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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

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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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 14h

“About six in the morning I’ll have a Lillet, or a chardonnay.” It’s now 11am; how many bottles down is she? “Oh God, maybe 25?” Legend.

‘God, life is so strange’: Diane Keaton on dogs, doors, wine and why she’s ‘really fancy’

The Oscar-winning actor is back for the Book Club sequel. But what she really wants to talk about is big cars, her love for Woody Allen – and her unexpected passion

www.theguardian.com

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 1d

look at all the Antifa

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 1d

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 1d

“The birds team” is actually pretty good 😂

I don’t enjoy halloween and find excuses to not be around for it @37h3r.net · 1d

Great Gargoyles this is great! #COYS

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 1d

aw, Mijin is appreciative

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 1d

I'm only referring to myself in third person from now on. Mijin doesn't agree with false climate solutions! Mijin believes fossil fuel wind down is the only way forward!

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1d

"What is it going to take before you drop your hate and say, 'Listen, the guy did the job!' I'm not running anymore, so you no longer have to do this whole charade. I turned the city around, folks—come on! ... Stop coming up with all of these creative ways of saying 'Eric failed.' Eric didn't fail."

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 1d

The Sameer Project’s donations are down 45% today but their work is unfortunately far from over. Give to the South campaign, which supplies 200,000 liters of water a day: chuffed.org/project/1132...

South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water

**With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**

chuffed.org

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 1d

I am shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you that the person responsible for unleashing mass violence across this country did not win the Nobel Peace Prize. Shocked.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 1d

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 1d

it's so baffling! Never, in my entire life, has anyone suggested Johnny Cash was anything but cool. And, he compared him to Dylan! Like, what??

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 1d

If someone eviscerates you like this, you need to do some deep soul searching.

Breaking: Some Guy Now Aware Of Most Revered Country Artist Who Ever Lived | Defector

Rare indeed is the headline-and-dek combo worth noticing, or caring about. In many publications these aren’t even written by the same person who wrote the actual blog; at any rate they’re many hundred...

defector.com

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Emily Grubert @gruberte.bsky.social · 4d

At the risk of angry-posting, I hope we learn something from this given the *extensive* environmental justice and environmental concessions that were made to "protect" the programs

Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 Breaking: Heatmap has obtained a new internal DOE grant termination list that includes the two major DAC hub awards — Oxy/1PointFive's South Texas DAC Hub and Heirloom/Climeworks' Project Cypress in Louisiana.
heatmap.news/politics/doe...

Trump to Cancel Direct Air Capture Hubs in Texas, Louisiana

A new list of grant cancellations obtained by Heatmap includes Climeworks and Heirloom projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

heatmap.news

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 3d

UFW mourns the passing of our brother Kent Wong. Please watch Kent speak in beautiful short video connecting his time with UFW to his view of the importance of solidary across labor and race and cultural backgrounds.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkU...

Kent Wong on Solidarity: action

YouTube video by W.K. Kellogg Foundation

www.youtube.com

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 3d

If the regime does go after DSA, the appropriate response will be for as many people as possible to become dues-paying members.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Jonathan Choe to Trump: "Another group right now that is behind antifa and working with antifa very closely based on the research that we have right now that we're gonna give to you and your team are the Democratic Socialists of America."

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 3d

Billionaires truly are the stupidest people on the planet.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/08/b...

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 3d

Free healthcare to all residents of the US regardless of immigration status would rule, actually. Universal benefits for universal problems (having a body that can get sick or hurt)

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 3d

CA has vote by mail so my ballot is sent to me, I fill it out, and send it back without postage or drop it off. I LOVE IT.

LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 3d

If you're a California voter, please vote YES ON 50 and send that ballot back ASAP so the volunteers don't waste any time on you. And maybe volunteer if you have the time.

linktr.ee/cadem

Sweet Californians, send those ballots back ASAP, so the volunteers don't need to bother with you.

TikTok video by LOLGOP

www.tiktok.com

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 3d

istg if Dolly is taken this year, I will lose my shit

Dolly Parton ‘going to be just fine’, singer’s sister says as she calls for prayers amid health problems

Freida Parton says she has been ‘up all night praying’ but later clarifies comments, saying ‘I didn’t mean to scare anyone’

www.theguardian.com

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 4d

The Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals, has issued a report on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

The report highlights the catastrophic impact of the ongoing genocide on healthcare, with hospitals under siege, clinicians working without basic supplies or power, and at least 772

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 4d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 4d

It's so interesting that Turning Point, which actually does advocate for violence, is so quick to point fingers at antifa, an organization that largely does not exist.

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 4d

Less than a penny per ton...

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 5d

apnews.com/article/trum...
AP: Company bids less than a penny per ton in biggest US coal sale in over a decade

Company bids less than a penny per ton in biggest US coal sale in over a decade

A Navajo tribe-owned company has bid $186,000 to lease 167 million tons of coal on federal lands in southeastern Montana.

apnews.com

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Laura @lauraapollo.bsky.social · 5d

Save the world.

Elon drives space car, trump passenger, zuck in back seat
Eart in the background as they head for Mars

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