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Femme Malheureuse

@femme-mal.bsky.social
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Author; hellion; post-post-futurist. Caveat lector: I post about writing, the arts, technology, women's & diversity issues. The personal is political. Formerly @femme_mal at Twitter; @femme_mal@mstdn.social bridged via ‪@femme-mal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy‬

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 04/10/2026
It accepts letters, packages, and one very specific kind of complaint.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 4h
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 8h
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h
Why independent media is so needed, in one post👇🏽 Framing matters
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 9h
The amount of money the administration is promising in order to buy votes is significantly less than the amount of money it is taking away in programs and services. And it's OUR money!
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 5h
saw a great tip about using a dog training clicker to mark where you mess up a take in an audio recording, because it generates a nice clean pattern in the waveform that makes it easy to spot works great, but my dog is going nuts
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10h
NAACP files federal civil lawsuit, asking court to order Justice Dept to turn over records about its "election monitor program" NAACP argues Trump Admin is "searching for evidence related to unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud", rather than "ensuring access for voters"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h
Medicare for All. Now. 🇺🇸
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 04/10/2026
NEW: starting jan 1, a new federal tax windfall could kick in for rural data centers around the country new research from @searchlightinst.bsky.social shows dozens of projects potentially eligible for the break — as hyperscalers battle backlash against dcs
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Rural Data Centers Are in for a Big Federal Tax Break
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act,  data center projects in rural areas could be eligible for major tax benefits starting next year. Some hyperscalers do not seem eager to take the free cash.
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Femme Malheureuse @femme-mal.bsky.social · 10h
Love the Blade Runner-ish quality of this image.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 22h
I got really annoyed that so many stories about the "Cornell 7" case don't link to the underlying court documents. So I compiled the key filings from Jane Doe's civil suit and from a separate suit brought by one of the accused. Read them here: annabower.substack.com/p/read-the-c...
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Read the “Cornell 7” Documents
I compiled key court filings from Jane Doe’s civil suit and a separate suit brought by one of the accused. Read them on Slip Opinion.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h
what an asshole
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Jen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 11h
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Does IMDb undercount the films women go to see?
I compared the IMDb votes for 1,608 US cinema releases with who actually bought the tickets.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Here’s @votegloriaj.bsky.social reminding us @GovBillLee brought in Strada knowing he had a history of botched executions in Arizona The cruelty is the point
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Former British banker and whistleblower Simon Andriesz, who outed Howard Lutnick’s links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has died by suicide.”
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Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies
The former British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 04/10/2026
Just a girl and her* airplane 🥰 * actually it is emphatically the Canadian Aviation Museum’s airplane but they do let me fly it a lot
Me standing on the wing of a yellow De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk, on a sunny afternoon. I’m wearing a flight suit and aviators and trying to look cool, which may or may not be effective, but the lighting is really good at least
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Justice Alito is confusing court reform with attacking the court. Many of us simply want the Court to be better. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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Femme Malheureuse @femme-mal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Amazing how Kushner can stand up straight and walk like he does with the massive lying balls he has on him.
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Jen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Today my friend and I wrote 200 postcards for Xavier Becerra Honestly he’s not my fave But you what he’s not? The other guy #VoteBlue
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Somebody is scared.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 03/10/2026
USA Today is trash for doing this. Absolute trash.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 03/10/2026
There is a line between "pushing the law rightward" and "acting as an enemy to the U.S. Constitution", and I think Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have crossed the line quite a while ago (seeking to nullify Reconstruction-era birthright citizenship constitutional amendments is just one example)
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Conspirador Norteño @conspirator0.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Over on X, an account with the handle @DemsForMike and the display name "Democrats for Mike Rogers" was created shortly after Abdul El-Sayed won the Michigan Democratic Senate primary. A quick review reveals that the account is being amplified almost entirely by Republicans, however.
screenshot of the profile of the X account @DemsForMike
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 02/10/2026
Rufo often gets treated as a "respectable" conservative. His latest podcast episode — framing Indian-Americans as a problem in need of solving — is more evidence that he shouldn't be.
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Urgent action is needed to pass legislation to ensure production of film and television series remains in the U.S. Please join us in urging Congress to pass a federal film and television production incentive program before November! Take action: wgaea.st/federalfilm
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One thing that i don’t see people noting about the Cornell Sun’s reporting on the rape case is that everyone who decided to take the risk and made the core decisions about what would be published is a woman
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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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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: Meta found a way to turn massive data centers into “pilot models” and cash in on a 1980s tax credit. The result? Meta avoided nearly $4 billion in taxes last year alone. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Postures heretofore unknown recently discovered
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Femme Malheureuse @femme-mal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It began when Trump first spoke into a mic decades ago, treated like a reliable narrator by journalists, in spite of Trump org having been charged with racist housing practices, in spite of Trump's repeated bankruptcies, pump-and-dump schemes.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here you go.
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Femme Malheureuse @femme-mal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
mstdn.social/@femme_mal/11735545709… RE: mastodon.social/@livelakehuron/1173… *sigh* I miss home so badly. via Femme Malheureuse mstdn.social/@femme_mal September 29, 2026 at 01:16PM
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Femme Malheureuse (@femme_mal@mstdn.social)
37.4K Posts, 460 Following, 784 Followers · Author; hellion; post-post-futurist. Caveat lector: I post about writing, the arts, technology, women's and diversity issues. The personal is political. (formerly @femme_mal at Twitter) #Hapa #Hawaiian #Pasifika #Chinese #Finnish #FrenchCanadian #Michigan Note: Accounts without a profile or header picture will be blocked. **PLEASE don't ask for money as I can't help.**
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Femme Malheureuse @femme-mal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
mstdn.social/@femme_mal/11735456151… RE: flipboard.com/@euronews/europe-news… Ooh, the long necked bottles or vases...pretty! via Femme Malheureuse mstdn.social/@femme_mal September 29, 2026 at 09:28AM
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Femme Malheureuse (@femme_mal@mstdn.social)
37.4K Posts, 460 Following, 783 Followers · Author; hellion; post-post-futurist. Caveat lector: I post about writing, the arts, technology, women's and diversity issues. The personal is political. (formerly @femme_mal at Twitter) #Hapa #Hawaiian #Pasifika #Chinese #Finnish #FrenchCanadian #Michigan Note: Accounts without a profile or header picture will be blocked. **PLEASE don't ask for money as I can't help.**
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about my experiences with being trashed in the media, and I think it’s interesting that the scientists who believed the bad press about me never noticed that the only colleagues who said bad things about me were men And they didn’t question why that was
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: "We have the best murder"
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
yeah i am reasonably sure that i have a better chance of winning the democratic primary for president than rahm emmanuel
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Femme Malheureuse @femme-mal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
mstdn.social/@femme_mal/11734850802… @stux Hallo! I have a moderation request, will follow this with a Private Mention containing details. Dank! via Femme Malheureuse mstdn.social/@femme_mal September 28, 2026 at 07:48AM
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Femme Malheureuse (@femme_mal@mstdn.social)
37.4K Posts, 460 Following, 783 Followers · Author; hellion; post-post-futurist. Caveat lector: I post about writing, the arts, technology, women's and diversity issues. The personal is political. (formerly @femme_mal at Twitter) #Hapa #Hawaiian #Pasifika #Chinese #Finnish #FrenchCanadian #Michigan Note: Accounts without a profile or header picture will be blocked. **PLEASE don't ask for money as I can't help.**
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A couple quick observations here, which should be obvious. 1) insurance “risk pools” work by requiring younger/healthier people who make few or no claims to sign up and pay premiums alongside older/less healthy people who do, essentially covering their costs.
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Reece @thiccreese.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Agents like Muse are trying to convince us they’re just a cute little guy who lives in your pocket, and definitely not an always-open portal into the servers of a major surveillance company,” says @jathansadowski.com. My weekend report for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/meta-m...
wired.com
Meta’s Muse Is Adults-Only. Why Does It Look Like a Kids’ Toy?
Meta says Muse is just for adults, though its cuddly, Labubu-like mascot—and upcoming Tamagotchi-style AI device—may be disarming for users of all ages.
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Femme Malheureuse @femme-mal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
mstdn.social/@femme_mal/11733851376… Mm-hmm. via Femme Malheureuse mstdn.social/@femme_mal September 26, 2026 at 01:27PM
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Femme Malheureuse (@femme_mal@mstdn.social)
37.3K Posts, 460 Following, 783 Followers · Author; hellion; post-post-futurist. Caveat lector: I post about writing, the arts, technology, women's and diversity issues. The personal is political. (formerly @femme_mal at Twitter) #Hapa #Hawaiian #Pasifika #Chinese #Finnish #FrenchCanadian #Michigan Note: Accounts without a profile or header picture will be blocked. **PLEASE don't ask for money as I can't help.**
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.
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Femme Malheureuse @femme-mal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
mstdn.social/@femme_mal/11733724285… RE: kolektiva.social/@Voline/1173355330… "But we must protect free speech!" — Elon Musk via Femme Malheureuse mstdn.social/@femme_mal September 26, 2026 at 08:03AM
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Femme Malheureuse (@femme_mal@mstdn.social)
37.3K Posts, 459 Following, 782 Followers · Author; hellion; post-post-futurist. Caveat lector: I post about writing, the arts, technology, women's and diversity issues. The personal is political. (formerly @femme_mal at Twitter) #Hapa #Hawaiian #Pasifika #Chinese #Finnish #FrenchCanadian #Michigan Note: Accounts without a profile or header picture will be blocked. **PLEASE don't ask for money as I can't help.**
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Femme Malheureuse @femme-mal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
mstdn.social/@femme_mal/11733721179… RE: writing.exchange/@alxd/117337050106… Heads up: AI abusing solarpunk community to harvest creative material to use in AI slop. via Femme Malheureuse mstdn.social/@femme_mal September 26, 2026 at 07:56AM
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Femme Malheureuse (@femme_mal@mstdn.social)
37.3K Posts, 459 Following, 782 Followers · Author; hellion; post-post-futurist. Caveat lector: I post about writing, the arts, technology, women's and diversity issues. The personal is political. (formerly @femme_mal at Twitter) #Hapa #Hawaiian #Pasifika #Chinese #Finnish #FrenchCanadian #Michigan Note: Accounts without a profile or header picture will be blocked. **PLEASE don't ask for money as I can't help.**
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Femme Malheureuse @femme-mal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
*the sound of leopards gnawing on face bones*
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