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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 21h

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

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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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𝕮0𝖋𝖋𝖎𝖓𝕮𝖚𝖓𝖙 @c0ffincunt.bsky.social · 21h

I'm sorry y'all but not everybody's gonna leave twitter entirely and that doesn't make them bad people. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 21h

“Why won’t my favorite creator switch to Bluesky?”

Sorry folks, you wanna know, this is why
If you’re upset about me using Twitter, go ask Hasan or any other big leftist content creator / VTuber / ASMRist why they haven’t switched. I am beholden to them, to the left audience that remains on Twitter

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 1d

This is ultimately why a lot of content creators stay on Twitter. Viral on Twitter vs viral on Bluesky. Pound for pound, engagement is easier on Bluesky, but the reach on Twitter is huge. I’ll update this thread in a day

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2d

Shout out to the Naked Bikeride who today ran hundreds of naked people directly through the line of federal officers and effectively blocked them from assaulting demonstrators. Being naked on a bike goes on the list of effective tactics if you get at least 500 of them and the city loves you.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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Kat @katofalltrades.bsky.social · 1d

This is the only Fast and Furious film I’ve watched in its entirety

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Luis Castillo Silva @theeluisifer.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Indigenous People’s Day, y’all!

A fallen statue of Christopher Columbus whose face Ian planted in the street where it belongs

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 2d

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 4d

My life, by Matt Tarpley

Angry frog, cartoon and four panels. The frog says I am looking my best. I am working my hardest. I am expressing myself. I am trying my best

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Corodon @thecorodon.bsky.social · 4d

Exodus 8:2
"If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country."

Reverend Jesus "Ł" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 4d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 6d

ye see this shits not inevitable never give up in advance

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 6d

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

www.jsonline.com

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Kat @katofalltrades.bsky.social · 5d

Land back now

Truthout @truthout.org · 5d

“As soon as a ceasefire deal is signed, nobody bothers with the details. Gaza disappears, and it’s back to this slow, latent, invisible violence of starvation and engaging people in a permanent state of nonlife,” says Muhammad Shehada, a writer and analyst from Gaza.

The Gaza Ceasefire Deal Is Not a Peace Agreement. What Will Happen Next?

Palestinian and Israeli analysts weigh in on how to interpret the hostage-ceasefire deal.

truthout.org

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

A federal grand jury reportedly indicted Letitia James, Trump’s latest effort to weaponize the Justice Dept. to punish political rivals

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 5d

Needing multiple streams of income to stay afloat is a societal failure not a personal one. You should be able to afford a comfortable lifestyle with one job. You are not lazy.

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👽 Anna Fitzpatrick 👽 @blackmotheyes.bsky.social · 7d

Girl, just text her! What’s the worst that’s gonna happen????

A green lesbian furiously texts her crush, her inner goblin burned away and transformed tries to stop her. The green lesbian pauses over the send message button which she then dramatically presses, her frantic missive sending.

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Evan Narcisse @evnarc.bsky.social · 5d

🗣️🗣️🗣️

Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 6d

"Can we sell black characters in this political climate?" That is what Ubisoft asked itself and then answered, "No." Which is a skill issue and bigotry on THEIR part because black entertainers are out here selling their wares EVERY DAMN DAY, antiblackness be damned. Our culture MOVES NUMBERS.

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Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 6d

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

www.axios.com

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Sbooks @bemorelikeharper.bsky.social · 6d

All the AI lovers TO THE BACK!

a woman in a fur coat is dancing in a hallway

Alt: a woman in a fur coat is dancing in a hallway

media.tenor.com

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Alex @dirtbagboyfriend.bsky.social · 5d

Meme close up of disdainful eyes with “then perish” written in white impact font

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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · Sep 4

Masking at conventions makes so much sense I don't know why we don't all do it. The chances of getting get sick at a con are so high we have a cute little name for it: "con crud." That its easy to get COVID at cons should come as no surprise. Why would you not want to protect yourself and others?