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Ignacio Sanchez Prado @isanchezprado.bsky.social · 10h

Good morning! My comrade @annakornbluh.bsky.social and I published today in Hyperallrgic ean op-ed about the gutting of our right to culture and the ways to defend and fight back. Link below!

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h

Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 6h

Absolutely incredible work here from @hankgreen.bsky.social:

I Need 1% of Georgia to Watch This Video

YouTube video by Hank Green

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

You can get that PROTECT TRANS YOUTH t-shirt, designed by @tombofnull.bsky.social, from @greenpeapress.bsky.social! Proceeds benefit Huntsville's Free LGBTQ+ Closet!
www.greenpeapress.com/shop/p/prote...

Protect Trans Youth — Green Pea Press

Due to the very sudden influx of orders of this product, we are currently working to restock low quantities. We must have gone viral, y’all! Please sign up to receive a restock notifications. Thank yo...

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Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 1d

Strongly recommend reading the whole article…very insightful.

P.S., Now’s a great time to start masking again.

Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 1d

‘While SARS-CoV-2 does not cause HIV/AIDS, its ability to induce immune dysfunction—including T cell depletion & dysfunction, increased susceptibility to infection incl opportunistic, accelerated bio aging, neurological, & systemic damage provide parallels... .’
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...

COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?

COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is often compared to other pandemics for its societal and global health impact, with some commentators drawing parallels to HIV/AIDS due to the immune dysfunction caused ...

www.ajpmfocus.org

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Lindsey Decker @lindseydecker.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I forget that the wall is a subplot in this show and not its own extremely compelling, serious and dramatic but also funny, Vince-Gilligan-style-but-animated series. Sad to see it end, but it's been a very fun ride!

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 2d

The final season of #SolarOpposites is NOW STREAMING on HULU and with Hulu on Disney+!

THE ALIENS
THE WALL
IT ALL COMES TO THIS

Tell your parents to resubscribe so you can use their account.

Final season of Solar Opposites poster - now streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 2d

Today's newsletter is all about this brilliant ad www.readtpa.com/p/a-politici...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

This is such a thorough take down of Bari Weiss and the vapid shill she is for oligarch billionaires. He especially shreds the Free Press over it's coverage of trans issues and the so called whistleblower Jamie Reed.

youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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matthew @pahuski.com · 2d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 2d

Relevant today, as always.

Don't We Have To Judge People By The Standards Of Their Time?

Many who reach for this cliché want it to function as a shield against judgment altogether.

contingentmagazine.org

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 3d

Today I'm doing a talk about Women and the (early) Gothic and it might be time for a list!

So here are ten early women writers of the Gothic to give an idea of the range of things that women were creating in the period!

a cartoon of a wizard holding a wand and a purple pot

Alt: a cartoon of a wizard holding a wand and conjuring books into a purple bag

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Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 3d

This is known as the Mel Brooks method www.slashfilm.com/1109726/mel-...

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 3d

Students from Cheyfitz’s course speak out against his suspension and explain what happened in the classroom leading up to it. www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...

We Took Cheyfitz’s Class on Gaza. His Suspension Violates Academic Freedom.

Nine students who took the course on "Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance" contextualize the dispute that led to the suspension of Professor Eric Cheyfitz. They argue that his treatment by the University am...

www.cornellsun.com

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Rue Morgue Magazine @ruemorguemag.bsky.social · 4d

On this day in Horror History, BLACK CHRISTMAS was released in 1974.

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Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social · Sep 10

film and media studies friends, we are hiring! we are an inclusive + supportive program, one hour from philly and nyc. position starts end of january; review starts october 17. please spread the word and reach out w/ questions. provost.lafayette.edu/2026-27-film...

2026-27 Film and Media Studies Program, Visiting Assistant Professor · Provost · Lafayette College

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

ICE will reportedly hire contractors to surveil social media platforms 24/7 to target people for deportations.

The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).

"The party of small government,” folks.

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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 6d

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 6d

This is the episode you have been waiting for.

The End of Sport @endofsportpod.bsky.social · 6d

Ep. 170: The Pseudoscience of Trans Exclusion

In a LONG awaited and vital ep, the whole crew is joined by Sheree Bekker and @annaposbergh.bsky.social to delve into and refute the 'science' deployed to justify the anti-trans movement in sport.

open.spotify.com/episode/0IO2...

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 6d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Adam Conover @adamconover.net · 6d

Check out the new Factually! episode with Cory Doctorow wherever you get podcasts: The Enshittification of Everything

» Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

» Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3HeN...

» YouTube: youtu.be/P1EKQidRooc

The Ensh*ttification of Everything with Cory Doctorow

Podcast Episode · Factually! with Adam Conover · 10/08/2025 · 1h 46m

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7d

The essence of Bari Weiss: not reporting, but crude partisan propaganda presented in the form of reporting—and usually pronounced from the mouths of anonymous sources which likely don't exist. Expect this sort of prolefeed at CBS News soon.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 8d

🔥 As you may have seen, in recent days, I've been going to the Broadview ICE facility near where I live. For @vanityfair.com I wrote about those protests & the hell that the Chicago area is being put through thanks to ICE/DHS. I hope you'll read this & share it. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Postcard From Chicago: There’s an ICE Facility in My Backyard

Chicago was not a war zone when Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz began. DHS and ICE have made it one.

www.vanityfair.com

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