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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/07/2026

this is like the literal opposite of true. the most fruitful eras of the modern democratic party coincided with periods where the walls separating political radicals from the mainstream were way less solid

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 01/07/2026

The three positions that the academic Left has successfully mainstreamed esp among young people are (1) American society is structurally racist; (2) gender is constructed, not natural; (3) Palestinians are humans. All three threaten the ideological core of American liberal-centrism.

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Hel M @purplehel.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Does anyone I know have the ability to foster two cats for a (possibly long) while? a young lady i know is losing her housing and has no one to take her cats. the cats are both sweethearts, tho one of them isn't fixed. DC area, tho I could drive a bit to drop the cats off if someone could take them.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

1985-2023, loss of wetlands added “up to about a $10 billion increase in flood insurance claims (nationwide). In Charleston, along the lower Ashley River, the destruction of upstream wetlands has resulted in the loss of about $20.7 million in flood damage reduction since the 1980s.”

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Wetland destruction has cost Charleston homeowners millions of dollars, study finds

A new study finds that wetland destruction has cost Charleston homeowners millions of dollars in additional flood insurance payments since 1985.

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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Trans rights are human rights and this administration is an abomination of hate and greed.

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/05/2026

very much of the view that a democratic congress should wield the guarantee clause against ad hoc, mid-decade redistricting, a practice which is an end run against representative government itself

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

too many stupid people have money; that's why I'm launching protein cigarettes

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

A college education isn't about getting a job, it's about learning enough about yourself, the world around you, and the process of learning to be able to find a vocation and a passion and also a first job, while knowing it won't be the last.

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Ryan H. @ryan.blacksky.app · 04/05/2026

My preferred AI metaphor is actually Asbestos. - Seemingly magical properties - Developed and experimented with to make endless products - Poisoned countless communities in it's creation - Everything it was used for eventually becomes a toxic hazard to mitigate & it's in the fucking walls now

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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I think about this all the time.

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The "Ship of Theseus" article has been edited 1792 times since it was created in July of 2003. At present, 0% of the phrases in the original article (seen below) remain.

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

You've probably been wondering: "How many eels is a cottage worth in 14th C. England?" This is a reasonable question. I get it. And happily, I'm here to help! I included a chart showing this kind of equivalence in an article I wrote for HistoryExtra , but here's an excerpt! 🗃️🧪

Table showing cost of items in the 14th C., and the equivalent value in eels. The table has 3 columns: "You want to buy", "It Costs", and "But in eels?" The table shows you that:

2 doz. eggs costs 1d, or 6 eels
A gallon of the best ale costs 1.25d or 8 eels
1 sheep costs 1s 5d, or 106 eels
1 cow costs 9s 5d, or 706 eels
A 2-story cottage costs £2, or 3,000 eels

The d. here means penny, from the latin "denarius." There were 12 d. to a shilling (s), and 20 shillings to a pound (£).

As far as I know, no one was buying cottages with eels. This is more to give you a sense of relative costs. But wouldn't it be interesting if you could buy a house with eels?

This chart leaves unanswered the question: "What about the next-best ale?" and suggests and entire spectrum of ale gradations. Which makes good sense, of course. But also, you certainly wouldn't want to spend your eels on inferior ale!

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David Wunderlich @davidwunderlich.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Ever seen a poll result that is basically telling the pollsters themselves to go touch grass?

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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

miley cyrus we need u

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National Homelessness Law Center @homelesslaw.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

BREAKING: Louisiana has advanced one of the cruelest anti-homeless bills in the country. It would force homeless people to choose between jail and involuntary treatment, make them pay for it, and if they can't pay, force them to perform unpaid labor. buff.ly/d6rXj5h

housingnothandcuffs.org

Housing Not Handcuffs - Louisiana advances bill to funnel homeless people into forced treatment and unpaid labor

This bill requires homeless people to pay for the very treatment they are forced into. And if the person cannot pay the cost of treatment, this bill requires them to perform unpaid labor for the…

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

160+ years and we're still talking about reparations. But what if I told you reparations were given? On April 16, 1862, President Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act. Except D.C. slaveholders got reparations for EACH freed slave. Up to $300 which is roughly $11,000 in today's money

A drawing in black and white of the Emancipation of some 3000+ enslaved persons in the District of Columbia.

With the caption:

16 APRIL 1862: WHEN THE U.S. COMPENSATED ENSLAVERS

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Oh. Well, can’t wait to see evangelical leaders not react to this at all

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

As a union leader what you should be doing is defending your teachers’ labor from the obvious attempts to encroach and automate. GAI in education is (among other things) a labor issue (even if it has limited use cases) This is the union failing to do its job.

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Andrej @tepid.meme · 29/03/2026

Genuinely kind of disturbing how little attention has been paid to Israeli officials explicitly promising to do unto southern Lebanon what they did to Gaza

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The RAD Seed @theradseed.blacksky.app · 25/03/2026

It's THIS kind of messaging they need to get out in front of everyone

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Emily Conklin @emzconk.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

This is the kind of reporting (along with a lot of deep dive, crack the case type stuff) that I respect and trust ProPublica for, and why it is so upsetting to see leadership not honor union demands, especially around AI threats.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 19/03/2026

1/ Today, we overwhelmingly voted to authorize a STRIKE as we fight for a fair contract with @propublica.org.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 10/03/2026

Honestly, I am absolutely disgusted by academics suggesting that AI can do the reading and writing for you. At a certain point, what you're bragging about is fraud. And in a broader sense, what you're contributing to is the erosion of knowledge and the destruction of trust in academic publishing.

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Jennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

College writing teachers have spoken, y'all. The CCCC resolution affirming students' and teachers' right to refuse generative AI in the writing classroom passed by an overwhelming majority at the #4C26 Annual Business Meeting this past Friday, March 6. Link to the full resolution below.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/05/2025

very cool that for ten years people at the heights of political commentary insisted to the point of rage that the paramount threat to free speech was “censorious” college students

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Marie Cerda @primalux.thedeadbird.club · 26/01/2025

Mexico has launched an app for Mexican nationals in the U.S. (legally or no) that has an emergency button you can tap to alert the closest consulate if something happens or you feel in danger from immigration. Please share.

wearemitu.com

ConsulApp Contigo: Mexico’s New App to Help Nationals Navigate U.S. Immigration

ConsulApp Contigo is Mexico’s digital lifeline for nationals navigating U.S. immigration threats.

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JDD @jareka.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

I really and truly hate the DEA

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 01/10/2023

The Atlanta city council and mayor just doxxed and targeted over 100,000 people who signed a petition to put the stop cop city referendum on the ballot. 100k people who were literally just like "the citizens of Atlanta should have a say in this" now exposed via the state to harassment & violence.

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Names of more than 100K who signed petition against Atlanta public safety training center now public

There are more than 25,000 pages of signatures that list names and addresses.

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JDD @jareka.bsky.social · 27/08/2023

Anyone out there have tips for card games that could include people with dementia/memory loss? Bonus points if they’re for more than four players

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Cecily Raynor @cecilyraynor.bsky.social · 21/08/2023

Co-organizing a seminar for the ACLA and would love it if you could share the below with folks working on migration, cultural studies (film, lit, poetry, digital culture), and Latin America. www.acla.org/shifting-paradigms-cul…

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 21/08/2023

future me | patreon.com/lubchansky

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Axolotl Rose @padraigkingsley.bsky.social · 06/08/2023

"Under federal law, any person with a disability who accumulates savings of $2,000 becomes ineligible for SSI assistance. The asset limit has not been updated since 1989." www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/06/opin…

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Don’t make it impossible for people with disabilities to save money - The Boston Globe

The SSI asset limit of $2,000 is too low and creates a disincentive to save money.

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rom comrade @savasavasava.myatproto.social · 04/08/2023

hey bluesky! my colleagues and I are looking to interview university students who have currently or previously earned money via gig work (e.g. uber/lyft, food/grocery delivery). You will be compensated for your time :) please email sneakyleisure@gmail.com for more information. and please reskeet!

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JDD @jareka.bsky.social · 25/07/2023

Recently we have had to physically stand her up out of bed in the morning, not because she’s rickety (although she kind of is) but because waking up is for the birds.

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