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poet & mom. WHAT IT DONE TO US from Lost Horse Press 2017. i love jean genet & muriel rukeyser & Twice.
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Virginia Giuffre’s lawyer Sigrid McCawley reacts to the Maxwell transcripts, saying Maxwell “repeatedly and brazenly lied” to the government and is trying to “recreate history.”

Full statement
August 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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I suspect many American institutions--law firms, universities, the news media, the Republican Party--were more susceptible to authoritarian takeover than was expected because they were already so dependent on the largess of billionaires.

If you depend on oligarchy, you can't fight for democracy.
July 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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they actually can't drop the Epstein documents because it would be too expensive to rename everything in Columbus, Ohio that's currently named after Les Wexner
July 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
- James Baldwin
July 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Need something to read?

In the last six months, transfeminine authors have published over 108 new books to keep you busy on the beach! 🏳️‍⚧️📚

As always, this list is a collaborative effort, so thank you so much to all of the authors and editors who helped me put it together 🩷🩷🩷
108 New Transfeminine Releases from the First Half of 2025
Every book published by a transfeminine author in Q1 and Q2 of 2025. Read a book you’ve never heard of!
thetransfemininereview.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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June 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Jake Sherman is reporting that the Medicaid gender affirming care ban has been removed from the reconciliation bill!

Huge news!
June 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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June 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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NEW: Minnesota poet arrested by federal agents after interview with press, government unseals complaint conflating assault charges on federal agents from community defense with unrelated alleged massive meth bust.

unicornriot.ninja/2025/plaincl...
Plainclothes Feds Arrest Poet After Interview With Press, Unseal Conflated Complaint - UNICORN RIOT
Poet arrested by federal agents after interview with press, complaint conflates assault charges from community defense with meth bust.
unicornriot.ninja
June 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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the southern baptist convention just had to sell their headquarters in downtown nashville to pay for all the sex abuse legal fees.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Jun 10
Southern Baptists overwhelmingly endorse a ban on gay marriage — including a call for reversing the Supreme Court's precedent legalizing it nationwide.

Read more: cnn.it/45jI6R9
June 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Btw LA, there are people out on the streets trying to get you to sign a petition “for the minimum wage”. Do NOT sign. The service workers fought and won a higher minimum wage and this petition is to LOWER it. Tell them to fuck off and don’t let anybody else sign either
June 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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I love LA. Fuck ICE.
June 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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homophobic pope is back. hopefully this deters youth from becoming devoutly religious
May 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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A good poem to read before bedtime. This is by Ryler Dustin from a Green Linden Press chapbook entitled "Something Bright."
May 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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April 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
March 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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It's pretty cool that Eater put together resources for restaurants about how to handle ICE raids
What Should You Do if ICE Comes to Your Restaurant?
We spoke to legal experts about what restaurant owners and workers can do to protect themselves from immigration raids
www.eater.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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The co-writer of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech says that since the Gaza war, he feels the American Jewish community is saying to the Black community, “We no longer are prepared to fight racism in America without your public support for the state of Israel. ” www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
I starred in a Super Bowl ad on Black, Jewish partnership. But Israel divided us. | Opinion
Decades of 24/7 African American support wasn’t sufficient to many Jewish organizations and leaders.
www.usatoday.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Protest tomorrow at Children's Hospital LA over their cessation of gender affirming care for trans youth.
February 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Scientists have created an actual treatment for prions, the cause of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in humans, chronic wasting disease in deer, & mad cow disease.

"Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor". #ShareGoodNewsToo
Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor
Prion disease is caused by misfolding of the prion protein (PrP) into pathogenic self-propagating conformations, leading to rapid-onset dementia and death. However, elimination of endogenous PrP halts...
www.science.org
February 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM