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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 8h

Israeli "troops shot dead at least nine unarmed Palestinians trying to return to their homes in northern Gaza City and southern Khan Younis."

"During the last Gaza ceasefire [..] Israel violated the agreement more than 1,000 times before scrapping the deal."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Genocide

'You Cease, I Fire': Israel Kills at Least 9 in Gaza, Says It Will Break Truce Aid Terms | Common Dreams

"Israel is working extremely hard to blow up this ceasefire," said one observer after IDF troops shot dead Palestinians trying to return to their homes in the largely flattened strip.

www.commondreams.org

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, an activist who took part in Stonewall and remained an advocate for the decades that followed, including caring for AIDS patients & pioneering needle exchange & defending the rights of incarcerated trans people on both coasts, passed away. www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died

The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

www.advocate.com

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 6d

As it exists, I don’t believe that SCOTUS is actually a place that interprets the law or exists to seek justice. It is a lever of power and a numbers game, and I have no respect for it as an institution.

There is no consistency or true philosophy at work, save this: they do what they want.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 6d

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 9d

Lol, we had ONE SINGLE TICKET open up, Chicago!

Snag it if you want it!

nocturnalomissionschi.eventbrite.com

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 9d

And with that, our Chicago show is officially SOLD OUT! See you this week!

A poster for the show NOCTURNAL OMISSIONS by cabaret performers John and Jonah, with a big SOLD OUT on top

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 10d

If you live in New York City, you've got to start your day by reading this @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social x @bradlander.bsky.social conversation!

Brad Lander Wants New York City to Resist

The NYC Comptroller talks ICE, Trump, Zohran, and Brooklyn.

www.hamiltonnolan.com

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 9d

i don’t really understand why this made me start bawling i just really love seeing people try to help each other in creative ways and that this shit is necessary

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 12d

I know, it should be Captains Hook, but you expect a two bit gumshoe to know that?

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 12d

My noir parody sketch for our new show continues to get dumber:

"She walked into my office looking like more trouble than a trio of Captain Hooks at a fisting party."

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12d

This is literally directly across the street from an elementary school.

Map showing the school directly adjacent to where the tear gas canister was thrown.

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 16d

Chicago! We only have *7* tickets left for our show NOCTURNAL OMISSIONS on October 9th! This is your last shot!

www.eventbrite.com/e/john-jonah...

John & Jonah in NOCTURNAL OMISSIONS

John Coons and Jonah Wheeler return to Chicago with their mix of unhinged mashups, original songs and queer, horny joy!

www.eventbrite.com

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 16d

Anything who says that ICE is anything other than racist thugs just isn't living in reality. And I truly don't know how you're supposed to work, live, and build a lasting society with people that willfully hateful.

G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 16d

I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.

Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 16d

ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 16d

I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.

Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 16d

ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.

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Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 16d

“there’s no real difference between an acetaminophen scaremonger like RFK Jr. and an anti-trans obsessive like J.K. Rowling. Neither are doctors, both have been poisoned by a steady stream of online propaganda and disinformation”

When science is thrown out the window, everyone suffers.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 17d

For @truthout.org yesterday I wrote about how the government's lies about tylenol and autism reminds me a lot of the government's lies about trans people.

truthout.org/articles/ant...

Anti-Trans Policy Deserves Same Scrutiny as Trump’s Tylenol Disinformation

As a trans journalist, I see corporate media outlets as inconsistent in their treatment of right-wing disinformation.

truthout.org

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 17d

There is a difference between righteous anger, directed at injustice, and hateful anger, directed at those who are different. Authoritarian regimes deliberately conflate the two to silence criticism and create false equivalence. It's important we don't let those in power succeed in this endeavor.

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 19d

(It gets worse.)

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 19d

“But it's not true! He never even used that brand of poppers! I mean, RUSH? As a grown man in 2025?”

“Was there any evidence of anyone else with him?”

“Well, He's Polly. And by that, I mean in the bedroom, he used to pretend he was a parrot.”

“Mmm... so you suspect Fowl play.”

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 19d

“It's my husband, he... he gooned himself to death!”

“I see. So it's an edge case.”

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 19d

Working on a noir parody scene for our new show and it's one of the dumbest things I've ever written.

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 20d

The struggle is real

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 23d

Apparently a condom!

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 23d

@mattbaume.bsky.social Every now and then I come across a little piece of queer history that stops me in my tracks.

Here's today's that I knew nothing about:
www.facebook.com/marketplace/...

Redirecting...

www.facebook.com

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 23d

Chicago! Less than 20 tix left for our October 9 show! Get yours before we sell out!

John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 26d

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 25d

More than that. "The FBI ***recorded*** Tom Homan taking the money "after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration."

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 25d

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

www.msnbc.com

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 26d

nocturnalomissionsCHI.eventbrite.com

John & Jonah in NOCTURNAL OMISSIONS

John Coons and Jonah Wheeler return to Chicago with their mix of unhinged mashups, original songs and queer, horny joy!

nocturnalomissionsCHI.eventbrite.com

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