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I feel like the way is thru is acknowledging complexity and calling out leftist misogyny: ‘Feminist but kind of racist’ ‘Leftist generally but misogynistic/conservative on gender’ (I particularly like naming it as conservative because a leftist would hate that/wouldn’t want to be that.)

Misogyny is still so prevalent/unchecked, even on the left. And as Moira Donegan says, “feminists’ missteps are given disproportionate attention, significance, and publicity.”

I think there IS value in preserving our words against reactionary appropriation…but there’s trouble with that type of purity testing. If we apply to all feminists, who remains? Not many.

Would we say that major figures in black liberation/civil rights were not actually fighting for black liberation if they were also misogynistic? (E.g., Malcolm X.) Probs not!

I def get what you’re saying, but I’d add some nuance/push back a bit. Andrea Dworkin famously had weird things to say re: race. Elizabeth Cady Stanton also had a horrible turn for a time re: race. Does that mean they’re not feminists? Well, I think they are, but it’s more complicated than that.

Anyway sorry to rant, I just think it’s helpful to call it out for what it is—political conservativeness!!

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I think of this as rly reflecting the deep roots of misogyny/patriarchy, including on the left.

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If someone considers themselves a leftist but is uncritical of their internalized patriarchal values/beliefs, then they may be leftist in some ways but they’re certainly conservative on gender!

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I hate associating these forces with “””wokeness”””, thought. I feel it’s more a product of sheep-in-wolf’s-clothing, taking advantage of true and good sexual liberation to justify exploitative patriarchal dynamics.

մրլ @morls.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It’s just too textured…

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մրլ @morls.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Sounds like you are really unaware of patriarchy

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մրլ @morls.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I wish it broke it down further. In Oregon, it says $56k for middle class…maybe that’s true in rural Oregon, but that’s like minimum required income to even manage to live in Portland!

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Big news this morning is a whistleblower files a complaint that USPS has been illegally preparing to implement Trump’s executive order against mail voting in defiance of court orders: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...

nytimes.com

Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms

A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is an edit made by a #wnba fan (@loslynx on the clock app). I’m sharing this because the league could have done this but they chose to lean into antagonism as a motif when the camaraderie and sisterhood is what makes the W so unique.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.

Protecting against "inappropriate influence" is no longer a "hallmark" of scientific integrity

The Commerce Department updated its policy for promoting a "culture of scientific integrity" in January 2025, days before Trump's second inauguration.

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical “noise,” or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people’s privacy in their statistics.

The 2025 version included bans on attempts to shape or interfere in data collection, statistical analysis and other scientific activities "against well-accepted scientific methods and theories or without scientific justification."

The department's policy, the 2025 version said, involves ensuring scientific findings at its agencies "are not suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and are not subjected to inappropriate influence," as well as making sure there's "independent review of facilities, methodologies, and other scientific activities as appropriate to ensure scientific integrity."

That language is missing, however, in the Trump administration's revision of the policy, according to an NPR analysis of text posted on the Commerce Department's website.

And while the revision adopts a definition for "scientific integrity" that is similar to the previous version, it no longer says that "protection from inappropriate influence" is among the "hallmarks of scientific integrity."

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մրլ @morls.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Running out of bread that doesn’t have worms in it…hopefully siege ends within a fortnight…

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 30/08/2026

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Aug After forcing trans service menbers out, the Pentagon is now stiffing many for tens of thousands of dollars in severance pay they were promised, leaving many of them destitute and on the street. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

washingtonpost.com

A trans veteran became homeless after the military didn’t pay her severance

Chloe Shapiro is one of a dozen former service members identified by The Washington Post who have waited months for full payments.

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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

One time while he was on tour in Australia Sinatra called a woman journalist a whore and her union got all the others to sympathy strike so he couldn't stay in his hotel, travel anywhere or leave the country until he apologized, I can't remember why I thought of this

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🏳️‍⚧️ UNBAN LINK @biancamack.co · 30/08/2026

Love a direct, to the point queen. Say it plainly and leave no space for bad-faith bullshit.

Asked why the WNBA continues to experience these heightened distractions, Cloud said, "Men."
"The men now that are like 'Oh, we need to protect the WNBA,’ y'all were the same ones saying we shouldn't be paid," Cloud continued. "Y'all were the same ones saying we shouldn't have been invested in, saying we're a joke, the same ones that don't respect Black women. So, if you're going to protect women, that means all women. That includes Black women, trans women and the list goes on."

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

In the 1780s and 90s George Washington kept his Philadelphia-based household staff enslaved despite Pennsylvania’s gradual abolition laws by trafficking them out of the state and back into the state to reset the clock every 6 months despite the fact that he had publicly supported the laws.

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Rebecca Bridge @rebeccabridge.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Anyone who offers an olive branch to these people when he's out of office deserves to be ostracized from our society.

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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Here's a fun one! There's a facility in the UK that generates electricity by burning wood shipped across the ocean from the U.S. and Canada. They want to put a data center on-site, which would be powered by American forests Burning wood is way more polluting even than burning natural gas

bylinetimes.com

Keir Starmer's Government Allows UK's Biggest Polluter to Power AI by Burning Wood

Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs accuse Drax of ‘sleight of hand’ as it sidesteps £460 million government subsidy conditions in order to power AI

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մրլ @morls.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Have you ever googled it

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“While Picasso was living in Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II, one German officer allegedly asked him, upon seeing a photo of Guernica in his apartment, ‘Did you do that?’ Picasso responded, ‘No, you did.’” via pablopicasso.org The horse (loon) represents the people of Guernica (Minnesota)

Photo of the 1937 original of Picasso’s Guernica

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

BREAKING: The union of Starbucks workers is officially calling for a boycott of the chain. @sbworkersunited.org has over 12,000 unionized baristas, and they're calling on customers to stop visiting Starbucks until they get a fair union contract.

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Charlotte @fireantprincess.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

conservatives are so obsessed with social conformity that them having all the power is not enough, as long as their victims are not totally suppressed from even voicing disagreement conservatives feel like they’re the victims

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This is a related and expanded graphic which emphasizes an important point: Higher speeds reduce your visibility and reaction time, making it more likely you'll hit someone or something, and then when you *do* hit them, it's more likely to be fatal.

A graphic that says Why Speed Matters

Below that are two stats:

Drivers yield 75% of the time while traveling 20 mph
Drivers yield only 17% of the time when traveling 37 mph

The next line shows that drivers have a much wider field of vision at 15 mph as compared to 30 to 40 mph.

Finally, there are three stats:

9 out of 10 pedestrians survive when hit by a car traveling 20 mph
5 out of 10 survive at 30
1 out of 10 surive at 40

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

“Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, met privately in recent weeks with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and top outside adviser, and discussed potential areas of common ground, according to five people with knowledge of the meeting.” BRUH.

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մրլ @morls.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Do you have any guesses as to who’s leaking all the Harp info

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You’re arguing like I do when I draft a motion. But there’s no neutral judge here to assess your points and decide who’s right. So this benefits no one—except maybe you, if you happen to enjoy argument for the sake of argument. If you actually cared, it doesn’t make sense to approach like this.

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I’ve now skimmed your replies. I say this as a civil litigator: you talk like someone with the goal of being right, not someone with the goal of persuading others.

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You said her analogy does not make sense when it does, and I see in your reply that you immediately called somebody delusional. It’s clear that you were reacting from a place of defensiveness.

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You took an adversarial stance and express surprise that she responded in kind. There’s also a trend of people doing that to her in her replies, which happens to her far more often than I see happen to white people/men. If you want to be heard, it helps to approach with empathy and an open mind.

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Imagine if you originally responded to her with: “yes, I totally agree that there are many detriments to its use. Admin are pushing it irresponsibly. Given that many students will inevitably use it, I think we as faculty need to find ways to teach them of the dangers and how to use it responsibly.”

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Please specifically define the dangers

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