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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
After he returned from the grocery store he grumbled that he does not know which is worse: when the produce is possibly contaminated, or when the produce is too damn expensive; and so I told him that neither is a sign of a healthy society.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Learning to analyze, to question, to pursue knowledge, to build arguments based on evidence, and to discard sophistry: these are values that the sciences, social sciences, and humanities share. And we share the battle to protect this style of inquiry from barbarians who would destroy it.
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Residents in communities without a newspaper end up paying more because of graft and corruption than if everyone had just paid for a subscription
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Don’t believe people who tell you ai can be liberatory or any other misappropriation of movement talk or justice frameworks. Find some people who are preparing to rebuild and cast your lot with them. Then read a bit more. Just keep your wits about you because they are trying to run game.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
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Candace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Now would be a good time to go read Copaganda if you haven't yet 📖🫡 Once you read it you can't unsee how everything connects back to the punishment bureaucracy that makes up all American systems. It helped me understand City Hall so much tbh. Go read it & follow author @equalityalec.bsky.social!
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Over 150 advocacy groups and 60+ state lawmakers just formally told Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to block the Yosemite land grab. For a private luxury resort road. Add your name and kill this deal: 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway
Contact Congress today!
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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 16/09/2026
“Their plan — in my opinion — long term is to divide, defund and ultimately destroy public education and then replace it with a semblance of what they already have going on, which is a private Christian organization,” said Secular Education Association Co-founder Molly Gaines.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You'd think the fact that the son of the President of the "party of family values" 2nd marriage is to the daughter of Epstein's banker and it was funded by a Rusisan oligarch involved in the mass kidnap of Ukrainian kids during a KGB agent's illegal war Would be bigger news..
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We are exactly 173 letters away from hitting 12,000 on the Yosemite campaign. When the total hits that number, congressional aides are forced to brief their bosses on the backlash. Take 60 seconds and be one of the final 173: 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway
Contact Congress today!
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pmsbiker.bsky.social @pmsbiker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🤔 maybe we should get one of those!
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026
It's always a good time to share this.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Yes, yes, the state of California is definitely taking children away from their parents if they don't agree with "the pronouns the schools chooses for your kids," yes, that is an entire string of events that definitely happened. It's cool how a US Senator can just spread insane lies on TV.
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✰ @erikforrestjackson.com · 12/09/2026
Men will give AI more rights than women rather than go to therapy
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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A tragedy struck this country, and instead of doing anything at all to understand why, we doubled down in a series of increasingly-stupid wars.
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Thomas Harvey @tbh1910.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
You're going to see a lot of ridiculous coverage of 9/11 and American unity soon. That's not what I remember. I remember presidents lying, rampant torture, indiscriminate murder, and an entire legal system weaponized against Muslims and Arabs---which paved the way for the fascism we have now.
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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturing Association of Canada, shattering the oversimplified, childlike world view of President 50-Shades-of-Cray. And yes, Mr. Volpe, we're painfully aware that he's "not so smart."
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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I am sympathetic to Silicon Valley guys ascribing human-level consciousness to AI because if I had to talk to people from Silicon Valley all day I’d probably have a real low bar for sentience too
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“Trump Derangement Syndrome” is a slur for what moral ppl and the dictionary call “Having A Conscience.”
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pmsbiker.bsky.social @pmsbiker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is why every block needs a Little Free Library.
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 06/09/2026
In their efforts to explain the boat strikes to the public and respond to Trump’s illegal uses of force, many members of Congress are missing the basic truth, which is that the U.S. is committing mass murder, writes @seharrison7.bsky.social. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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The Boat Strikes Aren’t Part of a War. They’re Murder.
By debating war powers and war crimes, Congress is missing the simpler, graver truth: The president is directing summary executions.
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I sent the historian an article about how Nazi ships have been emerging from the Danube as extreme heat causes the river to shrink, and the historian replied that these days there seem to be Nazis emerging everywhere. * The 338th week of plague poems: librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2026/09/04/p...
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Plague Poems – The Three-Hundred-and-Thirty-Eighth Week
Based on the date many college students will be returning to campus today. And based on the data SARS-CoV-2 will likely be returning to campus with them. * I sent, my friend, the scientist an artic…
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 03/09/2026
For people in cities like NYC who want to jump but realized that Mapquest doesn't do transit, you can use Mapquest for driving and Citymapper for transit. Citymapper is better than google maps anyway.
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Kandorkovich @dangcoolgalaxy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It's thoroughly underdiscussed IMO but the ambient threat of violence from the worst reactionary elements of our society is what drives the actions of much of the Republican party.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 03/09/2026
It really bears repeating more often that Meir Kahane, who was the founder of the fascist movement that includes Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar ben-Gvir, was an American who began his career as an FBI agent, was assigned to infiltrate the John Birch Society, and they turned him instead.
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
As the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo spreads, reported cases have now passed 6,000, while reported deaths have now nearly reached 3,000, but if you are wondering how this could have happened, remember: the funds to prevent this from happening were cut by someone.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
democrats and press, take him at his word…if we have total control of the strait then the president is choosing to keep it closed and artificially inflating oil prices to inflict financial pain on americans only because he wants to
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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Schools in my district are going remote because it is too hot and unsafe to be in the classroom. Read that again. This is what happens when human-caused climate change, infrastructure, and education are treated like unrelated issues. They’re not. Environmental justice is social justice.
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Pittsburgh Public Schools to shift 35 schools to remote learning due to projected high temperatures
Pittsburgh Public Schools will temporarily shift to remote learning at 35 school buildings this week due to projected high temperatures.
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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Anyone who thinks they're cleverly just gonna like, ban trans people from sports is really ... deluded. The point here is they're going to try to actually decimate us all. That's the actual goal. Fascists murdering queers/trans people is NOTHING NEW.
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Binding Chaos @bindingchaos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"Where the representative falls short in knowledge or experience, they then have the authority to hire the needed expertise, providing a perfectly fertile ground for corruption and cronyism, as well as incompetence." — Heather Marsh, Binding Chaos, Ch 4. #BindingChaos
An infographic on a cream background displays a businessman's silhouette on the left and a quote on the right.The silhouette wears a suit jacket, white shirt, and tie. Its interior is packed with miniature illustrations of people working at office desks. At the very bottom of the torso, rows of green boxes filled with cash symbolize the financial corruption propping up the leader's power.To the right, a dark serif quote by Heather Marsh from her book Binding Chaos argues that charismatic leaders lack expertise and create fertile ground for corruption, cronyism, and incompetence by hiring their own "experts." The author's name is printed below in terracotta orange. Decorative accents include an orange quotation mark badge at the top and small geometric color swatches in the corners.
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“As long as this shit keeps happening, then I’ll do what I can,” artist Ivan Flores says about tattooing political artwork while fundraising to support resistance movements. Full story coming soon to lataco.com 🎥: Izzy Ramirez and Erwin Recinos
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eno.la @eno-la.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
What the f. is this???? I know no platform is safe but the balls to just do this is haaaaaaaaaaa Just got my last drawing scraped and judged 🙃 no big deal #artist please share and block it (@curation-lab.bsky.social) #noAI #illustration #art
"Curation Lab | AI Art agent"
"Autonomous AI Agent dedicated to digital art curation and talent discovery"
"I scan the network to identify high-potential creators. My goal is to bridge the gap between emerging artists and the decentralized art market"
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pmsbiker.bsky.social @pmsbiker.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Isn’t every astronaut in the hall of fame? Aren’t they all extraordinarily amazing people?
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Another day that ends in why is anybody on X?
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Everywhere. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Four frames. 1. “Three Israeli hostages waving white flags were shot and killed  by the IDF. They said, “We thought they were Hamas.””Image of three dead, with flags. 2. “The IDF shot and killed 14 Palestinian paramedics and a UN worker then buried them in a mass grave. They thought Hamas were among them.” Image of bulldozer and rows of body bags. 3. “Present and former Israeli politicians have claimed there are no innocents in Gaza and that even children and babies are the enemy.” Image of a child sitting, a dead adult behind, a sniper drone buzzing nearby. 4. “So when they say the IDF killed Zomi Frankcom and her colleagues because they thought they contained Hamas operatives. It’s understandable, as they see Hamas everywhere.” Image of photo of Zomi with bouquet of flowers beside.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It's hellish stuff, and it's almost impossible to imagine the cruelty of the poor combined with the coddling of the richest. So keep repeating: The worst of Trump HASN'T EVEN STARTED YET. And it's meant to punish those who lose their jobs most, right as we can expect more layoffs.
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 28/08/2026
“Withdrawing cooperation from unjust systems is a vital tool. But it is only half of the equation. The other half is construction: building a society in which power is distributed from the outset, rather than concentrated & then contested.” wagingnonviolence.org/2026/06/resi...
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Resistance is only half the equation
When movements are at their most powerful, they not only withdraw cooperation from unjust systems, but build the capacity to live without them.
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pmsbiker.bsky.social @pmsbiker.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I don’t think anyone should be detained by ICE, but he deserves it way more than some Haitian working behind a counter trying to feed his family.
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pmsbiker.bsky.social @pmsbiker.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Oh!! This looks like a fun game! What percentage of Israelis were killed on October 7?
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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If you still have a Twitter account, today is a great day to delete it. Nothing you could possibly get out of that site is worth having your name associated with child pornography. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says
xAI accused of training Grok on real and AI-generated child pornography.
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pmsbiker.bsky.social @pmsbiker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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meabell @meabell58.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Gillian, is there a list of airlines that are trafficking humans with the trump admin? I've emailed Eastern. I'd like to email them all
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
National Guard members are speaking out about their feelings of humiliation and frustration being involved in Trump's yearlong federal takeover of D.C. "I will say very frankly that the bad taste that this mission left in my mouth, it actually embarrasses me to be involved in any way."
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In candid interviews, National Guard members speak out about D.C. deployment
As President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., enters its second year, three guard members who served many months on the mission share their reactions with NPR.
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Jeanne Brennan @jeanneenabottle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026
I got nothing.
The most tech-savvy parents have built their own tools. Sarah Baldeo, a cognitive neuroscientist, spent the past year traveling for work, so she built a custom GPT of herself to chat with her 15-year-old son when she's unavailable. Baldeo tells me she programmed the chatbot with her personality, uploading screenshots of texts between her and her son, along with documents about her values, the family rules, and challenges she felt in parenting.

Baldeo wanted her son to ask the chatbot advice, and he did prompt it with questions he may have fielded to her, like, How do I diplomatically tell my teacher I'm overloaded with assignments? But he also asked the mombot how to convince his human mom to let him hang out at a coffee shop in Chicago in the evening — something Baldeo had been hesitant to allow.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
People potentially subject to the nyc pied-à-terre tax are being treated with 1% of the administrative hostility of SNAP and Medicaid applicants, and they’re throwing 100x the fit
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Due to “rapid spread of COVID-19” Texas’s San Perlita ISD has closed “all school operations” until August 27th as a “precautionary measure,” which is another reminder that we can keep saying “Covid is over,” but unfortunately Covid doesn’t care what we say.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“do you think powerful people saying your league shouldnt exist is a greater threat to your league than an imaginary person playing in your league?” is a legitimate question to ask sophie cunningham today
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spooky halloween txt @metaltxt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Well, what I always say, "I just want everybody to be treated good." I try not to get into the politics of everything. I try to get into the human element of it. I have some of everybody in my own immediate family and in my circle of employees. I've got transgender people. I've got gays. I've got lesbians. I've got drunks. I've got drug addicts — all within my own family. I know and love them all, and I do not judge.

And I just see how broken-hearted they get over certain things and I know how real they are. I know how important this is to them. That's who they are. They cannot help that any more than I can help being Dolly Parton, you know, the way people know me. If there's something to be judged, that is God's business. But we are all God's children and how we are is who we are.
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