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Joy

@joyandfive.bsky.social
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Western NC. I live in a red county but a temperate rainforest so it sorta evens out. Trans ally. Politics and ecology, biodiversity, soil science. Poets always welcome.

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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
All across rural North Carolina, public assistance from the federal government has become the biggest single pillar of the local economy. Full article: carolinaforward.org/news/federal-li…
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Joy @joyandfive.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"Just a few moments on 'fluff,' please."
Cat relaxing in a clothes dryer.
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 02/09/2026
I am glad Congress isn't alive to see this.
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Joy @joyandfive.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I live in a college neighborhood and walk my dog 4 or 5 miles a day. He's a pretty boy, so we end up stopping to speak to a lot of students.
Picture of whisky dog sitting in front of a brick wall with peeling paint. The dog appears to be relaxed and slightly smiling. A pink leash leads back to the camera.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 06/08/2026
As federal protections fade, disabled Americans fear a return to institutions minnesotareformer.com/2026/08/06/r...
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As federal protections fade, disabled Americans fear a return to institutions • Minnesota Reformer
When Rob Stone finished high school in Bethesda, Maryland, in 2018, he was asked to identify three goals for his life. Stone loves art and baseball. He’s cheerful, sports a cheeky mustache, and he’s a...
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Joy @joyandfive.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Three quarters of the way through The Dead Come to Stay by @bschillace.brandyschillace.com and what a delightful, lovely book! Usually more of a noir than a cozy fan, but good writing is good writing. Make all my mystery writers autistic from now on, please!
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 29/07/2026
This North Carolina group is taking solar power beyond roofs as it rebuilds resilience in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
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Post–Hurricane Helene, this community is getting creative with solar
An Asheville, North Carolina, group has embraced solar to secure backup power and lower bills. Its efforts go beyond the standard rooftop array.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This needs to be scrutinized very closely. We will probably find that hundreds of millions, if not billions, of future contracts were executed in the couple of hours before Trump announced his latest unilateral ceasefire... and that this was done with people who had foreknowledge.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Storm clouds over Greensboro, NC
All three photos:
rolling, glowering clouds stretching across the horizonAll three photos:
rolling, glowering clouds stretching across the horizonAll three photos:
rolling, glowering clouds stretching across the horizon
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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Amazing that this man can perfectly execute both of the Great New York Expressions - Italian AND Jewish
Mamdani going “Eyyy”Mamdani going “nu?”
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Maybe they should just practice locking the door and turning off the lights and remaining silent while hiding under their desks…or is that just appropriate for kindergartners? 
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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 06/07/2026
Thank you to everyone supporting our first anniversary fundraiser! We are getting closer and closer to $3,000 and every share and donation helps us get there. Support our worker-run newsroom, help fund journalism that sides with trans communities, not the powerful.
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Trans News Network's First Anniversary Fundraiser
Since our founding nearly a year ago, Trans News Network has exposed how The New York Times ' bigotry is directed from the very top , revealed Epstein's extensive network of anti-trans cronies...
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I missed this and it is the sign of a profoundly diseased society. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/m...
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Why Is Florida Executing So Many Prisoners?
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ACARS Drama @acarsdrama.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Air to Ground Message: HELLO CAN YOU TELL US THE SCORE FOR ENGLAND VS MEXICO THANX Area: Raleigh, NC, USA Type: Boeing 787-9 A: #aebb35da97d F: #f5e914a5e0c
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/07/2026
What better way to celebrate the 4th of July than by getting a bunch of my novels, with a big chunk of your purchase price going to World Central Kitchen, my selected charity for this bundle. Pay what you like (the more you pay, the more you get), and help feed people in need all over the world.
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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I was trying to make this case to folks the other night. What a gift to see every team with a diasporic rooting section.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Asking how people can partake in joyful acts during a period of immense suffering leads me to believe this is your first time at the suffering rodeo.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 02/07/2026
A debate over Matthew 25 has been brewing in Congress over the last year. It’s pitting mainline pastors, Black protestants and the pope against evangelical politicians put on the defensive amid outspoken religious criticisms of President Donald Trump’s policies. religionnews.com/2026/07/01/i...
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The Bible verses dividing Washington: How Matthew 25 became a political litmus test
(RNS) — 'He told me that Matthew 25 was about individuals, and not nations,' Sen. Raphael Warnock said, referring to Speaker Mike Johnson. 'The text actually says nations.' Warnock added: “It's a ver...
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Peacock spiders are only 4mm long, but their courtship dance rivals any bird of paradise. Australia has over 90 species of these tiny, ultra-colorful performers.
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The fact that we were this close to a Supreme Court ruling that would have allowed the President to amend the constitution by executive order, violating the separation of powers, is a harrowing reminder of the fragility of democracy just days before our 250th birthday.
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Gwyllm Llwydd @gwyllm.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
“You cannot make billions of dollars without hurting lots of people. And you can’t hurt lots of people without, in some sense, believing that they’re not really people.” Corey Doctorow
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
IMPORTANT to know that the vast majority of Haitians with TPS entered the country legally at ports of entry, not illegally. The majority have NEVER violated the law. The admin stripped their status by breaking the law, but today SCOTUS says courts can't do anything about that.
Chart shows Haitian migrant encounters by entry method, January 2021 to January 2025, showing that after mid-2022, nearly every entry was legal.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The first observation to be made is this: the Iranian claims about the MoU were quite accurate throughout the last two weeks, whereas the claims made by Trump and JD Vance were wildly inaccurate and misleading. Analysts around the world pay attention to such things. bsky.app/profile/pear...
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Just a friendly reminder. If the US had taken only a small fraction of the money and military equipment it has squandered fighting and losing to Iran, and instead helped Ukraine, the Middle East would be more stable and Russia would be facing defeat.
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Juan Mentat @juanmentat.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The real issue with AI isn’t just capability, it’s economics. Unlike classic software, every interaction has a real marginal cost in compute. That changes everything: pricing, access, and scale. We’re not in “software as a service” territory anymore, but infrastructure economics.
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A $200 ChatGPT subscription could cost OpenAI $14,000 if you actually used it to its full potential
SemiAnalysis has calculated how big that gap really is. After testing subscription tiers from both OpenAI and Anthropic – running long-horizon coding and agentic tasks until weekly...
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It's almost a month now since I read this EXCELLENT piece by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social, and I still can't get it out of my head. In fact, I probably never will, it explains so much about the times we're living through. That's a mark of the very best journalism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly | Jonathan Watts
China is dominating the energy transition with astonishing results, while fossil fuel fascists in the US try to turn back the clock
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Joy @joyandfive.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Sailor's delight.
Image of lamppost, telephone poles, tree branches and buildings in front on a vividly orange, red, pink purple and blue sky.
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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Okay, here's an thing for today. One like, one very good SFF book starring queer people. I don't promise more that 30, on account of time, but who knows?
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New York Amsterdam News @nyamnews.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Sonny Rollins, the virtuoso who transformed the art of composing and playing saxophone died on May 25, quietly in his home in Woodstock, N.Y. He was 95. Rollins was a towering titan not only in stature but as a gentleman and master of his instrument.
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'Don't live a jive-ass life': Sonny Rollins, saxophone titan, dies at 95
Sonny Rollins, the virtuoso who transformed the art of playing saxophone, died on May 25, quietly in his home in Woodstock, N.Y. He was 95.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The heart of our constitutional crisis in one exchange between me and Sec. Mullin. When asked a simple question - if he will obey court orders - he says he will not because some court orders are "politicized". That's not how democracy works. And that's why we are in a crisis.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
one of the infinite ways in which the existence of trans people makes the whole world better is the way my transmasc friends have totally reframed for me what masculinity can look like when it busts out of that prison and it’s beautiful actually
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 31/05/2026
"Too much of leftist politics at this moment is chasing Trump’s personalist appeal to a mythical male working class. The left has run this play before, and it failed. "I am, of course, speaking of Bernie Sanders." www.liberalcurrents.com/aoc-for-pres...
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AOC for President
Whether or not she runs, Ocasio-Cortez is invoking a feminist politics that Democrats should adopt if they are serious about defeating fascism.
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"True fulfillment is not achieved by eliminating weakness, but through harmonious growth. It is found where freedom and responsibility are intertwined with mutual care and true solidarity, and where progress is measured by the dignity of each person and the good of all peoples."
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I have a new piece out Reflecting on 20 years of migrant struggles, it goes into what abolish ICE does - and doesn't - mean; merging of immigration enforcement with policing & military power; and how fascism is made through bordering. Despite resisting it for so long, I also now define the border.
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How Not to Abolish ICE
What have we learned from the past two decades of struggle?
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 15/05/2026
“I think a lot of people that we considered when we were operational for three years were very deserving of clemency,” says a North Carolina lawmaker and former judge who served on the state’s now-disbanded Juvenile Sentence Review Board.
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North Carolina Governor Denies Nearly All Juvenile Lifers Seeking Clemency - Bolts
After the state’s previous governor created a board to consider clemency for people sentenced to lengthy prison terms as minors, a new administration closes their pathway to freedom.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Please help us spread the word to young people affected by criminalization/policing/incarceration! They could get up to $2500 to work on their art! Click here: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/stevie-wilso...
2026 Stevie Wilson DIY Young Artists Residency Design your own creative residency get $2500 to work on a creative idea or project applications due May 11
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Indivisible Guilford NC ❌️ 👑 @indivisiblegconc.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
KEY POINT- NC STATE RACES LIKE JUDGES CANNOT BE GERRYMANDERED. THAT MEANS YOUR VOTE HAS A LOT OF POWER! Our state Supreme court races in NC were won by HUNDREDS of votes, out of over 5 million in North Carolina!
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Joy @joyandfive.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Porch fledglings
4 adolescent birds sitting in a nest
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
“In this world of hyper-surveillance, I want to make sure all my stuff is safe and that no one is trying to harvest my data for anything.” www.404media.co/trans-rights...
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A 'Self-Doxing' Rave Helps Trans People Stay Safe Online
At a New York party, attendees spent Trans Day of Visibility dancing, DJing, and learning how to become less visible online.
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Miiriya @miiriya.com · 05/04/2026
A Black mom of 2 is on the verge of being evicted and needs help. She was laid off a while ago, was able to get a job recently, but with all the damage done while she wasn’t working she’s unable to catch up. Let’s each give $1 to reach her goal. We’ve helped 258 people, let’s keep going.
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Miiriya’s Mutuals
Help someone struggling in the community!
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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
instead of watching the new harry potter trailer, why not pick up some horror books by trans and nb writers for the trans rights readathon?? there are so many good options. For example, check out some of these writers:
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Amelia Benavides-Colón @ameliacolon.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
We started with one question: How much wealth is in Congress? After months of reporting we have a new website tracking how members of Congress get, and stay, rich. Check out our latest @notus.com project led by the incredible @taylorgiorno.bsky.social www.notus.org/capitol-gains
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Capitol Gains
Members of Congress make decisions that profoundly affect the health and wealth of all Americans — from the richest to the poorest among us. These decisions can also influence lawmakers’ own financial...
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
HELP
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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
🌼 Remember the days of old-school forums and message boards, before social media ruined everything? We missed that, so we're building one for all you growers to have a cool place to hang out! ✨ learndirt.com/community
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
CPJ finds 129 journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 — the highest annual toll since CPJ began collecting data in 1992. It marks the second consecutive annual record for press death. Israel was responsible for more than two-thirds of the global total in 2025. cpj.org/special-repo...
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Record 129 press members killed in 2025; Israel responsible for 2/3 of deaths - Committee to Protect Journalists
Key findings Introduction At a time when armed conflict has reached historic levels around the world, journalist killings also reached an all-time high primarily due to the actions of one government: ...
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Joy @joyandfive.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
ICYMI
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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
In a world of spambots & AI slop-content, come connect with actual real human beings on the Learn Dirt forums. A place without scammers & roboporn in your dm's (unless you're into that kinda stuff 😏) learndirt.com/community
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
The common 🧵 in every single election, from Susan Crawford in Wisconsin to Zohran Mamdani in NYC to Taylor Rehmet in Texas, is that a clear majority of voters don't like evil, hate, incompetence, & far right authoritarianism. The policy details are election-specific, but that's the hummable tune.
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
when we say complex processes of repression & violence are highly contingent & dynamic, we mean they depend on active choices people make—nothing is inevitable. we know from lots of research that people can interrupt violent processes by making choices that reflect their values. this is an example.
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Ashley Miller @amreports.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Several agents hold a person down and sprays them with pepper spray.
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