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DJ Alderman

@mareralph.bsky.social
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🏳️‍⚧️ they/them Urban planner. Organizer. Writer. Musician. I probably argued with you at a party. Chicago over everything. Opinions are my own. linktr.ee/mareliam

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Lone Progressive Dissenters have the highest batting average of being correct in history, yet that does nothing to change the widespread conviction that today’s Lone Progressive Dissenters must be crazy wackos.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24/08/2026
The amount of bs spewed about trans people in sports is going to be directly proportional to how bad Republicans are polling this election cycle. The more anti trans ads you see, the worse they're polling. They have nothing else but scapegoats. It's not going to work with high gas and food prices.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 25/08/2026
The military is out of munitions. Key bases were destroyed by Iran. The navy can't even supply its ships in theater. Sailors are throwing themselves overboard because conditions are so dire and morale is through the floor. Iran has the upper hand in the strait. But sure, you got rid of trans people
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 25/08/2026
Pete Hegseth: "This is a new department with a new focus on our core mission, where we're restoring the warrior ethos. And that means a focus—an unrelenting, uncompromising focus on lethality. ​It means no more DEI. ​It means no more trannies, just training."
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️‍🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.
Black and white photo of Dolly Parton with gay artist Keith Haring.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Take care everyone. Live your life in such a way that people are genuinely sad when you pass on.
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton had an impact on so many people, in ways big and small. Here, we wrote about the song "I'm Proud To Be A Dolly Parton Fan" composed and recorded by incarcerated artists serving time in the Texas Department of Corrections and released in 1978. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/10/p...
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Inside a Gold Mine of Texas Prison Music
Until the 1980s, an annual prison rodeo offered a chance for men inside to perform and sell albums. Now we’re making them available to you.
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DJ Alderman @mareralph.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Thank you, @edgeofsports.bsky.social .
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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The objective of discrediting women in sports entirely, except selected 'nice' sports approved by the Heritage Foundation, also has to be taken very seriously in this far right campaign. (See linked post to which my post, below, responds) bsky.app/profile/acre...
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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is excellent and worth your time
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Victor Luftig @vl1959.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"These figures on the right are being exposed as the losers, con-artists,and social parasites that they are.It’s clear that they care nothing about women’s sports.No, their goal goes way beyond sports.It’s about eradicating trans people—not just from public life,but life altogether.This is obvious."
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
It just kills me that reporters don't push back on this drivel EVERY TIME saying "show me an example of this happening. Even one example."
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 25/08/2026
This isn't even about medical care: The far right thinks schools are "transitioning" kids if they honor the student's name and pronouns.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
pretending to protect women by being complete assholes to them

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Terrible to see women attack each other like this
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Enes Kanter GOT INTO IT with a WNBA player and was KICKED OUT the arena
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
i get the sense that a lot of people don’t know that the term “ethnic cleansing” isn’t limited to mass murder. mass deportations targeting a race/ethnicity/nationality counts too. and we’ve been doing that for over a year now and our politicians won’t call it what it is
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JazzReads📚🏀 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
GROWN men!!!! Doing this at WNBA games
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The biggest dildos at WNBA games remain in their seats.
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DJ Alderman @mareralph.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
DILDOGATE HAS HIT WINTRUST ARENA
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Maj @lif3asmaj.blacksky.app · 12/08/2026
Imagine losing LeBron AND your dignity in the same 45 days...
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DJ Alderman @mareralph.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I love coming home after a great WNBA game to see the league's leadership has chosen to defend the hate-filled paid protesters who want trans people dead. I spent SO MUCH MONEY at ASW mere days ago and this is a slap in the face to the fanbase that supported this game long before the Klan showed up.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 31/07/2026
This is really bleak.
A screenshot of a social media post with the title "Lawyer told me he always turns down trans clients," followed by a pink tag reading "MtF". The body of the post reads:
​"A lawyer recently mentioned to me that every single time he and his colleagues have taken on legal representation for a trans woman, they’ve lost at trial or have been unable to negotiate a settlement. His reasoning was that, regardless of how strong the evidence is or how blatant the discrimination, juries hold an intense prejudice against trans women. He claims to support trans rights, but his take was essentially that these cases are impossible to win in front of a jury. That you have a fighting chance to win a case if you belong to any protected classes except for trans."
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/07/2026
What's even worse about this is that the Knicks owner, James Dolan, was caught specifically tracking trans women for years, including when they went to the bathroom. No suspension there but speaking out against transphobia nets you a 5 game suspension. www.them.us/story/jim-do...
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MSG Security Allegedly Tracked a Trans Woman’s Movements, Including Bathroom Breaks, Down to the Second
A bombshell report in Wired details an extensive use of the venue’s facial recognition system.
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Megan Burbank @meganburbank.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It's interesting that no coverage of this incident has specified what Celeste Keaton actually said. Given the initial source (a right-wing commentator with a clear agenda), that seems like something important to find out www.seattletimes.com/sports/storm...
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Storm co-owner suspended; Sophie Cunningham calls her behavior ‘truly embarrassing’
The WNBA suspended Storm minority co-owner Celeste Keaton and fined the team an undisclosed amount following an incident during Tuesday’s game in which she confronted two fans.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/07/2026
At our municipal grocery stores, New Yorkers will get a 30% discount on eggs, milk, chicken, produce and other everyday essentials. In the wealthiest city in the richest country in the world, no one should have to wonder how they’ll afford the food they need to feed themselves or their families.
Mayor Mamdani holds up bananas with a 30% off sticker on them. Shelves of produce and canned goods, all with 30% off stickers on them. New Yorkers clap at the press conference announcing the 30% discount for municipal grocery stores.
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Alaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Friendly reminder that these things aren't impacted by closing the Strait of Hormuz so maybe, just maybe, we should implement them to avoid being impacted by future conflicts: -Solar panels -Wind turbines -Battery storage -Electric vehicles -Bicycles -Natural fertilizers -Electric heat pumps
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🌊 Matt Gaetz’ Burner Account 🌊 @krisbouncedx.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Trump’s bizarre Oval Office rant calling LeBron James "maybe a racist" is the ultimate real-world case study of the Dunning-Kruger effect. He is an aggressively dim, high-stress narcissist who genuinely believes that "not liking Trump" makes someone a bigot.
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‘Maybe he’s a racist’ – Donald Trump takes swipe at LeBron James (The Independent)
US President Donald Trump suggested LeBron James may be a “racist” when asked about who is the greatest ever basketball player. James revealed on Friday that...
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Not all heroes wear capes. Some meant to but wind up in gorilla masks instead. Thank you to Joyce Kozloff and all the other Guerrilla Girls, whether or not you ever come forward. What you did was so, so important.
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Founding member of Guerrilla Girls reveals her identity
One of the founding members of feminist art collective Guerrilla Girls has revealed herself to be American painter and sculptor Joyce Kozloff.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
NYC SMALL BIZ OWNERS ON ZOHRAN: “These people really care about small businesses… They get shit done… I like that he stands for making sure nobody seems to feel marginalized, we all win together… If that’s what socialism is I’m all for it!” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
"Should the United States authorities arrest Netanyahu if he enters the United States?" All: Yes: 46% No: 28% Yes Among: DEM: 63% IND: 46% GOP: 28% YouGov / July 23, 2026
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Scott Agness @scottagness.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
A new WNBA All-Star game attendance record: 19,783. The NBA’s largest venue — United Center — is completely filled.
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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
hey, remember: don't eat anything and don't breathe
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 16/07/2026
I think one reason data center outrage is so pronounced is people spent decades recycling and composting and otherwise scrimping to offset energy use and protect clean water, and the second we hit an inflection point for cheap electricity the banking industry said we’re taking all of it, fuck you
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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
In just the past few hours, the US military reportedly launched missile attacks in Iran on an airport, a bridge, a railway substation, and a communications tower. This is why the US is trying to dismantle the ICC, because it is knowingly targeting civilian sites that could amount to war crimes.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
They aren't claiming the officer feared for his life, but "feared for public safety" when Guerrero attempted to flee. But he was not the target of the warrant. Which means they had no reason to think he was dangerous. Fleeing an immigration stop does not make you a threat to public safety.
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DHS breaks hours of silence on deadly ICE shooting in Maine, saying officer was ‘fearing for public safety’ | CNN
The man in the fatal shooting was identified by his neighbor as 26-year-old Joan Sebastian Guerrero from Colombia.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.
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BOOK REVIEW
Sylvia Plath, a New York vigilante and Shah of Iran featured in latest historical fiction
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 14/07/2026
"The lesson did not stay on the beach, and all of those who learned from Norman and Velma Hill's experience are proud to count ourselves their children in the movement," writes Ben Jealous.
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Rainbow Beach wade-in continues to guide racial justice movement
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/07/2026
Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years ... we see the wealthiest country -- one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more ... we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans"
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026
I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.
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Dr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Rumor is LeBron is leaving the Lakers to play for the Democratic Socialists of America. Great pickup for the DSA, which really has some momentum right now.
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DJ Alderman @mareralph.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I'ma need Democrats to bring this energy into the midterms and presidential primaries. www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-...
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Australian officials ask fans to respect the privacy of Neil, a 1-ton seal who respects nothing
“It’s Neil’s world and we’re just living in it,” one local said about a male elephant seal that weighs as much as a small car and has a social media following double Tasmania’s human population.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Took this video of a guy getting detained and a citation for putting his hand in the water an hour ago.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Iran got sanctions removed, will continue missile program, their nuclear program stays intact, they’ll get $300B and confirmed they’ll continue to toll Strait of Hormuz. US lost hundreds of billions, has record high gas prices, Americans are dead, NO gains. Art of the fraud.
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DJ Alderman @mareralph.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
How messed up is it that I changed my display name on here to something stupid Trump said and by the time I saw it again, there had been 64,000 other stupid things and I can't even remember what it means.
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DJ Alderman @mareralph.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Best thing on the internet today, guaranteed.
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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
re: wemby saying the spurs "absolutely dominated most of the series." I've seen folks point out that english is wemby's second language. fair. but having watched him since year one, his grasp of the language is firm enough to say "the knicks beat us." he didnt say it bc he doesnt think that.
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kim @kimmymonte.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
omg ffs we just want healthcare
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