Reposted by JacqJ. R. Moock, jr. @jrmoockjr.northsky.social · 27/09/2026This has fucked me up more than once. If you have a coconut allergy, you NEED to be careful about anything with “activated charcoal” anywhere near the label. 11641423
Reposted by JacqAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Diabetes. Long COVID. Cancer. There will always be a way poor people “could have handled that better.” My point is this: you don’t know. Maybe there was. Maybe there truly wasn’t. The truth is very likely somewhere in between. None of that changes obligation to people who are suffering now. 218821
Reposted by JacqAbi Stevens - comms open @abistevensart.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It's my birthday 🎉 so in Bluesky tradition I'd love for folks to repost my art today! 😊 #artistSupport #illustration #darkArt 20302179
Reposted by JacqKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026As the UK prepares to vote on Assisted Dying, I want to share Stéphanie Lavoie’s story. She was a 30 year old disabled Canadian suffering from Lyme Disease & severe malnutrition. She needed a feeding tube. She was given MAiD instead. She was only 59lbs when she died.globalnews.caWoman with ‘unmanageable’ pain from Lyme disease chooses to die. She wasn’t always believed | Globalnews.caStéphanie Lavoie spent her adult life facing escalating symptoms from Lyme disease that left her bedridden and barely able to eat. Her family says the medical system failed her. 918159
Reposted by JacqEmily Hare @emilyhare.com · 10/09/2026Since it's my 50th time round the sun, would you care to share my art around? That would be a splendid gift, thank you! 🥰 emilyhare.com #dragons #fantasyart #watercolour #creatureart #unicorns 45699374
Jacq @jefrir.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Damn you, @tkingfisher.com, for writing books that keep me up half the night reading. Very unreasonable behaviour. 010
Reposted by JacqShecky @shecky.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Y'all. I know you're tired of my running on about this, and I *want* to give you a break over the weekend, but I CAN'T fail these cats. They need a HOME. They're affectionate, relaxed and in decent health, and their issues are MINOR and EASILY MANAGEABLE. All we need is to find That Person. 13674575
Reposted by JacqMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026'Unlike England, Scotland chose to retain public ownership of Scottish Water and, between 2002 and 2019, the company invested 35% more per household in infrastructure than the privatised English water companies. It charges users 14% less and it doesn’t pay dividends.' 2/2 06322
Reposted by JacqRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 18/08/2026So often what are called “culture wars” are one set of people saying “please can we live without perpetual persecution” and another saying “no, f*** you” but the press considering the latter group have “legitimate concerns” and must be perpetually platformed 412855860
Reposted by JacqJUCIFER🗑 @jucifer.blacksky.app · 12/08/2026i need ppl to stop this shit calling ppl who believe wrong ideas "morons" and "cretins" etc like it's helping you're using eugenicist terminology to classify ppl according to eugenicist worldview, NOTHING fkn good comes of that. 2134
Reposted by Jacqex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 14/08/2026If you got a bat stuck in your hair on August 9th at Olympic National Park, please go to the hospital immediately and then contact the Mason County Health Department, they're worried about you.thenewstribune.comSearch is on for woman who got rabid bat caught in her hair at WA parkOlympic National Park says an unknown woman got a rabid bat caught in her hair on Sunday. Other visitors could be infected. 12717407
Reposted by JacqMaryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 12/08/2026OK wait: The "pipeline rerouted because of grave of fictional character" story was never true? It's a silly season spin-up reposted by the BBC, Guardian etc.? The pipeline never went near the "grave" and was never rerouted? Rusty Foster with the links: www.todayintabs.com/p/dobby-s-gr...todayintabs.comDobby's Grave Not At Risk From The Greenlink Interconnector Project, Also Not RealHarry Potter Adults are still the worst but not because of what they're currently being blamed for. 161075472
Reposted by JacqMark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I cannot stress this enough - the side claiming to “protect children” are now posting the names of children they claim to be trans, photos of those children to help people identify them, and the name of the school they attend. It is impossible to overstate the level of danger for these children. 122228479
Reposted by JacqGenie Lauren @moreandagain.me · 10/08/2026Wow. All that discourse, and this is actually what AOC said. . . I TRUSTED Y'ALL 😂 313839
Reposted by JacqDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 10/08/2026For some reason people lose all critical judgment when interpreting jokes made by infrastructure people at conferences or on a podcast. This just isn't what happened. 931190
Reposted by JacqAdam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Content warning Today is #SevereMEDay the birthday of Sophia Mirza. Sophia was wrongfully sectioned for refusing to attend a clinic that treated patients with Graded Exercise Therapy. The mistreatment during her stay resulted in a dramatic deterioration and she later died. 28850
Reposted by JacqFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026As Rod Liddle has died, I notice this column I wrote in 2019 about his attacks on people with M.E. is on the most read again. Rebekah Brooks, of News UK, described Liddle today as “provocative”. In reality, he spread lies about very sick people for cash. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comRod Liddle vilifies disabled people. I’m tired of the hate. We all should be | Frances RyanWhether it is ME patients or another target, huge swathes of the media have normalised hatred of minorities for years, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan 691353414
Reposted by JacqNatalya D @natalyad.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Scope does a great campaign each year "Disability Price Tag" for the average disability-costs per year disabled people who they survey www.scope.org.uk/campaigns/di... is 2025's. The average extra disability living costs AFTER benefits like PIP is £1095. PIP etc are too low if anything.scope.org.ukDisability Price Tag 2025 | Disability charity Scope UKLife costs more if you’re disabled. This report by Scope uses data from the Family Resources Survey to calculate the extra costs faced by disabled households. We call this the ‘Disability Price Tag. 064
Reposted by JacqLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 26/07/2026This take is incredibly stupid. MAHA is Ye Olde Patent Medicine Show. Complete with all the traditional conspiracy theories, evangelical religion only when convenient, woo, retrograde gender roles, and grifts. 2035487
Reposted by JacqRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/07/2026 Beard's essay opens, "I want to start very near the beginning of the tradition of Western literature, and its first recorded example of a man telling a woman to ‘shut up’; telling her that her voice was not to be heard in public." My essay on the Odyssey, Andrew & Tristan Tate, misogyny then & now:meditationsinanemergency.comListening to Cassandra: Misogyny, Classical and ModernLast weekend, the film The Odyssey was released and the Tate brothers were arrested in Florida at the behest of the British government, which seeks to extradite them to face a long list of charges. An... 14804265
Reposted by JacqShani 🫧 (Bluesky hates Palestinians) @mom4medicare4all.blacksky.app · 21/07/2026www.instagram.com/p/DbCJF4Dtf4... 2356182442
Reposted by JacqDamon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 21/07/2026Every now and then, it’s worth saying what ought to be obvious: trans people have always existed, and will exist as long as humans do. They’ve not done anything wrong by wanting their existence recognised, supported, and celebrated. The transformation of their existence into “an issue” is evil. 151102319
Reposted by Jacq🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 19/07/2026friends, please: don’t use transreads dot org they claim to support trans authors, but take our entire texts, post them for free, fundraise off it, and have the gall to claim it’s about preservation they are literally taking money from trans creators and make it harder for us to keep creating 161518883
Reposted by JacqJohnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come. 3845112172
Reposted by JacqKari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Re: cyclospora, Taco Bell having ethics and going "you know what, it's always the fucking lettuce, why don't we just pull that until we know what's going on" resulting in all the outlets going "LETTUCE SOLD AT TACO BELL LINKED TO EXPLOSIVE DIARRHEA" is a fantastic way to discourage ethics in future. 4241931163
Reposted by JacqBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 13/07/2026This summer’s heat waves may have already resulted in more than 2,700 deaths in England and Walesbloom.bgHeat Waves May Have Led to Over 2,700 Deaths in England and WalesThis summer’s heat waves may have already resulted in more than 2,700 deaths in England and Wales. 410260
Reposted by JacqDalillama @dalillama.northsky.social · 12/07/2026They last time I had a colleague who was at all like Graham, he was bodily ejected from the worksite after a racist and misogynistic tirade at the sous-chef. Not only would we not have mourned his death, some of us were only prevented by the law from causing it. 0151
Reposted by JacqGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026This point needs to be made over and again: The main purpose of wealth taxes should not be to raise revenue. That's a small and secondary benefit. The main purpose should be to *reduce the fortunes of the ultrarich*. Why? Because those fortunes present a massive threat to democracy and public life. 19265141878
Reposted by JacqGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 09/07/2026A truly new voice, like a new cuisine, might not immediately hit your palate like Kraft Mac and Cheese. It might make you uncomfortable. It might not resolve as you hope. It might be abrasive. It might star characters you don't relate to. All these can turn into brilliant writers getting rejected. 445253
Reposted by JacqGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 09/07/2026It's not because real marginalized authors aren't good. Many are excellent. (I rebuke the idea that a diverse slate requires lowering your standards.) And, after all, the AI story itself wasn't good. But it turns out that for a lot of editors, "quality" means "looks like stuff I've read before." 351050
Reposted by JacqCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/07/2026It's all "ooooh we need a meritocracy" until the wrong people have merit and then it's like "oooh we need to protect us." Trans kids deserve a chance play in sports because EVERYONE deserves a chance to play in sports and nobody should lose that chance because they're disfavored by bigots. 9805160
Reposted by JacqKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Having social media access made growing up gay 1 million times easier (I don’t think I would even know I was gay as a teen if it weren’t for social media), but it also made growing up progressive and informed possible. Social media was where I learned about abortion rights, for starters 412965534
Reposted by JacqKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I’ve had a huge health setback following my move. My level of function is half what it was before. The hospital said they would connect me with “resources” to assist with activities of daily living. There’s a 1.5 year wait list. MAiD was offered in under a month. 32799278
Reposted by JacqMicro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 29/06/2026When the selkie returned to the beach, a man was holding her sealskin. "Is this yours?" he asked. "May I borrow it?" "You want to be a seal?" "No, but when I take it off, I'll be a woman, right?" "My heart, you already are," the selkie said. "That skin is mine, but I can help you find yours." 162493885
Reposted by JacqAshwini Vasanthakumar @ashwinivasantha.bsky.social · 28/06/2026A review essay for grown-ups on political violence and the political violence we normalise and even celebrate. Like the best review essays, it might be better than its source material.lareviewofbooks.orgA Better World Is Not Possible | Los Angeles Review of BooksDid the Weather Underground have a point? 111741
Reposted by JacqJustine Barron @jewstein3000.bsky.social · 25/06/2026NEW ARTICLE from me for @fairmediawatch.bsky.social. "Media Won't Stop Psychologizing Long Covid" An overview of this unfortunate propaganda trend in the media since 2020, including where it comes from and what it gets wrong. fair.org/home/media-w...fair.orgMedia Won’t Stop Psychologizing Long CovidMedia outlets that trumpet their journalistic integrity have used their prestige to launder an unproven, anti-science conspiracy theory about Long Covid. 410247
Reposted by JacqRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Doctors 25% more likely to miss a diagnosis on a patient within 3 months after Ai is implemented. The results indicate Ai has an immediate negative effect on professionals skillsets vs prolonged reliance. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comIs AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not goodReliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show. 1678346
Reposted by JacqBlackavar @officer-blackavar.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Pretty clear last night's knife attack involved a man exclusively targeting Muslims. No doubt driven by the racist language now common in the UK, and repeated by certain politicians. There's a statement from MEND Scotland. Apparently Police Scotland are going to put out more details later today. 1139
Reposted by JacqBaby octopus @mancalled.horse · 20/06/2026The police didn't see the need to tase this guy and repeatedly kick him in the head, and the media haven't seen the need to make this racially motivated axe and knife attack the top story on all channels with immediate calls for the government to do something about Islamophobia. How odd. 10557233
Reposted by JacqAlex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Ah so LLMs operate like senior male academics. Who could have envisioned that technology trained on existing texts could operate in a fundamentally conservative nature 122066550
Reposted by JacqDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Icymi: Very positive findings about solar on peatland. Co-benefits of renewables just keep piling up.phys.orgSolar panels on rewetted peatland could be a climate and nature win–winResearchers in Germany have found that solar panels on rewetted peatland provide a unique habitat for bird species along with generating green energy and potentially locking up carbon. Installing sola... 1460145
Reposted by JacqHannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Did you see the sign today about hobbies? 232860870
Reposted by JacqMarie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Let's be clear about something: any editor who runs an author's work through an "AI detector" is using the same technology they're supposedly trying to avoid. Furthermore, they're feeding that author's work -- w/o permission -- to the same companies that have probably already stolen earlier work. 317352
Jacq @jefrir.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I would like to do some art, and learn to use gouache. My body is unwilling to cooperate. #MECFS 020
Reposted by JacqPlague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 12/06/2026When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story. 8258072410
Reposted by JacqThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Per most recent figures, net migration to NI *over the past 22 years* has been ~62,000 people. Only 3% of Northern Ireland’s population currently belong to an ethnic minority. Pogroms in Belfast (as with Ballymena last year) are just gutter-level "One Is One Too Many" racism, and nothing else. 181735623
Reposted by JacqEmmy Cumslutress @coyotegirl.online · 09/06/2026cis people are scared trans people will gently correct them trans people are scared cis people will legislate our rights out of existence, make it impossible to exist publicly, deny we are who we say we are, and straight up murder us so, u know, pronouns are hard i guess, sure 112140685
