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Christine K.
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Echo this!
nicolefoy.bsky.social Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 2h
If you followed immigration news this year, please support the many, many local journalists who made it possible. Nonprofit media needs support!

I kept returning to @lataco.bsky.social @calmatters.org @wbez.org @blockclubchi.bsky.social @documentedny.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com & so many more
December 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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sciencebanshee.bsky.social
🎶Noooo ooooone shoots like Gaston,
Mines his youth like Gaston,
And goes stomping around in reboots like Gaston

As a filmmaking trend it's EXHAAAAAAAASPERAAAAAAAAATING

Why do we need more Gaston?🎶
rincewind.run Micah @rincewind.run · 3d
I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory

he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Gaston’ Movie From Writer Dave Callaham And Producer Michelle Rejwan
Disney is in early development on a new live-action pic centered on the Beauty and the Beast character Gaston.
deadline.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:

- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
Mubashir said he was in the car with officers for about 20 minutes, asking them repeatedly if he could show them his I.D. They refused, he said. Officers asked if they could take a picture of him to check if he was a U.S. citizen. Mubashir told reporters that he declined their request, because, “How would a picture prove I’m a U.S. citizen?” Officers took him to the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building at Fort Snelling, which houses immigration court and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices. They took his fingerprints and then one of the officers allowed Mubashir to show his I.D., proving his U.S. citizenship, Mubashir said. He was then immediately allowed to leave.
December 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
christinekasparian.bsky.social
So... the plot from Black Mirror S2E1, "Be Right Back"? That's what we're going for?
the-independent.com The Independent @the-independent.com · 8d
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
The proposal is here and you CAN comment on it. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22461.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
December 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.
clarajeffery.bsky.social Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 9d
This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

and these are our closest allies!
Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The change would affect visitors eligible for the visa waiver program, which allows people from 42 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa as long as they first obtain electronic travel authorization. In a document filed on Tuesday in the Federal Register, C.B.P. said it plans to ask applicants for a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children. Under the current system, applicants from visa waiver countries must enroll in the Electronic System for Travel Authorization program. They pay $40 and submit an email address, home address, phone number and emergency contact information. The authorization is good for two years.
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
christinekasparian.bsky.social
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 8, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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premiumsteve.bsky.social
Brett Kavanaugh sees no problem with this woman being forced to do this every day for the rest of her life
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 12d
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”

The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.

It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.

Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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mikechenwriter.bsky.social
Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
amlibraryassoc.bsky.social American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 15d
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory. In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities. "The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
If you can, please consider donating to their GoFundMe. The money is going to union members this holiday so they can buy groceries and pay rent while they fight for a fair contract.

If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
Donate to Support Individualized Shirt Workers United, organized by Gabor Ptacek
Since this summer, worker leaders at Individualized Shirts have been organizi… Gabor Ptacek needs your support for Support Individualized Shirt Workers United
www.gofundme.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
A photo of workers at Individualized Shirts, a shirt factory in New Jersey. Each person has their fist in the air as a sign of solidarity. There's a sign behind them with photos and the words: "Fair Contract Now."
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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sgj.bsky.social
whoah, super cool to get this. thanks, all:
a digital plaque (that thing? feels like a thing. could be 'placard,' maybe?) reading "Readin Awards 2025 Winner for Best Horror, Traditionally Published," to . . . The Buffalo Hunter Hunter! (that's my exclamation point. I know I said the other day, in regards to my best time ever at the blood shack, that I was out for the month. but? reached deep, found another)
November 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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catacalypto.bsky.social
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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soyouz.bsky.social
Vous n'avez pas lu ma BD "Une Couronne de Pissenlits" ? C'est le moment de se rattraper
tapas.io/episode/2620...
Read Une Couronne de Pissenlits :: Intro | Tapas Community
Read Une Couronne de Pissenlits and more premium Bl Community series now on Tapas!
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November 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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diane-b-rylia.bsky.social
Vous aimez le naturalisme ? Vous voulez une tranche de réalité tendre et tragique dans la tronche ? Lisez Une couronne de pissenlits.
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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soyouz.bsky.social
And if you don't read French, an English version (by the fantastic @christinekasparian.bsky.social) is available too!
tapas.io/episode/2999...
Read A Wreath of Dandelions :: 1 | Tapas Community
Read A Wreath of Dandelions and more premium Bl Community series now on Tapas!
tapas.io
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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q9f.bsky.social
"Dumas rejoint ainsi la lignée des personnalités noires historiques, comme Edmond Albius ou le Chevalier de Saint-George, capables de prodiges mais jugées incapables par nature d’en comprendre la portée, douées pour imiter mais jamais créer – ça, c’est le domaine des maîtres."
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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decapederobedepee.bsky.social
Les Dumariolles à propos du prix Renaudot.
Bon on va pas se mentir. Dumas, on le lire et l'adaptera encore dans 100 ans...
Adelaïde Clermont-Tonnerre, on en rediscute dans 100 ans...
« D’où vient cette incapacité étrange d’Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre à rendre ses lauriers d’auteur à Alexandre Dumas ? »
Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre a reçu le prix Renaudot pour « Je voulais vivre » (Grasset), tentative de réhabilitation de Milady de Winter, figure inoubliable des « Trois Mousquetaires ». Or, selon le...
www.nouvelobs.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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sparklerutile.bsky.social
Coucou c’est encore nous 👋

www.nouvelobs.com/culture/2025...
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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crownprinxe.bsky.social
for the reasons stated in the post below please consider saving my sapphic figure skating GN, JUST BETWEEN US, on goodreads!!! Maybe even give it a review when it's out!!!
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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if you have a few spare coins, a local family could really use your help
meghin.bsky.social Meghin Moore @meghin.bsky.social · Nov 16
My neighbors just up the street from us own A-squared pizza in Charlottesville, and their youngest was recently diagnosed with leukemia.

Their family is really nice, and this is a huge bummer right before the holidays. A GoFundMe has been set up for the family to help with everything.
Donate to Help Zoey Beat Leukemia, organized by Julie Bendle
Help Zoey Beat Leukemia Zoey is a precocious, funny, and determined 3-year-old who loves unicorn… Julie Bendle needs your support for Help Zoey Beat Leukemia
www.gofundme.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
christinekasparian.bsky.social
I wonder if there really was a portrait of her by Campi that Anguissola recreated on her own canvas (by copying how Campi painted her), or if Anguissola painted herself as she would have (making this a self-portrait in her own style)
peterpaulrubens.bsky.social Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · Nov 16
Wonderful tribute to a teacher: young Sofonisba Anguissola paints herself being created by Bernardino Campi -- yet at same time, she is of course creating him! Today is her day.
November 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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boitedecrayons.bsky.social
Fanart: Vertu de St-Cyr.
Un fanart de Vertu, de la BD Vertu de St-Cyr (par Rutile et Yllogique). Elle pointe son épée en direction de ronces. Traits à la plume, couleurs aux copics et un peu de numérique pour le fond bleu.
October 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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chezdin.fr
et la saison 2 vient de commencer sur Ono, déjà 2 épisodes (AAAAHHH) !!
wongkarwaifu.com WongKarWaifu @wongkarwaifu.com · Nov 9
J'ai dévoré le premier tome de Vertu de St-Cyr d'une seule traite. C'est vraiment une très bonne bande dessinée, les planches d'Yllogique sont superbes et l'histoire de Rutile est passionnante. Bien contente de l'effet Streisand suite au review bomb de la fachosphère et très hâte de lire la suite !!
C'est une photo du livre posé à la verticale sur la table de mon salon. Sur la couverture, on voit une jeune femme en uniforme militaire de cérémonie, au garde-à-vous devant un drapeau français enflammé.
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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wongkarwaifu.com
J'ai dévoré le premier tome de Vertu de St-Cyr d'une seule traite. C'est vraiment une très bonne bande dessinée, les planches d'Yllogique sont superbes et l'histoire de Rutile est passionnante. Bien contente de l'effet Streisand suite au review bomb de la fachosphère et très hâte de lire la suite !!
C'est une photo du livre posé à la verticale sur la table de mon salon. Sur la couverture, on voit une jeune femme en uniforme militaire de cérémonie, au garde-à-vous devant un drapeau français enflammé.
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM