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Princess @themultiplemom.bsky.social · 14h

That time I found a jumper at the thrift store.

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James Cox @ciaojames.sdg4.net · 9h

particularly fond of the platforms/apps that insist on emailing me a notification that I have a message... But... including the content of the message in the email?? Inconceivable!!!

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Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · 10h

it is so bananas - aside from @jessicacalarco.com I don't see anyone talking about the *level* of bureaucratic capacity necessary to navigate a job & family responsibilities these days

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 11h

I counted up the number of ways (platforms, accounts, apps) that people in my professional and personal lives plus healthcare systems and kid’s school are contacting me and uhh. This is objectively impossible.

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redrum scare(d) corncob (no one said it made sense) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 9h

i don't think I'm the only person who has this problem right now. if you need something from me, remind me

redrum scare(d) corncob (no one said it made sense) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 10h

this app cascade + current events have broken my executive function beyond repair. every trip across the apartment or opened window on my laptop is a journey to a new thing i've forgotten about and/or will forget about by the time i return to the station i just left to go retrieve or do something

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Bianca @biancabluesky.blacksky.app · 3d

No no no. That’s Boulé.

Duvet is the perfume Grace Jones was promoting in Boomerang.

Thot Leedurr @docdre.distributedblackness.net · 3d

No kinfolk that’s flambé.

Duvet is the convention held every two years by the Black Greek sorority wearing pink and green

Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 3d

No boo. That’s Timothèe Chalamet.

Duvet is when you put liquor in a hot pan and flames burst out.

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✨Pretty, Witty, Girly, Worldly✨ @asdoseofreality.blacksky.app · 3d

I believe you’re referring to a boule

Duvet is a lingerie garment often confused with a corset that is used to push up the bust

Thot Leedurr @docdre.distributedblackness.net · 3d

No kinfolk that’s flambé.

Duvet is the convention held every two years by the Black Greek sorority wearing pink and green

Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 3d

No boo. That’s Timothèe Chalamet.

Duvet is when you put liquor in a hot pan and flames burst out.

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Malice In Plunderland @ramonarightnow.bsky.social · 3d

This nested thread made my night, like eating crème brûlée while watching the ballet in a chalet, under a duvet.

Thot Leedurr @docdre.distributedblackness.net · 3d

No kinfolk that’s flambé.

Duvet is the convention held every two years by the Black Greek sorority wearing pink and green

Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 3d

No boo. That’s Timothèe Chalamet.

Duvet is when you put liquor in a hot pan and flames burst out.

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Dr. Skelebone 🩻 @kendalljoy.bsky.social · 3d

okay okay, that’s a boule

duvet is a game played with mallets, wooden balls, and wickets!

Thot Leedurr @docdre.distributedblackness.net · 3d

No kinfolk that’s flambé.

Duvet is the convention held every two years by the Black Greek sorority wearing pink and green

Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 3d

No boo. That’s Timothèe Chalamet.

Duvet is when you put liquor in a hot pan and flames burst out.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 11h

The Texas Military Department confirmed to @taskandpurpose.com it had replaced some of the 200 National Guard troops sent to Chicago for not being "in compliance" with validation standards. This came after photos of heavyset NG members were widely mocked. taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...

Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards

An unspecified amount of Texas National Guard troops were replaced in Chicago, shortly after photos of their appearance were mocked.

taskandpurpose.com

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 8h

According the article, the Everett Police still have not told the parents why they arrested their 13-year-old child, nor why they handed him over to ICE while his parents waited in the station to pick him up.

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 8h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 5h

I love this for her

Hotties HQ 💜 @hottieshq.bsky.social · 11h

*sigh* MBFN 😩

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

menswear guy dunking on matt stoller? must be my birthday

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L.D. Burnett @ldburnett.bsky.social · 11h

a friend just shared this with me. ICE is waiting outside of Catholic churches in Chicago today to detain Latinos as they leave mass:

www.reddit.com/r/illinois/c...

From the illinois community on Reddit: Chicago: Ice is going to another level and waiting for people to leave mass.

Explore this post and more from the illinois community

www.reddit.com

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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 11h

Need a crossover theoryish book on white gay tech fascism. Thiel, Rabois, Helberg, etc.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

So, the religious left (broadly speaking) got a lot of attention this week.

If you’re curious to know more about the modern religious left — the iterations that have emerged in the last 10-20 years — I, uh, wrote a book about it. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0062...

American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country

Amazon.com: American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country: 9780062935991: Jenkins, Jack: Libros

www.amazon.com

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 11h

Freelancers have to buy their own protective gear

@kevinhfoster.bsky.social is an independent journalist in Portland. Check out his video from last night as ICE/DHS attacked people gathered by their facility. Violent arrests and flashbangs.

Kevin needs a ballistic-rated helmet for protection.

Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 12h

After last night, I feel like I should get a better press helmet (been using a bike helmet).

I hate to be that guy, but if you can, please consider donating through my Venmo below. Even $10 makes a big difference.

You can even look at my Warren Buffet meme in my profile pic.

Venmo | Kevin Foster

Venmo is a digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, or much more. Download the iOS or Android app or sign up on Venmo.com today.

venmo.com

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11h

Solipsism as a service. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

With Sora, you can do exactly that, in 10-second increments. Soon, your phone might be filled with hundreds of fond memories of things that never happened and places you never went, moments you can sit back and “relive” when there’s nobody else around except your AI pals.

Generative AI already has the power to put us in little boxes, isolated from one another. Why wait for a friend to answer your text when ChatGPT will cheerfully answer right away? Why go through the trouble of making a new friend when you can turn to digital companions embedded in apps like Instagram or X?
These new forms of entertainment are becoming the lake to our Narcissus: You can gaze into your phone and see yourself staring back, having all kinds of thrills, spills and chills.

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Mwangangi, RN @mwangangi.blacksky.app · 15h

Antebellum American South

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Snack Queen @auntiebaecc.blacksky.app · 11h

My dating life.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 14h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Dr. Carlotta A. Berry #NoireSTEMinist 🤖 @drcaberry.bsky.social · 12h

The reason these fools won’t protest at a Trump admin speech and harass Kamala Harris is because they know those folks done obey the constitution and who’ll whooop tale and ask questions later.

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Thot Leedurr @docdre.distributedblackness.net · 12h

Holy shit.

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GenXJamerican🇯🇲🇺🇸 @genxjamerican.blacksky.app · 15h

A good thread about how the credulous framing of this NYT story essentially justifies harassment and death threats.

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 15h

I was trying to put my finger on what bothered me about this portrayal and I think it’s that it just takes the guy’s words at face value, like he was a nice guy and reaction to Charlie Kirk’s death just pushed him over the edge www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...

She Despised Charlie Kirk. He Resolved to Make People Like Her Pay.

www.nytimes.com

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