James Bearden
@jeb1945.bsky.social
Misogyny Rules
“All that they will portray it as is disrespectful lesbian women who are not obeying men in power.”
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/the-ca...
“All that they will portray it as is disrespectful lesbian women who are not obeying men in power.”
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/the-ca...
The Campaign to Destroy Renee Good
After an ICE agent shot and killed the Minneapolis mother, conservative media launched an all-out attack on her reputation. Her identity as a queer woman was central to it.
www.wired.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Misogyny Rules
“All that they will portray it as is disrespectful lesbian women who are not obeying men in power.”
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/the-ca...
“All that they will portray it as is disrespectful lesbian women who are not obeying men in power.”
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/the-ca...
Trump is attacking the most social democratic state government in the US. It’s not about immigration. It’s about punishing Minnesota. Anyone who criticizes Trump or ICE “must” be a criminal by definition.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Trump Administration Begins Criminal Inquiry Into Minnesota Leaders
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Trump is attacking the most social democratic state government in the US. It’s not about immigration. It’s about punishing Minnesota. Anyone who criticizes Trump or ICE “must” be a criminal by definition.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Arwa Mahdawi column.
“Spare me the sanctimony from two people who worked overtime to justify (and deny) Israel’s genocide in Gaza …For the Clintons, however, the moral red line seems to be harm to their personal brand. They are not fighting for the country here, they are fighting for themselves”
“Spare me the sanctimony from two people who worked overtime to justify (and deny) Israel’s genocide in Gaza …For the Clintons, however, the moral red line seems to be harm to their personal brand. They are not fighting for the country here, they are fighting for themselves”
The Republicans’ latest Clinton stunt will not work | Arwa Mahdawi
The Republicans’ latest Clinton stunt will not work | Arwa Mahdawi
Focusing on the ex-president won’t distract Americans from the Trump administration’s foot-dragging on the Epstein files
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Arwa Mahdawi column.
“Spare me the sanctimony from two people who worked overtime to justify (and deny) Israel’s genocide in Gaza …For the Clintons, however, the moral red line seems to be harm to their personal brand. They are not fighting for the country here, they are fighting for themselves”
“Spare me the sanctimony from two people who worked overtime to justify (and deny) Israel’s genocide in Gaza …For the Clintons, however, the moral red line seems to be harm to their personal brand. They are not fighting for the country here, they are fighting for themselves”
Ha!
“OpenAI says ads will not influence ChatGPT’s responses, and that it won’t sell user data to advertisers.”
@knowentry.com
www.wired.com/story/openai...
“OpenAI says ads will not influence ChatGPT’s responses, and that it won’t sell user data to advertisers.”
@knowentry.com
www.wired.com/story/openai...
Ads Are Coming to ChatGPT. Here’s How They’ll Work
OpenAI says ads will not influence ChatGPT’s responses, and that it won’t sell user data to advertisers.
www.wired.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Ha!
“OpenAI says ads will not influence ChatGPT’s responses, and that it won’t sell user data to advertisers.”
@knowentry.com
www.wired.com/story/openai...
“OpenAI says ads will not influence ChatGPT’s responses, and that it won’t sell user data to advertisers.”
@knowentry.com
www.wired.com/story/openai...
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Falsely accused of eating pets, and worse, Haitians in Springfield have survived harassment, and now fear deportation.
After Haitians Endured Campaign Lies, An Ohio Town Prepares For ICE
Falsely accused of eating pets, and worse, Haitians in Springfield have survived harassment, and now fear deportation.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Falsely accused of eating pets, and worse, Haitians in Springfield have survived harassment, and now fear deportation.
ICE kills poets, but it cannot kill poetry. Write On!
#poetry @poetrydaily.bsky.social
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
#poetry @poetrydaily.bsky.social
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
2020 Academy of American Poets Prize
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin
poets.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM
ICE kills poets, but it cannot kill poetry. Write On!
#poetry @poetrydaily.bsky.social
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
#poetry @poetrydaily.bsky.social
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
The Fed is not the greatest friend of working class people, but the economy is in safer hands with the Fed than it is than with a Trump dominated Fed.
Nice little independent central bank you got right there. Would be a shame if something happened to it.
Sen. Kevin Cramer: "Maybe the point should be if you're the attorney for Jay Powell and you want to avoid an indictment, how about you go to Jeanine Pirro and say, 'I'll make a deal. I'll step down today if you drop the investigation today.' To me, that would be a win win for everybody."
January 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM
The Fed is not the greatest friend of working class people, but the economy is in safer hands with the Fed than it is than with a Trump dominated Fed.
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I also send my kid to a school that values social justice and teaches students about current events.
Do I deserve to get shot in the face, too?
bsky.app/profile/nypo...
Do I deserve to get shot in the face, too?
bsky.app/profile/nypo...
Renee Good’s 6-year-old attends ‘social justice’ school that teaches about George Floyd, warned staffers to report ICE
Renee Good’s 6-year-old attends ‘social justice’ school that teaches about George Floyd, warned staffers to report ICE
Good, 37 — who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis Wednesday — has a 6-year-old at the Southside Family Charter School, which believes in "involving children in political and social activism" to fight "racism, sexism, classism and homophobia."
nypost.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:32 AM
I also send my kid to a school that values social justice and teaches students about current events.
Do I deserve to get shot in the face, too?
bsky.app/profile/nypo...
Do I deserve to get shot in the face, too?
bsky.app/profile/nypo...
Creative Columbian women, Jacarandas, promoting “Aborto Libre”
@jessicavalenti.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
@jessicavalenti.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘It’s not the 90s any more’: the all-women team reinventing abortion advice for the TikTok age
The irreverent approach of the Colombian hotline Jacarandas has made it the most-followed abortion account on social media in the Spanish-speaking world
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Creative Columbian women, Jacarandas, promoting “Aborto Libre”
@jessicavalenti.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
@jessicavalenti.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
If you live in New York, contact the Governor and tell her. @governor.ny.gov
Send @governor.ny.gov a letter and let her know -- New Yorkers want public renewables, not poisonous fracked gas and higher utility bills! actionnetwork.org/letters/2026...
Fund Public Renewables to Lower Our Bills!
The twin crises of climate change and the cost of living require immediate action. As Donald Trump and the Republican Congress continue to fan the flames of the crisis, it is up to states like New Yor...
actionnetwork.org
January 12, 2026 at 4:44 PM
If you live in New York, contact the Governor and tell her. @governor.ny.gov
45% of Texas respondents say “gone to far” and %48 say “about right” or “not far enough”. But the division is stark when you look at responses by race and ethnicity.
#texaspoliticsproject
texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/views-on...
#texaspoliticsproject
texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/views-on...
Views on Trump Administration Enforcement of Federal Immigration Laws (December 2025)
Public opinion polling and analysis from the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin.
texaspolitics.utexas.edu
January 10, 2026 at 1:41 PM
45% of Texas respondents say “gone to far” and %48 say “about right” or “not far enough”. But the division is stark when you look at responses by race and ethnicity.
#texaspoliticsproject
texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/views-on...
#texaspoliticsproject
texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/views-on...
This raging culture war, driven by the right wing racists is relentless. They clearly want to control thoughts.
www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood...
We’re banning Slaughterhouse 5 and The Kite Runner now? Not even trying to hide that we don’t want our kids to think anymore.
We’re banning Slaughterhouse 5 and The Kite Runner now? Not even trying to hide that we don’t want our kids to think anymore.
‘Wicked,’ ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ among new batch of books banned at area schools
Katy ISD has banned 14 new books since the start of the school year in August. Several of the titles have been in circulation for more than 60 years.
www.houstonchronicle.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:32 PM
This raging culture war, driven by the right wing racists is relentless. They clearly want to control thoughts.
I’ve never encountered #wipsnips before. It’s more fun for writers, but we readers can enjoy it too.
Today’s #wipsnips word is “table”. This table happens to be in a #fertilityclinic. #writingcommunity #writingprompts #writersky #writesky #amwriting #ivf
January 9, 2026 at 7:28 PM
I’ve never encountered #wipsnips before. It’s more fun for writers, but we readers can enjoy it too.
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Nearly every industry lost jobs or flatlined in the past year
January 9, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Nearly every industry lost jobs or flatlined in the past year
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Excellent story on Wegmans and how it collects and uses our data. Erie County DA says facial recognition is NOT used in prosecution of shoplifters. Erie now considering disclosure law.
Wegmans in Buffalo surveilling shoppers, collecting reams of data
Wegmans has made headlines for its use of facial recognition technology in NYC. But the business is collecting tons of other shopper data, too.
www.investigativepost.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Excellent story on Wegmans and how it collects and uses our data. Erie County DA says facial recognition is NOT used in prosecution of shoplifters. Erie now considering disclosure law.
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23. The difference between what happened to Renee Nicole Good and what administration officials say happened to her is so obvious that Trump is no longer taking any chances.
January 9, 2026 at 2:25 PM
23. The difference between what happened to Renee Nicole Good and what administration officials say happened to her is so obvious that Trump is no longer taking any chances.
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Minnesota Attorney General @ag.state.mn.us on calls ICE escalation in the state “Third Reich stuff” and encourages peaceful protest.
January 9, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Minnesota Attorney General @ag.state.mn.us on calls ICE escalation in the state “Third Reich stuff” and encourages peaceful protest.
@governor.ny.gov please act on this!
Nonprofits keep millions of New Yorkers housed, fed, and safe — but delayed state payments put those services at risk.
Our President & CEO explains why reform can’t wait:
www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/09/h...
Our President & CEO explains why reform can’t wait:
www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/09/h...
Hochul must fix nonprofits’ contract problems
Nonprofit organizations keep millions of New Yorkers housed, fed, safe, and supported. They shelter survivors of domestic violence, represent families facing eviction, run after-school programs, sh…
www.nydailynews.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
@governor.ny.gov please act on this!
