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April Gardner

@slignot.bsky.social
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Proudly intolerant of intolerance. Formless terror in service of the Old Ones here to doom mankind. Queer ace she/her

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19h
The Trump administration wanted NYC to explicitly turn away trans veterans from a shelter so NYC was forced to turn down funding for it because it would violate city and state law. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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NYC turns down $1.3 million for homeless shelter due to dispute over transgender veterans
The city says the federal government would have required them to exclude transgender veterans from seeking shelter beds at the Borden Avenue Veterans' Residence.
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is one of the most spectacular pieces I'll probably ever have on the shop and it's real weird.
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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 18h
Begging news media to stop making themselves unwitting NPCs in a weird cult's alternate reality game You do not need to breathlessly repeat claims that LLMs will end the world or create utopia with handwavy details or abstract philosophical arguments Ask follow-up questions or hire people who can
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Elly @invalidhandlebunny.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
[$5 for food please] | | (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ
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Pay EJ Burg Art using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/mtfvicky and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
she had to hide and be stealth, it’s never mentioned the character is trans but there’s something truly magic in knowing that the next time i rewatch TNG, i will see her there and i will know that someone like me helped make the show that ignited my lifelong love of Star Trek 😭
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JoeMyGod @joemygod.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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City Halts Production Of Pro-ICE Renee Good Movie - Joe.My.God.
The Livingston Enterprise reports: City commissioners voted Saturday morning to temporarily suspend production of a film being made in downtown Livingston. Commissioners heard hours of public comment ...
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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So my wonderful wife, @tekla.bsky.social, is one of the workers who was laid off Wednesday. The article is honestly too fair to A4TE leadership, who have handled this with a baffling level of hostility and callousness. And yes, they were notified with a one-sentence email starting “Dear Employee”
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Workers fought to save jobs at a national trans rights group. Then came a one-sentence layoff email
Advocates for Trans Equality says a $2.4 million deficit forced painful cuts. Its union says management rejected alternatives that could have saved jobs.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They’re all just recycling the Jewish Question against Brown people. Concentration camps. Deportations/Expulsions. Copypaste rhetoric. “They’re here, exactly as we are, but they could never truly be one of us.” They don’t even have the decency to come up with a new name, it’s that plagiarized.
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sasha @2damntrans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This push to proscribe Bash Back is nakedly an attempt to crush any and all dissent from a population of people the state would rather did not exist. It is genuinely fascistic.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026
Let's try this again I wrote about * Tierra Walker * , who should be alive, and Ken Paxton, who is one of the reasons why she's not ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Tierra Walker’s Death Was Preventable. The Conservative Legal Movement Made It Predictable
Republican politicians have made Texas doctors increasingly afraid to provide lifesaving abortion care.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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April Gardner @slignot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"And this is why you don't whip your dick out in church." @thrack.bsky.social just said as we're watching Critical Role.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 01/10/2026
ICYMI: NHS Wales admits its “urgent review” still hasn’t begun over a month after pausing all gender-affirming surgeries for adult patients
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NHS Wales apologises for withdrawal of trans healthcare, admits "urgent review" still hasn't begun
NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee apologises for "distress" caused by a withdrawal of care but admits its "urgent review" had still not begun nearly a month after hundreds were denied care
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Alexandra Halaby 🇵🇸 @iskandrah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Inside a Texas immigration court, children as young as 2 are navigating fast-tracked removal proceedings without legal representation following recent federal funding cuts. Read the full report from CNN: ‘I have no one’: www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside a Texas immigration court where children fight to stay in the US | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 01/10/2026
Jewish human rights barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action aje.news/zjyo4q
Jewish human rights barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So, as always there is room for people who are in power that support policies that kill people, but not room for people at the table who challenge the status quo.
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Prism @prismreports.org · 30/09/2026
“It is extremely difficult to see a patient in pain & know that you cannot provide the treatment they need because the materials are unavailable or too expensive.” As Israel blocks healthcare supplies & anesthesia, patients like Esraa Abo Qamar are forced to struggle with debilitating tooth pain.
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Dental care is in crisis in Gaza due to Israel’s blockade on supplies
As Israel blocks healthcare supplies and anesthesia, patients are going without the dental care they need or living with debilitating tooth pain
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April Gardner @slignot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hope people see through the PR tour Cox is on. Perfect example of a Utah Nice bigot, asking you to keep your voices down in the midst of ascendent fascism. I didn't grow up hearing slurs much, but that doesn't mean the bigotry wasn't there. Even Cox doesn't always hide his: bsky.app/profile/slig...
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An Anarchist Who Tried Her Best @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Last day. I still have a fairly significant chunk left. :-/
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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 01/10/2026
If the law is unjust, then disobeying the law is justice.
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him.
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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
she asked to be hanged precisely because she was afraid of a botched lethal injection. jesus christ
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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Workers now produce roughly 40% more per hour than they did in the late 1990s. But we're not working shorter weeks, retiring earlier and living more comfortably asa result. Instead people are struggling to pay for the heating, food and bills at the same time. We're being robbed blind.
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Memento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"snoring" is probably not what it sounds like here fyi she's likely agonal and barely alive
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🇲🇽🕷️rustbelt rebel🕷️🇲🇽 @rustbeltrebel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I knew them through their work with the Allied Media Conference. Just a tremendous loss for all of us.
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April Gardner @slignot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Was sitting here thinking, why am I so tired already? It's not that late and... Oh right.
Two bandaids right next to each other on a person's arm over vaccination injection sites.
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Leah Torres, MD @leahntorres.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Making abortion illegal = killing people. That’s it. It’s not more complicated than that. Making health care inaccessible means people die. States that fought the Civil War for the right to own people are now suing so they can own MORE. PEOPLE. It’s state-sanctioned murder and they are FOR it.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
I literally said to Portia this morning, there's gonna be a shield law lawsuit soon. I didn't think it would be TODAY. Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama have filed a bill of complaint with the U.S. Supreme Court against New York, Massachusetts, and California. Hold on to your butts.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
oh shit! since Tennessee's governor denied clemency two days ago, and the Supreme Court denied a stay of execution yesterday, I definitely assumed Tennessee would execute Christa Pike today but the execution has apparently been paused TBD if 'paused' becomes 'called off'
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Things like banning transgender kids from playing sports in schools or from being able to access medical necessary healthcare – those things didn’t even exist in 2020,” Logan Casey, MAP’s director of policy research, told me.
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Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
today's hardware designers could never conceive of what Kazuo Kawasaki was doing in 1996
A colorful retro computer setup featuring a purple keyboard, a small teal touchpad, and a teal circular CD-ROM drive with a matching keypad-style controller resting on top. The hardware is arranged against a dark background in a vivid purple-and-turquoise color scheme.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
don’t turn my mailman into a cop, that sucks
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 30/09/2026
The Trump administration blocked funding for projects at Utah's popular national parks. Here's where that funding would have gone, and what won't get done.
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The Trump admin blocked nearly $2M for projects at Utah’s national parks. Here’s what won’t get done.
The Trump administration blocked funding for projects at Utah's popular national parks. Here's where that funding would have gone, and what won't get done.
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April Gardner @slignot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Without protections so many things get irreparably damaged. A friend of mine who now lives in a remote but beautiful part of Utah told me last week about her heartbreak over destruction near her. Her favorite local spring in the desert, beloved for its untouched majesty now overlooks a gravel pit.
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MegueyB 🔜Metatopia @megueyb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And this is why it’s also important to fund historians, so we can know what the present is built on!
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An Anarchist Who Tried Her Best @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bump! Nothing in yet. I know things are tough out there, folks, and I don’t want anyone out there to send anything they can’t actually spare. Small donations help a whole lot too, though! Even just $10 or whatever makes a difference. :)
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
I got nominated for a Signal Award for B*tch, Listen! My interview w/ Elie Mystal—The Constitution: A Scam by Rich White Men, for Rich White Men—has been nominated for best individual episode in the Activism, Public Service, and Social Impact category! But now I need YOUR help. 1/2
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The Constitution: A Scam by Rich White Men, for Rich White Men
YouTube video by Rewire News Group
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Bryan Young @swankmotron.com · 30/09/2026
This is why we can’t have nice things. www.sltrib.com/news/educati...
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Utah just banned 7 new books — at once — from all public schools in the state. Here’s what the novels are about.
The additions bring the total number of books now prohibited in Utah public schools to 44.
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 30/09/2026
Trans people, anguished by Kansas driver’s license law, go to court www.washingtonpost.c... archive.ph/v3lyL #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 30/09/2026
US healthcare system: iN oThER cOuNtRieS YoU'lL wAiT mOnTHs fOr aN aPpOiNtMeNt! Also US healthcare system: Wheelchair order will take 4mos. Me: cool so if I started the process on 8/24-- US HC system: --no that's 4 months AFTER your specialist appt. That takes 6 weeks to schedule for 3-4 mos out.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here is my full Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-thi...
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SCOTUS allows third-country removals to resume, as lower courts close in on Trump’s lawlessness
A split-screen of the Supreme Court allowing Trump to expand his authoritarian efforts as appeals courts are increasingly supporting district courts’ accountability efforts.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: SCOTUS allows the Trump admin to restart third-country removals under a policy found by lower courts to violate federal law. The Democratic appointees dissent. The deportations will be OK'ed at least through the next several months, with SCOTUS agreeing to hear the case in December.
CERTIORARI GRANTED
DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC., ET AL. V. D.V.D., ET AL.
The application for stay presented to Justice Jackson and
by her referred to the Court is granted. The February 25, 2026
order and judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25-cv-10676, are stayed.
The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of
certiorari, and the petition is granted. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether
the district court had jurisdiction over Respondents' claims.
(2) Whether the district court had authority to enter classwide declaratory relief and APA vacatur under 8 U. S. C. §1252(f) (1).
(3) Whether the Government's Guidance on third-country removals
is unlawful under 8 U.S. C. §1231(b), the Due Process Clause, or FARRA/CAT and its implementing regulations. (4) Such other
questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the
proper disposition of the case. The Clerk is directed to
establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be argued in the December 2026 argument session. The stay shall
terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would deny the application for stay.
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Surly Amy @surlyamy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today’s clay works in progress.
Three hand-built stoneware mugs in the wet clay stage. The designs are evil eye, crow and moth.
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David Mack @davidmack.pro · 29/09/2026
Utterly contemptible—and just what we’ve come to expect from the Fascist Six on the corrupt, illegitimate SCOTUS.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
The trans women in sports panic has got to be one of the GOP's most successful manufactured culture war campaigns. Somehow they got a lot of people who would otherwise say they support trans rights to somehow fear "fairness" in sports. It's a non-issue.
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Unusual Efforts @unusualefforts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We’re also single issue voters and that single issue is that the government should let people live.
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Sable, Sapphic Wet Nightmare 🏳️‍⚧️ @ghostlysable.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Remember to turn on your "Require Alt Text" button, and to check it even if you already did because BlueSky turns it off sometimes for some reason.
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Jackson highlighted the Court’s shadow docket orders allowing Trump to slash the Dept of Ed’s workforce, cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in government grants, and, as she put it, authorize “roving ICE patrols to conduct race-based searches and seizures of Latino residents in Los Angeles.””
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