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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · May 19

Unbreaking has been an ideal worrystone / container for my doom-research impulses, and a dream opportunity to work with some of the people I admire most in these internet streets. DM me if you’re curious about joining us or partnering in some way!

Unbreaking @unbreaking.org · May 19

👋 Hi, we’re Unbreaking, a volunteer-run collective working to document our current moment of institutional collapse and its human costs—as well as the pushback and resilience work already underway. We believe this is critical work for building and retaining political agency.

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 2h

that’s my mayor 😭

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h

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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☠️mawls slaughter☠️ @oddletters.bsky.social · 8d

look if you dont want hoards of students chasing nazis across campus for disrupting their class you can always make class sizes smaller

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 8d

“Players report the birds and animals in the game as either encouraging, or taunting, or celebrating them, depending on their context. This is beautiful to me…” 🥺

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 8d

What does it sound like to slide down a breast milk river? Ask Baby Steps sound designer Maxi Boch: aftermath.site/baby-steps-sou...

chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 8d

Mikell taught me how to kick people and be a smartass it’s true

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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 10d

I am completely enamored with @reveleth.com's intense, all-in deep dive on the low-stakes mystery of what happened to the sculptures that used to be at the entrance of Oakland's little amusement park! also there's a pie recipe here. why? READ ON www.coyotemedia.org/where-did-th...

Where Did the Fairyland Dandelions Go?

For more than 45 years, three huge steel and bronze dandelion puffs reached for the sky outside Children’s Fairyland only to disappear without a trace. COYOTE went on a quest to find them.

www.coyotemedia.org

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 14d

ICE has been sweeping through Chicago for weeks now, yet coverage of it is still really hard to find. I wanted to compile both my go-to places that I turn to, as well as offer some ideas to news orgs on how to cover the onslaught better: dansinker.com/posts/202…

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 20d

rewatching back to the future and realizing that marty traveled back 30 years to 1955, but it’s been 40 years since 1985

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 25d

my roman empire

chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 27d

🫡

Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 28d

Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Nov 10

The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 29d

The reason it was so important to talk about how invading cities with the US military over nothing was a sign of weakness, not strength, was because they have basically no more steps on the escalation ladder. Everything they are calling for and threatening to do they've already basically done

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Unbreaking @unbreaking.org · Sep 5

Meanwhile, Michigan’s Attorney General issued a reminder that withholding gender-affirming care violates the state’s anti-discrimination laws, and specifically rebukes the University of Michigan’s decision to withhold this care as “shameful, dangerous, and potentially illegal.”

Attorney General Dana Nessel Reissues Guidance to Michigan Healthcare Providers and Patients

www.michigan.gov

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Unbreaking @unbreaking.org · Sep 5

In the face of these growing legal threats, Illinois has announced a state-wide legal hotline and resource hub to support LGBTQ+ people. idhs.prezly.com/gov-pritzker...

Gov. Pritzker Announces Launch of Legal Hotline and Resource Hub for LGBTQIA+ Community

In light of federal threats, IL Pride Connect includes a statewide legal hotline and website with information to support LGBTQIA+ individuals and their families

idhs.prezly.com

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Unbreaking @unbreaking.org · Sep 5

In Jan, the Office of Personnel Management told providers to stop covering gender-affirming care for federal employees & dependents under 19 in 2026. This loss in coverage is now expanded to all ages & will affect ~17,000 transgender employees, plus an unknown number of dependents.

Coverage of Gender-Affirming Care Banned for Federal Workers

Gender-affirming care will no longer be covered for federal workers in 2026, according to a letter the Trump administration sent to insurance carriers.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · Sep 4

as a friend put it, this song goes against my class politics but it is an absolute banger 😓

chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · Sep 4

you telling me a leftover sopressata from a picnic fried this rice?

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Ethan Marcotte @ethanmarcotte.com · Aug 31

“…National Nurses United, the nation’s largest nurses union and professional organization, today called for […] the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to be fired […] or to resign.”

good afternoon ONLY to organized labor

www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nation...

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · Aug 26

i spent about 3 minutes observing the world outside of my own asshole and i gotta say this is actually one of the LEAST unsettling questions of our times

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 26

Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times

As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient

www.theguardian.com

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · Aug 24

if you haven’t seen it, i LOVE this video of billie and finneas talking about how they made birds of a feather

Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER (Story of My Song)

YouTube video by Billie Eilish

m.youtube.com

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · Aug 23

mike have you seen the tiktoks

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Unbreaking @unbreaking.org · Aug 22

We have a new issue page up today, looking at the multi-pronged assault on both immigrants to the United States and the immigration system itself: unbreaking.org/issues/immig...

Immigration — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

unbreaking.org

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · Aug 22

*flabbergasted in asian*

The Onion @theonion.com · Aug 22

Teen Unaware He Locked In Heated Ongoing Competition With Parents' Friends' Son https://theonion.com/teen-unaware-he-locked-in-heated-ongoing-competition-wi-1819573828/

chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · Aug 22

phrenology but it's good

Michaela Neville @micnev.bsky.social · Aug 22

Great news, guys

Three more giraffe species than previously thought, scientists say

Giraffes have always been thought to be one species, but scientists now say there are four.

www.bbc.com

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Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · Aug 22

They fired all my friends who were experts at doing this so that they could hire corrupt vendors to do this poorly

Sam Ladner @sladner.bsky.social · Aug 21

I can't be the only person disgusted by this cynical, lying garbage. (Sidenote: "America By Design" was a great book on the history of how engineers sold themselves down the river to corporate interests, RIP Dave Noble). www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Improves our Nation Through Better Design

IMPROVING GOVERNMENT SERVICES: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to launch the “America by Design” initiative, establishing the

www.whitehouse.gov

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · Aug 19

list of specific ills i wish upon jk rowling available upon request

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · Aug 19

NEW: Wondering what's up with Bluesky banning trans people who wish ill on J. K. Rowling?

@valorievandieman.bsky.social has been working to figure that out. Her story features quotes from @jessiegender.bsky.social and some very odd official comments from @safety.bsky.app, but no definitive answers.

Can You Wish Ill on J.K. Rowling On Bluesky? — Assigned

After a confusing few days of moderation, the trans community on Bluesky fears they’re being targeted for posts wishing ill on the anti-trans billionaire.

www.assignedmedia.org

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · Aug 18

tl;dr

Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · Aug 18

7/ If you’re under 65 and not high risk, the window to get a Covid-19 vaccine is right now—before the FDA label changes. Once it happens, access will be limited immediately (if it isn’t already). CVS is no longer booking appointments. As far as we know, Walgreens and local pharmacies still are.