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Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 1h

they are performing as. In drag, the more men perform and are received as women, they more they become women. It’s complicated but performativity is about the performance changing us. Which is always what I hope woke performativity might do - change the performer so they actually are more woke. But

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The Tapeworm that Starved to Death in RFK's Brain @imperativelizard.bsky.social · 1h

why wait? I mean, they can say the words at least...

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 1d

I miss the good old days of reading endless spooky stories every Halloween, so we interviewed Texas historians and ghost tour guides — and combed the internet — to round up the scariest ghost stories from across the state. Thanks to those of you who contributed!

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/10/t...

The 13 Spookiest Texas Ghost Stories We Could Find

Experience the spookiest Texas ghost stories and discover chilling accounts of the supernatural. Are you brave enough to read them?

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kim-mn.bsky.social @kim-mn.bsky.social · 3h

IMLS’s new team decided that nearly all of the $14.1 million allocated to the Nat'l Leadership Grants for Libraries(in 2025) is going to 1 recipient, the U.S. Semiquincentennial Co.

So instead of our taxes going to support our libraries, we're paying for a UFC fight on the white house lawn.

skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 8h

It's October 2025 and the federal government is shut down.

So what's currently going on at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)? Well, a lot of money seems to be "missing," among other things.

buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

The Current State of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (October 2025 Edition)

Grant money that should be going to library projects is going to state-sponsored propaganda, among other IMLS updates.

buttondown.com

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The Tapeworm that Starved to Death in RFK's Brain @imperativelizard.bsky.social · 1h

big emotional win for a certain segment of the US

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RadBaron @radbaron.bsky.social · 2d

A regiment of bagpipers should suffice.

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Your neighborhood autism creature @splumpi.bsky.social · 2d

Portland protestors are proof you can engage in psychological warfare without even throwing a single punch or firing a single bullet.

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Brent M. Diskin @diskin.bsky.social · 2d

I Support Our Troupes

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Jasper (they/them) @octopusowl.bsky.social · 2d

They can't yes, and OR no, but.

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 3d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Rust Momster @cambrianera.radical.town · 4h

I think the fact that we allowed cops to lie openly with no real consequences is part of How We Got Here. If the people with the ability to shoot others in the street are allowed to lie about it, you can't expect other officials to abide by a higher standard.

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Glenn Kelly @glennkellyvfx.bsky.social · 1h

That's not how US congressional appropriations work - you can't just re-allocate funds willy-nilly. What would help is if the government wasn't shut down.

WHY aren't the media stating clearly that the president is ordering shit that isn't fucking allowed.

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Diego Devereaux @bigjimmy.bsky.social · 1h

God damn, do some journalism and find out where the executive branch has found the funds to pay the entire military. Come on Bloomberg, do the hard work.

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The Tapeworm that Starved to Death in RFK's Brain @imperativelizard.bsky.social · 23h

lol, well -- well said

It's "The Epstein Ballroom" 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @tourswag.bsky.social · 1d

that's 2 hours I'll never waste

The Tapeworm that Starved to Death in RFK's Brain @imperativelizard.bsky.social · 23h

umm...

Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 1d

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 1d

NEW STUDY

Since I was born, 500 Black neighborhoods have vanished

And 500,000 Black people have been lost

All due to urban revitalization projects

Like the one for LA’s new coliseum — for the Clippers and ‘26 Olympics — that’s destroying Inglewood

@adamlmahoney.bsky.social @capitalb.bsky.social

From Watts to D.C.: How 500 Black Neighborhoods Vanished in 45 Years

America’s gentrified neighborhoods have lost 500,000 Black people, while gaining residents of every other race, a study finds.

capitalbnews.org

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The Tapeworm that Starved to Death in RFK's Brain @imperativelizard.bsky.social · 1d

"...this committee sits in a room filled with the portraits of all laureates, and that room is filled with both courage and integrity. So - we base only our decision on the work and the will of Alfred Nobel."

DemCast USA @demcast.com · 1d

The Nobel committee chair Jørgen Watne Frydnes was asked about the decision not to award the peace prize to Trump, after the American president and his allies made clear they thought he deserved it.

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The Tapeworm that Starved to Death in RFK's Brain @imperativelizard.bsky.social · 1d

this would make a great song

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1d

Maria Cantwell isn't exactly a firebrand, if she's sending letters on this my eyebrows are raised
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/10/sen-...

Sen. Cantwell Warns Big Ten Presidents of Dangers in Selling University Assets to Private Equity Firms

Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, wrote a letter to the Presidents and Chancellors of the Big Ten Conference school...

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 1d

What a scene! Everybody in the neighborhood is trying to dig into this squirrel’s plastic bag of snacks.

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 1d

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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The Tapeworm that Starved to Death in RFK's Brain @imperativelizard.bsky.social · 1d

honestly surprised they called for an ambulance.

not giving props. mild surprise; unimpeded, disgust intact.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

ICE went after rideshare drivers at O’Hare today, according to statement from Illinois Drivers Alliance

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The Tapeworm that Starved to Death in RFK's Brain @imperativelizard.bsky.social · 1d

not funny bait-and-switch

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The Tapeworm that Starved to Death in RFK's Brain @imperativelizard.bsky.social · 1d

(2 diff things, not insulting those instagram users)