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Coraline Jortay 喬海霖 @qiaoj.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Got a new google scholar notification, so I go check and find this very cool poem by Wang Jibing 王计兵, the recent Lu Xun prize winner, prefacing a PhD thesis on women migrant workers and the gig economy PhD students in all disciplines: more poems in theses please, we love to see them! ✨💫
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Bradford William Davis @bwd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I have awful news. Youman Wilder, the Harlem baseball coach who courageously protected his kids from an ICE raid and said he was "willing to die" for them, very tragically, passed away this week Wilder's sister started a fundraiser set up to help with his burial: www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-y...
Youth Baseall Coach Takes a Stand to Protect Kids From ICE Agents: 'I'm Willing to Die'screenshot of Youman Wilder's gofundme
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lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
the 'C' in "USB-C" stands for "cloaca" because it's one hole that does just about everything
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Instagram influencers are repeatedly going viral by making fake cease-and-desist letters from Flock that suggest they are at risk by talking about surveillance. These videos have millions of views. Meanwhile, useful projects like DeFlock got actual cease-and-desists www.404media.co/the-rise-of-...
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The Rise of Anti-Flock Influencers Who Make Things Up for Clout
Instagram influencers are creating fake cease-and-desist letters, making themselves go viral and muddying the waters about mass surveillance.
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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"Des recently wrote a heartfelt statement from a federal prison cell in Fort Worth, TX, and asked that we share it with you. His words, excerpted here, overflow with the beauty and strength of his spirit" #praireland (1/3)
statement from des 
written july 6, 2026With a broken heart mended together with a sewing needle made from a battery and a string pulled from the elastic waistband from a jumper, reinforced with blank mail labels and a rubber band. With my head up high, teary eyes, and this broken heart full of love. I want to thank everyone for all of their support, love, and prayers as my family and I survive through this horrible injustice.Today, July 6, marks a year since I was unjustly abducted and wrongfully imprisoned. I sit in a concrete cell with a heavy steel door as an innocent person for a crime I did not commitThe reality is that I was arrested for being married to my wife, Mari, who has been unjustly convicted to 70 years for attending a public noise demonstration to support immigrants at the Prairieland detention center.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
You opened a credit card. ICE now knows where you live. Here's how when you open a credit card your address leaves your bank, goes through middlemen companies, and ends up with ICE. ICE plans to use this data for immigration and 'voter fraud'. No warrant More: www.404media.co/you-opened-a...
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Talon Fast @talonfast.com · 21/07/2026
Incredible things happening in Toronto
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 21/07/2026
I’ve been doing some in-depth reporting on the Prairieland cases, and had to get this out first as I continue to dig: I spoke with Ana Bell, sister of Des, who it turns out co-owns and runs an indie bookstore. We talked about the case, the judge, book banning, ICE killings, and living through this:
newrepublic.com
My Brother Was Sentenced to 30 Years for Moving a Box of Zines
The sister of a defendant in the Prairieland case, which targeted Texas ICE protesters, speaks out.
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Chris Cantwell @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Really good trolling would be to go see Picnic at Hanging Rock with some friends and then 35 minutes in get up and leave the theater and disappear and never be seen again by anyone in their entire life
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Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
You know how fucking out of your goddamned mind insane and sheltered you have to be to wish to have fought in Vietnam
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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 08/07/2026
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caylen @caylen.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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Neil Cicierega @neilcic.com · 25/08/2025
a special Sideways Heaven for people killed by someone holding their gun sideways
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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
remembering Mystic Messenger out of nowhere and having the same reaction that i did at the time of "no, wait, they're having all this secrecy and drama and shit for what's basically a group that occasionally throws fundraisers? do i have that right?"
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markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Did you know: Smart TVs share what you're watching, even if used as a dumb screen? AI browser extentions record everything you type, even your passwords? Most security apps are snooping on you? Insulin pumps can kill the wearer if hacked with a $15 gadget?? #iot #ai #security #hacking #privacy
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Jordan Harper @jordanharper.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Obsessed with this line delivery
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Mise @misebanbha.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
"Buried in the appendices, the report found fewer than 10 trans youth in the entire country who had detransitioned." Never mind the thousands of kids who have over the years continued into a happy transition. It's these 10 kids that they give all the shits about.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A friend of mine who was TA’ing for an AmLit course found a copy of Moby Dick a student had left behind. It had only one marginal annotation, around page 100, that simply said “whale is important.”
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max graves (COMMISSIONS CLOSED) @maximumgraves.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
i've had this thought too. if you're a person who only eats fast food, panda express/taco bell is like the only stuff that has any substantial amount of vegetables in it
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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
This is the best lede I've seen in a tech story in...years? There should be an award just for ledes.
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Gumby Screens @gumbyscreens.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Frame #4193 from 60sE63 weight and see
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Futurism @futurism.com · 28/11/2025
But our shiny new toys!
trib.al
The Economy Is Sputtering as People Keep Using Their Old Phones That Work Fine
Consider ditching your old phone and buying a new one to boost the economy run by trillion dollar monoliths.
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Gale Na @poisonjr.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Imagine for instance: a hypothetical settler occupation, somewhere that gets very dry. Imagine that everybody knows which party controls the water. Imagine they want to paint themselves as victims of their subjugated, who are just these innately hostile monster people.
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Kinell @sinistercinemastudios.art · 28/08/2025
This is some of the hardest shit I've seen in my life
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 10/04/2025
narrator: they did based on mahmoud khalil’s status and case, the team at emily has modified the graphic to reflect estimated peril in cases of wrongthink while brown.
Modified NYT infographic from April 9, 2025. It is a grid showing the rights of different groups - citizens, green-card holders, visa holders, and those who are undocumented.

The top line says "Could immigration authorities detain and seek to deport you, even if you have not been convicted of a crime?" The middle line says "Could you be arrested and deported if you have been convicted of a crime?"

The bottom line says "Could you be arrested  and deported based on your speech or for engaging in protest?" It reports the answer as no for all groups except undocumented immigrants. There is a red circle around the "no" for all but US Citizens, as partial recognition that this is what the Trump administration is actually doing/attempting

THE GRAPHIC HAS BEEN MODIFIED WITH BIG RED CIRCLES AND YES MARKERS WHERE MAHMOUD KAHLIL falls: Yes, you can have a green card and be detained and authorities may seek to deport even if there is no crime; yes they may deport just for speech.
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season of the bitch @m01r4.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
whether or not you see any social benefit of “womanhood” is largely a matter of a cluster of genetic choices you don’t have any control over and your willingness to basically take a second unpaid job in “performing being a woman”
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pierce @cringegenius.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
This is my hourlong performance “Frog Unlocked” in which I dissect a frog among other things
youtu.be
FROG UNLOCKED [FULL SHOW]
YouTube video by pierce
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Iris Meredith @iris-meredith.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I think that at this point, for those willing to take the risk, there is value in getting yourself arrested for the stupidest things possible. The Orange Alternative in Poland got arrested for handing out period products on the street, and that worked *amazingly* to make the PZPR look very stupid.
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The Orange Alternative: There Is No Freedom without Dwarfs
By opposing conformism and consumerism with intelligent humour, the Orange Alternative (Pomaranczowa Alternatywa) movement achieved a considerable artistic victory over the communist regime. Their con...
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Manipulated Polaroid portrait of William S. Burroughs by Ralph Steadman. Process here is 100% analog. Right after you snap the image, you quickly apply pressure to the plastic surface of the film envelope with various tools in an effort to smear the chemical emulsion around inside before it sets.
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller February 28,1947
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER 

WASN'T THAT A GREAT MOVIE, NANCY

WONDERFUL --
I NEVER HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME—
IT WAS GRAND

(NANCY READS THE MOVIE REVIEW)
NEWSPAPER-
MOVIE REVUE

WAHHH
BAW-W-W

YOU KNOW THAT MOVIE WE ENJOYED SO MUCH ?- - -
I JUST FOUND OUT IT'S TERRIBLE
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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
saw a dog alone going down geary in a waymo car, that is the most fucked up thing i have seen in a minute. big great pyrenees dog, alone in the back seat of a driverless car zipping down the road
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Dennis B. Hooper @dennisbhooper.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
(Quora screenshot)
Lisa Dawson
Finance Writer at The Penny Hoarder.
What's some brutally honest advice that everyone should know?
Here's the thing: I wish I had known these money secrets sooner. They've helped so many people save hundreds, secure their family's future, and grow their bank accounts-myself included.
And honestly? Putting them to use was way easier than I expected. I bet you can knock out at least three or four of these right now—yes, even from your phone.
Don't wait like I did. Go ahead and start using these money secrets today!
1. Cancel Your Car Insurance
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The thread o’ tweets @threadotweets.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
the practiced isolate (grettings,) @Respectful_0 (this was normal_now ‘s new account)
r/adulting So all my dishes are dirty...What $!&# do i do now? The Dish washing Megathread v2.0
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
use of starvation of a civilian population as a weapon of war is a completely unambiguous war crime
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Little Tunny 🐌🤝🧂 @littletunny.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
hey good morning *genetically modifies you to better suit my wants and needs*
A chart that says DOMESTICATION at the top, underneath are drawings of a wolf and a pug, a 1902 original teddy bear and a sparkly gas station teddy bear, a small wild grain and a large ear of corn, an 80's anime woman and an anime moe chibi cat girl, a wild boar and a happy farm hog
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Defector @defector.com · 18/02/2025
Dan McQuade and David Roth talk to Chris Person about the work of digitizing film and TV that's otherwise on the verge of disappearing.
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Someone Has To Save The Film And TV That Studios Won’t | Defector
HBO had a series of legendary stand-up specials in the 1990s, and one of the best of those came from a performer who was not a comedian. Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants was incredibly funny, but Jay…
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
“You finish that ad copy for the generic concept of beer?” -“Sure did boss, real fuckin depressing just like you asked” “What”
Ad in a grocery store of someone in flannel holding a beer. Text reads: “it is what it is but a cold beer always helps”
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Context Fine Art @contextfineart.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
out.com
The Smithsonian's queer erasure of an AIDS artwork should alarm us all
By omitting the tragic story behind Felix González-Torres "Untitled" (Portrait of Ross in L.A.), the National Gallery of Art is setting a perilous precedent, warns art scholar Ignacio Darnaude.
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Hamburger Dipshit🌹 @dohimjob.com · 26/01/2025
Absolutely unbelievable ad in the community theater playbill.
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
RIP, king www.vulture.com/article/davi...
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
uhhhhhh okay so can i call the democrats a bad word now
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 07/01/2025
Again, my utmost respect for @polygon.com for reporting on Dreams on a Pillow when so many sites and influencers that claim to stand for inclusivity and diversity and equality have ducked speaking about the genocide, about Palestine, and about Palestinian stories. www.polygon.com/gaming/50447...
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Dreams on a Pillow, the Palestinian video game about the 1948 Nakba, surpassed its funding goal
It’s follow-up to the award-winning Liyla and the Shadows of War
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 24/12/2024
LETS GO
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
oh wow
Hello, Jon. 

This is Spotify headquarters. Although this presentation is typically automatically generated, we find these circumstances so extraordinary that we felt the need to reach out to you with a personal message. We have found that while you did listen to rap music this year, you listened to country music as well. This is a music listening pattern of such rare precedent that we were compelled to disconnect our servers, lest our algorithm crash them entirely upon attempting to categorize your tastes. You are the most interesting person we have ever encountered, and we wish the incurious blockheads who make up the remainder of our subscriber base shared not only your adventurous spirit, but fearless authenticity. We have your banking information on file. As a token of our appreciation, $5,000,000 USD will be deposited into your account immediately. 

Thank you for everything, Jon.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 09/06/2024
a queen. an original. accept no substitutes. no one in the world is doing it like her
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Lesbian Death Bed: The Bed that Eats Pussy (pro orph) @bitterkarella.bsky.social · 26/05/2024
I think, in time, A Cure for Wellness will be as highly regarded as its spiritual forebearer Nothing But Trouble. People say these films are bad because box office, but they fucking slap as extremely rare instances of what beautiful high weirdness looks like when its backed by a big studio budget
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 22/05/2024
On Assigned today, Alyssa Steinsiek has a story about a ban on women in specific events for a sport that is more typically mixed gender and has no particular gender advantages or disadvantages. Way to go, sailing. Ride that anti-trans bandwagon! www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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New World Sailing Guidelines Ban Most Trans Women — Assigned
New participation guidelines published by World Sailing mirror de facto bans on trans women participating in competitive sailing, a move sure to harm cisgender competitors and the sport as a whole.
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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
every time i go to karaoke i tell myself ok. you are not a good singer. no need to be a hero. and then one and a half beers in im like “i am gonna do Video Games by Lana Del Rey so good i end war”
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