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Homeschooled STEAM professor and Luddite software dev 🏴Ⓐ

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Joyce Park @troutgirl.bsky.social · 5h
Whoa, these were two of the biggest H1-B sponsors!!! A third tho is Oracle... Which is NOT being punished this way, guess why?
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...
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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 22h
Is RFK Jr. to blame for the food recalls?
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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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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Join folks in Orlando FL for a Call Me Senator fundraiser tomorrow at 4 PM ET, ran by the LGBTQ+ community for Angie! RSVP today at Angie4Us.com/CMS for location details! #AngieforFlorida
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Trump administration’s actions resulted in the destruction of the largest ancient Cottonwood tree on Indigenous territory in Arizona. This tree, known as the “Grandmother Tree,” was 250 years old.
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DFW Support Committee @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Well said.
Excerpt from the linked article in the quoted post that reads: The Prairieland defendants were motivated by an opposition to ICE and the terrors they have and continue to unleash on communities; a position that, per a February 2026 poll, is held by a majority of Americans. How many people in your life feel the same way? And how about you—have you ever gone to an anti-ICE protest, complained about capitalism, or joined a neighborhood Signal chat? Congratulations. Definitionally, you’re an “antifa member”—and in the eyes of the US government, that makes you a terrorist.
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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The fascist monopolization of US media, intent on ending what's left of democracy on behalf of billionaire mobsters, was finalized by a Democratic-appointed SCOTUS justice.
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Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan denied a last minute
effort to halt Paramount's merger with Warner Bros.
Discovery, a transaction that is scheduled to close on
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 06/10/2026
Happening now! Border Patrol amassing forces after land defenders re-established a tree sit on the Mexican side of the border in La Noria, Sonora, this morning, stopping wall construction the day after DHS killed the Grandmother Tree.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Mike Rogers led the charge to flood opioids into our communities. Here's what happened.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
dawg I WISH
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
People forget that J6 was successful. Everyone who participated was let out of jail and the guy who perpetrated it is President again. There were no consequences. They have plenty of incentive to do a much bigger and worse version.
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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today, I resigned as Vice Chair of the ODP Pride Caucus. The state party expects us to be a sales team, censoring our voices when we beg candidates not to trade on trans lives. I am still a Democrat, but I will not value party approval over true, defiant advocacy. Full text below. 👇
Part 1 of an open letter of resignation by Arienne Childrey, stepping down as Vice Chair and member of the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) Pride Caucus. She states that party leadership treats the caucus as a recruitment and sales team rather than a representative body. She cites an incident where the ODP censored and denied permission for the caucus to post a letter by two trans leaders addressing harmful comments made by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton. The State Party Chair reportedly called the letter an "unwelcome distraction," which Childrey notes demonstrates how little party leadership values the voices and dignity of LGBTQ+ Democrats.
Since that decision, every Caucus plan, every potential post, and every path forward has been filtered through a lens of strict compliance and ODP approval. That may very well be the party's rule, but following those rules right now is a dereliction of our duty to the LGBTQ+ community.

For me, any rule that silences advocacy for the trans community during this time is an unjust rule, and I see no obligation to follow it. In alignment with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his Letter from Birmingham Jail:

“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

We are living in incredibly dangerous times for the trans community. We are in an era where the GOP has so thoroughly weaponized trans lives that even some formerly self-professing allies within our own party have fallen prey to the rhetoric. Looking at the national trend towards Democratic anti-trans triangulation, as well as our own internal conversations, it is clear to me that this shift is much more than a simple coincidence.

We have to speak up—loudly, strongly, and unapologetically—or I fear what our 2028 choices may look like. The ODP would like everyone to believe they are a "big tent" party. However, their successful efforts to silence even the Pride Caucus—even in cases where we are simply begging our candidates not to trade on our lives for perceived electoral advantage—has proven otherwise. The tent hasn't gotten any bigger; it has simply shifted, leaving many trans individuals, progressives, and allies out in the rain.

I will continue to advocate, organize, and fight for our community with everything I have. But I can no longer compromise my own moral principles by remaining part of a caucus that appears more interested in party approval than in true, defiant advocacy.

Sincerely,
Arienne Childrey
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pinball machines used to be outlawed because they looked too much like gambling.
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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One of the small things I love about being an anarchist is getting to be morally consistent and say shit like yes obviously I don't think Israel should exist no states do not have the right to exist because states can't have rights Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
hey how sure are you guys about the facts here? is this your “lifelong democrat” who reluctantly voted for trump for the first time in 2024?
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026
I don’t understand why people just jump to the conclusion that voters are the root of electoral outcomes but don’t consider that the people who control the most sophisticated ‘info’ output & surveillance networks on the globe have figured out how to reliably subvert the democratic process by now
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 05/10/2026
Damn. I have heard the same about tech platforms and political discourse in Brazil. Turns out media ownership matters.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Exposed: The Israeli Lie Machine Targeting Britain" Andy Burnham is to set up a centre to counter ‘poisonous’ disinformation, focused on Russia. But will it only challenge foreign interference based on whether the country responsible is friend or foe? Read @owenjones.bsky.social, for Zeteo UK:
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Exposed: The Israeli Lie Machine Targeting Britain
Andy Burnham is to set up a centre to counter ‘poisonous’ disinformation, focused on Russia. But will it only challenge foreign interference based on whether the country responsible is friend or foe?
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 30/09/2026
Chicagoland friends, I have a favor to ask. I have a pro bono client, a Black woman, who is currently facing charges for allegedly pointing a gun at her abusive ex - who admitted to raping her. I would love if there could be a show of support for her at her next few court dates.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Renee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis
Renee Good’s family has sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials, alleging wrongful death and other violations of federal law in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration off...
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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 01/10/2026
There’s this weird phenomena that, best I can tell, is only on Bluesky, but is people certain that “no one told Harris and Walz to stop saying ‘weird’, that’s a myth.” It’s not, and there’s named sources in CNN articles about, from August 2024.
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IYKYK 🌮 @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
I'm so sick of people defending this guy based on the sole reason that he's technically registered as a Democrat. He's the very picture definition of a DINO; he's a corporate-owned Republican who campaigned as a Democrat solely to get elected. He will throw us ALL under the bus.
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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 04/09/2026
Support Carey here, if able: www.gofundme.com/f/back-our-s...
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Donate to Help us keep living while I sew, organized by Carey Means
We started this business with money that Carey got from conventions and used a sewing mach… Carey Means needs your support for Help us keep living while I sew
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Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dear Maine Democrats -- Here's your new commercial. You're welcome.
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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Lucretius Bourgeois @maviscruet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Or, and just imagine this, a generation where people are given assistance for conditions that make it difficult for them to navigate "normal" life and them becoming lost either in the system or in more serious ways. Why not try to have a happy society? God i hate these people.
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Noel Healy @drnoelhealy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The assault on US universities didn't start in 2025. Our new paper traces the decades of corporate capture that made it possible, and why climate research is a primary target. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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404 Media @404media.co · 24/09/2026
So Josh Hawley, noted election denier, referenced 404 Media's work throughout the Flock Senate Hearing yesterday. We are a journalist-founded and owned media publication. Hey Josh, if you're going to use our work, subscribe bro: @jasonkoebler.bsky.social www.404media.co/we-hacked-th...
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TinkTonkWolicyPonk she/they @shannonhey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Newsom is not great
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 18/09/2026
FCC approves foreign owners for a merged Paramount-Warner Bros.
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FCC approves foreign owners for a merged Paramount-Warner Bros.
Royal families of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi will own nearly 50% of the equity of a merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery
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404 Media @404media.co · 09/09/2026
Sinclair Broadcasting is pushing the idea that China and the No Kings protesters are the reason people don't like Flock.
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Smear Campaign Says Anti-Flock Movement Is Chinese Propaganda
Sinclair Broadcasting is pushing the idea that China and the No Kings protesters are the reason people don't like Flock.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 09/09/2026
never forget except for donald trump, he can forget
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Friends, I have a new book coming out soon called "Why Sustainable Seafood Matters". If you can pre-order a copy, that helps me a lot, and you can save 30% with code HWSSM. But you can help me at no cost to yourself by requesting that your local library order a copy!
Having fun isn't hard when you have a library card!
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Jack Graham @timescarcass.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The media's crowdsourced assassination of Jason Arday was a concentrated cameo of their ongoing more diffuse attempt to get every Trans person killed.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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404 Media @404media.co · 08/09/2026
A data protection lawyer told 404 Media the sharing was likely illegal, and Channel 5’s own privacy policy explicitly says it won't give subscribers’ emails away to people for marketing purposes.
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Channel 5 Gave Hunter Biden a List of Its Subscribers’ Emails for Some Reason
A data protection lawyer told 404 Media the sharing was likely illegal, and Channel 5’s own privacy policy explicitly says it won't give subscribers’ emails away to people for marketing purposes.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
However much you hate British media, it is not enough www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09...
How having a disability became cool
Young women, nicknamed ‘sickfluencers’, are turning chronic illness into a lifestyle trend and entrenching a culture of economic inactivity

Young women are also more likely to get caught up in “social contagion” – the spontaneous spread of behaviours or emotions previously observed by sociologists in “outbreaks” of bulimia, self-harm and transgender ideology. What may have otherwise been transitory feelings are seized upon and obsessed over until they form a central pillar of a person’s identity. A chronic-illness influencer won’t want to get “better” any more than a female-bodied transgender person would want to re-identify with their sex.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
When they do this, it's not enough to reject the demand. You've got to shove it back in their face, and ask why they never ask Republicans to denounce the racist mass murderer who is their party's top donor and who was given the keys to the federal government to cause mass chaos.
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 04/09/2026
The only way to fix ICE is to abolish it.
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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...
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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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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
omg they finally did it!! The ebook price of my first novel BUT HOW ARE YOU, REALLY has been lowered to $5!!!! Go get it from @bookshop.org!!!
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But How Are You, Really: A Novel
THIS EBOOK EDITION INCLUDES DISCUSSION QUESTIONSA five-year college reunion. A chance to go back in time. A chance to get it right. Charlotte Thorne does not want to go back to Hein University. Her li...
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Blue states are not safe for trans people because the ones doing the most direct, day-to-day harm to the trans community are not rabid Trumpists but the centrists and liberals cutting deals and following orders.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
As I predicted, now that he’s been charged federally, suspended ICE agent Christian Castro has turned himself in and should now face justice in Minnesota as well. All no thanks to Texas Governor Abbott, who did his level unconstitutional best to keep Castro from being extradited to Minnesota.
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