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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 19h

I read the ending and I wanted to koolaid man through a wall!!

Screenshot of article which reads: To restore a functioning and
pluralistic democracy in the United States, reversing over a decade of
democratic backsliding in the world’s oldest democracy, the thing to
“fix” is not polarization. Polarization is the country’s immune response
to an unpopular, antidemocratic, and intentionally divisive faction grabbing for disproportionate power to the detriment of national success,
reputation, and democratic self-government. Tamping down that immune response only allows this minority faction to have greater control.

Screenshot of article which reads: But the fury of the argument shows the importance of the outcome.
When we focus on polarization as the problem, the solution is for ev-
eryone to quiet down and be “civil”—an outcome that benefits those
who are willing to grab as much power as they can without concern
for legality or civility. When we see the problem for what it is, the
solution is to defend the most robust social progress in American his-
tory—progress that has already been codified into law and enjoyed
by everyone alike. U.S. democracy needs leaders who are willing to
defend those rights and voters who are willing to hold accountable the
leaders who will not defend them. It does not need everyone simply to calm down.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 13h

We would need to Shirley Chisholm it independently

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Striking how often pro-AI arguments always require like 10 different caveats. "What if AI was well regulated, trained on non-stolen data, not made by companies run by sociopaths, was didn't harm the environment, made discoveries that were verified beyond the statements of PR reps? What then?"

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Brian K. Henry @briankhenry.bsky.social · 12h

Vampire Cat Haiku Sleek black vampire cats perched on the gnarled oak branches tracking warm vagrants. #poem #poetry #haiku #cats #halloween #vampire #spookyseason #booksky

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I Know What Juda Did Last Summer @gypaetus.bsky.social · 13h

the very same day the hospital i worked at started handing out "healthcare hero" t-shirts to us, corporate also had us sign a paper acknowledging that there would be no expectation for hazard pay or additional PTO for sick leave if we contracted covid

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 12h

As always, I have to ask: how many plumbers, electricians, or, uh, bricklayers, does a country actually need, how quickly will a glut of them destroy the current high earnings, and what exactly is the plan for when an entire generation can't bend their knees after 40?

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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 18h

Scoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.

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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights

After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.

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Mþ. Kestrel 🏳️‍⚧️♿️📚 @kestrelsward.bsky.social · 12h

I cannot think of the word “cat” without this running through my head. It’s been like a decade. Anyway, you’re right and you should say it.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 13h

The underlying injustice in this story isn't just in the persecution of these Samoans in Alaska, but in the ongoing US colonization of Samoa and marginalization of its people.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 23h

Frodo says good morning to you

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Mþ. Kestrel 🏳️‍⚧️♿️📚 @kestrelsward.bsky.social · 13h

👀👀👀 If anyone wants to get me a Christmas gift, I’d be extremely interested in this book!

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 15h

Happy October!! 🍂🍄‍🟫👻 #ghosts #halloween #fall #illustration #kidlitart #kidlitartist

Ghost holding a snowglobe with an apple inside and leaves around him. He has apple slices on his ghost sheet.

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 14h

It’s LGBTQ+ history month and this is a reminder that the Trump administration has systematically erased trans history from NPS and government websites as part of its coordinated attack on trans rights. 🏳️‍🌈 www.historians.org/perspectives...

historians.org

Confronting the Rainbow Panic

The erasure of LGBTQ+ stories from the National Park Service and other government websites has a long history.

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Becca 🇵🇸 NYCC K34 @rfarrowster.bsky.social · 16h

bringing her back

The Legolas and gimli “never thought I’d die fighting side by side with an elf” scene from the two towers except the quote has been altered to read “never thought I’d die fighting side by side with Catholics/what about side by side with a Pope Against AI!/Aye, I could do that”

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Tsushi Tanuki @tsushi.bsky.social · 14h

And as a bonus, this is something tangible and achievable to do. The government of your country is likely massively out of your control, but your "home" can be something you support and literally keep alive, it needs you. You CAN do something that makes a difference.

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Tsushi Tanuki @tsushi.bsky.social · 14h

It's never been more important for you to actually CONTRIBUTE to the places you consider your "home". Is it a convention? Volunteer. Is it your local LGBT center? fundraise. Is it your local library? Ask how you can help them keep funding. NOTHING you love just exists, it needs effort to stay alive!

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 13h

Death from above. Photo from my collection, 1959.

Black and white photo of a longhaired tabby cat looking down at the photographer from the roof of a wooden structure in the woods.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 14h

there's more than a hint of 'noble savage' in the way people outside the trades talk about those jobs and especially those workers. there's a reason people leave those jobs for less physically demanding ones if the option becomes available! enough salt-of-the-earth rhapsodizing!

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The Creatively Maladjusted @tyrotcm.bsky.social · 18h

I can't make art like I used to, but I found other ways to express myself.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So my wonderful wife, @tekla.bsky.social, is one of the workers who was laid off Wednesday. The article is honestly too fair to A4TE leadership, who have handled this with a baffling level of hostility and callousness. And yes, they were notified with a one-sentence email starting “Dear Employee”

advocate.com

Workers fought to save jobs at a national trans rights group. Then came a one-sentence layoff email

Advocates for Trans Equality says a $2.4 million deficit forced painful cuts. Its union says management rejected alternatives that could have saved jobs.

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Invisible Histories @invisiblehistories.bsky.social · 20h

This LGBTQ History Month we’re asking our supporters to donate $5 on Fridays to help save at risk Southern LGBTQ history. You can give $5 once or set up a monthly donation. To give, visit invisiblehistory.org/support, Venmo @IHPDonate, or PayPal @InvisibleHistories All links in bio

Flyer featuring banners and a fan from Invisible Histories archives.

This LGBTQ History Month we’re asking our supporters to donate $5 on Fridays to help save at risk Southern LGBTQ history.

You can give $5 once or set up a monthly donation. To give, visit invisiblehistory.org/support, Venmo @IHPDonate, or PayPal @InvisibleHistories

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Mþ. Kestrel 🏳️‍⚧️♿️📚 @kestrelsward.bsky.social · 20h

I know ew NYT, but this is mostly the voices of librarians (very very abbreviated. My old mentor was one quoted & she said her interview was 30min). Overall I think it gives an accurate picture of the discussions we’re having among ourselves in Library-land.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h

Today's jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy. What's required is investment in working people — and better wages. When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs. Remember this.

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tpwrtrdmn @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 20h

"Nazis are not bad because of beliefs and systems they choose to uphold and contribute to, but because they have been corrupted by the forces of evil into an inherently lesser, worse type of person" might be an unwise approach to anti-nazi rhetoric

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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 20h

New zine dropping next week at #JCLC2026 (the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color) in Spokane. If you'll be there, stop by the Program for Cooperative Cataloging booth in the exhibit hall to pick up a copy! #critcat 🎵📚😎

Zine cover with an image of an album record and the text "Fixing the Record: A PCC Playlist of DEI in Metadata".

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QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 20h

Heyo! We'll be at the Fox Cities Zine and Book Arts festival this Sunday, October 4. NEENAH PUBLIC LIBRARY 240 E. WISCONSIN AVE NEENAH, WI SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: Artist Booths, 12:30-3:30pm Zine Making Workshop, 12:30-3:30pm Panel Talk, 1-2pm Show & Tell, 2:30-3:30pm

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Dr Beth @drbeth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I love Darwin for this quote, it is perennially useful. I am also poorly and stupid and hate my book.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We stencil flowers in our crosswalk at the top of our block every year during our block party and I love seeing people's smiles when they come upon them. Whimsy in public space is so important!

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

People out here just talented as shit . Like. My goodness. Tell me about how you see the world to come up with this ?!? How you hide a Millennium Falcon in the optical illusion of a Falcon.?!?

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Vincent @fraterbabylon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

No sex before marriage? Bullshit, sex is like max a couple of hours. No knitting them a SWEATER before marriage. That's what you save for marriage.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Their goal is to FULLY outlaw abortion everywhere. I hope that folks know this and that they will not rest. So the question is what are we who are pro-abortion rights doing?

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P H Lee 🪬 @p-h-lee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

seeing yet another uptick in people trying to speak on behalf of all sexual assault survivors lately and i just want to make the incredibly bland public statement that survivors are a very diverse bunch, there is almost nothing we agree about, and no one is authorized to speak for us collectively.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Everyone’s gonna memory hole this like they do her racism and antisemitism but this is your regular reminder that Joyce Carol Oates fucking sucks and just because she sometimes makes a funny tweet doesn’t erase how much she fucking sucks.

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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, holding a red ball labeled "A SILLY MEME".
The second panel shows Sarah taking the ball and going through a door labeled "GROUP CHAT".
The third panel shows a group of women sitting together and consoling one woman in the center. The woman in the center is saying "...And that's how it happened. It's been the worst day of my life."
The fourth panel shows Sarah standing in the doorway behind them awkwardly holding the red ball.

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The 988 suicide prevention hotline's Press 3 option — which provides specialized services to LGBTQ callers — has been restored more than a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Confirmed by HHS and the office of Senator Tammy Baldwin, who led on legislation that forced its restoration

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

"What? Filing a lawsuit with the Supreme Court?" It's rare. But when states are bitch slapping each other, that's how it gets sorted. Abortion-ban states are really angry that abortion-friendly states won't extradite doctors providing care to patients in the ban states. Shit just got real.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Surprise! Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Photo of a light colored kitten jumping out from behind a wall diving two rooms. A flash was used and the kittens eyes look like they are glowing white.

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Mþ. Kestrel 🏳️‍⚧️♿️📚 @kestrelsward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So, I’m a registered Dem, AND I occasionally engage with mainstream Dem orgs, which means I periodically get fundraising texts from various mostly local Dems. But just got one from Talarico’s campaign, & I know they send these en masse without any filtering. But when I say the BURN.

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I believe the MA and NY shield laws explicitly protect both abortion care AND gender-affirming care. (CA possibly also - not sure if it's one law or two in that case.)

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Josh Hadro @hadro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You: "OCR is a solved problem" Me:

A screenshot of a page from The New Hampshire gazette, September 23, 1800, with text going in every possible direction, and brackets, and numbers

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

Yeah this isn’t a “now they know how it feels” situation, they love how it feels and they love making other people feel that way.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The myth of the “welfare queen” was formulated by Reagan to racialize ( and criminalize ) the social safety net The actual woman was a criminal mastermind who identified as whatever got her paid . it’s not a teaching moment it’s a propaganda demand en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_T...

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Linda Taylor - Wikipedia

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

now I may not be a fan of the potato, but we didn't even have it or tomato in India till the Irish brought them there and our cuisine is basically unrecognisable without them and there's a version of this for most places

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Mþ. Kestrel 🏳️‍⚧️♿️📚 @kestrelsward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Listening to new @ifbookspod.bsky.social bonus ep & realizing I was not nearly as plugged into right wing bizarro world before social media as I am now. And I think I was happier that way. The average person should not have to know what these weirdos are saying.

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Rook Lafetra @rooklafetra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And FFS, this is more on men's shoulders than women's, YES, but we still have to utilize our own goddamn agency in interacting with and raising and teaching and correcting little boys. Because refusing to do that sends the message WE DO NOT HAVE AGENCY

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Rook Lafetra @rooklafetra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You have to believe that boys can do better for them to do better. You have to take your own agency as a parent. This is a little human being who is learning how the world works from you. It is horrible and daunting, but teaching a little boy that men naturally step on women IS BAD FOR BOTH OF YOU

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Mþ. Kestrel 🏳️‍⚧️♿️📚 @kestrelsward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Excellent thread, but as a parent of a son, I want to stress, this is not just your job as the mom! Obviously it’s also dad’s job, but even more it’s grandparents and aunts and uncles. Get with your family, get them on the same page. B/c he WILL get confused by lots of mixed messages from society.

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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I need an contemporary/current example of propaganda coming from the left or left-center. It's for a presentation for 9th graders. (Got a lot from the right, but I want to balance things out.) I can go as far back as Biden, but these are 9th graders, so nothing older than that. What do you got?

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