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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 1h

redo w/correct link. pls share again!

‼️‼️‼️Sameer Project urgently needs our action. Can we do a $75/mattress-for-babies fundraiser today?

The situation:

From Sameer Project on on X: “The pediatric department at Nasser Hospital requested our help!!
Support: chuffed.org/project/1368...

Screenshot of video of babies who arrived at Nasser Hospital in need of urgent care. Go to Sameer Project on c to view

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 5h

Racist, fascist billionaires control consumer-facing "A.i." Do not use this propaganda tech.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5h

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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Michele H @micheleh.bsky.social · 21h

This is so not good. Just fucking awful.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21h

“FPS could even enter a private residence containing an identified sniper blocks away from a federal facility in order to eliminate that exigent threat…we do not live in a world of sticks and stones, but Mausers and Winchesters.”

DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property

In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Michele H @micheleh.bsky.social · 23h

Get him Ms. Rachel! ❤️🇵🇸❤️

DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 23h

Ms Rachel schools Obama on why he really should stop using dehumanizing language.

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 3d

Manchildren

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race scientist jack skellington @jazzpomegranate.com · 1d

help rami!

Rami 🍉 @mido0012.bsky.social · 1d

Why did you stop supporting us?
Why are you leaving Kinda sick and hungry?
Where are the rescuers, where are our friends?
Even with the ceasefire, we have no work, no income, no food.
Please, don’t turn your backs on us , we still need you desperately.❤️‍🩹
tinyurl.com/HelpRamiFamily

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Michele H @micheleh.bsky.social · 2d

Swear her in!

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

Today marks yet another day that Speaker Mike Johnson has denied Adelita Grijalva her right to govern.

She won her special election on Sept 23rd but has yet to be sworn in.

Why? Because she will become the 218th vote needed to discharge the release of the Epstein files.

Say her name.

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moby spookgirl 🎃🏳️‍⚧️ @eigenvectrix.myatproto.social · 3d

Please consider helping me to eat.

Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/epistemophagy
PayPal: paypal.me/epistemophagy

Buy Isabelle a Coffee

Become a supporter of Isabelle today!

ko-fi.com

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Ru Xu @ SPX H6A @ruemxu.bsky.social · 3d

Looks like it's Anti-Prime Day on Bookshop! 📚

FREE SHIPPING for the 7th and 8th! It's a great opportunity to support independent bookstores and get the first two Status Royale books (on discount!) 🥳

👉 bookshop.org/shop/ruemxu

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Michele H @micheleh.bsky.social · 3d

He is a trash governor.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 3d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Hassonna @nnssa9.bsky.social · 4d

Hassan is suffering from severe malnutrition. He no longer has the strength to even cry.
Every morsel of food we dream of, and every dose of medicine we desire, has become unattainable.
I hold him in my arms, afraid that I will lose him at any moment. 💔

Help me save my child.

gofund.me/05d9bc0a3

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Michele H @micheleh.bsky.social · 3d

Just so many shades of evil.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 4d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Melinda Magpie 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 Free Link, free Palestine @melindamagpie.bsky.social · 4d

Update from Miss Major's partner: "Miss Major is at home on hospice. She is comfortable and surrounded by love."

Donations and good wishes still needed. Anything above and beyond the needs of her care will go to continuing Miss Major's legacy through Oasis, the retreat for trans people she built.

Melinda Magpie 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 Free Link, free Palestine @melindamagpie.bsky.social · 10d

Miss Major, one of the mothers of the trans liberation movement, has been in the hospital for 10 days with sepsis and a blood clot. She has looked out for us for generations, now it’s time to look out for her. Donate if you can: fundly.com/missmajor

An older Black femme, laying in a hospital bed. She's smiling and holding a pink, lavender and yellow dragon stuffie.

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Michele H @micheleh.bsky.social · 5d

I never saw Top Gun!

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 6d

My friend Sama'a has lost so much. Please give what you can to help her keep her family alive.

gofund.me/db56c7ce3

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Michele H @micheleh.bsky.social · 6d

This is horrifying- please sign this pet and demand Rodney’s release. Fuck ice - Abolish ice.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you toeveryone who shared and signed the petition to free Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been in ICE custody for over 8 months.

What’s being done to him and other disabled immigrants is appalling, and we need to apply public pressure & help as many people as possible:

Sign the Petition

Demand the Release of Rodney Taylor from ICE Detention

www.change.org

Michele H @micheleh.bsky.social · 6d

He needs to stop popping whatever he’s taking and go stand in a corner.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 7d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Baraa. Baraa is the mother of 3 children Masa, 6, Ibrahim, 4 and Maha, 7 months. Tragically Maha was killed after a nearby bombing caused gasses to overwhelm her little lungs. Masa is in the hospital because of kidney issues from malnutrition.

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Michele H @micheleh.bsky.social · 6d

Tomato and salt still life. #Photography #Tomato #Salt

An orange tomato with a smaller red tomato on top - a salt shaker in the form of a chef, the cover is hat shaped with a face and yellow jacket.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7d

Rodney Taylor still needs our help!

He’s still locked in an ICE camp.

He’s still going without his new prosthetic legs.

He’s still facing deportation to Liberia.

He’s still having necessary disability accommodations ignored.

Please keep sharing his story. Public pressure works!

Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE

Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.

www.disabledginger.com

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