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Mike @mike.perham.net · 18h

One thing I haven’t seen reported about the ICE building protest: they have 10-20 costumes on a rack that anyone is free to use. Put it on, inflate it and protest!

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16h

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown. trib.al/tw3Hd3X

Airports Are Pushing Back Against Kristi Noem’s Shutdown Propaganda

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

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Mandy Keifetz @besecretandexult.bsky.social · 10h

Yay! I will cede this honor happily!

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13h

NYC Library PAC endorses @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social - librarypac.nyc/endorsements...

LibraryPAC Endorsements

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Mandy Keifetz @besecretandexult.bsky.social · 13h

gofund.me/e64e354a3

Donate to Our 13-Year-Old Son Was Taken by ICE — Help Bring Him Back, organized by Josiele Silva

English: Our 13-Year-Old Son Was Taken by ICE — Please He… Josiele Silva needs your support for Our 13-Year-Old Son Was Taken by ICE — Help Bring Him Back

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 15h

🪧NO KINGS NYC!
📍 47th & 7th Ave
📍 The red steps
📆 October 18th
⏰ 11am
📣 More info at NoKingsNYC.com
📣 Sign up to volunteer bit.ly/4q3mgZU
📣 Sign up to marshal tinyurl.com/NokingsMarshals

This is a peaceful, nonviolent march.
Meet: 47th St & 7th Ave
March: South on 7th Ave, to 14th St.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16h

My statement on today's profoundly moving scenes in Israel and Palestine.

Today’s scenes of Israelis and Palestinians are profoundly moving: Israeli hostages being freed and families reunited after years of fear, uncertainty, and torture; the first days in Gaza without relentless Israeli bombardment of Palestinians as families return to rubble and loved ones freed from detention.

There is finally a glimmer of hope that this ceasefire will hold and the long difficult work of reconstruction can begin. I also know this news brings solace to millions of New Yorkers, who’ve felt the pain of the past few years. We have watched as our tax dollars have funded a genocide. The moral and human cost will be a lasting stain and requires accountability and real examination of our collective conscience and our government’s policies.

The responsibility now lies with those of us who believe in peace to make sure it endures, and that it is just. Once aid is delivered, the wounded are cared for, and a lasting agreement secured, we cannot look away. We must work towards a future built upon justice, one without occupation and apartheid, and for a world where every person can live with safety and dignity.

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Mandy Keifetz @besecretandexult.bsky.social · 17h

You can skip the Combray. I have it tattooed on my person, and I also believe it extends to the villain origin stories of all persons who weaponize incompetence.

Inner forearm tattoo of a lime blossom flower with the legend “Combray, on peut s’en passer”in the stem.

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Mandy Keifetz @besecretandexult.bsky.social · 18h

Oh cool. I didn’t write or draw this — just taught folks how to fold it! I’ll connect you!

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 18h

"Madagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, is reported to have fled...On Saturday, some Capsat soldiers had posted a video...: “Let us join forces, military, gendarmes and police, and refuse to be paid to shoot our friends, our brothers and our sisters..."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Madagascar president flees after losing support of key army unit

Elite Capsat unit that played a major role in Andry Rajoelina’s rise to presidency joined gen Z protests against corruption

www.theguardian.com

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Mandy Keifetz @besecretandexult.bsky.social · 19h

Happy birthday! This week I led a zine foldapalooza and we folded 2000 of @meganpiont.bsky.social 's You Marched What's Next? zines; worked on the puppets for march; did a @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social event over the BQE; and collected donations for a free thrift shop for asylum seekers

Catholic Charities Opens Boutique with Local Parish

Catholic Charities and St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish open the Stella Maris Boutique, providing clothing and support to families in need

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 21h

It’s deeply encouraging to see footage of hostages reuniting with their families and to see Israeli forces withdrawing from Gaza.

There are obviously many more steps to achieving a lasting peace but today’s developments should give us all a profound sense of hope.

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Mandy Keifetz @besecretandexult.bsky.social · 1d

Cops will leave! Corrupt politicians will leave! Propagandists will leave! There will more food trucks! No will be treating crazy people like criminals! Just keep spinning out all your Mamdani horror fantasies. You are creating my dream city.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

idea unlocked: furry army.

Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 1d

I think I want to go to Portland. I can show up to a cafe and order a lavender vanilla matcha latte while dressed in a brown bear costume.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 1d

Fuck ups in ‘the groups’: We have to sacrifice trans people

Mamdani: really?? sounds like a skill issue…

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Mandy Keifetz @besecretandexult.bsky.social · 1d

We Marched 10-10.pdf

drive.google.com

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Indivisible Brooklyn @bkindivisible.bsky.social · 1d

A little ⛈️ can’t stop the 2nd art build for #NoKings! Join us Oct 18th to see (and maybe even hold one) in action.

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Mandy Keifetz @besecretandexult.bsky.social · 1d

I just spent the day leading a zine folding. We folded 2000 of @meganpiont.bsky.social 's "We Marched; Now What?" zines to give out at No Kings. Find an event near you, and then pick a next step from the zine.

No Kings Graphic
"power belongs to the people/join the movement/ Saturday, Oct 18"

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Mandy Keifetz @besecretandexult.bsky.social · 1d

All of this is true and also: you can take action right now.

The State of the Republic is Grim - Lawyers, Guns & Money

If you’re on Bluesky and follow me, you’ve probably seen that I’m writing threads that really should be the basis for posts at LGM. You’ve also likely gotten a bead on where I am these days. Here’s a ...

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

3D printers: WE NEED YOU! If you have a printer, start making whistles for your community. Volunteers of ours have been printing and passing them out across communities, over 200 have been handed out so far!

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Mandy Keifetz @besecretandexult.bsky.social · 2d

Stencils for community art build tomorrow : “melt ice” “liberty 4 all” “Unite” against my unmopped floor

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Mandy Keifetz @besecretandexult.bsky.social · 2d

It's really funny and sweet to be called upon in my dotage for the skillset of my youth: zinefolding, wheatpasting, sign defacing, stickering, puppets, satire. Not much is funny and sweet these days, but to me, this is.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 2d

Just waiting on today's baggie delivery.

Piles of folded ICE whistle zines and a box of orange whistles

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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 2d

I was given to understand that the president's son getting a job with a company doing business before the government was an impeachable offense

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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