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Melissa Stewart @lissajostewart.bsky.social · 5h

This is bizarre framing.

SCOTUS “officially considering taking up a case” is just an incendiary way to say, “someone filed a cert petition in this case.”

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 6h

Breaking: The Supreme Court is now officially considering taking up a case overturning same-sex marriage.

This is the first time in history the court has considered rolling back this right.

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Sick Vid City @sickvid.city · 8h

The great Trash Wizard, Trash Merlin, from an old vid. He's a wizard dressed in trash.

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Katie @katiecabatie.bsky.social · 20h

Anyone with more than 2 bumper stickers has really chaotic political beliefs, in my experience.

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Daniel Drennan ElAwar @ibnsufiknits.bsky.social · 23h

A "more visceral" statement motif was requested and added. Truth is, I had designed it but didn’t include it in favor of the preferred slogan of immigration activists. Given the great tester feedback, the option of 2 motifs in one beanie is perhaps the way to go! #AbolishICE #knitting #knitsky 🧶

Knitting pattern chart that reads: “Fuck ICE”.

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kitt kogut @himdianajones.bsky.social · 9d

Let them know what you think.

Gov. Healey: 617-725-4005
AG Campbell: 617-727-2200
Fenway: 617-267-0900

cis Bostonians specifically, we need you to step up. I'm already seeing my local trans circles raise hell about this, but we need you, too. I wrote a phone script. Use it and spread it:

Hello, my name is [name] and I'm a [transgender] constituent living in [City], Massachusetts. I'm calling to bring to Gov. Healey's attention the deeply alarming development coming from Fenway Health, in which they've recently announced they will no longer provide gender affirming healthcare to patients under the age of 19 in order to retain their federally recognized status. This is in utter direct violation of our state constitution, specifically Chapter 127, in which quote, "Access to reproductive health care services and gender-affirming health care services is a right secured by the constitution and laws of the commonwealth. Interference with this right, whether or not under the color of law, is against the public policy of the commonwealth." This is also in contradiction of Boston declaring itself a sanctuary city for transgender people, the resolution which states Boston has, quote, "a specific commitment to protecting transgender and gender-diverse individuals. Taxpayer-funded agencies shall not comply with federal efforts to strip resources that safeguard their rights. Boston will not cooperate with federal or state policies that harm transgender and gender-diverse people and remains committed to ensuring their access to healthcare...without fear or discrimination."

As Massachusetts' first openly gay Governor, I'm aware that this past August Gov. Healey signed updated Shield laws protecting gender affirming healthcare in Massachusetts. Jordina Shanks, the CEO of Fenway Health herself, said these protections are quote, "a landmark victory for health care, human dignity... and that Massachusetts stands as a national beacon of equity and compassion." I am in complete and utter disgust, yet unsurprised, that a leading institution in gender affirming healthcare is capitulating to federal threats that are not law, and acting in direct opposition to the city of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This is a deep betrayal of their transgender patients. I urge Gov. Healey to bring all powers of the state to investigate and reverse this gross over-compliance on the part of Fenway Health.

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 2d

We (collectively) should be funding 100x the PhDs we do now. 1000x? More? The problems are infinite, we could devote so many minds to producing knowledge, and it’s a choice to strip this place to the bones, quash human inquiry, and devote so little for human flourishing

jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 2d

Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs

- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero

Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...

www.thecrimson.com

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Cute Bitch Vanessa @cutebitchvanessa.bsky.social · 2d

Trans steve1989 be like:

Cute Bitch Vanessa @cutebitchvanessa.bsky.social · 4d

i am sorry to one up you, but you inspired me to go all the way

nice

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Katie @katiecabatie.bsky.social · 2d

Gorgeous!

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Daniel Drennan ElAwar @ibnsufiknits.bsky.social · 3d

Here is the Ravelry link for my free #AbolishICE beanie. Extensive notes cover all aspects of #knitting and refer to video tutorials; versions in cotton/wool fingering/sport. I appreciate any favorites there/here to boost the pattern! #knitsky #AbolishICE #NoKings 🧶

www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Abolish ICE Beanie pattern by Daniel Drennan ElAwar

My patterns are free. If you like my patterns and wish to further support my work, please visit my ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/ddelawar

www.ravelry.com

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Katie @katiecabatie.bsky.social · 3d

I’m reading Carmilla (1872) and it’s much gayer than I had even expected. The beautiful vampire keeps kissing the lead and telling her she loves her and the lead character is like “wow, what a cool friend. She must have some boy she likes.”

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Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social · 3d

Katamari Damacy key art showing a rainbow in a sky with a Mt. Fuji like mountain and a big rolling ball of stuff behind a skyline. Green pasture with 2 Holstein cows in the foreground.

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Katie @katiecabatie.bsky.social · 3d

I did see the point made that this also coincides with the 250th anniversary of the United States.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 3d

For my newsletter, I wrote about how I was affected by the No Kings protest in my town.

(I am no longer thinking about fleeing the country)

www.burnsnotice.com/no-kings-cha...

No Kings Changed My Mind About America's Future

Before this weekend, I couldn’t stop thinking about fleeing the country. No King’s made up my mind. Readers of this newsletter know that, for the last year or so, I've been weighing whether or not I ...

www.burnsnotice.com

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Katie @katiecabatie.bsky.social · 3d

I’m reading Carmilla (1872) and it’s much gayer than I had even expected. The beautiful vampire keeps kissing the lead and telling her she loves her and the lead character is like “wow, what a cool friend. She must have some boy she likes.”

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Katie @katiecabatie.bsky.social · 3d

You can do either dip or brush glazing as long as you let the underglaze dry sufficiently first. Avoid wiping the underglaze with a wet sponge.

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Katie @katiecabatie.bsky.social · 3d

I fire twice, and I’ve done underglaze on both greenware and bisque. Greenware can be a bit smoother of an application and would be necessary for things like sgraffito.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 3d

One of my least rational beliefs is that if you pull off a heist without hurting anyone or getting caught within a day, that's your stuff fair and square.

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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 4d

as much as i am a max verstappen hater i think it would be really funny if he stole the championship this year because it would be REALLY fucking funny to see the malding from mclaren

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 4d

A good way to keep your protest high going is to make a donation today to a group that's been doing the work. An abortion fund, a group that feeds the unhoused, a group that assists immigrants...Lots of fascism fighters out there stay needing your money.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 4d

Hey @edmarkey.bsky.social, my senator. Can you please teach out to Fenway Health and see if you can get them to restore the trans youth care they just ended?

Your words are great and we need your action too.

Liz Saila @lizsaila.bsky.social · 5d

Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."

Sen. Ed Markey, a white man with white hair, standing at a lectern with a dark background, and Sen Elizabeth Warren to camera right, in a black top with a red blazer. Markey wears a trans pride flag draped over his shoulders. The closed caption reads "trans people because trans righs are human rights. We" The chiron underneath reads "No Kings Rally Underway In Boston"

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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 4d

We all got that one friend who's lowkey fun as hell to chase around the mulberry bush

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Liz Saila @lizsaila.bsky.social · 5d

Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."

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Cen Galdre @cengaldre.com · 5d

folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · Jun 2

NO!!!!! - dashare.zone ADMIN

A SKELITON LOOKS DOWN FROM HELL ON TO THERE OLD COMPUTER DISPLAYING "DA SHARE Z0NE" WEB PAGE , AND DA TEXT SAYS "I DONT WANT TO DISABLE MY AD BLOCKER, I DONT WANT TO ENTER MY EMAILL TO SEE MORE, I DONT WANT TO REACH THE END OF MY FREE ARTICLES, I WANT TO GO TO A WEB PAGE AND READ THE DAMB WEB PAGE " - THE PROMISE OF "GOING ON THE COMPUTER" HAS BECOME A PROCESS OF GETING BLASTED IN DA FACE WITH BULL SHIT WHILE YOUR TRYING TO LOOK STUFF UP, AND THEY DID IT ON PURPOSE SO THAT WE WOULDNT HAVE FUN FOR FREE, AND NOW THAT THEY RUINED ALL THE PUBLICATIONS AND WEB SITES, THERE TELLIN US "JUST ASK THE AI TO FIND SHIT FOR YOU" BUT WE ALREADY HAD AN APP THAT WOULD GIVE US INFOMATION THAT WE WANTED!!! IT WAS CALLED A FUCKEN WEB BROWSER!!!!! CAPTALISM MUST BE DESTROYED FOR THE USUAL REASONS BUT ALSO BECUASE IT RUINED THE COMPUTER FOR US!!! NO ONE LIKES THAT THEY BURNED THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA BUT WE HAD ANOTHER ONE 10 YEAR'S AGO AND INSTEAD OF 1 FIRE IT WAS 100000, PIECE BY PIECE, AND THEN THEY REPLACED THE DAMB CARD CATALOG WITH A COMPUTER THAT MAKES SHIT UP ,BUT IM STILL KICKEN A$$ AND IM GOING TO THE WOODS NOW AND THEY DONT HAVE ADS THERE YET SO GO THERE WHILE YOU STILL CAN - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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Katie @katiecabatie.bsky.social · 5d

Best sign from the No Kings protest was “radical leftist terrorist” taped to a sleeping baby.

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