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Hannah Krieg @hannahkrieg.bsky.social · 12h

NEW: WA Ferries wanted you to think their workers are whiny babies who make $350k. The truth is more complicated and more sympathetic --- workers making $65k, engine room paid 20% less than above deck, and those making the big bucks working 70 hour weeks. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/washing...

theburnerseattle.com

Washington State Ferries Tried To Turn You On Their Workers By Posting Eye-Popping Salary

Ferry service has returned mostly to normal after 23 Ferry engine room workers called out sick, shutting down 13 out of 18 vessels on Monday. While there’s no official confirmation workers coordinated...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

This is pretty rich given that we withdrew from the World Health Organization, the same group we're demanding Russia tell about the incident.

wsj.com

Exclusive | U.S. Escalates Pressure on Russia Over Siberia Lab Death

The U.S. has warned Moscow that its failure to disclose details about the death violates international health obligations.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 5h

Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.

, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.

As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 5h

chanting “wet the dry! dry the wet!” to motivate myself to make dinner (spaghetti, of course)

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 8h

it’s been funny to see the venn diagram of “people panicking about the plague” and “people who aren’t masking anywhere” because it’s a fucking circle.

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Owen Blacker @owen.blacker.me.uk · 22h

28 years ago today, Matthew Shepard, a 21yo student at the University of Wyoming, was tortured and left to die by 2 men in their early 20s simply because he was gay Shepard was beaten so brutally that his face was completely covered in blood, except where it had been partially cleansed by his tears

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This gets said constantly, but it worth reiterating: Games Workshop being bigger than fishing is important to shout about because you wouldn't know it from government talking points, which are rarely about anything creative or artistic. Growth won't involve fish or steel, it will involve goblins.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

These are the layups. All these actions are crimes. All the perjuries are crimes. Find one vicious bastard prosecutor and have them chew through these ICE/DHS cases starting Day One. Just enforce the law! The lowest bar possible!

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

dennis hastert and jim bakker in the same day feels like an apology for dolly and tim curry

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Seán Ferrick @seanferrick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was tempted to pirate HP, curiosity and all that. But @jessiegender.bsky.social is right - think of the amount of times HBO commented on GOT leaks and downloads, just as an example. They DO track these things, and even that drives interest. Let this show die. Trans people deserve better.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

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Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Also essential to remember that she was an openly trans faculty member at Swarthmore in *1971*

The renaissance scholar Kaori Kitao in her office in the 1970s; she has wavy hair pulled back and a floral top, wearing dark framed glasses

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026

[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!

forbes.com

Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many

Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

ICE took two more people from my local courthouse today. The wife of one of the guys who was taken showed up shortly after. She just had surgery. She was worried about paying rent and feeding her kids. This is happening *every day* in Massachusetts. Lives are being destroyed every single day.

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Lindsay @neomeruru.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tangent, Nomi-Nomi, and Sym join the roster of future Exocolonist photocards... plus Dys for reference too 🍄🚀💛

Tangent, a silver-haired scientist from I Was A Teenage Exocolonist, faces away from the viewer and looks up at the stars. She is wearing a backless halter top and her lab coat is drawn down to her elbows

Nomi-Nomi from I Was A Teenage Exocolonist makes a heart with their fingers while manipulating holograms with their other hand. Their clothing is bright orange and purple with a black skintight underlayer. Their hair is streaked pink, orange, black, and white.

Sym, purple-skinned alien with long black hair, poses seductively in a black skin-tight suit open past his navel.

Dys, from I Was A Teenage Exocolonist, poses shyly with one eye obscured behind a red flower. He is wearing a sleeveless skintight black suit.

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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 05/10/2026

Dennis Hastert sexually abused teenage boys, paid hush money to bury it, and still held the record as the longest-serving Republican speaker. The only thing he did time for was how he withdrew the cash. He died at 84 in his own home.

thedailybeast.com

Disgraced House Speaker Dies at 84

Dennis Hastert was both the longest-serving Republican House speaker in history and the highest-ranking elected U.S. official to face jail time.

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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

HE DID SOME OTHER STUFF TOO, BARI.

Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died.

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Extremely grateful for these two grocery store ladies recreating Prodigy’s Firestarter

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

i like to tell dad jokes even though i don’t have kids. i’m a faux pa (the best part of that one is that when you tell it to people, you get to watch it hit, and then hit again. so satisfying. the worst is when people entirely miss that it’s a joke.)

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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Instead we still have handwashing and coughing into elbows for airborne viruses, outright dismissal of long covid, normalization of being sick all the time, and zero accountability

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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The pandemic should have led to clean indoor air, treatments for long covid and related illnesses, next gen vaccines, normalization of masking, mandatory respiratory protection in healthcare, sick leave, and a paradigm shift around what infections do to people

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Uncrossy didn’t recognize puce as a word but did recognize doer, and i wish to register a goddamned complaint

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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A dream being expressed in another world is yours

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

ICE’s new tactic, witnessed repeatedly at the federal building in MN: when a detained immigrant makes a successful habeas petition, release the immigrant for a few steps outside the building… then tackle and re-arrest them, and claim the habeas petition has been honored and nullified

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

going live on WTBU to call the Badgers women’s hockey game with @viperx83.bsky.social! fun fact, we didn’t plan the hats, we just have that much swag 😎

Two white guys in flat caps and radio headsets smile at the camera. Behind them is LaBahn Arena, home of the UW women’s hockey team

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Falling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints @moralconstraints.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The only source of the claims about her statements are from the US government - quotes entirely sourced from the FBI agent. She may have done the correct thing, but everyone is breathlessly spreading what an FBI agent is claiming she said and not what she has said herself.

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Gender Liberation Movement @genderlib.com · 01/10/2026

What’s worse is that their doctors still believe in this healthcare. But hospital administrators chose to abandon trans kids and their families rather than stand up to political attacks. But healthcare is about caring for people—not caving to politicians.

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And she’s a nurse. She is not obligated by any part of her nursing oath to act in the service of law enforcement. Her patient is 1) innocent until proven guilty and 2) under civil jurisdiction, not criminal. This is what all health care workers SHOULD be doing.

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

She’s an absolute hero. Allies are nice. Accomplices are vital.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The CO2 machine at my local Culver’s is on the fritz so not only do i not get a root beer float, i also found out the hard way and now have the taste of watery root beer in my mouth 😩

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Smörhuvud (he/surprise me) @guncelawits.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A computer can never be held accountable Therefore a computer must never make a medical decision

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 30/09/2026

Chicagoland friends, I have a favor to ask. I have a pro bono client, a Black woman, who is currently facing charges for allegedly pointing a gun at her abusive ex - who admitted to raping her. I would love if there could be a show of support for her at her next few court dates.

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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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Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tell me SOMEBODY has written a fantasy Casablanca homage about events in and around a "djinn joint." I will be terribly disappointed if they haven't (and then eagerly await someone filling that gap).

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I am an AI doomer inasmuch as I feel strongly that AI is doomed and that it is our responsibility to accelerate that doom.

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DeepBlueInk @deepblueink.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I found a leaf that looks like a squirrel used it for a heist mask

The back of a leaf with two natural little holes in it where a squirrel's eyes could peep through

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax

americasvoicecnn.substack.com

CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’

Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One tangible reward of becoming an Unrepentant Vibe-Killer For Unsafe Men is that your social circle will rapidly contain fewer Unsafe Men.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

did the latest Epic update write this? >.>

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the horrific cornell gang rape case has me thinking about emma sulkowicz who alleged she was raped as a student at columbia in 2014 and never got any justice. it has me thinking about the physical and mental weight young women are forced to carry while their safety is subsumed by male potential.

Emma Sulkowicz carrying around a mattress on the Columbia campus in 2014 to raise awareness of her alleged rape and the university's inaction.

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tekla 💜✨ @tekla.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

every hospital lawyer and administrator who agreed to this has blood on their hands.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

when we were first dating, my wife made me a little comic (called “cowboy omelettes are my weakness”!) by doodling stick figures on post-it notes at work. it was cute and charming. i have them framed on my bedroom wall now, where i can see it every day. it’s one of the best gifts i’ve ever gotten.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

(Re)watching season 7 of Taskmaster, and watching James Acaster fail flamboyantly and gleefully, in his weird, awkward yet charming way, and I keep being reminded of his iconic rant on transphobia and edgy comedians www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHqm...

youtube.com

What's Wrong? Too Challenging For You!? | James Acaster | COLD LASAGNE HATE MYSELF 1999

YouTube video by James Acaster

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Faith K. Falkner @faithfalkner.com · 27/09/2026

Be patient and kind to those who are making art right now. We're all self-funded and the richest, worst people in the world are trying to plaster over and erase our hard work.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here:

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anna, journalist, get woke or DEI trying @fakerobotgamer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

this is getting a lot of attention all of the sudden so i want to additionally point out: this is all a jesse singal op bsky.app/profile/did:...

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