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Vik D Birate @vikdbirate.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We need to be mindful of the fact that a looooooooooooooot of ppl are not going to fight or even acknowledge what is happening & fully intend to wait it out Shout out to Dasia for another masterpiece! www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9fR...

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what happens when Fascism wins elections | A Tragic Optimist's Guide

YouTube video by Dasia Sade

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you live in Illinois, please support the campaign to demand that @govpritzker.illinois.gov pardon Keshia Golden. Read Holly Krig's piece in my newsletter about the case: prisonculture.substack.com/p/prisons-pr...

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Prisons, Prose & Protest - #43

Rants, Musings and More

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026

The American Idiot album makes me emotional because it reminds me of being young and full of hope. Now i have sleep apnea and the President keeps yelling about wind mills causing cancer.

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

With every news cycle and legislative session, it seems that a new facet of book banning finds its way into the media. Take a look at the latest efforts to ban books and what people are doing to fight back... buff.ly/GW0k31g #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #librarianship #lit

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Book Banning Challenges throughout the US

How are you supporting your libraries in the fight against book banning?

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 30/09/2026

Israeli attacks on Gaza kill seven as ‘ceasefire’ violations continue aje.news/gnuh6f

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Did you know October is Disability Awareness Month? For K–12 students, @teachingchange.bsky.social’s Social Justice Books offers a list of recommended books on Disability. Learn more: ⬇️ www.socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/di...

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Disability

Critically reviewed selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators.

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Critical Criminology @critcrim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Gaza ❤️ Seen in Vancouver. #FreePalestine #StopTheGenocide

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Critical Criminology @critcrim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Grow Freedom Compost Cops In Vancouver. #ACAB #FTP

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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Capitalism is armed robbery" Stencil seen in Maribor, Slovenia

"Capitalism is armed robbery"
Stencil in Slovenian

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Rusty Staples @cpnfurious.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I know a lot of self-described progressives who oppose it because they think it’s the wrong way to make up for our lost federal healthcare funds. It is mind bogglingly privileged

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is a country of delusional people who believe they may one day be rich. The California Wealth Tax has less than 50% support right now. We have to tell the truth about the propagandized voting public. It's incredible.

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✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Interrupt this criminalization at every turn. @interruptcrim.bsky.social is an excellent resource.

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meave (frown) @meave.nyc · 30/09/2026

Mohamed @thesmallfarm.xyz has lessons about what he’s learning while working at a UNICEF tent school in Al-Mawasi camp share his testimony—his post!—and follow him for more and please support his family; his salary is only $300 US monthly and he won’t be paid for 2.5 more weeks bit.ly/help-mohamed

a four-photo collage: two of squash plants with flower buds, taken on 14 September 2025; two of squash plants with bright yellow flowers, taken on 20 September 2025.
In the center of the photos, a turquoise rectangle with the following text:
PLANT A SEED, GROW HOPE
Mohamed is the sole supporter of a family 13. He uses ancient farming techniques in Al-Mawasi camp to grow vegetables to feed them.
With your help, Mohamed provides everything for his family, including sending six kids to school. Every donation gives the family the chance at a better future.

His campaign link: chuffed.org/project/help-mohamed
His shortened campaign link: bit.ly/help-mohamed

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Vik D Birate @vikdbirate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This situation reminds me of the nurse that keeps getting fired because an extremely famous football player (forgot his name) put his meat on her face or something like that when he was getting a physical in college

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

also: remember that mainstream medka played a big role in turning public opinion away from stronger Title IX reforms with boosting bad actors and misinformation

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

the sad part is that survivors fought like hell to even get expulsion for rapists on the table. when I was an activist > 10 years ago, administrators were *shocked* that we wanted expulsion as a disciplinary option.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the DA actually cared, they'd start talking about researching & implementing institutional changes to prevent their own future failures—not list everything they think the victim did wrong. yet another example of why victims don't report!

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

ok I'm a little mad at this because the prosecutor basically blames the victim for the lack of charges. it's common after a media outcry over rape for prosecutors to revisit a case to save face, not out of actual concern for justice. #TW

“She never says that she was drugged without her knowledge. She admits to taking drugs and alcohol voluntarily and with knowledge. She does not allege that she was forced to engage in any acts. She does not say that she was physically helpless or unconscious or incapacitated at any point during the time at the fraternity house,” Van Houten said of Doe’s 2024 statement to investigators.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

don’t turn my mailman into a cop, that sucks

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Historically, you might argue that Black people in this country value education more than anything else, precisely because they understood its connection with freedom. There can be no liberation without education.” — Angela Davis 🧵

“Historically, you might argue that Black people in this country value education more than anything else... There can be no liberation without education.” Angela Davis, scholar/activist (2017); Zinn Education Project graphic with portrait of Angela Davis

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

whether it's ignoring rape or killing Black people—police training will not solve the problem.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

yet the lack of training wasn't the issue here, so why are we bringing it up.

Van Houten told NPR member station WSKG in an interview that Doe's statement was taken by "an experienced investigator" trained in sexual abuse investigations "over an extended period of time." Cornell University Police did not respond to questions about details of the length, time and place of the interview or other details of the manner of questioning before publication.

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Pascal Sabino @pascalsabino.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s illegal in IL for cops to share ALPR surveillance data for immigration purposes. But it looks like police found a loophole— instead sharing the surveillance data with the Feds who tried (& failed) to prosecute people for protesting ICE. Excellent reporting by @mulchy.bsky.social

chicagoreader.com

Feds tapped local surveillance networks in botched Chicago prosecutions - Chicago Reader

During their failed efforts to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz, federal authorities accessed a network of Chicagoland license plate readers and surveillance cameras.

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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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1312 Press @1312press.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

the contemporary antifa movement in North America has been regrettably ignorant of how white supremacy operates along anti-Indigeneity - the longer this festers, the deeper the divide between two disparate yet potentially complimentary sectors of anti-state antagonisms will grow.

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יונה דער טינטפיש Squiddlio @estreyagraf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

CA keeps failing to pass anything that could have a material impact on the ruling class. Rent control, ending prison slavery, gig worker protections, prop 13 reform. We physically cannot knock on enough doors to compete with the blizzard of mailers and media buys, nor the “liberal” cachet behind it.

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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Stop what you're doing and read this. There's a concerted effort bu an active club network in Florida to do the old neo-Nazi "boots to suits" infiltration of Florida political office, while they're also talking about getting "physical". This needs to be shut down immediately.

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BSonblast @bsonblast.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today's quick update [Sep 29]: - RSF drone strike on an events hall in ElObeid, North Kordofan. - SAF drone strikes targeting RSF positions in Alkhoi, West Kordofan. #KeepEyesOnSudan

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BSonblast @bsonblast.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today's quick update [Sep 28]: - RSF drone strike on west ElObeid, North Kordofan; 1 civilian reported killed and 10 others injured. #KeepEyesOnSudan

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BSonblast @bsonblast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today's quick update [Sep 27]: - RSF drone strikes targeting a fuel depot near Wad Medani, Jezira State. - SAF drone strikes targeting RSF positions in Nyala, South Darfur. #KeepEyesOnSudan

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

People act like “we’re not talking about the real issues of AI” Please go to hell and your utter lack of reading comprehension in college We’ve been talking about White supremacy and its enablers using technology and sexual coercion to form companies since the Treaty of Tordesillas

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone.

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Vik D Birate @vikdbirate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Some of y'all grew up in families where nobody really knew how to cook & it's OK... What's not OK is when y'all speak on something you know nothing about 💅🏿

1. If a person thinks the Popeye's menu, or worse KFC, is soul food, then they don't know soul food.
2. If a person can't name 8 vegetable dishes (legumes, gourds, brassica, leafy greens, & tubers) associated with soul food, then they don't know soul food.
3. If a person can't name 5 meat dishes aside from fried chicken and chitlins, then they don't know soul food.
4. If a person thinks meat is the most important dish, then they don't know soul food.
5. If a person relies heavily on sugar or Lawry's, then they don't know soul food.

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BSonblast @bsonblast.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today’s quick update [Sep 25]: - RSF drone strike in ElObeid, North Kordofan; 3 civilians reported killed and 20 others injured. - SAF gains control of Sodiri, North Kordofan, previously an RSF stronghold in the state. #KeepEyesOnSudan

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BSonblast @bsonblast.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

No major headlines to report for today [Sep 24]. Check the quoted thread below for the latest. #KeepEyesOnSudan

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BSonblast @bsonblast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Update: it's been a few hectic days so I'm just now getting around to making an update on this. We are now $60 away from 1,000!🙌🏾 I'm hoping wishing & praying we can raise a total of $1500. Please help Mayerno ERR take care of their community! #KeepEyesOnSudan #mutualaid

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fake. USDA. Seals. Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports. We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no? www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...

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Interactive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labels

Pork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It wasn’t everyone and that’s the bigger problem. People have been tracking, and screaming . We weren’t remade . We were put into the survival mode they knew would work and they are winning because we won’t admit they’re right

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

After all that, Tommo has just been charged with criminal damage and failing to give his phone pin number. He's still in custody and will most likely appear in court in the morning and get bail. The rumours of him being a tout are still very much alive now. Meanwhile the grift continues apace.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals

OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Reboot is a new national publication focused on stories and analysis from the data center movement." LFG! letsgonetwork.org/reboot/

Image with "Don't Let Big Tech Drain You Dry"

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