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Allie

@hummingbirdsound.bsky.social
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Librarian. She/her. This is mainly an account for me to follow and repost writers and cultural critics I like.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
every time i get suckered in by a "but what about all the useful stuff AI does in my life??" argument the useful stuff is either "something you could google in two seconds" or "highly-skilled labor you don't have and therefore can't fact check"
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Lucy Prebble @lucyprebblish.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Not so smug about the believability of them continuing to build Jurassic Parks now are we
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 13/09/2026
Create things, and enjoy things that other people have created. Those things will keep your humanity fed and watered. And God knows we need more of that.
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wint @dril.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
my hope is that AI can empower the Dumbest, Least talented slobs i know to replace everything i ever loved with One Million Years of Content
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
please give yourself the gift this spooky season of the “Dracula” audiobook where Tim Curry is Van Helsing and Alan Cumming is Renfield, it’s everything you could ever want from “Dracula” and it’s a sleeper hit on my Personal Tim Curry Faves roster
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy
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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"It's given a lot of people permission to be themselves, to not dream it, be it, which is the motto of the movie, really. I would like to be remembered for that." Farewell to Tim Curry (1946-2026) #RIP
Tim in costume as Dr. Frank-N-Furter
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 26/08/2026
The best way to honor the two who have left us recently, imo, is to keep being as gay as possible
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Danielle Ryan (Lestat Era) @danirat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I think another lesson to take from the loss of both Dolly and Tim Curry is that neither of them took themselves seriously but they took the work dead serious that's the most important thing pour all of yourself into the craft but have fun and don't get an ego.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 25/08/2026
Due to a 20-cent tax on delivery orders (that helps support food stability programs), DoorDash is now backing a bill that would give Trump more authority over DC and its residents. Delete your account until DoorDash stops fighting to give the regime more power.
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Delete DoorDash: our demands
Our demands for DoorDash on H.R. 9720, ICE raids, and the DC task force. How to close your account until it answers.
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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
A judge sent Lil Nas X into a two-year mental health treatment program instead of prison. The data shows it works—but most California counties are barely using it. In partnership with @smartjusticeca.bsky.social. youtube.com/shorts/jEV23...
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A judge sent Lil Nas X into a two-year mental health treatment program instead of prison. It WORKS!
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 17/06/2026
If you are looking for a way to help the folks in Minneapolis, a member of the National Lawyer's Guild passed along this fundraiser for legal costs for those arrested yesterday: chuffed.org/project/1865... You can also donate directly to the NLG: www.paypal.com/donate?token...
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Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers
On the morning of June 16th 2026, fifteen anti-ICE organizers were arrested in aggressive raids across the Twin Cities.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Donald Trump just surrendered to Iran. But my liberal neighbor won't shut about her organic CSA. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/06/2026
Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.” When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything! (Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon)
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This is really important. “More than 100 retired NASA astronauts have banded together to form a new nonpartisan organization…” and its members believe deeply in “principles such as the rule of law, checks and balances, and the peaceful transition of power.” Follow @astronauts4america.bsky.social
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Former NASA astronauts launch new group to promote U.S. constitutional values
More than 100 NASA astronauts have signed on to a nonpartisan effort to promote “the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years”
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Raskin is always good on these things, but credit where due: Schumer held the line in the DHS fight, which is why there’s a second GOP reconciliation bill, which is why Dems can force these votes. Meanwhile *House Dems* should be moving to impeach Blanche, et al. newrepublic.com/article/2112...
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Trump’s Corrupt IRS Shakedown Backfires Badly as GOPers Turn on Him
The slush fund may be on life support, but this IRS immunity thing Trump wants is outrageous—and Democrats need to make Republicans own it.
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This thread explains something I had been seeing but hadn’t understood.
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The Stranger @thestranger.com · 28/05/2026
ICE transferred the leaders of a hunger strike at Tacoma’s Northwest Detention Center to unknown locations just hours after the strike began, according to immigrant-rights group La Resistencia, which says the moves were retaliatory.⁠
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ICE Retaliates Against Hunger Strikers at NWDC - The Stranger
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has transferred the leaders of a Tuesday hunger strike at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma to an unknown location. Advocates say their removal ...
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Ben Werdmuller @werd.io · 28/05/2026
"The story of one couple’s long battle with their health insurer — and the little-known tool buried deep in their insurance coverage booklet that helped them finally win." This should not be a thing, but I'm glad my colleagues at @propublica.org were able to tell this story.
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How to Fight a Health Insurance Denial With a Little-Known Tool
This is the story of one couple’s long fight with their health insurer — and the little-known tool that helped them finally win.
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Member of @authorsabb.bsky.social @jerroldconnors.bsky.social came through in the best way and assembled this for us all! Know thine shitty bills!
Three poop colored circles in a Venn diagram, 8705: mandates teaching propagandistic US history, HR 7661: will banned undefined "sexually oriented" materials, HR 2616 will mandate teachers to put trans and nb students. ALL 3 will ban books. ALL THREE are transphobic bs.
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Luke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Of course the real purpose here is get them the fuck out of my state. And I support it.
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Newsom to impose 100% tax on California payees of Trump’s $1.8bn fund
State’s governor looks to thwart US president’s plan to divert money to allies, including January 6 rioters
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This sign-maker uses the city’s own “uniform” to fix what he sees as a broken system with professional-grade materials. These posters are a message that acts as a megaphone for the hushed frustrations of the city. The full story on lataco.com 🚫🧊 🎥: Erwin Recinos
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Let’s Be Frank @frankedson24.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
An AP investigation today details that ICE detainees are dying by suicide at an 'alarming' rate. When does this antihumanitarian nightmare end? This is utterly unacceptable in a sane & civil democracy. When are the courts going to end this madness. At least pause it and investigate this horror show.
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Cam Rogers @camrogers.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Prashant 🌊 @prasshant.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This dog perfectly captures my vibe at work this month and I blame Arsenal for that (but also love Arsenal for that, don't stop now, one more) 🔴⚪
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"It’s going to be people with substance versus people with shallow knowledge. It’s going to be mastery versus faking it. It’s going to be people with good taste versus tacky. I trust you will put in the work necessary to be on the right side of those battles.”
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
These people are captives of a concentration camp fighting back against their heavily armed captors with only their bodies. Their heroism is extraordinary. Thank you to all of the protesters standing with and for them.
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 28/05/2026
Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes
Because the truth is, tech doesn't have an image problem. It doesn't have a message problem. It has an intention problem. What's wrong with the axe murderer who broke into my house is not that he hasn't successfully persuaded me to buy into his narrative. What's wrong is that he's trying to kill me with an axe. Similarly, when you launch a product that's designed to put millions of people out of work, block access to sources of verifiable truth, replace human creativity with slop, and lower the barriers to every sort of atrocity, the problem isn't that you haven't told the public a good story about those things. The problem is that you are trying to do them. (
There are things in the world that are more important than money. The fact that you seem not to believe this, that you seem to think any motive beyond ruthless acquisitiveness is fake, dishonest, or childish, is the heart of your problem. Your attitude is not by any means unique to tech, but the
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/05/2026
Attorneys at the Education Department’s civil rights office described working in a “dismissal factory.” Most discrimination complaints filed by students’ families have been dismissed without ever being investigated, records show. (Published Dec. 2025)
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Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt won’t stop talking about the apocalyptic results of homeless people using “super meth,” a very scary-sounding drug that does not exist:
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Spencer Pratt Is Creating Panic Over ‘Super Meth.’ It's Not Even Real
The LA mayoral candidate and ex-reality TV star is fueling his campaign with fears about an ultra-potent meth. Experts say it’s drug war propaganda.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14/05/2026
I’m seeing a whole lot of playing dumb when it comes to Spencer Pratt. Dude lectures LA about struggle and lying about living in a trailer. But he’s actually staying at the Hotel Bel-Air. $1000+/night. WHERE ARE HIS ACTUAL PLANS? The dude is a scammer!
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Only the dumbest people in Los Angeles are conned by grifting reality TV crisis actor Spencer Pratt.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 07/05/2026
I'd've said "New research corroborates hypotheses and research outcomes about the negative meta-/cognitive impacts of 'Generative AI' first highlighted as least as far back as January 2024," but still. (This *is* a new window into how FAST it can happen, tho; & hey, more evidence is more evidence.)
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/05/2026
When the Trump administration cut off food aid to one of the world’s largest refugee camps, it left hundreds of thousands of people to starve. This is the story of one mother’s daily battle to keep her three young sons alive. From our “The End of Aid” series, a 2026 Pulitzer finalist:
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The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 05/05/2026
Every journalist on earth is just a foot soldier in a weird psychosexual argument between six rich people at an orgy.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 05/05/2026
Regardless of the madness coming from Washington, Minnesota will continue to be guided by science and medical expertise.
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Allie @hummingbirdsound.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Buffy the Vampire Slayer The Office (UK) China Beach Seinfeld The Sopranos Succession Interview with the Vampire Bojack Horseman New Girl WKRP in Cincinnati Bob's Burgers Enlightened My So-Called Life Xena Warrior Princess Battlestar Galactica (reboot)
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Kim Lyons @kimly.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
A detail I didn’t know: “The Herald entered the Epstein series for a Pulitzer Prize that year, but it was not a finalist. Alan Dershowitz … who helped broker Epstein’s original deal, wrote a letter to the Pulitzer committee that year, urging them not to honor Brown’s work.” share.inquirer.com/THMiUZ
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Julie K. Brown receives Pulitzer Prize special citation for her work on Jeffrey Epstein case
Brown's 2017 and 2018 reporting was cited at the awards ceremony. “Her work, and the government’s release of the Epstein files, continue to reverberate around the world.”
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Vince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I think we need to start getting harsher about clowning anyone who doesn't think this sucks shit.
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🎃 It’s the Mid Pumpkin, Emily 🎃 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I’m worried more ICE activity will be like this now—absolute atrocities committed behind closed doors, within the bounds of the system. The convoys throwing tear gas as they snatched our neighbors were galvanizing, but I don’t even know where the nearest detention facility is.
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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 30/04/2026
And it works!
REBUILD LOCAL NEWS
Here's how Illinois news providers described the immediate or expected impact of the credits during its 2025 rollout:
• A larger publisher said the credit
"allowed us to... save jobs and roles that we did not have to make cuts for."
• A small publisher spoke to its potential attracting other support: "I could use this as a jumping off point for
fundraising for this particular position.
It's almost like a match at that point."
• One recipient said: "It will be our second largest revenue stream for the year... about 15% more. So that's a sizable impact on our ability to cover the community."
• "Payroll is our biggest expense as a small newspaper," said a suburban non-profit publisher. "The credit is a lot of money to us. It will help pay our freelancers. We have a lot of requests for coverage that we are not able to respond to, but if we can expand our freelance team and get them out to more events, that will help our community."
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Solar on canals reduces water evaporation by 70% and algae growth by 85% #energysky -- via pv magazine usa:
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Solar on canals reduces water evaporation by 70% and algae growth by 85%
The 1.6 MW Nexus pilot project in California has demonstrated that solar panels installed over irrigation canals can significantly reduce water evaporation and algae growth by 85%, while also showing operational efficiency.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 30/04/2026
looking forward to Oh No The National Debt becoming the single most pressing issue for the national media the second a Democrat takes office again, as is tradition
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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
First two episodes are streaming now.
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PenelopeK @pevek.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
They are all crooks. And he’s in the wrong party.
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Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
With a new 4K restoration of her great 1990 film AMERICAN DREAM opening this week, I wrote about Barbara Kopple's two union docs and how they function as a barometer of the labor movement: thereveal.film/barbara-kopp...
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Barbara Kopple On The Picket Line
A new 4K rerelease of 'American Dream' continues a story about the labor movement that Barbara Kopple started telling in Harlan County.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 29/04/2026
the indoor smoking bans of the 90's and 00's were the last genuinely great win for organized labor in this country and absolutely could not happen today, trying to reopen this door actively sets us back as a civilization, don't give them an inch
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Bakka Phoenix Books @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A few of us here are very much counting down the days until we get to read All Hail Chaos... and I want this one too. Where did we put that pesky time machine?
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orangejuliusesq.bsky.social @orangejuliusesq.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
people fucking died for the voting rights act. to wave it away with a magic wand is just so grotesque
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 28/04/2026
The Trump DOJ and Harmeet Dhillon lose again, extending their unbroken record of defeat in their nationwide campaign to force states to cough up sensitive voter data. This time, in Arizona. Background at All Rise News www.allrisenews.com/p/harmeet-dh...
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