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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2h

NEW: A huge ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” is currently melting away in front of the US Capitol.

Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

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jessie🥞 @jessiejessup.bsky.social · 2h

The link appears broken. What Bill did he Veto?

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 2h

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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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2h

it’s bigotry all the way down

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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jessie🥞 @jessiejessup.bsky.social · 2h

"...but even healing is
negotiable"

~Toi Derricotte

www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57820/...

My dad & sardines

the first thing i want is to be able to enjoy the little things again—for example, to stop peeling down the list of things i have to do & enjoy this poem, enjoy how, last night, scouring the cupboards...

www.poetryfoundation.org

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 3h

It's really weird to have been a teenager or 20-something in the 1990s and then say in middle age with your entire chest "racism was solved back then, then it was brought back."

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 9h

House Speaker Mike Johnson has repeatedly refused to seat Democrat Adelita Grijalva, who won a special election more than three weeks ago and would be the final signature needed to force a vote on the Epstein files.

Now, Arizona's AG is threatening to sue. The full story in today's newsletter -->

Morning Digest: Arizona threatens to sue after House GOP refuses to seat Democrat

Adelita Grijalva won a special election weeks ago but still hasn't been sworn in

www.the-downballot.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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jessie🥞 @jessiejessup.bsky.social · 10h

The morning staff meeting is underway.

A brown dog sleeves peacefully with its chin resting on the leg of its pet human who is wearing black pants. There is a gray cat w Golden eyes to the right with her fluffy face leaning on the knee of said human she Is gazing at the human with a blissful sleepy face. Her whiskers are glowing in The light of the camera's flash

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jessie🥞 @jessiejessup.bsky.social · 13h

“Before you go, so that I don’t have to make any jokes about it, does [RFK, Jr.] have or does he not have a brain worm?

”It ate a little bit of his brain and died, so don’t worry,”

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jessie🥞 @jessiejessup.bsky.social · 13h

Then talking about "foreigners wishing" all the while the regime is actively killing us en masse in slow methodical motion via policy. 🫩

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: The US has said it has revoked six visas over social media remarks regarding the death of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk

The Department of State said it had 'no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans'

'Visa revoked': US cancels 6 visas over Charlie Kirk death jokes on social media

www.thenational.scot

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 21h

Madness. In jail, in another state, since Sunday, clarinetist Oriana Korol is a 38-year-old child and family therapist, a U.S. citizen and mom with a 3 y.o.

Sound dangerous?

The Sheriff says she is being held on suspicion of assault on a federal officer. But, not charged yet?

Habeas corpus, kids!

pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 23h

more detailed story in the @oregonian.com

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Federal agents barrel into band at Portland ICE protest, arrest clarinetist, accuse her of assault

Oriana Korol, a 38-year-old child and family therapist, remains in Clark County Jail.

www.oregonlive.com

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 23h

i am going to wake up as a sentient lighthouse

Double Fine @doublefine.com · 1d

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Keeper — A Heartening Journey of Unlikely Companionship. Wishlist Today on @Xbox.com and @Steampowered.com!

doublefine.com/games/keeper

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Ms . Penny Oaken, SkyWitch 🧙‍♀️ @skywitches.net · 23h

If you can, skip everywhere you go at the protest. Moonwalk. Silly walk. Anything but your usual gorilla-arms-swinging gait, because the surveillance tech picks people out by their gaits, now.

The point here is that they should not have any reason to believe that YOU were ever there. Just SOMEONE.

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Ms . Penny Oaken, SkyWitch 🧙‍♀️ @skywitches.net · 23h

Pay cash. Put your ID and credit cards in an Altoids tin - RF blocking. Do you have to wear glasses? Stow them for the duration if possible. The clothing you wear to the protest? Don't wear it to the park or a date or to work or to play tennis.

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Ms . Penny Oaken, SkyWitch 🧙‍♀️ @skywitches.net · 23h

Nobody you haven't met needs to know your face, your clothing, your scars or tattoos, when you go to protest.

Wear long pants, long sleeves, leave jewelry and anything with a wifi, cellular, or Bluetooth at home. Change your height if possible. Don't leave behind gum or anything you drink from.

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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jessie🥞 @jessiejessup.bsky.social · 1d

I would like, if I may, to invite all strange creatures of Dallas to festively pelvic thrust and indulge in tender Transylvanian elbow sex @texastheatre.bsky.social tonight for Richard O'Brien's magnificent new Rocky Horror Picture Show documentary.

thetexastheatre.com/film/strange...

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jessie🥞 @jessiejessup.bsky.social · 1d

DALLAS TONIGHT at The Texas Theater

See The Librarians (w Q&A)
@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

thetexastheatre.com/film/the-lib...

youtu.be/Ykll4MWltsQ?...

THE LIBRARIANS | Official Trailer

YouTube video by The Librarians Film

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

Gushers, the American candy brand, made a short horror film based on their old ads. Bradley Whitford really looks like Martin Scorsese in it, although I think that’s part of the gag.

FruitHead | NEW Horror Film [Starring Bradley Whitford]

YouTube video by Gushers

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “Leaders of Young Republican groups worried if their Telegram chat got leaked, but kept typing… referred to Black people as monkeys, mused about putting political opponents in gas chambers... lauded Republicans they believed support slavery…” www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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jessie🥞 @jessiejessup.bsky.social · 1d

This is an enthralling read🤯

Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 1d

A coup just took place in Madagascar. I wrote about it--and why it's the most interesting island you probably know nothing about.

The yogurt kingpin, the radio DJ coup, and the most interesting island on Earth

Madagascar is a fascinating island home to 30+ million people. It's also home to bizarre, volatile politics that virtually nobody knows about. And the president just escaped on a helicopter.

www.forkingpaths.co

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 2d

The veneration of Books As Objects misses the point entirely. If you're reading a book, turn the corners down, break the spine, spill soup on it. It's your book, go nuts. A pristine, unread book is a tragedy in a way that a beloved, much-read book that looks like the dog's been at it could never be.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

Every example I gave here ⬇️ & every example I missed are examples of noncooperation, noncompliance, & defiance that either took decades to in any way succeed or are still in process.

That's what this is. This is that kind of fight. It's why joy & taking breaks & coming back to it matter so much.
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · Nov 29

🧵This country has a deep history of resisting & rejecting oppression. It isn’t often taught or acknowledged.

We need to know. We need to learn from our elders, ancestors, & political forebears. Now.

A thread about that. I will inevitably miss many examples; pls reply or QT with additions.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

🧵I do my noncooperation threads bc I know most of it gets lost in the news firehose. I know courage is contagious & that we have to en-courage each other.

And/but: We're at the stage of the fight where wins are small & often temporary. Each small win matters, &/but it may be like this for years.

Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 1d

Stories of failed arrests due to community response are inspiring. There's been great legal work to free people, too. But this stuff is mostly a brief flash of unmarked cars, and then somebody's gone. Over and over again. No matter how many people are eager to help and want better than this.

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jessie🥞 @jessiejessup.bsky.social · 1d

I would like, if I may, to invite all strange creatures of Dallas to festively pelvic thrust and indulge in tender Transylvanian elbow sex @texastheatre.bsky.social tonight for Richard O'Brien's magnificent new Rocky Horror Picture Show documentary.

thetexastheatre.com/film/strange...

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