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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 5h

There is an actual life-changing conflict between WFH being cheaper and more efficient, an entire layer of middle managers who need to have meetings to feel alive, and the commercial real estate cabal that runs all cities. It’s going to get so fucking weird.

Hell-Raea-ser 🦋✨🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @raea.meangirls.online · 5h

remote work is like birth control or UBI atp where there’s overwhelming research consensus they improve quality of life for people they apply to, yet access is impeded or blocked by the ruling class because the thought of marginalized ppl having rich full lives makes steam come out their ears

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 5h

imagine laying off a politics reporter based in portland oregon in the year 2025

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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shelly jay spooky 👻 (she/they) @shellyjayshore.bsky.social · 6h

he’s so good at this

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

An important message to the people of New York City.

More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday

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Trip Galey @trip.bsky.social · 13h

I have a PhD in narrative patterns and time with my tea this morning, so let’s talk about SCIENCE FANTASY!

Most people have heard of science fiction AND fantasy as separate genres, but science-fantasy as a genre has a more chequered history.

Things get fuzzy, so buckle in. 1/9

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1d

As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive

And do it often.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 22h

I notice this split a lot on social media: you can really tell who comes from a community that has been finding joy in the face of hardship for generations and who has had the luxury of feeling safe until so recently that they don't think anyone should continue to live until they feel safe again

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

I'm a bit of a dissent apologist for this reason

I understand the kinda nihilist dunks on them as meaningless, but i've seen too many dissents become majority opinions to think they don't have value--as doctrinal roadmaps, as mobilizing tools, as records of the truth when the majority lies, etc.

Aphrodite Void @aphroditevoid.bsky.social · 1d

If going forward we ever fulfill the actual promise of our Constitution, the dissents from this era of #SCOTUS are going to be very important and influential.

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shelly jay spooky 👻 (she/they) @shellyjayshore.bsky.social · 1d

i’ve slammed the first four of these books in the past month and every word of this is accurate

Queen Terrible Timy 🐼👑 @queensbookasylum.com · 1d

Today I review JACK OF THORNS, the first book in the Inheritance urban fantasy series by @poopraven.bsky.social.

"Jack of Thorns is only the beginning of what promises to be a wild - and very queer - ride."

queensbookasylum.com/2025/10/15/j...

#BookReview #Inheritance

Jack Of Thorns By A.K. Faulkner - Queen's Book Asylum

Timy reviews JACK OF THORNS, the first book in the Inheritance urban fantasy series by A.K. Faulkner.

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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 2d

Please just pay sex workers and read real erotica

The Verge @theverge.com · 2d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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shelly jay spooky 👻 (she/they) @shellyjayshore.bsky.social · 1d

oh????

Trip Galey @trip.bsky.social · 1d

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brendon bigley @bb.wavelengths.online · 1d

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 2d

I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.

I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.

Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet

Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man...

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Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 1d

god yes. democrats stop running for re-election when you are 79 years old

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 1d

I like Ed Markey a lot, but I’d like him even more if he passed the torch to a progressive successor who can represent Massachusetts for decades to come.

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 1d

Not a whit of hyperbole there -- this is *unbelievably* bad, truly shocking stuff. If you're a US citizen, you really need to hear this.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

This is unbelievably bad.

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 1d

In her journal, Octavia E. Butler wrote, "My pen and my paper, they comfort me—at least a little. They allow me to scream into utter silence. They focus my thoughts, they permit me to act when no other action is possible.” Keep writing.

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 1d

One reason I will never be rich is that if I had as much money as Elon or Bezos I’d make it my entire job to send life-changing sums of money to people who do shit like this. Your cat is cute? Here, have three million dollars

Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 2d

how happy we’d all be if this was all the internet was for

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☭Comrade Internet☭ @comradeinternet.bsky.social · 2d

Remember, for every person doing frontline work(anything involving active confrontation be it frog protests or anything spicier and more kinetic in nature), there is a critical need for something like seventeen people doing rear echelon work of every skill type.

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 2d

"So what do you suggest we do to fight Trump?"

Find people in your community who need help, and help them. We all have skills. Maybe it's giving rides to people who don't have cars. Maybe it's going to the grocery store so your immigrant or racialized neighbors don't have to when ICE is around.

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 2d

Feeling the need to remind myself of this Ursula K LeGuin quote today:

"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings."

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 2d

every tale of adventure could be improved by 1 to 7 gay sex scenes

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 3d

My hot take is that none of these are structure. These are all recipes that describe structure.

Structure is the Salt, Fat, Acid Heat of writing.

3-Act/Hero's Journey etc are recipes.

You can make great meals without using a recipe if you understand the principles of structure.

Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 4d

So #WritingCommunity how do we feel about structure?

Do you use the 3 act structure? The 5 act?

Hero's Journey? Save the Cat? Super Structure Method? Story Genius Method?

Something else?

What have you got?

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

This is a good point

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 2d

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

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MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, the 2000 election & the 2016 election

Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 2d

Was there ever a more epic press failure than the 2024 election

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d

Thinking fondly of all the pre-election fact-checks that said we couldn’t possibly know whether Republicans wanted to get rid of pre-existing condition protections.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 2d

Ta-Nehisi Coates speaking to Ezra Klein. Quote: "Was silence not an option?"

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