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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's shocking this is not shocking: "The UK’s largest private-sector employer is offering up to three days of paid leave which can be taken flexibly for activities such as attending court hearings, arranging emergency accommodation, changing locks, securing childcare or separating finances."
theguardian.com
Tesco is first supermarket to offer paid ‘safe leave’ for victims of domestic abuse
Exclusive: Britain’s largest private-sector employer has also trained managers to spot signs of domestic abuse
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court on Monday ordered Missouri to reinstate a gerrymandered map that eliminates a Democratic district in Kansas City, even though the state has already distributed ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Missouri again ordered to use gerrymandered map for midterms — Supreme Court likely to decide
The circuit court ruling injects even more confusion into a year-long battle over which map the state will use for the general election.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A federal court has denied a request to halt the SpaceX land transfer. The Trump administration approved a deal giving SpaceX 715 acres of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge in exchange for 683 acres of SpaceX-owned land.
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404 Media @404media.co · 16/09/2026
NEW: Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and @wired.com, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.
404media.co
Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In a recent declaration, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) told a federal judge that, during the week of Sept. 6, it expected to launch an online portal that’s crucial to enforcing and complying with its new mail voting restrictions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
In ominous sign, USPS initially rejected Florida county’s mail ballot over spacing issue
Read more here.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
One of the biggest legacies of 9/11 was the rapid growth of mass surveillance. Whether it's the PATRIOT Act, Palantir, or Flock cameras, Americans don't want more erosions of our civil liberties in the name of "security."
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 08/09/2026
More than 11,000 people have been sickened in a Cyclospora outbreak linked to lettuce. Meanwhile, FDA inspections of foreign food facilities have fallen nearly 35% since 2019. Public health work is often invisible...until it isn’t. Cuts have consequences.
apnews.com
Cyclospora outbreak followed years of declining FDA foreign inspections
The ongoing outbreak of cyclospora tied to iceberg lettuce has raised new concerns about the safety of imported produce — and underscores a worrisome trend: The U.S. is conducting fewer inspections to catch contaminated food.
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
ICE got permission to cut open a Cuban hunger striker’s stomach and insert a gastric tube to make him easier to forcefeed Nuremberg trials are too merciful for these monsters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
ICE given permission to force-feed Cuban hunger striker with gastric tube
Exclusive: court orders seen by Guardian show agency given approval to fit Texas detainee with tube without his consent
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ACLU @aclu.org · 03/09/2026
Flock isn't the only company trying to profit off of our data. Our leaders must listen to the people and protect our privacy from all automatic license plate readers.
aclu.org
Beware of Other License Plate Surveillance Companies Besides Flock | ACLU
Flock deserves the heat it’s getting, but switching to another provider won’t necessarily improve anything
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 11/08/2026
1. Flock tracks and stores every passing vehicle, not just crime suspects. 2. Flock makes huge profits for itself and its investors by trading away our privacy. 3. Flock's tech is ripe for abuse — police officers have already been fired for using it to stalk women. Should we keep going?
nytimes.com
Why Are So Many People Upset About Flock Cameras?
Flock Safety’s automated license plate-reading cameras, used by thousands of law enforcement agencies in the U.S., have drawn intense criticism from civil liberties groups.
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Race Bannon @racebannon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Thank you to Toad Hall and Badlands for halting the use of this surveillance technology. It's already difficult to find safe LGBTQ spaces. Using surveillance technology could easily make us less safe if the data falls into the wrong hands. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/sf-g...
lgbtqnation.com
SF gay bars end use of "dangerous & invasive" tech that collects facial scans & personal data - LGBTQ Nation
Patrons and digital privacy groups pushed back against the bars' use of Patronscan Guard+. But some bars may be sticking with the controversial tech.
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Just Lynn 💙🦋✌️🇺🇦 @shoredweller7.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The title is “Cats living together”.
The first panel shows a black cat and orange cat cuddling with their eyes closed. The orange cat says “I love you”. The black cat says “I love you too”.
The second panel zooms in on them. 
The third panel shows the orange cat opening its eyes.
The fourth panel shows the orange cat raising its paw to punch the black cat. It says, “Actually you know what”.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
In one California town, Flock misread license plates in 71% of the time. Out of a sample of 1,427 alerts that Flock sent to police in the town of Roseville, alerts that flagged vehicles as stolen or used in a felony after they passed one of the city's Flock cameras, 71% were inaccurate.
businessinsider.com
Flock misread license plates in 71% of the alerts it sent to police in one California town
Flock sent 1,427 alerts to Roseville police over two years, flagging cars as stolen or used in a felony. In 71% of them, Flock read the plates wrong.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Trump announced yesterday he will repurpose huge chunks of federal lands to host AI data centers. This massive giveaway to Big Tech comes despite surging public opposition to data centers— including among Trump's own voters.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Flock cameras’ days are numbered. Across the country, communities are removing them city by city. Thank you to everyone who is standing up, speaking out, and fighting back against their expansion. Here’s the cities that have fought back and won! Denver CO, Austin TX, San Marcos TX, Evanston IL,
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026
Admirable clarity @science.org
The Trump administration hates academic science funding, full stop. They hate where that money goes, and they hate who it goes to. They want to keep all that money for themselves, to hand out to favored cronies who can help them get elected and to steer yet more money and more power back into their hands.

That’s it. That’s the story
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Zooming in on Oregon, the enormous scope of ongoing wildfire outbreak is clear. Numerous large smoke plumes from dozens of active fires--which have now burned over 1 million acres in Oregon alone--are casting a broadening pall across the interior Northwest & N. Rockies. #ORwx
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
For many years, people didn’t randomly film others in public—not because we didn’t have the technology, but because the social contract said you didn’t do that. That’s why Meta is going full court press on their PR and celebrity endorsements. They remember how people ran google glass outta town.
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
When my wife did chemo and radiation, she would go outside once or twice a day and shed the hair as it all fell out. Today, seven months later, we just found a nest a bird (likely a wren) made out of her hair.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 27/07/2026
FEMA and DHS want to withhold 20% of states’ federal disaster grant funding — at least $148 million — if they do not make changes to their election systems demanded by Trump. Now, 25 states and D.C. are suing. demdock.com/3RzIeaB
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Not all heroes wear capes. Some meant to but wind up in gorilla masks instead. Thank you to Joyce Kozloff and all the other Guerrilla Girls, whether or not you ever come forward. What you did was so, so important.
faroutmagazine.co.uk
Founding member of Guerrilla Girls reveals her identity
One of the founding members of feminist art collective Guerrilla Girls has revealed herself to be American painter and sculptor Joyce Kozloff.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Alex Pettis’ mom’s message. 💚 We can’t believe it’s already been six months.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/07/2026
These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 15/07/2026
I wish we could take credit for this, but alas, we found it making the rounds on the socials. But HOT DAMN what an absurd timeline we live in!
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?
Three kittens in a cage. Two are orange and one is black. Three kittens. Two are orange, one is black. They are laying on a stuffed teddy bear. The black kitten in a scarf.The two orange kittens in a scarf.
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Kev - Vote 💙 no matter who! @57kev.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Just a drop in the bucket but still very good news. We can not let a very small minority dictate how the rest of us must live and die. If you are against abortion I promise you I will never let anyone force you to have one. Problem Solved!
commondreams.org
Planned Parenthood Can Access Medicaid Funds Again as Congress Lets Ban Expire | Common Dreams
​Reproductive healthcare advocates vowed to keep up the fight as conservative activists pressure Congress to make the funding ban permanent.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Is it menopause or is it memory loss?!? (#WhyNotBoth.gif) New study out of UCSF/UCSB/UCSD is looking at the q & ISO ppl aged 40-55 in SF / SB / SD willing to participate. (Someone needs to take them to task on their essentialist "women" language-- but important project ) -
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The Longitudinal Menopause Project
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
BREAKING: In a landmark 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court rules that "geofence warrants," which allow law enforcement to collect sweeping smartphone location data over a broad area, constitute an "unreasonable search" and violate the Fourth Amendment. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
US supreme court rules geofence warrants require constitutional privacy protections
Law enforcement’s use of warrants sweeping smartphone location data requires privacy protections, court rules
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Jared Kushner wants Albania's protected wetlands. The government obliged. Protesters said no. 29 days later, they're still saying no — with flamingo cutouts and flags, in the streets, every single night. Europe is watching. Is anyone else?
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Ken Bazinet @kenbazinet.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
"A Constitutional right millions of us had lived with for nearly 50 years disappeared in a single morning with a vote,” local organizer Marie Follayttar said, WGME reported. “And every single one of us who fought to stop it knew exactly how we had got there. Susan Collins." #SusieTheEnabler
wgme.com
Protesters cast blame on Sen. Collins as Wednesday marks 4 years since Dobbs decision
Wednesday marks four years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade with the landmark Dobbs decision.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 25/06/2026
I wrote about the Prairieland defendants and the urgency of opposing the extreme sentences handed down on Tuesday. And they likely will not be the last.
newrepublic.com
The Prairieland Sentences Are a National Emergency
A federal court has punished Texas ICE demonstrators with decades in prison. This is dark news not just for them but for anyone who may want to register political dissent.
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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
'The New American Gothic' Criselda Vasquez Oil on canvas 72” x 48"
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 18/06/2026
Minnesotans who fought back against ICE cruelty are now facing federal charges. The agents who killed Renée Good & Alex Pretti are not. open.substack.com/pub/saveamer...
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Minnesotans who fought back against ICE cruelty are now facing federal charges. The agents who killed Renée Good & Alex Pretti are not.
Let that sink in
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This one is a street date instant onion classic. I have been laughing at “I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children” since I got the print edition last week
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/05/2026
Khanna: "This is a Dred Scott court. They have engaged in the fastest rollback of Black political rights since Rutherford Hayes ended Reconstruction in 1877. One-third of African American seats are threatened. We are not speaking up strongly enough against a court that's rolling back civil rights"
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Chevron is seeking a massive tax break in Texas for a new gas-fired power plant would exclusively serve a Microsoft data center. The plant could qualify for more than $227 million in tax breaks over 10 years, and the power from the plant wouldn't go to homes or local businesses at all. /1
yahoo.com
Chevron wants a Texas tax break for a data center power plant that would emit more CO2 than Jamaica
Even if the data center cannot receive the incentive directly, the fossil fuel infrastructure built to support it might.
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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.
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𝚂𝔢𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢 ☽|☾ 𝔓𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔰𝔰 🎃🧛 @chaospriestess.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
None of these techbro losers would have survived being a forum mod I'll tell you that much
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
🚨BREAKING: Newly obtained documents show a clear paper trail of Trump administration officials planning to share sensitive voter data with an outside political group trying to overturn elections, as part of a secret agreement. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Exclusive: New records show paper trail of DOGE voter data pact with election deniers
The documents provide the clearest evidence to date that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) personnel engaged with an outside political group seeking to analyze voter rolls in an effort to cha...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
HUGE WIN! H.R. 1897 the bill that would have gutted Endangered Species Act protections for threatened and endangered species has been pulled from today’s House floor vote. Your calls and pressure worked. Thank you for speaking up.
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Emily Ann Gregson @splashofgenz.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
“the pope is weak on crime” has gotta be one of the funniest things any politician has ever said in history
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Eric Lee @ericleeacts.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Let today in Hungary be a warmup for what we can do, for what we can have.
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a crowd of people at a concert with the word hard on the bottom right
ALT: a crowd of people at a concert with the word hard on the bottom right
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Their Devil @iamdevil.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
So it turns out paying people a living wage doesn’t collapse the economy; it’s almost like the rich have been lying to us to maintain their power over our lives.
capitalandmain.com
Despite Apocalyptic Warnings, California Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs
UC Berkeley study finds employment held steady — and only pennies were added to menu prices.
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Race Bannon @racebannon.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
This has quickly become one of my most read Love at the Edges newsletter posts. It seems to have resonated with many people. "When sexual desire wanes for whatever reason, the freedom it fosters might surprise you." Low Libido Liberation open.substack.com/pub/bannon/p...
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Low Libido Liberation
When sexual desire wanes for whatever reason, the freedom it fosters might surprise you.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The shared excitement over NASA’s recent mission compared to the general indifference to SpaceX missions speaks to the power of something seen as the product of communal human effort rather than just the ego and avarice of one obnoxious dork.
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
🚨"F*CK ICE! F*CK ICE! F*CK ICE!" protesters chant outside Broadview ICE Facility near Chicago for National F*ck Ice Day. Protesters are waving around sex toys to mock ICE agents. WATCH US LIVE 🔽
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