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astrognome.bsky.social
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Here for outdoorsy things, leftist politics, astronomy, coding, gaming, and books.

Excited to be in the generation that gets to find out what the Great Filter is!
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astrognome.bsky.social
Hell yeah congrats
December 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
astrognome.bsky.social
Season 2 made me certain that the creators had no idea what made season 1 great. I wasn't even sure anymore that I correctly understood they were making a parody of things like DBZ.
December 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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petefrasermusic.bsky.social
It’s wild how my entire life news media was hyperbolic and overdramatic about everything and now when the US is being taken apart in full view of the world they’re like ‘eyebrows were raised in DC today as the president’s private militia smashed their way into a church, in a move some find worrying’
October 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
astrognome.bsky.social
Sounds like a case for international superspy Angola Maldives
August 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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threnody.bsky.social
the first reason to not entertain compromises on trans people’s right to play sports is that people should be able to participate in society by playing sports.

the second reason to not entertain compromises on trans people’s right to play sports is IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT MORE THAN SPORTS.
threnody.bsky.social emily baby ❄️🎄 @threnody.bsky.social · Jun 18
by 2020, before the springer buyout, politico did a journalism& got one of the guys spearheading the attack on trans people to nakedly explain it was never about sports, that sports was the easiest way to break solidarity with trans people.

i don't direct link politico.🧵

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Earlier that summer, American Principles Project had partnered with a behavioral science firm to assess whether focusing on transgender issues could turn educated suburbanites into Republican voters. APP and its data partner, Evolving Strategies, analyzed how thousands of registered Kentucky voters reacted to different messages about what they described as Beshear's "extreme" support for transgender rights. Should men be allowed to participate in sports events for women and girls? Andy Beshear thinks so. Should men be permitted to use women's restrooms because they identify as transgender women? Andy Beshear thinks so. "What we found was the sports issue got the most powerful response from people, specifically conservative Democrats and independents," Schilling would explain to me later.
July 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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newseye.bsky.social
“Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us remembers seeing our colleagues die of starvation.”

The AFP news release has been released in French. Below is an English translation via Google translate.
Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die - AFP, July 21, 2025 AFP has been working with one freelance writer, three photographers, and six freelance videographers in the Gaza Strip since the departure of its staff journalists in 2024. Along with a few others, they are now the only ones reporting what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years. We refuse to see them die. One of them, Bashar, has worked for AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then as a freelance photographer, and since 2024 as the main photographer. On Saturday, July 19, he managed to post a message on Facebook: "I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can no longer work." Bashar, 30, works and lives in conditions equal to those of all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another as Israeli bombardments dictate. For over a year, he has lived in absolute destitution and works at enormous risk to his life. Hygiene is a major problem for him, with periods of severe intestinal illness. Bashar has been living in the ruins of his Gaza City home since February with his mother, his four siblings, and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any amenities or comforts, except for a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that his older brother had "fallen from hunger." Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, there is nothing to buy, or only at exorbitant prices. The banking system has disappeared, and those who exchange money between online bank accounts and cash charge a commission of nearly 40%. AFP no longer has the means to have a vehicle, let alone the fuel to allow its journalists to travel for their reports. Traveling by car is tantamount to running the risk of being a target for the Israeli air force. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. Ahlam, for her part, survives in the south of the enclave. And she is determined to "bear witness" for as long as possible. "Every time I leave the tent to cover an event, conduct an interview, or document a story, I don't know if I'll come back alive." The biggest problem, she confirms, is the lack of food and water. We see their situation worsening. They are young, and their strength is failing them. Most no longer have the physical ability to travel the enclave to do their job. Their heartbreaking pleas for help are now daily. Over the past few days, we have understood from their brief messages that their lives no longer depend on much and that their courage, devoted for many months to informing the whole world, will not help them survive. We risk learning of their deaths at any moment, and it's unbearable. This Sunday, Bashar wrote: "For the first time, I feel defeated." Later that day, he told one of us that he thanked him "for explaining what we live daily between death and hunger." "I wish Mr. Macron could help me get out of this hell." Ahlam is still standing. "I try to continue practicing my profession, to carry the voice of the people, to document the truth in the face of all attempts to silence it. Here, resistance is not a choice: it's a necessity." Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us remembers seeing a colleagues die of starvation.
July 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM