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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 8h

No Kings 10/18/2025
Go Seattle🪳

Bellmora @bellmora.bsky.social · 17h

Also Seattle!

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 23h

I don't think folks have any conception of how radicalized a lot of moms are becoming as they go through shit like "will my babysitter get kidnapped" and "will my child be able to get the measles vaccine"

Cameron @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 1d

every smug internet communist tweet about showing up to a No Kings protest with an abolish ICE shirt to scare the libs is getting completely mogged by the real-life winemoms showing up with slogans like "ICE will melt in hell"

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Ian @ianagp.bsky.social · 3d

Gen AI isn't going away. That doesn't mean we should use it, but understand that this isn't just a passing phenomenon.

The internet is rapidly degrading to being all but useless for accurate information at the exact moment the mainstream media is likewise degrading.

This is a crisis.

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Emily White @emwhitenoise.bsky.social · 16d

College radio stations are seeing a surge in student interest.

Stations that once struggled to fill airtime are now overflowing with student DJs.

I spoke to 7 college radio stations across the U.S. to understand what is driving the revival:

emwhitenoise.substack.com/p/gen-zs-col...

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Wait I Saw A Leaf @waitisawaleaf.bsky.social · 15d

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 21d

We don't, there will be a new (and hopefully better) normal after this, that said, for the rest of our lives we'll have to be aware a non-trivial number of neighbors and fellows voted for actual fascism, and that's always going to be a bummer

AnxiousIntrovert, MS @anxiousintrovert19.bsky.social · 21d

How do we return to any semblance of normal after all this is said and done?

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 21d

Epstein survivors support effort to release records in full, w/ redactions only to protect victims
"The only motive for opposing this bill would be to conceal wrongdoing.You have a choice. Stand with the truth or with the lies that have protected predators for decades."
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Epstein survivors join with lawmakers in calling for full release of government files

Standing in front of the U.S. Capitol, a group of eight survivors shared emotional stories of abuse and demanded more transparency from Congress on the government's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

www.npr.org

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Wait I Saw A Leaf @waitisawaleaf.bsky.social · 21d

I want to be hopeful. It’s often very difficult.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 21d

Talking about healthcare while people are getting snatched up off the streets and bloodthirsty soldiers are invading their own country because people have blue hair is actually so unserious.

Everybody with a brain knows that until that shit stops healthcare or any other social good is off the table

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Raptorized Ira @raptorizedira.bsky.social · 21d

Whenever you feel that everything sucks, smash that search button and look for Raptorized Ira's Thread of Threads, which begins here. Everything may still suck but at least you can pass your time scrolling through many posts with pictures that you might like.

First, my poster thread:

Raptorized Ira @raptorizedira.bsky.social · Aug 3

This article has inspired me to post a thread of posters. They start in the next post.

Comic Book Couples Counseling @cbccpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 3

“But Who Gets the Comic Books?
When collectors die, their families face a lot of decisions, including what to do with a hundred Superman figurines” by George Gene Gustines via New York Times (7/30/23): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/30/style/collectors-estates.html

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Wait I Saw A Leaf @waitisawaleaf.bsky.social · 21d

I’m sure enough new things will be made illegal for the prison industry to survive and prosper

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Wait I Saw A Leaf @waitisawaleaf.bsky.social · 21d

IKR? Shocking, really.

Wait I Saw A Leaf @waitisawaleaf.bsky.social · 22d

The experience you get from making mistakes is usually worth it, especially when the mistakes are low cost like “wrong running group” 😄

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Wait I Saw A Leaf @waitisawaleaf.bsky.social · 22d

Men’s deodorant is made for hair, and women’s for smooth skin, I would think. I do know that women’s products didn’t work well for me when I stopped shaving for a few years. A lot of “men’s” products seem to be more lifestyle than biology.

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 22d

the thing about incarcerated trans people is that virtually no one will stand up for them & that’s fucking horrific because i literally cannot think of a worse place to be a trans person in america than prison.

if you’re cis you should read this.

trans people, keep on scrolling; you already know.

Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 22d

A new complaint from ACLU and other human rights groups details how the warden at a Lousiana ICE facility created an unofficial “work program” of manual labor and sexual humiliation for trans men at the facility. This is very hard to read.

rfkhumanrights.org/wp-content/u...

I. Factual Background
The facts presented below are drawn from the testimonies of four survivors: Mario, Monica, Kenia, and Jane Doe. These facts demonstrate systemic abuse at SLIPC.
Forced Labor Targeting Transgender and LGBTQ+ People
Assistant Warden Mr. Manuel Reyes ("AW Reyes") ran an unsanctioned 'night shift cleaning crew' between 8:00 pm and 6:00 am. This program was not reported in official records and targeted transgender and LGBTQ+ detained people. Mario, Monica, and Kenia were forced into hard manual labor without protective equipment. Tasks included stripping floors, painting, and exposure to industrial-strength chemicals, causing burns, respiratory distress, and lasting injuries.
Sexual Assault, Harassment and Exploitation
AW Reyes stalked, harassed, and assaulted detained people in camera 'blind spots.' Mario and Monica witnessed AW Reyes coercing sexual acts from others. Monica was groped and assaulted multiple times. AW Reyes also told him that he watched him shower on cameras. Kenia was harassed and threatened with retaliation when refusing to cooperate. Jane Doe was repeatedly stalked, groped, and coerced into performing oral sex under threat to her and her family.

The survivors' individual stories are detailed below:
Monica (he/him); Transgender Man; Detained Since May 9, 2023
Monica has been detained by ICE continuously since on or about May 9, 2023. In late September 2023, AW Reyes approached Monica about joining a "cleaning crew" to work an "off the books night shift program," alongside another transgender man detained at SLIPC. That month, Monica began to perform hard manual labor at the instruction of AW Reyes. The "shifts" occurred late at night, between the hours of 8:00 pm and 6:00 am. Unlike the other work programs at SLIPC, these work shifts were not recorded in a formal log book or shift schedule. AW Reyes approached transgender people and masculine-presenting LGBTQ+ people to participate in this "program." Each person targeted by AW Reyes identified as transgender or LGBTQ+.
AW Reyes would enter the housing units and wake up Monica and the others and bring them to do hard manual labor in various locations inside SLIPC. The "shifts" were randomized and Monica and the others did not have a designated schedule. AW Reyes would compensate them for their labor at times by adding $1/day into their commissary accounts. Other times, he would bring a trash bag full of commissary items and give them to Monica and the others.
AW Reyes routinely entered the housing unit late at night, between two and three o'clock in the morning, while detained people were sleeping. He would walk around the unit while people were sleeping and take people's used underwear and sanitary pads from the housing unit. Monica witnessed him say to a detained woman walking to her bunk in her nightshirt, "Is that how your breasts bounce when you are fucking?"
AW Reyes required Monica and others to perform hard manual labor without any personal protective equipment, resulting in significant health risks and physical injuries. Despite repeated requests, Monica and others were denied access to gloves, face shields, and steel-toed boots. In response to these…

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AJ @ajknights.bsky.social · 23d

There's a reason authoritarian regimes crack down on artists first. Because ART speaks to people more than anything else in this world. ART informs our hearts and our minds. Art forms bridges between our souls. Art heals what the world breaks.

So yes. Promote the art. Keep making the art. Please.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 27d

I cannot emphasize this enough:

The regime has overextended itself. It is vulnerable to protest and dissent.

They have not consolidated power and we are entirely capable of keeping them from doing so.

Doomers are not realists.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 27d

Breaking: Jimmy Kimmel to return Tuesday.

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Wait I Saw A Leaf @waitisawaleaf.bsky.social · 24d

True, sometimes a near miss just makes the itch for a nonexistent story worse

Wait I Saw A Leaf @waitisawaleaf.bsky.social · 24d

Not *exactly* what you described (not a puppy) but close enough I hope:

archiveofourown.org/works/14078862

archiveofourown.org/works/14078862

The Accidental Animagus - Chapter 1 - White_Squirrel - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

archiveofourown.org

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Wait I Saw A Leaf @waitisawaleaf.bsky.social · 24d

Workspaces don’t assign cubes anymore you just go to the first available and hope a friend is nearby to talk to

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d

Hillary Clinton: "Good lord -- the things that have been said about me, the lies that have been propagated. If I had only known I could call up the FCC chair and say, 'Take this person off the air! Off with his head!' You have to laugh about it so you don't cry."

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Wait I Saw A Leaf @waitisawaleaf.bsky.social · 24d

I might have to resort to reading my TBR pile of actual paper books

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