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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Republican presidents get power and Democratic presidents don't. That's what the last four years of SCOTUS boils down to. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Perhaps the most perverse part of CASA, other than its horrific impact on the infants of immigrants, is its timing. For four years, the Supreme Court sat back as a hand-selected group of far-right judges issued a stream of universal injunctions against the Biden administration. Then, barely five months into Trump’s second term, it suddenly cut down the practice. The court has applied an egregious double standard that awards Republican presidents with sweeping authority and presumptive legitimacy while relentlessly curtailing executive power each time a Democrat occupies the Oval Office. No democracy can long survive a regime in which a monarchical president and his black-robed collaborators supplant the Constitution with their own partisan whims.

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Why does this echidna look like he’s about to drop the hottest jazz piano album OF THE YEAR

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Salima Alikhan @salimaalikhan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Thrilled about this! @sallymkim.bsky.social is just great, as is the lovely team over at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social . So excited to start this journey!

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Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I keep coming back to this photo I took yesterday of the Stonewall Inn, and the vow written in neon in the window, which I think we would all do well to live by right now: “In the name of those who came before me, I pledge to be brave, to be true to myself, and to fight like hell for equality.”

A photo of a large rectangular black window in a red brick building, with STONEWALL NATIONAL MONUMENT VISITOR CENTER on a sign over the window, and the pledge above in purple neon within it. Fans and signs fill out the bottom edge.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

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Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Today I joined a coalition of publishers including @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social, authors @dashkaslater.bsky.social and David Levithan, @authorsguild.bsky.social, and Idaho librarians, parents, and students, in a lawsuit against Idaho's book banning law, HB 710. I'm proud to be part of the fight.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 02/02/2025

No one elected Elon Musk. As Donald Trump allows Musk to access people’s personal information and shut down government funding, Republicans in Washington will also own the consequences. We must do everything in our power to push back and protect people from harm.

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Salima Alikhan @salimaalikhan.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Sharing some illustrations I’ve done lately that made me happy, amid all this. I’ve called this one “Laundry Day.”

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

People on TikTok are reporting ICE raids happening in small cities in various states. To get past algorithmic censorship, they’re writing down the information on paper and holding up and shuffling through the handwritten signs as they talk about pretend subjects like shopping, food, and animals.

Screenshot of a young person holding up a sign that says “BREAKING: ICE IN KENTUCKY”

The algorithm-facing comment says, “Had to share these cute winter boots I just got!”

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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Long 🧵. I suspect many people have parents, uncles, cousins, and friends in their lives who have recently acquired strong opinions about workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs at large corporations without any actual experience of large corporations much less of corporate DEI.

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Hey while megaretailers profiting one of the richest men in world are out here doing this shit www.advocate.com/news/amazon-... maybe it's a fun time to switch to @librofm.bsky.social for audiobooks. Select the indie bookstore you'd like to support, listen away. Comp prices to aforementioned jerks

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Amazon removes 'equity for Black people' and 'LGBTQ+ rights' from company policies

Amazon has quietly removed protections for Black and LGBTQ+ workers from its company policies.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

This is a great piece. "As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."

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How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood

Here’s a step-by-step guide.

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

This is your mission. We take our power back now at the local and state level. Stop waiting for a national hero. It’s you. Get to work.

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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Only a ghoul with an unflagging desire to hurt people would grimace through this prayer. There is no such thing as “American Christianity.”

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Goldman Sachs analysts : The money men saying the quiet part out loud Curing patients may not be a sufficiently profitable enterprise for biotech companies. Chronic disease is a far more beneficial business model www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...

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Goldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?'

Goldman Sachs warns sales from the most successful disease treatments are difficult to maintain.

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Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Every word of this. The Democrats’ leaders have been so silent since the election. They need to get loud. They are losing so many of us with their silence.

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Common Sense @cmmnsensedspnsr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

Passage from Carl Sagan’s A demon-haunted world book.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 18/12/2024

i love holding real news in my hands

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 05/12/2024

Help trans kids! Have a weird time with me!

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

An Open Letter to our Publishers has been sent to over 90 Publishing CEOs this morning in response to the concerns of our members. 1/4

With the election of the trump administration and its policies as embodied by Project 2025, we authors have deep concerns about how our publishers will be operating and how publishers will advocate for and protect authors. Trump's agenda explicitly calls for the criminalization of authors, teachers, librarians, and publishing professionals with the consequences including, "imprison[ment]," and being "classed as registered sex offenders" (pg 4 Project 2025)

For authors who are not citizens, this could also result in deportation. This promises to be a pro-censorship, pro-book-banning administration, and the successful implementation of its policies will require willing compliance of America's institutions, including its corporations.

The freedom to write is as important as the freedom to read. We have been heartened by many publishers' willingness to engage in legal and legislative pathways to fight book banning and want to be sure that you will double-down on your fight during this consequential time.

This past week AABB help open forums with authors from all genres and age levels to better understand author concerns and needs. While this may not be a complete list due to the rapid turnaround, we know we have a short time before January to prepare for what is to come and we want to this start this conversation sooner rather than later.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Anti-book ban legislation has been proposed in Michigan. I had a chance to look at the proposals from the state library association months ago and they're GOOD. Michigan may join several other states in being an anti-book ban leader soon. www.wnem.com/2024/11/13/m...

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Michigan Library Association backs proposed bills about book banning procedure

New state legislation is aiming to standardize how residents can request libraries to remove books and materials.

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Okay but hear me out: A nighttime bookstore in which the only lighting comes from lanterns, tea is served to all who enter, there is an emotional support owl in each section, and a buy one / get one free sale occurs during every full moon.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/11/2024

I think it speaks volumes that right wingers criticize bluesky for being “liberal” and “left wing”, when it’s really just that hate speech isn’t allowed.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Bluesky right now feels a little like all the Whos gathering to sing after the Grinch stole their floofloovers and jingtinglers.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

A nation is be judged not by on how it exults its bullies and strongmen, but how it treats its most vulnerable. Like Japanese Americans, the trans community never did anything to deserve the kind of hatred and targeting they have received. We have a moral obligation to stand by them now. /4

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Art drawn by people who very rarely make art and think they are “bad at art” is 1000x cooler than AI art. It’s life-affirming. It’s often unexpected. I cannot overemphasize how much I love when people just go for it. You do not need the machine for this human endeavor.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” - James Baldwin

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Derek Laufman @laufman.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

This place is quickly becoming the art community I hoped it would be. I hope it just continues to grow and grow.

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 18/11/2024

This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 15/11/2024

A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we hear their concerns with other platforms training on their data. We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.

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