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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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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 1d

If you can't come out right now, please don't hate yourself.
One day, the meaning of labels will disappear.

Please love yourself as you are.
The one who can cherish yourself the most is yourself.
Because that is your strength and beauty.
Chiitan loves you

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🎃 @eraserplains.bsky.social · 2d

Hush 🗡️

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 5d

they just slapped a surgeons general warning on RFK like he’s a pack of cigarettes

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 5d

“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”

Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans

It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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taylor robin @taylor-robin.bsky.social · 5d

IT'S ANTI-PRIME DAY ON BOOKSHOP!
Oct 7 & 8 you can get FREE SHIPPING on books, AND support independent bookstores!

You should get Hunger's Bite, a YA horror adventure set on a Titanic-like ocean liner suffering a curse of capitalist greed. Perfect October reading!

bookshop.org/p/books/hung...

panel 1
neeta gasps
panel 2
neeta: you were thinking of buying a book from amazon!
wick: I wasn't!
panel 3
wick covers his mouth
wick: well, maybe i was
panel 4
neeta swings a book at wick
wick: what's the big deal, it's just books!
panel 5
neeta taps her copy of dracula, with a thought bubble of vampire wick biting a woman's neck
neeta: always buy books from indie bookstores! never buy from amazon! they're the real blood suckers of the book world!

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chels @mistyfalcon.bsky.social · 5d

Was having a shit day but I just found out the format is releasing a new album. Recession indicator but also so needed I'm so excited

chels @mistyfalcon.bsky.social · 5d

Life's about one dude rubbing his bloody face all over another dudes face and neck

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chels @mistyfalcon.bsky.social · 6d

Ugh this prof is making this speech assignment as easy as possible and I'm still not figuring it out. I'm writing it down but all I can think about is how I'm going to have to say it out loud 😭 it stops my whole writing process in it's tracks

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 11d

Are you registered? Check NOW at @votedotorg.

ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINES FOR THE NOVEMBER 4, 2025 ELECTIONS
Register to vote or check your registration at WhenWeAllVote.org

ALABAMA
10/20
NEBRASKA
10/17
ALASKA
VARIES BY BOROUGH
NEVADA
NO ELECTIONS ON 11/4
ARIZONA
10/6
NEW HAMPSHIRE*
11/4
ARKANSAS
NO ELECTIONS ON 11/4
NEW JERSEY
10/14
CALIFORNIA
10/20
NEW MEXICO
10/7
COLORADO
10/27
NEW YORK
10/25
CONNECTICUT
10/17
NORTH CAROLINA
10/10
DELAWARE
NO ELECTIONS ON 11/4
NORTH DAKOTA
NO ELECTIONS ON 11/4
FLORIDA
10/6
OHIO
10/6
GEORGIA
10/6
OKLAHOMA
NO ELECTIONS ON 11/4
HAWAII
NO ELECTIONS ON 11/4
OREGON
10/14
IDAHO
10/10
PENNSYLVANIA
10/20
ILLINOIS
NO ELECTIONS ON 11/4
RHODE ISLAND
10/5
INDIANA
10/4
SOUTH CAROLINA
10/5
IOWA
10/20
SOUTH DAKOTA
NO ELECTIONS ON 11/4
KANSAS
10/14
TENNESSEE
10/6
KENTUCKY
NO ELECTIONS ON 11/4
TEXAS*
10/6
LOUISIANA
NO ELECTIONS ON 11/4
UTAH
10/24
MAINE
10/14
VERMONT
10/31
MARYLAND
10/14
VIRGINIA
10/24
MASSACHUSETTS
10/25
WASHINGTON
10/27
MICHIGAN
10/20
WEST VIRGINIA
NO ELECTIONS ON 11/4
MINNESOTA
10/14
WISCONSIN
10/14
MISSISSIPPI*
10/6
WYOMING
10/21
MISSOURI
10/8
WASHINGTON, DC NO ELECTIONS ON 11/4

MONTANA
10/6
*Online voter registration is not available.

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 11d

He will tell his tale…

Film Updates @thefilmupdates.bsky.social · 11d

The official trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz.

In select theaters October 17, on Netflix November 7.

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Bluesky mods aid genocide by banning Palestinians @pastures.myatproto.social · 11d

It's a good idea at this point to keep as many eyes as possible watching their livestream to make sure the genocidal regime knows the world cares what happens to them. Put it on in the background if you are busy doing something else

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 15d

A tiny dark nebula floats in front of the glowing Eagle Nebula, stark in silhouette. This small Bok globule just a fraction of a light-year across lies about 7,000 light-years away, with young stars and gas glowing behind it.

Credit: Peter Bresseler

$A tiny dark nebula floats in front of the glowing Eagle Nebula, stark in silhouette. This small Bok globule just a fraction of a light-year across lies about 7,000 light-years away, with young stars and gas glowing behind it. Credit: Peter Bresseler$

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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 13d

Snowy Landscape with Arles in the Background - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14407

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chels @mistyfalcon.bsky.social · 13d

Thought mb I needed context for this but it's exactly like it sounds. Wtf is going on.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 13d

I have been haunted by this statement all day www.kgw.com/article/news...

Local News
Trump seems to back off Portland military plan: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?'

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sanzuniur @sanzuniur.bsky.social · 16d

COME AND SEE

#noimnotahuman #ninah

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chels @mistyfalcon.bsky.social · 16d

My mom's been pretty seriously ill and now I have to go to work despite it all. I hate this place.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 17d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 18d

Dear friends,
As have become a habit, I mark each #autumnequinox by sharing a small poem by Xin Qiji. I also start my translation cycle of Chinese and Japanese poems and prose that mark the twenty-four lunisolar micro-seasons. Translation notes blogged here:
#everynightapoem

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chels @mistyfalcon.bsky.social · 19d

mitski also did a cover of let my love open the door which made me cry instantly. her sweet little voice....... shes so wonderful.

chels @mistyfalcon.bsky.social · 19d

new tron ost fucks thank you mr nails for the food

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chels @mistyfalcon.bsky.social · 20d

Someone tell me not to buy tai tickets again I don't need to see them twice. Right.... Right.........?

chels @mistyfalcon.bsky.social · 21d

Man i miss rping 😭 I have some plot hooks I've been dying for again ugh

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Clark Kent @lokodolo.bsky.social · 21d

Happy September 21st to those that celebrate!!! 😃 💃🏾🕺🏾

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𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙠 @winterk.bsky.social · 21d

if you really want to stick it to Disney, and other corporate media giants, become fascinated by things they would never produce, so that they might fade into the background noise of life.

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RavennoWithTea || ✧⁠*⁠。𓄿 @ravennowithtea.bsky.social · 22d

people can issue consent. things cannot.
drawings & sculptures & fictional characters are things.
they are property. they are NOT real people.

requiring fictional characters to issue consent is an insult to real people w/real problems

how does bsky expect to get consent from something like marble?

photo of sculpture titled The Rape of Proserpina by Bernini

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