iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026

Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.

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SWIIRL (Sativa Diva 💅🏿) @thatonegirlkendra.blacksky.app · 22h

AYE, DO Y'ALL GOT LIBRARY CARDS?!?!!!!

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Rob Davis @robwdavis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

NEW: She oversees a state agency with a $3.4B budget. Her husband is a consultant helping housing authorities develop apartments that get a lot of subsidies from her agency. She didn't disclose his job -- until we asked. “In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need ProPublica for this kind of thing."

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Oregon Housing Director Failed to Report Husband’s Related Business Interests

Andrea Bell, executive director of Oregon Housing and Community Services, filed amended state ethics paperwork after ProPublica asked about her husband’s work at a firm that’s consulted on projects re...

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Like all NYers, Jewish NYers deserve to feel safe & welcome here. The pluralistic, multiracial, affordable & caring NYC envisioned by @mayor.nyc.gov creates the best conditions for Jewish—and everyone’s—safety; as the report states, antisemitism must be addressed alongside other forms of oppression.

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Mamdani Announces Plan to Fight Antisemitism, Without Discussing Israel (Gift Article)

A report issued by Mayor Zohran Mamdani describes ways that New York City is funding hate crime prevention and celebrating the contributions of Jewish New Yorkers.

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

PSA: Stop being weird about the Talmud, folks. Being weird about the Talmud is Nazi garbage.

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The More You Know

Alt: The More You Know

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James @sirjamesa12.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Events of this past week make me glad I joined a serious organization earlier this year. No more yielding to cranks spewing psyop BS intended to stoke chaos and discord while ignoring crucial local contexts.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — DC judge permanently dismisses case charging ex-Olympian with vandalizing Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

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Auntie Lotus 🌼💜 @lotusenta.gay · 30/09/2026

"Link in bio/replies/comments" is algo brained and won't help you here. You put that shit in your post. If you use deck.blue you can even turn it into a proper hyperlink with markdown, like my Twitch link here. It's pretty fucking cool, actually.

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deck.blue @deck.blue · 01/10/2026

quick reminder that if you're an artist here on bluesky that needs to schedule your stuff, i'm still doing this:

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NYC-DSA 🌹 @socialists.nyc · 01/10/2026

NYC-DSA’s statement on the Cornell 7

New York City DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS of America
STATEMENT ON THE CORNELL 7
Cornell University has failed in its obligation to protect its students. The conditions at Cornell are not unique; more than 1 in 5 women will be assaulted during their time in college. Title IX offices should be protecting the most vulnerable; instead they are designed to protect the university, prioritizing donor retention over student safety.

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DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS of America
From 2018 through 2024, Cornell University reported more than 1,200 incidents of sexual violence. From those incidents, only 7 people were expelled or dismissed. Lack of a response is a response - by refusing to hold perpetrators accountable, Cornell has implicitly endorsed rape on its campus and allowed perpetrators of gender based violence access to power without consequence.

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DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS of America
NYC-DSA commends Jane Doe's bravery and strength in pursuing justice, and the editors of the Cornell Sun in their rejection of inaction and silence.
We echo the demands of our comrades in Cornell YDSA, Cornell Grad Students United, and Students for Justice in Palestine at Cornell:
• Abolish all Intrafraternity Council (IFC) Greek Life at Cornell;
• Expel enrolled perpetrators, and revoke the degrees of those already graduated;
• And fire or require the resignation of Cornell Senior Administrators Michael Kotlikoff, Ryan Lombardi, Brian White, Robert Harrington, Kavita Bala, and Christinia Liang.

Additionally, we advocate for State Senator Julia Salazar's Healthy and Safe Students Act, which would bring sex & consent education to our school systems - an approach that is already proven to reduce incidences of violence by as much as 60% - and would reimagine our cultural norms around consent and accountability.
New York State Domestic Violence 24 Hour Hotline
1-800-942-6906

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Editor Sophia Dasser and reporter Cereese Qusba of the Cornell Daily Sun are the reason we now know about the gang rape case at Cornell and the university’s shameful under-reaction. Nice work, ladies. (📸 Heather Ainsworth)

Two young women, one in a hijab, huddled over lap tops in a newsroom.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yesterday, community groups and immigrant advocates started a 96-mile pilgrimage from the Adelanto ICE Processing Center to the Metropolitan Detention Center in DTLA to call for an end to all detention centers and an end to cruel immigration policy. 🎥: Erwin Recinos and Aisha Wallace-Palomares

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James @sirjamesa12.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

(It's still fucked up Virginia of all places managed to abolish the death penalty before CALIFORNIA).

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026

“I kept begging for a divorce, and he’d threaten to kill my children.” “I was in a very abusive, sick relationship.” These women were imprisoned for crimes that stemmed from their abuse. A new law offered them a second chance. (Published Feb. w/ @nytimes.com)

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They Were Convicted of Killing Their Abusers. A New Law Offered a Second Chance at Freedom.

An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison?

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"In 2020, there were only six programs in the U.S. that sent unarmed responders, such as mental health clinicians, to certain 911 calls instead of police officers. Now, these programs — sometimes called alternative or community response — are in nearly 100 cities." www.npr.org/2026/09/22/n...

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How unarmed 911 teams are reshaping public safety in nearly 100 cities

Alternative response programs, where mental health clinicians respond to 911 calls instead of police, have proliferated since George Floyd's murder. What does it take to do this work well?

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 01/10/2026

Davidson is right: taxing the rich isn't enough to counter the oligarchs; today's Left economic strategies must be more radical, centering— • WORKER COOPERATIVES, to democratize WEALTH at the point of its production • A DEMOCRATIC PUBLIC FINANCE, to democratize CREDIT at the point of its creation

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James @sirjamesa12.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you live in Massachusetts, please vote against Question Three. This ballot initiative would bring top-two to the Bay State. Top Two, which was invented by Antonin Scalia, is a disaster in California and Washington state. It's the reason Democrats fell one seat short from a full U.S. House slate.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/2026

53 years ago, hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Now, the Bronx School of Hip Hop is preparing a new generation of artists to shape what comes next. I sat down with Nas to talk about the past, present, and future of hip-hop in NYC — from the turntables to our classrooms.

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Mayor and Nas sit down to discuss the past, present and future of hip hop in NYC

YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

Friends, while they're trying to talk about fictional machine gods, don't lose sight into what they're all actually powering in real life. You can browse the the entities on the website and use the API, and learn more about it on the DAIR project site: dair-institute.org/projects/sur....

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Surveillance Watch

This interactive map reveals the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations.

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Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team · 24/09/2026

Just saw an 80 reply thread (on Threads) of bots saying Black Caribbeans aren’t Black. Don’t compare Blacksky to that bot farm, faux engagement generator, anti-blackness factory ever again.

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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 30/09/2026

What happens when an AI researcher challenges the direction of the industry from within? Meet @timnitgebru.blacksky.app, one of the 2026 Right Livelihood Laureates — a pioneering researcher confronting concentrated power in artificial intelligence. rightlivelihood.org/the-change-m...

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JD (by way of Blacksky) @jdot.blacksky.team · 30/09/2026

Another platform where Black folks and the sauce they bring are exploited, until they yet again become digital refugees fleeing from harassment and violence because of the lack of access to safety tools that prioritize them. Black folks deserve a culture of digital safety. It’s time for change.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New York AG Letitia James’ office will reportedly probe Cornell University’s handling of gang rape allegations made by a former student

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Letitia James' Office To Review Cornell's Handling Of Rape Allegations: CNN

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/09/2026

Beshear really has been a light in the darkness on trans issues. He's not perfect, but he's been remarkably consistent on telling other Dems that they need to continue standing up for us. It makes me wonder if he has a trans person in his life.

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 25/09/2026

Both Z and @saalevine.bsky.social, who leads the Dept. of Consumer + Worker Protection, deserve much credit for this unprecedented settlement. But to understand what made this win possible, one must begin the story with the organizing by @workersjusticep.bsky.social's Los Deliveristas Unidos.

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JD (by way of Blacksky) @jdot.blacksky.team · 24/09/2026

This label allows members of our community and those subscribed to our labeler to report content that seeks to promote, validate or in any other way normalize sexually violent acts. We’ve also updated our docs accordingly: docs.blacksky.community/using-blacks...

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Blacksky Moderation and Labeler | Blacksky Documentation

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JD (by way of Blacksky) @jdot.blacksky.team · 24/09/2026

Hey everyone! With the proliferation of news surrounding sexual abuse(rs), we’ve decided to launch a label called: Normalization of Sexual Violence.

Shows label for Normalization of Sexual Violence

Reads:

Content that seeks to promote, validate or in any other way normalize sexually violent acts which include, but aren't limited to grooming, (spousal) sexual assault, sexual exploitation, trafficking, revenge porn and sexual abuse.

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 30/09/2026

Thank you, Mayor @rgc.bsky.social, for using your governing power to hold Cornell University and the entire City of Ithaca to a higher standard of responsibility for community safety. Thank you, Councilors @jorgedefendini.bsky.social + @matos-ith.bsky.social, for supporting the proposed moratorium.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026

Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Riley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding Claims

Gaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I posted in my newsletter about an incarcerated comrade named Kenneth who is running a mobile library in prison. He needed a new cart and some readers generously donated. Here's the new cart! Thanks to those who supported him.

Two men in striped pants and white shirts stand by a cart with books, under a colorful “Perfection” sign on a white brick wall. One holds up two fingers in a peace sign, the other displays a book.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026

The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.

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James @sirjamesa12.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

my long-standing position since high school that fraternities shouldn't exist is vindicated once again.

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James @sirjamesa12.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

1) Incumbent only person on the primary or general ballot 2) Incumbent one valid petition signature short 3) Too late for anyone else to file to run 4) Incumbent died in office a month later 5) 👇🏿

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James @sirjamesa12.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Build more public bathrooms.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Kate Wilson is the socialist mayor of Seattle, and she's up against a aggressive moneyed class, a moderate city council, and a vocal base unafraid to be critical. Still she is making some gains. Chance Phillips went to Seattle to check things out. prospect.org/2026/09/28/o...

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Socialist in Seattle - The American Prospect

A year after her election, Mayor Katie Wilson wants to upgrade housing and transit in the Emerald City. But moderate councilors and divisions within her own base are undermining her.

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 28/09/2026

Hello World from the PLC organization (plcred.org)! The org was soft-announced back in March at AtmosphereConf. We've been working through logistics step by step and now have a public web presence we can point to.

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First steps of the PLC organization

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026

It really gives the game away when the anti trans orgs are calling the election of the neo nazi party in Germany a "glimmer of hope."

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Labor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

AutoZone workers in White Plains, NY, on Saturday became the first in their company to win a union election. Since then, the company has fired Nathan DuCongé, one of its key worker-organizers 1/4

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Jennifer Berry Hawes @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On this 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Helene, I'm thinking about the amazing people I met in western NC reporting this story for @propublica.org I hope it offers lessons learned that help avoid another such tragic loss of life. www.propublica.org/article/hurr...

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Helene’s Unheard Warnings

As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable. But there were no evacuation orders, and few ...

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Disability Policy Foundry @disabilitypolicy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As the US government practices fascism and eugenics, we need a collective vision of liberation for the disability community. @disabilitypolicy.bsky.social is proud to co-sign this vision alongside @disabilitylab.bsky.social, disability-led organizations, leaders, and organizers nationwide.

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North Star Memo | Download Now — Disability Culture Lab

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Please contrast the journalism of students with the folks who seem to forget last week let alone two years ago

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Diana Moreno @dianaforqueens.com · 25/09/2026

I joined @psc-cuny.org this morning to rally outside the arbitration hearing of the Fired Fourth to demand their immediate reinstatement, oppose the New McCarthyism and its authoritarian chilling of speech, and fight for strong, statewide academic freedom protections!

Assemblymember Moreno walks the picket line

Assemblymember Moreno speaks to the crowd

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

HUGE: Autozone workers just won the first ever union at the company. Despite Autozone spending an estimated $210,696 and using every tactic in the book to stop just 11 workers from forming a union, the small shop in New York chose to unionize today. These workers will now join the @uaw.org.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

SCOTUS, for the 3rd time, blocks Missouri from using its new GOP gerrymander. AND it defends Missouri's supreme court, blaming the secretary of state for the mess & the fact that voters are seeing different maps in the primary and general election. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

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