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@lisal.bsky.social
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she/her/hers. Fan of Silo, Doctor Who, Valkyries, walkable neighborhoods. Protect trans kids.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 08/10/2026
Latest data on US light rail transit ridership: —Seattle & San Diego are far above pre-pandemic levels —Seattle's ridership is by far the highest in the nation now —LA's ridership is close to pre-pandemic level —Denver is *really* struggling www.thetransportpolitic.com/databook/us-...
Transit ridership over time, showing change from the pre-Covid period, with levels benchmarked to January 2020 levels, for top 10 US light rail systems.Transit ridership over time, showing monthly ridership levels, for top 10 US light rail systems.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...
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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.
The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"First time Trump voter" five days after the January 6th Coup attempt:
Jack Buhring: Donald Trump we all stand with you. You have more people on your side than you know. If you can't get it done its hard to tell where this country will end up. Keep fighting!!!
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sophie Cunningham is -13 in 12 minutes. Please remember that when she is released at the end of the year and claims it was for her political views.
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Scare-a Wrath 👻🎃 @toasterposey.art · 01/10/2026
Dave talked a lot about what he learned from Kruk over the years, and “make sure the fans know you love baseball and there’s nowhere else you’d rather be and nothing else you’d rather do” is clearly one of those things.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/09/2026
No one on his staff even once thought to check if there were any women's games being played that night. These are the people calling themselves defenders of women's sports.
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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have two friends, one of whom is moving a parent into assisted living and another who is dealing w a deceased parent’s estate, and one thing that’s becoming clear is that parents seem to think they are leaving their kids with much MUCH more of an inheritance than they actually are
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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Marisa Ingemi @mingemi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For @valkyriesbeat.bsky.social, my preview of the Valkyries - Wings first round series. www.valkyriesbeat.com/p/valkyries-...
valkyriesbeat.com
Valkyries Insider: How the Valkyries match up with the Dallas Wings
Golden State swept Dallas in the regular season.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 22/09/2026
Newsom is a dipshit, a thread:
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026
honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or care
arstechnica.com
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/09/2026
Called it. The father was charged with punching the child while the mother did witness intimidation to cover it up. www.wbur.org/news/2026/09...
The case was reported to the state in early 2025. Both parents were charged in connection with an incident at the family’s Southborough home in late January of that year, according to court documents. WBUR is not identifying the teenager, who is a minor.

Joseph Kutzko was accused of punching and threatening his then-15-year-old child at the family home on Jan. 28, 2025, records from Westborough District Court show. A Southborough police detective wrote that Kutzko punched the victim in the shoulder and pulled them by their hair. Kutzko later allegedly threatened to kill the victim “for not singing in tune during a birthday celebration,” according to court records.

Kutzko was arrested the next day and pleaded not guilty. In setting bail, the judge referred to three prior restraining orders against Kutzko, one of which is permanent. She did not say whether any are tied to this case.

The child’s mother, Arlene Kutzko, was charged with witness intimidation after allegedly pressuring the child to “tell the school that she was exaggerating and being stupid.”
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My latest newsletter is a friendly bit of political advice for Democrats.
stringinamaze.net
Don't Surrender On Trans Rights
Many Democrats are running scared on trans issues. They shouldn't be.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Robert Kraft is in the Epstein Files.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
underrated part of El-Sayed’s messaging strategy seems to be shaming journalists who ask dumb questions that play into right-wing frames. you can’t answer these in a way that satisfies them, but you can make it embarrassing enough that you impose a toll on asking.
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/09/2026
mackenzie scott really seems like the only billionaire to figure out that you can be a literal hero to millions with a relative pittance
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onion person @junlper.beer · 11/09/2026
it’s wild that the heritage foundation wrote in text that the assault on trans woman particularly in sports is their first step in their efforts to completely abolish all Title IX protections and liberals still don’t believe it’s about more than trans women in sports
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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"I support the rights of everyone to live their own lives. Medical decisions should be between a patient, their family, and their doctor. That question is a ridiculous distraction from <insert populist issues>. Voters are too smart to fall for your scare tactics." How hard is that?
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/09/2026
FWIW I don’t think that AI is an existential threat, nor on track to become one. I do however think that the leaders of the biggest AI companies, AI’s strongest boosters, and some of the folks who are most adept at using it to exploit others are actively hastening along OTHER existential threats.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
if a voter hates trans people so much they are basing their vote on it, they are going to vote republican 100% of the time. there is literally nothing you can do or say to change that
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you're trying to propose to people with trans children in their lives that their lives are a worthwhile sacrifice for other Democratic priorities, consider whether you'd be convinced that your children should be sacrificed for the greater good of someone else's family.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 09/09/2026
Team Blue No Matter Who is going to have their work cut out for them because I for one refuse to entertain voting for or even saying nice things about someone who wants to compromise on trans rights. Like get the fuck away from me.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I know this is a common belief, but it’s not true. If people went anti-vaxx/MAHA because they were excluded from the medical establishment, we would see sky-high rates among poor people, minorities and the uninsured. We don’t.
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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
not lost on a lot of us that someone got ejected from a game because of a hat that wasn’t violating any MLB rules while multiple Giants earlier this year did violate written MLB rules pertaining to uniforms and were allowed to stay in the game (and received zero discipline from the league later)
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Walk San Francisco @walksf.org · 04/09/2026
We are deeply angered to see this deceptive ad being plastered to sign posts around San Francisco. This ad is intended to confuse voters -- and it's because supporters of Measure G can’t win without hiding the fact that they want to take away our city’s coastal park and promenade.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Feminists are not more prone to mistakes and missteps than the leaders of other liberation struggles. Rather, their mistakes and missteps are given disproportionate attention, significance and publicity.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
it is so depressing to see how much money is going into ICE and the new ballroom instead of public transportation, scientific research, education, public health, and food safety
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This isn’t sinking a stream of affordable housing, it’s a data center
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Yes—it’s been 12 years (!) and this remains one of the most prescient pieces of media criticism ever written. And everything has only gotten worse. deadspin.com/the-future-o...
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Deadspin | The Future Of The Culture Wars Is Here, And It&#39;s Gamergate
Deadspin | The Future Of The Culture Wars Is Here, And It&#39;s Gamergate
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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 27/08/2026
it is pretty incredible how badly the WNBA have fucked this all up, because trying to placate transphobic bigots nets you zero new fans, but telling them to eat shit can get you new fans who’ve never even cared about sports
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What do you do when you've launched a moral panic about transgender athletes in the WNBA, but there has never been an active trans player in the league? Simple: you start a conspiracy theory about every single woman on the court.
wired.com
There Are No Trans Women in the WNBA, so Right-Wingers Are Making Some Up
As culture warriors continue to stoke the flames of a gender panic in professional sports, wild conspiracy theories are coming into play.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If players in the W didn’t already disagree with Sophie Cunningham about her comments about trans women in sports, how many of them must despise how she turned the WNBA into a political circus and battleground for conservatives to interrupt their game when the league is hot?
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 16/08/2026
Every conversation about bike lanes is like: "Car crashes kill a huge number of people every day, including pedestrians, cyclists, & car occupants. Good bike infrastructure has been shown to make everyone safer (& doesn't increase congestion)." "But sometimes cyclists break rules & hit people!"
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 16/08/2026
[redacted person who does not know whose mentions they wandered into]: In my city, the cyclists are so entitled, they act like they own the roads. Me: LET THE BIKES OWN THE ROADS. THE BIKES ARE FAR LESS DANGEROUS AND POLLUTING BY ABSOLUTELY EVERY MEASURE. MAKE THE CARS PAY TOLLS TO THE CYCLISTS.
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lisal.bsky.social @lisal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
How is this fascinating though? These people want the best for themselves, they just want everyone else to suffer. This has been the pattern, not the exception.
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Protect trans kids 🏳️‍⚧️
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Perhaps the most insulting part of this whole affair was him saying "I'll be criticized for this vote–what's new?" without an ounce of self-reflection about why Cassidy, a doctor, received such harsh criticism for voting to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Gonna try to give her the benefit of the doubt but given the trajectory of every Democrat for the last 10 years it's pretty likely we'll look back on this moment as a fiery red flag
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
New Yorkers had to subsidize the $117 million that the NYPD paid out for misconduct lawsuits in 2025 alone, even though most of them were never personally abused by a cop. Where's your worried op-ed on that one?
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I cannot overstate how much I hate when people are dicks about babies crying in public (especially airplanes). Do you think the parent is having a good time right now?? Do you think they are not aware of the situation??? Are you going to negotiate with a literal infant????
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A whole lot of people with otherwise progressive views suddenly get real mad when you talk about doing anything at all to address the scourge of speeding drivers killing people
The Garfield, "You are not immune to propaganda" meme but instead it says car brain
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 14/07/2026
You stupid motherfuckers
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
RIP
Sam Neill on why 'The Piano' (1993) is an important movie in cinema history: 

"I don't think I can overestimate how important 'The Paino' is for me in hindsight. it sits on my funny old CV like a medal on my chest. It wasn't my film. It Jane Campion's. I wasn't the star of the film. That was Holly Hunter. But there is honour to be found in the second fiddle. Or fopurth. No one notices you much, you don't get nominated for things. But you served. I was there in an important feminist film. I was there on the front line in an important New Zealand film. Neither of those labels does the film justice. It's a work of art. And look, that tiny little figure in the fabric—see down there on the right—that's me. It's a film that will always have a place in cinema history. And I served in it."

("Did I ever Tell You This: A Memeoir", Sam Neill)
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Trump doesn’t force people to do bad things. All he did was show people they could get away with being horrible if they really wanted to, and a lot of powerful people decided they didn’t need to pretend anymore. Especially those in influential positions who could push back but did not.
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