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Ness @nesstheenby.bsky.social · 1d

Block block block. Don't engage don't dunk don't haha meme. Just block

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

Don't engage. Just block. They want to push their rage bait on here. Don't give them the satisfaction.

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Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · 1d

I refuse to believe it’s a coincidence that the entire executive branch has set up Bluesky accounts one day before our next #NoKings rallies.

Don’t engage. Just block them all.

Kazusa IRL @ohayousoro.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder to also block the following accounts:
@homelandgov.bsky.social
@hhsofficial.bsky.social
@dol.gov
@departmentofenergy.bsky.social
@usdagov.bsky.social
@deptofinterior.bsky.social

Pop Base @popbase.tv · 1d

The White House has created an official Bluesky account.

[ @whitehouse-47.bsky.social ]

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Gwendolyn M.J. Stone @gwenlovesmovies.bsky.social · 1d

Well.... maybe Clarence will finally take John Oliver up on that offer.

Lol.

alternet.org @alternet.org · 1d

Supreme Court 'expects to run out of funding' in hours due to shutdown: report

Both the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and the federal judiciary itself is about to run completely out of money to do anything beyond basic operations, according to a new report.The Hill reported Friday that the High Court "expects to run out of funding on October 18," per Supreme Cour...

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

Well there's a little good news.

alternet.org @alternet.org · 1d

Supreme Court 'expects to run out of funding' in hours due to shutdown: report

Both the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and the federal judiciary itself is about to run completely out of money to do anything beyond basic operations, according to a new report.The Hill reported Friday that the High Court "expects to run out of funding on October 18," per Supreme Cour...

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Gwendolyn M.J. Stone @gwenlovesmovies.bsky.social · 1d

I hate living in a reality with greedy, irresponsible world leaders and Silicon Valley wackos driving everyone to psychosis.... I'm literally feeling like that Mad Max line:

"It was hard to know who was more crazy. Me or everyone else."

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Gwendolyn M.J. Stone @gwenlovesmovies.bsky.social · 1d

Damn, love that poster.

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Gwendolyn M.J. Stone @gwenlovesmovies.bsky.social · 1d

I can't do much else but boost this rn.... but if y'all can do anything to help, please do. Thank you 🩵

October DEATHules @aprildaniels.bsky.social · 3d

There's some bureaucratic fuck-uppery with my housing voucher, which means I might need to move without benefit of a voucher, ballooning my expenses for at least a single month, possibly more. I'm raising money to be able to cushion the blow. Anything helps! Thank you! paypal.me/MsAprilDaniels

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October DEATHules @aprildaniels.bsky.social · 2d

#mutualaid #emergencycrowdfund #transmutualaid

October DEATHules @aprildaniels.bsky.social · 3d

There's some bureaucratic fuck-uppery with my housing voucher, which means I might need to move without benefit of a voucher, ballooning my expenses for at least a single month, possibly more. I'm raising money to be able to cushion the blow. Anything helps! Thank you! paypal.me/MsAprilDaniels

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Gwendolyn M.J. Stone @gwenlovesmovies.bsky.social · 1d

I don't have anything to hide, so I'm not about to start acting like I do....

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Gwendolyn M.J. Stone @gwenlovesmovies.bsky.social · 1d

"Leave your phone at home/buy burners, disable location/biometrics, don't post online, etc"

Guys..... I cannot stress enough how little any of that matters. We're all already on several different watchlists for the most innocuous bullshit now. You ever say the word "gang"? Congrats! Watchlist!

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Gwendolyn M.J. Stone @gwenlovesmovies.bsky.social · 1d

Watching people acting like we haven't been in a surveillance state since the turn of the century is wild.... if the government were to decide to come after people based on what they've said online and where they've been/who they know.... they've already had all they need for years.

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Gwendolyn M.J. Stone @gwenlovesmovies.bsky.social · 1d

Americans weirdly are acting like our current descent into fascism/authoritarianism is unique to us.... when it's actually happening all over.

It's just more blatant for us because the people running our country into the ground are so remarkably bad at it.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe"

Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."

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Gwendolyn M.J. Stone @gwenlovesmovies.bsky.social · 1d

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Donate to Help Courtney move out, organized by Courtney Fitta

My name is Courtney, I'm a trans girl who is looking to move out of my parent's home due to the … Courtney Fitta needs your support for Help Courtney move out

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Gwendolyn M.J. Stone @gwenlovesmovies.bsky.social · 1d

Explaining this film concept in detail to people close to me ..... is actually like setting a nuke off in their brain. It makes me sound so certifiably, incomprehensibly insane that I think they're ready to lock me up and throw away the key.

I've never had that effect before.

Gwendolyn M.J. Stone @gwenlovesmovies.bsky.social · 2d

So...... I have the most batshit passion project in mind..... would cost a bazillion dollars to make and it would make me Public Enemy #1 for life.... but FUCK, I love this story.

Would probably be my ultimate goal in life, to build an entire career to make this one.

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Gwendolyn M.J. Stone @gwenlovesmovies.bsky.social · 1d

An update: I finally have an appointment with my doctor on Monday..... meaning I'll finally be back on hormones (after running out in August, and honestly being extremely out of whack since)..... and thanks to y'all's help, I'm safe for a year.

Jen, we're still working towards. But thank you.

Gwendolyn M.J. Stone @gwenlovesmovies.bsky.social · Sep 3

Okay, so.... I did the thing. I started a GoFundMe for Jen and I. I feel very upset with myself for it getting this far. I know it's a lot, but the smallest donation (or even share) helps a ton.

Thank you for the help. I mean it.

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Donate to Support Gwen and Jenny's Medical Transition, organized by Gwen Stone

Hi, I'm Gwen, a transgender woman and filmmaker living in Central Georgia with … Gwen Stone needs your support for Support Gwen and Jenny's Medical Transition

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 2d

Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.

No phones, no staff, nothing.

I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

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BJ Colangelo @bjcolangelo.bsky.social · 2d

Really not thrilled with the culture we've created where people feel the need to include preemptive statements acknowledging problematic stuff a famous person did or said when they became an old weirdo before it's "appropriate" to be sad a singer or an actor they liked 50 years ago has died.

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🩸💀 The Horror Guru 💀🩸 @thehorrorguru.bsky.social · 2d

I share stuff like this to point out that even the worst ghouls on the Democratic side are still better than our current Republican leaders in Washington.

CalMatters @calmatters.org · 2d

Breaking: Starting next year, Californians with diabetes will be able to purchase state-branded insulin at steeply reduced prices, Gov. Newsom announced today. Long-acting insulin pens will be available at pharmacies for $11 per pen beginning Jan. 1. https://cal.news/3W7SDZW

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announces a partnership with Civica Rx to provide insulin to Californians for $30 for 10 milliliters, which he said was as little as one-tenth of the current cost. Photo by Ringo Chiu, Sipa USA via Reuters

Hed: Newsom unveils $11 state insulin for Californians: ‘We took matters into our own hands’

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Gwendolyn M.J. Stone @gwenlovesmovies.bsky.social · 2d

I can't get into much, but it's very loosely based on ancient, non-canon heresies to Christian mythology.

Wacky shit.

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Gwendolyn M.J. Stone @gwenlovesmovies.bsky.social · 2d

- rules for hormone replacement therapy..... but that in comparison to what we've *been dealing with*??? If he's the nomination in '28, it far from our worst option (as much as I hate to admit that).

I don't trust him as far as I can throw him, tho.

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Gwendolyn M.J. Stone @gwenlovesmovies.bsky.social · 2d

Oh.... yeah, he's definitely coming for that 2028 election, and with moves like this? He'll probably win.

He's certainly a problem in his own respect, given some of the bills he's vetoed, like one that required insurance to cover treatment for HIV, and another that strengthened non-discrimination-

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 2d

Gov. Newsom has announced California will be the first state to sell insulin through a state-backed program.

It will cost just $11.

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Gwendolyn M.J. Stone @gwenlovesmovies.bsky.social · 2d

....... Daniel Day-Lewis?

Film Updates @thefilmupdates.bsky.social · 2d

Jon M. Chu teases that a “celebrated actor” voices the Lion in ‘WICKED: FOR GOOD’

“Man, wait until the red carpet when the actor who gave us the Cowardly Lion’s voice steps foot on it. It’ll be wild.”

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Mae Dean @maegodhavemercy.com · 3d

Hey folks - we’re still trying to get our rent paid up, and our landlord is threatening to give us a 3-day notice if we don’t make a payment immediately.

If there’s anything you can do to help, we could really use it.

PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy
Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy
Venmo.com/u/MaeGodHaveMercy

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