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Fashion by day, snacking by night. Into textiles, dogs, hiking, knitting, and watching chipmunks.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited future governors from handing over abortion providers, helpers, and patients to red states for criminal prosecution. The bill also barred extraditions involving transgender care.
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Newsom vetoes bill that would ban extraditions for abortion and gender-affirming care
California’s pro-repro rights governor rejects a key protection that 18 blue states have enshrined into law.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 21/09/2026
for your future voting knowledge, Gavin Newsom was central in pressuring the AGs to settle their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount:
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Done! Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount agreed to settle an antitrust suit by a dozen State Attorneys General led by California's Rob Bonta, the last obstacle to its merger with WBD.
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gary’s anatomy @sablaah.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“I don’t have a problem with trans people, I just don’t think they should be able to use public bathrooms or play sports or get healthcare—“ ok so that’s segregation. you are functionally a segregationist. and you want me to believe that fights fascism somehow. ok.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Would also be nice for the "centrists" to ask "how will he pay for it?" That's their favorite question about any progressive or Left policies.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 28/08/2026
Looks like we’re using Gitmo to imprison immigrants again. This is an ICE charter airline owned by ICE’s flight broker using the callsign they use for all their ICE flights.
An FR24 map showing N411ZW going from Miami to Gitmo.
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kimdrury2.bsky.social @kimdrury2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
How is this not bigger news? Armed agents entering a tribal nation without authorization and very much opposed by the tribe. www.kvoa.com/video/armed-...
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Armed CBP agents, border wall contractors enter Tohono O'odham Nation
Armed federal agents and border wall contractors entered Tohono O'odham Nation land without authorization Wednesday morning, according to the Tohono O'odham Nation Office of the Chairman and Vice Chai...
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus... Legend Mike Schur. Puts its as plainly as possible, talking about hollywood mergers. “They’re bad for everyone except those at the very top – the billionaires who saddle the new companies with debt and profit handsomely from the pain the rest of us feel.”
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Mike Schur: The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is Existential for Writers
"A market ceases to function when competition disappears. And it’s disappearing," contends the comedy writer whose credits include 'Saturday Night Live,' 'The Office,' 'Parks and Recreation', 'Brookly...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Thomson Reuters, which owns news agency Reuters, has signed a $125M deal giving ICE access to its databases of personal data. USA Today has partnered with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audiences. The media should be opponents of Trump's police state — not collaborators.
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Christof Brehmer #NAFO @christofbrehmer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Imagine just investing 10% of the money AI gobbles up into projects like this, have a look into the replies from all over Europe:
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
California has the largest virtual power plant in the world, with 200,000 participants. At the exact moment when the grid is dirtiest and most expensive to run, this program surges in with the cheapest, cleanest power. Newsom's budget would kill it. That's just bad policy.
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200,000 Californians create as much power as a nuclear plant to help the grid. Now that's up in the air
California has one of the most successful "virtual power plants" in the world, but it's on the chopping block.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
First Nations are bearing the worst of Canada's wildfire crisis. Indigenous-led organizations are leading the most grounded response on the ground. If you can give, here's where to start: → Anishinabek Nation 7th Generation Charity: an7gc.ca/donate/ → True North Aid: truenorthaid.ca
an7gc.ca
DONATE - Anishinabek Nation 7th Generation Charity
Individuals who support the goals and vision of AN7GC can make a donation. The ways to donate: call us, mail your donation, use Paypal or CanadaHelps.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Prime Day reminder that Amazon... -Helps fuel ICE's deportations -Gave $1M to Trump's inauguration -Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump -Shelled out $75M for the Melania doc -Donated to Trump's ballroom -Wants to reboot The Apprentice w/ Don Jr
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
NYC's bootleg merch game is truly unstoppable
A sick t-shirt with the text "Alien vs Brunson" and graphics depicting Jalen Brunson zapping an alien in a Wemby jersey
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Are lawyers billing for hours that they're outsourcing to LLM's?
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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 22/05/2026
A fox crossed the Atlantic on a cargo ship. The Bronx Zoo is figuring out what's next. gothamist.com/news/a-fox-c...
gothamist.com
A fox crossed the Atlantic on a cargo ship. The Bronx Zoo is figuring out what's next.
Basil the fox sailed from England to New York City as a stowaway. After some treatment at the zoo, he’s doing great.
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Max D. Stanton @max-d-stanton.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Once again, the bathroom bills are not about biology or women's safety, but about the dumbest, meanest, most hobbyless creeps in society wanting the power to determine other peoples' gender, based on whatever grounds are convenient in the moment.
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We don’t hate Jeff Bezos enough. And I say this as someone who reeeally hates him.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 15/05/2026
"At long last, I am a stone-cold seven, the kind of guy who could win a Jacob Elordi lookalike contest in a farm town with a population of 200." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/at-...
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At Long Last, I Have Maxximized My Looks
“At long last, I am a stone-cold seven, the kind of guy who could win a Jacob Elordi lookalike contest in a farm town with a population of 200.”
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
“Reparented”
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Genuine question- who is their intended audience?
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
“Somehow those afraid to fight an illegal invasion decades ago are allowed to send soldiers to die for an illegal invasion they started. Somehow the more soldiers that die, the more legitimate the illegal invasion becomes.” — Kevin Tillman, Pat's brother #TeachTruth truthdig.com/articles/aft...
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After Pat's Birthday - Truthdig
Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 by American troops under questionable circumstances. His brother Kevin had this to say.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Trump has cut legal immigration more than illegal immigration, as I predicted. While illegal entries have fallen, they continued a prior trend, falling more before he came back. Meanwhile, Trump has drastically cut legal entries, reversing the prior upward trend. www.cato.org/blog/trump-h...
https://www.cato.org/blog/trump-has-cut-legal-immigration-more-illegal-immigration
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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Good list here of nonprofit orgs to help Palestinians. If you prefer to go the mutual aid route (more & faster money into the hands of ppl who need it) the Sameer Project is a reliable & transparent central hub for fundraising linktr.ee/thesameerpro...
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The Sameer Project | Instagram | Linktree
We are a donations based aid initiative for Gaza led by Palestinians,
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I support Somali-Americans @adamrothman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
If you think this is exhausting, imagine being Iranian.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 03/04/2026
No they didn't
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
What does birthright citizenship have to do with Native Americans? I've got answers on my Substack at gohini.substack.com. Here's a preview: Today the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trump v Barbara, the case that will determine whether or not President Donald Trump has the authority
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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 31/03/2026
i have many trans people in my life who make my life better and i am mad that this admin is demonizing them so i'm donating to the @transjournalists.org bc i think supporting trans journalists + responsible coverage of trans issues is important. join me if you can! www.transjournalists.org/donate/
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Support the TJA
Together, we can promote more accurate, nuanced coverage of trans issues and communities in the media while also supporting gender-expansive journalists in their workplaces and careers. Join the TJA'...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
They’d rather the country be poorer and whiter than rich and diverse. Of course when the pie shrinks, the rich will demand the same amount and will tell you the crumbs you’re left with are because of immigrants or trans people or DEI. bsky.app/profile/apne...
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Cedar River Clinics @cedarriverclinics.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
"The feminist world I want to see is not carceral... It’s one in which no one even desires to violate another’s bodily integrity and right to self-determination, in which sexual violation is seen as a repugnant status-destroying act." - @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social bit.ly/4t4aKhI @theguardian.com
A screenshot of a Guardian article. The headline reads, "Feminism - the one things everyone gets wrong about feminism." The subheader reads, "people love to declare the death of the women's movement, pointing to the 'failure' of #MeToo or the Epstein files, but don't give up the fight just yet, writes Rebecca Solnit." Above the headline is an illustration of Rosie the riveter in pink and orange atop a yellow background. And in bold handwritten letters it reads, "Feminism Lives!"
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
sorry i never responded to your email, i didn't want to and then i forgot
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
picture, thousan words, etc etc
An ICE agent inside an airport, leaning against a pole and fucking around on his phone. He's next to a window, which looks out at a huge line of people waiting to even get inside the terminal to stand in a security line.
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aaron boothby @ellipticalnight.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
if we lived in a society that wanted to function we'd make being an air traffic controller the job with the best support in the world with plenty of rest time and deep coverage for every role instead we have underpaid people working 60+ hour weeks
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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
There has been an alarming development in our legal system. Judges are starting to contract with a private corporation started by an ex-Palantir employee--whose bio says he is also a former speechwriter for Israel's UN ambassador--to have **secretive proprietary AI help decide cases for them.**
Judges in one of the nation’s largest court systems have started using artificial intelligence, testing a tool that can rapidly distill hundreds of pages of legal motions and use samples of a jurist’s writing style to help reach conclusions and even draft tentative rulings.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18/03/2026
ICE agents detained a Texas father trying to deliver milk to his infant daughter in the neonatal intensive care unit, disregarding his status as a DACA recipient. trib.al/BOeMew3
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ICE Seizes DACA Recipient on His Way to Visit Baby in NICU
ICE knew he was a DACA recipient—and detained him anyway.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
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Red POP! News @redpopnews.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Cherokee Film Productions, the Cherokee Nation’s production company, has released a first-look trailer for an upcoming feature-length documentary focused on Cherokee Freedmen. redpopnews.com/cherokee-fil...
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Cherokee Film Productions Teases Documentary on Cherokee Freedmen With First-Look Trailer
Cherokee Film Productions, the Cherokee Nation's production company, has released a first-look trailer for an upcoming feature-length documentary focused on Cherokee Freedmen.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 10/03/2026
NEW: Haitian security forces and private contractors working with them have conducted extensive and apparently unlawful lethal drone strikes. Dozens of ordinary people, including many children, have been killed and injured in these drone operations.
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Haiti: Drone Strikes Put Residents at Risk
Haitian security forces and private contractors working with them have conducted extensive and apparently unlawful lethal drone strikes.
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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Head of GEO group was a “dreamer” before immigration laws tightened & now runs GEO which builds DHS concentration camps.🧵 “if George Zoley had been born just 20 years later, he’d more likely be cowering inside the Aurora Detention Center instead of raking in the profits from it.” shorturl.at/yS5C9
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Immigrant Owner of ICE Detention Center Doubles His Money With Trump
The man who is making a killing from Trump’s current onslaught of immigrant persecution is himself an immigrant. In fact, if George Zoley had been born just 20 years later,...
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Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
irishtimes.com
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
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Kristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Republican lawmaker says “there will be mistakes” in response to reports that ICE is detaining Native Americans & tribal citizens. Rep. McDowell, a member of the House, added about ICE raids, it “is not going to be a perfect process trying to get all of them out.”
notus.org
Native Americans Are Getting Swept Up by ICE. Republicans Say ‘There Will be Mistakes.’
It’s unclear how many Native Americans have been detained by ICE, but it’s a recurring issue as the Trump administration carries out its mass deportation campaign.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 06/01/2026
We shouldn't have to choose between buying groceries and protecting our privacy.
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Wegmans defends use of facial recognition at NYC stores, citing 'elevated risk’
The supermarket’s facial recognition system is used to identify people who “have been previously flagged for misconduct,” a spokesperson said.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
This is why they want us talking about day care centers and $500 boots.
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Jake Berg @jacobsberg.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
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We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Please remember that the disgust people have over Christopher Columbus is not based on some modern, 21st century “woke” ideology, but rather on contemporaneous accounts of atrocities that make many modern genocides appear quaint in comparison. Below, are the accounts of Bartlomé de las Casas.
But too many of the slaves died in captivity. And so Columbus, desperate to pay back dividends to those who had in-vested, had to make good his promise to fill the ships with gold. In the province of Cicao on Haiti, where he and his men imagined huge gold fields to exist, they ordered all persons fourteen years or older to collect a certain quantity of gold every three months. When they brought it, they were given copper tokens to hang around their necks. Indians found without a copper token had their hands cut off and bled to death.
The Indians had been given an impossible task. The only gold around was bits of dust garnered from the streams. So they fled, were hunted down with dogs, and were killed.After each six or eight months' work in the mines, which was the time required of each crew to dig enough gold for melting, up to a third of the men died.
While the men were sent many miles away to the mines, the wives remained to work the soil, forced into the excruciating job of digging and making thousands of hills for cassava plants.
Thus husbands and wives were together only once every eight or ten months and when they met they were so exhausted and depressed on both sides... they ceased to pro-create. As for the newly born, they died early because their mothers, overworked and fam-ished, had no milk to nurse them, and for this reason, while I was in Cuba, 7000 children died in three months. Some mothers even drowned their babies from sheer desper-ation.... In this way, husbands died in the mines, wives died at work, and children died from lack of milk ... and in a short time this land which was so great, so powerful and fer-tile... was depopulated... My eyes have seen these acts so foreign to human nature, and now I tremble as I write....
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 13/10/2025
lol “find your own instead of stealing” in defense of columbus day
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Find your own holiday instead of stealing. Today is Columbus Day as designated by the federal government
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The leaked Trump plan for Gaza comes directly from the US playbook for Native Americans. The plan calls for the US to take over the Gaza strip and to hold it in trust for development. Gaza’s residents would be encouraged to leave “voluntarily.”
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