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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

What part though? The USA is a big messy complicated country that contains multitudes. Some of the most inspiring movements, organisers, activists, writers, thinkers, historians, philosophers, scientists etc, were born/raised or became USians. The USA is frequently the best and worst of everything.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

You have to not anguish about ethical uses of an unethical product. This is DDT. It’s poison, the people selling it know it and are pushing back hard against people trying to call it what it is. We did that, though.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

“We can’t stop AI! We can’t stop progress!” My dudes, ladies, and genderqueer buddies: we have stopped using a lot of things. Especially shitty things that harm us. Remember how station wagons had backwards facing seats until they realized that’s begging for injuries in an accident?

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Nothing has turned me off individualism harder than living in the USA

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NYC Public Library Action Network @nycplan.org · 14/10/2026

This fall and beyond, NYC PLAN will be continuing to demand that @mayor.nyc.gov honor his promise to fund our libraries at 0.5% of the city expense budget. Interested in joining us in our fight? Our next monthly meeting is in-person, Sunday Oct 18: email info@nycplan.org for details

Graphic with an unflattering photo of NYC mayor Mamdani, and words that say “Mayor Mamdani, keep your promise! Fund NYC Public libraries at 0.5% of the city budget.” Below is a link to the website nycplan.org where there is more information about how MAYOR Mamdani broke his promise and why it matters

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 13/10/2026

While the below is true, the fastest tell is actually that no publisher is going to reach out to you to ask about your work. Ever. They just aren't.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 13/10/2026

I still remember in 2015 when Trump was gonna hold a press conference clear up all the questions about Melania's immigration issues in two weeks. And then he didn't. And the press never asked them about it again.

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Pneumonia is terrible. After I had it I joked that I give it one star and that's for the silent p. After almost ten years of having my illness complimented, which is essentially what saying anything about my weight is, I have zero fucks left.

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It's far more life threatening to be underweight than overweight. But you'd never know it in our #fatphobic world.

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Pneumonia being another illness that can kill. Ugh. But being skinny is everything! It's gross. When I first got sick & folks said they were envious of my illness & complimented my struggle to put on weight, I mostly ignored it. Not no more. I point out what they just said. It has an impact.

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Yeah. This society we're part of has brainwashed too many in into thinking it's better to have a chronic illness than to be fat. I can't even.

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I didn't truly understand how deep #fatphobia goes until I got sick & suddenly struggled to keep weight on. In a life threatening way. I was showered with compliments on my figure. Too many folks were *envious*. Of an autoimmune disease. Many of my symptoms are the same as GLP-1 side effects.

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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Today is Let Freedom Read Day. It's also the last day of Banned Books Week. We know books bans won't miraculously stop today. Whether you have 5 minutes or an hour, do one small thing today to fight book bans! bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay #BannedBooksWeek #LetBooksBe #LetFreedomReadDay

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026

Aminata Seck has been freed. "I'm just ready to go back to school, get my master's and get this surgery done,” she said. ICE kept her in pain in detention for two months for no reason. www.espn.com/womens-colle...

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Kentucky State player released on bond from ICE custody

Kentucky State University women's basketball center Aminata Seck was released on bond Wednesday after spending two months in ICE custody.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/10/2026

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sojo⚜️ @sojo83.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Meta’s LA data center will use “more than four times the electricity used to power all of New Orleans on the hottest summer day.” !!!!!!

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Cheer on my behalf too. I've been bummed not to see any of the post season live. Ever the optimist, I'm hoping we at least win on Friday.

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Haha. Lol. I frequently can't remember what I wrote yesterday. Or, um, today. That stat illustrates that our team making it to the finals is unlikely but it's not, like, a law of physics! (As you know, I think it's unlikely cause Atlanta are outplaying us & have a bigger chip on their shoulder.)

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sure. But compared to some of the data sets in the W's 30 years it's not much. It's not even one 5 game series a year.

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I totally agree that Atlanta v GSV is the likely finals. It'll be epic. I want it! That stat is overwhelming but it's also pretty small. There haven't been that many five game series in the W. Some team is def gunna come back from 0-2. I'd love it to be the Liberty.

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I fully expect GSV to win this because they're playing better and are way deeper than the Aces. But that stat is less impressive when you consider that there haven't been that many 5 game series in #wnba history.

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Morning (New Yorker cartoon, by Rose Anne Prevec)

A man sits at a restaurant table holding two chips. A woman sitting opposite, with the chips directly in front of her, while he has an empty plate, says “I can't believe how much more relaxed I feel since you told me to calm down.”

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

there was streaming before the big companies, and they criminalized it when it was free because it was unfair to artists, and now that it's for-profit it's legal and it's still fucking unfair to artists.

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What I really mean is we get A LOT of turnovers; they're really good at scoring off them whether it was us being careless or them stealing the ball. Anything can happen in the playoffs. I mean, I didn't think Dallas v GSV would be so close!

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sure. But that's not all that was going on in that quarter and we do that way more against teams that are pressuring us. Especially GSV!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

AI is being used to... -Facilitate online scams -Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials -Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing -Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future. They're already here.

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Huh. That's not what I saw. I agree about the first half. Though barely. But that third quarter we played way worse than them. It wasn't just bad from us it was actively good from them. Without Grey! They just have way more of a chip on their shoulder. And they have DB!

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

By which I mean this would be a tough series for us even if we had home court.

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I really don't think that's our biggest problem . . .

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hand injuries are so awful. Especially if it's your dominant hand.

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This. Your hand can become non-functional pretty fast.

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

When I see reviews like that I want to ask them to point me to this perfect trope-less text against which they are measuring all other texts. I would very much like to read/watch it!

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Drives me up the wall. It's like identifying the parts of a human skeleton and saying it's bad because maxilla. What even?

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The way anti-data center messaging has permeated politics nationwide across the aisle should forever end the notion that it's just accelerated NIMBYism. People who have no data centers anywhere nearby still hate them enough to make politicians have to hate them too just to survive.

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This! Great explanation of why Romance matters & why tropes aren't a sign of bad writing. Reviews which identify tropes in fiction as proof that they're badly written only prove that they're bad criticism. All fiction has tropes in it! No matter the genre! Otherwise it'd be unreadable!

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wishda @wishda.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

When I checked this week, my registration was gone. Durham County, NC voter in good standing for many years, and I was no longer a registered voter.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

AI “regulation” is less important that individual citizen privacy protection. we have to have serious discussions about not making money be a way around privacy rights

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I forgot about the time change so the first #wnba semi is actually on at 5AM Aussie daylight saving time. Phew, eh?

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Shameka ❤️🏀 @shameka23.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🎯🎯🎯 #WNBA

Screenshot of an Instagram story from verified account t__cloud9 sharing a post by verified account thetonymorrison. Black text on a white card reads: “You know who isn’t talking about the Cornell 7? The same ones who wanted to ‘protect’ girls in sports and women in bathrooms.” @theresistance1789 is tagged at the bottom.

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The Great Beast @the-great-beast.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

One of the best, most satisfying reads of my last year. Five stars, no notes: buy and read.

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Like when they thought they'd caught out Smith lying about where he was because it would never cross their mind that white men watch women's sport . . .

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