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(she/her) disabled gamer, artist, writer, aspiring game-dev, and full-time woodland fairy // POTS, PTSD, ADHD 💖💜💙 f*ck naz*s (not sure why that’s ever in question)

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BrooklynSC @brooklynsc.bsky.social · Dec 24

The First Bright Thing is one of the best books I’ve read within the last several years. In a time right now where every day feels like history is happening so hard and fast and without mercy, this book will remind you of how humans have always found hope and the will to fight for it.

J.R. Dawson @jrdawson.bsky.social · Dec 23

A holiday reminder that pre-orders help authors, and so does buying the backlist!

linktr.ee/jrdawsonwrit...

If you’ve ever wanted to join the queer circus, TFBT is for you.

And if you liked Hadestown but wished it was sapphic, The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World is full of music.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 8h

Never in my life did I think I would see this from a mayor to police: “We would like the Aurora Police Department to play a historic role in defending the United States of America, and our city against fascism. We have a unique opportunity to do something different….”

Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 8h

I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)

to the Aurora Police

following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests

So here it is!

Hello Chief and APD Leadership,

I just wanted to jot a quick thank you note for those who participated in this meeting with the Latino community about ICE in our neighborhoods.

Sadly, this problem is not going away anytime soon. Historically, the police have been on the wrong side of history during the civil rights movement and the labor movement - defending capital. The pivotal points in American history are when police realized that their solidarity should be with labor; not capital.

Labor vs. police: Learning from working-class history Workers World

In this current struggle, I believe that we are 2-3 years away from a moment where we see the shift in solidarity.

I would like to see Aurora lead, and show something different. It will create discomfort during the transformation. I noticed during the march towards Blue Kangaroo, when the police escort disappeared, that activists I didn't know used their vehicles to block the intersections and protect the marchers.

All living things have the capacity to evolve and grow. Government is about to go through a huge evolutionary period and shed that which is not necessary, and re-focus on what is important.

As government continues to disintegrate from the top down, we have an opportunity to re-invent the ways we find food, water, shelter and protection.

We would like the Aurora Police Department to play a historic role in defending the United States of America, and our city against fascism. We have a unique opportunity to do something different, leave our mark in the history books, and make a difference. I'm excited about the opportunity and look forward to discussing it further.

Respectfully, John Laesch Mayor, City of Aurora laesch@aurora.il.us

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BrooklynSC @brooklynsc.bsky.social · 8h

I cannot stress enough that tear gas is a chemical weapon that is literally BANNED by an international agreement from being used in WAR.

But apparently it’s fair game to use against your own fucking people.

armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 11h

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BrooklynSC @brooklynsc.bsky.social · 12h

If someone wrote this dystopia, people would have laughed and said “that would never happen in real life.”

Dr Karen Smith👻🍂👻🎃🕷🐇🐈 💚🇮🇪🎶🎭📽️🎞💙😷💉🕯️🦋🌻 @karenapsmith.bsky.social · 12h

‘An AI system…called local police to tell them the pupil was armed…they made him get on his knees, handcuffed and searched him – finding nothing…
“I was just holding a Doritos bag”’
So it’s a stupid system & doesn’t work
Who made money offloading this crap?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US student handcuffed after AI system apparently mistook bag of chips for gun

Baltimore county high schools have gun detection system that alerts police if it sees what it deems suspicious

www.theguardian.com

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1d

This is Jim Crow shit.

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 @elizabethweill.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey

WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...

www.justice.gov

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · Jun 29

"the perfect plate doesn't exist"

The fact a woman drives this Subaru in Oregon makes it the perfect storm of Iconic

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Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 8d

Running this back because it's two minutes of authentic and weird joy for your Friday morning.

Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · Aug 17

She doesn’t need a hero, she is the hero we need. 🤩

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29 U.S.C. § 157 @organizingpower.bsky.social · 8d

MIT Study Finds
Artificial Intelligence Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive
Decline

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BrooklynSC @brooklynsc.bsky.social · 18d

As of right now there’s only ~60k views on Mychal’s first vid. If you have some time, play it in the background! Give it a like! If you don’t have kids, share it with your friends, your nieces and nephews, play it for your dog!

BrooklynSC @brooklynsc.bsky.social · 18d

PSA: there are full episodes of Reading Rainbow on YouTube for free. Including the first episode with new host Mychal the Librarian. Give some love to free, public education resources. We need these.
youtu.be/gHAIjSkmnYI?...

No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko

YouTube video by Kidzuko

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 28d

This is much, much more significant than the Comey indictment but has gotten like 0.1% of the media coverage

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 28d

🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”

New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 28d

jolly_good_ginger Retired Army Vet Dropping Facts

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · Sep 23

i think america would be a better place if everyone just stopped paying attention to politico til they went out of business.

there’s no “autism problem” just like there’s no “trans debate.” both of those things are eugenics.

both questions are really “should these subhumans be allowed to exist?”

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · Sep 22

Looking at RFK's recent moves, including an attack on the hepatitis B vaccine and on painkillers for pregnant women.

The common theme: That all children's health problems are due to "bad" mothers.

This isn't about making kids healthy. It's misogyny.

www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...

RFK Jr's war on vaccines is about shaming women, not helping kids

The MAHA movement regards all childhood ailments as a sign that moms are failing

www.salon.com

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · Sep 22

Why read past headlines: I explore the new "MAHA report," the Tylenol nonsense and the hateful rhetoric around the hepatitis B vaccine.

Taken together, it's clear that the MAHA movement thinks mothers are the main, if not sole, reason children get sick.

www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...

RFK Jr's war on vaccines is about shaming women, not helping kids

The MAHA movement regards all childhood ailments as a sign that moms are failing

www.salon.com

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Zaki Hasan @zakiscorner.bsky.social · Sep 18

All of this has happened before and it will happen again.

www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

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BrooklynSC @brooklynsc.bsky.social · Sep 18

I don’t know how to explain to people how everything we have learned as humans in the last like 200 years is all going in the trash right now.

NPR @npr.org · Sep 18

The group was chosen by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. amid controversy over their credentials. It's considering making changes to the MMRV vaccine guidance among others.

CDC's new advisers debate changing guidance on childhood vaccines

The group was chosen by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. amid controversy over their credentials. It's considering making changes to the MMRV vaccine guidance among others.

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · Sep 16

My new shirt design is a very serious PSA that I was asked to make, because apparently a lot of people don't know.
roryblank.bigcartel.com

A drawing of a grim reaper drifting in a toyota sprinter across a grid landscape in front of the outline of downtown detroit, with a big skull looking over it and a wingding in the corner with a skull and cross bones, a vertical black block down the side of it says "extreme danger!"
big text at the bottom says "lilies are toxic to cats! Do not expose your pet cat to lilies it's very bad for them!"

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BrooklynSC @brooklynsc.bsky.social · Sep 15

Didn’t know they could be shaped like that, neat!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 14

Starting November 1st, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare to all its residents.

It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.

This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.

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Hannah @venneh.bsky.social · Sep 14

Sometimes the future is the fun kind of absurd

Dr. Caelan Conrad PhD CPI @caelan.bsky.social · Sep 14

At the Amish weed booth anyone need anything

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BrooklynSC @brooklynsc.bsky.social · Sep 11

It’s hard when you want to support the creation of queer content and encourage people to make it while also walking the line of “oh friend, this one wasn’t it”

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · Sep 10

At some point, the white community is going to have to do something about the high rates of crime in white neighborhoods.

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · Sep 9

people are always telling me that we just have to wait for olds to die off & then everything will be fine.

i usually respond with, "the woman who lied about emmett till whistling & got him lynched was 21. the murderers were 24 & 35. there's more to do than wait.”

there will always be hitler youth.

Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · Sep 9

Video from Texas State Rep. Brian Harrison X acct. Student secretly records her convo with the prof.

"I'm not entirely sure this is legal to be teaching. ...according to our president, um, there's only two genders. ...I don't want to promote something that is, um, against our president's laws."

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Sep 8

Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.

Epstein Birthday Letter With Trump’s Signature Revealed

Lawyers for Epstein’s estate have given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book.

on.wsj.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Sep 6

I really resent my tax dollars being spent on this

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