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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 1d

I unironically think we should return to #subway tokens for transit.

They can be any price, they don't expire.

There is no technological failure mode for them, sensors can reject counterfeit slugs.

You can give them to people who need them, and if designed well, make nice collectables.

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Annie Ruby @annieruby.bsky.social · 1d

I do have to wonder how folks tied to the same professional projects as me feel about my vitriolic political rages on here.

In fairness it's not like the folks I'm thinking of didn't know who I am :P

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Annie Ruby @annieruby.bsky.social · 1d

Tell us how you really feel Annie, how's the mental health going?

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Annie Ruby @annieruby.bsky.social · 1d

Rich boy Uberfash greasy haired waste of carbon molecules, go swim in acid you fucking pig bitch

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Annie Ruby @annieruby.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder that my governor is hailed as a bastion of defending American liberalism against Trump, and he'd be significantly happier if I and all of my trans friends were dead in a fucking ditch

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

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Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 2d

Five minutes of my life I’ll never get back

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Annie Ruby @annieruby.bsky.social · 1d

Dispatch from white America, 2025: was just at a stoplight behind a green Prius with 3 bumper stickers. These were:
- Child's name number one, in cursive, "Bayden"
- Thin Blue Line Flag
- Child's name number two, in cursive, "Alizon"

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 2d

gonna be rereading this today

Miss Major speaks: conversations with a black trans revolutionary

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Dyaflame Studios @dyaflamestudios.bsky.social · 4d

CAST ANNOUNCEMENT

Meet Jo, who will join the Bounty Hunter group!

Yes, he's already inside your walls. No, we cannot take him back.

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Adam @kels316.bsky.social · 4d

remember folks, "the salvos" are a far right religious bigotry cult.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

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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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 4d

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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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 4d

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

Nate Silver
@NateSilver538 • 5h
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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

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Annie Ruby @annieruby.bsky.social · 4d

I worked at a theme park for a decade and most of the mixers I personally installed you needed a static IP to access. I just saw all of your channel labels without a single barrier using my cell phone. Come on man.

Annie Ruby @annieruby.bsky.social · 4d

Hey Six Flags entertainment department, put a password on your UI24 on the Oktoberfest stage at Magic Mountain! You're lucky I'm nice because I currently have control of your audio mixer!

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Annie Ruby @annieruby.bsky.social · 4d

Your dirty looks are less subtle than you must think and I don't have read your lips to know the shit you're saying to your significant other without taking your eyes off me once uwu

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Annie Ruby @annieruby.bsky.social · 4d

PSA to guests at Magic Mountain today: it's a lot quicker to just call me a faggot than to stare at me agog like you have been! Saves us all a lot of awkwardness <3

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Annie Ruby @annieruby.bsky.social · 6d

... I legit thought bottom right was a cisgender woman

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 6d

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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Annie Ruby @annieruby.bsky.social · 7d

Three hours without an update I am absolutely terrified about the implications right now.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 7d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Annie Ruby @annieruby.bsky.social · 7d

Living? Aesop Rock. That might be a cliche answer and some might cringe but I'm sorry, man puts out an album of 12-20 songs every 2 years and each of them I could write an essay just analyzing but also contain stuff to hook you first listen.

Kiln by Hail Mary Mallon proves my point.

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 10d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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Liv Agar @livagar.bsky.social · 7d

Don't worry guys, we can push bluesky left after it wins the election

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Annie Ruby @annieruby.bsky.social · 7d

You want to think the lack of consequences for Jan 6 would sell the libs in your life on the fact that the law won't save us, but God we've been doing "that's iLlEgAL!" For nearly ten straight years with no progress

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Annie Ruby @annieruby.bsky.social · 7d

I do have to remember that this is the site where people's response to fascist overreach and the direct harm we get to see is still "isn't that illegal?"

Girl have you listened to them? Do you think that matters? Please sell me on why the law will stop something it hasn't even been slowing down!

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 7d

Y'all told these motherfuckers it was OK to let trans people lose their rights. Now they're banking on people letting them abandon everyone who looks vaguely Latino as well as actual immigrants. Who are y'all advocating for moderation gonna abandon next?

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 7d

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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Annie Ruby @annieruby.bsky.social · 7d

I forgot the release date for this had already passed and literally just changed plans for my afternoon so I can go pick it up and get home. I have been waiting for this book for almost two years I am vibrating with excitement

Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 7d

Uh, whoa! Dude! Look what you glorious weirdos did! WHAT STALKS THE DEEP is #12 on the New York Times!

A celebratory image of the cover of what stalks with New York Times, USA TODAY and Indie Bestseller emblazoned across the top!

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