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The Evil Dr. Joanna and Her Two Giant Demon Dogs @jlphistory.bsky.social · 15h
it's the middle of the night here but I want to say something to my fellow depressed academics: It feels like late November right now for me and I bet it does for a lot of you, too. Teaching is feeling less rewarding right now and there are reasons for that that are structural. We're fighting hard.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/10/2026
hey ben. the guy in the picture here is an actual person, my friend’s dad, and a spiritual leader of Lakota people, Chief Arvol Looking Horse. not only does he support Indigenous People’s Day, he’s the founder of World Peace and Prayer Day. feels weird to use his image and not his name.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026
Look at the peak in anti-LGBTQ legislation. It coincides with a decline. The correlation there is pretty direct.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I learned this week that the New York Times was founded 175 years ago. There is a useful set of pieces floating around on this for journalism history buffs. But what struck me is that means the Times was founded 25 years *after* the black press which will celebrate its 200th birthday in a few months
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's fascinating, to me, how many columns and articles were written after Biden's withdraw from Afghanistan about the looming humanitarian catastrophe that Biden caused and how many fewer were written about Trump slashing US humanitarian aid still being sent there from $3B/year to $0 in 2025.
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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...
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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’
‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/09/2026
The thing liberals fundamentally don't understand is that trans people are losing rights they already had. We're not asking for more, we're asking not to lose what we already had for decades. Most sports leagues and the Olympics had inclusion criteria for decades without issue.
Screenshot of an X (formerly Twitter) exchange discussing political pragmatism and the Overton window.
The initial post by onion person (@CantEverDie) reads:
> "doesn't matter, this is about what the right is able to push with the overton window. first its democrats needing to disavow trans women in sports to get elected, next it'll be agreeing to ban access to HRT to get elected. we've seen how this plays out"
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A reply from Nick Pappas (@NickAPappas) reads:
> "Are you insane? The Overton window didn’t even include this discussion until recently. The public has never been in favor of desegregating the sports by sex.
> Personally I’m glad Barack Obama ran against gay marriage in 2008. Not because that was the right position, or one he even actually held, but because he knew the public wasn’t with him on it. If he hadn’t won he wouldn’t have been able to appoint 2 of the justices who ultimately voted in the majority for Obergefell.
> Lincoln in 1860 didn’t even run on abolishing slavery! He just wanted to stop its expansion. And thankfully he did that and won because a more extreme and morally correct position would have lost. As a result he was able to win the Civil War and push through the 13 amendment.
> Political practicality is the entire history of progress in America. There’s no other way."
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
The Campaign to Force Genital Exams on Girl Athletes Soon Washington State could require sex-verification tests for those playing sports in schools.
Portrait of Andrea González-Ramírez
By Andrea González-Ramírez, a senior writer for The Cut who covers systems of power. Those physicals, Maria explains, are usually perfunctory: “Like, Are you walking normally? Are you lightheaded? I have never had to take any clothes off. I’ve never felt uncomfortable or violated.” If IL26-638 were to pass and Maria were still in school, she says she would likely drop out of her team. (We’re withholding Maria’s real name to protect her privacy.) “I honestly don’t know if I would be able to do these tests,” she adds. “It would also make me question, If I do it, are all my teammates going to too? Or would I just play with the three or four girls who are willing to or have access to do it?”
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Morgan @larubia22.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
28 years of cyclosporiasis testing Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. All are back because of this science denying administration.
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The Amazing World of Tomorrow
A comic strip titled The Amazing World of Tomorrow.
A food delivery robot cooler drives down a sidewalk.
It crashes into a rental scooter. 
It backs up.
It crashes into the rental scooter again. The scooter wobbles.
The scooter falls to the ground as the food delivery robot backs up again.
A driverless taxi crashes into both the scooter and the food delivery robot sending them flying.
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/07/2026
#ICYMI: We found that a recently developed Defense Department program was meant to reduce civilian harm during military operations. But months before the Iran war, the mission was dissolved as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority.
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The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It.
The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection mission as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two…
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
1 Year on T... Mario hangs up his hat on a hat rack. He catches a glimpse of himself in the mirror. He puts his hand up to it and says "it's-a me...  Mario." He weeps with joy.
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 11/07/2026
DID YOU KNOW IF YOU FIND A HORSESHOE CRAB THATS BEEN TAGGED BY THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND SUBMIT THE LOCATION YOU SAW IT USING THE FORM ON FWS DOT GOV SLASH CRABTAG THEY SEND YOU A BEAUTIFUL CRAB PIN
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Ammnontet! @bleakvision.info · 19/10/2025
BAH! Enough talk! My <Beam Blast> shall make short work of you!
norman "my name is not norman but still i" rockwell's painting "freedom of speech" except i made the guy fucked up, and he's doing a Beam Blast. and also everyone around him looks more worried than usual
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Alex Falcone @alexfalcone.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
This world cup has been brilliant for letting fairy tales almost happen then crushing them at the last moment
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary—the main proponent of Utah’s massive, controversial data center—had told Fox News that the opponents were “proxies for the Chinese government.” Now he admits he made the whole thing up. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/06...
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After accusing Utah critics of being ‘proxies for the Chinese government,’ Kevin O’Leary now says he has no evidence
Kevin O'Leary, the celebrity investor and "Shark Tank" star behind Box Elder County's data center plan, is walking back comments he made about two progressive Utah groups — accusing them of links to t...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
RFK Jr. says that HPV vaccine is “dangerous and defective”. A new study from England shows that HPV vaccines have reduced deaths from cervical cancer to ZERO for women aged 20-24. Significant reductions in older age groups were observed as well, though the latter have lower vaccination coverage.
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Cervical cancer mortality trends following HPV vaccination in England, 2001–24: an analysis of population-based mortality data
Our findings provide the first robust national-level evidence, albeit observational, that high HPV vaccination coverage is associated with a substantial reduction in cervical cancer deaths. This is sh...
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 26/05/2026
Could there be a better example of "the trans debate" than 98% of women supporting trans people and then one single lone person voting against them and getting their way regardless. It's all such a fucking sham
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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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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/05/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Despite what the Trump administration says, the president’s most lethal policy will almost surely be his 71% cut in humanitarian aid from 2024 to 2025, our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes of U.S.A.I.D. “The world’s richest men are crushing the world’s poorest children.”
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Opinion | This Is What Happened After We Gutted U.S.A.I.D.
Trump’s most lethal policy will almost surely be his 71 percent cut in humanitarian aid from 2024 to 2025.
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🦋Dr. Natalia🕊🌻🪬 @solnatamd.medsky.social · 06/05/2026
I have a patient with cervical cancer on my service. She was the right age for the HPV vaccine when it launched. She's still the right age now. She didn't get it. And she doesn't believe the cancer diagnosis - she thinks it might be parasites. Refused chemo & radiation.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The New York Times writes about transgender people a lot, and yet it rarely talks to them. www.advocate.com/news/new-yor...
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The New York Times rarely quotes transgender people in trans stories
LGBTQ+ advocates say that the paper too often treats transgender people as subjects of debates rather than participants in the conversation.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The Ford govt slow-walked this & now the door is shut. Outrageous. "On Monday, the ministry informed The Trillium that all 219 records “fall within the exclusion under the (new law) relating to records held by ministers, parliamentary assistants & their offices,” & would not be released." #OnPoli
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Ford government’s FOI changes block release of 219 Greenbelt 'investment-opportunity meeting' records
One email chain among the hundreds of records being withheld from The Trillium concerns a meeting between ‘Mr. X’ and Minister David Piccini about land that was later removed from the Greenbelt
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 21/04/2026
The number of angry messages I got from insecure men on my article demanding men be accountable for rape culture & 'Rape Academy' reminds me to share my article repeatedly. Men: Stop being insecure. Stop being pathetic. Start holding rapists accountable. qasimrashid.substack.com/p/men-we-nee...
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Men, We Need to Talk About "Rape Academy"
This isn’t about women. This is about us. And it’s long past time we had this conversation
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Nosfrogtu @pogue.omg.lol · 20/04/2026
this is very good. I hope there's a corruption tracker for how much money he's stealing or grifting www.thetacotracker.com
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The TACO Tracker | Trump Always Chickens Out
Tracking every time Trump announces a drastic policy, threat, or ultimatum... and then walks it back two days later.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 13/04/2026
ICE Reports 16th Detained Death of 2026 at Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana Alejandro Cabrera Clemente, a 49-year-old man from Mexico, died on April 11 at a private prison in rural Louisiana. The pace of one death every 6 days continues to hold. austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-report...
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ICE Reports 16th Detained Death of 2026 at Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana
Alejandro Cabrera Clemente, a 49-year-old man from Mexico, died on April 11 at a private prison in rural Louisiana. The pace of one death every 6 days continues to hold.
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Screamliner Ontario @mostlyharmless.northsky.social · 09/04/2026
Devastating survey results from @transactualuk.bsky.social on the reality of trans+ healthcare in the UK. If this were any other patient cohort, it'd be a national scandal. But apparently trans people don't count.
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Trans Lives 2025 report on trans healthcare in the UK - Anne Healthcare
Findings from TransActual’s largest-ever survey show widespread discrimination, unsafe care, and a system many trans+ people feel forced to avoid.
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Andrew Flanagan @andrewf68.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"stable genius" tRump has agreed to Iran charging $2M per ship passing through Strait of Hormuz If traffic returns to pre-conflict levels, that's $300M per day/$9B per month/$108B per annum "Art' of the deal - Iran's wishing tRump was US 'president' 45 years ago, would have been So Much winning😁
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
"The fact is that Trump deserves to be impeached and convicted for his behavior in his second term. The misconduct of Trump, in terms of his corruption and that of his associates, is unparalleled in our history. His abuses of power leave Nixon in the dust." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Impeach Him Again
And create friction against him within the executive branch.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/04/2026
1. A new study claims trans care worsens mental health. It is fatally flawed. It didn't measure mental health—it measured psych visits. Even visits that stemmed from mandatory checkins, surgical pre-psych evals, or pre-treatment that was classified as post. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Fact Check: New Finnish "Study" Does Not Prove "Trans Youth Care Leads To Worse Outcomes"
The latest Kaltiala study is filled with fatal methodological flaws, and does not support claims made about trans youth care lacking efficacy.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 04/04/2026
The Doug Ford government is moving to shield politicians from scrutiny. Here are secrets the new law would have kept under wraps
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The Doug Ford government is moving to shield politicians from scrutiny. Here are secrets the new law would have kept under wraps
The Star has for decades used freedom of information legislation to hold governments to account.
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Raysident Evil @sireviscerate.myatproto.social · 02/04/2026
Butterbeer: the official flavor of transphobia
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
“The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!” open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Undaunted
Judge Leon slams ballroom gambit!
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The Buffalo Medical Examiner rules that the death of a legally blind elderly Burmese refugee dropped off by Border Patrol at a closed shop late at night in winter was a homicide. He died of a burst ulcer caused by severe stress brought on by dehydration and hypothermia.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 01/04/2026
Ohio just introduced HB798, an omnibus anti-trans bill that targets every aspect of trans peoples lives. It bans trans people from bathrooms, even in private businesses. It retroactively bans gender marker changes on birth certificates and drivers licenses. It compels misgendering in schools.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
If Pamela Jo Bondi won't disseminate evidence of Donald Trump's horrible crimes, we can. Below is the declaration of one of his victims. She alleges that when she was 13 years old, Trump repeatedly raped and beat her. Trump also threatened her and her family with death if she told anyone.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
ICYMI: The Trump administration is reportedly receiving millions of immigration applications, pocketing the hefty fees, and never processing the applications. It’s collected over $1 billion in fees so far. Where is the outcry over this fraud and abuse?
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Trump State Dept. Accused of ‘Largest Fee Fraud in History’ of US Immigration System | Common Dreams
An immigration researcher at the Cato Institute found that the Trump administration is "raking in billions of dollars in
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 27/03/2026
Tomorrow could be the largest protest in U.S. history, with millions expected to take to the streets against the rise of fascism in our White House. As a human rights lawyer, I made this video with 13 rules you need to protect yourself while protesting.
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13 Essential Rules to Not Get Arrested While Protesting Fascism | Let's Address This
YouTube video by Qasim Rashid
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lydelle BLEAAAH!ster @babyshoes4cash.com · 16/03/2026
the trans drivers license revocation in kansas is horrible, but it's the second-worst thing in the bill there's not been nearly enough focus on the bathroom bounty system: any private resident can sue me for $1000 if they can prove i made them uncomfortable in a bathroom
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Brynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Right now I am watching the brinksmanship and vertical escalation in the Middle East, and right now I think the outcome is likely to be when the US decides the only way out is to schwack Iranian dams and desalinization plants, and sets off the collapse of Iran and a humanitarian catastrophe.
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
ICYMI: Six years after Breonna Taylor’s killing, Trump quietly rescinded the rules that could’ve saved her. And now federal prosecutors are seeking to drop all charges against the officers who used a no-knock raid to ambush and kill her.
Justice Dept. Seeks to Drop Charges Against Officers in Breonna Taylor’s Death
The civil rights charges against the two Louisville, Ky., police officers stemmed from their involvement in drafting the no-knock search warrant that led to the fatal shooting.
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Nita Cosby @5-2blue.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Trump Opens the Door for ICE to Target Anyone Suspected of Being Trans Under a new rule, the State Dept will be able to revoke trans people's visas over "misrepresentation." It'll give ICE grounds to suspect all trans people of being in the US illegally. transitics.substack.com/p/trump-admi...
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Trump Administration Opens the Door for ICE to Target Anyone Suspected of Being Trans
Under a new rule, the State Department will be able to revoke trans people's visas over "misrepresentation." It'll give ICE grounds to suspect all trans people of being in the US illegally.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10/03/2026
1. A new NHS England Review excluded 97% of all trans care studies to conclude that trans youth care doesn't work. It explicitly violates several guidelines around reviewing literature, and appears to be politics masquerading as (shoddy) science. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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New NHS England Review Excluded 97% Of All Trans Studies To Say Care Doesn't Work
The new review has led to a ban for HRT through the NHS England system under the age of 18.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Think about authors having to explain that they should not *have* to have the villain stop periodically and go "what I am doing is wrong, I am doing a bad thing. I am the bad guy, here" because being able to figure that out is part of what it means to be functionally literate.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27/02/2026
1. Yesterday, we broke the story that Kansas drivers licenses for transgender people were being immediately revoked by the state. This morning, the ACLU filed suit in state court to block that process. Thousands of trans Kansans watch with horror and hope. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Kansas Trans Drivers License Revocations, Bathroom Bounty Hunter Law
The lawsuit was filed in state court on Friday.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 26/02/2026
1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...
Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses
"The legislature did not include a grace period."
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Rachel Levinson-Waldman @rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Interested in Anthropic v DOD? Important thread below from expert on military use of AI 👇👇👇
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