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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass with an estimated 800,000 people in Paris on Saturday, after spending the morning with migrants, the poor, and adults newly entering the Catholic Church. “For Christians,” he added, “the poor are not a sociological category, but the very ‘flesh’ of Christ.”
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Drawing 800,000 in Paris, Pope Leo XIV Calls on the Church to “Make Room” for Migrants and the Poor
“No one is so poor as to have nothing to give.” Before Mass, the pope sat with migrants and told catechists to respect each person’s pace. Six altar servers with Down syndrome served his Mass.
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Lydia @lydiacooper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Happy Caturday! All days with cats are good days, even when the cats are hard to find. #cats being cats
A cat hides under a quilt, only a gray tail visible
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The heart of end times fascism is an abandonment of this world. Heaven is either celestial or computational, but not earthly. Not here. It’s why so many people are already rising up. Most people actually like it here. Thank you to CNN International’s Amanpour for having us.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/09/2026
🚨NEWS: U.N.-backed investigators say they found “reasonable grounds” to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including one on a school in Minab. apnews.com/article/un-h...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Just once in my life I would like to see a Democrat being interviewed by right wing media like Fox News or right wing media like every single other outlet treat their questions with the contempt they deserve. I know it's not going to fix everything or maybe even anything but how much coverage and how much groundswell of excitement from the base do you think it would inspire if when asked about "boys in girls sports" or some other stupid fucking culture war distraction one of them finally said "What the fuck are you talking about man? You sound like a dumb asshole right now."

What's the worst that's going to happen the New York Times is gonna work overtime to make sure you don't get elected? They were already doing that buddy.

You simply say "Are you stupid? Do you think I am stupid? And do you think all of the people watching at home are stupid? Everyone sees through what you are doing. Using one group as a scapegoat for the very real problems everyone has – all caused by Republicans by the way – unlike this fake one you have made up. Dumb asshole."

Just go on the attack for once instead of sitting there trying to please your enemy who is in the process of trying to humiliate you.

And if you want to say something else true that almost no Democrat ever says for some reason you can top it off with a “Every single Republican in our lifetime has sought to make our lives worse in every way possible. I’d like to try to stop that.”
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Lydia @lydiacooper.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is a helpful and clear articulation for folks on the left who are confused at how upset trans folks are over Dem candidates who treat trans peoples’ lives as a compromise they’re willing to make. Let’s all agree: we win this election together. We don’t abandon each other.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism
In a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 12/09/2026
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🔥Jewish Actor Mandy Patinkin (brillant in Homeland) gets really passionate about Gaza and the child killer Benjamin Netanyahu. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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Lydia @lydiacooper.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
For a world in need of peace, a gift from a poet of peace
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The Peace of Wild Things
A poem by Wendell Berry.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 28/08/2026
Trump's HHS department has released a report through Rutgers claiming that support for trans people is linked to violence and authoritarianism. One measurement classifies you as authoritarian if you agree with "all conservatives are fools." Subscribe to support our journalism.
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HHS Issues False Report Linking Support For Gender Affirming Care With “Authoritarianism” And Violence
The report suggests that “gender ideology” acts as an “accelerant” for “political violence.”
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Lydia @lydiacooper.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
May we all be more like Dolly. Her memory is a blessing
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/08/2026
It just got way easier to sue fossil fuel companies over climate change.
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It just got way easier to sue fossil fuel companies over climate change
For years, industry has argued you can't prove which company caused which disaster. A new study says otherwise.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/08/2026
The Bureau of Land Management is rounding up thousands of mustangs around the U.S. and quietly selling them on the cheap to buyers who are exporting them for slaughter abroad, an examination of government records by The New York Times found. nyti.ms/4grb8Co
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Lydia @lydiacooper.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“Dear students, I cannot teach you about how Nazi Germany censored all mention of %#^*?! people before killing them because this university and the American government has also censored all mention of %#^*?!people. I am sure there is nothing to worry about.”
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Lydia @lydiacooper.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
For International Black Cat Appreciation Day, here’s the world’s sweetest and most cuddly disaster. Black cats face discrimination because bad luck mythology, but I promise, if you are lucky enough to acquire one like mine, everything you own will be destroyed. But you’ll be so lucky.
A silly black cat sleeps with mouth slightly open, tongue slightly blepping
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Lydia @lydiacooper.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This essay is powerful, heartbreaking, and important
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Governor Jay Inslee @govjayinslee.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I want my grandchildren to have the same kind of experiences I had as a child—hearing the deep breathing of an Orca, seeing the beauty of a snowcapped Mt. Rainier, searching for crabs under rocks on the beach. That’s what keeps me in this work. ethos-project.org/2026/07/02/j...
Mt. Rainier with trees and purple flowers in the foreground.
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Bethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Sharing this one because we don't read enough about what's happening in the lives of trans people - this is thorough and tragic.
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Opinion | What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All (Gift Article)
Is Kansas just the beginning?
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Lydia @lydiacooper.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Ok well this is alarming
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Lydia @lydiacooper.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
“If clean and dirty energy facilities were to adopt AI at similar rates, they found, the productivity gains for renewables would have to outpace those for fossil fuels by at least four times for emissions to break even.”
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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
July was ICE’s busiest month yet in the Puget Sound region. It’s a stealthy surge, without the helicopters or smoke grenades of Chicago and MN. But the surge is real, with real people taken every day. Each red pin is someone’s family member, neighbor, coworker, loved one.
Screenshot from iceout.org (People Over Papers) showing community ICE reports in the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett region from 7/1-2026-7/31/2026. 

The whole urban region is covered with map pins in red, yellow, and green. The pins stack on top of each other, making them impossible to count. Screenshot from iceout.org (People Over Papers) showing community ICE reports in the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett region from 6/1/2026-6/30/2026. 
Most of the urban region is covered with map pins in red, yellow, and green. In some places, the pins stack on top of each other, making them impossible to count. North Seattle, Bellevue, and Bothell have fewer reports than Tacoma, South Everett, and S King County. Screenshot from iceout.org (People Over Papers) showing community ICE reports in the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett region from 5/1-2026-5/31/2026. 

There are several dozen pins in red, yellow, and green — few enough to see each individual pin. South King County has the biggest cluster. There are no pins in Everett and only 1 in TacomaScreenshot from iceout.org (People Over Papers) showing community ICE reports in the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett region from 4/1/2026-4/30/2026. 

There are ~20 pins across the region, mostly green with a few yellow and red. Only one pin in Seattle. Biggest cluster in Tacoma-Federal Way area
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Lydia @lydiacooper.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Two apex predators with brains the size of walnuts ravage our home. We love them so much. #InternationalCatDay #Caturday Cw: gratuitous violence and fluff Video: two extraordinarily fuzzy cats play-wrestle each other
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
El-Sayed, Lawrence and McKinney all won progressive campaigns in Michigan last night by talking about climate and clean energy like it was a kitchen-table issue — because skyrocketing energy bills and endless wildfire smoke matter to people.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 05/08/2026
A trans couple has been brutalized by a mob, and then the trans woman ended up being arrested afterwards, at a public bathroom in Louisiana. EITM writer S Baum investigates this horrible act of violence in our latest piece. www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-coup...
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Trans Couple Brutalized At Louisiana Park Bathroom, Then Charged By Police
An angry mob allegedly beat them. The police charged them. The municipality voted for one of the most severe anti-trans bathroom ordinances in the country.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 31/07/2026
"Asked what would happen if immigration authorities came to Springfield, Pastor Ruby said the coalition would encourage peaceful protest and that some were prepared to put themselves 'between ICE and people who are targets for detainment and deportation.'"
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Civil Disobedience Is Coming to Springfield
“No matter what it costs.”
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Mychal sits & shares that Ms. Rachel posted, “Black boys deserve to grow up.” This is not controversial, it is hope. Black library kids deserve to grow up to become Black library grown-ups. Black boys deserve to live in a world where that has not always felt true. Black boys deserve joy ✨
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
In 2023 while in NOLA, a Lyft Driver and I had a conversation about leaving home. It led to him telling me about his terminal diagnosis. “An editor told me once that if you want to understand a war, interview the grave diggers. I’d add that if you want to understand a city, interview the drivers.”
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Mister Anthony
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Lydia @lydiacooper.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
What is happening in my home state of Ohio right now is horrifying, disgusting, and heartbreaking. This cruelty to our beloved neighbors is nothing short of a moral catastrophe
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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"[R]esearch is essential to the task of humanistic formation, even at a teaching-focused college. If humanities scholar-teachers gave up on research, we would forgo a prime opportunity to promote the virtues academics are best positioned to model for students" www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
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Opinion | The False Choice That Could Kill the Humanities
The tension between teaching and scholarship is not as acute as critics pretend.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/07/2026
Tomorrow, the House will vote on the NDAA, which includes a provision to merge parts of our military with the IDF. This amendment is an existential threat to American sovereignty and democracy. Every member of Congress must vote NO.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/07/2026
If four Supreme Court justices get their way, "we are talking about a situation where, over time, the electoral majority could push to ensure that its people are citizens and the people in the electoral minority are not."
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The Danger to Democracy Behind the Birthright Debate
The risk in making citizenship dependent on politicians instead of the Constitution.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/07/2026
A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive. One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy. Another collapsed and had seizures during labor. (Published Dec. 2025)
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What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
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Lydia @lydiacooper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The thing I can’t figure out is why these large tech companies think we can sit in sweltering heat and watch the only home we have burning and think, “naw but it’s worth it because now at work I get to do the same task but with three more steps added to it.”
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious. Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal.
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A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family
Even in today's climate, there should be one fundamental principle everyone respects: whatever you think about someone in politics, you leave their kids alone.
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Lydia Mulvey @lydiamulvey.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
World Central Kitchen is en route to Venezuela to provide hot meals for those affected by the devastating twin earthquakes as well as first responders, a vital, life-saving service if you are able and funds allow, you can donate at the link below donate.wck.org/campaign/815...
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Donate to World Central Kitchen
World Central Kitchen https://donate.wck.org/campaign/815521/donate
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I just sent this out to Democracy Docket premium members, but in light of the Postmasters comments this morning threatening voting by mail, I felt it is urgent to post it online for everyone. Please read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/mail...
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Mail-in voting is under attack. Here's what you can do
The USPS is proposing a rule that would require states to share information about voters who request mail-in or absentee ballots for federal elections.
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Lydia @lydiacooper.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Well this is alarming
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/06/2026
Two pages. The same story. SNAP cuts: American children are losing food assistance and going hungry. USAID gutted: Children overseas are dying after humanitarian aid was cut. History won’t remember the excuses. It’ll remember who let children suffer. #RepublicansStarveChildren
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Zohran’s speech at the Knicks ceremony & Obama’s speech at the presidential center opening are cousins — two different ways of getting at the belief that hope is a choice, that hard work is worth it, that setbacks are never permanent & long odds are not fate. Stubborn collective optimism is back!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/06/2026
One of my favorite moments of the day. If you missed it, take a moment… 🤎 John Legend and Common performing “Glory.”
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Lydia @lydiacooper.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
To the best of both of our knowledge, there’s only one cat in this picture. Happy #caturday to those who have two or more cats, one of whom has all the brain cells.
A black cat looks confused while a gray cat sits beside him, his face covered in a white shower curtain but his fuzzy gray butt and tail very much still visible.
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Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Worse than I thought. I saw Kushner’s Albania resort up close — it is an environmental disaster. The damage at Vjosa-Narta is not fake news. Bulldozers are tearing into one of Europe’s most precious wetlands www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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I saw Kushner’s Albania resort up close — it is an environmental disaster
The damage at Vjosa-Narta is not fake news. Bulldozers are tearing into one of Europe’s most precious wetlands.
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La Resistencia @laresistencianw.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Naiara Tourao is currently being held at the Northwest Detention Center. She is one of our many Free Them All campaigns. Please Read Naiara's Story and Sign her Petition! actionnetwork.org/petitions/fr... #AbolishICE #AbolishGEOGROUP #ChingaLaMigra #FreeTHEMALL #SHUTDOWNNWDC
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
We're still here! 😁 Thankful for books, thankful for stories 📚 Video Description: Mychal exclaims, "I'm still alive!" Books, characters, stories kept him here. He's a struggle bus rider (a struggle bus conductor!), but he's survived. He keeps going one day at a time, seeking reasons to stay 💚
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINES FOR THE PRIMARIES Tue, 6/9 — MAINE — in-person Tue, 6/9 — NEVADA — online, in-person Fri, 6/12 — UTAH — online, mail (6/23 in-person) Sat, 6/13 — NEW YORK Tue, 6/16 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — in-person More at npr.org/vote
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How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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Mx. James Pennington, LPC 👩🏻‍🎤🏳️‍🌈 @queertherapist.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Steadfast whimsy is my new gender. Happy pride, y’all! 🌈🦄
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Lydia @lydiacooper.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I laughed out loud and way too hard at this. Also: everyone should be reading Magnifica Humanitas: www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)
ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________
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Lydia @lydiacooper.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
There is a right side of history here. There is a wrong side. It’s not a matter of right or left anymore, it’s a matter of moral courage, and Sen. Kim has it.
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Lenticulus @lenticulus.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
www.youtube.com/shorts/_nz15...
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Trump’s secret settlement
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
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