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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 1d

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 was published OTD in 1953.

“Remember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading of its own accord.”

#booksky 🐡

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.

Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · Sep 12

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.

Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

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Meghan Joyce Tozer @meghanjoyce.bsky.social · Sep 12

From 2018: socialistworker.org/2018/09/26/l...

Let’s have 40 days of choice against 40 days of lies

Today is the beginning of “40 Day for Life,” with anti-abortion bigots picketing in front of clinics. Pro-choice forces have to oppose them.

socialistworker.org

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Meghan Joyce Tozer @meghanjoyce.bsky.social · Sep 12

Don’t mess with the rainbow vest.

With #40DaysForLife / #40DaysForLies kicking off soon, clinic escorts are here to keep you safe, as always 💜
@ppactes.bsky.social @ppglobe.bsky.social

Two smiling women stand outside the Planned Parenthood clinic. They are dressed in rainbow vests that say: “Clinic Escort.”

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Tom Schaller @schaller67.bsky.social · Sep 11

You know who was also a young husband and father—not to mention ex-Marine—who died, not attacking others to make himself rich and powerful, but to save the lives of others?

David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.

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Law enforcement officers remember police officer killed in CDC shooting in Atlanta

Weeks after David Rose was killed while responding to a shooting this month at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, officers are remembering the DeKalb County police officer as a courageous leader who pri...

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Sep 11

There is violence all around us. Each day is a struggle to remain non-violent, as the poet Muriel Ruskeyser says here in "Waking This Morning." It is a way of life, a way forward. end/

Black text on a white background shows a short poem. It reads:
“I say across the waves of the air to you:
today once more
I will try to be non-violent
one more day
this morning, waking the world away
in the violent day.”

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Meghan Joyce Tozer @meghanjoyce.bsky.social · Sep 11

This is so sad and disappointing, coming from you.

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · Sep 10

I don't remember seeing any calls for violent retribution after a Minnesota state senator was assassinated, and it would have been nice not to see any today.

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · Sep 10

what a fucking way to find out magic is real

Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · Sep 8

If the far-right misogynist with a bad haircut wants to villainize independent women, Jezebel is more than happy to be the hag of his nightmares.
www.jezebel.com/we-paid-some...

We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk

If the far-right misogynist with a bad haircut wants to villainize independent women, Jezebel is more than happy to be the hag of his nightmares.

www.jezebel.com

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · Sep 8

Poster on a utility box. A drawing of a rabbit with a bandana around its neck and a lit match in its mouth. Text reads We can't just vote
fascism away, the
time has
Come to
DISOBEY
(be brave!)

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · Sep 7

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · Sep 7

I think I can speak for all of us when I say no, JD Vance definitely did not read To Kill A Mockingbird.

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · Sep 7

The gentleman from Kentucky is right.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Sep 2

"Rapist felon forces university to shutter women's center."

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Sep 2

Harvard is no longer committing to funding student affinity groups after closing the office space for the office of LGBTQ life and the Women's Center.

This university is run by craven cowards.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard College To Remove Designated Spaces for Women’s Center, Office for BGLTQ Student Life | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard College will close the designated spaces that previously housed the Women’s Center and the Office for BGLTQ Student Life, following a July decision to shutter those offices — along with one fo...

www.thecrimson.com

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Meghan Joyce Tozer @meghanjoyce.bsky.social · Aug 24

Boosting this so you might see it 🤞

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · Aug 21

Download and print "How To Report ICE" zines!
Available for:

DC Metro Area (DMV)
Durham
Massachusetts
Northern California (now including San Benito!)
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh

So Cal is being edited now.
If you have info on San Diego rapid response, please send!

drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Hand holding small black and white hand lettered zine titled "How to Report ICE and Help Keep Our Neighbors Safe"

hand holding open zine. Pages read: "S Size of group, A Actions/Activity, L Location, U Uniforms/Clothes, T Time/Date, E Equipment

Black and white illustration of a large eye looking down on a melting cube of ice

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Meghan Joyce Tozer @meghanjoyce.bsky.social · Aug 18

How do you respond to the feedback that writing this piece was morally despicable?

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Meghan Joyce Tozer @meghanjoyce.bsky.social · Aug 15

Bri is not a crank, nor is she a grifter. What do you know?

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Meghan Joyce Tozer @meghanjoyce.bsky.social · Aug 14

This technology is a nightmare.

But this particular man died while rushing through the dark with his suitcase *trying to cheat on his wife with a woman he met online* so… the story does have a silver lining for his wife, who obviously has karma on her side.

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Miriam @miriam.blacksky.app · Aug 13

This sounds going viral here’s the original Sinéad O’Connor performance

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Aug 7

Consumer facing "A.i." is about triggering the excretion of a mediocre product. It's a rejection of PROCESS. Life itself is process, not fucking product. Push "A.i." on kids and you rob them of the joyful experience of life itself. I am not exaggerating.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · Aug 8

The basketball dildo affair is honestly one of the most menacing things going on right now. It's portrayed as a joke, but it really has the vibe of raptors testing fences.

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · Aug 8

The fact that the president’s son joined in is a perfect summary of our times

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Meghan Joyce Tozer @meghanjoyce.bsky.social · Aug 8

The only people whose accounts matter are the women who survived these crimes. Many of them have been speaking up *for years.* Time to listen.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · Aug 7

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‘They deserve this transparency’: Rep. Ayanna Pressley calls for hearing with Epstein survivors

In a letter shared exclusively with The 19th, Democrats are pushing for a House Oversight Committee Hearing to prioritize survivor voices as a critical step towards holistic justice.

19thnews.org

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