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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

J.R. is an incredible writer. A literal Hugo- and Nebula-nominated author. You would be lucky to work with them.

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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I hope that young woman bankrupts Cornell University.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Exactly, by choice, especially after the brief BLM diversity push a few years ago. Country quite intentionally avoids non-white listeners and a music writer knows this.

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Jen the Tired RN @jenthetiredrn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A warning for my fellow celiacs:

Light Brown Sugar - Packaged in the follow configurations:
1. United, Net Wt. 50 Ibs., (22.68kg). Item Number
810051. Distributed By: United Sugar Producers & Refiners, Minneapolis, MN 55439.
2. Good & Gather (Target), Net Wt 2 lb. (32 oz) 907g Item Number 817773. UPC 0 85239-08454 0. Dist.
By Target Corp.,
Batch numbers -
United Brown Sugar 1. MHD26223, MHD26224, MHD26225, MHD26226, MHD26227, MHD26228, MHD26229, MHD26223, MHD26225, MHD26226, MHD26223, MHD26225, MHD26226.
2. Good & Gather Batch Numbers: MHD26223, MHD26224, MHD26225, MHD26226, MHD26227, MHD26228, MHD26229.

Powdered Sugar
1. United 6X, Net Wt. 50 Ibs. ((22.68kg), Item Number 810087. UPC 7 85921-07090 4. Distributed by: United Sugar Producers & Refiners, Minneapolis,
MN 55439.
2. Crystal Sugar, Net Wt. 25 Ibs. (11.3 kg), Item Number 810097. UPC 0 70090-08090 9. Distributed by Crystal Sugars Corporation, Moorhead, MN
3. Good & Gather, Net Wt 2 Ib. (32oz) 907g. Item Number 817774. UPC 0 85239-08455 7. Dist. By Target Corp. Minneapolis, MN 55403.
Batch Numbers
1. United Batch Numbers: MHD26223, MHD26224, MHD26225, MHD26226, MHD26227, MHD26229.
2. Crystal Sugar Batch Numbers: MHD26230
3. Good & Gather Batch Numbers: MHD26223, MHD26224, MHD26225, MHD26226, MHD26227, MHD26228, MHD26229.

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Professionally Nosy @professionallynosy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My Rage Against the Machine/Les Mis mashup is complete. This is my interpretation of the quilt guild’s summer challenge “quilt with your interpretation and/or feelings towards our current ‘democracy’” all hand stitched.

Quilt hanging on a card catalog. Neutral background with navy cursive appliqué “Do you hear thr people sing?” The background is embroidered in red starting light and getting bolder the lyrics to “killing in the name” the quilting effect is a focused sunburst from the center.

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Liz oOooO ~Promaja~ OOoO Roderick @talesfrompurgatory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hey, I’m in a really, like, emotionally weird place and I’m trying to get back on track. So, I am a trained level two reiki person. If there’s anyone who wants a reiki session, totally free, let me know. It will be distance and it can happen in any of a few ways, however you’re comfy.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Pope Leo’s funniest moments are when he temporarily forgets that he is a global public figure being watched constantly and is simply Bob from Chicago quietly saying “what the fuck” over and over in his head without bothering to keep his face from showing it

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

i see a lot of debate around this issue that takes it for granted that supporting trans rights (especially in the sports context) will hurt you electorally. it’s worth highlighting that that’s just not what the data shows.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I don’t think many nondisabled people realize that laws mandating accommodations are purposefully weak. Your employer gets to decide what an “undue burden” is. They hardly ever get called to account anyway, but if they do, they can cry about money or work hours or pretty much anything they like.

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pretty BOO!!!👻👻🎃🎃😈😈🎃👻!!!😈g @inyourculture.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

it's not some grand statement it's just "i saw someone bullying children and thought 'fuck that'"

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Getting a bit tired of very rich actors and directors saying ‘AI is here we have to learn how to use it’ instead of ‘I am wealthy enough to dedicate myself only to projects which employ talented human beings because anything else is an existential threat to human storytelling’

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

10 years ago, the building where my dad had his warehouse for *50 years* was also sold, and he had to liquidate to downsize to a smaller premise. Here I am in the glass #bead section at cjssales.com Wholesale only. Must have Tax ID. #jewelry #handmadejewelry #vintage #chain #bohemianglass

Selfie holding strings of black glass beads, with pink glass beads wrapped around my wrist. And behind me, boxes and boxes of bohemian glass, stones, crystals, etc.

At cjssales.com

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"It is easy for me to imagine that the next great division of the world will be between people who wish to live as creatures and people who wish to live as machines." —Wendell Berry

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

While we’re eulogizing Tim Curry, PLEASE take care not to devalue the life he lived after his stroke and complications. Yes, it was devastating, but he had reached a peace with it, worked hard in rehabilitation to reclaim things he loved.

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Toss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing

Instagram post from the official Muppets account: Few humans have earned the title of honorary Muppet more than the legendary Tim Curry. As a performer he was unparalleled - witty, charming, unnerving, and deeply funny. We will always consider it one of our greatest treasures to have been part of Long John Silver’s crew. Thank you for everything, Tim.

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Tyson @lscpunk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable.

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A Harrison @pdxpup.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is, without a doubt, one of the Top 3 DRUNK HISTORY episodes of all time.

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/08/2026

Gary, Indiana is 76% Black.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 18/08/2026

ICYMI— A Chicago ICE agent has been identified as the man who pointed his gun in a Virginia driver's face last week in videos that went viral. We found members of his team involved in a slew of violent incidents recorded across several states in the last year. They're still active in Chicago:

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Chicago ICE team seen threatening drivers has roamed from Illinois to Minnesota to Virginia

A federal agent from Chicago identified by community members as 40-year-old Martin Lagunas was recorded pointing his gun in a Virginia woman’s face on Monday. His team of ICE agents has been doc...

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Everyone should read this thread.

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 19/08/2026

If you want to read the paper behind the graphic about AI that everyone is posting this morning, which I always recommend when research is referenced in the news, esp for long bois like this one, it's a preprint at SSRN. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We put a tracking device in a shipment of rare books acquired by an anonymous buyer. It ended up at an Amazon facility where the company scans books for training data and destroys them in the process: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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Charlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

What?! I am not kidding, this is one of the top programs in the nation- what the hell are they doing?!

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14/08/2026

New: We pieced together dozens of violent incidents from the ICE agents seen in viral videos from Virginia this week. They've roamed across multiple states, but are most often working in Chicago. We also verified the identity of Martin Lagunas, the fed who pointed his gun at a woman on Monday:

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Chicago ICE team seen threatening drivers has roamed from Illinois to Minnesota to Virginia

A federal agent from Chicago identified by community members as 40-year-old Martin Lagunas was recorded pointing his gun in the face of a Virginia woman on Monday. His team of ICE agents has been docu...

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 12/08/2026

Democratic 'strategists': You guys we gotta just steadily erode trans rights because they're too divisive, too bad, so sad Democratic voters:

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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/08/2026

that’s fucking right

Peggy Flanagan wearing a protect trans kids shirt

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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Heads up, Chicago. 👇 Tornado sirens going.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

NEWS: Knox County is Tennessee's 3rd largest county, and it voted for Trump by 20%. It has a GOP-run school board known for banning books & approving controversial charter schools. Democrats last night flipped control of the school board in Knox County.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Re THAT Stock article, and if you don't think this is harmful, Ive tried to convince at least two elders and my mother to use a cane because they needed it, and each time, they refused violently because "it was shameful" This is how people overextend and hurt themselves, becoming more disabled.

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StarDust949 @stardust949.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

100 percent this! #Trans & #Disability Rights are completely interconnected. It is also not by chance how often in fights for Equality & Justice these two vulnerable groups are left out of the equation.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/08/2026

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

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The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Ameaka Fatima Nkempu, a Johns Hopkins University researcher in public health, was detained by ICE while boarding a domestic flight. She says she is Cameroonian in a Medium article that she authored. As of Thursday morning, the ICE Online Detainee Locator did not list where she was being held.

Studio photo of a Black African women wearing a beautiful dress in a printed fabric.

Caption:
Ameaka Fatima Nkempu, Johns Hopkins public health
researcher, was detained by immigration agents while
boarding a domestic flight this week. (Johns Hopkins
University)

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Kristin DeMarco Wagner @kcdemarcowagner.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The mental load of clicking on 50 articles a day to make sure no grocery or medical products I paid way too much for in the first place are actively dangerous and recalled. We have regulatory procedures for a reason, man.

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Because I’m discovering people don’t know this - the pro shot of Hadestown with the original cast is in movie theaters for five days only in a few days and you should go.

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Geoffrey Cubbage @geoffreycubbage.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Update: well that’s wild y’all. Filter on top is a clean, unused one fresh out of its packaging. Filter on bottom was the same when I installed it yesterday evening; this is what it looks like after roughly 24 hours of HVAC in Chicago’s blanket of wildfire smoke.

Photo of two HVAC filters. The top one is clean white, while the bottom is a dark, dingy gray.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 15/07/2026

Elgin issues lead alert after drinking water samples exceed allowable levels

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Elgin issues lead alert after drinking water samples exceed allowable levels

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 14/07/2026

If only this were an Oxford comma issue…

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Guerrero weren't murdered because of car pursuits. They were murdered because the men driving those cars felt comfortable recklessly killing. None of this ends until we shut down ICE completely.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Does anyone know of any writing workshops, artist-in-residency programs, or grants that may be a good fit for a transgender geneticist writing a memoir/popular science book?

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Haaland!

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

it’s barely 8 am on a saturday and ice has already been spotted in chicago’s humboldt park, logan square, and wicker park neighborhoods, with at least one person detained, per local rapid response groups. www.facebook.com/Organizacion...

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Cascadia(PNW) @cascadiarevolting.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The University of Washington has some very detailed reports they have made about WHY this is happening. They are using Washington States DOL data. It’s illegal in WA, but the system is accessed via law enforcement and the Feds keep using it anyway. They are most likely doing this EVERYWHERE. 🧵

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

editors rarely get their flowers the way authors do but i gotta shout out @tajjaisen.bsky.social. nobody knew who the fuck i was in 2019 and she saw something worth cultivating in the incredibly messy draft i cold-emailed her. can’t stress enough that i wouldn’t be the writer i am without tajja

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