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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 10h

this is where movements become moments & die: people see the display of a radical tactic and, not comprehending the tactical purpose, adopt only the display as an echo of the fight.

it becomes an empty, consumerist meme: buy an inflatable and dance around and that’s how you fight ICE!

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 10h

as charming and whimsical as some will view this, it bears noting that absurdity—not militancy or might—are what people have chosen to repeat from the portland standoffs against ICE.

why is that?

what purpose does this serve?

a mini 🧵:

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 1d

“ALL of Florida lost its [interlibrary loan] services as of October 1. This, of course, most harms those in rural communities. That means those with the most to lose and with the weakest access to education and entertainment materials are now wholly dependent on what their own library owns…”

The Current State of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (October 2025 Edition)

Grant money that should be going to library projects is going to state-sponsored propaganda, among other IMLS updates.

buttondown.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20h

Rupert Murdoch is awful, but he was an actual newspaper person who understood that alienating your core audience is not good business. For Bezos, the Post was a vanity project, and is now a loss leader to protect his other interests.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Dr. Emily Friedman @friede.bsky.social · 2d

Putting out a call: if you were part of WOTC’s late-2010s live events (Stream of Many Eyes, D&D Live, The Descent), I would love to talk to you as part of the Actual Play book.

[email protected] will reach me, either to schedule a chat or to share your memories.

Please feel free to share.

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Michael M. Hughes @michaelmhughes.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, sure, keep amusing yourself with generative AI. What could it possibly hurt, right? www.bgr.com/1990532/meta...

Meta's New AI Data Center Is The Size Of 70 Football Fields And Residents Are Left 'Scared' - BGR

Meta is building a huge data center in Louisiana as large as 70 football fields, but residents fear its potential impact on drinking water and local ecology.

www.bgr.com

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 3d

Extinguishing MLK's Eternal Flame is both outrageous and a hell of a metaphor for right now www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

Eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta burial site destroyed

Police say the man also urinated in the reflective pool.

www.wsbtv.com

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 1d

What if you’re not broken?

The world just wasn’t made to contain you.

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Katie Duffy @kduffy1718.bsky.social · 1d

Shocked to hear about the passing of Rob Wieland. I only had brief interactions with him, but he was always kind, patient and professional. He will be sorely missed.

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Preacher from the Black Lagoon @revpoppop.bsky.social · 2d

He has no beauty
He has no class
He pepper spray frog in the ass

Person in inflatable frog costume being pepper sprayed by ICE agent

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Ishmael, The Transition Will Not Be Televised @comradeishmael.bsky.social · 4d

It is today I learned that, for the most part, the story of this man and his wife inviting a desperate woman to live with them and then trying to get her to join a polycule has pretty much zero footprint online. Even looking it up outside Twitter is hard because he and Viper have the same name.

Justin McElroy @thoughtographic.bsky.social · 4d

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 2d

🔥 This Thursday! I’m finally sitting down with Gareth Gore, author of Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy Inside the Catholic Church — the book I’ve been championing for months. @garethgore.bsky.social

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Katie Duffy @kduffy1718.bsky.social · 2d

I am one of those lapsed Catholics.

Dawn of the Dead 💀 @502eire.lol · 2d

the thing that has struck me about this is how many lapsed Catholics are taking this very seriously. I think for a lot of formerly religious folks there’s still a spark of faith deep down, the actions of organized religion have just done their best to kill it

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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seachange12.bsky.social @seachange12.bsky.social · 3d

Bravo!

The *real* Christians in our country stand with the immigrants.

"A network of 5,000 churches is launching a rapid-response action plan to protect worshipers during ICE raids."

Exclusive: The Churches Fighting Back Against ICE
[Aug 2025]
www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...

Exclusive: The Churches Fighting Back Against ICE

A network of 5,000 churches is launching a rapid-response action plan to protect worshipers during ICE raids.

www.thebulwark.com

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The Asheville Blade @avlblade.bsky.social · 2d

As the Salvation Army's enabling of ICE is drawing more attention to them, read our piece on their long record of anti-queer/trans hatred, classism and abuse of the poor.

@davidforbes.bsky.social wrote this when Asheville city hall gave the SA over $1 million. ashevilleblade.com?p=4827 #avlnews

No salvation |

ashevilleblade.com

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Katie Duffy @kduffy1718.bsky.social · 3d

I studied abroad in Japan when I was in college. I could speak the language pretty well, but I struggled to read it. Books written in English were hard to come by and treasured when I found them. I wonder if that gentleman felt the same way.

Books are cool. We should share them more often.

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Katie Duffy @kduffy1718.bsky.social · 3d

I had no idea if he’d want anything to do with it. But he took it gently, leafed through it, then softly began reading it aloud. He did this throughout the evening, stopping only to eat his dinner. I don’t think he looked up from it all night.

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Katie Duffy @kduffy1718.bsky.social · 3d

As I was talking to one of the attendees, I asked if she knew anyone who might want a Polish language book. Another attendee perked up. She was from Poland; her elderly father was with her. I gave her the book, and she immediately gave it to him. It was a small book about Greek mythology.

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Katie Duffy @kduffy1718.bsky.social · 3d

A Bookcrosser in Europe sent me a box of books to get out into my community. One of the books I received was written in Polish. I don’t read that language and had no idea what to do with it. I happened to have it with me tonight when @youngmrduffy.bsky.social and I went to a potluck.

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Katie Duffy @kduffy1718.bsky.social · 3d

Happy little thing to share.

I’ve recently gotten back into Bookcrossing. You register a book on the site; it gets an ID number. You then share the book or leave it in a public place for people to find. If they leave a journal entry, you can follow where your book goes.

www.bookcrossing.com

BookCrossing

www.bookcrossing.com

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 3d

What is up with the pathological need to "reply guy" anybody who expresses even a modicum of hope that things can be made better?

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Katie Duffy @kduffy1718.bsky.social · 3d

That is a gorgeous picture! Those titles look downright intriguing. I hope you enjoy them!

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Let's Be Superheroes! @letsbesuperheroes.bsky.social · 3d

At long last, the next installment of Let's Be Superheroes is on the way! Tune in Sunday at 9pm ET for Jake's exploration into the National Union of the Homeless!

Spread the word and we'll see you there!

youtube.com/watch?v=2ENw...

The National Union of the Homeless - Let's Be Superheroes!

YouTube video by Let's Be Superheroes!

youtube.com

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 4d

I find it bleak that ChatGPT now has more users than Wikipedia. Many people would rather be spoon-fed information by a machine than read and research for themselves. Tech isn't just making us dumber. Worse than that: it's killing curiosity itself and the desire to learn.

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 4d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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