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Well. Here we are with a new social media app in 2024.
Cory Doctorow will never be on here, but if you don’t read his newsletters, you should! pluralistic.net
Cory Doctorow will never be on here, but if you don’t read his newsletters, you should! pluralistic.net
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Don’t let this die. Keep elevating this.
Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”
August 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Don’t let this die. Keep elevating this.
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Instead of helping people get good jobs, Donald Trump just fired the statistician who reported bad jobs data that the wanna-be king doesn't like.
August 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Instead of helping people get good jobs, Donald Trump just fired the statistician who reported bad jobs data that the wanna-be king doesn't like.
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Gaza is being starved. Fuck anyone that says differently
August 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Gaza is being starved. Fuck anyone that says differently
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this week's post talks about what it means to build a better world by failing to build a better world
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/revolution...
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/revolution...
August 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
this week's post talks about what it means to build a better world by failing to build a better world
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/revolution...
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/revolution...
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#tdih 1952 22-yr-old WAC Sarah Louise Keys Evans from NC bravely refused to give up her seat for a white man on charter bus from NJ to NC.
She was arrested, filed suit (with lawyer Dovey J. Roundtree), & won in Keys v. Carolina Coach Co. #TeachTruth
Read ⬇️. 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sa...
She was arrested, filed suit (with lawyer Dovey J. Roundtree), & won in Keys v. Carolina Coach Co. #TeachTruth
Read ⬇️. 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sa...
Aug. 1, 1952: Sarah Keys Refuses to Give Up Her Seat on a Bus
Sarah Keys refused to give up her seat on a state-to-state charter bus, prompting the landmark court case, Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company.
www.zinnedproject.org
August 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#tdih 1952 22-yr-old WAC Sarah Louise Keys Evans from NC bravely refused to give up her seat for a white man on charter bus from NJ to NC.
She was arrested, filed suit (with lawyer Dovey J. Roundtree), & won in Keys v. Carolina Coach Co. #TeachTruth
Read ⬇️. 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sa...
She was arrested, filed suit (with lawyer Dovey J. Roundtree), & won in Keys v. Carolina Coach Co. #TeachTruth
Read ⬇️. 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sa...
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Trump shrugged off today’s disappointing job numbers by calling them “phony” and accusing the Bureau of Labor Statistics of manipulating data to hurt him politically. His solution? Fire whoever gave him numbers he didn’t like.
August 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Trump shrugged off today’s disappointing job numbers by calling them “phony” and accusing the Bureau of Labor Statistics of manipulating data to hurt him politically. His solution? Fire whoever gave him numbers he didn’t like.
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We asked Americans if six different types of online scams or attacks had happened to them. Overall, about three-quarters (73%) say at least one has, with 32% saying it’s happened in the past year. 🧵👇
August 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We asked Americans if six different types of online scams or attacks had happened to them. Overall, about three-quarters (73%) say at least one has, with 32% saying it’s happened in the past year. 🧵👇
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How climate disasters, human sprawl—and now Trump—are coming for the Eastern hellbender, America’s largest salamander
Legend has it this salamander came from hell. We’re about to send it back.
Climate disasters, human sprawl, and now Trump: This is how extinctions happen.
www.motherjones.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
How climate disasters, human sprawl—and now Trump—are coming for the Eastern hellbender, America’s largest salamander
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Many people in power are not offering an honest assessment of where we are politically in this country because that assessment would call on them to do things they simply refuse to do. That's where we are right now.
July 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Many people in power are not offering an honest assessment of where we are politically in this country because that assessment would call on them to do things they simply refuse to do. That's where we are right now.
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Tradition of quilt-making of Gee's Bend community, Alabama, classed as creating some of the finest US folk art #WomensArt
July 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Tradition of quilt-making of Gee's Bend community, Alabama, classed as creating some of the finest US folk art #WomensArt
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Medical sources also report 116 killed across Gaza, including 38 desperate residents seeking food at GHF site.
Weeks-old baby dies of starvation in Gaza hospital during ongoing blockade
Medical sources also report 116 killed across Gaza, including 38 desperate residents seeking food at GHF site.
bit.ly
July 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Medical sources also report 116 killed across Gaza, including 38 desperate residents seeking food at GHF site.
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Taskmaster. My version of emotional support is no emotional content for me to have feelings over.
And here's the Gentle TV spreadsheet w/ crowdsourced content warnings for people looking for new emotional support TV outlets.
And here's the Gentle TV spreadsheet w/ crowdsourced content warnings for people looking for new emotional support TV outlets.
Crowd-Sourced Gentle TV List
docs.google.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Taskmaster. My version of emotional support is no emotional content for me to have feelings over.
And here's the Gentle TV spreadsheet w/ crowdsourced content warnings for people looking for new emotional support TV outlets.
And here's the Gentle TV spreadsheet w/ crowdsourced content warnings for people looking for new emotional support TV outlets.
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NEW: The U.S. House cleared legislation just after midnight Friday that will cancel $9 billion in previously approved spending for public broadcasting and foreign aid ncnewsline.com/2025/07/18/r... @jennifershutt.bsky.social #ncpol #NPR #PBS
US House votes to yank funding for NPR, PBS, foreign aid, sending bill to Trump’s desk • NC Newsline
U.S. House cleared legislation that will cancel $9 billion in previously approved spending for public broadcasting and foreign aid
ncnewsline.com
July 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
NEW: The U.S. House cleared legislation just after midnight Friday that will cancel $9 billion in previously approved spending for public broadcasting and foreign aid ncnewsline.com/2025/07/18/r... @jennifershutt.bsky.social #ncpol #NPR #PBS
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Majorities of Americans say it’s extremely important for the federal government to test drugs for safety (63%) and track the spread of contagious diseases around the country (54%).
www.pewresearch.org/...
www.pewresearch.org/...
Americans’ Views on Who Influences Health Policy and Which Health Issues To Prioritize
About seven-in-ten Americans say insurance companies have too much health policy influence, but partisans disagree on the CDC’s role.
www.pewresearch.org
July 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Majorities of Americans say it’s extremely important for the federal government to test drugs for safety (63%) and track the spread of contagious diseases around the country (54%).
www.pewresearch.org/...
www.pewresearch.org/...
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Hundreds of the detainees at the so-called "Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail in Florida have no criminal record, according to an investigation by the Miami Herald.
July 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Hundreds of the detainees at the so-called "Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail in Florida have no criminal record, according to an investigation by the Miami Herald.
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Local librarians and booksellers (including us) weigh in on what you should be reading this summer!
(Spoiler: we suggested @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @prisonculture.bsky.social, @shanehawk.com, @tvayyyy.bsky.social, and #MargePiercy 🔥📚)
(Spoiler: we suggested @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @prisonculture.bsky.social, @shanehawk.com, @tvayyyy.bsky.social, and #MargePiercy 🔥📚)
Summer reading recs from local bookstores + libraries
Keep the summer reading going by finding your next page-turner, including recommendations from local bookstores.
avltoday.6amcity.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Local librarians and booksellers (including us) weigh in on what you should be reading this summer!
(Spoiler: we suggested @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @prisonculture.bsky.social, @shanehawk.com, @tvayyyy.bsky.social, and #MargePiercy 🔥📚)
(Spoiler: we suggested @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @prisonculture.bsky.social, @shanehawk.com, @tvayyyy.bsky.social, and #MargePiercy 🔥📚)
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What do you bring to the fight? What have you been fighting for years? What are the skills that your needs versus wants bring to the fore?
What makes you dangerous? Not the one-time danger of an assassin with bad aim but the daily danger that drives the engine of revolution?
What makes you dangerous? Not the one-time danger of an assassin with bad aim but the daily danger that drives the engine of revolution?
July 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
What do you bring to the fight? What have you been fighting for years? What are the skills that your needs versus wants bring to the fore?
What makes you dangerous? Not the one-time danger of an assassin with bad aim but the daily danger that drives the engine of revolution?
What makes you dangerous? Not the one-time danger of an assassin with bad aim but the daily danger that drives the engine of revolution?
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And moreover: there is no such thing as a revolution that requires one single hero or one single action that overwhelms the fuckery into defeat.
Embrace the long haul. Embrace the discomfort. And fight hard as hell to make the fascists even more uncomfortable. www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-exha...
Embrace the long haul. Embrace the discomfort. And fight hard as hell to make the fascists even more uncomfortable. www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-exha...
Essay: Exhaling
Photograph: Robert E.
www.feministgiant.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
And moreover: there is no such thing as a revolution that requires one single hero or one single action that overwhelms the fuckery into defeat.
Embrace the long haul. Embrace the discomfort. And fight hard as hell to make the fascists even more uncomfortable. www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-exha...
Embrace the long haul. Embrace the discomfort. And fight hard as hell to make the fascists even more uncomfortable. www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-exha...
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Resist while resisting the idea that through one action we can take right now everything will go back to normal. First, there is no “going back to normal.”
What makes you dangerous? Not the one-time danger of an assassin with bad aim but the daily danger that drives the engine of revolution? www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-exha...
Essay: Exhaling
Photograph: Robert E.
www.feministgiant.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Resist while resisting the idea that through one action we can take right now everything will go back to normal. First, there is no “going back to normal.”
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Kill the fascist within you.
July 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Kill the fascist within you.