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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h
Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East: “Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 12h
I wrote this story bc I was frustrated at the lack of discussion about the Mohegan Tribe in mainstream coverage of the Sun’s sale. I had to pitch it around for nearly a month before my editor at The Guardian finally said yes. Native stories deserve to be told & Native voices deserve to be heard.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
From Robin Rouby-Progressive Cartoons
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pete rogers, professional diaper changer @petemrogers.bsky.social · 18h
one of my favorite tweets of all time
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 16h
Search and rescue operations have been completed at the sites of yesterday’s russian aerial bomb strikes on a sewing workshop and a residential area in Kharkiv. 6 people were killed and 59 others injured, including 3 children‼️ Russian terrorists must be stopped!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h
"we talked to the ohio truck driver who supported the insurrection accidentally hit and killed haitian immigrant who jumped in front of his car" is still a story. i don't understand why a new one had to be seemingly concocted in its place.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h
i think this is often the case. there's often a need to believe the story is much more complicated below the surface, but sometimes it's not.
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SteveLibrarian @librariansteve.bsky.social · 18h
Journalists keep wanting the story to be "normal working class centrist has questions," not "our country is currently dominated by stupid people in a right wing echo chamber."
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026
[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!
forbes.com
Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many
Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 05/10/2026
it is interesting that I can't find any mainstream media coverage of Altman's sister Annie going viral on social media over the weekend for uploading footage of the first hour of her deposition in her lawsuit against him (one of two) in which she is alleging years of CSA
theguardian.com
Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman
Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14h
dawg I WISH
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 20h
“The handling of the Sun sale was roundly criticized, but for Native fans of the league, it hit particularly hard. They say it brought up centuries of disenfranchisement and erasure.” My latest for @us.theguardian.com:
theguardian.com
‘I will not be moving on’: sale of WNBA’s Connecticut Sun leaves Native fans facing cultural loss
The Mohegan Tribe made the Sun the first Native-owned franchise in pro sports. Fans say the team’s move echoes centuries of erasure and displacement
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 20h
For @us.theguardian.com, I spoke to Native WNBA fans about the loss of the Connecticut Sun. “For a tribe that fought long and hard to be granted tribal sovereignty, the [sale] decision being taken out of their hands can feel like a violation of that sovereignty.”
theguardian.com
‘I will not be moving on’: sale of WNBA’s Connecticut Sun leaves Native fans facing cultural loss
The Mohegan Tribe made the Sun the first Native-owned franchise in pro sports. Fans say the team’s move echoes centuries of erasure and displacement
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
🔥 @katiephang.bsky.social (With Deniro behind her): “I’m suing A.G. Todd Blanche — Trump’s cosplaying personal lawyer — for the unredacted Epstein files… as an independent journo 🗣️ I don’t have a corporate oligarch telling me what to say… Trump has been violating federal law every day.”
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Tim Thomas @tthomaswrites.bsky.social · 18h
I remember when calling Trump supporters a “basket of deplorables”was a massive scandal. Now the president can just casually say Americans should be wiped off the face of the planet by nuclear weapons to a collective shrug and feigned confusion. Watching the Overton Window shift in real time.
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Justin Horneker @hornekerjustin.bsky.social · 18h
I miss the days when this would’ve been a scandal that tanked a presidency
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berserk @worstplace.bsky.social · 13h
Big shout out to the editors, too, for not being cowards.
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berserk @worstplace.bsky.social · 13h
Defector is the only site I'm aware of that closely follows the intersection of sports and sexual violence. Diana's reporting alone is worth the subscription price. Go sub.
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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 13h
Share the story with someone you believe would be interested in it. Even that really does help.
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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 13h
The story is free to read as it's all based on public records. But I this type of reporting isn't without costs to us at Defector. The best way to support this work is to subscribe: defector.com/products Or make a one-time contribution: defector.com/tip-jar Or ...
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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 13h
“I Got Friends That Will Hurt Her”: Court documents describe audio recordings and video footage that Tyreek Hill wants kept out of his divorce trial. It includes a proposed confidentiality deal that would have barred his estranged wife from sharing video with the NFL.
defector.com
"I Got Friends That Will Hurt Her": Court Documents Describe Audio Recordings And Video Footage Tyreek Hill Wants Kept Out Of His Divorce Trial | Defector
To hear powerhouse sports agent Drew Rosenhaus tell it, his client, the once-electric receiver Tyreek Hill, could sign with a new NFL team at any moment. From a football-only perspective, the agent’s ...
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nwsltoughconvos.bsky.social @nwsltoughconvos.bsky.social · 13h
I'm sure @nwslsoccer.com just loves being mentioned alongside Cornell's covering up of a gang rape. Apropos however since the league is still covering up for sexual predators.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The way the Cornell victim is being publicly disbelieved by a lot of journalists, officials, and online posters is also a warning shot to every other victim not to dare to actually pursue a case against your rapist lest you suffer the same fate. It’s a means of protecting the status quo
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In the legal system and in these mainstream commentary spaces, victims’ post-assault behavior is positioned as evidence of them lying, so that any feminist response to the crisis of sexual assault brought on by these high-profile cases can be deemed hysterical and unnecessary.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Socially and in the legal system, our understanding of responses to sexual violence is purposefully uninformed and therefore limited to only “perfect” victims (who don’t really exist), so that we don’t have to actually combat sexual violence or believe victims or hold perpetrators accountable.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
People are spinning the narrative that the Cornell victim consensually participated in group sex and changed her story later because she faced social ostracism. A lot of this is cherry-picking texts, but in reality a lot of victims initially claim they weren’t abused or raped as a coping mechanism
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist
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Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
thecut.com
What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Because it sounds insane!
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And when you try to explain this to people who don’t know what gawker is (understandable) and also don’t know who hulk hogan is and some of them don’t know who peter thiel is… it sounds like I made it all up!
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Spoke to a class a Columbia earlier about press freedom and anticipated having to explain what Gawker was but it did not occur to me for even two minutes that I would also have to explain who Hulk Hogan was
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Roblee14 @vegasdude83.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's insane that we would allow someone who orchestrated a coup to stay in office last time to run for president again knowing full well the only way he leaves peacefully next time is in a coffin
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wouldn't mind a second and longer and more thorough MeToo tbqh
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A supermarket in the Kyiv region after a Russian attack today. Yes, a supermarket. Everything is a target for unhinged war criminals.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There are NEW updates in the case of the Cornell 7 as more details are revealed, including how the alleged victim stated “with 100% confidence [she] was raped”. So why did the local DA only present certain parts of her written statement? I've got the latest reporting: youtu.be/tcsZBeeJk9k?...
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New DETAILS In Cornell ASSAULT CASE Revealed In BOMBSHELL Transcript!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If rapists actually faced consequences for their actions we wouldn’t have nearly as many rapists. In reality many rapists actually benefit from their actions
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Seeing people post about how unfair the “mob justice” against the Cornell rapists is doesn’t really move me when there is no justice for survivors. The system doesn’t work; it enacts further punishment on the victims. Society is even crueler. So spare me the “mob justice” rhetoric about the accused
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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slate.com
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Response to Allegations of Sexual Assault Is Self-Defeating
The physics genius doesn't understand power.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i genuinely forgot how bad this was
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Nobody Believed Neil deGrasse Tyson's First Accuser. Now There Are Three More.
No one believed Tchiya Amet when she said Tyson had raped her in the 1980s. Now, three other women tell BuzzFeed News that he harassed them, including one who’s sharing her story publicly for the firs...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As we talk about what happened at Cornell, please take a moment to learn about how a young LSU student is fighting for help against that school’s storied football program
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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wrote up a quick explainer about the latest rollback of Title IX by the Trump administration and what that means, both for protections for trans students and students who report sexual harassment or sexual assault. Gift link:
defector.com
The Trump Administration Rolls Back Title IX Protections, Again | Defector
The U.S. Department of Education this week formally withdrew updates made during the Joe Biden presidency to the federal law banning discrimination in education based on sex. Specifically, the Educati...
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
3 people were killed and 7 injured in Kyiv as a result of multiple strikes by Russian jet-powered drones, police reported. ​"As a result of an enemy drone hitting a private home in the Svyatoshynskyi district, two women aged 46 and 95 were killed.
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arden as a service @arden.social · 30/09/2026
(i dont regret it)
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arden as a service @arden.social · 30/09/2026
the cast would regularly play red rover together after rehearsals because we would all be so down after hard scenes to make sure everyone was feeling okay/silly
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arden as a service @arden.social · 30/09/2026
apropos of nothing of course. the play wasnt perfect, but we tried so hard to bring a based-on-a-true-story experience to folks. it was so demoralizing, especially after putting in so much work (working theater was almost a full time job on top of school), and the material itself...
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arden as a service @arden.social · 30/09/2026
still, it was pretty reviled by the body.the play was meme'd to hell and back by students who came to the first 5 minutes of the show to be counted, then left during the performance.
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arden as a service @arden.social · 30/09/2026
worked on a play in uni that dealt with SA in college. in order to boost student body participation, we partnered with a lot of the professors of freshmen classes to offer extra credit in exchange for (free) tickets to see the show. we had a panel of experts to talk to after some performances
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