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@otsanda.bsky.social
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Queer (she/they) white bi. 30s. Musician (primarily violin). Occasionally writer. Multifandom, personal, & political account. I am anti-genAI.
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otsanda.bsky.social
I’m listening to this series now and it’s SO good, but also it’s kind of wild to listen to now in 2025. So much has changed.
debci.bsky.social
Highly recommend this 14-part podcast series, released between Feb and Aug 2017. Hosted by Scene on Radio host and producer John Biewen with an array of leading scholars and regular guest @chenjerai.bsky.social (Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika).
sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/
Seeing White
Just what is going on with white people? Police shootings of unarmed African Americans. Acts of domestic terrorism by white supremacists. The renewed embrace of raw, undisguised white-identity pol
sceneonradio.org
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thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social
Many of us whose progressive values drive us to indie media wish we could give our stuff away.

The thing is, we need to eat and we need resources to do the work. Somebody’s gotta pay for it.

The Flytrap gives away one free post a month. My newsletter, The Bugbear Dispatch, goes every other post.
kmarford.bsky.social
1. If you want indie journalism, you gotta pay for it.

2. Paywalls work. I resisted using a paywall for a long time until I realized I had to if I wanted to pay my bills.

3. Journalism is a public good that doesn't exist without public support. Keep it out of billionaire hands with a paid sub.
theflytrapmedia.com
We do have a paywall, and that's because journalism has a cost. We pay all our contributors 0.50c a word & the founders haven't been compensated for the year, so we do ask for people to pay for our content. We still haven't made a profit this year, so we are unapologetic about that.
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gregpak.net
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.
gregpak.net
NO KINGS, y'all! October 18! Find a rally near you and GO!

nokings.org
Graphic with a cartoon bald eagle carrying an upside-down crown over a banner reading "NO KINGS." Now in glorious color with a bit of 35mm film clouds at sunset as the background. NO KINGS logo and nokings.org URL at bottom right.
otsanda.bsky.social
Friends, please consider donating a little to help if you can!

If you donate any amount, I would be happy to make you a custom playlist or to share one of my existing playlists (I have a lot from many genres, fandoms, and of various themes).
❤️❤️❤️
stellarcyn.bsky.social
Hey yall, I need to raise $2200 dollars to afford dental care that I need next month and I do not have any way to save that much or set it aside on my own and I really need this work done before my tooth gets worse. Sharing my kofi here in case anyone is willing and able to help even a little!
Buy Cyn a Coffee
Become a supporter of Cyn today!
ko-fi.com
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dicefunctional.bsky.social
This is a great time to remind everyone that you should in fact, still be calling MasterCard, Visa, Stripe, and other payment processors to annoy the shit out of them.

Because I'll tell you right now, that shitheel? Not gonna have to worry about them accepting payment.

*Artists will.*

Phone Numbers
• Stripe (California): +1 888 926 2289 (Say you're based in California before continuing.)
• Stripe (Headquarters): +1 (888) 963-8955
• Stripe (US): +1 (877) 887-7815
• Stripe (France): +33 805-11-19-67
Mastercard (Headquarters): +1 914-249-2000 • Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-627-8372
Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-307-7309 
• Mastercard (Int.): +1 (636)-722-7111 
• Mastercard (AUS): +61 1800 120 113 
• Mastercard (UK): 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers for Mastercard Visa (Headquarters): +1 (650)-432-3200 
• Visa (US+ Can): +1 (800)-847-2911 
• Visa (AUS): +61 1800 125 440 All region numbers for Visa
• PayPal (US): +1 (888)-221-1161
• PayPal (UK): +44 (0203)-901-7000
PayPal Customer Service: +1 (877)-569-1116
otsanda.bsky.social
Knights who wear chainmail for the same reason dogs wear thunder jackets
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drianweissman.bsky.social
“CDC will have lost its ability to detect outbreaks and respond to them. It will no longer be able to track diseases, in America and around the globe. That includes infectious threats like flu, foodborne illnesses, and Ebola, as well as chronic diseases and injuries.”
time.com/7325192/cdc-...
CDC ‘Not Functional’ After Trump Administration Orders Mass Firings
The layoffs targeted leaders in departments related to respiratory diseases, chronic diseases and global health.
time.com
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kjephd.bsky.social
Republicans feel empowered by their leader's autocratic coup against the Constitution to pursue their most cartoonishly evil agenda items, like literally making it easier to kill seals and whales

abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who now feel they have the political will to do so
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clairewillett.bsky.social
my cousin had the family over tonight for a party whose theme was “everyone make a cake and then we will sit around in the backyard and try all the cakes” and honestly like, we should do this once a month
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strandjunker.com
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
otsanda.bsky.social
This was so fun!!! I’m really glad I got to participate ❤️
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eefaevie.bsky.social
server big art! thanks so much to @lilpy.bsky.social for contributing the lineart, A for organizing, and @mumblers-lobby.bsky.social for assembling 💕 #goodomens
an illustration of Aziraphale and Crowley from Good Omens. The lineart is by the artist @lilpy.bsky.social (used with permission), which has been divided into squares and coloured by different members of the Nice and Accurate Atelier discord server, before being reassembled into one piece. Crowley leans over Aziraphale, his curls tumbling over his shoulder, while Aziraphale looks up at him, reaching up to play with his hair.
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gingerhaole.bsky.social
Bicycle belles 🚲

Inspired by the 1930 film The Florodora Girl, I just really wanted to draw the wives in big poofy sleeves in some enchanted glen ✨️

#goodomens #goodomensfanart #crowley #aziraphale #ineffablewives
otsanda.bsky.social
Yeah in think it comes from some kind of behind the scenes content!
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otsanda.bsky.social
That’s the superior way to experience it!
otsanda.bsky.social
(Muffled by dirt) thank you
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ericavee.bsky.social
hey sluts let’s take care of the elders we’re lucky enough to have!!! 💖💖
melindamagpie.bsky.social
Miss Major, one of the mothers of the trans liberation movement, has been in the hospital for 10 days with sepsis and a blood clot. She has looked out for us for generations, now it’s time to look out for her. Donate if you can: fundly.com/missmajor
An older Black femme, laying in a hospital bed. She's smiling and holding a pink, lavender and yellow dragon stuffie.
otsanda.bsky.social
Help I’m trapped in camelot and I can’t escape (I am actively burrowing deeper)