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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

People don’t understand how fragile our water infrastructure is. I’ve had contaminated water in the last six years. I’ve had my water co. hijacked for digital ransom. We are in perpetual near drought conditions... in NC, not AZ. AI boosters use pedantry about water use as an accountability shield.

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R.B. Lemberg. Yes, still in Kansas @rblemberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Mutual aid alert. Siobhán Kirchstein, whom I've known for many years, is a trans woman who works as a janitor at KU and has been targeted for using a bathroom. Her case has been profiled in many venues, including by M. Gessen at the NYT. I've talked to her at length recently.

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

From 18 October there will be a new exhibition at the Museum of Cambridge devoted to folklore (and supported, among others, by the @folkloresociety.bsky.social)

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The very first line is a lie, and we all know it. *None* of this was ever designed to help us, which is why it hurts us and we hate it. It really is that simple, but the media simply cannot bring themselves to say it.

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The humans are rejecting the machines that were supposed to help them | CNN Business

Touchscreens and self-checkout machines were designed to help customers. But restaurants and retailers are ditching them to humanize stores and attract workers.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 18/09/2026

FIRE YOUR ADVISORS IF THEY TALK LIKE THIS

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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

As a footnote, if a mechanism exists to deprive ANY group of civil rights—no matter how reviled they are, and by however many—then that mechanism WILL eventually be weaponized against YOU. You do not have to be trans or pro-trans to be against deprivation of anyone's rights. (PS: I am pro-trans.)

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

if you doubt a ruling class could possibly be this world historically wrong I'll note that "We have nothing to fear on the part of the Negroes; they are tranquil and obedient” and “We sleep with doors and windows wide open. Freedom for Negroes is a chimera” are quotes of a slaveowner in 1790, Haiti

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 16/09/2026

DO PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS NEXT

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 12/09/2026

Scam alert: @authorsguild.org warning abt fake meeting links. I haven't seen this but it sounds dangerous. Starts w/ email asking about proofing or editing services. Scammer sends link for video mtg, then says they can't join & sends new link mimicking a Zoom URL but leading to suspicious domain

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 03/09/2026

I know I already posted about this...but to reiterate: Anthropic copyright settlement authors, PLEASE contact me (Writer Beware) if your publisher is making a claim on a book whose rights have reverted, or claiming anything other than a 50/50 split on an in-contract book. beware@sfwa.org

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Frederick Douglass, 1857: Those who profess to favor freedom yet deprecate agitation want crops without plowing the ground; they want rain without thunder + lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its waters. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

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Clint Boyd @boydpaleo.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Hey All! I know its field season for many of us, so I wanted to give everyone a heads up on this: The Paleontology Section Manager position (my former job) will be posting on or around August 1. Keep an eye out if you are interested in taking on the leadership of the dynamic NDGS Paleontology team!

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Red Alert Warning

ALT: Red Alert Warning

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Release The Epstein Files NOW!😡

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Katie Hynes @owlsmom.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

People will die because of this. .

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 14/05/2026

Dear @mayor.nyc.gov, please get a NYC Alt Side Parking account on Bluesky. Right now, the only social media account for that info is on X. Please do not endanger New Yorkers or make them support a right wing billionaire by forcing them to visit that hate site.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed an HIV vaccine candidate that achieves something never before observed in the field: inducing detectable neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) against HIV within just THREE weeks after a SINGLE immunization which was further INCREASED after an additional booster.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The rule appears to be that redistricting is always legal when it benefits Republicans and never legal when it benefits Democrats.

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Stacy King @stacyking.com · 11/05/2026

FYI trans Americans with a Canadian ancestor can apply for expedited processing on their applications for Canadian citizenship!

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 11/04/2026

and every single person saying something like this? you're making it that harder for the next person (who is WATCHING YOU DO IT, RIGHT NOW) to feel like coming forward is worth it. you're the problem. it's you. you're why people don't tell.

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Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

ProPublica journalists are a national treasure. ProPublica as a nonprofit entity is lucky to employ them. Management should come to a fair agreement, and FAST, so these folks can focus on their work.

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I don't "feel" my work has been stolen. I know it. This kind of language use by the NYT is part of the problem. Framing it as some kind of emotional woo woo instead of a clear copyright breach...

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 20/03/2026

this post office shit is really grinding my gears because, as with most of these things, it is the result of decades of bipartisan effort when the GOP holds power they hamstring and undermine the PO, when Dems hold power they ignore the damage and fix nothing see: Louis DeJoy

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John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

This isn’t getting enough attention. Bad look for @sfwa.org. And a big deal for an organization that should know better. I’ve seen the jargon about committees & board decisions & 🙄, but the correct decision is credit the visual storytellers with the script writers. NOW. Not after losing credibility.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

In honor of Mr. Rogers’ birthday, here’s your regularly scheduled reminder that the quote of his you keep sharing, that in times of crisis we should look for the helpers, was for his audience of children. We’re adults now. We’re supposed to *be* the helpers.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Kristi Noem testified under oath yesterday that detainees receive medical attention within 12 hours. Yet another shameless lie.

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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 19/02/2026

Hey! Scholars! If you're using someone's work in your class, sometimes it's nice to email them and tell them, because then they might feel good about their research instead of entirely crushed by the academic humanities' ongoing descent into the grave

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 19/02/2026

also a thing we know of course, with a historical romance author helping coordinate. LOL it's hard to count the number of ways they're wrong some days. bsky.app/profile/mons...

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/02/2026

Do you live in Wyoming and/or know someone who does, who wants to distribute whistles? Put them somewhere in their store? Hand them out? SEND THEM TO OUR LINKTREE: linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

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3D Printed Whistles | Linktree

We ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 3000) & where to send them.

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

People who hope are motivated. They DO things. People in despair retreat into the corner. They STOP doing things. Dooming promotes despair and stains hope. Dooming harms the resistance. Dooming is part of the problem. Maybe don't doom at people?

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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Right now, Democrats have the power to defund and abolish ICE. We should do it. This is about right and wrong—and the murder we are seeing on the streets is just plain wrong. Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans. We can stop this.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

My friends local to Minnesota, whom I trust a great deal, would like to share the following resources that could use support. PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities- Venmo @powwowgrounds www.powwowgrounds.com

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Pow Wow Grounds

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

For my out-of-state friends wanting to help Minneapolis, Sanctuary Supply Depot is a grassroots mutual aid effort to support unhoused folks here. They take cash as well as in-kind donations: linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...

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Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors

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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/01/2026

Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-cap…

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.

No Blood For Oil vs. Exactly How Much Oil Are We Talking About?

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 03/01/2026

I am once again insisting that the US must submit to the jurisdiction of the ICJ.

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Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 31/12/2025

Just once it'd be nice to say "Best year ever; bank this one, for we may never see its like again" rather than "Another fucking quagmire of doom, glad to see the back of it."

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Because the sun should rise on Hogswatch. youtu.be/vPS5Yw_YsHA?...

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Death's speech in Hogfather (Discworld)

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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Just a reminder that ICE didn't exist until 2002. It's not some longstanding institution that must be maintained. It was created as a knee-jerk reaction to 9/11, and it could be gotten rid of as easily as it was created.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

On January 1, Illinois begins to regulate employer use of AI, making it a civil rights violation to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on protected characteristics in hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, or other employment terms and requiring notice of AI use. #AIBillofRights

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