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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5h

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 4h

I frequently say you don't need to protest. You don't! There are a thousand other ways to push back on fascism if protesting doesn't feel comfortable or safe for you!

But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 18h

NO KINGS, y'all! October 18! Find a rally near you and GO!

nokings.org

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 5h

Meant to write a follow-up, but thanks to everyone who contributed and shared @ny10neighbors.bsky.social raised over $6k and the race raised over $1.6m!!! It was also a beautiful day w immaculate vibes (and our future mayor, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ran, too 🏃)

Photo of a goofy middle-aged man crossing a finish line throwing up horn signs with his hands and sticking his tongue out. People to the sides now look embarrassed for having cheered him on. The finish line arch says “UNRWA Gaza 5k, showing Palestinian refugees that Americans care”

Two people stand, arms around each other’s shoulders; a woman in a black sweatshirt and pants, with a black and white keffiyeh over her shoulders and a bearded man in a white t-shirt, black SnapBack cap, and red shorts. Both are holding up sideways peace signs and smiling. People mill about in the background chatting and catching their breath

Three smiling chums, arms on each other’s shoulders. A tall man with a knit cat, yellow sweatshirt, and Palestinian flag draped like a cape around his neck; a much shorter man with a running cap, white shirt, and a medal around his neck; and a medium-sized woman with a black shirt and hair pulled back. Trees and people stand blurry in the background

Three smiling faces peer up at the camera. A bearded guy in a cap, a beaming woman in a sweatshirt, and a bespectacled woman in a national park cap and a t-shirt in the style of a Press vest — a nod to all the journalists who’ve been killed by Israel in the last two years. All three are sporting medals in the shape of red flowers. Blurry people and asphalt fill the background

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Deaf Queer Resource Center 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @deafqueer.bsky.social · 7h

We mourn the passing of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fearless Black trans elder who fought for liberation, dignity, and justice. From Stonewall to decades of advocacy, she taught us to resist, to love fiercely, and to care radically. Her spirit lives on in every fight for collective freedom.

We mourn the passing of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fearless Black transgender elder whose life embodied the struggle for liberation, dignity, and justice. From the Stonewall uprising to her decades of advocacy for incarcerated trans women and communities of color, Miss Major taught generations to resist oppression and love each other fiercely in the face of state violence. Her legacy is one of radical care and defiant joy, a reminder that true freedom means leaving no one behind. May her spirit continue to guide us as we fight for the world she envisioned.

Rest in power, Miss Major. Your legacy and work will live on.

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Art by @translashmedia

[image: colorful illustration of Miss Majors with text: “I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train & teach & love on & create families within my community & gender non-conforming people so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved & seek happiness, & share that with people that we care about.” —Miss Major Griffin-Gracy“]

#RIPMissMajor #MissMajor #TransElder #TransPioneer #Stonewall #TransIcon #TransLiberation

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6h

Are you considering seeking appointment or running for a seat on your local library board? Are you on the Left(s)? Apply to join FTP's Library Board Candidate cohort which will launch in Feb 2026: forms.gle/RuTxVLjvnX8K...

FTP Library Elections & Appointments Training Cohort

Hello! You're filling out this form because you've expressed interest in running for or seeking appointment to a local library board seat in your community (or because you're a serving trustee who'd l...

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Joe Paulson @joepaulson2.bsky.social · 8h

"This is, simply put, bullshit."

Much of what #SCOTUS does these days.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings.

Justice Barrett wrote nothing in the racial profiling shadow docket ruling, but had something to say on Fox News Sunday.

Tonight, at Law Dork:

Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings

Justice Barrett wrote nothing in the racial profiling shadow docket ruling, but had something to say on Fox News Sunday. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.

www.lawdork.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

We’re live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PP8...

A gorgeous packed theater shot from the stage.

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 12h

a fake quote being attributed to zohran mamdani is igniting the pro-palestine left.

he never said arresting netanyahu would make him a trumpian fascist. that phrase was posted by an account known for using extreme rhetoric to accuse mamdani of effectively saying that as a result of him softening.

image circulating claiming to attribute a fake quote to mamdani. text reads:
dec. 2024: “as mayor of nyc i would arrest benjamin netanyahu”
sept. 2025: “arresting netanyahu would make me a trumpian fascist.” - this second quote has in big letters over it the words “fake quote.”

post from the originator of the phrase. text reads:

@zei squirrel
here you have it side by side. Zohran in December 2024, when he was running in the primary, pledging that he will definitely arrest Netanyahu. Then fast forward to Zohran in September 2025, after he won the primary, and suddenly arresting Netanyahu makes you a Trumpian fascist:

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16h

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 1d

Many organizations are delivering different privacy options based on location data (from yr IP address), so delivering a more arm-twisty/ invasive setup to most US users. Also, folx are less afraid of being charged for non-obvious violations of GDPR (like an EU citizen visiting a site from w/in US)

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 1d

The rules have not changed, we just have really weak data privacy laws in the US, allowing these kinds of dark patterns. California’s a bit better, but there are carve-outs for certain cases in the CCPA. There have been some changes, but more a result of experimentation 1/2

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 1d

Is this a halfku or something?

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 1d

I was ready for it to stop raining yesterday tbqh. Glad it held out for the 5k, but I still got soaked doing dad things smdh

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 1d

…and for kidnapping his daughter and then leaking that they did so to the papers. Instead, he folded (understandable, they had his kid) and got absolutely no credit from them for it

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 1d

My goodness, if the kind of cops who threaten this nonsense actually walked off the force and never looked back… what a wonderful this would be 🎶

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Alex Wakeman Rouse @awakerouse.bsky.social · 1d

This is a really important thread for everyone who calls themselves a progressive. We need to challenge the narratives we’ve been told about safety and danger.

alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 1d

THREAD. Did you know that at about 1/3 of all stranger homicides in the U.S. are perpetrated by police? But there's something hidden here that is important to understand in this authoritarian moment.

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 1d

Oh shit, when was this? That’s my neighborhood! And I was in a race today that dude showed up at… I’m always a minute too late for a selfie, lmao

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 1d

Always worth revisiting, @edyong209.bsky.social talking about his reckoning with The Atlantic and why he left, including a nod to @prisonculture.bsky.social. (And skip back to 13:15 or so for a very satisfying truth-telling about Jesse Singal) youtu.be/ddy5uMdzZB8?...

Ed Yong, Journalist/Author - XOXO Festival (2024)

YouTube video by XOXO Festival

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 2d

One of the many things I wish I had been wrong about is saying that back in the nineties, our leaders looked at climate change and said: We can’t do shit about this without measures we find unacceptable, so future generations will just have to deal with it via machine guns, fences and attack dogs.

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsk... • 2d
"I don't think we can mitigate for climate change."
- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.

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Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 2d

Every share spreads hope.❤️
Every donation changes our day.😓
gofund.me/f4f3fc2cc

Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 2d

As the days pass, the worry of rent and food remains what weighs on me the most — just to keep my children safe and stable.😓
We’ve come this far thanks to your kind hearts.
Please, help me secure one more month of peace and stability for them.🙏

I ask you, from my heart — be part of this step. ❤️

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 4d

If you care about my family, don't make me feel like I'm alone. We're hungry.

If you're browsing, please leave a dot. It's just a dot. We need more people donating

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · Sep 6

We are in urgent need of protection and a safe place to live. We’re raising support to help us escape danger and rebuild our lives in safety. Every contribution, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to security and hope. 💛
kindly give :
#BringRuaaHome #SafetyForRuaa #HumanitarianAid

Project Bring Ruaa and Her Family to Safety

I'm helping my friend, Ruaa Naji, raise funds to help her family survive.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 2d

Thankfully, some of yesterday's CDC firings have been rescinded.

But this should be a major scandal, not business as usual in this shitshow of an administration. It's either spectacular incompetence or an effort to make even politically untouchable positions feel precarious to those in them.

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 2d

100s of #CDC employees were notified Friday they were being fired — RIF'd. The firings cross multiple parts of the agency, endangering its core mission of keeping Americans safe.
Saturday, some were informed they were RIF'd in error.
Hard to imagine how this happens www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

CDC battered by government shutdown firings, while some are rescinded

The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...

www.statnews.com

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 2d

It also takes a fair amount of misplaced good faith to assume that fascists will respect the self-identification of people opposed to fascism. Ridiculous assumption

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 2d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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