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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 5h

If you’re not from Missouri, you may not know that Eric Schmitt got his start in MAGA politics by suing public schools for mask mandates while their teachers died during a pandemic. The really strange thing? He never sued his own kids’ school for their mask mandate. He’s a piece of Schitt.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 11h

I love that the U.S. government now has ideas so dumb that the fact checks are simply “yeah this isn’t a parody, it’s real”

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 3h

Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of the Cornell students accused of gang rape, Scott Kretzschmar, denies it and says through his attorney that they are going to “confront” the survivor through the court system. I can already tell you that means victim-blaming, DARVO, and smears. She is going to need a lot more of our support.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17h

Let this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22h

Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.

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Meh Pluribus Unum (Alli) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @pluribus-unum.co · 28/09/2026

It isn't about, and never stops at, sports. "...every single U.S. state that has passed laws banning trans athletes has gone on to pass additional anti-trans laws — in fact, 27 out of 29 such states have banned gender-affirming care for trans youth as well." juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats...

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On Democrats Who Cave in Response to Anti-Trans Attack Ads

and more importantly: a response to all the cis people responding to the way that trans people are responding to said Democrats’ responses

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ACLU @aclu.org · 20h

NEW: Today, Florida Governor DeSantis and other state officials voted to designate two leading Muslim civil rights nonprofits as “domestic terrorist organizations.” The state's actions are baseless and unconstitutional.

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Indivisible ATL @indivisibleatl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Inglorious Basterds at @plazaatlanta.bsky.social Wednesday, September 30⋅7:30pm Part of the Plaza's series Triumphant Cinema! Stories of hope and collective resilience… just in time for the midterms. Indivisible ATL will be at the Plaza helping folks register to vote and/or check registrations.

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Part of our series Triumphant Cinema! Stories of hope and collective resilience… just in time for the midterms. Please plan to vote by or before November 3! For more info, please visit here.In Na...

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

THE REALITY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS‼️

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Mal @mal-rambles.bsky.social · 18h

Activism is largely thankless work. Men are socialized to only have transactional relationships with women and each other. As a result, they generally don't do work that doesn't give them tangible rewards. "What's in it for me?" is how we raise boys. "How can I help?" is how we raise girls.

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ABOLISH ICE 🇲🇽 @absurdreality.bsky.social · 22h

every woman knows a woman who has been sexually assaulted but rarely any man knows a man who has sexually harassed someone, weird isn't it?

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L @lhope416.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yes, and many times those women were children the first time something like that happened to them.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 22h

A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h

At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20h

“This is about stepping up where the federal government has failed.” On Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law banning law enforcement officers in the state from using electrical shock gloves.

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California bans ICE's favorite shock gloves

A DHS spokesperson has said that the agency "will not abide" by any state ban.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Israel fans chanted IDF and made monkey noises at black Irish players during the game against Ireland. Ban Israel.

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A Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 28/09/2026

TRANS and INTERSEX students. When it impacts TRANS and INTERSEX students consequentially more than it does LGB or A students, just say the words.

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PenguinGuy @penguinguy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

All men should live in fear that someone will see them decline to do this, and will judge them forever. That's how I think about it. It's your obligation.

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Megan E. Human * free Link @zombiscribe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I already said this in a reply to someone else but it's worth repeating. New Mexico also has this type of bullshit UNLESS you are a woman who got married and want to take your husband's last name. Then it's just some brief paperwork and you skip everything else they require of people. "Fun"

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This also sums up the American healthcare experience pretty well. American healthcare is a travesty. This is the bad place.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.

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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Cornell told them to write a fucking essay. For BRUTALLY raping a woman. Two years ago. Sit with that. If you really think about it, you’ll understand why we’re filled with rage. Why we want to eviscerate the systemic patriarchy that continually demoralizes, divides, and terrorizes us. #Pinks

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George Lakoff @george-lakoff.com · 01/01/2025

Tips to keep democracy alive in 2025: 1. Be Brave. Avoid helpless/hopeless talk. Authoritarians want you to feel powerless because it makes their work easier. Courage, faith, and optimism are essential. Fascism feeds on cynicism and pessimism. Starve it. www.theframelab.org/how-to-thriv...

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2025: Keep democracy alive. FrameLab New Year's resolutions

Advice for defeating the authoritarian threat

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Wendyleigh @raginpagan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

His final solution ad

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I never thought in a million years that the president and First Lady of the United States would be targeting me personally and trying to hurt me and my kids. jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/be-best-be...

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Be Best. Be Quiet. Or Be Bankrupted.

Melania Trump is selling a story about lifting women up. I’m the mother of two she tried to frighten into submission.

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Reminder, please share this. ✌🏼💙

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Trump’s fascist, taxpayer-paid ad is airing during football and it’s straight out of Germany circa 1933.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026

Women trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties - where people have reported being sexually assaulted, like below. Events like Aella’s “Slutcon,” which is happening again this weekend.

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I am disheartened by this as well. I already lost a bunch of followers for agreeing with @tautologer, but it's saddening to see local nerdy women being caricatured as Karen-like outsiders and getting pushed out of the scene. This is exactly why you hear so few concrete, names-attached stories of sexual harrassment and assault. I'm told there is a history of discrediting these because the "slut normalization" thing is top priority and these stories get inconveniently in the way of spreading this ideology.
I got roped into attending last year's Saturday Slutcon party because so many local and out-of-town friends were there (to echo sentiments @tautologer expressed about "slut events becoming central to the larger scenes). Mostly I hung out with people I knew and that was great. But in the course of my 3-ish hours there, there were 2 times my "no" was not accepted by a man I didn't know, and I was physically pushing a huge guy off of me who was rubbing his penis on me, who continued to do it despite my physical force against him, and after I finally wriggled away from him, told him I wanted to dance alone etc., he came back and did it again.
This was scary and bad, but it didn't even cross my mind to report this because one of the other people who didn't accept my "no" earlier in the night was the bartender (an officially sanctioned authority at the event), and I knew the event was organized exclusively by women into CNC (who are vocal about how rapey behavior turns them on), so I figured this sort of thing would just get me laughed at. And anyway, I heard there were a lot of other incidents like it. Later though, someone encouraged me to report this story to the organizers, and despite my embarrassment I did, so *they know* that this and other incidents happened. This is why they cut the Saturday night party this year and created a larger training program for the flirt girls - *because* of things like this last year. Yet the narrative bein…

People who haven't been to Slutcon are saying "it's just group therapy," "it's just innocent flirting." But the environment is much like a sex party in that many people are nude, there is making out and sex acts happening out in the open. I think it's pretty unreasonable to expect that every nerdy girl who likes rationalist bloggers or is into EA/AI safety should automatically be comfortable with this! That if she's not, there's something wrong with her, we don't want her in our scenes, etc.
Not to mention, it's explictly an event *for men*, where men are the clients and the "flirt girls" are the product. Last year I overheard an exchange where a man felt "led on" by a flirt girl and was trying to get her punished/kicked out. (A dynamic that seems inevitable in this context!)
Anyway- it does sound like they've upped their consent education a lot this year, are more organized, and that's good! As I've told my friends who are attending: I hope they have fun!
I heard several accounts last year of women who had no problems and really enjoyed the event. That's great!
Just... can we live in reality about this? There are real reasons why male-female sexual dynamics are tricky.
Encouraging autistic men who can't yet read body language to go around asking to see womens' boobs is maybe a bit ill-advised. Maybe not everyone should be/identify as a slut; maybe it's not for everyone.
And yeah, filtering the Bay Area Al safety scene down to only women who are super comfy with this eliminates *most* women - including many of the really smart, nerdy, weird women who've been in the larger scenes for years. What a loss for humanity.
I absolutely understand why people with a minority sexuality would want to create belonging, would want to create spaces for people like themselves. But why do it like this/at this cost?

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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Dear Americans: How can I convince you that you are gravely underreacting to the situation we are in.

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Melinda's century of humiliation @melindamagpie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hannah Einbinder, Chelsea Manning and Elliot Page were among 100 people arrested for protesting Netanyahu today. Trans and queer people show up for Palestine! @mayor.nyc.gov, why is NYPD arresting people opposed to genocidal war criminal Netanyahu?

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JL Kaufmann @jlkaufmann.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Cat: YOU'RE EATING EARLY Me: Yes, Yom Kippur starts tonight and I shall be fasting from sunset. Cat: WHAT ABOUT ME? Me: You are not obliged to fast, in fact I'd be worried if you did. Cat: CAN I EAT EARLY TOO? Me: Why? Cat: ...SOLIDARITY? Me: ...You're not getting two dinners. Cat: DAMN.

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St. Gael @stgael.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The United States of America is made from a diaspora of histories. You can’t deny our existence. You can’t deny our rights. You can’t exclude us from the American story. We are one. We’re waking up against tyranny.

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Every stitch tells a story of love, community, and remembrance. Volunteers across MN created the "Stolen Neighbors Quilt" with 11,000 squares to honor Minnesotans detained by ICE. Each fabric square represents a neighbor, a family member, and a life impacted by deportation. We stand for Justice!

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court GRANTS People Not Politicians stay application, ordering the 2022 map to be in effect for the midterms! A victory for Elias Law Group, our clients People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn, and the people of Missouri. www.democracydocket.com/cases/missou...

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Nikko @dyadiccalamity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I remember hearing about this back when it happened... because it was largely reported because of the "gender ideology" aspect. In other words, it was mostly reported in news by/for trans people.

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DaughterOfDefiance @z-buck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I really, really hate this timeline... Also, why the hell was this NOT reported on when it happened (Mar 2026)???

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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

But I need to smile more.

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Greg Morosoff @gregmorosoff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"On the first night of the autumn moon, Little ghost gathered all his friends in town for their annual parade." Art by Laura Lanciani Good Evening Blue ones #SpookySeason