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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 5h

I actually believe in a diversity of tactics so I have no real issue with No Kings stuff- especially if the left uses it for its most useful purpose- recruitment- but the idea that the incredibly detailed and planned civil rights movement is just like organizing a march on Facebook is ludicrous

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Indigiqueer Hummingbird ~*For Good*~ @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 5h

MN has shut down SNAP payments and they won’t come back until federal govt reopens.

Feed your neighbors.
Find out who needs food & make sure they're not hungry.

Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · 5h

Just in time for Thanksgiving and the holidays.

www.cbsnews.com/amp/minnesot...

The Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families says they're being forced to stop processing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits (SNAP), or food stamp applications, starting Wednesday because of the government shutdown.

Early Tuesday, the department told all 87 counties and tribal leaders if the shutdown continues into November, there will be insufficient funds to pay November SNAP benefits. The letter also says USDA leaders are directing states to "delay transmission to state EBT vendors until further notice."

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 7h

Good morning I’m in @theverge.com profiling @ekkoastral.bsky.social @jael.bsky.social and some other cool trans musicians who are bringing the organizing energy they learned from being trans online to music venues across the country. These musicians are meeting the moment.

The DIY and IRL energy of punk rock mutual aid

Bands like Ekko Astral are bringing the urgency of online solidarity into the mosh pit.

www.theverge.com

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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 13h

Thread memory – Embroidery from Palestine, V&A Museum, Dundee theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/16/t...

Thread memory – Embroidery from Palestine, V&A Museum, Dundee

By Jeanie Molyneux. This is one of the most moving exhibitions I have ever visited, challenging, but well worth seeing. The exhibition celebrates the ancient tradition of Palestinian embroidery, ca…

theorkneynews.scot

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Leigh, as in free 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ @revafisheye.bsky.social · 7h

Haha he's so pathetic

Leigh, as in free 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ @revafisheye.bsky.social · 7h

Grifter to grifter

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Leigh, as in free 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ @revafisheye.bsky.social · 7h

That's what kids are for :)

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Leigh, as in free 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ @revafisheye.bsky.social · 7h

I thought narwhals were mythical until pretty recently. Like unicorns and kraken.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 7h

hell yeah that's what I'm talkin bout

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 22h

It has been laid down.

You need to pick it up.

Lauren-Ashley Arts @laurenashley087.bsky.social · 23h

White people need to talk to other white people. It is entirely up to the whites to move the needle on their end.

Let me be clear: racism and antisemitism are rampant on *both* sides of the aisle.

Your twentysomething niece has fallen for the okie doke just as easily as your Boomer uncle.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 2d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

Labor Day was a month ago, weird that NBC is wearing all white

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 1d

Brown is out! They had to do more dancing in their letter because they previously capitulated and needed to reference their previous agreement but, at its core, this reiterates MIT's letter.

The clock is now on for all other institutions.

www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

www.brown.edu

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 2d

Rest in Power Miss Major. We all owe you so much. Thank you for everything.

Trans leader Miss Major Griffin-Gracy dies

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender woman and longtime activist who once lived in the Bay Area, died October 13.

www.ebar.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

Looks like the news is out. May her memory be a blessing. Miss Major, Presente!

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 2d

Rest in power, Miss Major.

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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Leigh, as in free 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ @revafisheye.bsky.social · 1d

This reminds me of when, c. 1988, a Gastonia pastor lost his radio show for nonpayment of fees. He was pictured in the paper, standing on the median of US-74 in front of the radio station in his klan garb with a sign complaining that the station "discriminates." 🙃

Leigh, as in free 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ @revafisheye.bsky.social · 1d

It's a fucking scourge!

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.bsky.social · 2d

Healthcare, childcare, care for elders and disabled people. Guaranteed jobs, incomes, homes. Mass transit. Green energy.

We were taught we can't afford to provide these to everyone. But somehow we've known that's false.

Let us now unlearn the old neoliberal ways by learning how to provide for all.

Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 2d

"If money is the ongoing process of issuing and deleting credits, it cannot be solely understood as an inert quantity that reflects past accomplishments. Money cannot be something we need to hoard to create a livable future. And it certainly cannot be scarce unless we make it so."

Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City

Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …

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Harlem Toots @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 3d

People really want to believe that an emphasis on professionalism and training will allow them to muddle through until the “right” people are in charge of law enforcement again.

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Leigh, as in free 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ @revafisheye.bsky.social · 3d

Grammar police rarely do.

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Harlem Toots @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 4d

“But ever since a noisy cryptocurrency facility moved in about half a mile away in 2023, he said their rocking chairs have mostly sat empty. Other nearby residents also say they don’t spend much time outside anymore because of what many call “that roar.””

A North Texas community will vote to form a city in an effort to quiet down a crypto mine

Leaders of the effort say they moved to rural Hood County for its quiet country charm, which was shattered by what locals call “that roar” from the facility.

www.texastribune.org

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 4d

the only ethical use case for GenAI is creating a parallel internet stocked with infinite varieties of sycophantic agents where our oligarchs can run free, secure in the knowledge that everyone loves them and blissfully ignorant of the existence of an actual internet that nobody tells them about

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 9d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 4d

Belatedly reading about this and as always really important to remind people in *every breath* that when the right talks about “woke” and “DEI” they are talking about the cultural and political wins of the civil rights movement. This arrangement existed for 52 years because of historical activism.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 5d

www.dailytarheel.com/article/e9c7...

UNC ends Black Student Movement's 52-year 'co-ownership' of Upendo Lounge

BSM President Adam Sherif said administrators cited new federal guidelines that instruct all federally funded entities to ensure they are not engaging in "discriminatory practices, including those lab...

www.dailytarheel.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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