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LuBoo

@luboo.bsky.social
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"I'm a genius too, Brian." - Murry Wilson Okie in California, but not in a Grapes of Wrath way.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
FUCK IT. Let's give away 3 more signed paperbacks of my latest novel, each with fab linoprint bookmarks, made by my mum Jo. Repost & reply to enter! You might like it if you like: Folkloric creatures Old records Intricate psychedelic stories The idea of circular time All shares much-appreciated!
My latest novel Everything Will Swallow You, next to the sea, where some of it takes place.
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𝕿𝖔 𝕻𝖎𝖒𝖕 𝖆 𝕮𝖆𝖚𝖈𝖆𝖘𝖎𝖆𝖓 🖤 @hoochieprophet.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
Hey guys, I'm still at $20/$200 and I would really like to be able to finish paying this copay. Everything helps, even just a reskeet. All I want is to live without agony everyday.
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:
BOYCOTT STARBUCKS is written inside a zig-zaggy speech bubble against crumbled paper. Beside it are the Starbucks Workers United logo and an image of a coffee cup being poured out.We, the 12,000 and growing members of Starbucks Workers United, call on everyone who stands with working people to boycott Starbucks until they finalize a contract with union baristas and stop union-busting.
What we’re fighting for is simple: a minimum $17/hr wage, enough hours to live on, better staffing in our stores, and basic workplace protections. Every year, our living costs rise but our wages don’t keep up – a growing pressure many American workers are feeling as corporate greed accelerates unchecked in our country. 
Starbucks is banking on customers' blind loyalty to the integrity and values this company once stood for in order to keep squeezing them for profits. At a time when working-class people across the country are struggling in a challenging economy, it is no longer possible to be both a Starbucks customer and in support of workers; choosing to spend money at Starbucks is choosing a law breaking corporation over the baristas who make your coffee everyday exactly as you ask for it.
Starbucks has violated U.S. labor law more than any other company in modern history–the NLRB and its judges have found that Starbucks committed hundreds of labor violations and there are currently more than 550 unresolved unfair labor practice charges still pending against the company. Instead of finalizing a fair and reasonable union contract, Starbucks has repeatedly demonstrated a lack of care for the workers who fuel the company’s profits by wasting millions of dollars on AI and technology that doesn’t work, launching countless gimmicky drinks designed to distract from real problems, and inventing pointless policies that do nothing but make our jobs harder. 
This ongoing, irrational behavior by Starbucks and its refusal to settle a fair union contract with workers leaves us with no other choice than to call for a boycott. We know when working people stand up together, we win. 
No Contract? No Coffee.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Among potential 2028 contenders, Newsom seems the most committed in trying to turn Trump's allies into his own allies, hence constantly kissing the assess of the worst people in the country, like this gift for the Ellisons. Bold strategy, Cotton, let's see how the Dem base likes that.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
when it comes down to it - @gavinnewsom.bsky.social bends the knee to big money and billionaires. This time he is bending the knee to billionaire monopolists - pushing for a media merger helping the right wing media project.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Encourages State AGs to Settle Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Lawsuit | Report
The Wall Street Journal reports California's governor is concerned employment in the state could suffer if the $110 billion deal is blocked
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Would any UK/Brit labor folks /sociologists /anthropologists /demographers like to address wtf is going on here? To the eyes of many Yanks, a company asking these questions is causing offense, and, perhaps, breaking laws.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
counterpoint: the dead should make it harder for me to speak ill of them
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Catherine D'Ignazio (she/her/ella) @kanarinka.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The MIT Data + Feminism Lab is hiring a one year postdoc! We are working with Andrea Parker (GA Tech) and Brooke Foucault-Welles (Northeastern) on a project related to youth as co-designers of civic technologies to support neighborhood community wellness. careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
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Postdoctoral Associate
MIT - Postdoctoral Associate - Cambridge MA 02139
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
See, people always want to make this just about "sports," but the real upshot here is that, 6-3, trans women can't make a claim under the Equal Protection Clause. And if they can't do that, it's hard to see how they have constitutional rights.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 26/06/2026
If moderates are losing an ideological civil war it's because their ideology comes down to "I get to run this and you need to stop questioning me" and that's not a political philosophy and you need to learn to actually hide that shit if you're thinking it.
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👻 YSUBoOoOooOooo 👻 @bassoonysu.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
My rent is due by July 1st, and I have less than $200 in my bank account. The amount due is $980, and the management company doesn't accept partial payments. I've applied to five more jobs since posting the skeet below, and have had to buy gas and groceries since. Links in bio if able to help.
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isaac @sevier.io · 24/06/2026
If New York can build socialism around Wall Street, California can build socialism around Silicon Valley.
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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 23/06/2026
NYC Pride grand marshals call for ban on hospitals that ended youth gender-affirming care gothamist.com/news/nyc-pri...
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NYC Pride grand marshals call for ban on hospitals that ended youth gender-affirming care
The marshals state the hospitals should be on the outs until they restore care and commit to protecting trans youth.
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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I want to use my small platform to draw attention to the fact that @moreperfectunion.bsky.social stole content from journalist Aya Miller, which have since gone viral through their channels without any credit to her name. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8sXfDn1/
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Hopefully they’ll respond to my DM and maybe even do a story of their own… with proper credit #stealingcontent #smallcreatorsupport #localjournalism
TikTok video by Aya🌸
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Meta's response, which we've received verbatim across four stories & have repeatedly printed, answers some question—but it isn't one we're asking. That is already incorporated into our reporting here (which btw, lends it more weight, not less). The response isn't news & that's what we're reporting.
Meta is testing face-recognition software built by a company that sells surveillance tools to police departments and the United States military, as it explores bringing the technology to its smart glasses, WIRED has learned.

The arrangement is documented in a software license, obtained by WIRED, that was issued by Rank One Computing—a Denver-based company that derives roughly 80 percent of its revenue from government clients—and is tied to a test version of the Meta AI app that powers Meta's Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses.None of the face-recognition systems tied to Meta's smart glasses were ever active for users. Meta deleted them from the app entirely on June 5, a day after WIRED revealed that the company had quietly built an unreleased face-recognition system, internally called NameTag, into the Meta AI app—the companion software for its smart glasses, downloaded to more than 50 million phones. The system was dormant and could not be accessed by users.

Meta would say almost nothing about the arrangement, declining to answer WIRED's questions about its relationship with Rank One. Meta would not say why it licensed the software, when the relationship began, or whether it is ongoing.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
That includes Carol and Hubert, a year-old brother and sister pair that would love to be adopted together. Unfortunately, since they're no longer kittens, no one wants them anymore, so they're at risk of being separated. Haley is hoping to find someone who can adopted them as a bonded pair.
One of the cats in the sibling pair. They are black and white in coloration. One of the cats in the sibling pair. They are black and white in coloration.
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Rita Wild @ritawild.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This Belfast womens collective is raising funds to help victims. chuffed.org/project/1854...
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Support people and groups impacted by racist attacks
We are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast.
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Clarkisha Kent @clarkishakent.blacksky.app · 09/06/2026
—despite our attorney’s understanding nature. To stay afloat during this weird tug-of-war with the court clerk, our goal is to raise $2,500 to help cover hotel expenses, food, medication, attorney fees, & other essentials while we continue fighting to recover these funds. cash.app/$ClarkishaKent
picture of my c@sh @pp t@g - (dollar sign) ClarkishaKenta picture of me and my sister
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Neil Flanagan 🧱🗃️ @jgbollard.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
ISO Early American/late 18th century architecture historian 🗃️
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Andrea LaFlamme @andrealaflamme.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
“There may be.” FFS. Forget the flags. I have a literal masters degree in public health, I’m an actual union leader (in my second term as chapter president,) I’m a college professor, and a reproductive health advocate. And people are quibbling over if he abused his exes enough to be disqualifying.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 03/06/2026
The arc of the moral universe only bends towards justice if we bend it. There's no karmic comeuppance for fascists. There's just us. Community and hard work and a willingness to to take risks and fail.
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Created Wrongly @creativewronging.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I spent 13 years being homeless. The first 13 people who donate $10 or more to Carey & reply with receipts here 👇 I'll give you a code to one of my paid TTRPG zines for free- your choice from my Itchio page 🎲
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heather (still away) pls 🔁📌 @k1llstreakz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
IMPORTANT‼️ mutual aid community! #HelpFolksLive2026! @bfitzinAR HAS BEEN WRONGFULLY BANNED! 💔 THIS IS AWFUL, UNJUST. I HOPE BSKY WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND REVERSE THIS IMMEDIATELY @bsky.app @support.bsky.team she is over at the other place ⬇️ she feels terrible and is so sorry to everyone.
a screenshot of user bfitzinAR thread saying “I've been banned at Bluesky for boosting ppl. Apparently "Your activity was classified as a Critical Violation — behavior that is illegal, poses imminent harm, or accounts dedicated to violating our guidelines. These violations result in immediate and permanent account 

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removal. You will no longer be able to access this account." I've appealed. This is what I said. "Because boosting people in need is not spam, scams, or disruptive to conversations as I'm not replying to any conversations. I am doing my best, as I always have, to support

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the members of the community, whether small businesses or people in need." We'll see if their AI pays any attention. 

So. I'm apparently back at Xitter for the time being & will see if I can remember enough of/need to rewrite my MA thread wording to get started.

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end IDbfitzinAR responding to me on twitter saying “Well, I suppose if I go around pointing out that their AI mod is banning disabled black women for asking for help they'd get to me too. Even though I'm not black.

Would you mind letting folks over there know what's happened. I really feel like I'm letting them down. Thanks.”
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Bumblejack @bumblejack.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Update to this: Sheriff Roach is at extension 1201
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Member of @authorsabb.bsky.social @jerroldconnors.bsky.social came through in the best way and assembled this for us all! Know thine shitty bills!
Three poop colored circles in a Venn diagram, 8705: mandates teaching propagandistic US history, HR 7661: will banned undefined "sexually oriented" materials, HR 2616 will mandate teachers to put trans and nb students. ALL 3 will ban books. ALL THREE are transphobic bs.
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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
URGENT CALL TO ACTION: ICE agents at Delaney Hall have escalated drastically. There are reports of them beating detainees inside the facility RIGHT NOW. If you can't physically be at Delaney Hall, you need to CALL GOV. SHERRILL AND YOUR REPS!!! Phone number and call script below ⬇️
URGENT CALL TO ACTION
ICE agents at Delaney Hall have escalated drastically. There are reports of them beating detainees inside the facility RIGHT NOW. There is video evidence that they have been beating protestors, pushing them into vehicles, and pepper spraying them.

WE NEED YOU! THE TIME IS NOW! If you can't physically be at Delaney Hall, you need to CALL GOV. SHERRILL AND YOUR REPS!!!

TELL THEM TO GET TO DELANEY HALL IMMEDIATELY-THEIR CONSTITUENTS ARE
BEING BRUTALIZED!
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 26/05/2026
if circumcision makes you autistic what does a vaginoplasty do
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LuBoo @luboo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
@therealjamie.bsky.social put on The Secret of NIMH for the boys and I am trying to be chill but I cannot. This movie infuriates me.
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LuBoo @luboo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
POV, your uncle (your mom's brother) has gotten drunk and is on the dance floor at your cousin's (not his kid, him and your mom's sister's daughter, he has always had a fraught relationship with that sister and her husband but he gets on okay with your folks) wedding
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/05/2026
Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
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Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
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David Wynne @davidwynne.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.
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NYC for Abortion Rights @nycforabortion.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
On Fri night, Brooklyn court staff forced a woman to give birth inside the courtroom. Per public defenders, she gave birth in handcuffs, unable to reposition herself, unable to pick up her infant. The men who’d shackled her looked on. The judge lauded the birth of a ‘beautiful baby’ on the record.
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Energy Chris 🚫🧊 @energychris.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Minneapolis residents, the independent monitor for the settlement agreement wants to know what you think of MPD. Please share this widely, please tell them what you think of MPD. www.surveymonkey.com/r/MNcommunity
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ELEFA Minneapolis Community Survey
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
After he was tortured in El Salvador and a family member was killed, M.G. sought refuge in the United States. The Convention Against Torture was supposed to make sure he didn’t go back. But he was deported — and no one has heard from him since. blockclubchi.co/4trbltx
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
To be honest, I think even without bringing religion into it, you can question the idea of building a gold statue of someone. I greatly admire many, many people; I cannot think of one I think it would be un-weird to honor with a gold statue.
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 06/05/2026
my mom will just say nice things about me, I don't have to pretend to be her
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June Martin @theworldsgreatestwriter.com · 07/05/2026
They suspended @cara.city for this!!! Dogshit website run by absolute babies. It is a Serious Violation to point out that the head of trust and safety’s pants fell down and everyone saw his little red ass and laughed
• Do not stalk, persistently target, or create malicious content designed to humiliate or degrade individuals, including through coordinated campaigns.
• Do not abuse Bluesky features (lists, labels, community moderation tools), engage in bad-faith mass reporting, use automated harassment systems, or create single-purpose harassment accounts.
The following Post was removed:
I think it's very funny they keep banning people for stating, correctly, that the head of trust and safety on here was caught liking porn on his official account
Your post was classified as a Serious Violation, adding 4 strikes to your account. You now have 4 total strikes.
Because you reached 4 strikes, your account has been suspended for 3 days. You will be able to access your account again on 10th May, 2026.
If you believe this action was taken in error, you can appeal within 14 days by emailing moderation@blueskyweb.xyz. Please include context about why you believe this decision was incorrect.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/05/2026
conveniently those unpopular decision all seem to directly benefit the electoral fortunes of the Republican Party, as was clearly written into the text of the constitution despite the Republican Party not existing at the time
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 06/05/2026
We don’t need fuel. We need energy. Fuel corporations will do whatever they can to lock us into a fuel-based economy. But energy is all around us and can be gathered and stored by anyone. We have to make it easier for people to do that.
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emma (toys) @freeuse.toys · 05/05/2026
bluesky hates trans women
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LuBoo @luboo.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Top 15: The Wire Buffy 30 Rock Parks and Rec Brooklyn 99 The Good Place Futurama MASH Twin Peaks Batman: The Animated Series Archer Bob's Burgers I Love Lucy Bojack Community and a spot for the weird, liminal space in which I contain my feelings about Lost
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 30/04/2026
get in loser we're getting Reconstruction right this time
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/04/2026
i think it is a testament to the inherent radicalism of the reconstruction amendments that the supreme court’s main project with regards to them has been to limit and weaken their impact on american society.
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