Reposted by Unbecoming BugGeneral Strike @ivanasstaircam.bsky.social · 20mRecent gun violence killed 9 people in Pennsylvania. I get angry every time “thoughts and prayers” gets used by a politician. That’s the republican answer to everything: healthcare, poverty, violence, joblessness, education, you name it. Prayers don’t fix shit. 0113
Reposted by Unbecoming BugGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 34mWe have the most gun violence in the world and it’s a massive crisis that exists mostly in the background of all of he Trump-created crises 2286
Reposted by Unbecoming BugBouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026One might think that with the rise of short form video and moral panics about attention span, there would be a market for short stories. I think the problem is that people are happy to write them, and read them, but not pay for them. 161
Reposted by Unbecoming BugNo More Deaths | No Más Muertes @nomoredeaths.bsky.social · 6h⚠️ Border wall contractors plan to remove thousands of sacred saguaros (ha:ṣañ) on sovereign O'odham land starting Monday — Indigenous People's Day. Tadai Me:i Camp calls supporters to join in prayer and protest on the Tohono O’odham Nation. 03729
Reposted by Unbecoming BugKameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 9hYES. I was just thinking about how many useful ideas and real solutions AREN'T being funded - or even THOUGHT UP - because the money and attention is being sucked into tulip bulbs. You've got kids who might have figured out cold fusion spending all their time building AI video apps. 3300100
Reposted by Unbecoming Bug“Don’t mistake kindness for weakness” @mupx2.bsky.social · 6hAnother Crime - RFK Jr. murdering more international children. 001
Reposted by Unbecoming BugBlack Phoenix Alchemy Lab @bpal.bsky.social · 21hEveryone who buys books and writes books deserves to know about the greed and cowardice of those we're entrusting with our IP and literary traditions 03823
Reposted by Unbecoming BugMᴇʟ Коваль 🇺🇦 @britishmotanka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This means the US government and by default the American people will be funding the genocide of Ukrainians. Utterly horrific move. 033
Reposted by Unbecoming BugKhi @khimaera.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Here is one simple thing you can do for Indigenous People's Day: Call your representatives in Congress and tell them it is important to vote yes to recognize the Lipan Apache. 0135102
Reposted by Unbecoming BugPhiladelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 07/10/2026It's part of a deal between Google and Constellation Energy that aims to offset the increasing energy demands of AI data centers.inquirer.comTwo Philly-area nuclear plants are increasing power generation as part of a deal with Google 1116
Reposted by Unbecoming BugPhiladelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 07/10/2026Unionized journalists and product engineers at The Inquirer secured a new contract that includes AI protections, raises, and changes to healthcare coverage. inquirer.comPhiladelphia Inquirer employees secure new union contract with raises and AI protections 223538
Reposted by Unbecoming BugCrip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 07/10/20261980 GOP: "The 9 most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the government & I'm here to help.'" 2026 GOP: "Of course as governor I'll outlaw freedom of association." 1269
Reposted by Unbecoming BugIan 👻 BOOwers 🎃 @iggdawg.com · 06/10/2026Zero concept of boundaries. When you hear magas talk about freedom of speech, what they mean is freedom of audience. They want everyone to have to shut up and listen to them, and not criticize them. They all want this experience Rowling no doubt gets all the time. 151
Reposted by Unbecoming BugRyan @gardenryan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"this man did not want to talk to me about kinks but i insisted he listen to me anyway" seems like harassment? 021
Reposted by Unbecoming BugJennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 05/02/2025For so many reasons. (Reposting with alt text.) 273755333
Reposted by Unbecoming BugThe Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 05/10/2026From the archives: After reading a Marshall Project/NPR investigation, former foster youth asked what happened to their benefits — and the government wasn't helping. www.themarshallproject.org/2022/07/22/d...themarshallproject.orgWhere Are Their Benefits? Former Foster Youth Want AnswersAfter a Marshall Project/NPR investigation, dozens ask what happened to money owed to them — and say the government isn't helping. 194
Reposted by Unbecoming BugPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Yes! And if you can't donate, find local actions you can take ilovelibraries.org/fight-censor... Learn more about attending local school board & library meetings here: uniteagainstbookbans.org/guide-to-att... Also, consider running for school board!ilovelibraries.orgFight Censorship - I Love LibrariesFight Censorship Libraries and schools across the country are experiencing unprecedented levels of attempts to ban or remove books from their shelves. The American Library Association (ALA) documented... 14126
Reposted by Unbecoming BugSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Three adults and two children have now died in this measles outbreak. 2177
Reposted by Unbecoming BugSalon.com @salon.com · 03/10/2026The Cornell civil lawsuit has drawn intense scrutiny, and the attacks on the accuser have been especially harsh. @amandamarcotte.bsky.social argues the backlash shows why survivors still hesitate to come forward, nearly a decade after #MeToo.salon.comCornell assault case shows #MeToo didn’t go far enoughThe backlash against the woman suing Chi Phi fraternity members is turning into a witch hunt 13613
Unbecoming Bug @unbecomingbugugh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026As many criticisms as I have of my old college, I will give them kudos for supporting our student radio station 010
Reposted by Unbecoming BugAshley Reed @thematterhorn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I know this makes me sound like a starry-eyed naif, but this is a false choice. Everyone should be able to go to college if they want to. Bricklayers should get to read Plato, learn advanced math, take a dance class, work in a lab, study abroad 271
Reposted by Unbecoming BugAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2 4768491118
Reposted by Unbecoming BugMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I wrote about Cornell, and the grim discursive cycle in which everyone says that they hate rape, but nobody does anything to stop it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe horror of the Cornell rape case is how ordinary it is | Moira DoneganMany men rape; many men giggle encouragingly, or shrug indifferently, when their friends rape. Many men rape, and few seem to think that it’s a very big deal 725458
Reposted by Unbecoming BugAnuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com · 01/10/2026meta, google et al have broken our brains so much that we just assume that being online means being a part of the attention mines. we can do better. we've done better in the past. we can do it again. 1152
Reposted by Unbecoming BugJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It feels genuinely ridiculous having to say this, but the point of art is to connect with another human. Someone thought of that painting or melodic line or scene or paragraph that is suddenly making you weep, and that means that they saw you and understood you without even meeting you. 91142271
Reposted by Unbecoming BugMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Banks, the biggest arbiter of what can be distributed online, are steadily restricting the types of speech — art, entertainment, resources — permitted. A payment provider dropped FlowFo for allowing sex-related content, pushing them out of business. Financial discrimination is censorship. 2189129
Reposted by Unbecoming BugJessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A link to my piece in The New Republic about the Lancaster DA's 287g agreement (which doesn't make legal sense because it's a DA's office, but okay) newrepublic.com/article/2142...newrepublic.comThe Trump Administration’s Depraved Exploitation of Immigrant ChildrenThe Department of Homeland Security is using underage-sex-trafficking conspiracy theories to bolster its mass deportation machine. 1204
Reposted by Unbecoming Bugthe ghost of heron's skeleton @thxnywy.art · 15/09/2026making noodles 724277
Reposted by Unbecoming BugRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Cowboys past and present are: Black, Indigenous, Latino, immigrant, queer, trans, radical, female (and the ones in rodeos rely on rodeo clowns to keep them safe). And that pro-democracy pro-Constitution patriots despise this dimwitted pile of hatreds. I've met cowboys and you, sir, are no cowboy. 581294256
Reposted by Unbecoming BugSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026New Philly voice article on the fight to reopen the Academy of Natural Sciences! www.phillyvoice.com/academy-natu...phillyvoice.comAcademy of Natural Sciences is closed, but the fight for the museum continuesA grassroots group is urging Drexel's board to disaffiliate from the institution and calling for a public process to decide its future. 216684
Reposted by Unbecoming BugMalachite Tigerbunny @malachitetiger.bsky.social · 26/02/2026It is indeed pretty telling that nobody is lecturing these hypothetical voters that all this GOP-lite stuff is supposed to appeal to that THEY should stop holding their votes hostage and just vote for the lesser evil. That snide rhetoric is exclusively reserved for us human rights absolutists. 0214
Reposted by Unbecoming BugBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 26/02/2026I hate the dismissive way politics-heads talk about lefties having “purity tests” as an insult. It’s such a sneer. But looked at another way - what it really means is that they have DIFFERENT purity tests. E.g. if we demand full trans rights, that’s supposedly a purity test. Why? [cont] 202589457
Reposted by Unbecoming BugBaby You Can Change And Still Choose Savannah Thorpe Capizzi @savthorpecap.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I throw a series of fairs to encourage people to be beginners at new hobbies and crafts and skills called the Stuff To Do Fair :) I got homies all over PA and the USA doin the same!!! It helps! It makes a difference! Build community! Stretch your brain! Create something! Put down that phone! LFG! 094
Reposted by Unbecoming Bug✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026No words in the English language can accurately summarize my frustrations and disappointments right now 617146
Reposted by Unbecoming BugAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Another museum in trouble 48052
Reposted by Unbecoming BugChuck Grassley's goat @chuckgoat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Also, I'm tired of the braindead who say "buuuut the opinion section is not the news section..." fuck them. They're pathetic. You can't publish "You should be afraid of dragons" in the opinion section and still be considered serious because you published "dragons don't exist" in the news section. 183
Reposted by Unbecoming BugAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I like that in becoming a nazi, you get glowing coverage as a brave iconoclast, and then when you stop being a nazi, you’re get glowing coverage as a brave dissident. Money coming and going. Only way you lose is having normal opinions like “racism bad” bsky.app/profile/trac... 5054211201
Reposted by Unbecoming Bugs. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 27/09/2026Delightful read on a cultural staple in Houston that has me thinking a lot about the importance of communities creating spaces by and for them.texasobserver.orgHouston's Historic Black Theater at 50For five decades, the Ensemble has brought Houstonians together to laugh, cry, and talk back to plays representing all aspects of African-American life. 0112
Reposted by Unbecoming BugClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage 455801684
Reposted by Unbecoming BugNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Trump administration is weaponizing civil rights law (by maliciously reinterpreting it to mean the opposite of what is written) to mandate race discrimination. This is what they did with gender and Title IX during Trump’s first term, but on a bigger scale.apnews.comTrump administration moves to limit fixes for systemic racism in schoolsThe Trump administration has shifted the approach to civil rights enforcement in American schools. Previously, both Republican and Democratic administrations addressed systemic racism, recognizing tha... 23919
Unbecoming Bug @unbecomingbugugh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I try not to engage with these articles because I know they’re ragebait, but I’m especially miffed by this one because it’s interesting to wonder earnestly about how there’s people who haven’t heard a popular song. Shame Rolling Stone decided to accuse us all of being coastal elites or whatever. 100
Reposted by Unbecoming BugKimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026But I need to smile more. 717143696316
Reposted by Unbecoming BugRuth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026Solidarity matters. 1236
Unbecoming Bug @unbecomingbugugh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I think this is true in the sense that Dems have decided that expressing moral values (like protecting minorities) is electorally impractical (which I don’t think Obama even has the courage to say himself so…) and stupid in the sense that people are literally being starved. 020
Reposted by Unbecoming BugGlenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 26/09/2026We don't have Mr Rogers, but we do have Ms. Rachel. 2101
Reposted by Unbecoming BugiWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 25/09/2026“Edgar tripped to the ground and then recklessly pulled ICE’s SUV over top his body” how many more times are we gonna print absurd lies from donny’s Gestapo? 🎩 @whodat35.bsky.social 03616
Reposted by Unbecoming Bugjamsheed @jamsheed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026this is fantastic. by @gabrielwinant.bsky.social dissentmagazine.org/article/muti...dissentmagazine.orgThe Party of Baristas - Dissent MagazineNoam Scheiber’s Mutiny shows that the labor organizing of the radicalized PMC is far more than a fit of whimsical proletarian roleplay. 123
Reposted by Unbecoming BugAaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This really puts stuff like publicly funded third spaces in perspective for me. It's so relatively cheap to build out community centers, gyms, makerspaces, studios etc. 221590395