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Climate Justice Alliance @cjaourpower.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Call your Senators today! Tell them to vote NO on the “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act” (BAAJA) 📌 ☎️ U.S. Senate Switchboard: 202-224-3121 📞 📬 and send an email to your members of Congress: climatejusticealliance.org/action

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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

OK, since this thread has blown up a bit, I think it's worth clarifying in a new thread to what extent the 'GenAI is asbestos for the mind' analogy might hold up, and where it breaks down (as even useful analogies always do): 1/n

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melmmc⁷ @melmmc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Honor Indigenous Peoples Day. Lift up with respect the diverse cultures and experiences of indigenous peoples, and look toward a future of land back and rematriation, learning, healing. Because our only way forward is together: Thinking about this article today. www.peaceandriot.org/how-origin-s...

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How Origin Stories Shape the World — Peace & Riot

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melmmc⁷ @melmmc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

MAMA voting is on #BTS #ARMY mnetplus.world/event/en/202...

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

May goodness, protection, and beauty flow around, over, and directly to my trans and gender nonconforming kin. May you know that someone somewhere is holding your glorious being close in their hearts and minds because they genuinely care about your existence, survival, and flourishing.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Warrantless stops and violent roving patrols by masked federal agents across California, especially the Central Valley, have been terrorizing farm workers for the past 5 days. The chaos is escalating. full statement: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

United Farm Workers union condemns brutal
ICE surge impacting farm workers in Central Valley; highlights Rep. Valadao's comments as 'insulting' to his constituents

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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 07/10/2026

Following our FOIA requests, we obtained groundbreaking records showing ICE’s attempts to silence voters. ICE obtained 48.4 million records from Heather Honey, a known election denier, as a “strategic line of effort” to pursue voter fraud investigations.

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Trump Officials Ramp Up Investigations Into Voter Registration Groups

The Trump administration is investigating nonprofits that it says may be recruiting noncitizens for voter registration, documents show, even though noncitizen voting in the United States is rare.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Witchcraft is not consolatory hokum. It doesn't offer tepid answers to hard questions and even harsher circumstances. It offers us relationships with the land, its spirits and ourselves. Relationships may be rough and require work, but they get us through. – #EmilyCBanting #WitchSky

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sarah margaret @sarahmargs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The thing a lot of people don’t tell you about art is that you can just go make it. Like you can do it right now. You don’t have to wait for someone to give you permission. Write your book now. Make your comic now. Find other creatives and put on a show together. Do it now. That’s all we have

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 16/09/2026

Is U.S. democracy ready for AI? We tested how chatbots respond to election disinformation — and whether they would help create it. Here are the results: bit.ly/3TSPbV6

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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 15/09/2026

NEW: While many foundations and donor-advised funds pile up wealth while lagging in moving it to working charities, some donors are showing how to give quickly and effectively to support urgent societal needs. They should be applauded — and copied en masse. REPORT from @inequality.org:

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Gilded Giving 2026: Philanthropy Under Oligarchy - Institute for Policy Studies

Gilded Giving 2026: Philanthropy Under Oligarchy

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …

What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…

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melmmc⁷ @melmmc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“Already the chemicals are thought to contaminate the blood of nearly every living person. Research links them to cancer, liver disease, kidney issues, high cholesterol and birth defects.”

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Join us in celebrating the people who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay

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melmmc⁷ @melmmc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Right, but let’s keep building data centers and fighting over oil. 🫩

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Janai Nelson @janainelson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Pierre Damas Bel should be here. ICE & DHS have inflicted immeasurable mental anguish on whole communities through Placing shackles on former TPS holders to demonstrate dominance & control is blatant dehumanization. Restore Haitian TPS & abolish ICE—now. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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College student steps into traffic, is killed after losing immigration status

Pierre Damas Bel’s family said he took his own life on a busy highway after the Trump administration canceled protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants and ICE officers placed him in an ankle mo...

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melmmc⁷ @melmmc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I despise the way AI is making fools or cynics of us all.

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

And of course it’s the patients finding and reporting the errors, not their GPs. More cleanup labour for unsafe tools shunted onto those with the least power to demand better

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melmmc⁷ @melmmc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Reposting to get MORE EYES ON IT!

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melmmc⁷ @melmmc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Don’t let “intellectual,” “political moment,” or “elucidates” (really? 🙄) turn you off from learning more about this book and the importance of what it lays out. (Just watched a web panel with the author and two women of color panelists and it was 🔥.)

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melmmc⁷ @melmmc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

More like “shows its ASS” — The always-incisive Ms. Ifill expertly debones, dissects, and deep-fries this miserable majority’s deference to a wannabe dictator. Got to be ready to fight like hell just to cast a f*ing ballot this year.

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melmmc⁷ @melmmc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

If rage-writing onto cramped spaces helps you like it does me… lets GOTV postcard. secure.ngpvan.com/bcp6GpoxVEC3...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

If you care about protecting Big Bend, it may be time to rethink where you spend your money. YETI co-founder Ryan Seiders is part-owner of a West Texas ranch that has been facilitating construction tied to Trump’s border wall project in the Big Bend region.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

With 100° temps a new norm, Republicans are trying to stop all federal heat safety protection regs, now or in the future. HR 6213 prohibits OSHA from creating or enforcing ANY national heat safety standard. We MUST stop it! act.seiu.org/a/fedheatreg... #WeFeedYou

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CHIRLA @chirla-org.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Questions about immigration? We're here for you. 🦋 Whether you're looking for guidance or legal support, you don't have to figure it out alone! 🫂 📞 Call CHIRLA Tuesday–Thursday, 9 AM–1 PM: 213-201-3797 #LegalServices #SomosCHIRLA #AquíNosQuedamos

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melmmc⁷ @melmmc.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

All for shit we didn’t ask for and don’t need.

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A critical new bill, the Block the Bombs Act (H.R. 3565) has been introduced by Rep. Delia Ramirez. This bill would block weapons that have been documented in devastating attacks against Palestinians. Email your representative to demand support! Free Palestine!

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Block the Bombs

With U.S.-made weapons, Israel is massacring, starving, and displacing Palestinian families in Gaza. These acts of genocide are directly funded through our tax dollars. A critical new bill, the Block...

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melmmc⁷ @melmmc.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Every ad, everywhere: Lower your cortisol 🧘🍄‍🟫🍵 Me: *cackles in polycrisis* 🍸

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CHIRLA @chirla-org.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

CHIRLA has received reports of immigration-related detentions at U.S. airports during domestic travel. ⚠️ Consult with a qualified immigration attorney before flying. Evaluate the risks of domestic air travel and, if possible, postpone nonessential travel until you've received legal advice.

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CAIR @cairnational.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Congress is home for August. Now is the time to make your voice heard. 📥 Download the toolkit and watch the advocacy webinar today. bit.ly/august-recess-toolkit

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Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo @chinasa.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

"Just as early modern alchemists dreamed of transmuting base metals into gold, today’s AI evangelists promise to turn data into value. Both rely on the enchantment of transformation. Both conceal the bodies, both human and mineral, on which that transformation depends." limn.press/article/plat...

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Platform Obscurantism - Limn

ChatGPT is a platform. The chatbot is infrastructure. Thousands of applications now build on OpenAI’s application programming interface, creating a dependent ecosystem of developers, startups, and ent...

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melmmc⁷ @melmmc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Went into a 2am shame, self-pity, and fear spiral because I’m a middle aged “professional” and have never felt so unemployable in my life. Feeling betrayed by my whole so-called “career.” Bitter and terrified. And I know damn well I’m not alone.

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

We don’t need education about ethical *use* of AI; we need more education in how it is being *used on* and against us. 2/n

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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 09/07/2026

Nicole Schneidman is sounding the alarm on the gov’s efforts to build an authoritarian surveillance apparatus. Initially built for immigration enforcement, these tools now threaten the fundamental rights of all Americans. Here’s what she told @mauriziogro.bsky.social 🔗 protdem.org/4wxtx6P

Headline: Tech oligarchs are helping DHS set up authoritarian surveillance state, report says

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The president has emboldened ICE with new, supercharged surveillance capabilities and billions in additional funding, which encourages them to brazenly act as a weaponized political force against American citizens. This is a textbook authoritarian tactic that tries to make the idea of showing up, speaking out, or organizing feel dangerous for Americans.
Nicole Schneidman
Tech Counsel & Policy Strategist

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Warning ⚠️ ICE has reportedly detained more than 10,000 people in the past five days as part of a nationwide enforcement surge.

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alicesparklykat.bsky.social @alicesparklykat.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

JULY 2026 HOROSCOPES — I actually think that attentiveness is one of the most powerful forces in the world. It's a pity that the performance economy tries to monetize it. Attentiveness is care and love. It's how humans learn—by attentive observation. www.alicesparklykat.com/articles/732...

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July 2026 Horoscopes

I actually think that attentiveness is one of the most powerful forces in the world. It's a pity that the performance economy tries to monetize it. Attentiveness is care and love. It's how humans lear...

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melmmc⁷ @melmmc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

TRANS KIDS DESERVE THE WORLD AND ALL OUR LOVE AND SUPPORT. PERIOD!

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Kane (Minkmoding) @kanexan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Do. Not. Use. Fucking. Sticker. Mule.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Only about half of Americans could afford and access quality healthcare in 2025. 2 in 10 skipped prescribed medicines because of the cost. 3 in 10 didn’t seek treatment because of the expense. The ACA subsidies expired. The hospital bills didn’t. Medicare for all, NOW!

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Israel’s livestreamed genocide against 2.3M Palestinians in Gaza is the darkest chapter in this ongoing Nakba of ethnic cleansing. The genocide & Israel’s systematic destruction of refugee camps in the occupied West Bank serve its foundational goal of maximum land, minimum Indigenous Palestinians.

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