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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 17h

THE POISON PALACE: unfolds the era of Alexander the Great's conquering rampage across Eurasia with a graceful, fiery verisimilitude both intimate & mythic...from the Indian subcontinent & stretching all the way to ancient Babylon--it resounds in time, & sings to the present with a singular voice.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 7h

I find the "if you don't use AI then you don't understand what it's doing" to be goofily anti-intellectual. I can understand what something is doing by reading about it. Also, these folks never seem to pick up on their own anthropomorphizing. "Self reflect/self correct". No, there's no self.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 9h

This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...

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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect

In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.

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bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 8h

Lemme just post another stellar quote: "Polarization is the country’s immune response to an unpopular, antidemocratic, and intentionally divisive faction grabbing for disproportionate power to the detriment of national success, reputation, and democratic self-government."

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 9h

"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph

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lem is not that the parties are divided. The problem is the existential
threat that a reempowered ethnonationalist strain poses to pluralistic
U.S. democracy writ large. The current level of political animosity is
exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted
to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s
citizens. The only way to re-oppress most of a country is to use anti-
democratic and authoritarian tactics. And the only way to oppose those
tactics is to push back as a population and clearly reject them. This is
the argument happening in the United States, and its pathology is not
anger—it is the movement to undermine a generation of rights.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 9h

"In other words, the people who are the most 'polarized' in the U.S. electorate are those who are racist and sexist, and those who oppose racists and sexists."

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licans, which often leads political pundits to claim this is more evidence
of “polarization,” and that both sides are equally to blame. However,
a closer look tells a more interesting story. The people who are most
likely to vilify and dehumanize their partisan opponents are Republicans
who are high in racism and sexism and Democrats who oppose racism
and sexism. The people who are least likely to vilify and dehumanize
their political opponents are Republicans who are low in racism and sex-
ism. One explanation for these patterns is that those Republicans who
are racist and sexist vilify and dehumanize Democrats because they see
the Democratic Party as a party of racial minorities and women; and
Democrats who score low in racism and sexism will vilify and dehu-
manize Republicans because they consider Republicans to be racist and
sexist. In other words, the people who are the most “polarized” in the
U.S. electorate are those who are racist and sexist, and those who op-
pose racists and sexists.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 7h

🗣🗣🗣Polarization Is Not the Problem🗣🗣🗣

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 7h

She's clearly been busy. 😂 A good reminder that not all imperfections are a sign that something is wrong.

A close-up of rose leaves with semicircular chunks taken out of them, characteristic of leafcutter bee activity.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 9h

just wanna re-up the part where I wrote that many immigrants in Maine have been sheltering in place since January for their own safety, with ICE still operating in the area. it is October.

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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 7h

I continue to believe that if people are going to share propaganda images in a spirit of "Can you believe this shit?" the least they could do is draw a big red X through them so that is the first thing the viewer sees.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 8h

Makary and all of his fringe allies who willingly and excitedly went to work for an anti-vax conspiracy theorist while he dismantled America’s public health ought to be drummed out of academia and professional life forever. You should not get to come back from that.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 8h

Until the medical and public health establishment comes to grips with the fact that the political right wants to destroy and discredit everything they stand for, we’ll never have accountability. Makary was pushing COVID bullshit for years before literally, happily going to work for RFK Jr.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 8h

Makary used his position atop FDA to stack the agency with cranks and spearheaded a misinformation-fueled campaign against mRNA vaccines. But he’s apparently been welcomed back into academia and professional life. Vinay Prasad too is back at his academic institution. And I know tenure. But still.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 8h

A core part of the problem is that parents want their sons to be able to access male privilege more than they want to stop sexual violence. You have to let go of the fraternities. And the men’s only athletic teams. And any other boys clubs.

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Comix Experience @comixexperience.bsky.social · 8h

🗓️ THIS WEEKEND FOR OCTOBER EVENTS: A Convo with Muchos Art and Comic Expo, moderated by co-founder Alex Sodari Join us on Oct 4th as we welcome MACE + their exhibitors to chat at our store! For more on MACE🔗 : www.muchoscomics.com/about Poster design by: Bookseller Jessica @ Comix Experience

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 9h

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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renee french @reneefrench.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

soooo some #inktober but with graphite so graphitober? day 1 - apple #inktober2026 #drawlloween

a drawing of a green apple with its eyes closed

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some good news for a change: Overcoming a massive and aggressive tech lobby and a squeamish, Silicon Valley-friendly governor, the labor movement has managed to pass a raft of first-of-their-kind AI laws aimed at protecting workers in California.

bloodinthemachine.com

California just passed the strongest AI labor laws in the US

Finally, some good news

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 23h

relevant texture shots

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

your *fourth* moment of calm (sound up)

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

once more with feeling etc

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

On this episode of #VibeCheckPod, we unpack the Cornell University gang rape case. Then, we get into the viral Massachusetts lesbian bar story. Also, I talk about #ADifferentWorld, Jasmine Guy and why aging is a blessing.

podcasts.apple.com

Rape Culture Has a Group Chat

Podcast Episode · Vibe Check · September 30 · 1h

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Truthout @truthout.org · 01/10/2026

“It’s actually the people who are building [AI] that are the existential risks to humanity. If a bridge collapses, we don’t ever ask, “Was the bridge uncontrollable? Was the bridge unethical?”

buff.ly

The Real Existential Risk Is AI Company CEOs, AI Researcher Timnit Gebru Says

Instead of being held liable through existing laws, AI companies are making “a ploy for regulatory capture.”…

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don’t go high when they go low. I get LOUD. Because the soul and humanity of this country are at stake. /end

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 01/10/2026

Also Matt Gaetz is married to his sister.

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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just got in my table assignment for PCX, and I'm going to be rocking Table 35 with my good pal @larsenproject.bsky.social! And if that wasn't cool enough, I'll be right next to @newlevant.bsky.social and @kbriggs.bsky.social at Table 34! I cannot think of better company!

A map of the Philly Comics Expo with Table 35 circled.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

*sigh* putting reading Commerce Clause and Comstock Act caselaw on my to-do list

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ICE Flight Monitor @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

(3/3) The two ICE Air flights to Venezuela yesterday removed 352+ nationals, including families and children. So far in 2026, U.S. deportation flights to Venezuela have totaled 74, removing a total of 12157+ Venezuelans.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One of the benefits of going to victim advocacy is that they cannot share any details about your case with anyone else—or open an investigation—without your explicit consent. You can’t guarantee that if you go directly to Title IX.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

NEW: Guest post from almost-Rabbi Ben Luks-Morgan: "We who transition into new names, new identities we have always been here in Jewish being and text. Transgender people have always been here. Queer people. Those who don’t quite fit the normative boundaries of Self-- have always been here."

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We Have Always Been Here

A Guest Post By Erev-Rabbi Benjamin Luks-Morgan

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

heartfelt and devastating writing. Haunting. The last panel made me tear up -I won’t share,you’ll have to read the comic. Poison Ivy brought to life -villain or just someone trying to do what it best…but for whom? My pick of the week. Kudos to the artwork adding such depth!. @gwillow.me

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Kuan Butts @kuanbutts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Anti Palantir/ ICE march in financial district, SF right now

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

CAer here; this is one reason why it matters that Newsom vetoed a bill that would ban extraditions from CA to other states like these. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Newsom vetoes bill that would ban extraditions for abortion and gender-affirming care

California’s pro-repro rights governor rejects a key protection that 18 blue states have enshrined into law.

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Jeanne Thornton @jeannethornton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

friendsssss if you are around october 5, please come through <3

I am going to be doing a group reading from Monique Wittig's THE LESBIAN BODY on October 5 as part of Sarah Schulman's FIRST MONDAYS at Performance Space NY; it's going to be great; Cat will be there too and lots of other folks and I will be so excited to see you there <3

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Tyler Cohen @tylercohencomix.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Rape culture exists in every corner of our patriarchal society. Himpathy is alive and well in public universities just as much as at the elite private. The system of mandatory reporting is functionally skeptical of the rape survivor

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Stacked Deck Press @stackeddeckpress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@michaelvarrati.bsky.social and @planetx.bsky.social talk to Perry Clark about Four Seasons of Fear: A Year of Queer Horror! Have a listen to their discussion about this top notch horror comics anthology and then back it on @kickstarter.com today! (Link in comments.)

podcasts.apple.com

Episode 131. Jadzia Axelrod and Michael Varrati: 4 Seasons of Fear

Podcast Episode · Untying Knots: Minds and Souls Untethered · June 15 · 51m

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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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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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In 2024, I was diagnosed with HPV again and had to have LEEP surgery for an 8% chance of cervical cancer. I did general instead of localized anaesthesia and it cost me $1600+ with insurance, plus $40 per appointment with my OB-GYN. And the Gardasil vaccine has been approved for adults up to age 45!

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Patrick Reinsborough ❌👑 @giantwhispers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

BAY AREA: TODAY! Your chance to march on Palantir and ICE with 1000 nurses! Cause fascism is bad for everyone's health. ✊🌈🥳 Gather at 760 Mission St at 1:45 pm TODAY to join the march on the ICE detention center at 630 Sansome. #PurgePalantir #WeAreAllAntifa

People vs Palantir: March with Nurses to SF's ICE Detention Center
Starting at Jessi Square 760 Mission St and going to 630 Sansome.

Wed Sept 30 1:45 pm

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Maybe time for those who don't experience this directly to return to this thread (which I posted when PTSD was being weaponized to relieve Graham Platner of responsibility for his actions).

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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Have you backed the SEASONS OF FEAR comics anthology Kickstarter yet? You should! @ryehickman.bsky.social and I did a fun little story about Rosh Hashanah, the nightmare of being closeted, and the lies that build up until they consume you. Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...

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Four Seasons of Fear: A Year of Queer Horror

Four Seasons of Fear: A Year of Queer Horror is a full-color comics anthology of LGBTQ+ horror stories centered around annual events.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This will be a thread of essays I recommend to students in my creative nonfiction workshop:

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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026

The Trump administration is using a program from the 1980s to force cities around the country to funnel their ongoing Flock, Axon and other ALPR data into federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports: www.404media.co/how-cities-a...

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