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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · 22h

Asking the video store employee how scary a movie is from 1 to naked bike ride

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Carmen Virginia Johns @carmenjohns.bsky.social · 1d

Sf gonna be added...?!

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

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🌱J. Scott 🌱 @drooliasnott.bsky.social · 3d

The death of our careers comes hand-in-hand with building the surveillance state just as much as "cutting unnecessary jobs." I sincerely believe accepting AI is letting in a fascist death cult whose ideologies are normalized by embracing this supremely evil tech.

Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 28d

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI

Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 6d

If you're watching the situation in Chicago from afar & want to help, on the off chance you have spare $$, you can give to the Midwest Immigrant Bond Fund, which posts "bond for individuals held in the custody of ICE w ties to IL, IN, KY & WI who cannot afford to pay"
www.mibfc.org/helpusgrow

How to Help MIBFC — Midwest Immigration Bond Fund

www.mibfc.org

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 7d

I didn't know Mamdani's wife was a comics nerd! New York, you have to vote for him now because I need at least one person in comics to have good health insurance.

Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · Jun 25

This is Zoran Mamdami’s wife’s portfolio site and she is very good

HOME | Rama Duwaji

Rama Duwaji is a Syrian illustrator and animator based in Brooklyn, NYC.

www.ramaduwaji.com

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 7d

If you are willing to throw away entire groups of people to protect your insular strategy that will only protect you instead of protecting everyone then I don’t want your leaders and I sure as hell don’t want to be associated with you.

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 7d

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 11d

The apartments acted alone, pulling the adults and children out of them without anyone’s else’s participation

CNN @cnn.com · 11d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 11d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 13d

If you have two minutes free right now, call Netflix and leave a comment in support of this programming and ask them to stand up for their shows against political pressure.

Phone number is 1-866-952-4456, and I waited less than a minute before a human picked up.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13d

1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 15d

Meanwhile, Des Moines students stage a walkout to protest their superintendent's detention www.desmoinesregister.com/picture-gall...

A crowd of teenage students walk on a brick path beneath trees. Some hold signs—one says "ICE MELTS UNDER RESISTANCE."

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Heckin Spoopy Mutilated Corpse @jrbolt.bsky.social · 16d

We don't get a lot of good news these days so you've got to appreciate it when it comes. This is a big deal!

Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 16d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Carmen Virginia Johns @carmenjohns.bsky.social · 16d

Being "surprised" shows your belief in humanity's capability to be better to each other. If you stop believing the world can be good, you stop trying

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16d

"why do people act surprised when ______?"

so many people on this app are using the word "surprised" incorrectly

when someone is pointing out something they are not by definition "surprised"

here is a definition, you should check it out www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/s...

Definition of SURPRISE

an attack made without warning; a taking unawares; something that surprises… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16d

Pay close attention to who wants you to do The Reading and who only wants you to read their interpretation

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 17d

watch this.

JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 17d

So exhausting..

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16d

9/27/25

arrested protester (eyes obscured for privacy) rushed away by border patrol agents in gas masks

Woman gripping Mexican flag face to face with border patrol agent in gas mask

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Carmen Virginia Johns @carmenjohns.bsky.social · 16d

Errrrrmmm @support.bsky.team this is not false information???

emma (toys) @freeuse.toys · 16d

the holocaust happened

ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘢. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 17d

comics are good for you. You need to read comics every day in order to receive the best benefits and outcomes

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Jason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · 17d

I've been buying multitests that test for COVID, influenza A and B, and RSV from Germany for over a year. They're less than 2 bucks apiece including shipping. No idea why these haven't been available in the USA for years by bow

Canada Strong Masks @canadastrong.bsky.social · 17d

Never wonder whether it's COVID or FLU again.

ANNOUNCING THE FIRST combo rapid tests FOR HOME, approved by Health Canada.

Detect COVID, FLU A, and FLU B with just one swab.

This is a great tool to have ready the next time a family member isn't feeling well.

Well Life COVID and INFLUENZA rapid antigen test kits, package of 5.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 18d

The scandal of the US government trying to whitewash Wounded Knee shouldn’t fade in a day or be triaged into silence. Please stay mindful of it if you have to space on your plate to do so

Abigail Breiseth @abinbaltimore.bsky.social · 18d

@hcrichardson.bsky.social with the truth of those foul Wounded Knee medals and how similar that moment of political corruption and lies was to our own…

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

September 26, 2025

Today Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that twenty men who were awarded the Medal of Honor for their participation in the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre would keep their medals, despite more than ...

open.substack.com

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Pixie Thinks🧚🏽‍♀️ @pixiethinkss.bsky.social · 19d

Assata died free and of old age. Something that many of her peers never got to live out. She did so exiled, an enemy of the state, and named a terrorist by her own country but she did it!! Escaped death attempts and false imprisonment!! Her legacy won't ever be lost on me.

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Carmen Virginia Johns @carmenjohns.bsky.social · 19d

LA comics heads i am so jealous of u!!!!! Next weekend!

Mikey Heller @yoyorobot.bsky.social · 19d

Hey LA! NEXT WEEKEND IS HEAVY MANNERS COMICS FAIR!
A different lineup of artists each day selling comics and zines!
Sat Oct 4th + Sun Oct 5th 12pm-6pm. See ya there!

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 19d

Assata taught me that “Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is.” May her spirit fly free!🤲🏾

Photo of Assata Shakur seated. She appears to be speaking with her hands extended in the air.

Her words overlays the photo:

“At this point, I think that it is important to make one thing very clear. I have advocated and I still advocate revolutionary changes in the structure and in the principles that govern the United States. I advocate self-determination for my people and for all oppressed inside the United States. I advocate an end to capitalist exploitation, the abolition of racist policies, the eradication of sexism, and the elimination of political repression. If that is a crime, then I am totally guilty.”

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Carmen Virginia Johns @carmenjohns.bsky.social · 21d

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21d

People use fascism loosely to speak of that which they dislike, but the term has a meaning. Most reductively: cult of personality; nationalism; eroticized violence, internal enemies, purity myths, politicized gender.

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Charles M. Schulz Museum | The home of Snoopy & the Peanuts Gang @schulzmuseum.bsky.social · 21d

This PEANUTS comic strip was published #OTD on September 24, 1969.

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