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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 22h

I got nominated for a Signal Award for B*tch, Listen! My interview w/ Elie Mystal—The Constitution: A Scam by Rich White Men, for Rich White Men—has been nominated for best individual episode in the Activism, Public Service, and Social Impact category! But now I need YOUR help. 1/2

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The Constitution: A Scam by Rich White Men, for Rich White Men

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Erin Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 21h

"As things stand, students who commit infractions like plagiarism ... are often punished more harshly than the male students directly responsible for making the campus dangerous for female ones. Until there is zero tolerance for sexual assault on campus, women will not be protected here."

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Maroon Phoenix @maroonphoenix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And I’ll post Dr Becky’s photos here too since that might be more accessible.

Sexual assault prevention doesn't start with a college orientation talk.
It starts years earlier.
If you're reading about the Cornell sexual assault allegations thinking,
"I don't want that to be my son.
What can I do now?" - this is for you.
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Here's the bigger thing to understand:
Respecting someone's "no."
Noticing when something isn't right.
Resisting the pull of the group.
Knowing silence means no, not yes.
Kids aren't magically gifted these skills at 18 or when they arrive at college.
The stakes may be higher then, but the practice must start much earlier.
And what could that practice actually look like? Here are 5 places to start...
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1. Let your kid practice wanting something and
NOT getting it.
Think about what we eventually ask of our kids:
You really, really want something. And the other person - or even just the situation - is giving you information that says: Not OK.
That requires being able to tolerate frustrated desire.

So start by reflecting:
When my son hears "no," does he get practice being upset and tolerating not getting what he wants... or does he learn that if he pushes long enough, someone else's "no" might eventually change?
We often tell ourselves giving in makes life easier. It makes that moment easier. But it sets an unhealthy pattern for later on.
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J. R. Moock, jr. @jrmoockjr.northsky.social · 27/09/2026

This has fucked me up more than once. If you have a coconut allergy, you NEED to be careful about anything with “activated charcoal” anywhere near the label.

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

This validates the #COVIDisAirborne, #longCOVID and many other communities that have been fighting for so long against the pseudoscience and sheer Dunning-Kruger arrogance that dominates clinical guidance. EBM/GRADE processes prioritize guarding guidance as clinical turf above scientific integrity.

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Upstream of Misinformation: Mark Ungrin on Scientific Errors, Institutional Policy, and Public Trust

Interview with biomedical researcher Mark Ungrin on how misinformation can originate inside scientific institutions and shape public health policy.

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Becky @beckvalle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As a researcher, I am trying to be more intentional about backing up files, data, and information in formats as close to raw text and images as possible. I want to be able to still access the information if a software company decides to no longer support the file formats or software I need anymore.

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Bex is WEAK on crime @bextraordinary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Many men would rather engage in violent fantasy about what they WOULD do instead of doing what they easily COULD.

Threads post from @protextor

“I'd kill for my daughter."

OK. Will you risk social inconvenience by calling out your peers loudly and to their face? Or is that bare minimum real-life scenario scarier than your hypothetical one? 1/2

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You know when public attention can reverse a prosecutorial decision like this you almost get the sense that the decision to shrug it off in the first place was not based on an assessment of the quality of the evidence so much as an assessment of the seriousness of the crime.

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...

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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This story brought me back to Kara, one of the mothers in my book, There Is No Place for Us. She was homeless with her four kids while driving for DoorDash. They had to pee in bottles so bathroom stops wouldn't make her late. After gas, she earned $6.50 an hour—75 cents less than the minimum wage.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.

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Maroon Phoenix @maroonphoenix.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

wowza the long tail of of Covid’s impact on health is going to be statistically dramatic over at least 2 generations

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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.me · 24/09/2026

Genuinely — when we talk about not surviving ai, why is the exacerbation of climate collapse never at the top of the conversation?

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh.

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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026

I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 24/09/2026

AI has not made us better, more productive, more successful or grown the economy outside of GPU sales and data center construction. It has also made the price of every single device of every kind more expensive, depressed the housing market, and increased literally everybody’s cost of debt.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026

Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited future governors from handing over abortion providers, helpers, and patients to red states for criminal prosecution. The bill also barred extraditions involving transgender care.

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Newsom vetoes bill that would ban extraditions for abortion and gender-affirming care

California’s pro-repro rights governor rejects a key protection that 18 blue states have enshrined into law.

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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

disappointed but not surprised reading this from you. just because a mask is alienating to a population that has experienced trauma does not mean it’s not supported by science; just because you got into a car accident wearing a seatbelt and now you hate wearing them doesn’t mean they don’t work.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026

ICE are currently chasing and kidnapping immigrants in New Bedford, Massachusetts, a town that is at this point probably most famous for being the starting point for Ishmael’s journey in the great American novel Moby-Dick, which portrays a multiracial crew including many immigrants, working together

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Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

loudly praising my plant for making a new leaf so that the other plants can hear and be inspired

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Soren Stevenson @sorenwithward8.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

On Friday, three members of the Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) released a letter expressing concern about a pattern of unsustainable and unaccountable spending within the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD).

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The fact that every major news outlet includes vocal tics and hesitations when it’s a woman saying “like” and not when it’s a man saying “um” is itself wicked telling.

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letithappenalreadymama @pnutsmama.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

insulin should be free for anyone who needs it. is 2026 ffs

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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

People are hiding at home, afraid to go outside and encounter ICE. They're struggling to find food and holding kids out of school, as friends and family are disappeared in bunches. This is now the reality of daily life across the U.S., and I took a snapshot of what it looks like in one community:

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“We're Afraid on a Daily Basis”: How a Maryland Sheriff Targeted Immigrants Long Before ICE Raids Spiked - Bolts

Frederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impo...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

15/ ProPublica is revealing the existence of the case for the first time. We reviewed a trove of evidence gathered by the FBI and thousands of pages of legal records, and have independently corroborated much of Kao’s account. This is the first piece of an ongoing series:

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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

10/ Of all the politicians Navatek courted, Collins was its most important patron. At times, Kao and his associates cut checks to Collins’ campaign within 24 hours of the annual defense spending bill, which funds military contracts, clearing a key Senate hurdle.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Oh, that’s just Stephen Speilberg in a respirator at the Lucas Museum opening during a Covid surge, like a BOSS.

Photo of a reporter talking to Stephen Speilberg, who is in a dark suit and black respirator mask on

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

While there are horror stories from many countries, the Netherlands and Sweden really stand out. They might be very "civilised" in some respects, but on ME/CFS they seem to be in the Dark Ages.

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

really is a motherfucker knowing that if dem leadership/seniority signaled that trans rights were worth standing up for, every single person scolding and berating about how this sacrifice just HAS to happen would 180 overnight to "we draw the line here. abandoning people in need would be cruel"

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

imagine if the WH press corp had banded together 18 fucking months ago

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Jack Q @jackq.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

That these people can violate one of the oldest rights in the history of democracy at this scale and feel no remorse means we have, as a society, failed to imbue our people with the democratic spirit.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026

This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...

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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/09/2026

I hate doing the "a rollback of trans rights is the gateway for a rollback of women's rights" thing because trans rights are human rights in and of themselves, whatever the impact on cis women. But goddamn I wish more cis women had a sense of history and self preservation.

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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"[Sen. Mitch McConnell] was still receiving compensation ... The U.S. is the only wealthy country in the world that doesn't guarantee even [1] day of paid sick leave for its workers. Notably, McConnell has been instrumental in voting against and blocking efforts to implement such protections[.]"

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It’s not “third-country deportation,” it’s an extraordinary rendition, complete with torture and enforced silence by the “host” country’s thugs. And it’s a direct consequence of never imposing punishment on the CIA for doing this during the War on Terror.

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A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees

Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.

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siobhan mcdonough @siobhan-m.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

for those who aren’t familiar—the NAACP’s solidarity with trans people and willingness to recognize “similarities between exclusions of transgender kids and racial segregation” is something i find genuinely moving

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Reading is for everyone not just people with gigantic book haul budgets. Do we want people reading less? You want to decrease your customer pool? Like this is a literacy issue, a love of reading issue. I talked to kids everyday about reading AND adults. If ppl like reading and get $ they will buy.

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Guess who is more likely to recognize your name and buy a new book by you later? This is how you build a readership. Go after pirates and AI. Leave me with indie book stores, festivals and the library. The library is creating readers for me, do not take that away. I want everyone to read my books+

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sinajo.bsky.social @sinajo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This conversation with Timnit Gebru was so hugely insightful. It really helped me to understand the eschatological, ‘effective altruism’ side of the AI delusion as a form of eugenics.

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 20/09/2026

@johnrogers.bsky.social has written infinity threads about how completely they broke TV, but every time I remember that we're now being held hostage to strategies this fucking counter to the creation of art people want to see, I want to lay face down in the mud for 1000 years.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

When you hear a fantastical story about AI, you should ask yourself, "How does this serve the political project of AI?" Because, as others have pointed out, that's what AI really amounts to: a political project.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 19/09/2026

I gave a talk yesterday at a clean tech in incubator, and this was literally my thesis.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026

i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...

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A Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter Fraud

His conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds.

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