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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 3h

This photo of Robert Bloch is the most writer photo to have ever writer photo’d. It is Pure Writer Photo.

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 6h

I do wonder about Statler and Waldorf…

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ᚇᚐᚏᚉᚅᚓᚄᚄ ᚋᚐᚅᚔᚃᚓᚄᚈᚓᚇ @ciara2001.bsky.social · 6h

Canonically so:

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 7h

only in societies that value the whole dignity of every person can the truly chaotic and fluffy flourish. in this essay, I

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 7h

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 7h

I’d like to think Sam the Eagle would be a Bulwark guy

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 7h

muppets are antifascists

Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 21h

I like to think the Muppets would be 100% behind the Portland protests

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 9h

“Since taking office, Donald Trump has waged a scorched earth campaign against trans people. The man with the most power has expended enormous energy targeting those with the least…we can’t bring Sylvia back, but we can honor her memory by building a city where trans New Yorkers are cherished.”

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11h

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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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 10h

““‘We’ve been together for two years, and my partner is very passionate about the protesting,’ the groom told a reporter. ‘... People can be fun loving people and still protest. We wanted to show that this is about love and caring. We’re caring for other human beings.’”

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 12h

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

www.oregonlive.com

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 11h

an affirmative case for trans rights as a pillar of good democratic governance

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11h

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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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11h

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 Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 3h

One great aspect of iconic inflatable costumes (aside from how they instantly undermine propaganda about war zones) is that it's useless to arrest the person wearing one. Cuffing a frog would make law enforcement look pathetic. And carting one off just guarantees that more will show up the next day.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 1d

FROGS ACROSS AMERICA

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 1d

IDK, man. School started 2 weeks ago for us, and once again students remind me that they’re so curious and interested in the world and anxious to ask big questions. We hear that these questions are no longer useful or relevant, but wherever that’s coming from, it’s not what students believe.

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 1d

the most generous read of Cuomo's post is I guess that he thinks bus and subway riders are somehow generally competing constituencies, and that rich people take both and benefit from bus fare relief while poor people who take only the subway get nothing, but that doesn't really make much more sense

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 1d

that's why there used to be a hallmark store in port authority, so you could run up and get an emergency precious moments champagne ice bucket if you needed to

Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 1d

It’s the same fare card but if you make under $200,000 and try to get on the bus they laugh at you and slam the door on you and then go back to drinking champagne on their way to Port Authority

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 1d

Also, it’s not even really worth engaging, but Cuomo has it exactly backwards: wealthy people get on the subway because it’s efficient and fast; no person who can just call a car whenever they want is getting on a bus to sit in traffic

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 1d

I'm laughing aloud, but also: shoutout to the staffer who was like, sure, let's tell everyone that Andrew Cuomo does not know what buses are

Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 1d

[Me, a poor, on the subway, glowering jealously at all those fat cat, fancy pants rich people on the public bus]

Andrew Cuomo tweet:

@ZohranKMamdani's "plan" provides no relief for working families who take the subway, and unnecessary benefits to wealthy New Yorkers who take the bus and can afford the fare.

I focus on working families, while @ZohranKMamdani the mansion boy focuses on helping the rich.

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 1d

if you've encountered it in your news reading--are there international leaders other than the pope who've remarked on US government repression of people in the US? I was just doing a quick sweep and didn't find much

Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 1d

they're at the very least cousins

Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 1d

they're at CVS!

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 1d

omg I've never seen this before either. amazing.

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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 1d

The Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan is the kind of organization that *should* receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Absolutely fantastic work that should be a model for civil society and humanitarian work everywhere.

Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 1d

we were wrong about the Nobel peace prize but here’s some more about the emergency response rooms anyway news.un.org/en/story/202...

Youth-led ‘emergency rooms’ shine rays of hope in war-torn Sudan

With the war in Sudan triggering widespread violence and instability, youth-driven emergency response rooms (ERRs) are among a growing number of community-led initiatives reaching vulnerable civilians...

news.un.org

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 1d

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