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imani 🫶🏾 @imanigetup.bsky.social · 2m

feeling an urge to game 🎮

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1h

Welcome to Bluesky: Weird Al is on here but you sometimes don’t immediately get told that. That’s most of the important information.

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imani 🫶🏾 @imanigetup.bsky.social · 4m

why does apple keep turning my emojis back to yellow 😒

imani 🫶🏾 @imanigetup.bsky.social · 4m

lol glad it went well!! 🫶🏾

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19m

There’s a lot to be upset about, and I don’t advise putting your head in the sand, but it is really bad for your brain to be mad all the time on a purely physiological level.

If you possibly can, take time to put down the mad.

It will help you think more clearly and remember why you’re doing this.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1h

Seen in Chicago

Handmade label sticker on street pole

The scariest thing this Halloween is ice terrorizing our communities

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1h

reminder:

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 20

i think this bears repeating whenever Meta and AI are reported on tbh

Jeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social · Aug 14

"It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual." Meta removed that language from its internal guidelines after I raised it.

AI experts worry financial incentives will blur the line between human relationships and bot engagement.
www.reuters.com/investigates...

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 20

i think this bears repeating whenever Meta and AI are reported on tbh

Jeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social · Aug 14

"It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual." Meta removed that language from its internal guidelines after I raised it.

AI experts worry financial incentives will blur the line between human relationships and bot engagement.
www.reuters.com/investigates...

Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with children

An internal Meta policy document reveals the social-media giant’s rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex and race.

www.reuters.com

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 1h

I can only control what God has given me dominion over.

I’m going to pay as many women’s rents and mortgages as I can. I’m going to pay as many women’s tuition as I can. I’m going to give healthcare to as many women as I can.

ThurmanPerryFoundation.org

The Thurman Perry Foundation | Creating An Equitable World For Women & Girls Impacted By Incarceration

ThurmanPerryFoundation.org

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 3h

Insurance rates up $2000.

Food benefits cut off.

Farmers unable to sell their crops.

Skyrocketing national debt.

$40 billion to Argentina.

America First!

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imani 🫶🏾 @imanigetup.bsky.social · 2h

me when i worked at starbucks 😂😂 the coffee is too expensive and not good enough for them to be a) wrapping the line around the building and b) using that tone with me at the window 💀

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

started / going

DHS Says Social Media Will Be Screened for ‘Antisemitism’ as It Purges Pro-Palestine Immigrants
Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem says people shouldn't try to "hide behind the First Amendment."

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs
The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.
By Matt Novak
Updated October 15, 2025

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imani 🫶🏾 @imanigetup.bsky.social · 2h

happy birthday!! 💕💕💕

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 3h

As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive

And do it often.

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imani 🫶🏾 @imanigetup.bsky.social · 2h

love it!!!

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 8h

I understand that it's hard to find the right language to talk about what is escalating, what is shifting, and how that compares with what existed before, but we desperately need white people especially to actually do the hard work of finding the right language and not be lax about it

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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imani 🫶🏾 @imanigetup.bsky.social · 4h

i’m making soup y’all want some???

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imani 🫶🏾 @imanigetup.bsky.social · 4h

i don’t even like candy corn anymore but i want some so bad 😭💀

imani 🫶🏾 @imanigetup.bsky.social · 4h

my brain omitted the casino part and for a second i was VERY confused lmao 💀💀💀💀 like if somebody had the audacity to hand me a (literal) chocolate chip and call it a tip i’m losing my composure and my job 🤣

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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imani 🫶🏾 @imanigetup.bsky.social · 4h

you know what, if it makes you happy go for it! 🙂‍↕️ i will be cheering you on from inside my home 😂❤️‍🔥

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⚔️🎀 𝔉𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 🎀⚔️ @fiadh.bsky.social · 6h

i bet a tree lined street in october hates to see a contemplative and sensitive young lady such as myself coming for it

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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 7h

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs

The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.

gizmodo.com

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imani 🫶🏾 @imanigetup.bsky.social · 4h

my top 5 from

showgirl:
❤️‍🔥 ruin the friendship
❤️‍🔥 actually romantic
❤️‍🔥 father figure
❤️‍🔥 the fate of ophelia
❤️‍🔥 opalite

ttpd:
🤍 the prophecy
🤍 loml
🤍 but daddy i love him
🤍 mbobhft
🤍 down bad

ani ❤️‍🔥 taylivcie girl @billiebrokendreams.bsky.social · 9h

my top 5 from

showgirl:
❤️‍🔥 ruin the friendship
❤️‍🔥 father figure
❤️‍🔥 actually romantic
❤️‍🔥 the fate of ophelia
❤️‍🔥 honey

ttpd:
🤍 loml
🤍 the black dog
🤍 the manuscript
🤍 cassandra
🤍 guilty as sin?

Bina 🐝 @thefalsebolter.bsky.social · 9h

my top 5 from

showgirl:
❤️‍🔥 actually romantic
❤️‍🔥 father figure
❤️‍🔥 honey
❤️‍🔥 cancelled
❤️‍🔥 wish list

ttpd:
🤍 the bolter
🤍 my boy only breaks his favorite toys
🤍 down bad
🤍 the albatross
🤍 I look in people's windows