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E Mills 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉

@millbot.bsky.social
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Wisconsin-based writer, reader, nature nerd, DJ, roller derby-er (Hammer Abby), and musician (Damsel Trash, LINE & Little Red Wolf). 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ grist-from-the-mills.ghost.io

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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 12h
Recently, I did a wonderful interview with the indefatigable @emilystjams.bsky.social about trans people's online information environment and why there are very strong incentives to spread panic. It was a wide-ranging discussion that I think is more relevant than ever.
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What's the matter with trans panic media?
Scholar Katherine Alejandra Cross on why it's so profitable to "sell panic to trans people."
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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026
There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.
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E Mills 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @millbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Whoa
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Sarah @sarahisathome.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This reason for the improved position by the CDC on the COVID vaccine should be an inspiration for lots of legislation. Being pesky can pay off!
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We can’t allow this man to get within striking distance of a viable presidential candidacy.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026
NEW: Emergency motion asks First Circuit if its decision overturning DHS's third-country removal policy is effective immediately or not. They cite my reporting, and reveal tomorrow's ICE flight to make TCR stops in Central African Republic, Rwanda and Burundi. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72347...
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Motion (other) – #00108513219 in D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (1st Cir., 26-1212) – CourtListener.com
EMERGENCY MOTION to Clarify the Effectiveness of this Court's Decision or, In the Alternative, Confirm the Stay is Lifted or Issue the Mandate filed by Appellees D.V.D., E.F.D., M.M. and O.C.G.. Serve...
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Dan Shafer @danshafer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Republicans' entire campaign against David Crowley is just this, over and over.
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Dan Shafer @danshafer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICYMI: My mega-preview of every race on the ballot in the Wisconsin State Senate. This is the first time Democrats have a realistic shot at flipping the State Senate since before the last time the Packers won the Super Bowl. It's been a long time! www.therecombobulationarea.com/p/2026-elect...
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2026 Election Mega-Preview: The Wisconsin State Senate
Democrats are in position to win control of the State Senate.
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E Mills 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @millbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Happy #BisexualVisibilityDay. Will we see our shadow when we emerge from our dens? If yes, that's 6 more weeks of iced coffee! If no, that means hot tea season is officially here. Hope this helps. 💕
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This and the boat murders may be Trump's truest innovations in crimes against humanity. Death sentences masquerading as deportations.
france24.com
‘I had never heard of Eswatini’: Deported by the US to a country that rejects them
Migrants previously convicted by US courts have been imprisoned in Africa’s last absolute monarchy, Eswatini, over the past several months. Since being deported from the US, they have found themselves...
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 17/09/2026
PRECIOUS BABY SCAMPERING!!! 🐣 🪶
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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...
ballsandstrikes.org
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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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026
honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or care
arstechnica.com
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
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E Mills 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @millbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Watching "Rollerball" (1975) before it leaves streaming & because, as a long time roller derby athlete, I need to see all even vaguely related media. Early thoughts: 1) The opening sequence slaps. 2) Lol we always get confused questions about where the "ball" is in derby. Solved here I guess 😆
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Rollerball (1975) - Intro (Bach - Toccata) - Full HD
YouTube video by Bruno Terrosa
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 15/09/2026
Given all the *flails hands* you all deserve one of the most adorable pictures I took of Baby Bird Season 2026. A snowy ploverlet peeking through a little sand shrub. Perhaps a once in a lifetime shot. 🪶 🐣
a tiny snowy plover chick, about 2 inches tall, looks through a shrub as if theyr hiding, on a beach
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 14/09/2026
Hellava story!!!
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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E Mills 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @millbot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Well this is intriguing
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Matthew Yglesias & @mattyglesias
The GOP operative class is younger, better educated, and more urban than the national average which means their intuitions pull the party to the center.
The Dem operative class is also younger, better educated, and more urban but that means their biases pull Dems off-center.
4:15 PM • 11/7/22 • Twitter for iPhone
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Dr. Catherine Strickson @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Eye-wateringly stupid defence from Rowling’s team here - ‘She does not support legal actions aimed at harming transgender people.’ - Really? So that £70,000 towards the bathroom ban was by accident? The JKR Women’s Fund was made by an impersonator? At least have the spine to admit you want us dead
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J.K. Rowling’s rep responds to Lilly Wachowski’s accusation of ‘funding trans genocide’ (exclusive)
J.K. Rowling’s representative responded to Lilly Wachowski accusing the author of ‘funding trans genocide’: ‘She does not support legal actions aimed at harming transgender people.’
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E Mills 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @millbot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Every state should have public candidate debates like this, holy heck. Especially at state fairs!
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ashley (ravens 2-1) 🌹 @clearlyashley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
remove him from the senate democratic caucus. if he does this tonight, the removal must happen tomorrow. you don’t get to call yourself a Democrat and do shit like this.
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E Mills 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @millbot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I continue to contend that this is absolutely unhinged, antisocial behavior. Why does everyone around you need to hear your call? Why are you still using it like you would if it wasn't on speaker?! WHAT ARE WE EVEN DOING ANYMORE
Photo of a woman using her her cell phone on speaker mode but with the bottom of the phone, where the speaker is,  pressed against her ear.
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E Mills 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @millbot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Why yes I do still cue up "Halcyon & On & On" every time I fly into New York City, what of it? 😁💕 #HackThePlanet
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/09/2026
This is who was on that Gitmo flight I tracked 12 days ago — a guy who did everything right to overcome the circumstances of his birth.
Gillian Brockell • @gillianbrockell.com
Looks like we're using Gitmo to imprison immigrants again. This is an ICE charter airline owned by ICE's flight broker using the callsign they use for all their ICE flights. 1/2
An FR24 map showing an Air Wisconsin plane landing at Gitmo 
9:14 AM • Aug 28, 2026
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E Mills 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @millbot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You know, airlines, if you didn't charge an arm and a leg for the first checked bag, you probably wouldn't have to beg us steerage class folks to gate check our bags because the plane is too full. I dunno, just an idea.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Meanwhile: “According to the most recent estimate from Brown University’s Watson School for International Public Affairs, the Iran War has now cost Americans more than $101 billion in additional fuel expenses, averaging more than $776 per US household.”
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sharing from Internet Archive: “Much of BET’s digital journalism is no longer available on the web Internet Archive has preserved more than 199,000 BET articles over the years. They can now be accessed through the Wayback Machine & a new pilot explorer: wayback-labs.sf.archive.org/bet-explorer/
wayback-labs.sf.archive.org
BET.com Article Explorer
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Madison Pauly @msjpauly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Former Levi's exec Jennifer Sey fanned a culture war over trans athletes in a league that has none—to the benefit of her clothing brand, XX-XY Athletics. "I know my mom isn’t that invested" in the WNBA, her son told me. "But...I guess the vultures will circle." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The woman profiting off the WNBA's trans panic
Sophie Cunningham set off a firestorm. Jennifer Sey was ready to capitalize.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 07/09/2026
Jesus Christ: after a recent ruling by the Eighth Circuit that allowed Act 372 to take effect, an Arkansas county has banned all children from checking out any books in the adult section, bringing home any DVDs, or using the self-checkout kiosk in its public libraries.
More recently in Craighead County — symbolically, at least, Ground Zero for the state’s attack on libraries, thanks to Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Jonesboro) — the library announced several changes to circulation as it relates to minors. In a Facebook post, the library listed a number of changes to library policies, including:

Minors are prohibited from using the self-checkout kiosks;
Children under 13 years old may only check out materials from the designated children’s collection, while minors age 13-17 can only check out from the children or teen sections;
Minors may not check out DVDs at all; and  
Minors are prohibited from entering or purchasing anything from the Friends of the Library Bookstore.
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E Mills 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @millbot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This whooole thread. HARD agree. 🤘🏻💕
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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.
chair with a "face"
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Roses are red The runs got your neighbor
futurism.com
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This really blows up all kinds of media narratives about Trump and Trumpism still somehow tapping into Real And Enduring sentiments in the electorate:
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Wisconsin Watch @wisconsinwatch.org · 01/09/2026
ICE arrests in Wisconsin reached a new peak in June, with 220 arrests — up from 119 the month before. We traced more than 2,100 arrests since President Trump returned to office, along with the detentions and deportations that followed. Explore the data: wisconsinwatch.org/2026/09/ice-...
Shattered green-tinted car window glass scattered across the driver’s floor and threshold beside a worn leather seat, illustrating a Wisconsin Watch report about rising ICE arrests in the state.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Pastor Carl Ruby, of Springfield's Central Christian Church, can state the issue more clearly than 98% of people working in politics today.
"I wish President Trump could hear the mom's wails. The

family wants people to know that this was a suicide and they

want people to know that President Trump, (Stephen) Miller, and Markwayne Mullin's inhumane immigration policies made this happen," Ruby wrote.
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E Mills 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @millbot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Climate change climate change climate change CLIMATE CHANGE (i.e. we are not mad enough or at the right entities yet)
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Jake Christie @jakechristie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
perhaps the only completely correct observation I’ve ever made
A tweet from me from 2023: angry Internet dude behavior is easy to understand once you realize 90% of their anger comes from not being made horny by something they wanted to make them horny or being made horny by something they didn’t want to make them horny
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E Mills 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @millbot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Newsletter out today: Reflections on getting hate crime'd on vacation, plus movie and music recommendations to end on a note of (queer) joy 💕❤️‍🩹
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A vacation with a side of hate crime
We went camping to escape the world’s problems and the world’s problems found us anyway. Plus: Dolly Parton, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, and new music from a friend. Vol. 91 In This Issue:...
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I dunno much about Maness or Anderson but Schlicter is a straight-up fascist who wants to among other things "use the law to ensure blue submission" and "imprison dissenters" to achieve the aim, "force them to be like us."
2021 Schlicter posts: 

For too long red state conservatives have offered to live and let live with blue state liberals but the blues are evangelical Marxists who cannot allow us to provide a counter example of freedom. 1/

So, no more. We must, by any means necessary, force them to be like us. No quarter. No compromise. 2/

Ban CRT, Marxism and anti-American misinformation. Nationalize big tech and academia and mandate conservatism as their operational ideology. Ban leftist media and entertainment from spreading misinformation.3

Penalize barren, non-familial lifestyles through taxes and disqualification from political participation. Establish property and military service qualifications for voting. Increase America’s carbon footprint. Ban masks. Dismantle unions.n4/

Use the law to ensure blue submission. Imprison dissenters. Force them to act against their deepest beliefs to keep their jobs. End all social programs and deport all illegals. Outlaw crime again. 5/
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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NHS cancelling surgeries for adults even after they’ve already paid for travel + accommodation and waited years to get there. Some were about to be wheeled into theatre! Every manager responsible for this decision must be sacked and every patient paid compensation.
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Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
BREAKING: sucks to have stuff renamed by white people, doesn’t it?
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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Democratic pols will tell you: ICE is not a law enforcement agency. This is what they mean; its members’ actions are not animated by our laws—in fact, they act *against* our most fundamental laws. But pols won’t yet tell you what ICE is. It’s a treasonous assemblage, at war with the United States.
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E Mills 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @millbot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I could honestly watch this 1,000 times 😅 The whole story behind it is extremely wholesome, too 💕
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 28/08/2026
The Israeli commander who personally ordered the airstrikes on seven World Central Kitchen workers who were murdered in cold blood says that he is not sorry and falsely claims that the WCK has ties to Hamas. WCK is "not really an organisation you can say is innocent."
abc.net.au
Israeli commander defends ordering strike that killed Zomi Frankcom
An Israeli commander who ordered a deadly drone strike on an aid convoy in Gaza, killing Australian woman Zomi Frankcom, says he stands by his decision.
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Dr Erika’s (Too) Online, PhD @erikas.online · 26/08/2026
Apparently ICE arrests are at an all-time high and I'm guessing they've managed that by decentralizing. Focus on a specific urban area, and you get a lot of targeted resistance. Anyway, helpful reminder that ICE are literally everywhere and we should all be watching out for our neighbors.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/08/2026
Did I miss the big open letter signed by a hundred academics opposing this?
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E Mills 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @millbot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This movie deserves every accolade. Not everyone* deserves to see it but I hope everyone who needs to, does. The darkly funny, gorey, psychosexual meditation on sexual and psychic dissasociation, personal agency, kink/desure and queerness of my dreams. ❤️‍🔥🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💦🩸 #CampMiasma #LittleDeath4Ever
The poster for the movie, "Teenage Sex at Death at Camp Miasma," starring Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/08/2026
there are going to be many remembrances of Tim Curry today for his brilliant work in Rocky Horror and Clue and so much more, but to me this ridiculous bit from Red Alert sums up everything that made him great you never knew what you were going to get with him, but whatever it was would be brilliant
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Tim Curry: Uncorrupted Space
Alt: Tim Curry's Space gif from Red Alert
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