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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10m

You should read this by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social if you haven't already done so: organizingmythoughts.org/the-emergenc...

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

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Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 25m

Polly cat sleeping next to me

a tan and black striped cat sleeping on a towel on a grey chair
her name is Polly
you can see one tan paw and one black paw

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 18h

You know what?

When the United States actually takes care of a of the people within its borders, I'll consider being respectful or grateful to this country. But for now, what I see is a country founded on multiple genocides doing its level best to either deny those genocides ever happened,

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1h

History gives us plenty of examples of disease used as a weapon. There are fewer cases of governments deliberately using disease against their own citizens. We are living (or dying) through one right now.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 37m

important to know and share

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1h

⚠️ STATES, LOCALS, TRIBAL NATIONS, TERRITORIES ⚠️

HHS has eliminated EVERY SINGLE SAFEGUARD FOR DATA PROTECTION AT CDC. Giving data to CDC is no longer safe and puts your residents at risk.

Unless and until all CDC’s data protections are restored you should consider CDC a bad actor.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1h

I think the last few months have shown how describing a particular far right ethos as "anti-government" has kind of fallen apart

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Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 44m

made oat and flax waffles for breakfast for 75% of the fam. had one of mine with Crazy Richard chunky pb and one that was half blackberry jam and half apple butter with veggie bacon (or 'facon' as we call it)
recipe is a hit and I will make it again

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Oatmeal Flax Waffles, Good For You & Gluten Free

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Alex Jungroth @alexjungroth.bsky.social · 7d

If you live in California, please write to Gavin Newsom in support of these five trans rights bills by Oct 12th.

All you need to do is write a one sentence comment to the effect of:

I support these bills and trans people.

Thank you so much for your support! 💙🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

#trans #BlueCrew #CA #US

Action Needed: Urge Governor Newsom to Sign Five Critical Trans Rights Bills

TransFamily Support Services is proud to co-sponsor five critical trans rights bills that have officially passed the California Legislature. This is a major victory—one made possible through a powerfu...

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Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 58m

join @jeremycshipp.bsky.social 's Patreon! they're funny, kind to animals, and very talented!!

Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 1h

Hey Bluesky, could you help me spread the word about my Patreon? Signing on as a patron is probably the best way to help keep me afloat as a fabric artist, writer and human being. My goal for the weekend is to get one new patron.

www.patreon.com/jeremycreature

fabric art, weird little guys, puppets

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Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 1h

to the best of their remembrance, i just played 'Halloween' by the Misfits for @dreamstatic.bsky.social for the first time in their 47 years.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 16h

HELP NEEDED!

Friends,

As you may have heard or read, on Monday, I announced a Kickstarter campaign to launch my very first children's book called 'HERE and NOW and SMALL and CLOSE,' partnering with illustrator Stacey Chomiak!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/her...

HERE and NOW and SMALL and CLOSE

An empowering, inspiring, and boundlessly hopeful book for children of all ages who want to create a more compassionate planet

www.kickstarter.com

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Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 16h

from opening act at the House of Blues in Chicago in 2019 to headlining at the Oakland Arena last night, it has been wild and amazing to see Sleep Token's meteoric rise. can't wait until the next time!
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purple toned scene from last night's Sleep Token concert at Oakland Arena. Sleep Token symbol in the middle, stage lights, multiple Vessels present

Vessel singing and playing keyboard on stage at Oakland Arena 10/10/25 with the Sleep Token symbol behind him and blue lighting

three Vessels playing instruments center stage at Oakland Arena 10/10/25 with green lighting and tons of confetti in the air

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s.j. bagley @heksenhaus.bsky.social · 18h

every ai data center should be pulled down, brick by brick, replaced by indigenous plants and stone formations.
every ice detention center should be pulled down, brick by brick, and turned into parks where children of all backgrounds can play.
this will all end because it absolutely fucking must.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18h

I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 19h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 17h

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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California National Party (CNP) @votecnp.bsky.social · 1d

Truly a terrifying scene in Portland. No wonder the Feds are so afraid 🤣

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 2d

This is awesome.

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Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 19h

nothing like having the police show up to an 11-year-old kiddo's birthday party!! that's a first.
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Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 22h

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Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Jen @jen0529.bsky.social · 22h

this is beautiful and I'm glad to see Mamdani speaking up for transgender rights in NY. transgender rights are Human Rights and we need to be doing more!

Katelyn does a beautiful write up about the ad.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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pieist.xenoplasm.com @pieist.xenoplasm.com · 1d

I love how each ink cartridge contains more computing power than was owned by NASA between 1963 and 1985 but almost no ink.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

Dear techbros frantically nutting at each other over your own god-like brilliance for making the Five-Boobed-Lady-Picture-Machine: I would at this point settle for you applying your alleged technical genius to making a printer that works

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

it’s said all the time but I think we should continue to hammer home how insane it is that we got dead-eyed bros trying to sell us robots that will free us from the supposedly cruel burden of “creative careers” instead of the actual cruel burden of “doing menial household chores”

Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 2d

Fascism demands to be taken seriously and to be feared. That makes mockery a powerful tool. Is it how you "beat" fascism? I wouldn't go that far. But inflatable Reptar has surely poked a clearer hole in the story the White House is telling that the Democratic Party's multimillion dollar comms shops.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 2d

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

Stillframe from a video of Portland protesters dancing in inflatable suits

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2d

It's been awhile since I've done a serious paid subscriber drive on here. I came into this year with 509 paid Patreon subscribers and set the ambitious goal of hitting 1000 by the end of this year. I'm a little behind pace on that now at 802. patreon.com/katelynburns

Katelyn Burns | Patreon

creating LGBTQ journalism

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damned teapot 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️👻 @ellenteapot.ca · 1d

I don’t think reporters should be abducted off the streets by roving gangs of masked thugs #uspoli

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