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The stone was dead and we all knew it, but knowing wasn't the same as accepting.

I have blocked this person, but I keep seeing people say things like this, and I’m begging people to understand two things.

(1) Just because peaceful protest may not be sufficient to win this moment does not mean that it is not necessary.

It is.

🎃 October 14 🎃
" Four score and seven skeets ago..."

Once again: this is also happening in DC. Still.

It feels like we’ve been forgotten, maybe because there aren’t huge confrontations to run photos of. But our neighbors are still being taken every day. Routine traffic stops are now done by 12+ feds alongside local police.

Please talk about us too.

*struggling to remember Charlie Kirk's name* I think it was...

Seeing a lot of "No Kings" protests groups using AI images lately

You aren't resisting fascism by using their tools

Be better than that

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

I'm going to repeat what I said earlier in passing. Right now, there are more than 30 SF publishers currently in print who take un-agented electronic submissions and pay as much or more than Analog/Asimov/F&SF. It's not their way or the highway. The rest of us are shocked.

SUMMARY: Taken together, my overall impression of the contract is that it's a work-for-hire contract trying to get you to waive your copyright while only paying you first publishing rights.

4. This is the one that makes my head spin. Clause 2e. "The first right to develop or license the development of special projects, including, but not limited to, games, toys, T
shirts, calendars, and other items based upon characters, ideas, or plots from the Work"

What. The fuck.

😢🤬Republicans wasting money again and Mayor Whitmire looking more and more like one of them. @recallhouston.bsky.social

Why is it those of us who are oppressed and harmed by bigots are always expected to "find respect" and "figure out how to live together" instead of asking bigots to stop being fucking bigots.

Props to Benjamin for sharing the details of his contract. Unfortunately no props to MRM because there's a lot of extremely outre stuff in here that I'd refuse to sign. Let's run it down. (Context: If you're negotiating a contract with Strange Horizons, I'm the person you're negotiating with.)

If you live in Everett, Mass. and have any information about the 13-year-old boy abducted by ICE, please message me on Signal at marisakabas.04

Waaaa waaaaa waaaa I’m a police who is scared of everything waaaahhhh.

If you like video game series' retrospectives, let me introduce you to this one about the Sin franchise. @mantron.bsky.social is great at editing, the analysis is always interesting, and the vibe is always chill.

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

Fellow Texans, here's a quick article from @thebarbedwire.com on the amendments we'll be voting on in less than a month.

a high armhole allows for freer and more comfortable movement

And defund the police.