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Rachael Scarborough @rachael-akasha.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I really hate that the Turing Test is no longer about machines convincing humans that the machine is human, and is now about humans trying to convince other humans that they aren’t machines.

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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 20/02/2026

This photo captures the mood of Alysa Liu's performance so well. As she put it herself, “I don’t feel like my life is on the line anymore.” Waiving away the pressure to perform and finding carefree joy instead. 🏅⛸️

Alysa Liu with an exuberant pose mid-skate. Smile on her face.

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Posslart @possl.art · 16/02/2026

I didn't know if @marthawells.com knew about this Easter egg that Alexander Skarsgård snuck into the #murderbot TV series!

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Michelle Moore @trebula.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

🚨 Epstein survivors release this powerful PSA in advance of the Super Bowl demanding answers from the Justice Department. This is the Super Bowl ad every American should see. Spread it everywhere.

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Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

MELANIA has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography in the FIFA Oscars

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

FCKICE

Wolverine stabbing an ICE agent through the skull and another ICE agent through the chest.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Across America and the world, people are realizing it’s not possible to appease America’s dictator. The only way to deal with him is to stand up to him — and the only way to stand up to him is by joining together against him. It's time for a massive general strike across the country.

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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 14/01/2026

SPREAD THE WORD: General Strike & Economic Blackout FRI: Jan 23rd Faith leaders & union reps are calling for a Day of Truth & Freedom — urging all Minnesotans not to go to work, school, or shop Jan 23rd in protest of Operation Metro Surge! JaNaé Bates Imari gives an impassioned call-to-action! 👇🏼🙌🏻

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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 06/01/2025

On this Jan 6th, take it from a person who grew up with a narcissistic mother: RESISTANCE isn't always combat. Resistance is also choosing actions that give you your own self-respect. Finding healthy sources of information outside of them. & fighting FOR your own ideals, instead of fighting them.

Take it from a person who grew up with a narcissistic mother: resistance isn’t entirely combat. Resistance is also: avoiding low-hanging fruit; doing things they didn’t want you to do; deciding your future even if it’s unpopular; choosing actions that give you your own self-respect; finding healthy sources of information outside of them; being successful even when the odds are stacked against you; finding acceptance from people they didn’t want you to know existed; fighting FOR happiness instead of fighting them - which keeps you IN unhappiness. And leading others to see that false choices created by toxic people only perpetuate their control of you. And that isn’t resistance.

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The Joe Gross @joegross.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

"Hope is not blind optimism or uncritical belief in a political savior. Hope, to me, means the ability to imagine a better world is possible and then work to build it brick by brick. It is, as @prisonculture.bsky.social says, not an emotion but a discipline—one we must practice every single day."

thehandbasket.co

Mayor Mamdani redefines what it means to hope

His victory has created a harsh contrast between the world we want and the world we have.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

it's so nice to see what a functioning judiciary looks like "A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act." fuck yeah

qnews.com.au

Kenya transgender rights victory hailed as African first

QNews LGBTIQA+ News

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

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Chris Cantwell @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Can folks do me a favor? I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January. I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am. I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics. Here’s two favorite set photos. Repost? I am in the wilderness.

Kerry Bishe in costume as Donna and Mackenzie Davis in costume as Cameron Howe on the set of Halt and Catch Fire

Scoot McNairy and Lee Pace on the set of Halt and Catch Fire

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Rachael Scarborough @rachael-akasha.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Would bet that some serious insider trading violations happened today. Of course we may never know considering the watchdogs that would come down on that have been thoroughly gutted

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

EXCLUSIVE: Tonight at the Kennedy Center, Guster brought on cast members from Finn, an LGBTQ+ kids musical that was recently canceled when Trump took over the center. They performed the band’s song “Hard Times” to a standing ovation. Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:

thehandbasket.co

EXCLUSIVE: After Kennedy Center cancels LGBTQ+ musical, Guster brings cast on stage in protest

Finn's run at the storied DC venue was axed after Trump took over.

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Kaylan_TX @kaylan.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

This is a real tweet posted by the official White House government account. Yes, really.

The official White House government account tweeted:

“Simply put: WE WILL FIND YOU-AND WE WILL
KILL YOU.”

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 24/03/2025

Circling back on this…

Post from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that reads: Any unauthorized release of classified information is a violation of the law and will be treated as such.

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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 22/03/2025

Bernie Sanders and AOC’s ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ rally in Denver on Friday night had over 34,000 people attending.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

👏👏👏

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Rachael Scarborough @rachael-akasha.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

I feel like the never ending stream of dystopian fiction we’ve been consuming the last few decades has collectively conditioned us to accept what we’re seeing now as normal.

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

The Utah State Legislature banned pride flags on government buildings so the Salt Lake City government lit City Hall up in Pride Colors ☠️

Salt Lake City Hall Lit up in Pride Colors

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 03/03/2025

Duckworth N CLOTURE FAILS, CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN. Last few votes rolling in.

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Rachael Scarborough @rachael-akasha.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Since Google is apparently going all-in on “Be evil”, I spent part of my day switching my e-mail and cloud storage over to PhotonMail. Happy to be cutting the cord with Google for a provider with far superior security, and less expensive too

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 24/02/2025

I needed to read this today. Maybe you do too!

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Gov. Mills showed precisely the sort of integrity in the face of political pressure that the majority of the party currently lacks. More importantly, she did so extemporaneously and without hesitation from a purple state where this isn't a universally popular position. www.maine.gov/governor/mil...

“Maine may be one of the first states to undergo an investigation by his Administration, but we won’t be the last. Today, the President of the United States has targeted one particular group on one particular issue which Maine law has addressed. But you must ask yourself: who and what will he target next, and what will he do? Will it be you? Will it be because of your race or your religion? Will it be because you look different or think differently? Where does it end? In America, the President is neither a King nor a dictator, as much as this one tries to act like it – and it is the rule of law that prevents him from being so."

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

“RESIST. DO NOT COMPLY WITH THEIR ILLEGAL MANDATES.”Judge Ortiz emailed her EEOC colleagues after the anti-trans EO. She told me, “The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up. I can exist on cornflakes and community at the end of the day if it means that my soul is intact.”

nytimes.com

How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk

Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors.

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Rachael Scarborough @rachael-akasha.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

At the protest today at the Tesla dealership in SF

A dog wearing a sign that says “I bite facsists”

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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project www.thetrevorproject.org

translifeline.org

Donate - Trans Lifeline

Support our work with a donation! Trans Lifeline is primarily funded by individual donors; donations of all sizes are deeply appreciated and put to good

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21/02/2025

“We had to erase trans people or we couldn’t get our federal funding” Fuck the federal funding. You fight, you sue, you do not become complicit in our mass erasure. We are all in this together, and we all go down together. I will not allow us to be jettisoned or erased.

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RainSurname @rainsurname.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

If you don't know the long weekends are obstruction, not vacation, maybe consider there's other things you don't know? Delaying votes to buy more time for legal challenges & making Reps face angry constituents is actually one of the most effective things they can do until the budget fight starts

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Ryan Geddie @ryangeddie.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Pritzker gave a good speech yesterday. Democrats need to learn from that spirit. You cannot negotiate with this. You cannot collaborate with this. You cannot capitulate to this.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Extraordinary story the Wall Street Journal. X is threatening advertisers that if they don’t spend more, Elon Musk will use his influence in government to block company mergers. That’s extortion.

Extract from WSJ story.
A lawyer at advertising conglomerate Interpublic Group fielded a phone call in December from a lawyer at X. The message was clear, according to several people with knowledge of the conversation: Get your clients to spend more on Elon Musk's social-media platform, or else.
X CEO Linda Yaccarino has made comments that seemed like similar warnings in conversations with Interpublic executives, according to people with knowledge of those talks.
Interpublic leaders interpreted the communications from X as reminders that the recently announced $13 billion deal to merge Interpublic with rival Omnicom Group OMC -0.53% could be torpedoed, or at least slowed down, by the Trump administration, given Musk's powerful role in the federal government, some of the people said. They also had a front-row seat to Musk's continued criticism of advertisers that ditched X since he bought it in 2022, when it was known as Twitter.

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors. I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19/02/2025

Incredible news! More hospitals have returned to offering gender affirming care after Trump's executive order was blocked. Moments after publishing our story on hospitals returning, Childrens National DC announced a return to care. And JUST now, Colorado Children's is back to giving care! AMAZING

Dear TRUE Patient-Family,

Today, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced that Colorado will be joining a lawsuit filed last week in a federal court in Washington state. A federal judge in that case entered an order on Feb. 14 stopping federal agencies from enforcing the executive order’s ban on gender-affirming care for patients under 19 years of age.

Based on the federal court in Washington agreeing to add Colorado to the coverage of this lawsuit, we believe the temporary restraining order and any subsequent legal filings in this case will allow Children’s Hospital Colorado to resume gender-affirming medical care, including puberty-blocking and hormone-based medical care. We plan to begin offering this medical care again starting on Monday, Feb. 24.

It wouldn’t let me add the whole message. Here is the rest

What does this mean for you?
· If you are an established patient with an active prescription, you do not need to schedule a follow-up any sooner than recommended at your last visit. Please use the refills that were provided.
· If you are a new patient who cancelled your medical visit and you would like to schedule a new appointment, please call 720-777-8783.
· If you have an intake or medical visit scheduled, please keep your appointment and know that we will return to our previous model of gender-affirming medical care.

We recognize that the changes to the TRUE Center care model have been very challenging for patients and families. We continue to believe that families know what is best for their child, and every family should have the right to receive the expert medical care that their child or adolescent needs to thrive. Because the executive order interferes with those decisions and denies the families of gender diverse children the same rights as other families, we welcome the attorney general’s efforts to fight for their equal rights under the law.

Like other hospitals across the country, we will continue to monitor the evolving …

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19/02/2025

Major news! A court in Montana has just declared SB458, a bill that "defines sex" in a way that ends the legal recognition of transgender people in Montana, as facially unconstitutional. This is the first time a bill defining sex has been ruled on! Huge win for trans people in MT!

Leslie Halligan, District Court Judge
Fourth Judicial District
Missoula County Courthouse
200 West Broadway
Missoula, Montana 59802
(406) 258-4771
MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY
SUSAN EDWARDS; MONTANA
TWO SPIRIT SOCIETY; KAEL FRY;
ANNA TELLEZ; EDEN ATWOOD;
SHANNON ALOIA,
Plaintiffs,
v.
THE STATE OF MONTANA; GREG
GIANFORTE, in his official capacity as
GOVERNOR OF MONTANA,
AUSTIN KNUDSEN, in his official
capacity as ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF MONTANA,
Defendants.
Dept. No. 1
Cause No. DV-23-1026
ORDER ON CROSS MOTIONS
FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
This matter comes before the Court on opposing motions for summary
judgment. Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment on Counts I, II, & III
(“Motion”) seeks to declare Senate Bill 458 as facially unconstitutional.
Defendants’ (collectively, the “State”) Motion for Summary Judgment seeks to
dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims arguing the absence of a case or controversy. The Court
has considered both motions, the parties’ supporting and opposing briefs, and the

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Casey Parks @caseyparks.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Another interesting excerpt!

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Casey Parks @caseyparks.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Lots to piece out from day 1 of the hearing on Trump's executive order concerning trans people in the military, but this back-and-forth between Judge Ana Reyes and government lawyer Jason Lynch about intersex people and biology is interesting!

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 18/02/2025

hello cis friends this is what people mean by trans genocide if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist

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Dripped Out Trade Unionists @uniondrip.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Every union should be echoing this statement.

IUPAT Twitter post:

There are nearly 3 million immigrants in the construction industry, and they deserve the same rights as all other workers. Our union stands with our immigrant members and all working people in this country — an injury to one is an injury to all.

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@Anthony-Vincent @avgindot.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I am encouraging everyone far and wide. A great way to strike back at Musk if you own a Tesla: Go to Cars .com and list it for sale. The point is NOT to actually sell it, but to create a glut in the marketplace for Teslas.

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