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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest

@majq.bsky.social
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Midwesterner at heart Year round spooky enthusiast Too many interests and never enough time Here to enjoy life

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 3h
Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities
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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest @majq.bsky.social · 5h
Twin peaks Red Lodge: a room with black and white zig zag flooring and heavy red velvet curtains for walls. Two black velvet armchairs are arranged facing a third, two standing lamps frame the two while a Greek statue of Venus looms behind the chairs. There is a side table with a side lamp next to the solo chair.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 8h
the more Musk spends on the midterm elections, the more ubiquitous this image needs to be
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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest @majq.bsky.social · 20h
Chooooourio
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...
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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026
This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I don't know about anyone else, but the amount of rage I'm carrying around these days is making daily life hard.
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
good men I am begging you to stop being Sad about this and be as mad as the women speaking truths about sexual violence that then result in their own violent, misogynist threats online
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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest @majq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I always disliked him, just affirmed
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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What gives? This classics prof suggests its affirmative action for men in order to boost STEM majors, deprive the humanities of $, and create a class of future donors to rescue UChicago from financial mismanagement chicagomaroon.com/53804/viewpo...
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Creating a Manosphere at the University of Chicago
Why does the University of Chicago reject so many women?
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I feel like we don’t talk about millennials in particular, hitting our 40s - in earlier generations many of us would be reaching the peak of our careers, but because of disaster after disaster, locust after locust eating our industries, many of us are on our 3rd or 4th fresh start.
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is incredibly important. I feel deeply that curbing sexual violence will come from raising social expectations of men, not from ‘educating’ them. I fear this is an unpopular view, because people are afraid to face up to the scale of the issue.
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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa
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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This money is absolutely meaningless to Elon Musk, but it has the potential to completely rewrite your future. He's spent over $36 million in about 4 weeks, and he's adding millions a day. All to corrupt our government to push his agenda. Let your friends know what's up.
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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest @majq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Worse punishment than any of the Cornell rapists got
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Lafayette Square isn't "a historic protest site." It's a fucking park. And it's packed on nice days. Calling it a protest site is White House framing. They're closing a popular public park to create a presidential palace Saddam Hussein would love.
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Inside Trump's Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site (Gift Article)
The president’s proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
it’s not the key point but it’s worth saying that if you make a point of shedding the cultural associations there is actually nothing less cool than a frat boy. jumped up little pipsqueak wearing his fruity lil easter colors leaking piss beer out of every orifice. an embarrassment of a human being
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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Generally speaking I do need AI boosters to understand that I’ve lost my career and future plans entirely to AI-based cost cutting. so any time you’re talking about tech you have to understand people whose livelihoods were destroyed by a thing they didn’t choose to adopt they’re gonna be prickly lol
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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest @majq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Grotesque May this woman never know a day of peace or forget what she did "Okay to care less"- less than worm behavior
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Going to work now feels like doing homework after the teacher quit and told the class that education is fake. Everyone just coasting on inertia and hoping there's still a point to all this
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Nobody is going to want to hear this, but a real risk we face, no matter who is president next, is that they will see no need to restore the rights lost or the executive power stolen in the last 10 years.
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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest @majq.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It hurts that all the baby punks at riot fest are dressed like how I used to in 8th & 9th grade
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
how about you stupid assholes stop talking about trans people as if they're any kind of problem anywhere at all. how about you address some actual fucking issues. who gives a shit
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woke stifler @yelix.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
how come “Lynchian” never means “a nice old man rides around on a lawnmower and solves familial disputes”
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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest @majq.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Oh HELL yeah Gonna be a hot hog water weekend 💦
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Micah @rincewind.run · 03/09/2026
it's really the same dynamic we're facing internally, where people are screaming for the democrats to play the kind of hardball the republicans have been we need our team to play to win, globally and domestically
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treb @treblaw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I'm just making plans to vote in-person at this point and I'm gonna recommend that to others in my life too
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 01/09/2026
i don't think i should be required to work hard and do a good job when everyone with power over my life barely works and does a bad job
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I cannot stress enough, as an indie author trying to remove herself from Amazon and set up something permanent as social media languishes—so few people go looking for things. That’s the biggest barrier to starting in the first place. And people can’t buy what they don’t know exists.
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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
As a millennial the Iraq war was when I learned America felt no responsibility for human life abroad and hurricane Katrina was when I learned it felt no responsibility for American lives either
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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I feel like people don’t know about the looming catastrophe in the crafting world that is private equity, or at least don’t understand the extent to which it’s a problem. Private equity owns a large chunk of places people get crafting supplies, particularly yarn, and we are heading for a cliff.
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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest @majq.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I'd be so much more excited about AI and robots if they could actually do things like chop vegetables for me. Figure out how to cut down the time it takes for me to make a charcuterie plate, then we can talk
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Chicago Rapid responders are warning that ICE has been seen active in Humboldt Park as of 10 a.m. with another report of activity in Austin at 9:54 a.m. and a near-contemporaneous report of agents seen driving on 79th & Cicero in the Ashburn neighborhood. Please be aware if you are in those areas.
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HUMBOLDT PARK
PULASKI Y DIVISION
NISSAN PATHFINDER
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THOMAS Y HARDING 
CHEVY TAHOE NEGRA
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THEY ARE IN THE AREA8/28/2026 alert of ICE active on 79th and Cicero. There is a Jewel-Osco at that intersection
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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest @majq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I had to share with Bluesky this fantastic branding
A jar that used to be filled with honey, called "Beez Nutz" from Huntley, IL
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Gary, Indiana residents have been without power for ten days. Here’s how you can help.
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Gary Residents Have Been Without Power For 10 Days. Here's How You Can Help
A South Side business is offering free laundry service for storm-affected Gary families, while another fundraiser is collecting money for essentials as some residents face a second week without electr...
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 12/08/2026
No matter how many times you sneakily re-enable the AI 'features' I repeatedly turned off and did not consent to, I WILL ferret through my settings to turn them off again, but this DOES feel a lot like a guy trying to get my number at the bar who will not take no for an answer.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 11/08/2026
'As a port city, Hamburg was a space in which borders were regularly being crossed and redrawn, where belonging was constantly contested and negotiated, with tangible – and sometimes deadly – effects.' Annika Bärwald on Black history in eighteenth-century Europe.
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Being Black in the Borderlands
What are borderlands and how do they shape questions of identity and belonging? Annika Bärwald explores the history of Hamburg's port and the people who passed through it.
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Dan Shafer @danshafer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A reminder, as polls open in Wisconsin: Wisconsin has same-day voter registration. So, if you haven’t registered or need to re-register, you can do so at your polling place (with ID and proof of residence) TODAY. Every state should do this. It’s great that Wisconsin does this. Go vote.
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MeganTheeWickedWitchoftheMidwest @majq.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We have to open the schools and actually start teaching the classics/history again
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
the AI-generated pictures of food horrify me to my core, they disgust me at the same level as the smell of rotting meat or vomit or whatever. seeing them makes my day a percentage point worse every time. and they’re everywhere, they’re fucking everywhere
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
As anyone in publishing will tell you, women do not resist reading books by men, but men will often dismiss books by women. This is not a publishing problem or a failure to target men. It's a misogyny problem.
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
the biggest and best movie of the year revolves around the perils and horrors that come with sacrificing a trans life in the name of a short term victory
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Demanding to examine a child's genitals for them to play sports is fucking insane
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
no amnesty
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🎃 It’s the Mid Pumpkin, Emily 🎃 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It’s so funny when people are like “sure you’re an abolitionist now but wait until you’re the victim of a property crime.” Buddy, the most useful thing the police have ever done for property crime is put the form you need to submit to your insurance online.
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