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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 6h

JUST IN: Bureau of Prisons argues its housing of immigration detainees gives the agency a national security mission permitting it to terminate guards' union contract. Doc: www.afge.org/globalassets...

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usagitomusashi.bsky.social @usagitomusashi.bsky.social · 6h

"national security" is the new keyword to use when violating any law.

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 6h

This reminds me of an interview with Liza Minelli where she was asked "what do you do when a friend was terrible and you were in the audience ?" She said "I go in and hug them and say in the BEST voice 'That was really SOMETHING!'"

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 6h

I'd like to nominate this for the understatement of the decade.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 6h

The desi techbros who voted for this guy must be so proud and pleased; congratulations, fellas

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 7h

Oh my. I am holding him and his people in the Light.

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 7h

What did *I* do that you figured all your followers needed to see it, too??

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026

FUCKING THIS. The process of inquiry is almost the WHOLE POINT. It's why we keep fucking going when the experiment fails, the hypothesis doesn't work out, the chords are discordant, or the words don't come together.

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Ed Overbeek @edoverbeek.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I would point out that there’s only one of them on that stage who helped overturn Roe v Wade, and that’s her

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 10h

This is a post extolling the praises of @deafyoda.bsky.social, who has done ASL interpretation for me on three webinars now, and who is wonderful -- professional, delightful, totally appropriate rates, all that good stuff. If you're doing things on Zoom or etc., I highly recommend.

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 8h

(Pernell Walker deserves more meaty roles.)

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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 8h

Ah yes urgent care, the $50 copay you make before the $200 copay at the ER.

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 8h

They really shouldn't have cut off his name.

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Nalo Hopkinson - Blackheart Man @nalohopkinson.bsky.social · 8h

Reading @julieczerneda.bsky.social's short story "Third Life" for the umpteenth time bc we'll discuss it in my course. Writer brain is analyzing the prose, tracing out character arcs, dissecting. My reader soul is just weeping again for the beauty of it, the love in it that reaches past boundaries.

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Jak @jaksays.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Reminder -AI companies are selling their software to city governments to try and defend against these attacks, while also selling their software to criminal and terrorist organisations that are doing the attacks

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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

As part of my board duties with Catholic Labor Network I need to help raise $5k. We support union organizing, create education materials, find bargaining mediators, etc. Donate & I'll enter you in a raffle for a custom cutting board or similar project! catholiclabor.org/donate-to-th...

Series of freshly oiled cutting boards, including end grain, some with handles, and most striped of different hardwoods

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

That's a devil's food cake. Any reason you left the name out of the alt text? 😉

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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Happy 100th birthday to Fort Worth’s own, the grandmother of Juneteenth, Dr. Opal Lee! Texas and our nation are a better place thanks to Dr. Lee’s decades of activism.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 07/10/2026

Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying

Use of artificial intelligence
By registering with ISBN Canada, you declare that your book was created by a human author. You may use AI tools only for limited support tasks, such as brainstorming ideas, checking grammar, or formatting your book. You must not use AI to generate the text, create the artwork, or translate the book. ISBN Canada does not issue ISBNs for works whose content is primarily generated by AI. LAC is currently reviewing its policy regarding the use of AI content creation and our guidance is subject to change.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026

This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If someone I care about confesses to it, (1) they won't be anyone I care about at that point and (2) they'll be mocked loudly and aggressively.

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

So far, no one I care about at all has voted for him. Anyone else, I mock loudly and aggressively.

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Caravelle @caravellin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"After picking up" is itself government spin. A witness says it hit his hand, and the prosecutor themselves say they can't say either way which it was bsky.app/profile/rica...

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Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Elise Tobler, editor of the fabled SHIMMER magazine and now THE DEADLANDS is hospitalized after cancer and an infection. She made SFF an inclusive, interesting place and broke out many authors. Help if u can gofund.me/6ea1bf7a4

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Donate to Help Support Elise While She Recovers, organized by Sean Markey

hello. friends if you're reading this, you're likely a Friend of The Deadl… Sean Markey needs your support for Help Support Elise While She Recovers

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And HOW, exactly, is this at all part of the remit of ICE??

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness

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Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane

Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.

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Svetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Well, that's a hell of a thing to leave next to a statue of Joan of Arc.😏

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I promise you, there are Democrats in congress right now who still believe it is possible to go back to before Trump. It is not. Republicans are spending Trump’s term as Vought intended. They are intentionally breaking government in as many places as they can to make going back impossible.

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is an important statement people, and especially elected Dems need to really understand. The current Republican project is one of destruction, by design. Yes, they have other goals, in RFK’s case he’s objectively pro-disease, but their primary metric of success is breaking government.

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This was one of a very few movies that used 3D cameras properly and it was worth it. If at all possible, see it in 3D.

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oh maaaaaaan Yup, this is where my brain is at today. All day

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PJ Harvey Dent @bsakat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A Venn diagram - green circle on the left, reddish circle on the right. Left circle reads, "Some people need they ass beat". Right circle reads, "Punishment does not transform people." The diagram reads "Me" where the circles overlap.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.

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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’

Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I swear, I've been going through all the stages of grief all day every 10 minutes. I now have another ex. This took a while and, SURPRISE, came out of nowhere and everywhere. 🙄🧐😵‍💫🥺😒

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Nope. Some people I know like using it.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.

Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.

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