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Eric

@toleranceleft.bsky.social
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🌹🗽 Socialist organizer in Astoria, Queens, NYC. Mostly focused on single-payer healthcare / Medicare for All, but also labor, electoral, etc. Opinions my own, reposts not endorsements.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3h
Holy shit.
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 04/10/2026
Incoming Congress members Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier joined the Hell Gate Podcast to chat about, among other things, how they plan on building and using power when they get into Washington. Watch the whole interview here: youtu.be/xHUt6GxVxxY?...
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Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Great soundtrack… that Matthew Sweet song is one of his best
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 02/10/2026
NEW EPISODE OF THE HELL GATE PODCAST FEAT. CLAIRE VALDEZ AND DARIALIZA AVILA CHEVALIER Talking about being a transplant, Latinidad, how the left can build power, what they said to Hakeem Jeffries, and... are aliens out there??? www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHUt...
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Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier on Building Power, AOC, and 'Squad 2.0'
This fall, Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier will (almost certainly) be new members of Congress from New York City. We got them in the studio to ta...
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Public Power NY @publicpowerny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Corporate utilities are making a killing. Working people are done paying for it. Join @chiosse.bsky.social, @jabaribrisport.bsky.social, @sarahana.bsky.social & neighbors across the city on Tuesday for the Utility Ripoff Hearing! Share your story & join the fight to take back our power system.
PUBLIC POWER NY COALITION Presents
NEW YORKERS VS BAD UTILITIES
UTILITY RIPOFF HEARING
COMING TO YOUR BOROUGH!
next stop
BROOKLYN
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 6 - 8 PM
HERBERT VON KING PARK AMPHITHEATER
RSVP
BIT.LY/UTILITY RIPOFFHEARING
UNAB
sane energy project
NYC-DSA ECOSOCIALISTS
Utility Customers Association
FOOD & WATER WATCH
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
gothamist.com/news/us-judg...
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US judge in NY indefinitely blocks ICE from making arrests at immigration courthouses
The judge said a Trump rule change lifting restrictions on such arrests violated administrative procedure law.
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Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@mementomorty.bsky.social ^
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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.New York City
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. New York City
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
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Diana Moreno @dianaforqueens.com · 01/10/2026
Happy Rent Freeze Day! 🏠❄️ This month, we canvassed rent-stabilized buildings in Astoria to let our neighbors know that rents are frozen on leases starting Oct. 1 (TODAY!), their rights as tenants, and how to report violations. Organized tenants mobilized to win this. It’s up to us to defend it.
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Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ladder of engagement / membership development of political organizers, using a “curriculum” + cohort structure inspired by holistic, systematic martial arts instruction (I have this at the ready)
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Public Power NY @publicpowerny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New Yorkers are proving we can put working people over shareholders. And we’re just getting started. Join us next Tuesday for New York’s first Utility Ripoff Hearing to learn how public renewables can help us take our power system back. bit.ly/utilityripoffhearing
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Utility Ripoff Hearing
Our energy system is crushing New Yorkers. Our bills keep getting higher and higher every year – but when heatwaves and storms come and we need power most, our neighbors keep getting left in the dark ...
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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you've never seen Margaret Tait's film-poem based on a piece by Gerard Manley Hopkins, I suggest you take six minutes to treat yourself today. I wrote about why I think it works so well here.
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Latch or Catch or Key
On a beautiful film of a Gerard Manley Hopkins poem
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
- À la carte living conditions where everything is hyper personalized and you get what YOU want delivered to YOU when YOU want it. And therefore, you don't have to think beyond yourself, so you assume everything is either for you *specifically* or it's wrong.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context. I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad.
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Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m so excited that a new PFT set is in my future
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Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Multiple NYC Climate Week events have been rescheduled or moved indoors due to weather. Folks,,,
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 25/09/2026
"Writing can be small and wrapped, layered and touching, tight and nearly eternal in depth. Hold it between two fingers, hide it within a cove of denim beside your house key." buff.ly/UgZwq9D
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First, Add No Shame
“I remembered today that I don’t have to know everything to tell you one thing. You know how doctors learn ‘First, do no harm’? When it comes to suicide and ...
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: Over 400 New Yorkers are risking arrest in a mass anti-war sit-in outside the United Nations during Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech to say: Stop the genocide and stop arming Israel.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
May 2025: DoorDash spends $1 million to stop a democratic socialist from winning the mayoralty September 2026: DoorDash reaches a $131.5 million settlement with NYC's democratic socialist administration and admits to massive wage theft This is what's possible when you vote DSA
Following New York City lobbying push, DoorDash spends $1M on Cuomo's mayoral bid

The donation marks the largest of any in the crowded Democratic primary for New York City mayor.Since 2023, more than 200,000 Dashers in New York City were underpaid or paid late under the City’s delivery worker pay rules. These errors were unintentional, but that doesn’t make them acceptable. Dashers should be paid in full, on time, every time. We take full responsibility, and we’re deeply sorry.

We’ve reached a $131.5 million settlement with the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. Every impacted Dasher will receive the amount they are owed, and they’ll be contacted directly with payment details.

We understand the impact of even one missed or late payment. We’ve addressed the issues that caused these errors and made changes to prevent them from happening again.
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Office of the Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams @advocate.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026
New Yorkers, we have the power to save lives. Join our team and public health partners for an impactful training by the NYC Health Department on overdose prevention. This training will teach how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose using naloxone. RSVP: PreventingOverdose.eventbrite.com
Flyer: Overdose Prevention and Response Training. Queens Satellite Office at Community Connection. Join our team and public health partners for an impactful training by the NYC Health Department. This training will teach you how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose using nalaxone.
Thursday, October 1, 12 PM - 3 PM. Community Connection, 203-12 Linen Blvd. St. Albans, NY 11433
PreventingOverdose.eventbrite.com
For inquiries: RSVP@advocate.nyc.gov
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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026
there are good and complicated reasons "quality of life" issues became the domain of the right, but the left's great failure since the '70s has been operating under the assumption that results matter less than righteous intent, despite arguing for a material politics
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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026
“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language
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Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NO!!!
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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
PMC COVlD Update, Sep 21, 2026 (US) 🔥13th COVlD wave 🔥40 states/territories with outbreaks (see Alt text) 🔥3.8 million estimated weekly infections 🔥Outbreaks in NYC 🔥Extremely high levels on the Big Island of HI Mask up and get boosted. 🧵THREAD (1/4)
The US has at least 34 states and territories with COVlD outbreaks. These include Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawai'i, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. Levels on the Big Island of Hawai’i are particularly high. Note also, the NYC area is seeing outbreaks.

There are likely outbreaks in additional states. The summary statistic of 40 only includes counties with observed data, rather than estimated data. For example, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, and Tennessee likely have outbreaks, but monitoring is poor.
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lfelizleon.bsky.social @lfelizleon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Three years ago, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain called for American unions to line up contract expirations for May Day 2028 to set the stage for a potential mass strike. How are the prospects of this coordinated action looking now? jacobin.com/2026/09/fain...
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The Prospects for a 2028 May Day Mass Strike
Three years ago, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain called for American unions to line up contract expirations for May Day 2028 to set the stage for a potential mass strike. How are the prospect...
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Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
DTF St. Louis, episode 3, the “hostile architecture” sequence? Absolute cinema.
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Nothing was beautiful and everything hurt
Nothing was beautiful and everything hurt 
Joyce Carol Oates was tearing into Elon Musk and we were all having a good laugh about that. Get his ass etc. The basic gist of it was something I've often said about politics-poisoned posting-addicts. People who have never not even once shared their enthusiasm for a band or a book they like or literally anything they might like at all if such a thing exists. The lamentations of their enemies does not count. 

There are so many people like that. Even people on your side.

Can you imagine – I don't know whatever asshole you're thinking of right now – posting a picture of the ocean or a beautiful landscape that they took? A big game hunting safari also does not count. Or about a movie that they enjoyed? In aesthetic terms I mean not as part of the culture war. 

One of the great pleasures in life is sharing something beautiful with others.
Sharing art isn't quite the same as creating it in the first place but it's akin to it in that you are making it exist for others who might not have known of it otherwise. You are also at the same time making yourself known. It's an act of kindness and generosity and vulnerability. Please look at a photograph of this rushing mountain stream I stumbled across on my hike. You can’t tell at first but if you look really closely I'm in there and so are you.
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David Orkin @david4queens.com · 18/09/2026
I am humbled by the Mayor’s support of my campaign, and by the honor of serving you in Albany. Let’s keep the momentum over the next 46 days, win this race, and start this important work together. secure.actblue.com/donate/david...
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Donate to David Orkin
Show your support with a contribution.
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David Orkin @david4queens.com · 18/09/2026
It's official — Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is endorsing my campaign for NY State Assembly District 38! Together we'll work to fulfill the Mayor's promise that “there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about.”
Endorsement graphic of Mayor Zohran Mamdani smiling wearing a suit and tie, and David Orkin smiling wearing glasses and a blue checked buttondown shirt. Red and blue text on a white background says "Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorses David Orkin for New York State Assembly, District 38"
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On October 23, Creative Time and the Brooklyn Museum will co-host an all-day gathering between artists, activists, and scholars as we reckon with the most urgent issues shaping contemporary political life, from migration and reproductive justice to mass criminalization and climate change.
Event poster with bold red and blue text: “CONVENING IN PURSUIT OF LIFE, LIBERTY, AND HAPPINESS.” Event is October 23, 10 am–5:30 pm at Brooklyn Museum. “CREATIVE TIME” is at the top.
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Diana Moreno @dianaforqueens.com · 15/09/2026
Join us at our Astoria office on Tuesday, Sep. 22 for mobile office hours with @aoc.bsky.social's staff! They can provide support with any issues involving federal agencies, including: ✔️ Immigration ✔️ Social Security ✔️ Veterans' benefits ✔️ And more!
Join us in Astoria for mobile office hours with the Office of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The Office of Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez will be hosting mobile office hours in our district office to provide support with any issues involving federal agencies, including immigration, Social Security, veterans' benefits, and more.

Tue, 9/22, 12-4pm

24-08 32nd St, Suite 1002A, Astoria, NY
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Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
He’s done some beautiful and I’d even say important work on Shrinking
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11/09/2026
"As time goes on, this will all pass away into memory, into a story with a beginning and a middle and finally an end... Now, though, we may gather and distract one another, take comfort in our proximity, and know that we are, at this moment, safe." -- John Hodgman 9/25/01 buff.ly/DmdDLEi
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Welcoming Remarks Made at a Literary Reading, 9/25/01
For 24 years now, we’ve wondered what might be appropriate on this day, and we can never think of anything more appropriate than this piece, which John Hodgm...
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Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
First book event to play The Coup beforehand
Stage set with table, chairs, mics, at NYU for Against Tech Oligarchy book event, “The Trial of Jeff Bezos,” with the screen behind playing the music video for “Guillotine” by The Coup.

Bonus trivia for those reading alt text: I played Balderdash with Boots Riley at my friend’s Xmas party after Sorry to Bother You came out.
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Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What a stage of capitalism
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Something has really bothered me about the Gloria Steinem discourse—something that's not really about Gloria Steinem. So, I wrote about it.
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Grief Is Not a Verdict: This Is Not Really an Essay About Gloria Steinem
We grieve the worlds we’ve known and what it felt like to live in them.
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Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
From Karate Kid III, Terry Silver during his training of Daniel, only now he’s saying “A man can’t connect to the server, he can’t fight.” 

[instead of “stand,” “breathe,” “see”]
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The Onion @theonion.com · 07/09/2026
Americans Take Day Off From Looking For Work theonion.com/americans-take-day-off…
Americans Take Day Off From Looking For Work
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Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
First?
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Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Question from the Reddit Ask Me Anything: “Another coyote just went viral in SoCal for being the first known coyote to capture a road runner. How does that make you feel?”

Wile E Coyote’s response, as he sits behind a desk and points to a sign he made, which reads: “WE CANNOT JUDGE OUR WORTH ON THE WORK OF OTHERS”
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Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I purposefully didn’t vote for you, ha ha, except in my heart
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Really pleased to report that our first event for the new book is a collaboration with @demsocialists.bsky.social Online, free to attend, and you don't have to be a member (though you should join!) Sept 10th 8PM ET. RSVP below. actionnetwork.org/events/end-t...
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Kill Tim Faust 💀 @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 04/09/2026
There appears to have been some sort of industrial accident at the subtext factory
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Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Maybe the People’s Forum? peoplesforum.org
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The People's Forum
We are a movement incubator for working class and marginalized communities to build unity across historic lines of division at home and abroad.
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Kill Tim Faust 💀 @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 03/09/2026
I've seen some posts; some in good faith, others not, mostly on Twitter; about whether 'universal healthcare' can exist without single-payer. Here's a very long thread about it:
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
After their largest and longest strike yet last November, unionized Starbucks workers say the company seemed ready to bargain for a moment, but then went back to stonewalling. The union is now calling for a nationwide boycott to turn up the heat.
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Starbucks Workers Are Calling for a Nationwide Boycott
Hoping to pressure Starbucks to finally sign a contract with its 12,000 unionized baristas, Starbucks Workers United has called for a boycott of the company. It is asking individuals as well as organizations and unions to stop patronizing the coffee giant.
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Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What’s that from?
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