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Nic 🍉

@nml-dc.bsky.social
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Former sociologist, lawyer, AIDS activist, and union organizer. Queer parent managing variable disability. Still punk AF. 🖤 they/she Fight like hell for the living.

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Megaholt 𓅃 @megaholt.medsky.social · 2h
May she take her place among the stars, and rest in peace amongst them. May her legacy continue to inspire young girls and women to reach for the cosmos!
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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 6h
"Trans people only get rights if they live in safe blue congressional districts" is an openly segregationist stance and I'm sick of anyone pretending otherwise.
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Nic 🍉 @nml-dc.bsky.social · 4h
So much for the tolerant left!
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 7h
They said she was drunk... I have had drinks before ... I have flown on a plane before I've never been enticed to reach down into Santa's garden 30k feet in the air
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Nic 🍉 @nml-dc.bsky.social · 5h
A Harry Potter gay rolled up in my comments to tell me to remove my Palestinian solidarity emoji. Nah, dude, gonna go with removing you from my online experience instead, you piece of transphobic flotsam.
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Dan Levy as David Rose: Keep Walking
Alt: Dan Levy as David Rose: Keep Walking
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 11h
You could just pivot and shut the fuck up instead of harassing vulnerable communities over far right fear mongering bullshit. If trans kids playing in sports is a deciding issue for that voter they are voting Republican! You cannot get their vote! Come the fuck on!
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 11h
"The economy is in freefall, the water is cancer, diesel prices are through the roofs, and you want to talk about a theoretical child running track in an event your kids don't compete in, because they live in Kansas, like you do? Out of touch, out of state weirdos running for governor" come on.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 11h
"My opponent wants to pass laws to hurt a handful of high school student while appointing stranger to look up your daughter's skirt in the name of protecting them--that's weird and wrong and disgusting and I'll fight like hell to stop them" come on something like that but more articulate.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 11h
If you're willing to sell out trans kids for theoretical votes I have to assume you'd sell out anyone for theoretical votes, so, yes, I do think supporting sports bans means you get not a fucking thing from me.
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 06/10/2026
That’s my mayor 🫡 gaycitynews.com/nyc-9-millio...
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NYC to allocate $9 million to non-profits for youth gender-affirming care as private hospitals retreat
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is planning to steer nearly $9 million to non-profit health providers to deliver gender-affirming
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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 10h
On the one hand there's the annihilation of our children's thinking abilities. But on the other, HOW WILL THEY BE PREPARED FOR THE JOB MARKET IF WE DONT GET THEM HOOKED TO A TECHNOLOGY THAT BUSINESSES ARE USING LESS AND LESS NOW THAT IT'S NOT FREE AND STILL SUCKS??
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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 10h
There is SO MUCH evidence that generative A.I. use degrades our learning, thinking, reasoning, and imaginative capacities. It is a cognitive disaster and that would be blatantly obvious even without the studies to back it up. Leaving that quote unchecked is terrible work.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h
i do think it's worth stopping for a moment to recognize how extraordinary and how fucked up it is that this sentence exists.
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Nic 🍉 @nml-dc.bsky.social · 10h
I genuinely did not realize until a conversation last year that spook is still experienced as a slur and I stopped using it.
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Evergreen
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 11h
Best "big" paper in the country and it's not even close. Yes I know I have Philly bias but I think a lot of people not from here would agree too
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 11h
Cannot emphasize enough that the morass we find ourselves in everywhere is a result of this commitment to white supremacy. The eugenic health policy, the belief and desire for US autarky, meddling & murder in Latin America, the half-cocked belief that the US could bully Iran- it really is.
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Gauche Chalet @gauchechalet.bsky.social · 11h
Encore un média étranger qui est capable d'écrire des évidences. À quand des médias de même au Québec?
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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 12h
I grew up in Georgia. I went back home to cover two trans candidates making history, and it brought me a lot of joy. I drove from Atlanta, where Bentley Hudgins is running, to Cartersville, where Bella Bautista is making her bid, to get a sense of the difference between their two districts.
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In Georgia, two trans candidates believe voters are ready for them
For Bentley Hudgins, running could mean a historic first in the Georgia House. For Bella Bautista, it starts with giving voters a choice they haven’t had in 16 years.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 11h
Me, to my partner, every time I get the slightest sniffles:
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Nic 🍉 @nml-dc.bsky.social · 13h
What is a movie that came out before you were born that you've watched the most times?
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Mary Poppins Flying with Umbrella
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Nic 🍉 @nml-dc.bsky.social · 13h
I am stuck on the leap from "you now have 4 total strikes" to "because you have 8 strikes you are suspended."
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Sarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social · 14h
Solidarity with students at UT Austin, in Gaza, in France trying to learn without the brutal interferences of state and empire.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 13h
The University of Bologna has a 1700s Cabinet of Curiosities of preserved specimens?? Oh this is exactly my shit
Cabinet of zoological curiosities, University of Bologna museum
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 13h
Yes, he walks the talk and has been racially abused since his election. And I only saw one journalist talk about the precipitating state violence of underfunding and understaffing schools. Ruth Gilmore Wilson's concept of "organized abandonment" is useful here and almost everywhere now.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 13h
I'm increasingly frustrated that people who are anti-AI aren't being taken seriously, and taking a page out of my thoughts on why the anti-trans backlash got as far as it did I'm starting to think the anti-AI side isn't extreme enough.
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Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What I love about Swan Boy is that it'll introduce something like "Mourn Ninja, the YouTuber who streams funerals" as a throwaway laugh but you know deep down that someday you are absolutely going to meet Mourn Ninja
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Nic 🍉 @nml-dc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This was really hard to narrow down! Runners-up are Velvet Underground + Nico self-titled, Dag Nasty "Can I Say," and Modest Mouse "We Were Dead..." www.my9albums.com/s/GLzupG2XrT
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My 9 albums
Boys Don’t Cry, Document, Doolittle and 6 more. Pick yours on my9albums.
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Rob @robertferry.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This local news hit piece on solar has a single source of misinformation: Virginia state senator Glen Sturtevant, whose largest private donor is Dominion Energy ($304,748).
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Spanberger recommends a quarter million acres of new solar panels on farms and forests
Last week, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger unveiled her energy plan as required by state law. This comes at a crucial time, as hundreds more data centers a
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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I spent time with two trans candidates running for office in two very different Georgias: Atlanta, a Dem stronghold, and Cartersville, in a district that hasn't elected a Democrat since 1996. Neither wants to discuss identity politics — they are focused on data centers, groceries and healthcare.
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In Georgia, two trans candidates believe voters are ready for them
For Bentley Hudgins, running could mean a historic first in the Georgia House. For Bella Bautista, it starts with giving voters a choice they haven’t had in 16 years.
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
3/ Impact of fatigue in ME/CFS #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #fatigue #chronicfatigue #chronicallyfatigued #fatigued #spoonie #spoonies #spoonielife
Impact of fatigue in ME/CFS 
"I have mild ME. Everyone assumes because it's mild it isn't that bad and in the scale of ME I'm lucky but it has changed my life. I can barely attend college and when I do it makes me very ill. If I go to college I don't have the energy to do anything else really. I can't read regularly and go out with my friends. I don't know if I will ever be able to work. My mental health took a massive hit especially when you watch people your age thrive and be able to do everything they want when you are so often stuck inside...." 
Response from ME Research UK Symptom Saturday Fatigue Survey 
RESEARCH UK SCO36942 
INFORM. INFLUENCE. INVEST.
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🧵 Ultimately, fatigue in ME/CFS shrinks lives so severely it often takes a devastating toll on mental health. This impact is unsurprising given the immense loss of careers, relationships, hobbies, & independence. tinyurl.com/fatigueimpac... #mecfs #pwME #cfs #fatigue #ChronicFatigueSyndrome 1/
Impact of fatigue in ME/CFS 
"I lost my job, I don't leave my home. I miss appointments. I can't enjoy hobbies." 
Response from ME Research UK Symptom Saturday Fatigue Survey 
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INFORM. INFLUENCE. INVEST.
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A breath of fresh air: @saskiapopescu.bsky.social writes about the specific threats of bioweapons AND POLICIES TO REDUCE RISK. A very real threat is distraction. Best thing I've read on this topic. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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AI biohazard hype must not divert attention from the real risks we face now
Twenty-five years after the US anthrax attacks, fears around AI are distracting people from seeing what’s needed to stay safe: a strong, regulated life-sciences sector.
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Nic 🍉 @nml-dc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Bodies are.... a pain in the ass 😂
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404 Media @404media.co · 06/10/2026
Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.
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Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage
Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.
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Nic 🍉 @nml-dc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
but anyway all I did was bike to the gym, get dinner near the gym, and take the metro back and I’ve seen ~50 armed soldiers
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jentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 03/10/2026
"...retreating from DEI has not produced a clear financial advantage."
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Companies That Dropped DEI Have Nothing To Show For It
Corporate America has spent the last year and a half pulling back from DEI programs. But retreating from DEI has not produced a clear financial advantage.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Very saddened to say I won’t be able to headline Tim Pool’s student event in Chicago this week. I unfortunately have other plans.
Hi Katherine,
Timcast Media is partnering with the Chicago Thinker to host a student event in Chicago on October 9 at 4:00 PM.
The event will feature a one-on-one conversation with Tim Pool followed by a live student Q&A. To create a dynamic and balanced dialogue, we are specifically seeking a featured guest to represent a left-leaning perspective.
Timcast Media will fully cover and arrange all travel and accommodations.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Sincerely,
[REDACTED]

Hi Lisa,
Sorry, I'll be too busy slamming my hand in a car door that day to talk with Tim. Hope you understand.
Kat
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
People are so broken they are now outsourcing fun to AI.
Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Perjurer, racist, former politician and terrible novelist Jeffrey Archer has died. That he sold 300m copies of his books is testament to the limits of good taste.
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Jesus Lizard Superstar 🖤 🐀🐀🐀 @acekatana.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We’re abolishing police and prisons not these hands
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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I have been a guest at conventions where, during the pre-con walk through, my handler has pointed out the bar and mentioned how some guests are "more fun" and "get asked back," then names only men. Because a lot of female guests aren't comfortable hanging out around alcohol with strangers.
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"These Long COVID Superheroes may not be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but they’re showing us a world where listening to your body, standing up for your needs, resting, and leaning on others is true bravery" 📝: @heatherhogan.bsky.social thesicktimes.org/2026/10/05/k...
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Kids with Long COVID co-created their own superhero comic book - The Sick Times
Long Covid Superheroes showcases the bravery of asking for help, resting, and being compassionate with yourself and others.
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Nalo Hopkinson - Blackheart Man @nalohopkinson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Women's fashion can be so ludicrous. "Discreet control thong?!" It's a THONG. What in the world is it controlling? Plus no thong in the world has ever been discreet. Yeah, don't tell me about panty lines. I said what I said.
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Nic 🍉 @nml-dc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
YES to allll of this 🤣🤣
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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