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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 7h

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14h

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 7h

fwiw, everyone involved seemed to have a good time, the adults were good sports about it all, and my own tween gamely improv-ed as witnesses (including doing voices) despite knowing nothing about the show. Debra Morgan gave several increasingly unconvincing alibis 😂

Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 7h

The game Guilty as Sock throws chaotic tweens and serious adult gamers into the same courtroom, which is how we have multiple Australian adults putting Dexter Morgan on trial while British tweens interject "he watches the show, get a load of THIS guy." That kind of roasting would have ended me 💀💀

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Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 2d

This is good to know!!

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Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder if this is something folks could print at the next @aadl.org 3D printing open lab 🤔

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t forget to get vaxxed in all the ways you can if you’re remotely able.

Herd immunity is community care!

Some states will ask if you’re part of the “recommended demographic”; if you’re not in a state that requires a doctors note, you can just say yes & walk in. If you are—> see your doctor.

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Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 4d

Stop wondering what you would have done in the Holocaust, start thinking and talking (offline! With trusted friends!) about what you can and will do right now.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 4d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 4d

Turned on my phone to check something and it happened to still be in selfie camera mode, revealing this stunning fall sky above me. A nice reminder to look up and appreciate this moment

A rich blue sky interspersed with fluffy white clouds

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Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 4d

We did get a lot of emphatic lectures from teachers at curriculum night about the importance of sending our 8th graders to school with fully charged Chromebooks every day, which I guess is the 2025 equivalent?

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 5d

Get in losers, we're taking frogs back. Pepe will no more be a right winger dweeb meme

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Emma Roller @emmaroller.bsky.social · 5d

Good reporting, HOWEVER!!! I hate the phrase “school choice.” What it really means is “forced resegregation”

Megan O'Matz @megomatz.bsky.social · 6d

The Trump administration is working to dramatically expand school choice, moving kids to a range of private & religious schools or homeschooling. Ultimately, what percentage of children would remain in public schools? A Moms for Liberty co-founder told me: “I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.”

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 5d

The "set aside the art from the artist" thing in this case is moot. Harry Potter money now goes right to destroying the human rights of trans persons. A billionaire who got her ass kissed for two decades got a rebuke and now she's got to wreck the lives of others.

Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 6d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 6d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

A still from the Princess Bride of Princess Buttercup in a red dress and green gloves, riding a horse

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Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 6d

Saline

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 6d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

#WarRavagedPortland

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d

thank you brett kavanaugh!

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 7d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 7d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 8d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 8d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 9d

This was one of those brutal sorts of weekends where you get to the end and realize it drained everything you have and you now have to face the upcoming week with an empty cup and zero reserves. For tonight I'm choosing to focus on tiny wins and planning out my (very necessary) naps for the week

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Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 9d

#kavanaughstop

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 9d

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Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 13d

Realized midway through the day today that I had overdone it moving furniture and storage bins on Monday, but was too far into this big reorganizing project to just stop and go in a different direction. I put in 4 more hours tonight and will put in about 3 more tomorrow morning if I can push through

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 13d

"Accessing the supports my autistic son needs can be brutally difficult, especially as he and his peers transition into adulthood. But unlike grievance parents, I believe my son deserves respect and understanding—not grievance parents’ relentless exploitation of their children as burdens."

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 13d

The @nytimes.com has a new article on " #ProfoundAutism," featuring the same grievance parents they always feature—and minimal autistic input. Pls counter with our explanation of why autistic kids deserve better representation than parents who resent them.

thinkingautismguide.com/2022/11/grie...

Grievance-Based Parent Organizations Are Autism's MAGA Movement — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM

Horrified by the misinformation peddled by MAGA truthers? You should be just as concerned about grievance-based autism parent orgs.

thinkingautismguide.com

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 14d

Who has watched the 24 hour live stream so far that the house Dems are doing on the shutdown?????

This should be the biggest story right now and literally 45 people are watching
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrBY...

Stop the Republican Shutdown PT.2

YouTube video by Rep. Jeffries

www.youtube.com

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Q (they/them) @caffeinatedqueer.bsky.social · 14d

The nostalgia here...

Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 14d

(solemnly) You've had mail.

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