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The Nana Yaga @nanicoolj.blacksky.app · 2h

Just when I thought the gold was going to kill me, there's the possibility of something worse.

Siobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social · 2h

At some point Trump is gonna d*e and JD Vance is gonna cover the whole dang whitehouse in gray laminate

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Patrick Spauster @patrickspauster.com · 2h

Every year I write the same, slightly grimmer story
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1 in 7 New York public school students experienced homelessness last school year, a record high.

For @citylimitsnews.bsky.social I discuss the troubling rise
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tru @thetrudz.photo · 2h

Lupin works because the duality of invisibility and hypervisibility of Blackness; they both function on a continuum that’s meant as erasure of “the human.” But this exact same erasure is what Assane capitalizes on, as a tool in his heist toolkit.

Highlighted portion of article (Sophie Gilbert; The Atlantic) excerpt reads: “At the Louvre, dressed in a formless jumpsuit and clutching a box of cleaning products, Assane blends in among the other janitors—people of color like himself—vacuuming carpets and taking out the trash. But in the same scene, when he shifts into his next character, an entrepreneur attending an auction, Assane saunters into the museum resplendent in a purple suit, smiling broadly and nodding hello to all the wealthy white patrons around him. The con relies on his conspicuousness in some circles as much as it does on his ability to be unseen.”

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Michelle @wmichellewho.blacksky.app · 2h

'As a single mother taking care of two young children, she has persisted in creating opportunities for herself by following her passions and never taking no for an answer. “When I read a lot of James Baldwin’s work, he said, ‘Go with the blood beats,’ and that means do what excites you.”'

Photographer Coreen Simpson’s illustrious career capturing Toni Morrison and Muhammad Ali: ‘I’ve never gotten bored’

Star-studded work from Simpson, whose instincts also led to success in jewelry design, is assembled in a new photo book

www.theguardian.com

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 2h

The judge wrote that school libraries are “loci of intellectual freedom,” and emphasized that students must be free to “inquire, to study and to evaluate, to gain new maturity and understanding.”

www.advocate.com/news/pentago...

Federal judge orders Pentagon to restore LGBTQ+ books, gender & diversity lessons in military schools

Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and DoDEA Director Beth Schiavino-Narvaez to comply immediately.

www.advocate.com

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · Apr 2

I'm just a lowly art historian, but in moments like these I always think back to one early sign of Trump's wanton, pointless destructiveness: his demolition of the priceless & irreplaceable Art Deco relief sculptures on facade of the Bonwit Teller building, which he tore down to build Trump Tower

Relief sculpture of a lithe figure in a dancing-like pose

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 2h

I’m not gonna repost the article bc people will read it without seeing this but you need to tap this and see what @nytimes.com published without disclosing the subject’s massive conflict of interest, looks like the Grey Lady is literally just publishing sponcon as editorial now

Boo Gurnett @bobgurnett.com · 3h

Hey at what point were you going to reveal that the woman who the story is based on is the Chief Marketing Office at a VC firm that is invested in a bunch of AI firms??????

www.canvas.vc/portfolio

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 3h

Stephen A. Smith’s pivot to political punditry is going as well as you’d expect

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Alan Fresco @alanf.bsky.social · 5h

I wonder what happens when you just don't go through with the purchase?
Does the world end up shopping like one does in Marrakesh? Walking away when an extortionate price is quoted. Being persuaded back, having a cup of tea and finally settling on 1/3 of the original quote?

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 5h

People often don't believe me or other repro health experts when we say this admin and its supporters (ahem, Heritage) are absolutely trying to remove access to WOMEN'S ABILITY TO CONTROL THEIR OWN REPRODUCTION.

And this isn't about raising birth rates. It's about restoring the gender hierarchy.

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 6h

The American Mind, a Claremont publication, is coming for birth control, declaring in a new article by Scott Yenor that the birth control pill has had “grave consequences for our society...” 10/20/25… 1/ americanmind.org/salvo/rfk-sh...

RFK Should Grill the Pill

Though the perceived benefits of birth control are loudly and publicly celebrated, its costs need to be fully exposed.

americanmind.org

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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 2h

Per Wikipedia: "The first small East Wing was built during the Theodore Roosevelt renovations; The East Wing as it exists today a two-story structure was added to the White House in 1942 primarily to cover the construction of an underground bunker" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Wing

East Wing - Wikipedia

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The Nana Yaga @nanicoolj.blacksky.app · 2h

How old is the White House East Wing compared to the Confederate statues they complained about being torn down?

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2h

the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction

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Samhain Night @samhainnight.bsky.social · 2h

Who is he paying to do this? What are the contractors names? Where is the money coming from to pay for this? Are there permits and if so who signed them?
The Supreme Court may have made him Teflon, but these people sure as hell aren't.
Call your Senators & demand and investigation!!!

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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 2h

The number of homeless children attending New York City public schools increased again in 2024-2025—rising for the fifth consecutive school year, and surpassing 150,000 for the first time. Some school districts had a deeper crisis than others: citylimits.org/nycs-record-...

NYC's Record-High Student Homelessness Numbers, by Neighborhood and Shelter Type - City Limits

The number of homeless children attending New York City public schools increased again in 2024-2025—rising for the fifth consecutive school year, and surpassing 150,000 for the first time. Some school...

citylimits.org

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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 5h

Bars

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Brunhilde2525 @brunhilde2525.bsky.social · 2h

Begging people to strip this surveillance gear out of their homes. No Alexa, no Nest thermostat, no Ring cameras, no gd internet linked refrigerators. An actually zone of privacy, for God’s sake.

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Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 2h

By a vote of 50-43, the Senate did not invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R.5371, the House passed CR. Senator Thune changed his vote to no and entered a motion to reconsider.

Senator Paul voted no.

Dem/Ind voting in favor: Senators Cortez Masto & King

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 3h

We can't talk or DO anything about the state of the internet until some people admit they believe that they are SUPPOSED to have better experiences than:

- old people
- Black people
- people with low follower accounts

and they are operating from contempt while doing sos

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 5h

Just cause the govt is shut down doesn't mean you can't call your reps.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 6h

genuine question, does anyone have standing to sue here

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 6h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 6h

It takes a village to raise our children, but a corporation to ruin them. No one employee can solely be blamed for the incredible amount of assistance JP Morgan Chase gave Epstein in continuing his human trafficking, but many chose to enable it even as they had reason and obligation to investigate.

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 7h

New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h

EMTALA requires universal care for “emergency medical conditions” regardless of a person’s insurance status.

In the decades since its passage, some patients have died hours after failing to receive care they were legally entitled to.

By @emcahan.bsky.social

Psychiatric Hospitals Turn Away Patients Who Need Urgent Care. The Facilities Face Few Consequences.

Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up.

www.propublica.org

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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 5h

I vaguely remember this interview as well. It happens all the time. Daniel Radcliffe is admitting he has racist friends. The quote is "I don't think friendship should be drawn along those lines".

And it allows us to ask a very simple and direct question. Why not?

Sonia @blackstarblues.bsky.social · 6h

I am often reminded of this interview with actor Daniel Radcliffe, saying the quiet part out loud. They mean well, kind of, sort of, but it's not like it's all that serious.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 5h

I can't really explain fully why this is the thing of all things that got my jaw on the floor but I guess it's such a literal symbol and also such a jaw dropping amount of money while small businesses are struggling to survive the tariffs

Such a visible "go fuck yourself"

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 6h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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