Reposted by Melissa ManloveDarcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social · 5hY‘all know that book banning negatively impacts sales, right? Especially when the authors are mid-list and marginalized. As a Lipan Apache, I’m familiar with erasure, and this is erasure. What’s more, readers who need our stories can’t access them. 221471
Reposted by Melissa ManloveDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 12/10/2026NEW: Former Trump aide Steve Bannon blasted Republican lawmakers for failing to pass the SAVE America Act. The far-right commentator said the party risks losing the Senate this November for not pushing hard enough to pass the massive voter suppression bill.democracydocket.comBannon: GOP struggling to hold Senate because it didn't pass SAVE America Act“To not even push the SAVE America Act, which was absolutely essential, I think, to running this election fairly ... I think shows how weak the Senate was in pushing President Trump’s policies,” Banno... 3616850
Reposted by Melissa Manloves. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 11/10/2026Repeat after me: Yes on 40, no on 41 and 42, which are designed to cancel out 40! 728691783
Reposted by Melissa Manlove𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 12/10/2026Ukraine just did more to clean up American elections than Congress has done in twenty years. 20484992258
Reposted by Melissa ManloveThe Lever @levernews.com · 12/10/2026Walmart patented technology that could tell whether your car got heavier after you shopped. 176537
Reposted by Melissa ManloveMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 12/10/2026But daddy I hate him 2445
Reposted by Melissa ManloveKate Messner @katemessner.com · 11/10/2026Teacher & librarian friends! May I suggest slipping HISTORY SMASHERS: SALEM WITCH TRIALS into your October book talks? (I'm not above using Spooky Season to teach a little history!) bookshop.org/p/books/hist...bookshop.orgHistory Smashers: Salem Witch TrialsMyths! Lies! Neighbors casting spells? Grab your brookstick, beloved educator and author Kate Messner is cleaning up the biggest myths and misconceptions about the Salem Witch Trials. A SCHOOL LIBRARY... 0162
Reposted by Melissa ManloveHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11/10/2026Walmart, “quietly updated its customer privacy notice in August, broadening the data it can collect and analyze to include everything from retinal imagery and demographic information to income and license plate numbers. The company even asserts the right to follow shoppers aisle by aisle…”levernews.comWalmart Says It Prices Products, Not People. Its Patents Suggest Otherwise.A decade of filings reveals technology that could instantly change prices based on what’s in your cart, your perceived personality, and even the specifics of your car. 9240154
Reposted by Melissa Manloveflatline42.bsky.social @flatline42.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The problem is that there's an entire cloud of fundraisers that are predatory and aren't actually representing the candidates they claim they are. data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mother...data4democracy.substack.comThe Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam MachineHow a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns. 132
Reposted by Melissa ManloveMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The same company that doesn't pay artists seems to always find the money to pay this jackass. If you're still using Spotify... why? Pretty much every alternative is better in every way.variety.comJoe Rogan Renews Nine-Figure Spotify DealSpotify and Joe Rogan have entered into a new multiyear licensing agreement, continuing a relationship that began in 2020 for his hugely popular podcast. 30879288
Reposted by Melissa ManloveMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I don't mean to be controversial or political but I think the paramilitary force full of violent failsons that acts with absolute impunity is not good 18112
Reposted by Melissa ManloveMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Idk y'all I think the secret police that violently terrorizes our neighbors and doesn't bother following any laws nor vetting the people they hire for mental health problems and histories of violence, and that recruits with nazi iconography may be bad actually 112231
Reposted by Melissa ManloveDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026The Postal Service is slowing delivery across the country. Will your mail ballot be affected? Find out if your ZIP code is affected by checking out our interactive map: demdock.com/4BcR5RR 8171102
Reposted by Melissa ManloveGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 08/10/2026NYC, if you agree, go to HeyMamdani.fyi and tell @mayor.nyc.gov to CANCEL the pilots that could inflict unproven "A.i." on up to 50,000 NYC high schoolers. Our kids should not be guinea pigs for tech companies! And follow @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.socialheymamdani.fyiContact the Mayor - NYC Mayor's OfficeSend a message to NYC mayor on the web. You can also get links to media contacts and submit FOIL requests. 16225
Reposted by Melissa ManloveRyan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 04/10/2026Ironically, folks keep banning Banned Book Club, the true story of my wife Kim Hyun Sook reading banned books under a dictator. Why? Hard to say. I asked every time, and every book banner says "oh, I haven't read it." #BannedBooksWeekbookshop.orgBanned Book Club: Color EditionA Junior Library Guild Selection "Highly recommended for readers passionate about activism." -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, Starred Review "Sure to inspire today's youthful generation of tenacious change... 213452
Reposted by Melissa ManloveMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It is the start of Banned Books Week and as such it's an EXCELLLLENT moment to donate to @authorsabb.bsky.social. We are laser focused on tbe single issue of fighting book bans. It's hard work, and we've done it with all volunteers for about 3 years-- and now we finally have a program manager. 3453165
Reposted by Melissa ManloveCalMatters @calmatters.org · 03/10/2026Could California lawmakers expand the billionaire tax to everyone? Opponents say Prop. 40 opens the door to broader taxes. Experts explain what the measure allows and what would take another vote.cal.newsCould California lawmakers expand the billionaire tax to everyone?Opponents say Prop. 40 opens the door to broader taxes. Experts explain what the measure allows and what would take another vote. 495
Reposted by Melissa ManloveIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 02/10/2026Donald Trump might believe he’s going to overcome his historic unpopularity by sabotaging the midterms. On October 17, millions of Americans are taking to the streets again to make it clear that’s not happening. Please join us for the next No Kings Day.nokings.orgNo KingsFor more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're abo... 18819331
Reposted by Melissa ManloveMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/10/2026Want to learn about the history of our city? Well you’re in luck. This month, we’re hosting a massive scavenger hunt across the city — all about the history of organizing in NYC. Sign up at organize.nyc.gov and come see the city through the eyes of the people who built it. 13159171333
Reposted by Melissa ManloveAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It was hard, especially as a survivor, but I dug through the court documents and the right-wing reaction to the Cornell case. What I've learned is the backlash to #MeToo did its job, reinscribing hatred of survivors. We need more #MeToo, not less. www.salon.com/2026/10/02/c...salon.comCornell assault case shows #MeToo didn’t go far enoughThe backlash against the woman suing Chi Phi fraternity members is turning into a witch hunt 7533147
Reposted by Melissa ManloveJennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've been a reporter for a long time and this might be the strangest thing I've ever done. We've been reporting on privatization of schools this year and found that just about anyone can open a private school in most states. So we asked, Could reporters do it?propublica.orgAlmost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur... 13439158
Reposted by Melissa ManloveLouisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I always ask if people think hearing a digital piano programmed to play a concerto is the same as hearing my dad — who’s been playing for 79 years and still practices hours a day — do it. And funnily enough no one has ever agreed that it is. 1153183
Reposted by Melissa ManloveBetter than Ezra Klein (1) @mr-sshhhhh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is What They’re For, Part n+1 0265
Reposted by Melissa ManloveProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026About 30 states have adopted programs that allow families to spend public money on private school tuition. But our investigation found that many states have little interest in overseeing private schools. Join us Oct. 6 for a virtual discussion. RSVP: events.propublica.org/wild-west-sc... 12276126
Reposted by Melissa ManloveJason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I’d 100% be clipping and saving this for 2028. In really any race where you want to run against the open corruption of this Republican regime. 310020
Reposted by Melissa ManloveChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Republicans cried that Trump needed money for the border and then he stole the money to pay for a millions in totally illegal, taxpayer funded campaign ads. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comExclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television AdsWhite House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law. 44783393
Reposted by Melissa ManloveIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29/09/2026Stopping the fascists from sabotaging the midterms is what the next No Kings is all about. On October 17, we need millions of people in the streets putting the regime on notice that We The People won’t accept any of Trump’s bullshit: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... 12474242
Melissa Manlove @mmanlove.bsky.social · 29/09/2026alternatively, deeply awesome? Plan a writers’s retreat today! 030
Reposted by Melissa ManloveJuliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I just read a third or possibly fourth news article where the reality of an 'AI has discovered something marvellous!' story turns out to be GenAI somehow accessed material it had no permissions for, which was the outcome of an expert's years of work, and presented it without attribution. GenAI lies. 2410110
Reposted by Melissa ManloveAliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 28/09/2026Any time we hear "AI did this and this", it's not proof programs are becoming sentient, but that the humans deploying said AI did this (which is generally failing to deploy proper sandboxing measures to prevent an AI from going against security) It's not the AI that's rogue, it's the company 6463140
Reposted by Melissa ManloveTrung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 28/09/2026Social media is weird because if you give people a good feeling they will be overfamiliar with you, and if you do not do that they treat you like a human yelp page 141936328
Reposted by Melissa ManloveDr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Scientists - be careful what ideas and data you share with chatbots in the name of "productivity" 🧪 13519
Reposted by Melissa Manlove🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I've never been a huge fan of the "top down" theory that an organization inevitably reflects its leader. But this is absolutely the result of this being Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch's world for almost thirty years now, with a few breaks that just prove his rule. 16010
Reposted by Melissa ManloveMississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 27/09/2026OPINION: "In at least 36 states, opponents of the technology have taken matters into their own hands, destroying or impairing ALPRs rather than wait for local governments to step in," G. Patrick O'Brien writes. www.mississippifreepress.org/opinion-the-...mississippifreepress.orgOpinion | The American Revolt Against Flock Cameras Mirrors the Boston Tea PartyG. Patrick O’Brien writes about how the Flock camera pushback is similar to how American colonists rejected growing British surveillance. 05020
Reposted by Melissa ManloveAaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Here is the trailer for NAZA, the film Benjamin Netanyahu really, really doesn’t want you to see, which will be released for free worldwide in November after a short theatrical self distributed run. 112058
Reposted by Melissa ManloveCiara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 26/09/2026💥Ok I see other platforms are blocking this. I met Alex Gibney moons ago at ABCNY (the Association of the Bar for the City of New York). He’s the real deal. Here’s the trailer for Alex Gibney’s documentary about Musk. Let’s Streisand Effect this: www.firstshowing.net/2026/must-se... 👋🎥firstshowing.netMust See Full Trailer for Alex Gibney's 'Musk' Doc About a Fraudster | FirstShowing.net"Do we even know this man at all?" Bleecker Street has launched their main official trailer for the must see new documentary film titled simply Musk, about the uber-wealthy tech giant megalomaniac Elo... 22952617
Reposted by Melissa ManloveJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 17093023068
Reposted by Melissa ManloveRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27774943154
Reposted by Melissa ManloveSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:theguardian.comHoman Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 peopleExclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’ 9147831744
Reposted by Melissa ManloveLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7259802001
Reposted by Melissa ManloveRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6574022211831
Reposted by Melissa ManloveDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 26/09/2026SCOTUS was wrong to allow Trump to overhaul a federal system to initiate voter registration purges, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote in her dissent. Jackson said the court’s decision could potentially disenfranchise legitimate voters, including naturalized citizens: demdock.com/4xFjBIx 18723272
Reposted by Melissa ManlovePreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026........... what is the ferari in this situation? bc maybe by ferari you mean "a box that sort of looks like a tool kit but then you look inside and it's just full of stolen merchandise broken up and pasted back together into something worse" 3669
