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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 16/09/2026

As I was saying.

A screenshot of a thread of three posts by Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net) discussing Democratic Party politics and transgender rights.
First post (2/4):
"The push to abandon trans people within the Democratic party has not been organic. It's been funded from the very top by the wealthy donors and consultants. Base voters on the other hand have punished candidates for attempting to abandon trans people. But the money won't be deterred."
Second post (3/4):
"They're constantly putting money into think tanks, media publications, and friendly substack grifters like Matthew Yglesias to get the Dem professional class to agree to abandon trans people. They've been banging that drum for 2 years now nonstop saying it's trans people's fault."
Third post (4/4):
"That's what this is about. It's them following the lead of Labour andopening the door to force the Dem platform to officially abandon trans rights for at least a generation.
You don't hate the donors and the consultant class enough."

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/08/2026

This is what we mean by saying that being one of the good ones won't protect you. Every gay and lesbian running to throw trans people under the bus are setting themselves up for exactly this. It won't end with us. nypost.com/2026/08/28/u...

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Far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos nabbed by ICE in Louisiana

Controversial right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, a former spokesman for Kanye West, has been arrested by ICE at an airport in Louisiana.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My Latest: This week proved once again that the closer we get to elections, the faster courts must move to protect voting rights. newsletters.democracydocket.com/the-week-mai...

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The week mail-in voting was on the clock

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Be Careful What You Wish For Dept. You ARE on the ballot. You are the ONLY thing on the ballot. The investigations of your criminal regime begin November 4th. You are going DOWN because... Justice Matters. ⚖️ #AccountabilityIsComing...Soon

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We’re not changing it.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The beautiful chaos of a used bookstore is unmatched.

Looking into bookstore from
The street at night

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The Verge @theverge.com · 27/08/2026

Americans have declared war on Flock cameras. They’ve protested them, damaged them, and destroyed them. Flock camera destruction isn’t just popular — in some cases, it has also proven highly effective at getting rid of them. Read more from @janus.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/tech/985155/...

Verge headline: Americans are cheering for vigilantes who take down Flock cameras

Illustration of a Flock camera flanked at the sides by instruments of destruction and/or vandalism

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optimisticsoap.bsky.social @optimisticsoap.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/08/2026

"Hey. We know we've crippled supply chains and murdered jobs and cut funding and tanked the economy and disabled your ability to get parts because of tariffs, but could you hurry up and build more bombs so we can kill more people?" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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Pentagon presses defense firms to build weapons as Iran war depletes stocks

The directive to industry from Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg comes amid tensions over a critical U.S. munitions shortage.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/08/2026

TODAY: @katiephang.bsky.social is a badass. Judge Sullivan has ordered Todd Blanche and the Justice Department to explain his Epstein redactions in open court this week. I'll speak to Katie today at NOON PT / 3 PM ET her case. www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-judge-...

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NEW: Judge Orders Todd Blanche to Explain Epstein Redactions in Open Court

Today, I'll speak with Katie Phang about her case, and what we can expect in court this week over Todd Blanche's failure to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act

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Gregg Chadwick @greggchadwick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Tarot Was a Courtly Card Game. How Did It Become a Tool for Divination? A Morgan Library & Museum exhibition explores the origins of a popular tradition that has drawn occultists and everyday people alike. gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/a...

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Tarot Was a Courtly Card Game. How Did It Become a Tool for Divination? (Gift Article)

A Morgan Library & Museum exhibition explores the origins of a popular tradition that has drawn occultists and everyday people alike.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/08/2026

We can't solve a housing crisis without building more housing. Today we broke ground on the Casanova Residence, which will soon be nearly 100 affordable and supportive homes with on-site services for New Yorkers. Every new home is a step toward a City that everyone can afford.

Mayor Mamdani stands at a podium next to Deputy Mayor for Housing Leila Bozorg.

A construction worker in a neon green t-shirt and a white hard hat stands at the Casanova groundbreaking.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/08/2026

ICE agents raided the family dormitories at the Dilley detention center and snatched this Bluey coloring page from a child before they could finish. I sued ICE to get these drawings back. You can what they sent me here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A nurse parked an RV outside an ICE jail in Newark for a year, handing out first aid and baby formula to families in line. On Memorial Day, agents put her on the ground. That's just the beginning of this story. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/twelve-day...

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Ultimate Pullahoko @pullahoko.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Actually disgusting that nurses were treated like utter shit, overworked and dying during the pandemic and now RFK is on TV telling everyone that didn't happen. I can't even imagine a more thankless, hostile job right now.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Cool, cool. We’re basically out of ATACMS and PrSM, and we used half our *global* TLAM supply… all for the Strait of Hormuz to still be closed?

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/07/2026

Uber Eats and DoorDash hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%. As a result, tips for delivery workers fell 79%. In January, we made these corporations change their apps — and in the past six months, we've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets. This is only the beginning.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Here is a full list of every state that DOJ had sued and lost for access to their voter file: Arizona California Connecticut Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

MY LATEST: After a string of humiliating defeats in court, the DOJ asked the Supreme Court in an emergency appeal to let it seize control of mail voting ahead of the midterms. This case will be considered on the so-called shadow docket. newsletters.democracydocket.com/democracy-is...

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Democracy is on the Supreme Court's shadow docket

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Should be a bigger story— “Alexandra Bravo, prosecutor investigating 🇺🇸 strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and survivor accounts of torture/kidnapping, shot dead… hitman on a black motorcycle opened fire… Bravo’s sister jumped to protect her, also killed…” www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/07/2026

¡Qué lo que Nueva York! What a privilege it was to be the Padrino of honor at today’s Gran parada Dominicana del Bronx, where thousands of New Yorkers came together to celebrate Dominican heritage.

Mayor Mamdani at the Bronx Dominican parade.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/07/2026

Oracle going under would be the best thing to happen to Silicon Valley since SBF was convicted.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/07/2026

Why bother calling your Senator and telling them to vote NO on Todd Blanche for Attorney General even though Trump will keep him in the job regardless? Because history should record the NO vote. You’ll want it on the record that we rejected him. That’s why.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Trump's attacks in the 2020 election was mostly about mail-in voting. The GOP's attacks in 2022 were via massive state voter suppression laws. Their attacks in 2024 were to prevent certification of Biden/Harris. In 2026, they are trying to obtain and weaponize state voter data.

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Gregg Chadwick @greggchadwick.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Sad News -> Betye Saar Dies at 99 Artist Who Upended Black Stereotypes. Working with dolls, family photographs, fabric scraps and other found objects, she became a leading figure in assemblage art. gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/a...

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Betye Saar, Artist Who Upended Black Stereotypes, Dies at 99 (Gift Article)

Working with dolls, family photographs, fabric scraps and other found objects, she became a leading figure in assemblage art.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

shout out to The Strand bookstore staffer who did this

sign that says STAFF PICK:
The Ill-Fitting Skin by Shannon Robinson
Please turn to page 108, because I need to tell you something.

page 108 says:

HE'S GOT A KNIFE, AND HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!
PUT THIS DOWN AND RUN AWAY!!!!!!!!
GO THIS WAY. →

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Pool report from @svdate.bsky.social, who is at the World Cup ceremony: "The president walked onto the field at 1826 to a sustained chorus of boos. Ambient crowd noise was about 78 decibels. Booing brought it to 84."

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/07/2026

Trump photo bombing the world cup trophy celebration is one of the most narcissistic things ever. They even tried to usher him off like an old confused grandpa.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I have a piece in the NYT today arguing that the law should permit victims of ICE abuse to sue not just individual officers, but supervisors and policymakers like Stephen Miller and Gregory Bovino. A Democratic president and Congress could do this in 2029. And they could make it retroactive.

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Opinion | ICE Is Out of Control. Here’s What to Do About It.

Congress must push back against our inhumane immigration tactics.

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WIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026

A statement from WIRED leadership.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

BREAKING: BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - Homeland Security secretary said man killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Maine Sen. Angus King says.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Hey Chicago! An ICE contractor is trying to buy our parking meters — and City Council decides whether that happens THIS WEEK. We've got time to stop this, but we need as many people as possible to fight back: tinyurl.com/icepark

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Gregg Chadwick @greggchadwick.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Joe Hisaishi got famous writing the soundtracks to Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli films. Now he is focusing on his first love: classical music. gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/a...

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Few Composers Can Sell Out Arenas. He’s One of Them. (Gift Article)

Joe Hisaishi got famous writing the soundtracks to Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli films. Now he is focusing on his first love: classical music.

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Gregg Chadwick @greggchadwick.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

New Air Force One Lacks Defensive Countermeasures of Previous Model, Officials Say Experts said the lack of such capabilities poses a potential risk when the president travels overseas. gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/u...

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New Air Force One Lacks Defensive Countermeasures of Previous Model, Officials Say (Gift Article)

Experts said the lack of such capabilities poses a potential risk when the president travels overseas. The White House defended the aircraft’s safety.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/07/2026

I just created www.lgbtqlegislation.com which builds on the work of the LegiAlerts team to provide an interactive data dashboard to look at 20+ years of anti-LGBTQ legislation and especially anti-trans legislation. It also includes an overview of pro-LGBTQ legislation. Check it out!

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LGBTQ+ Legislation Tracking Project

Two decades of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, documented bill by bill — 10,000+ bills tracked across every state and Congress by the LegiAlerts team.

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Gregg Chadwick @greggchadwick.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Up Late With Botticelli as the Uffizi Gets a Reset The museum’s director, Simone Verde, is working long hours as he tries to remake the institution into a living encyclopedia. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/a...

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iolanthe @iolantherosa.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

My daughter got her PhD this week! Sociology, specifically, Sociology of Law, looking at inequities in conferring citizenship to immigrants (worldwide problem). Thesis topic is actually more complicated than what I just wrote, but anyway, KVELL KVELL, SO PROUD!

A young woman, seen from behind, wearing her PhD finery.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/06/2026

This isn't just about Laverne, this is a story of trans people being purged from all facets of employment. The functional unemployment rate for trans people is roughly 30% or higher. Trump has made it convenient for companies to not hire trans people at all. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

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Laverne Cox Has Lost 90% of Her Income and Blames Trump’s ‘Regime’ for Attacking ‘Gender Ideology and DEI’

Laverne Cox says the Trump regime's attacks on gender ideology and DEI has cost her speaking engagements and teaching jobs.

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 16/06/2026

Pride sale continues! I'm hoping this helps spread the word and get some new folks to enjoy my extremely queer magical girl series. 🥰 Portland's magical girl rock band is ready to welcome you with trans happiness, lesbian yearnings, and blasting villains with magical instruments. stormmaiden.itch.io

Artwork of the queer magical girl team Magica Riot, from the novel of the same name. The girls are standing in Waterfront Park in downtown Portland, Oregon, on green grass among pink cherry blossoms wafting in the wind, with a large steel bridge across the river behind them in front of clouds and blue sky. There are five girls - a girl in black and red with short red hair named Sara, a trans girl in purple and black with shoulder-length purple hair named Claire, a trans girl in blue and black with blue twintails named Nova, a Black girl in yellow and black with yellow-hued twist out hair named Cass, and a Japanese girl in green and black with a long green ponytail named Hana. A rainbow with a smaller secondary rainbow is in the distant sky behind the trees. Text reads "Magica Riot Pride Sale - Ebooks & Audiobooks 40% off on Itch.io"

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