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Sulu @codenimm.bsky.social · 25m

Will there be any broadcast or livestream?

Sulu @codenimm.bsky.social · 22h

No time for typos like right after hitting "send" or "print"

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Sulu @codenimm.bsky.social · 22h

😆

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 1d

Next reading group book—People, Power, Change by Marshall Ganz. Sign up here:

People, Power, Change Reading Group Sign Up

Our next book is People, Power, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal by Marshall Ganz. We'll do this in two sessions, likely beginning in early November. There are definitely used copies out th...

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Sulu @codenimm.bsky.social · 1d

"There are definitely used copies out there to be bad." ☺️

(My library has 4 copies!)

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Sulu @codenimm.bsky.social · 1d

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

Have mercy Lord

www.tmz.com/2025/10/14/d...

D'Angelo Dead at 51

Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.

www.tmz.com

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Sulu @codenimm.bsky.social · 1d

Every rehearsal, show and workshop, I try 🫡

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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 1d

Rest in Power, Miss Major.💔

On solidarity: “We can’t go it alone… I mean, you can try, and get knocked down and get up and try again, and get knocked down and get up and try again. But that’s how it’ll be, until somebody helps you up and says, let me stand with you.”
truthout.org/articles/a-m...

A Mother’s Day Chat With Revolutionary Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

Janet Mock has called Miss Major, who has nurtured generations of queer and trans youth, “the mother we all deserve.”…

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Sulu @codenimm.bsky.social · 1d

Never done...

The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 1d

"You make the best of it all and hope you can help make it a little better for the gurl after you."

- Miss Major, 2023 💔

One of the things I hear with some younger trans people I know is they feel, "I'm gonna get this surgery, and I'm gonna learn that way of speaking, and I'm gonna be done." You're never done. If you're a straight, cisgender person, you're never done. Things are always happening that have the potential to change you. So all I am today is not who I'm gonna be tomorrow, because of the things that happened to me today and later tonight. People forget that. "Oh, after I transition, I'm gonna be through." Well, good luck with that. 'Cause if you're through, then it's time to leave, you know, and I don't wanna go anywhere yet.
I'm in my seventies. Why didn't I stop? Number one is community. My gurls. I've had moments of thinking about stopping, but I didn't. I made sure I would step back, reju- venate myself, and then got back out there, and that's how you make a way. Our stories are not all the same, but the destination is: to get some place where we have some peace and harmony, and we can be at ease with ourselves and the people around us. You make the best of it all and hope you can help make it a little better for the gurl after you.

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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 1d

Freed Palestinian prisoners are barred by Israel from celebrating the release, or speaking to the media about their imprisonment, on threat of arrest and re-imprisonment or even death. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Locked up for 24 years’: release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees sparks joy and sorrow

Nearly 2,000 people, including about 1,700 seized from Gaza and held without charge, set free from Israeli jails

www.theguardian.com

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 1d

Rest in Power Miss Major.

I was so fortunate to profile Miss Major for SF Weekly.

From her political education from the leaders of the Attica prison uprising and getting knocked out by a cop at Stonewall to performing in the Jewel Box Revue and founding TGIJP, she led an extraordinary life.

archives.sfweekly.com

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Sulu @codenimm.bsky.social · 1d

Ha! Figures that you would know

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Sulu @codenimm.bsky.social · 1d

Did Mamdani do the polar bear plunge in a suit?

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

What I learned from Miss Major was persistence and also keeping a sense of humor. I was lucky to see her work in various organizing meetings over the years. She was a model of how to be a good elder. Truly grateful for everything she did to make the world better. Time for the rest of us to continue.

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TransLash Media @translash.org · 2d

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2d

Just sent some money to @ohiocapitaljournal.com, whose work I’ve relied on regularly to keep up with what’s happening in my home state since launching Law Dork in 2022.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 2d

Help us grow! The Capital Journal is committed to Reporting for the People: Holding those in power accountable and lifting up the voices of everyday Ohioans. Make a donation to support our work. ohiocapitaljournal.com/donate/

Donate • Ohio Capital Journal

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 2d

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 5d

Apparently people have been getting their needs fully met from that thread I started as well as the multiple other threads inspired by Link.

If this doesn’t demonstrate Link’s impact and the value of BlueSky as a mutual aid network, I don’t know what can.

Keep it up y’all.

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Sulu @codenimm.bsky.social · 2d

Not sure I'm gonna get sleep

Alerts from NWS New York NY (UNOFFICIAL) @okx.nws-bot.us · 2d

🚨 Gale Warning issued October 13 at 2:15AM EDT until October 14 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Upton NY 🚨
Additional Details Here.
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* WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and
seas 4 to 7 feet.

* WHERE...Long Island Sound west of Port Jefferson and New Haven.

* WHEN...Until 6 AM EDT Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could
capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.

* WHAT...Northeast winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and
waves 4 to 7 feet at the entrance to the Harbor.

* WHERE...New York Harbor, including Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook
Bay.

* WHEN...Until 6 AM EDT Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous waves which could
capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.

* WHAT...Northeast winds 30 to 40 kt with gusts up to 55 kt and
seas 15 to 20 feet.

* WHERE...Fire Island Inlet NY to Montauk Point NY out 20 nm.

* WHEN...Until 6 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Storm force winds and hazardous seas will capsize or
damage vessels and reduce visibility.

* WHAT...Northeast winds 30 to 40 kt with gusts up to 50 kt and
seas 12 to 17 feet.

* WHERE...Sandy Hook NJ to Fire Island Inlet NY out 20 nm.

* WHEN...Until 6 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Storm force winds and hazardous seas will capsize or
damage vessels and reduce visibility.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 2d

If any child in your life has an IEP or 504 plan:

Trump fired (we think) all of the employees in the office at the US Department of Education that disburses special education funds from the federal government that school districts use to pay for those plans.

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 4d

GIVE ME RIBBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH.

Alt Acadia National Park @altacadia.bsky.social · 4d

We 💯 support Amphifa! Give me ribbety, or give me death. 🐸

A poster for "Amphifa: amphibians against fascism" showing a black and green flag with a green frog

Three protestors dressed in inflatable frog costumes holding a sign that says "Portland frog brigade"

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Sulu @codenimm.bsky.social · 3d

The pigeons are out having fun in these winds, swooping around

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 4d

Not only this, but you sometimes watched a movie in parts and out of order over several different occasions because you came in at the middle or end the first time it was on, or you were switching channels with something else that was on.

I've always wanted to structure a script like this.

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 4d

Entire way of experiencing movies that zoomers will never remember, that people my age barely remember, where you watched something because it was on. Feels like there is an entire genre of movie that was meant to be seen in that format. You couldn’t make Swordfish (2001) today.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 5d

New from me on @autonomynews.co: The popular abortion pill resource Plan C relaunched this week with a new design that better displays the many, many options for medication abortion in all 50 states

Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 5d

The online abortion pill guide @plancpills.bsky.social has been redesigned to make it even easier to learn where to get pills, including at no cost. The redesign comes as state officials have threatened investigations and potential lawsuits against the organization.

An Autonomy News exclusive:

Exclusive: Plan C Doubles Down on Abortion Pill Info Amid Political Attacks

The online abortion pill guide has been redesigned to make it even easier to learn where to get pills, including at no cost.

www.autonomynews.co

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 4d

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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