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Aimee @ladyblanchester.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We need a lot of new principles on which to reconstruct this country and I think this should be one of them.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I just gave this advice to a friend and I'll share it here too. There are two fundamental types of people in this world: Those who go through life dreading being at the mercy of people like themselves and those who go through life hoping they are. Make your life goal to be one of the latter.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Raise your boys to be the ones who yell absofuckingloutely not when they see a man spike a woman’s drink. Tell them about what happened at Cornell and their job is to disrupt the group chat and call the police. Teach them that this is what being a man looks like.

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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Self Care Tips from Tumblr (this is rolling around again so I thought I'd reshare it here) #raccoons #selfcare

Self Care Tips From Tumblr, illustrated by Maia Kobabe: When you feel like everyone hates you, sleep. When you feel like you hate everyone, eat. When you feel like you hate yourself, shower. Someone out there feels better because you exist. (illustrated with cartoon drawings of raccoons acting out the recommended advice)

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Rumors about “rigged elections" are now a fixture of U.S. elections, leading to diminished trust in election results & democracy (broadly). These rumors can sometimes be hard to debunk, esp. in their early stages. Our UW team has identified the 6 common ways that election integrity rumors mislead:

Infographic titled "Six Ways 'Rigged Election' Rumors Mislead." A two-column table pairs six labeled categories with descriptions. The first three categories are:

No Evidence: The rumor is entirely unsubstantiated. There's no evidence to support the rumor.

Fake/False Evidence: The rumor is based on fake or synthetic evidence (e.g. AI-generated content), manipulated evidence, or false witness testimony.

Misinterpreted Evidence: This rumor is based upon real evidence that has been misinterpreted or intentionally mischaracterized to create a false impression.

A black banner then introduces the final three categories: "Real Evidence, Real Voting Issue, False Narrative."

Exaggerated Impact: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but falsely insinuates or exaggerates impact on election results.

Ignored Remedies: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but ignores and/or obscures the remedies that would address this problem

False Blame: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but either falsely attributes intent for an accidental issue or places blame on an innocent party.

Source: UW Center for an Informed Public, September 2026.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage

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being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years

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what i thought we had distanced ourselves from was the reduction of women to vaginas and wombs and the ability to bear children. i thought we had progressed past 'dresses are for women and pants are for men. i thought we progressed past the idea that someone is less of a woman if she does not adhere strictly to beauty standards. i thought we progressed past the idea that naturally being comfortable adhering to highly feminine standards is vulgar. but i (sarcastically) guess no one could have predicted that trans-exclusive feminism would be the downfall of all the progress we've made

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The Womxn Project @thewomxnproject.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Let's remember. There are those here in RI who'd rather go back to 1963 to avoid sharing our futures together. They aren't shy. Tune into RI talk radio to hear them tomorrow. We are bringing transparency to RI. Join us, support us. Keep the faith.

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Aimee @ladyblanchester.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I just bought one of their albums on iTunes. Let's go, people of the 1900s - it's time to support musicians with principles!

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Aimee @ladyblanchester.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This whole thread is great and this especially. No matter what happens in the midterms, I am still going to make phone calls the next day. I am still going to send emails and attend social justice gatherings and protests because this is the work of a lifetime, not one day.

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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Excellent thread.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

it's two things, to me: 1) trans rights matter because trans people matter and deserve rights, not just because failing to stand for trans rights is a bellwether for inauthentic progressivism more broadly 2) if you can't be trusted on trans rights you can't be trusted on anything

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JenStewart4RI.bsky.social @jenstewart4ri.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

non-voters: "my vote won't matter" Providence Ward 9:

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Kenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Reminder for Rhode Island voters: If you're still in line by 8 pm, stay in line!!

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reed eliot 🤌 🤌 @reedeliot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I like this thread a great deal but this is the real gem Siblings, not twins It feels like it rhymes with "workers are made of clay, not glass" We need to develop the skills and, dare I say it, distress tolerance necessary to disagree productively, to push buttons without hurling accusations.

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Val Reishuk @urbanhiker.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hey, Rhode Island! If you ordered a mail-in ballot, you can track it here. ballottrax.sos.ri.gov/voter/ This is an official website of the RI Sec of State. -- Val, PVD election worker

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BallotTrax

BallotTrax is a service that enables voters in participating states and counties to receive notifications by email, SMS, or voice about the status of their mail ballots.

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Aimee @ladyblanchester.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel Finding the Fool, Meg Jones Wall The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson The Fixed Stars, Molly Wizenberg All the Single Ladies, Rebecca Traister Dying of Whiteness, Jonathan Metzl Let the Record Show, Sarah Schulman

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

the thing is like public health child literacy civil rights social justice rural poverty once you personally have become rich and successful, those things only matter if you still have the capacity to care deeply about people outside your immediate circle and that is harder than becoming rich

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Kenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hey Rhode Island! Early voting begins TODAY and will go on until Tuesday, September 8th! 🗳️

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Yet Another Emily @anomily.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

One of the things about driving regular routes is that you get complacent. You forget to look for the person crossing when you make a left. You're in a rush to get to your destination. Slow down. Take your time. Really look.

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a barrister bear @law-yering.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

(1) clearly invoke your 6th amendment right to counsel (2) clearly invoke your 5th amendment right to remain silent (3) shut up You can’t talk to cops. They aren’t your friends. Theyre not there to help you. They’ve targeted you & are looking to build a case against you. Don’t help them.

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 11/08/2026

Dear cis people, Please, for the love of G-d, stop using the terms "biological male" and "biological female." They're scientifically meaningless. Sex is a bimodal cluster categorization. The brain is biological, no? There is no one factor that's universally determinative of sex and gender.

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Aimee @ladyblanchester.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

For a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? a strip of twist ties at least ten years old

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Aimee @ladyblanchester.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If you see this, quote it with a song lyric you love Right and wrong don't matter in the woods Only feelings Let us meet the moment unblushed Life is often so unpleasant-- You must know that, as a peasant-- Best to take a moment present As a present for the moment

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Taylor Nichols, MD MS @tnicholsmd.com · 04/08/2026

I had to code and pronounce a time of death on a respiratory therapist colleague. There's a memorial plaque for her outside the emergency department to this day. I wrote and re-wrote my will. I will never forgive these ghouls trying to rewrite history and deny our experience.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Anyway, your problem isn‘t finding the time to take notes. The problem is that taking notes is thinking and thinking has to be done by someone. women have been doing a lot of metacognition that looks like a task when it’s really thinking.

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Aimee @ladyblanchester.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Watching the Lilith Fair documentary right after one of the Woodstock 99 documentaries really brings it home that there were two competing ideologies at the end of the 20th century. Heartbreaking which one seems to be winning the 21st so far.

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Val Reishuk @urbanhiker.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Make a plan to vote in the Rhode Island Primary Election on September 9th. Here's why and how: youtu.be/stzAykEcPpM?...

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RI4ALL 3: Tastes Like Progress!

YouTube video by The Womxn Project

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Rhiannon Giddens just posted a video in which she uses the phrase “there is a war on what’s real” that has me sobbing

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Rhode Island Blood Center @ribloodcenter.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

RIBC Declares Summer Blood Emergency 🚨 Summer blood donations are down 30% and compounded by the Fourth of July holiday and extreme weather. All blood types are needed, especially A-, B-, and type O. Please don't wait to give: bit.ly/4tKD4Hf

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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The Redline Project: The 350 words banned by the Trump Administration “I am trying to start a national movement so that other artists pick up their various implements and skills and do something to bring this into the national conversation,” said artist Kathie Florsheim.

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The Redline Project: The 350 words banned by the Trump Administration

"I am trying to start a national movement so that other artists pick up their various implements and skills and do something to bring this into the national conversation," said artist Kathie Florsheim

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It’s nice to see everyone’s textual analysis of The Odyssey It’s almost like the humanities give you entertainment, feelings, pleasure, and fun/interesting stuff to talk about, as well as lenses into both past and current society

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Harare Review of Books @hararereview.com · 27/07/2026

This amazing poem, with alt

HOW WE DISAPPEAR

I am in the store touching things.
Linen napkins, a blue bowl.
The world is on fire and I am choosing
between two kinds of soap.

Everyone here is doing this, filling carts
with small comforts while somewhere a child
goes to bed hungry, while the earth heats,
while men make decisions about who gets to live.

I know what this is, this careful arranging
while everything collapses.
This is how we survive.
And also how we disappear.

Alessandra Olanow

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ACLU @aclu.org · 25/07/2026

Megan's calling it like it is: These are regressive, oppressive attacks on women and girls.

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice.

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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

On this, Emmit Tills birthday, I want to share one of my favorite speculative Poems “I saw Emmett Till this week at the grocery store” by Eve L. Ewing share.google/mWtwTI9NvriN...

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“I saw Emmett Till this week at the grocery store” by Eve L. Ewing

Terrance Hayes explores how Emmett Till has become a haunting, powerful figure in Black poetry.

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Aimee @ladyblanchester.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is a really good one! If you are sick and tired of listening to clueless pundits talk about what's going on this country, Rebel Spirit is what you need.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This shit with Taylor Farms is exactly what I’m talking about when I say you may say you “don’t do politics,“ but politics are more than happy to do you. The microbes political bribes got out the door and into your intestines don’t particularly care that you find it all beneath you.

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Aimee @ladyblanchester.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

A powerful rebuttal to the idea that white evangelicals' support of the president represents a betrayal of their belief system.

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

We don’t need education about ethical *use* of AI; we need more education in how it is being *used on* and against us. 2/n

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