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Truthout @truthout.org · 17h

Miss Major died at home on October 13 in Little Rock, Arkansas, surrounded by loved ones. A Stonewall veteran and surrogate mother to her community, Miss Major was a lifelong advocate for trans liberation.

Trans Activist and Movement Leader Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Dies at 78

A Stonewall veteran and surrogate mother to her community, Miss Major was a lifelong advocate for trans liberation.

truthout.org

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 20h

Hey Black Gen X

GO GET EVERYTHING CHECKED

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The Offing @theoffingmag.bsky.social · 1d

Torn paper revealing a message: Call for submissions; The Offing’s Micro department is seeking new works !

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2d

Holy shit go off John Oliver youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

youtu.be

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Buddy Spell @buddyspell.bsky.social · 3d

Fort Worth, Texas.

#WeAreEverywhere

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Chris Gonzalez @livesinpages.bsky.social · 5d

I have a new story out today @maudlinhouse.bsky.social! Writing it was heavily inspired by the increasing cost of groceries and general anxieties around money and trying to live a stupid little life!

Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 6d

Tap It, Swipe It, Charge It by Christopher Gonzalez

maudlinhouse.net/tap-it-swipe...

Tap It, Swipe It, Charge It

This morning’s run to the ATM was harrowing. I dipped into savings! Seventh time this month. I tell Alicia all this in the middle of my second mojito. “Look, until the card declines it’s no one’s busi...

maudlinhouse.net

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Yami @awildyam.bsky.social · 3d

My article went up in @teenvogue.com — it was so great to work with such fantastic editors ✨

Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 4d

"Slightly less covered is the wealth of Boricua history that makes his art as powerful as it is, including over 100 years of fraught Puerto Rico-U.S. relations that led to his arrival. This history is crucial for understanding the significance of where Bad Bunny stands now, & where he is going next"

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Could Finally Spotlight Important Boricua History on the Mainland

Bad Bunny is perhaps the only pop star fully equipped to take on the current American sociopolitical ecosystem and the fact that a show must entertain.

www.teenvogue.com

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Erica Joy Astrella @ericajoy.astrel.la · 5d

by the time this is all said and done, MAGA folks are going to be fighting for puerto rico’s independence.

delicious.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5d

Turning Point USA announced it will host counterprogramming to the Super Bowl halftime show, called “The All American Halftime Show,” as MAGA critics have been enraged over the selection of Bad Bunny as the 2026 headliner.

MAGA rage over Bad Bunny at Super Bowl sparks an alternative show

Counterprogramming hosted by the group that Charlie Kirk founded spotlights the growing political polarization surrounding one of the biggest events of the year.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 8d

Well his name is not "Good bunny"

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 8d

Some advertising you just can't buy

MAGA Congresswoman: Bad Bunnys super bowl halftime show a demonic sexual performance

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 8d

This is actually the most Caucasian thing i have ever read.

amy brown (spooky edition) @amybrown.xyz · 11d

im happy for you but that’s too much information

Lyrics from Taylor Swift’s “Wood” about how much she loves Travis Kelce’s dick

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10d

Are yall ever just sitting around and out of the blue you remember — again — that all of this is because of ONE Black President?!!

Just the one!!

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 10d

Artemis has recovered from his health scare. He says hello. #caturday.

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Baba NostraAdeptus @adept2u.bsky.social · 10d

To anyone who couldn’t hear why Black Americans were calling for law enforcement abolishment as they are terrorizing the country can you hear it now?

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SoloChills @solochills.blacksky.app · 12d

Where are the people who said harping on Project 2025 was fear mongering? Come outside we ain't gonna jump you

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 12d

Free Puerto Rico, is the point.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 12d

have a local government imposed upon them which plunders their resources for corporate profit, and aren't allowed a meaningful social safety net. Meanwhile, we use their island to bomb Venezuelan fishing boats.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 12d

The most important thing to remember about Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl is that Puerto Rico is a colony whose residents are US citizens and pay taxes but don't get to vote for the president, have no voting representation in Congress,

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Yna 💋✨ is mean, hot, and cool @rainingynaside.bsky.social · 13d

Me to myself in the mirror each morning:

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · Mar 6

times are hard... but it's still sitting!

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Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 13d

There's something about this country dramatically and voluntarily shooting itself in the dick as an exercise in grievance, while still in the vicinity of its zenith that y'all really should stop associating with genocidal Germans.

That framing's way too external.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 15d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 14d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 14d

“I’m resigning from my position as Democratic leader and retiring from the Senate.”

A fundraising text

NEW MESSAGE
FROM:
Chuck Schumer
Meredith, is there anything I can say to convince you to donate $20 (becomes $80!) to help take back the Senate majority

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Hey Girl Hey‼️ @heygirlgray.bsky.social · 14d

So..anyone got any ideas on how to STOP FASCISM??

…and pls don’t say Congress 😭

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