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Mister Sissy ✊

@mrsissy.bsky.social

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Liberal, cat lady, book lover, news junkie, long time supporter of LGBTQ community, equal rights for all people, anti-war, ban automatic weapons. Please no uninvited DMs or solicitations. I believe in blocking. Resist🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊✊

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Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · Jul 14

Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · Jul 14

They fear your voice because it’s powerful. The status quo trembles at a single voice. Silence isn’t safety-it’s surrender. They don’t fear your sadness-they fear your clarity. History doesn’t repeat itself- it responds to silence. They want you numb...so stay awake. Read this...often.

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 5h

The trillion dollar flowchart (and several gigatonnes [?] of CO2): www.bloomberg.com/ne... One may well ask if AI is different from tulips?

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5h

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 9h

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 8h

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8h

Officials say a North Carolina government initiative is eliminating over $6.5 billion in medical debt for more than 2.5 million residents.

North Carolina effort wipes out $6.5B in medical debt for 2.5M people

Officials say a North Carolina government initiative is eliminating over $6.5 billion in medical debt for more than 2.5 million residents.

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 8h

Gabriël Metsu, a contemporary of Vermeer, depicts a fashionably-dressed man writing a letter with a quill pen, his face and hands highlighted by light streaming in from the open window. A richly decorated Persian rug covers the table (1666, Nat Gallery Ireland)

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Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · 5h

DJT’s possible plans to change DC

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 7h

October 13, 2025

Last Tuesday, President Donald J.

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 7h

Outstanding 17/18C Netherlands artist Rachel Ruysch was famous for her paintings of flowers, fruits & assorted bugs, set against dark backgrounds. Found favour with the Medicis ■ won commissions rivalling Rembrandt’s ■ painted for 68 years ■ & had 10 children

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L.G.O.G.M. (Lovable Grumpy Old Gay Man) 🏳️‍🌈✡️😻🎼 @davidbrucas.bsky.social · 6h

#EpsteinTrump
#TrumpEpstein
#NoDistraction

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Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · 5h

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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 6h

For those who don’t get it. Dressing as frogs takes away their narrative that the left protesting is violent.
We take away their power. We use humor and highlight their absurdity. The primary goal is to mock and undermine claims by officials, like Donald Trump

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Christine Riter @criterdee.bsky.social · 12h

This article illustrates in a very clever way how many delivery trucks aren’t delivering food to food banks across the country, due to Trump’s cruel cuts to the nation’s feeding programs.

Please read this. It’s a lot of trucks.

#CrueltyIsThePoint

ProPublica @propublica.org · 7d

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

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Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · 12h

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13h

Despite Alligator Alcatraz’s shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country—everything from the “Cornhusker Clink” to the “Speedway Slammer”

Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz

Despite shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 12h

We’ve been honored to work alongside her throughout the years in defense of trans peoples’ right to live in freedom and safety, including when we talked to her in 2023 where she shared advice for our community in dark times.

Her legacy will serve as a torch guiding the fight ahead.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 12h

She committed her life to advocating for trans women and sex workers struggling with addiction, homelessness, and incarceration, and worked tirelessly with organizations supporting people with HIV and AIDS.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 12h

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 16h

Israel released some 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and detainees on Monday, days after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect. https://to.pbs.org/4olfnSd

WATCH: Palestinians celebrate return of prisoners released by Israel

Israel released some 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and detainees on Monday, days after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect.

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john60612.bsky.social @john60612.bsky.social · 16h

Whatever happened to “America first”? This deal is very fishy.

Pete Hegseth’s odd comments about Qatar, air force base spark swift backlash

“We’re announcing we’re signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase,” the secretary said.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16h

Four decades wrongfully incarcerated isn’t punishment enough for these sadistic fucks.

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Burglary, carrying a firearm without a license, drug trafficking—break the law, you will face the consequences.

Having a single conviction vacated when you have a laundry list of criminal charges will not stop ICE’s enforcement of the federal immigration laws.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 2d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

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Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · 15h

Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 17h

WARNING: This horrific video by a war correspondent reporting from the front lines of war ravaged Portland is not for the squeamish. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17h

I – like Trump and RFK Jr. – do not have a medical degree.

So, when questions surrounding medical treatments emerge, I listen to people who do.

I get my information from doctors and public health experts – and urge you to do the same.

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 17h

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to meet with Trump at the White House on Friday.

The U.S. is considering approving Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine.

Ukraine's Zelenskyy to meet with Trump at the White House on Friday

President Donald Trump said his administration is considering approving long-range Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 19h

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Elkana Bohbot, a 36-year-old Colombian-Israeli husband and father, helped organize the Nova Music Festival in Re’im—where 347 people were murdered by invading terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023. He was filmed being beaten and kidnapped to Gaza, where he survived more than two years in captivity.

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Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · 16h

Jesse Mermell @jessemermell.bsky.social · 1d

He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.

How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

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The Cat Hive @thecathive.bsky.social · 17h

The Criminal

Doodle of an orange cat with a piece of crumpled plastic in his mouth. He is running away quickly, wide-eyed. There is text from someone shouting "WHO IS EATING PLASTIC!!!"

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 19h

“This is absolutely a violation of federal law.”

For @motherjones.com, I reported about how reduction-in-forces in the Office of Special Education Programs will lead to disabled kids' needs not being met, as funding may not be distributed. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump's new layoffs hurt disabled kids

"This is absolutely a violation of federal law."