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Monica B. @monicabee.bsky.social · 5h

Making music with others is already a life essential. Playing music in a group of folks with ages that range from 16-ish to 80-ish and everything in between? The dream

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 15h

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

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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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 3d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 3d

Trump & Co. are fighting a losing battle against renewables.

ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 4d

“crimes committed by poor people are seen as new-news every time it happens” but structural harm is not. a carjacking down the street is always news but large scale pollution would not be, says alec karakatsanis at moon palace books

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 4d

It’s unbelievable in some ways that reality is more heavy handed than even the most bleak dystopic Americas from 1980s or 90s sci fi.

"A standoff with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and federal officers in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 4, 2025."
Jim Vondruska/Reuters
POLICE

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · Jan 26

Mrs. Gloria Richardson, head of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, pushes a National Guardsman's bayonet aside, 1963

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 5d

Whether workers can organize Amazon will be pivotal for the fate of the labor movement worldwide. Initial victories in Coventry, England, and elsewhere show that when unions put serious resources into organizing, they can win.

Organizing Amazon Should Be a Priority for Labor Globally

Whether workers can organize Amazon will be pivotal for the fate of the labor movement worldwide. Initial victories in Coventry, England, and elsewhere show that when unions put serious resources into organizing, they can win.

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 6d

it is honestly stunning how incompetent both of these agents are - they clearly are not physically nor mentally trained to be arresting anyone, much less a random dude in the middle of the street in a city where every passerby hates their guts

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 6d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 6d

In the Network State ideology, tech billionaires gut existing institutions and swap in parallel knockoffs that serve their agendas.

Example: a tech billionaire creates a fake university run by a columnist ... or buys a major news outlet and puts an unqualified crony in charge.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 6d

CALIFORNIANS!!!!

You’re gonna start getting your ballots. Vote YES for prop/ state measure 50, (it will be titled differently in different counties.)

Vote as soon as you get your ballot so that phone calls and texts can be directed to people who need more convincing.
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Monica B. @monicabee.bsky.social · 6d

So so weird. Caricatures!

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Monica B. @monicabee.bsky.social · 8d

A little hand popping out of a stroller, flexed with a strong message of STOP to the cars (already all stopped) as he and his mamma crossed the street. Love that little San Franciscan!

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 8d

Everyone at CBS News should quit in protest. This is a travesty.

Bari Weiss is a misinformation-peddling right-wing operative. She’s totally unqualified for this job.

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 8d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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The Phoenix Project @phoenixprojnow.bsky.social · 10d

These partnerships shift public functions into privately influenced, quasi-governmental systems with minimal oversight—giving billionaires access to sensitive data and expanding their influence over city policy.

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Monica B. @monicabee.bsky.social · 9d

Troublesome, to say the least

The Phoenix Project @phoenixprojnow.bsky.social · 10d

Mayor Daniel Lurie is restructuring how San Francisco’s government works—outsourcing core functions to private tech firms backed by politically active billionaires. His latest move: giving OpenGov, Inc. control over the city’s permitting system. 🧵

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Monica B. @monicabee.bsky.social · 9d

Tell me you converted without telling me you converted

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10d

Far-right Catholics freaking out about the Pope doing normal Pope things will always be entertaining.

The Pope blessed some water? Can you even imagine?

Matt Walsh: Horrific. The whole thing. Pope Leo blesses a block of ice and then stands there while these communist freaks do some kind of weird pagan Earth worshipping hippy ritual. The leader of the Catholic Church shouldn’t be anywhere near this nonsense. What the hell are we doing here

@CatholicSat: The Blessing of the Waters by Pope Leo XIV, at today’s ‘Raising Hope for Climate Justice’ International Conference at Castel Gandolfo.

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isaac @sevier.io · 10d

The truth is this is a moment where many different possibilities for the future are opening, and they are opening at an extremely high cost. Solidarity to everyone who is trying to build a path to a better world for us all right now, amidst every loss and grief we are carrying. Solidarity forever.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14d

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot

Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 15d

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 15d

There is so much in the news cycle these days that the complete dismantling of the Forest Service -- so *our* forests can be auctioned off to Big TImber -- is unfortunately getting little air play. But if this happens, US landscapes may be almost unrecognizable in a decade, and never coming back. 🌍

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16d

Using an emergency declaration, Trump’s timber production executive order would ease environmental protections so as to greatly expand logging in the national forests.

A report from our friends at @highcountrynews.org:

The dismantling of the US Forest Service is imminent

The public has less than a week remaining to comment on the administration's plans.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 15d

"No hate, no fear! Immigrants are welcome here!"

Absolutely massive crowd at the New Yorkers Against ICE march. Blocks long!

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 21d

this exists it is called thinking

Matthew McConaughey says he wants a private LLM, fed only with his books, notes, journals, and aspirations, so he can ask it questions and get answers based solely on that information, without any outside influence.

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