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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This gets my vote for the best thing I've seen on the Internet today:

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Why don't women just report it?"

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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Meanwhile, Kristi Noem has now been with "Shield of the Americas" for most of a year and we're still not sure what this job is www.jezebel.com/kristi-noem-...

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Amesh Adalja @ameshaa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Eight US measles deaths since the start of 2025. The previous thirty years had fewer than eight. Dividing by the population is the wrong math. The baseline is the comparison. This week: measles, the CDC, Ebola, an early flu season, dengue in Florida. youtu.be/caRACf5HuyY?...

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Measles Is Back. America Is Forgetting Why We Fought It.

YouTube video by Amesh Adalja MD

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...

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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune

The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don’t think I’m ever going to get the appeal of pivoting to video for podcasts. I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years, and never once have I thought, my God, I need to SEE these people! I’m on a walk or doing the dishes, I don’t need video.

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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 09/11/2024

Additional scripts for cis het white men who want to be better allies: “What a weird thing to say” “Do you hear yourself right now?” “You shouldn’t say shit like that to people” “I won’t let you talk to them that way” “That’s a disgusting opinion to have” “Shut the fuck up, dude”

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Why ben thei so numerous The songes about rainbowes And what ys on the othir syde? "Rainbowes are visiounes Yet onlye illusiounes, And rainbowes have no thynge to hyde."

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026

I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.

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jamie loftus @jamieloftus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

if you've ever accused me of murder then you have to preorder. this is not a threat. there is no reason to be uncomfortable around me, regardless of your state of residence. do not believe what you've heard.

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 22/09/2026

Moral panics are manufactured concerns created to push an agenda, don't hold up under scrutiny, and the fallout always harms more people than will ever be helped. Stand up for trans people.

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 23/09/2026

Happy #BiVisibilityDay to you and your favourite bisexual! Looking for more bi representation to add to your bookshelf? Here are 20 LGBTQ+ books and graphic novels about bisexual characters available at proud-geek.co.uk now: #queerbooks #booksky

Text reads: 20 bisexual books to add to your bookshelf for Bi Visibility Day

20 bisexual book covers:

▪️ Reality Check by Lizzie Huxley-Jones
▪️ Cursed Under London by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
▪️ Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
▪️ Big Date Energy by Bethany Rutter
▪️ Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
▪️ Something to be Proud Of by Anna Zoe Quirke
▪️ Punk’n Heads by Dave Baker & Nicole Goux
▪️ The Deep Dark by Lee Knox Ostertag
▪️ Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
▪️ Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland
▪️ Boyslut by Zachary Zane
▪️ Daybreak by Moosopp
▪️ Tart by Becki Jayne Crossley
▪️ Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning
▪️ Cacoethes by Chloe De Lullington
▪️ The Unsinkable Ship of Fools by Jonas Goonface
▪️ Dead Real by Poppy T. Perry
▪️ My Best Friend's Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner
▪️ She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
▪️ Roll for Love by M.K. England

Staff pick at Proud Geek - Running Close To The Wind by Alexandra Rowland (18+)

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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is my kind of data centre

Daunt Books in London, massive number of books for sale on long rows of shelves

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026

I promise you there would be no AI alignment problem if the CEOs of AI companies faced jail time if their AI killed anyone.

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ARX⚡️501 @50501arkansas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🗳️ Voting early? Stay alert. Report to your AG: 📍 ICE checkpoints near polling places 📍 Armed federal agents at voting locations AR voters: call Tim Griffin's office 📞 (501) 682-2007 See something? Say something. For help facing intimidation at the polls, 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We're thrilled to reveal the cover for A SPOONFUL OF TROUBLE by @tkingfisher.com, the tale of a princess who decides to take fate into her own hands with the help of a goddess, a goat, and a healthy dose of self-confidence. February 2027 Cover: Natasha MacKenzie

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Andrea Suozzo @andreasuozzo.com · 15/09/2026

When my colleagues and I started digging around in CDC data on pregnancy-related deaths, we noticed something surprising: the rate of ectopic pregnancy deaths had more than doubled in recent years. Nearly 200 women died between 2020 and 2025. So we set out to learn why 🧵

A chart showing an increase in the rate of deaths after an ectopic pregnancy, normalized by the number of live births. In the three-year period starting in 2014, the rate is a little above 4 deaths per million live births. The rate rises sharply for the 2020-2022 period and continues to increase, to 9.8 deaths per million births, in 2023-2025.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15/09/2026

Here’s what’s happened to food safety under Trump and RFK Jr.

TRUMP AND RFK JR.’S FOOD SAFETY DISASTER

2024 Project 2025 calls for rolling back food regulations, including baby formula rules
2025 Food and Drug Administration workforce cut by about 20%
CDC loses 25% of its workforce, including staff from a key food-safety program
USDA eliminates two food-safety advisory committees
FDA suspends critical food-safety lab quality checks after staffing cuts
Foreign food safety inspections fall nearly 30%
2026 12,000+ sick, 500+ hospitalizations and 2 deaths from contaminated lettuce
160+ foods recalled so far, including baby formula
37.2 MILLION pounds of food recalled in the first half of 2026 – up 2,432% from last year

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Congresswoman Valerie Foushee @foushee.house.gov · 14/09/2026

I am relieved that Reverend Gabriel Johnson, a constituent of North Carolina’s Fourth District, was released from ICE custody and is now transitioning to a rehabilitation hospital. However, Mr. Johnson’s story is one of many. Read my full statement.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is just a spectacular unintentional self-own

Dude on Threads: If you hate on ai, you better be pretty damn good at whatever you're doing

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

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The other Laura @llamaswillkillyou.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In the US you can call or text 988 anytime to get help.

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Congresswoman Valerie Foushee @foushee.house.gov · 10/09/2026

Trump has removed many government resources that local communities utilize to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety. Over 36,000 people were killed on our streets in 2025, and this inexplicable decision makes it substantially more likely that we'll see that staggering death count continue to rise.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Corporations spend more than $1.5 billion a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5 billion they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions.

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U.S. employers spend more than $1.5 billion annually on union avoidance

Key takeaways Many U.S. employers hire union avoidance consultants to keep their workers from organizing and bargaining

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Gender-affirming care saves lives, respects the rights of patients, and reflects that healthcare is supposed to be between providers and patients, not between providers and the Trump Administration. (1/3)

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Mount Sinai reaches deal with Trump DOJ to end gender-affirming care for minors

Mount Sinai is the latest in a string of U.S. hospitals to reach similar agreements with the Trump administration.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This fossil fuel-loving fool is so casual about an illegal war with Iran that’s costing American taxpayers more than $1 billion a day. What about the 18 American servicemembers dead and 758 wounded?

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 06/09/2026

A reminder that it isn’t just your imagination. Everything is unaffordable, and that’s by design. Here’s why.

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 05/09/2026

If anyone wants to host me in your scenic cottage for a writing retreat where I’ll either finish my book and find love with a handsome local or become increasingly unglued and lose my grip on reality, lmk

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Microbiologist Alice Catherine Evans died #OTD in 1975. She proved that the bacterium "Brucella abortus" caused brucellosis (undulant fever) in humans & cattle. This led to milk pasteurization laws in the US in the 1930s. First woman president, Society of American Bacteriologists. #WomenInSTEM

A vintage black-and-white portrait of pioneering American microbiologist Alice Catherine Evans (1881–1975), seated elegantly in a dark satin blouse with a strand of pearls around her neck. She gazes directly at the camera with a composed, intelligent expression, one hand resting lightly on a table edge, wearing a pleated skirt in this classic early 20th-century studio photograph. Evans made groundbreaking contributions to public health by proving that the bacterium Brucella abortus (which causes brucellosis, also known as undulant fever) could be transmitted from infected cattle to humans through unpasteurized milk, leading to widespread milk pasteurization laws in the 1930s that saved countless lives. She was also the first woman elected president of the Society of American Bacteriologists (now ASM)

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Congresswoman Valerie Foushee @foushee.house.gov · 03/09/2026

Amidst the chaos that Trump is causing at home and abroad, the USDA and Forest Service have announced plans to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, or “Roadless Rule”.

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Chris @kodiak.app · 31/08/2026

When you see up close how much easier it makes EVERYTHING when school meals are free it becomes very clear that we make students pay for lunches because some people want students to not get enough food.

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🦌 The Deer Whisperer 🦌 @thedeerwhisperer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Good night, Bluesky! Niagara Falls lot up in pink in honor of Dolly Parton 📸 Niagara Falls State Park

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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Wake up, babe. The Prime Minister just dropped “hydronym”.

The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”.

The name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.

We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms.

Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario – then, now and always.

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Brilliance Proper @brillianceproper.com · 26/08/2026

This time it's the WNBA. There's always something made from nothing 😮‍💨

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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/08/2026

“Every 30 to 60 seconds, our revolutionary heads-up display will prompt wearers to slowly close and then reopen their eyes to create the illusion of natural blinking.” — Mark Zuckerberg

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New Meta Glasses Feature Reminds Users To Blink To Appear Human

MENLO PARK, CA—Touting the new software update as a staggering innovation no other wearable technology could offer, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Wednesday that Meta’s smart glasses would now remind u...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

So much more than a Country Music Superstar. Philanthropist, humanitarian, defender of diversity & fierce advocate for the working class, she helped fund the Moderna Covid vaccine & donated 332+ million books to children. Thank you, Dolly. We will always love you.♥️ #RIP

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Dolly Parton, Hardscrabble Storyteller Turned Global Entertainer, Dead at 80

Dolly Parton, country music legend, dead at 80.

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I love you Dolly

IF YOU'REEVER SAD, JUST REMEMBER THIS:
THE EARTH IS 4 BILYON YEARS OLD, AND YOU MANAGED TO EXIST AT THE SAME TIME AS DOLLY PARTON.

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 19/08/2026

Finally! You have no idea how long I’ve had to pretend I didn’t know all this! #murderbot #murderbotseason2 #booksky

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Can you guess how much the minimum wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?

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Grant Tanaka @granttanaka.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

still think daily about the time I was at Arby's and the person in front of me asked what the "healthy option" was, and the cashier responded "leaving"

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention

My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.

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