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Gerta LeStrange🇵🇸

@gertalestrange.bsky.social
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“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.” - Ursula K. Le Guin

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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 34m
Bruh, you literally JUST SAID "no fatties" and "no weirdos"
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 20m
nothing they value or aspire to or revere about Masculinity™️ is the behavior of wise, mature, grounded adult men. it’s what little boys think is cool about being an adult man and they were allowed never to grow out of that
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 20m
“cowboys” here really reminds me of a brilliant post I saw on Twitter that I’ve never stopped thinking about, which is how the manosphere brand of toxic patriarchy isn’t about MEN, it’s about BOYS. everything is a 12-year-old’s fantasy. Pete is playing G.I. Joe on a trillion-dollar budget
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 34m
it’s super cool and fun that the university of chicago police department—one of the nation’s largest private police forces—has a network of alprs in a pocket of the south side that it runs without any outside oversight or transparency
an automated license plate reader on a blue light pole in chicago’s hyde park neighborhood another alpr mounted to a different blue light camera in hyde park. a third alpr mounted to a third blue light camera in hyde park
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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 18h
shutting down frat houses won't end rape culture, but it will disorganize a lot of rapists, and i think that's probably worth doing if only to destabilize what is apparently an ecology of organizations that functionally exist to rape women per the whole "purpose of a system is what it does" insight.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 13h
"with Claude, we will no longer need lightly stoned weirdos who work at record stores because they are neurodivergent as hell and some band you've never heard of but is about to change your life is their special interest" these tech bros really hate anyone who was cooler than them in high school
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edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · 18h
All I can really say from the other side of the pond about fraternities is that there are severe consequences for your society when you let the ritual pig fucker clubs get away with it.
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Gerta LeStrange🇵🇸 @gertalestrange.bsky.social · 16h
Control Resonant feels a little ..crude
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 21h
Heritage is anti-women www.importantcontext.news/heritage-fou...
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The Heritage Foundation Has a Radical New Project
The rights of women, people of color, gay people, disabled people and trans people—a vast majority of the country—are being targeted by a billionaire-funded network.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 21h
GoFundMe was a lot more effective when it was called taxes.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22h
GoFundMe, the largest crowdfunding site, has seen an over 20 percent increase in fundraisers for tuition and related expenses over the past year
insidehighered.com
GoFundMes for College Tuition Are Up This Year
Students facing acute challenges affording their tuition are increasingly turning to crowdfunding. Experts warn it’s a temporary fix to systemic affordability issues.
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this poor model looks so bummed out by this stupid level 1 rpg dress
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Kat is right about all of this. One of the reasons that college sexual violence is uniquely devastating is because it changes the victim’s entire future.
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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Instagram decided to block my post from getting in front of the right people. Tut tut tut. Oh dear. That doesn’t look great does it?" Pugh wrote www.jezebel.com/florence-pug...
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✨Ms.RetroSparklyKnickers✨ @msretroknickers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Remembering Trish Keenan, on what would’ve been her birthday. I first saw Broadcast, Oct ‘96 at The Jug of Ale, Brum & I just adored them! ✨🌟✨ Broadcast -Where Youth & Laughter Go youtu.be/m5uAJz4qbLU?...
Picture of a woman (head & shoulders) with long dark hair and a fringe. The same picture 3x & slightly overlapping in green, pink and blue tones
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Remember when the president of Cornell got so mad at some anti-Israeli-genocide protestors on campus he tried to hit some of his own students with his car?
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𝐙.變 @zayonkael.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
library cats
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.projectsaltbox.com/p/ice-buys-1...
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ICE buys $1.3 million in robot dogs from Connecticut company
The agency bought the robots without seeking competing bids, and chose a version built to detect chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Egypt Warned Netanyahu of Impending Attack on Israel Before Oct. 7 The alert adds to claims that the Israeli leader ignored signs of Hamas's battle plans, giving his election opponents fuel www.wsj.com/world/middle...
wsj.com
Egypt Warned Netanyahu of Impending Attack on Israel Before Oct. 7
The alert adds to claims that the Israeli leader ignored signs of Hamas’s battle plans, giving his election opponents fuel.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One of the Cornell students accused of gang rape, Scott Kretzschmar, denies it and says through his attorney that they are going to “confront” the survivor through the court system. I can already tell you that means victim-blaming, DARVO, and smears. She is going to need a lot more of our support.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Faith is now mandated, airmen allege.
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Airman Exposes Pentagon Pete’s Faith-Fueled Power Play
Faith is now mandated, airmen allege.
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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Zoë Keating @zoekeating.com · 27/09/2026
Apocalyptic
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 27/09/2026
The Israeli military is preparing the inauguration of a fourth branch of the military: “unmanned systems and artificial intelligence”
timesofisrael.com
Zamir says IDF to open new ‘unmanned systems and AI’ branch by December
Military chief says branch to be tasked with 'rapidly developing field' of drones and AI, vows that Israel will be 'global leader' in field
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Ealasaid Haas aka The Book Roadie @thebookroadie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Good morning, all! I will be doing my usual bookbinding livestream on YouTube this morning, 10am-11am Pacific! Here's my channel: www.youtube.com/@TheBookRoadie Come see what I'm working on and say hi!
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The Book Roadie
Bookbinder in Portland, Oregon! I bind and sell blank books and do book repair. I livestream most Saturdays, at either 10am or 1pm Pacific! Follow me on one of my socials to get notified that morning ...
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:
theguardian.com
Homan Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 people
Exclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’
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Alexandra Halaby 🇵🇸 @iskandrah.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The UN has released the latest list of companies supporting and profiting from the Israeli regime’s crimes in occupied Palestine. Among the complicit companies are AirBnB, Booking.Com, Expedia, Motorola, and 209 others. #Boycott #BDS www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul... [via @craigmokhiber.bsky.social ]
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NO.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 25/09/2026
Why it took years for a story about Bobby Kotick sending journalists legal threats to come out aftermath.site/aftermath-hour...
bobby kotick looking unhappy (from the film moneyball)
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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A woman was drugged, raped, and sexually trafficked to members of a fraternity. Two of the men involved were expelled. Five were given the opportunity to mitigate suspension by *writing an essay.* The dozens of other men who knew this was happening and said nothing? You already know the answer.
cornellsun.com
EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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NPR @npr.org · 25/09/2026
The Supreme Court is allowing use of a data system that Trump officials overhauled. The system has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens and a lower court found it violated federal privacy protections. n.pr/4dRATLp
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The Supreme Court revives a controversial data system for citizenship checks
The Supreme Court is allowing use of a data system that Trump officials overhauled. The system has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens and a lower court found it violated federal privacy protections.
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New discovery: An archaeological complex with colourful mosaics and wall paintings dating to the 4th century AD has been discovered in Qesarat, Albania. 👉 www.finestresullarte.info/de/archaolog... #archaeology 🏺
An ancient geometric mosaic partially exposed in an archaeological excavation, featuring interlocking red, cream, gray, and yellow patterns.
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Hannah Posts @hannahposts.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
A tweet from @hagfail

It was removed from Tubu. Heebee sold the IP. Poodee won't play it in your region. It's not on Dippy. You can't find it on Weeno. Gumpy lost the rights to Pheebo. Poob was removed from the app store. The FBI have issued a warning to Poob. 3 Poob executives were arrested today.
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Save Ancient Studies Alliance @saveancientstudies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
JOIN US TOMORROW! SASA will be doing a live play-through of Tribes of Midgard TOMORROW on Friday, September 25th @ 12pm PST. #gaming #ancientworld #classics #live
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What's behind this tidal wave of epidemics? In the largest study ever conducted on emerging infectious diseases, we show that the popular explanation - "our relationship with nature is out of balance" - doesn't hold up. Out now in Nature, after half a decade of work: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com
The anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases - Nature
Emerging infectious disease outbreak risks are ubiquitous worldwide, and highest in landscapes where people, livestock and fragmented natural ecosystems coexist, but detection and data ...
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 23/09/2026
"What if you started going into that good night in a rambunctious manner, really going nuts, but then, once you got into that good night, you switched to going gentle? As far as I can tell, there are no Welsh poets outlawing that kind of behavior." buff.ly/atMd0Cg
buff.ly
Ways Other Than “Gentle” You Could Go into That Good Night
“What if you started going into that good night in a rambunctious manner, really going nuts, but then, once you got into that good night, you switched to goi...
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Lady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I haven't been able to locate anyone in my family as of yet, but these records will prove invaluable for many of us with ancestors who were enslaved in Jamaica and other countries across the Caribbean.
theguardian.com
Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online
Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad
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Pamela in CA @pamica.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yes, please.
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Monty 🇨🇦 @onlymonty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I knew Denmark hadn’t bent the knee…
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TresTiffany @trestiffany.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why are women turning away from marriage?
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Limited Run Games @limitedrungames.com · 23/09/2026
Welcome to Myst! A starkly beautiful island tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and become part of your own surreal adventure. Now available in a Boxed Edition to add to your collection. Pre-order now through October 18 bit.ly/4y9gMk2
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Israeli "democracy" takes another hit as head of main Arab party is disqualified from running in upcoming election, because he's Arab.
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Jan Ochoa @janochoa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You mean I can just print hot dog nunchucks if I get a 3D printer???
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Gregorios Kythreotis @eteogreg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s Sable’s 5th Anniversary! I’ve written some reflections on what the game means to me, and to celebrate I’m delighted to announce that @lostincult.co.uk are reprinting the Sable Design Works Find out more here: www.eteogames.com/sable-turns-...
eteogames.com
Sable Turns Five with a Design Works Reprint
Reflecting on the Five-Year Anniversary of Sable, and announcing a reprint of the Sable Design Works art book.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Welp. According to Semafor, David Ellison has discussed bringing Elon Musk on as an investor in Paramount's merger with Warner Bros., which could mean Musk could have a stake in CBS News and CNN. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Exclusive: Paramount weighs tapping Musk for equity investment
A cash injection from SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk could reduce investor Larry Ellison’s financial burden and bolster the deal’s investor base.
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is utterly disgusting. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
yahoo.com
US has deported 25,000 to third countries under secretive deals: report
The United States has deported more than 25,000 people under secretive agreements with 35 countries to take migrants with no ties to those nations, according to an investigation published Monday.The d...
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Walter Cronkite: After liberating execution camps… Germans (who cried) they didn’t know…were as as guilty as Nazis…because they applauded when Hitler shut down (media) and said, ‘We don’t need to know. We trust our government...’ It’s our duty to know.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Army ants (Eciton mexicanum) are specialist predators of other ants. Here, a group of workers take down a Neoponera huntress ant in an Ecuadorian cloud forest.
Macro photo of four dark red ants with orange casters surrounding a larger metallic blue/black ant on a mossy rock.
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𓆏 Now on vinyl | A Short Hike: Piano Collection @stumpyfrog.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Seems like you don't have enough coins...
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If you, like me, love soothing, low-stakes television, then I see your Great British Bake Off and raise you this show where historians work to build a castle using only 13th century methods.
SECRETS OF THE CASTLE with Ruth, Peter, and Tom, showing the three hosts in period dress standing in front of a partially constructed castle.
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Gerta LeStrange🇵🇸 @gertalestrange.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’ve been obsessed with making tepache, a mildly fermented pineapple soda. It’s so easy to make, too. Pineapples are just pure joy
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