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karlykingsley.bsky.social
Yesss
Sarah Hollowell @sarahhollowell I love when you ask someone about a thing they know a lot about and they start with "okay, so" because you KNOW you're about to get a novel's worth of nerd sh t and it's going to be so delightful
May 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Yep
March 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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johnchen.com.au
hear hear
March 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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pms-jordan.bsky.social
Have you heard of:
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March 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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wyden.senate.gov
I wrote section 230 to protect the little guys and the upstarts like Bluesky. Repealing section 230 only helps Meta, Musk, and Donald Trump.
March 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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jamienoguchi.bsky.social
“Speak up, speak out, get in the way. Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.” – John Lewis
Political cartoon. Rep Al Green, D-Texas standing up and pointing his cane yelling "HE DOES NOT HAVE A MANDATE TO CUT MEDICAID!" In the lower corner are two people hiding behind round signs. One reads "Civility!" and the other says "Did he not get the sign memo?"
March 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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octavianartist.bsky.social
“I don’t see race—“
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“I don’t care if the author is problem—“
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“I don’t care if it’s AI—“
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“Ew sapp—“
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“Women’s rights, but not trans—“
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March 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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drrobertbullard.bsky.social
#BlackHistoryMonth:
Read pediatrician Dr. Ben Danielson's opinion piece: DEI is not ‘overreach.’ Our efforts haven’t gone far enough | The Seattle Times www.seattletimes.com/opinion/dei-...
DEI is not ‘overreach.’ Our efforts haven’t gone far enough | Op-Ed, Dr. Ben Danielson
I appeal to everyone to be guided by your conscience, ancestral wisdom, evidence, common sense and compassion, a Seattle doctor writes.
www.seattletimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
We can help shift the tide! Wisconsin must have fair electoral maps going forward.

Answer Musk’s money with a blizzard of small donations. Give Musk the finger and support Judge Susan Crawford for the open WI Supreme Court seat. Our democracy depends on it.

secure.actblue.com/donate/hrccr...
February 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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eva.computer
hello cis friends
this is what people mean by trans genocide

if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported

this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order

it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist
February 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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mike10010100.com
This is fucking incredible.
REYES: [The order] calls an entire category of people dishonest, dishonorable, undisciplined, immodest, who lack integrity, people who have taken an oath to defend this country, people who have been under fire, people who have received medals for taking fire for this country. I want to know from the government whether that language expresses 'animus.' Does that express animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: Not in any constitutional- REYES: In a commonsense way. This is a policy from the President of the United States affecting thousands of people ... to call an entire group of people, lying dishonest people who are undisciplined, immodest and have no integrity. How is that anything other than showing animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: I don't have an answer for you. REYES: You do have an answer, you just don't want to give it... People can make solid arguments as to why some or even most transgender people shouldn't be in the military We're dealing with unadulterated animus. We are dealing with the president of the United States dealing with a group of people serving their country... calling them liars. (Reyes then said she changed her courtroom orders to bar people who graduated from UVA law school from appearing before her because "they're all liars and lack integrity and are undisciplined and can't possibly meet the high rigors of benign a lawyer for the government" She made the DOJ lawyer sit down on that basis, then after he did, she called him back up and asked whether that was a display of animus.)
February 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.
ABA It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accordance with the rule of law and in an orderly manner that respects the lives of affected individuals and the work they have been asked to perform. Instead, we see wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself, such as attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize those who support lawful programs to eliminate bias and enhance diversity. We have seen attempts at wholesale dismantling of departments and entities created by Congress without seeking the required congressional approval to change the law. There are efforts to dismiss employees with little regard for the law and protections they merit, and social media announcements that disparage and appear to be motivated by a desire to inflame without any stated factual basis. This is chaotic. It may appeal to a few. But it is wrong. And most Americans recognize it is wrong. It is also contrary to the rule of law. The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law. We stand for a legal process that is orderly and fair. We have consistently urged the administrations of both parties to adhere to the rule of law. We stand in that familiar place again today. And we do not stand alone. Our courts stand for the rule of law as well.
February 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.
February 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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jamellebouie.net
i'll be blunt, if you are someone who is vocal about the ways that diversity efforts "divide the working class" but silent about the ways that *actual racism and discrimination* divide the working class, then i think you're just an opportunist
Trump’s Attacks on DEI Get Approval From Some in the Left Wing
Many Democrats and activists are rallying to defend diversity programs, but others say they distract from deeper efforts to address inequality.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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itsthepleiades.bsky.social
Released from Hubble a few days ago - the image shows a giant among galaxies LEDA 1313424 or, the Bullseye.

A smaller blue dwarf galaxy went through the centre leaving 9 star filled rings.

Like dropping a pebble into a pond!

Credit: #NASA, #ESA, Imad Pasha, Pieter van Dokkum

🔭 #Space #Astronomy
February 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
I hear this in reggae.
Post from '@quadcarl_carl' reads, "They're eating the checks. They're eating the balances"
February 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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fucktheracists.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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pattonoswalt.bsky.social
This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do!

www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...
Bookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon
"Everything Amazon can do, we want to do as well or better," says CEO Andy Hunter on boosting indie sales digitally.
www.salon.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
In America, we don’t pledge loyalty under threat of consequence.
February 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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karenattiah.bsky.social
A lot of Black people I know saw this coming and have gone quiet / underground for like, a year.

From CRT/DEI, We were being purged from positions, sidelined from jobs, and under this new line of attack for the last 3-4 years at state and local levels.
February 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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carlbergstrom.com
What’s his beef against USAID in particu….oh. Wow.
X post: Elon Musk @elonmusk We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper. Could gone to some great parties. Did that instead. U.S. policy was to help bring an end to apartheid and establish a nonracial, democratic government. In response to this policy and the Act, USAID/South Africa was responsible for financing projects that apartheid victims viewed as critical in promoting social, political, and economic change through peaceful means. The mission enabled community consultation and ensured that the United States did not impose foreign-defined solutions to local problems. USAID created projects and activities to respond to the priorities of the black community and its leaders, maximized black participation and leadership, and ensured activities had a linkage to the general objectives of U.S. policy. First-year funding for the program was $25 million, which was raised to $50 million the second year. The main project areas were community outreach and leadership development to redress the repression of black-led institutions; educational support and training to address the educational crisis in South Africa; black private enterprise development to combat the inhibiting effects of apartheid–induced discrimination in private enterprise; university grants to help create a new generation of economic and political leaders; human rights; legal assistance; labor union training; and health and nutrition
February 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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duckvalentine.bsky.social
men, listen the fuck up.

one of the most loving things you can do for your partners and families is take care of yourself. Make that doctor's appointment you've been putting off NOW. Start therapy NOW. Get your shit sorted out.
January 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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dbdant.bsky.social
Declassified in 2008 by the CIA, the World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that ordinary people can take to resist fascist leadership. www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2...
Simple Sabotage Field Manual
www.gutenberg.org
January 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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trishdukes.bsky.social
TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky
#StateMediaCensorship
January 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.”
-Angela Davis

Happy 81st birthday, Angela Davis.

"If you live long enough a defeat will turn into a victory."
--Angela Davis
January 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM