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@whatraemakes.bsky.social
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Nerdy queer who occasionally makes stuff They/them, ace, ADHD, leftist

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 30/09/2026
⚠️ ICE/DHS is creating a humanitarian and public health crisis by concentrating people into camps in inhumane conditions Find out about ICE in your area: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/take-action/... Find an org near you that’s fighting back: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/membership/d... 🚫 🧊
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Organize and Advocate to Abolish Detention
Across the country, people are uniting to protect immigrant family members, friends, coworkers, and neighbors. ICE’s detention centers are everywhere, which makes federal policy a local issue in communities nationwide. Detention Watch Network advances federal advocacy to end immigration detention and supports local member and state-wide campaigns through information sharing, strategy development, public education and communications.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.
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This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I have a heavy fundraising lift. I am trying to raise $40,000 for REBUILD to help keep it going: www.mightycause.com/story/Rebuil... There's so much to say about the people who are being supported through this program. I co-founded it and am an advisor. I believe in this work.
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Support REBUILD 2025: Free Therapy on Mightycause
REBUILD provides FREE therapy for justice-involved and formerly incarcerated people of color.
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Micheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hammam is a volunteer nurse in gaza, giving his all daily without pay to save lives. But now, his own family needs our help. They lost everything and are homeless, and his epileptic brother urgently needs medical treatment. Let's support them. Every donation counts: chuffed.org/project/1844...
Nurse Hammam at work wearing a blue scrub and blue medical gloves cleaning a young patient legSelfie of Hammam with his disabled brother Abood at the entrance of a tent
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WingsNDNSilver @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I also have a wishlist for a local mama who needs winter clothes for her little ones. 26 items; nothing over $40: www.amazon.com/registries/g...
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Winter clothes | Amazon Gift List
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine has SUCCEEDED in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. Phase III trial results in MORE THAN 1,100 patients shows the vaccine SIGNIFICANTLY extended the time patients lived without their melanoma returning AND reduced the risk of metastasis.
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Moderna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trial
A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 01/09/2026
MINNESOTAN RENTERS: if you rented from a large property mgmt company between 2018-2025, you may be able to get money from a recent settlement as they were colluding to drive up rents i found the brentwood apartments in loring park on there! www.realpagerentalsettlement.com/property-loo...
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Property Lookup - In re RealPage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (No. II)
In re RealPage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (No. II)
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Chris the Legendary (🚨SHARE PINNED THREAD- EMERGENCY) @dinesvisual.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
HELP TATI KEEP SHELTER THIS MORNING Checkout happens at 12 PM est $66 covers a single day while she works toward gathering supplies for her next move for stability If 7 people donated $15 she can cover this and have a meal for today direct aid paypal: shockofthequeen16 #mutualaid #homeless #sos
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Yarn Mayor 🧶 @whatraemakes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This book looks so cool, and also you had me at "monster hunter lesbians" lolol Gonna have to pick up a copy soon
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Pause AI in BC Schools @aicaution.ca · 18/08/2026
Template letter to send to school boards, if you want to ask your school district to stop using AI. Includes links to scientific studies showing negative effects of AI. aicaution.ca/resources/le...
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Letter to School Board
Text generation and chatbots are extremely harmful to learning. Join the movement to remove AI from schools.
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liz 🍉 ليز @lizardry.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🚨Soad is a nurse in Gaza. She lost her family and home in the genocide and has only her son Omar left. Suad continues to volunteer to treat patients, and her son Omar suffers from severe malnutrition. Every time he tries to walk, he falls to the ground Even one dollar helps🙏🏽 tinyurl.com/4rdnwyzx
Two photos side by side. The left is of little Omar in a bucket of water as his mother Suad feeds him crackers. The right is Suad working at the hospital, in head-to-toe PPE, grabbing medical scissors off a table.
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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 24/08/2026
"I already boycott The New York Times/don't have a subscription, what can I do?" A lot! You can: * Share our call for boycott. Tell others about the NYT's role in trans genocide * Stop sharing NYT links, even to dunk on them * Pressure the pension/retirement funds invested in the NYT to divest
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404 Media @404media.co · 04/08/2026
When cops use Flock to arrest someone in Wapello County, Iowa, they don’t want them to know. A usage policy for Flock cameras in the county tells police, in no uncertain terms, to keep them a secret. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. Story: www.404media.co/do-not-menti...
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Critter 🏳️‍🌈 (Offline) @critternoises.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Iman’s family is struggling to survive in the stifling heat of their tent, finding no protection from the harsh sun. Basic necessities are a dream in Gaza; water,food,medicine - even security is scarce. Help them meet their basic needs. Donate vv tinyurl.com/Help-Iman Share. Don’t leave them alone.
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Eric Ansley Díaz 🏳️‍🌈 @geekboyeric.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?...
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🫜🫚🌶️ Caitlin Spice 🌶️🫚🫜 @catespice.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
To the surprise of nobody other than uneducated bigots: www.thebrighterside.news/post/new-stu...
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New study finds no clear physical advantage for transgender women over cisgender women in sports
A 52-study review found no clear strength or aerobic advantage for transgender women over cisgender women after hormone therapy.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
As the screwworm spreads... Remember that Elon Musk’s DOGE cut $15M from a screwworm monitoring program. And we're now learning that Trump’s USDA delayed a project to develop new ways to contain the parasite and held up construction of a monitoring facility. The incompetence is dangerous.
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Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
You may have noticed I disappeared from social media after my launch of @beyondxandy.bsky.social I was violently attacked by a transphobe who recognized me and have been in the hospital and resting If you'd like to help me with my medical bills, please consider donating here: gofund.me/9328f91f2
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Donate to Help trans activist Jey McCreight recover from hate crime, organized by Jey McCreight
I am a transgender activist and science communicator who was v… Jey McCreight needs your support for Help trans activist Jey McCreight recover from hate crime
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Yarn Mayor 🧶 @whatraemakes.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I finally finished this giant King Slime plush and it only took months for me to figure out the exact right pattern from scratch oh my god I'm so fuckin glad it's finished lolsob 🧶 #crochet #craft #handmade #plushie #dragonquest
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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Always remember: for the vast majority of citizens, trans people are less than a non-issue. They want to be able to afford to feed their kids, not govern toilets. For all the neoliberal crowing about “much needed guidance,” on our rights, we’re a luxury problem for those who don’t have real ones.
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 22/05/2026
Today is the last day to comment to the FCC that LGBTQIA2S+ names, stories, identities don't need a warning label. This new potential rulemaking is an attempt at criminalizing the mere fact of being trans or otherwise queer, in the name of discrimination, bigotry, and persecution. Tell them no, now.
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Tell the FCC that LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning Label | GLAAD
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous...
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Yarn Mayor 🧶 @whatraemakes.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Does anyone have tips for efficiently and evenly stuffing huge plushies? I'm used to much smaller ones and the enormous slime I'm working on right now looks kinda... lumpy lol #crochet #plushie #plush #amigurumi
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/05/2026
Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.   Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 15/05/2026
One thing I love about @conversationalist.org is their explicitly international perspective that ALSO surfaces underrepresented stories, like this about intersex activists in Ghana.
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“I Was Not Seen as Human Growing Up”
Why intersex activists are fighting for constitutional protections in Ghana.
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Aranock, 4 of Ravens @aranock.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I had to get 200 in medications 2 days ago, I gotta go pick up another medication's refill today. If you feel like helping I'd appreciate it.
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Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · 09/05/2026
Sunbeam hour. 🌤️
Ink painting of a calico cat standing in a beam of light in an otherwise dark room. The cat is smiling, her tail going off into a shadowy patch.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"Kali Akuno—co-founder of Cooperation Jackson and a lifelong movement builder—is facing a serious and urgent health crisis. He needs immediate access to specialized cardiac care that he simply cannot get in Mississippi." please give what you can if you can! chuffed.org/project/1771...
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Stand with Kali Akuno: Help a Movement Builder Heal
Kali Akuno—co-founder of Cooperation Jackson and a lifelong movement builder—is facing a serious and urgent health crisis. He needs immediate access to specialized cardiac care that he simply cannot g...
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Extremely cool , Finally some good news for once.
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Val @ baseball 🍊 @valkwise.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Abdel Majeed needs to raise ~$160 to buy his daughter Iman new glasses. She’s been wearing the same pair for three years, since she was 11. They no longer fit her face and the prescription is out of date. chuffed.org/project/1286...
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Save Abdul Turkiya's Family From Genocide
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Oftentimes Jack 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🚨Urgent Appeal from Gaza My young nephew has swallowed coins and urgently needs a medical procedure to remove them💔 His life is in danger, and we are unable to cover the treatment cost ($250) Time is critical🥺 Any help or sharing could make a difference for our child.🙏 chuffed.org/project/help...
Close-up of a young child with dark hair crying, wearing a grey sweater vest over a black turtleneck and a blue jacket. Close-up portrait of a young boy with dark, wavy hair and a tearful expression, wearing a grey patterned sweater over a dark turtleneck and a blue jacket.A child lies on a medical table next to a computer displaying a medical scan of a human torso.A young child rests their head on the shoulder of an adult wearing glasses and a cap.
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WingsNDNSilver @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
NOPE They've been doing "statements" in lieu of action for years now. I don't want to hear another word other than what's required to file articles of impeachment over and over, and what's involved in blocking him with their physical bodies. They wanted the job. THIS IS THE JOB NOW.
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CarmahnArt 🩷 @carmahnart.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Afro Index has finally launched! It’s a visual reference library of Black hairstyles, good for artists, animators, writers, and anyone want to learn more about Black hair! Check it out at afroindex.org 💛✨ #digitalart
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Our Family Our Fight @ourfamilyourfight.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
AND WE ARE!!! LIVE!!!! GO WILD GO BID GO BUY #fandommarket www.32auctions.com/fandommarket...
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Fandom Market: Craft for your Neighbors!
Silent auction 'Fandom Market: Craft for your Neighbors!' hosted online at 32auctions.
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Sarah from the Leftist Cooks @saribo.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
In case you missed Neilly and I's livestream, we're MOVING! To Cork! We're ridiculously excited, its a new start in a place that will be hopefully more forgiving than our very rural (and apparently very transphobic) area. We are trying to raise enough money to help with moving expenses.
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Caelan Conrad @caelan.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Two of my closest friends in the world are moving somewhere safer and less transphobic and have a place lined up, but the moving costs are higher than expected, anything you could share would be so helpful! ko-fi.com/theleftistco...
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Support The Leftist Cooks
Support The Leftist Cooks
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No Games For Genocide @nogamesforgenocide.com · 27/12/2025
In the first month of our campaign OVER 2,000 people have signed our boycott Xbox pledge! So far that's: 🎮 1,913 gamers 🔨 296 game workers & developers ✏️ 179 game writers 👾 146 streamers Thank you for your support with our launch, we can’t wait to build the campaign bigger and better next year!
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 05/12/2025
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
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COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 19/11/2025
Anyone can reverse an overdose, and we should all know how. Naloxone is a social intervention; while our public health systems are woefully inadequate, and the war on drugs continues unchecked, we can empower ourselves and one another to step up. ✍️: @nuala.bsky.social 📸: @estefancy.bsky.social
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COYOTE First Aid Kit: How to Compassionately Respond to an Overdose
Naloxone, rescue breathing, and 911: Learn the do's, don'ts, and best practices for reversing an overdose.
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Kathy Ishizuka @kishizuka.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
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Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations She fought for the people of Gaza She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 17/11/2025
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
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As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
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Faith @faithschaffer.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
🥀Happy Halloween 🥀
black, white and red illustration of a lady who appears to be a vampire!! Very spooky! She has a black and red gown on and is carrying a candelabra through the darkness with red candles. Happy Halloween!!! Be safe out there and enjoy some candy!!!
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New Disabled South @newdisabledsouth.org · 28/10/2025
We are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp. If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate We take care of each other ❤️
Graphic with a light background and the New Disabled South logo in the top right corner. Large bold text reads: ‘Apply: Food Assistance for Disabled People in the South.’ Text below explains that due to the government shutdown, people in the South will not receive their November SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) payments. New Disabled South is offering one-time payments to help people impacted by not receiving SNAP — $100 for individuals and $250 for households with two or more people. It notes that funding is first-come, first-served and that SSI or Medicaid recipients should read a disclaimer before applying. A call-to-action at the bottom reads: ‘Apply at ndsdj.org/snaphelp.’ There are small illustrations of a grocery bag and a grocery list.Graphic with a light background and the New Disabled South logo in the top right corner. Large bold text reads: ‘Donate to Support Food Assistance for Disabled People in the South.’ The message says that New Disabled South is raising money to provide direct payments to people impacted by loss of SNAP funds, and invites donations. A black banner at the bottom reads: ‘Donate at ndsdj.org/snapdonate.’ A small illustration of a grocery bag with food items is on the left.Graphic in Spanish with a light background and the New Disabled South logo in the top right corner. Large bold text reads: ‘Solicitar: Asistencia Alimentaria para Personas con Discapacidad en el Sur.’ The text explains that due to the government shutdown, people will not receive November SNAP payments and that New Disabled South offers one-time payments of $100 for individuals and $250 for households with two or more people, first-come, first-served. It also includes a note for SSI or Medicaid recipients. A black banner at the bottom reads: ‘Solicitar en ndsdj.org/snaphelp.’ A small illustration of a grocery bag and grocery list appears on the left.Graphic in Spanish with a light background and the New Disabled South logo in the top right corner. Large bold text reads: ‘Dona para apoyar la asistencia alimentaria para personas con discapacidad en el Sur.’ The text explains that New Disabled South is raising funds to make direct payments to people affected by the loss of SNAP funds and provides information on how to donate. A black banner at the bottom reads: ‘Dona en ndsdj.org/snapdonate.’ A small illustration of a grocery bag with food items appears on the left.
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 29/10/2025
I’m not the kind of lawyer who is ever going to argue a case at SCOTUS or land the next big Warner Bros M&A deal, but I am very, very, very good at explaining how to navigate the punishing bureaucracy that tries to kill us.
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Kip Manley @kiplet.myatproto.social · 23/10/2025
A great many of the (wonderful) stories about Ireland's (wonderful) UBI plan for artists tend to bury if not duck completely the hard cold fact that it was funded largely by Google's billion-euro settlement of tax-evasion charges. TAX BILLIONAIRES RUN THEM DOWN LOOT THEM IT WORKS
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 24/10/2025
ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Want to help feed people during the SNAP shutdown and also enter to win a whole bunch of cool stuff? Donate to any food bank, food pantry, or mutual aid group that distributes food, post a receipt here, and I'll use a random number generator to draw a winner. More details in 🧵:
The book Read This When Things Fall Apart edited by Kelly Hayes, lying on a beige couch, next to a set of zines by Cindy Milstein printed in a rainbow of colors, a bunch of postcards by JK Makes, a card, bookmarks, and jewelry
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker. And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows. No more.
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My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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