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Confused, earnest, tired, trans. They/she. ייִדיש לערנער
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BexM @bexm.bsky.social · Mar 20
11 years! Feels like to mark the occasion I should add one more item to the thread and it’s going to be:

Prayer for Transformation by Kalonymus ben Kalonymus

“Cursed be the one who announced to my father:
‘It’s a boy!…’”

opensiddur.org/prayers/civi...
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gwensnyder.bsky.social
"One Torah that survived the Holocaust was in a glass case and was undamaged in the fire."
katzish.bsky.social Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 1h
Horrible. Arson attack today at Mississippi’s largest synagogue, on Shabbat, destroyed multiple Torahs and left parts of the building in ruins
mississippitoday.org Mississippi Today @mississippitoday.org · 1h
Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins

A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
January 11, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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alfredtwu.com
New research confirms what many of us see: there's a large internal migration of LGBTQ people in the US, especially trans people, to friendlier states & cities.
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
Bar chart showing stats for transgender and nonbinary people, and all LGBTQ people, with survey responses. At least one of the listed actions: 84% of trans people, 57% of all LGBTQ Taken steps to be LESS visible as an LGBTQ person in your community (for example, at work or school): 55%, 24% Considered moving to a different state: 43%, 25% Joined or started participating in LGBTQ advocacy/activism where you live: 38%, 21% Joined or started participating in LGBTQ community or recreational opportunities where you live: 38%, 21% Considered a different job/place of work: 36%, 18% Taken steps to be MORE visible as an LGBTQ person in your community (for example, at work or school): 31%, 18% Tried to update name or gender marker on identity documents: 27%, 9% Gotten a different job or place of work: 22%, 11% Gone to another state to get medical care: 24%, 8% Actually moved to a different state: 9%, 5% Source: MAP(Movement Advancement Project)/NORC survey of 1,055 LGBTQ U.S. adults, conducted May 29 - June 13, 2025.
January 10, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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artrage.bsky.social
Read the poem in it's entirety: poets.org/poem/renee-n...
January 10, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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dryad.technology
This should be illegal when Doug Ford does it and it should be illegal when Mark Carney does it
thestar.com Toronto Star @thestar.com · 1d
The Liberals can now toot their own horn and use their own slogans in taxpayer-funded ads and they can even advertise programs before Parliament signs off on them.
Carney government alters federal ad rules set up to curb ‘partisan agendas’
Ottawa made tweaks to advertising review criteria first established under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government.
www.thestar.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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velveteenrabbi.bsky.social
New at #VelveteenRabbi: a d'var #Torah for #Shemot velveteenrabbi.com/2026/01/09/h...
Holy Fire: Shemot 5786
This week we’re beginning the book of Exodus – in Hebrew, called Shemot, “Names.” We open this book with the names of those who came down to Egypt with Yosef. And then we read that a new Pharaoh ar…
velveteenrabbi.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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trungles.com
I think you’re already doing the thing, and that’s so heartening. Thank you for asking. I’ve got great resources in my neighbors and friends here! Otherwise, if you wanna share around these orgs, that would also be amazing. bsky.app/profile/anni...
January 10, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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dryad.technology
I really want to stress the extent to which, in 1992, *no one accepted the idea O'Connor did this for a reason*. Any reason! She was generally assumed to be "crazy". The line is "well in 1992, no one knew". Yet somehow, at the time all us nine-year-olds knew "jokes" about what happened to altar boys
dryad.technology mcc @dryad.technology · 1d
What I'm listening to today: "War"

Sinead O'Connor covering Bob Marley, stripped down, sharpened, into something like a weapon. This ran live on TV and all anyone talked about was the career-ending final seconds. No one understood why she did it. Child abuse? Absurd

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZINQ...
Sinead O'Connor - War (Legendas Em Português)
YouTube video by ROLLANDOROCHA
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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emilylhauser.bsky.social
Wow it's been a week.

May we rage when we must and rest when we can.
May we build the peace we so desperately need.
May we turn our hands, in all things, to the justice that peace requires.

The only liberation is a shared liberation. May we have courage sufficient to build it.

Shabbat shalom ❤️
January 9, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
A 35 year old letter to the editor, written by a very ballsy 15 year old, about the Rodney King verdict.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
bexm.bsky.social
שבת שלום

Feels like a week where we need it more than most
January 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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jesikalashnikov.bsky.social
she is the poem by june bates I don't love women the way men love women. I don't want to tame them. I don't want to own them. I don't want to treat them like a trophy in a case. I just want to be close to them. It's still hunger, but a different kind of hunger -I almost didn 't recognize it at first.
January 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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midimyers.com
a cool article about a cool website ;)
January 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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upandoutcomic.bsky.social
A moment talking to a cis girl a few months back. Sometimes I forget what I look like nowadays 😅
January 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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danielleri.bsky.social
It's been a long, horrible time in games media, but finding out about this put a giant smile on my face: bsky.app/profile/game...
January 9, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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josie.zone
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:

archive.is/ur35j
First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family. This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind, In fact, kindness radiated out of her. Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn't wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine, Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it Where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole. Like people have done across place and time, we moved to make a better life for ourselves. We chose Minnesota to make our home. Our whole extended road trip here, we held hands in the car while our son drew all over the windows to pass the time and the miles, What we found when we got here was a vibrant and welcoming community, we made friends and spread joy: And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever. We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns. Renee leaves behind three extraordinary children; the youngest is just six years old and already lost his father. I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way. We thank you for the privacy you are granting our family as we grieve. We thank you for ensuring that Renee's legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love. E
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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lopatto.bsky.social
hey uh if you have autoplay on videos still NOW is the time to turn it off
January 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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brucebuckman.bsky.social
It’s legitimately amazing how using a chatbot UI for your LLM has successfully gaslit whole swathes of the media into treating it as a verified source for news about itself.
owenblacker.bsky.social Owen Blacker @owenblacker.bsky.social · 1d
In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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meredithgran.com
Perfect Tides: Station to Station has been nominated for two IGF awards:

-Excellence in Narrative
-Seumas McNally Grand Prize

This is such a tremendous honor, and what a nice hurrah as and the team and the playtesters and I race towards the finish line.

Nomination list: tinyurl.com/2zzt8sw4
Perfect Tides: Station to Station logo with Mara, the protagonist
January 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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magicmooshka.bsky.social
it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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halfrobot.com
Big congrats to IGF nominees including the controversial Horses, plus many home-grown crops from these parts like Baby Steps, Ball X Pit, Kiloton by @jackmorehart.bsky.social and AP's mystery-shrouded recently-unwrapped Titanium Court which you can now wishlist
store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/...
Titanium Court on Steam
A surreal strategy game for clowns and criminals.
store.steampowered.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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josie.zone
Every murder committed by this regime is a world ended, but I have to confess that I'm hit especially hard by the death of a fellow woman who realized she was queer in her thirties and had only been in her first queer relationship for a few years
josie.zone 🏳️‍⚧️ Tár-Tár Binks @josie.zone · 1d
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:

archive.is/ur35j
First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family. This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind, In fact, kindness radiated out of her. Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn't wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine, Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it Where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole. Like people have done across place and time, we moved to make a better life for ourselves. We chose Minnesota to make our home. Our whole extended road trip here, we held hands in the car while our son drew all over the windows to pass the time and the miles, What we found when we got here was a vibrant and welcoming community, we made friends and spread joy: And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever. We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns. Renee leaves behind three extraordinary children; the youngest is just six years old and already lost his father. I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way. We thank you for the privacy you are granting our family as we grieve. We thank you for ensuring that Renee's legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love. E
January 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
bexm.bsky.social
I'm very tired. In addition to the whole "cis people making this character while DC fires trans women for being too vocally antifascist" thing, the "she's sneakily way stronger than she looks" thing is pretty uncomfortable given the way trans women and girls participating in sports are targeted...
January 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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andrewhickey.500songs.com
Famously knocked John Lennon off number one two weeks after his murder.
slowbikeiain.bsky.social Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 1d
Arguably Stockport's most successful band: number 1 in UK and Ireland, and the highest-selling UK single of 1980. They don't make chart topping hits like this any more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhE0...
St Winifred's School Choir - There's No One Quite Like Grandma - Top of the Pops - Peter Powell
YouTube video by topofthebobs
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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luxalptraum.com
Just gonna note that about 20 years ago a friend needed an abortion and had a bad experience with PPNYC so I sent them to the place my work took teens who needed abortions which still exists and still provides abortions and takes Medicaid eastsidegynecology.com/home/
January 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This approach, of course, is quite familiar to communities that have been dealing with police abuses for as long as there have been professional police forces. In 2000, then–New York City Mayor and future Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani justified the killing of the Haitian American Patrick Dorismond by police by quipping that he was “no altar boy.” Embarrassingly for Giuliani, whose capacity for shame was overestimated even then, it turned out that Dorismond had literally been an altar boy. Dorismond’s mother responded to the campaign to justify her son’s killing with an observation that continues to haunt me decades later. “They kill,” Dorismond said, “and after that, they kill him the other way—with the mouth.” Taking Good’s life wasn’t enough. The moment she died, it became imperative for the administration to also destroy her memory.
January 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM