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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

Yes, an important test for the midterms.

Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 9h

If ICE agents begins harassing voters on the way to vote on Tuesday, we need local prosecutors to charge the ICE officers with state law crimes. We need to send a message for 2026 that they will be swiftly arrested.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 12h

Ok! Educate those young men abt affirmative consent & safer sex. Make abortion & contraception free & available everywhere. Enforce sexual assault laws actually. Create media that cultivates sex positive respect & care for everyone. Get ppl who don’t suck in office.

Culture change is possible!!

Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 2d

I am not in any way disagreeing with you Rabbi. However with the huge number of sexless young men 18-30 is creating a social hazard.

We need to get gender relationships fixed or we'll suffer from a lot of troubles later on.

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 7h

The policy being weaponized to inflict pain on the marginalized is intended to keep retailers from charging SNAP customers more than they charge non-SNAP customers.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 8h

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 1d

When using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, don't just make text bigger and bolder to make it a heading. That will work for sighted users, but screen reader users will miss that and just hear it as normal paragraph text. Use actual heading styles, like level 1 through 6.

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Jason Perlow @jperlow.bsky.social · 2d

Outstanding

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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · Jul 4

Calling on my ancestors for guidance but the only one who answers is a weird eutherian rodent-mammal from the early cretaceous period. "EAT BERRY SLEEP UNDER ROCK" it says. Pretty good advice

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 1d

The generation that experienced WW2 knew how bad things could get. The horrors that they had directly experienced in Coventry, on Omaha, at Belsen, Bastogne, Dresden, Nanjing & Tokyo meant that they understood how dangerous THIS was. This is where all that started.

Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 1d

Dutch anti-Muslim populist Geert Wilders goes full Trump, claiming on X after he lost the election that there are reports of vote fraud. Also claimed the election authority was not neutral. Tearing down the pillars of Dutch democracy. nos.nl/l/2588722

Gemeenten wijzen aantijgingen Wilders over stemgesjoemel van de hand

Wilders stelt op sociale media dat het "berichten regent" van verdwenen of ongeldig verklaarde stemmen. Experts noemen het trumpiaans.

nos.nl

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 1d

YOUR RIDE IS HERE (2024)
Acrylic on Paper, 13” x 8 ¼”

As I take afternoon walks, I relish the reds, golds, and greens all around me. It’s no accident to see the colors of autumn represented on my palette. 1/3

A worm's eye view of the grim reaper standing atop a large mushroom. Clad in a brown hooded robe, his form contrasts the abstract yellow background that resulted from a paint pour. The long wooden haft of his scythe rests on his shoulder with blade trailing behind him. The butt of his signature instrument rests on the white mushroom cap. Hidden by the hood of his cloak, his face falls in shadow offering only the glow of his eyes and a row of teeth, but his hands rest on the scythe revealing purple skin as he caresses the wooden shaft.

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 2d

Great job, everyone, we did it again

"WEEN HALLOWED" with small skeletons dancing around.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

If you want or need SNAP benefits, literally the only barrier should be...signing up.

"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.

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Lorrie Wood (Clewara Hedwi) @lwood999.bsky.social · 2d

Next will be toying with their app store--the daily use for this device is Google Lens on Japanese Minecraft videos--but let's see what's out there.

Lorrie Wood (Clewara Hedwi) @lwood999.bsky.social · 2d

Just installed this to one of my junk drawer phones, a Pixel 8a. An unexpected side bonus is that the default OS look & feel is dark and mono, which is not only easy on my sPeCiAl eYeS, but will discourage me from idly toying with it. (1/2)

evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 3d

GrapheneOS is great and I recommend it all the time for Android users who are concerned about spying by governments and law enforcement.

Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 3d

"We’ve reached out to Google to inquire about why a custom ROM created by volunteers [@grapheneos.org] is more resistant to industrial phone hacking than the official Pixel OS. We’ll update this article if Google has anything to say." arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

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Dani Finn 🐙 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats on 40 mill!

Now unban Link and start being normal to the trans women who made this site happen with their own sweat, blood, and poasts

Bluesky @bsky.app · 2d

4️⃣0️⃣

40,000,013
users on Bluesky
80.00003% of 50,000,000 user goal (currently estimated in ~522.3 days)

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 2d

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Lynda Carter @lyndacarter.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Halloween! 🎃
Officially giving you permission to eat as much candy as you want.
You = kids AND kids at heart.
Get a sugar coma from your favorite candy! I’m partial to bonbons.
Show me your trick or treating photos, too.
Have a joyous evening! 👻

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 2d

It’s a sad day when a judge has to order the President of the United States to feed vulnerable families and hungry children with funds already designated for that very purpose.

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Hannah Who @notablyuncool.bsky.social · 2d

For any guys dressing up as women this Halloween “as a joke”, we’ll be here for you when you’re ready.

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 2d

I love to see stuff like this because it helps explain to people trapped in tech-sponsored information bubbles the actually obvious fact that universities teach people to know & think things, and AI is a way to produce the effect of knowing & thinking things w/o actually knowing & thinking them.

Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students

www.nytimes.com

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Lorrie Wood (Clewara Hedwi) @lwood999.bsky.social · 2d

Lovely!

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 3d

ObPeriodicReminder: If you were born before 1982 and don't have conclusive, *documented* proof of getting 2 doses of MMR, get another dose unless it's counterindicated. The second dose wasn't added to the schedule until later and a lot of us never got the catchup dose.

Dr. Damien P. Williams! Look over here! … It's All For You! @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 3d

Genuinely begging you to re-up your MMR & get your kids vaccinated if you can. Between this & Kennedy talking about breaking it up into separate vaccines thus providing opportunities for missed inoculations &, thus, increased infections, public health policy is not looking great, for the foreseeable

ProPublica @propublica.org · 7d

South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days.

That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.

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Lorrie Wood (Clewara Hedwi) @lwood999.bsky.social · 3d

[waves cheerfully from an adjacent island] Why, hello there! Enjoy our lovely atmospheric river tomorrow!

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Lorrie Wood (Clewara Hedwi) @lwood999.bsky.social · 3d

Ah, I see DoL is posting apparently-neutral words with pics that amplify the finest segregationist agenda.

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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 3d

"Inside ICE Detention: A Documentary" investigates Tacoma's immigration detention center during a time of swift policy changes under the Trump administration.

She spent her wedding day in Tacoma’s ICE detention center, as policy changes swept through

"Inside ICE Detention: A Documentary" investigates Tacoma's immigration detention center during a time of swift policy changes under the Trump administration.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

Damn, you caught me! I'm so eager for my precious clicks -- which, as we know, can be converted into cash -- that I lied.

I *am* being dishonest about Gavin Newsom being awful on trans issues. Sorry!

To make amends, I'll just Google "Newsom trans" and post all the terrific stuff he's done.

$After Criticism, Newsom Urges Clearer Rules for Trans ... KQED https://www.kqed.org › news › after-criticism-newsom-... 5 days ago — Gov. Gavin Newsom said state law needs to be changed to clarify when and how transgender women and girls compete in women's sports. Gavin Newsom Cites Trans Godson While Taking Anti-Trans ... them.us https://www.them.us › News › California 3 days ago — California Gov. Gavin Newsom doubled down on his comments about transgender athletes in an interview last week, saying that a state law ... Statement: Governor Newsom Betrays Queer and ... Los Angeles LGBT Center https://lalgbtcenter.org › vanguard › press-releases › state... May 19, 2025 — Statement: Governor Newsom Betrays Queer and Transgender Californians With Health Budget Cuts, Says Los Angeles LGBT Center. LOS ANGELES, CA–MAY ... Newsom vetoes transgender health measure, after chiding ... Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com › california › story › newsom-... Oct 17, 2025 — Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill requiring 12-month hormone therapy coverage for transgender patients, citing health care costs. Yes, Gavin Newsom is funny. That doesn't erase his attacks ... Reddit · r/lgbt 440+ comments · 2 months ago As a Californian, and with a trans partner, the political outlook isn't all too encouraging. The Democratic Party itself is too fractious over ... Newsom shocks LGBTQ allies with stance on transgender ... CalMatters https://calmatters.org › politics › 2025/03 › newsom-tra... Mar 6, 2025 — Gov. Gavin Newsom shocked LGBTQ+ athletes when he agreed with conservative Charlie Kirk that it's wrong for transgender athletes to compete in girls' sports. Why Transgender People Are Not Feeling Gavin Newsom Erin In The Morning https://www.erininthemorning.com › why-transgender-... Aug 25, 2025 — Gavin Newsom suggesting that 25 years of age is too young to transition and agreeing to right-wing entryism of concern trolling about trans ...$

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