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Angie🦋🚫👑📎 @aes14.bsky.social · 15h

This is why I subscribe to Democracy Docket.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16h

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 4h

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 5h

gotta burn this motherfucker down folks

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 6h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 15h

If Halloween is your thing. Or anything Goth for that matter. Take a look at these. Then buy them quick so Aji can get them to you before the end of the month.

Small business sales support the economy as well as the artists so wins all around.

Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2025

WingsNDNSilver @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social · 1d

All right, they're not public on the site yet because I haven't had a chance to write the descriptions, but the two new pairs of Goth-y loop earrings are complete.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 19h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 18h

For emphasis. 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 18h

For too long, Black women have been the last hired & the first fired.

The systemic pushout of Black women from the paid workforce is a red flag for our economy and devastating for Black women, Black families, and Black futures.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Black women’s unemployment ‘dire warning’ for the economy

www.politico.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h

Early last year, Seattle signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using rooms as shelter space at the Civic Hotel and other buildings.

Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.

By @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social, with @kuow.org

Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.

Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel's rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.

www.propublica.org

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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 18h

nationaltoday.com/black-girl-d...

"Black Girl Day Off is observed every October 11 annually in the United States. It is a day dedicated to encouraging black women to take a mental day off to focus on their emotional well-being."

Celebrating Black Girl Day Off 🌸🌸

Black Girl Day Off

Today is Black Girl Day Off, a day dedicated to promoting health involvement in black communities to close the gap in health inequalities.

nationaltoday.com

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Greg Howard Jr @forthefuturepac.com · 18h

"Enshittification" is such a fantastic word

The Nerve @thenerve.news · 23h

‘The platforms got worse because we let them’: Cory Doctorow talks to @zoecorbyn.bsky.social about his fight to save the internet from enshittification

🔗 Read the full interview www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

‘The platforms got worse because we let them’: Cory Doctorow on the enshittification of the internet

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♎ jentrification @jentrification.com · 18h

People share their favorite 'non-tech' hobbies that keep them sane in a digital world - Upworthy

People share their favorite 'non-tech' hobbies that keep them sane in a digital world

Some inspo for those craving a bit of simplicity and a break from the screens.

share.google

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Olivia Cash ($25/200) @lesbotheosis.bsky.social · 1d

I'm trying to start my medical and legal transitions this month. disabled trans woman with long covid, can't work and need help with groceries to survive.

$100 for transition expenses

$100 for groceries, winter clothes, living expenses

ko-fi: ko-fi.com/oliviacash/g...

Olivia Cash ($25/200) @lesbotheosis.bsky.social · 12d

I'm reaching out for help to begin my medical and legal transitions. I've been putting it off since 2021, need urgent help so I can get lifesaving healthcare for my dysphoria!
Disabled w/long covid and can't work. Monthly help needed!
#transcrowdfund #helpfolkslive #stillcoviding #mutualaid #MABoost

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 18h

The radiation treatment is expected to span five weeks and marks a new point in his care.

The former president, who turns 83 next month, is said to be "doing well."

www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe...

Former President Joe Biden undergoing radiation therapy as cancer care enters new phase

The radiation treatment is expected to span five weeks and marks a new point in his care.

www.nbcnews.com

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 19h

You're welcome, luv!!

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April D Ryan @aprildryan.bsky.social · 2d

blackpressusa.com/hours-after-...

Hours After Fraud Charge, Black Women Mobilize in Support of NY AG Tish James

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE- Hours after the retaliatory one-count indictment of bank fraud against New York Attorney General Tish James, Black women and civil rights groups rallied in support. Leaders, in...

blackpressusa.com

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d

TIL that photographers charge you more if you request that your photos aren’t used on their social media. Maybe I knew that? Or maybe it’s generally been included? Either way the price of 1980s privacy has definitely gone up

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 1d

At the Center of Letitia James’s Indictment, a House in Norfolk, Virginia

Attorney General Letitia James of New York purchased the $137,000 home for a grandniece who needed tranquillity. Prosecutors say it is an impermissible investment property.

dlvr.it

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 19h

Bsky fam, @farronox.bsky.social, a committed soul to the mutual aid (MA) community, can really use our help! Can we help out with either boosting or giving $$$??

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|🏳️‍⚧️ F.E.A.R.onox |Urgent Funds: $390/$7000 | ❤️🧡💛💚 @farronox.bsky.social · 1d

This Morning's panic is over, but we're so deep in the woods its hard to be hopeful. We Need Continuous Support up to and beyond $7000 THIS MONTH if we're going to recover from this year so far. (Cont) ko-fi.com/farronox/goa... farronox.carrd.co #MutualAid #Helpsky 💸💕 #KoFi #Throne

|🏳️‍⚧️ F.E.A.R.onox |Urgent Funds: $390/$7000 | ❤️🧡💛💚 @farronox.bsky.social · 6d

We need ~$50,000 to clear debts, catch up with costs of living, and prepare for our future, or ~$7,000 just to cover this month and recent missed monthly goals. We need $700 ASAP to cover late bills, taxes, and groceries Today. bsky.app/profile/farr... ko-fi.com/farronox/goa... farronox.carrd.co

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M.O.T.A.Z @motaz-aarchitect.bsky.social · 1d

STOP A MOMENT🚨

This campaign is all I have left to provide food for my family💔

Donations have decreased a lot & my campaign needs your support now more than ever😭

Please keep supporting my family & me so we can have daily food

Please🙏🏻Share & Donate
🔗 gofund.me/4851238e8

✅ @mommunism.bsky.social

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her

The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen with her

www.theguardian.com

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Veronica McDonald @veronicamcdonald.bsky.social · 1d

She has been running for office for years and been wacky for years. The only reason she is LG is because white people ran to the polls and voted R all the way down the ballot. She was wacky before MAGA was even a thing:

R. Souissi @rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 1d

Virginia...

Please do not fuck this up, like 165M mofos did in 2024.

Pleaseeeeeeee.

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 1d

TW: Police violence against nonviolent protesters

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to America, where peaceful protesters get tear-gassed and thrown to the ground like ragdolls.

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🌸Norma Jeen🌸 @normajeen.bsky.social · 1d

More of this!

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