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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 5h

Michiganders and those within the Detroit metro area–I'll be facilitating a rad Youth Right to Read Summit on November 8 for people ages 15-22. It's *FREE* with travel reimbursement for young folks.

Details + registration ---> www.milibraries.org/youth-summit...

Image of a megaphone on a green background. The text in the image says "Clinton Macomb Public Library - Main Branch, Saturday November 8, 10 am - 3 pm. Youth Summit on the Right to Read."

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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 5h

They murdered an actual brown person, lady. wtf is wrong with yall?

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 9h

What's worse than it not going away is that it keeps mutating into new types of tropes & imagined sexual deviancy that have nothing to do with Blanchard's original disproven theory, as discussed here: juliaserano.medium.com/the-white-lo...

The White Lotus, TERFs, and “Autogynephilia” as a Floating Signifier

plus their “grand unified theory” of transness

juliaserano.medium.com

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 11h

apparently the new Netflix show Monster: The Ed Gein Story invented an "autogynephilia" backstory for their serial killer (because of course they did!). so time to re-up my collection of writings on this pseudoscientific zombie theory...
juliaserano.medium.com/autogynephil...

Autogynephilia, Junk Science, and Pseudoscience

plus links to my academic articles, online essays, and explainers on the topic

juliaserano.medium.com

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 16h

I 100% get why Link did the mutual aid Fridays.

Like, every time someone replies by telling me the need is met is one less person struggling in the world.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 16h

Also, if someone says social media does nothing but harm, I can literally point to this thread and say it saves lives.

I have only been doing this for a day, I can’t imagine the number of people Link helped over months. This makes his ban even MORE disgusting.

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Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 8d

LittleSis have dropped a new report and data visualization about the billionaires and corporations profiting from the deportation industrial complex:

littlesis.org/news/the-bil...

The Billionaire Oligarchs and Corporations Profiting from ICE’s Deportation Machine - Little Sis

A primer on the billionaire barons and corporate profiteers enabling ICE's deportation apparatus

littlesis.org

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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 15h

I emailed the guy who originally drew Pepe to see if he had any comment about the current frog reclamation, and he was like uh what are you talking about

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 17h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

If you ever stuck up for "ideological diversity ' or good faith debate or whatever and thought guys like Thiessen were part of that congratulations you are a huge sucker and Thiessen and the other conservatives are laughing at you now that they won.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 18h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 21h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 16h

And it’s FASCINATING to me ( both really and sarcastically)

That silos are GREAT now that it’s gonna be in an ecosystem that favors technologists and journalists

But we’re a problem when it’s marginalized groups , under resourced people etc

alison (she/her) FREE LINK @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 16h

100%
This has always been my beef with mastodon.
If everyone is in a "safe space", that might be good from an immediate safety perspective (eg within a trans instance you can stop transphobia)
But we collectively do not benefit from siloing and isolating everyone, and it doesn't stop overall bigotry

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 16h

I legitimately said “Oh…” out loud. Thats a hard ass yikes and a bug-eyed WTF

I don’t even dare to say “this is a lot” because this is, simply put, disgustingly too damn much.

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 20h

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

churchleaders.com

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Sallyoo @sallyoo.bsky.social · 19h

This is one of the best Tech Won't Save Us episodes. Highly recommended.

Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us · 19h

What radicalized Silicon Valley billionaires to embrace Donald Trump, and how are they wielding their power?

This week @jacobsilverman.com joins @parismarx.com to discuss his new book GILDED RAGE and the distorted worldview of the men who shape our lives.

Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/297_...

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 1d

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

As I was saying.

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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D. J. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 1d

*sighs in philosopher of science*

Looking for confirmatory evidence is an entirely normal part of science. The primary problem here is the eugenics and the fascism, not the lies to children about "the scientific method."

One Bluesky account is quoting another. Inner post has a video of RFK Jr., some person I don't recognize (Tylenol and autism guy, maybe?), Marco Rubio (I think), and Trump. Post text: "RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: 'It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

Outer post text: "We're doing studies to prove it (* not how studies work)"

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

We don't know why RFK Jr. is talking about circumcision and autism. We've never walked a mohel in his shoes

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Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 2d

Armed, masked thugs are kidnapping our neighbors and terrorizing our communities

This was in front of an elementary school in the West Loop in Chicago today. Sharing because everyone needs to see what is happening here daily

Originally posted by @erynfreepress on IG. Her story is in the alt text

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

María Corina Machado, a U.S.-backed Venezuelan opposition figure, has received the Nobel Peace Prize.

“They didn't give it to Donald Trump, but they seem to have given it to the next best thing," says historian Greg Grandin.

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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 1d

MIT says "NOPE, we stand for peer review, merit, and academic freedom" in reply to the Trump Regime's proposed "compact" with Higher Ed. orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

COMING UP: Hearing on Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s request for release from immigration detention.

My Lawfare colleague @rparloff.bsky.social is in Greenbelt this morning and will live-post the hearing.

Follow along ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 1d

At 11am I will try to live-blog, for @lawfaremedia.org , the hearing in Abrego Garcia’s civil (habeas corpus) case in federal court in Greenbelt MD. Abrego is seeking release from detention under a SCOTUS precedent called Zadvydas v Davis (2001). ...
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Sally Haslanger @shaslang.bsky.social · 1d

MIT has chosen to do the right thing. OMG, what a relief.
links.mit.edu/nl3/N5Jy2cKq...

Regarding the Compact

links.mit.edu

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