, decoding how enzymes detoxify drugs & harmful toxins. She was born #OTD in 1939.🧵 #WomenInSTEM

A charming photograph of American biochemist Dr. Ida Stephens Owens (1939–2020), renowned for her groundbreaking research on drug-detoxifying enzymes and human genetics, posing in a laboratory setting. Standing from the waist up, she is turned slightly to the right, looking forward with a warm, confident smile that lights up her face. She has short, curly black hair and wears a delicate gold chain necklace with a small round pendant, and a ring on her finger. She is dressed in a casual, short-sleeved beige knit top. Her forearms rest on a surface in the foreground, with one hand loosely holding a pink folder or pamphlet. Behind her, a brightly illuminated laboratory reveals her research environment, featuring a tall shelf tightly packed with colorful textbooks, alongside structured racks holding assorted glass beakers and scientific equipment. The overall composition balances her approachable, dignified expression with the busy backdrop of her historic, decades-long career at the National Institutes of Health.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

In the middle of losing a trade war with Canada and a real war with Iran, the Trump admin has set their sights on an enemy they believe they can defeat: Aaron, who has committed the crime of posting in his 40s. (They will lose to him too.)

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

And this strategy would absolutely work with transphobic talking points. “Why do you weirdos keep talking about this, trans kids are not taking your health coverage or raising your gas prices, please can we focus on reality here”

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(Un)Dead Carl 🎃 @deadcarl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Load-bearing post

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Some of you on here simply never know who you should ACTUALLY be mad at and instead spend your time punching down. You should ALWAYS punch up but some of you seem afraid to do so.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/09/2026

crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Individual trans people NEVER have to shut up and accept disrespect. Never. The people who need to shut up and stop disrespecting trans people are the POWERFUL and these include fucking elected officials. GET IT STRAIGHT IN YOUR MINDS.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Anyway, we are NOT throwing our trans siblings under the bus for ANY reason. NO. You can kick rocks.

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I would not like an AI summary, I would not like it on a boat, I would not like the email bloat, I do not like it on a chair, I would not like it anywhere! I do not like them on a phone, I do not like them in my home, I do not want them on a search, I do not like them in a church

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Annia Ciezadlo @anniaciezadlo.com · 14/09/2026

Anyone who says we shouldn't care about Y's oppression because X has it worse—"why should I care about migrants when there are homeless Americans," etc—does not give the slightest crap about either

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026

You were probably out there saying "oh no we have to talk about how the border is a real problem, even though most of the shit they're talking about is made up" two years ago, when Democrats should have been fucking fighting as hard as they could on behalf of immigrants and our neighbors.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 14/09/2026

If you're yelling at trans people over voting, you have completely lost the plot. It's fine to want to flip that Senate seat. But there is so much work cis people can be doing to carry that burden. Demanding that trans people make you feel good & righteous about it is the weakest, whiniest shit.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026

And if the way you fight against concentration camps is to yell at trans people to stop caring about their own personal safety? Literally go do anything else. Go protest an ICE facility. Go organize mutual aid for impacted communities. Go make whistle kits and go distribute them.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026

We get concentration camps when we allow certain people to be dehumanized. Rightsless. When we signal that we don't care what happens to them and it doesn't matter how they're treated.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Please say this 1000 times for the people in the back.

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alexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

yeah so we need to talk about how "screentime is bad for kids" is not really true, but "short form video on algorithm-based platforms is bad for everyone" IS true

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 12/09/2026

If there are people in your life who are worried about the ethics of getting the 2026-2027 covid booster, the end of this post has a video in which I explain why getting the booster is the ethical thing to do. It's shareable, no paywall, doesn't even a patreon log in

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jon rosenberg @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If AI is inevitable then a 90% AI tax that funds UBI should also be inevitable.

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Cranky Otter @crankyotter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Having conversations with no intention nor implication of “winning” is vitally important. Even if it doesn’t come naturally, learn to love that other people know stuff & it’s interesting to find out about that stuff from people passionate about it, instead of being mad you didn’t know it 1st.

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Common Loon, Washington state #birds #nature

A black-and-white waterbird with bright red eyes swims toward the camera, water droplets beading on its head.

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It's not about The Dignity Of Work. Unless you're very lucky, work is usually at best boring & at worst demeaning, painful & humiliating. If you've set up a system that says "You'd better work all day or you'll suffer destitution" & full-time workers are still destitute, the system is the problem.

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Predatory landlords, unregulated energy/water companies, no public transport infrastructure, union-busting wage suppression. Get angry about that first before you ask why somebody working a full week still needs benefits. Or do the ruling class job for them rather than punching up. Your call.

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Lexi Koren @lexikoren.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

One thing I like to remind TERFs is that trans women vote for the bodily autonomy of cis women at a much higher rate than cis women do.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/09/2026

Discworld QOTD, from Monstrous Regiment “Stopping a battle is much harder than starting it. Starting it only requires you to shout ‘Attack!’ but when you want to stop it, everyone is busy.”

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Moxie Meow @moxiemeow.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Every American election is "literally a white supremacist, this time even more extreme than the last" vs "the most boring inoffensive politician you've ever met" and every election is like 51% to 49% with 60% participation. bsky.app/profile/swin...

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

For years, Harding University had a tradition of putting out an American flag for each victim of 9/11. My dad, who passed in August, led the push to collect and include flags representing the nationality of every person who died that day. It’s something I’m very proud of.

Since 2003, the American Studies Institute Distinguished Scholars Honors program has been involved in leading the Harding community in remembering the victims of the September I1, 2001 terrorist attack. The 9-ıı Never Forget memorial flag project began in 2010 when the ASI students decided to join in the national Never Forget project created by Young America's Foundation, honoring those who lost their lives in the attack. In zo1l, the Pi Sigma Alpha organization, under the faculty sponsorship of Dr. Mark Elrod, joined ASi students by honoring the international victims and the countries they represented, correctly reflecting the international impact the attack made. The two organizations have since made this a joint service project, symbolizing the common bond we all share as those who remember the lives that were lost on September 11, 2001

United Kingdom flags, donated by the Searcy HS Beta Club (total victims, 67)

Background, Philippines
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Provided by Harding Phi Alpha Theta

In foreground, Peru, donated by Chris and Elisabet Kirk. (5)

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Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

it will not be remembered, but the Orban high tide broke on and was rolled back by Gay Pride.

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Cranky Otter @crankyotter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The dog had diarrhea and spun to make a ring The poo sprayed in a circle and splashed on everything Poor thing had tried to tell me but it was 4AM Next time I’ll have to muster to thwart poop ring again

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12/09/2026

It's time to clean the catbox It's time to shovel crap It's time to sift used litter While the kitties take a nap

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 12/09/2026

It’s a murderous hate rally, which mainstream media not only has no problem with, they won’t even report on it.

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CharliCenter-CX @cambrianera.radical.town · 12/09/2026

The trans rights position is very straightforward: Simply being trans should not exclude you from any part of society. If you can't get behind that, then maybe you really ARE a bigot.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 12/09/2026

C-suite types losing their minds over "A.i." are demonstrating that they have no idea of the true value of anything.

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Cranky Otter @crankyotter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“The Wasting of Water can no longer be tolerated” circa late 1950s, early 1960s Leak assessment from Chicago O’Hare Airport found 60K gallons per year lost water

"UNACCOUNTED-FOR WATER"
by Ralph Tolomei
Commissioner of Public Works
Melrose Park, Illinois

Water is one of the nation's most valuable commodities, and its conservation is of the greatest importance.
More than ever before, the use to which water is put is the concern of everyone.
The wasting of water can no longer be tolerated and should be either eliminated, or at least reduced to an absolute minimum.

ACTUAL WATER LEAK LOSS ANALYSIS
for
O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

1. Actual water loss 164,235 gpa or
59,946,000 gallons per year
2. Cost of water, purchased from another city $28.69 @ day or $10,471.85 @ year
3. Cost of leak survey
$2,100.00
4. Annual saving to Airport
$8,371.85 /year

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Cranky Otter @crankyotter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

TFW you’re looking at family ephemera and it’s pro-Union and pro-labor regulations. 1950, U of Iowa Econ prof writes ~ “Employers being terrible without oversight necessitates a larger government to provide oversight.” & “The world is changing, we must adapt to protect people over property.”

July 1950 Labor Law Journal

Efforts are made to avoid creating an authoritarian state or rule from the top.

It is recognized that self-control has failed to eradicate labor problems that jeopardize the safety of the economy and the economic
safety of workers;

The fundamental fact that emerges here is that as long as the interested parties, management and labor, either are unwilling or unable to solve their difficulties, the function of the government in labor relations will inevitably be enlarged.

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