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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 1h

It's not the heat, it's the inescapable smell of fabric softener No matter where I go outside, I feel like I'm stuck inside a dryer vent

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 2h

I agree with you that it's not outright election theft. But I think it's much more than points shaving. 88,364,572 eligible voters didn't vote in 2024. How many of them were disenfranchised or thought their vote did nothing? Only 1/3 of the total voted Trump. What if everyone had voted?

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 2h

I don't even like drive through for a related reason. Making something myself might take as long or longer, but it's like the difference between being stopped in traffic on the freeway vs driving along slowly on surface streets: I'd rather be actively engaged than helplessly waiting

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 2h

This is a good piece, but I did have one editorial note

"Much of the harm done to workers, consumers, tenants, and the general public in Los Angeles currently happens not because the law allows it, but rather because the laws on the books are not being enforced." but I crossed out "Los Angeles" and wrote in "the US"

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 2h

If you give a mouse an inquest

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 4h

I think it's rude that Florida is fighting to keep the brain worms all to themselves.

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 4h

Someone who rubbed Aladdin's lamp and wished to be the GOAT.

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 4h

Since Meta is in the news today, here's the screenshot I took to show my boss when this happened.

Meta's compose a post screen with this pop up: "You used all your posts with links this month You can add links to 2 posts per month, and you've used them all. You can add links to 2 new posts on November 1.
Get Meta One to add links to more posts Plus get a verified badge, enhanced support and more exclusive benefits. Link limits apply to posts you create. Links to supported affiliates and Meta technologies remain unlimited."

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 5h

Cost of living protests hit Belgium, Italy, Portugal and France aje.news/wtaque

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 5h

The whole thing really captures the imagination. Have you seen the guy's eyebrows??? I wish I could find that old thread, but alas en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lu...

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 5h

I get it, plenty of violence in cartoons!

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 5h

There was a thread about this on here last year, and it turns out that's from a movie they made about it.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 22h

Before Trump it was just assumed that all this background machinery type shit was in the hands of career civil servants who followed carefully prescribed legal and administrative procedures and one thing DOGE really focused on was disrupting that. Do not assume it still works like that!

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Monster Girl Ellie 🐍 🎄 @noelle.monster · 5h

I have decided not to be obnoxious and reply to a two-year-old post, but: Football games are called that because they're played *on foot*, not *with the feet*. They're called that to distinguish them from horseback games like polo (which is much, much older).

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 5h

I'm not sure I've ever actually seen a rat. You know what I kind of miss, though? The tiny mice that scurry around under the tracks at T stations lol. They found their niche! And they were so little! And not in my house!

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 5h

Hahaha! My herculean efforts to clear out my rodent dropping-covered garage are still too recent for me to think that's cute, but it is funny!

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 5h

rodents" and was trying to figure out how to get him away from it when it escaped!)

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 5h

Yup. I grew up in central Mass. Although most of the rodents I saw were, um, partially disassembled by the family cats. (My cat doesn't go in the garage, but he actually managed to catch one recently on one of our backyard outings. I had just finished searching "can cats catch diseases from

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An Anarchist Who Tried Her Best @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

*raises* the question! You all mean the thing you’re talking about *raises* the question! Begging the question is a whole other thing! Aaaaaaa!

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 5h

I just don't think you can be observant, thoughtful, and wise AND be a chauvinist I think they're better at grabbing power than keeping power. Unfortunately, there are always enough of them to be constantly grabbing power

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 6h

Thank you! I think so too.

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 6h

Somewhat related, climate change means that pests change, too. I (hopefully) just ended a terrible rodent infestation in my garage after 15 years of not a single one. Then I heard on a local podcast that Orkin has nominated Los Angeles as the new rat capital of the US.

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 6h

A bad update: we're getting reports of pro-No Kings creators who have been suspended today as well. And we still lack backend access to the official No Kings account. Stay tuned, will report news when I have it.

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 6h

Happy 2nd birthday, Biscuit! It's been a delight to share a home with you, and I hope to celebrate many more birthdays. #Caturday

A color point Tabby sits on the dirt ground next to a wire fence through which green leaves poke out. His blue eyes look off to the side.

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 14h

for those unaware, huge wild fires have been burning across Indonesia, yesterday 4 firefighters died, the smoke from the fires is reaching many neighbouring countries. 900,000 hectares have burned this year. It is a horrific disaster.

aljazeera.com

Four killed as Indonesia battles worst forest fires in more than a decade

The deaths come as Jakarta says it will accept foreign help to tackle its worst forest fires in more than a decade.

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 8h

Well, nonbinary and slightly less bellicose. But this immediately struck a chord of truth in my chest

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 8h

One of my favorite places on earth.

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 8h

But you see, they put it in quotes, so their job is done /s Transcripts can be useful, but stenographers shouldn't go around calling themselves journalists

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 8h

It's also why many people who do this are unaware of what they're doing. Most of us rarely question our default settings until life shoves them in our faces. "Median American", "average voter" -- these mean white men to many people. That big tent looks mighty empty if you're only counting white men.

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Headline Vibe · by NoMAGA @headlinevibe.bsky.social · 12h

The mechanism is often treating conservative white discomfort as a veto, while the support of people most affected by the policy is treated as automatic. That’s not coalition-building; it’s hierarchy disguised as pragmatism.

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 9h

Is there anything else you need to see??

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 9h

make a celebrity sick Jim Caries

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 9h

The election bullshit that worries me IS the usual Republican bullshit, ✨ Now With Extra SCOTUS Bullshit ✨. The disenfranchisement that happens at the local level absolutely affects what happens at the national level And as a country, we mostly shrug and do nothing (I don't have a solution either)

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Kimberly Scaryne @kimberlydairine.bsky.social · 10h

liberalism is a politics of personal comfort above all else. they may find this censorship silly or even distasteful, but what they really hate is being reminded that genocide is happening or being expected to do anything to stop it. there is no floor to what liberals will sacrifice for comfort.

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 10h

It hurts, but there is no gray area here. He's fucked. (Tap quoted post to see why I say that)

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

The encouragement of toxic masculinity, popular misogyny, and unrestrained power and violence has victims everywhere and we cannot and should not ever carry on with this.

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 10h

Time is money. Surely they've spent enough time on those emails to recompense you?

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nourishing gruel @towerstar.bsky.social · 10h

avoiding reinventing fascism from first principle by just giving my money to the fascism that already exists

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 12h

"I suppose you could say that insisting on the rights of all people is issuing a "political purity test." But this ignores the fact that those who refuse to enter the tent unless you push other people out of the tent are *also* issuing a political purity test." www.the-reframe.com/winning-the-...

the-reframe.com

Winning the Middle

What makes for a purity test? What makes for a big tent? Unpacking the apparently pragmatic demand that we Speak Low about fascists to beat fascism.

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 10h

I credit him with nothing, but his voice on the radio during his first term was the reason I taught myself to listen to audiobooks, something I'd never previously enjoyed. But I used to always listen to NPR in the car, and his voice made me sick Love the audiobooks! Hate that I still hear his voice

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 20h

I've found that as my capacity and capability to do things have grown, I've simply found more things that need to get done, so my level of desperation and last-minute-ness has stayed rather constant even as my brain skills have increased.

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 20h

Brains are such fun. My hands are red and flaky, maybe because the weather is so dry, so while I was brushing my teeth, I thought "I'll put on some hand cream after". Left the bathroom feeling like there was something I was forgetting. Got into bed, got comfy, then realized -- my hands. 🫪

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Ali Winston @awinston.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

The MN15 case relies on the feds using anti-terrorism tools & authorities to investigate/prosecute Minnesotans for organizing their community. Despite their own internal guidelines restricting such ops, Chicagoland law enforcement tasked to HSI spied on a speaking tour about Metro Surge in April.

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 23h

Cats, for real It's so funny how I adore every single part of my cats' bodies. Like all day, I'm just losing myself in a tail or a paw or a profile like it's an artistic masterpiece

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 23h

But the economy. Won't somebody think of the economy. 😑

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 23h

That's a whole bunch of awful.

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