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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

New for @theverge.com: i wrote about how Kansas' trans ID law and the "age verification" systems popping up everywhere tie into larger efforts to force trans people to out themselves both IRL and online

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‘Age Verification’ could force trans people to out themselves to use the internet

Automated online ID checking systems add new potential dangers to having a mismatching ID.

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Ellie Noctis 🏳️‍⚧️🩷🇦🇷 @ellienoctis.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Big update: $25/$250 My mom had to be taken to hospital due to not being able to breathe due to her cancer! Pls we need that whellchair TODAY! Pls help us! @bfitzinar.bsky.social @decolonizeunions.bsky.social @olivebrinker.bsky.social @trance.bsky.social @imanibarbarin.bsky.social

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Sue Popkin @sjpopkin.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

“DHS’ office for civil rights has two employees right now” Horrifying story via @juliametraux.bsky.social

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Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I’m really excited to be presenting new work at Brandeis next month! If you’re in the Boston area, come check it out. Also, since I’ll be in Boston for five days, I’m welcoming suggestions on cool things to do: feminist/queer bookstores, sex shops, cafes or art spaces, fun non-stuffy museums, etc.

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Ellie Noctis 🏳️‍⚧️🩷🇦🇷 @ellienoctis.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

For one last time I beg your help, I need to pay this today at 2pm. This is our last chance to get my mom her cancer treatment this month $227/$970 pls share❤️ @trance.bsky.social @dgmeek92.bsky.social @olivebrinker.bsky.social @imanibarbarin.bsky.social @mayawest.online @jskylerinc.bsky.social

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Anyone picking the centrist path is a Republican. Jig is up, baby. Clinton Wing of the Dem party is done. Go that way and die. If you want to win a seat, get on the side of the good guys. Or run as a Republican.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

"If careerists had not been so easy to bribe and blackmail, ordinary people would not have to suffer under this group of sadistic oligarchs and politicians. Our era is the culmination of complicity." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/jackhammer...

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Jackhammering Into the Sewer

A look through the Epstein files.

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

How are people uploading videos longer than 60s on here???

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ASBNBYN (they/them) @asbnbyn.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I Keep seeing MFs try to whitewash Biden and his administration You look Ridiculous and very unsafe to be around

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

They’re now saying that Democrats tiktok page is getting suppressed and I have to say: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

And while we’re at it, ask yourself why your favorite liberal commentator or personality is condemning ICE but never venturing to criticize Democrats and leaders who aren’t using their power to stop them and ask yourself if there’s a financial reason for it.

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Key of Destiny 🏳️‍🌈 ☭ @keyofdestiny.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

"Right now, the Democratic party and its leaders are trying to tell you 'oh, it can be reformed. Oh, it's this version of ICE that's the problem, but the reality is fascism is a virus and if you don't fucking treat it, to eradicate it, it will always be there to sicken and fucking slaughter you" 🔥🔥🔥

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Dems treated both viruses, covid and fascism, the exact same way. youtube.com/shorts/U9DHa...

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Dems treated both viruses the same.

YouTube video by Imani Barbarin

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed. Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Once when we wanted to show the ineffectual dithering of The Good Place Committee, we had one of them say, "There are rules, procedures. This is The Good Place -- we can't just *do stuff.*" We almost didn't include it, because we thought it was a little on the nose.

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Thanks for having me! And thanks to the team from The Take. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1vQI...

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Imani Barbarin on disability rights, COVID and the war on Gaza

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Look at the date. Disabled people told you. They made too many disabled people.

A tweet from imani on 12/19/2020 quoting Gregory Mansfield about making assisted suicide available before healthcare. Her quote reads: This is what l've been saying, with a massive influx of disabled people from COVID, we're going to see a huge influx of assisted suicide programs and legislation because the system barely worked ahead of the pandemic.

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

No, they specifically chose 8 Dems not up for reelection to end the government shutdown and side with republicans. Meaning they are aware of mass calls to primary establishment Dems.

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

I know that primarying Dems is the call to action for the moment, but why can’t we recall them too when they vote against their constituents wishes or ignore public outcry? Their manipulation in ending the shutdown for a pinky promise shows them working around primaries.

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Noor Lovelace @noorlovelace.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

How do you contact your reps? Right here mother pupper! Go to the left menu, type in KOSA and they literally tell you what to write and say. You barely have to do any work. Find your legislators and get going! This is everyone’s to do list today.

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5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

A lot of you are hoping Republicans crumble so you won’t have to rely on Democrats. It’s very transparent.

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I’ve spent $2k on this goddamn tooth thusfar.

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Celiacs disease is hard to adjust to especially when you’re Black…

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Insurance companies in this country are such a scam bc tell me why I got dental insurance because of a tooth emergency but my plan doesn’t have to cover major dental work until I’ve been ON THE PLAN FOR A YEAR???

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void ✦ @voidedmain.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"What a privilege to be able to sit from your high pedestal and look down, but never actually see your own kids." – @imanibarbarin.bsky.social Imani on the conversation about who should have kids, and who should not have kids: vm.tiktok.com/ZNRRxksBv/

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TikTok - Make Your Day

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

What if I wrote disability centered romance (smut)?

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Happy Thanksgiving. Should I salute or something..? ID: Imani looking at an enslaved Black couple around the 1800s and Harriet Tubman leading the enslaved to freedom

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Cerebral Palsy is fun because have you ever been on a rickety boat where the steering has a mind of its own?

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Democrats are leaning into the meme war because they think if they win in culture, they don’t have to win in policy—and no one will notice. I’m gonna use that. I’m writing it down so I don’t forget.

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Are there any metal workers in the Philadelphia area that can help me fix a mobility aid?

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

A lot of you believe in eugenics because it’s the only facet to white supremacy and racism you have access to because if pain and suffering were the prerequisites to not having reproductive choice then no one other than straight, white, Nondisabled men would exist.

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Hello from CareFest! ID: Picture of Imani wearing a maroon dress in a mirror.

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

If you want to read my Cost of being disabled article, you can find it here: www.patreon.com/posts/143361... And you can find the video where I discussed how COVID and the cost of being disabled led to alt-right gains here: youtu.be/x9laJCEgw_s?...

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Flashback Friday: The Cost of Being Disabled | Imani Barbarin

Get more from Imani Barbarin on Patreon

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I’m curious. Where would y’all like to see me?

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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Available Now: www.patreon.com/posts/143394...

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