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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 33m

This line from Mamdani's father just really struck me. Great profile:

“I was an Indian in Uganda. I was a Muslim in India. And I was all of these things in New York City,” Mahmood Mamdani explained to his son. And “to be a minority is also to see the truth of the place amidst the promise of it.”

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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AHHH! real meghan!! 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 4h

people’s names were absolutely changed when they came to this country and ellis island is not the only historical point of entry for immigrants lol

Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social · 16h

Now, more than ever, it's important to understand why so many the myths we tell ourselves about immigration are actually very harmful.

First of all, your great-great-grandparents names *were not changed* at Ellis Island. No one there had the authority to do that.

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schmaniel 🇵🇸 @schmaniel.bsky.social · 16m

calling someone a nutcase for using a four letter word after you vomit worthless pablum that doesn't answer the question or clarify your position is certainly a choice

not a wise choice, but clearly you're not a wise; just sanctimonious and patronizing

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Lady Aranea @ladyaranea.bsky.social · 42m

Ironically, this is exactly the kind of shit I'm talking about that robs me of the capacity to have sympathy for people who are sensitive to the presence of the word "fuck". My very sanity is questioned because I express emotions about politics, and I'm just rolling my eyes at it. But you can't

Lady Aranea @ladyaranea.bsky.social · 1h

Calling a tranny a nutcase because she uses "fuck" as an intensifier and won't coddle your honestly unhealthy sensitivity to the word is certainly a choice you can make. Don't you have more serious concerns, or is your life otherwise sorted?

Valentin Przyluski @plugpress.bsky.social · 1h

When you come from X to avoid nutcases

You end up in Bluesky with other nutcases.

World 2025 : Mental Health Issue

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 57m

Important to note that this isn’t a problem for the billionaire buying media properties. If they make them into successful rightwing propaganda? Cool more money. If it fails? Cool they’ve destroyed one of the few outlets with the resources to investigate them. Either way they achieved their goal

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 17h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 39m

The government wants us to recognize Charlie Kirk today. But, today is George Floyd’s 52nd birthday. And, the genocide in Palestine continues after two years.

We have our own people to mourn.

Jennmjacksonphd.substack.com

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 41m

I’m not sorry for saying this what they did to our captured relatives was beyond cruelty. They were stripped of their dignity, tortured with electricity, and treated like less than human. It was horror designed to erase their humanity.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 42m

Mamdani this morning in the NYT on this very issue

“That exception is one that I believe we should not only take issue with because of what it means for Palestinians and Palestinian human rights,” he said. “But also, whenever you are at peace with the making of an exception, you make it easier to make another exception — wherever, whenever.”

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Eiynah 🇵🇸 @nicemangos.bsky.social · 2h

The world better fkn wake up and mobilize to stop people from accumulating this much wealth and power ever again.

It will always be used for extreme evil. Because justice and wealth hoarding are not compatible.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3h

The world's richest man, and owner of one of the largest social media platforms, is funding white supremacists seeking to undermine democracy everywhere he can. www.huffpost.com/entry/tommy-...

Far-Right UK Activist ‘Tommy Robinson’ Says Elon Musk Is Funding His Latest Legal Fight

Musk recently appeared by videolink at a massive London rally hosted by the anti-Islam activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.

www.huffpost.com

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 1h

This young man disappeared from the Naval Academy. And we aren’t hearing anything about it.

What’s going on?

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1h

What’s especially wild (legally) about this is that NSBP, NSHP, and SACNAS have always welcomed people of all backgrounds, including white people. NSHP has had a white president, my SACNAS leadership institute class has several white members, and NSBP has a sizable white membership.

Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 2h

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1h

People who side with the monsters who do this are monsters themselves

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schmaniel 🇵🇸 @schmaniel.bsky.social · 1h

i've had too many women do things that convinced me they were interested, only to be told they just wanted to be friends, liking inviting me over to makeout and cuddle, or inviting me over to spend the night cuddle, or taking their shirt of while we cuddled

typical friend stuff

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 17h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 23h

“Win every election” is not a viable strategy for preventing authoritarianism

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 18h

I don't know how many times to point out that is absolutely ghoulish and non-consensual and disgusting behavior.
To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also.
Sick.

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Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Happen Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Screenshot includes an AI generated image of what looks like a human cross between Daenaerys Targaryen and Marilyn Monroe on the back of a dragon.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 3h

I need you all to remember this as well...that bluesky actively assisted in ethnically cleansing Palestinians

Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 3h

Just saw 2 Palestinian accounts vanish right after asking me for help--one a mother grieving her baby daughter who just died of starvation, another begging for help to keep her little sick, starving baby daughter alive. I cannot say what I think of Bluesky admin.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 3h

Please donate or share

Ahmed @ahmeeed9.bsky.social · 5h

I don’t want likes. I don’t want views.
I just want your HELP.💔
We are in an area completely devoid of life. 🥹💔
chuffed.org/project/1426...

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 3h

Please donate or share

Saed. 🍉 @ps-saed-98.bsky.social · 17h

Our minds still haven't accepted that the war is truly over.
We still flinch at the slightest sound, mistaking it for a missile.

Whoever can financially support my family, please come forward.

Don't leave us alone in this desert.
@mommunism.bsky.social

To donate via GFM ⬇️
gofund.me/a0a540b8

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 19h

This app/extension can help you keep track of what to boycott
www.boycat.io

BoyCat - Ethical Shopping & Secure VPN Services

Search brands, scan products, and make ethical shopping choices with confidence. Plus secure VPN services for private browsing.

www.boycat.io

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Norzola @norzola.bsky.social · 3h

Israel: you cease, I fire...

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3h

“Cease” fire

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire, saying a group had approached its soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 3h

So do White people in the west just believe it’s okay to resurrect the dead to make them dance and perform for your pleasure?
Is this a cultural difference?
Because where I come from, disturbing the dead usually comes with consequences.
Bad ones.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2h

White colonizers nearly killed all the buffalo to extinction, for pure bloodsport.

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 4h

it's terrifying how many times i see a column, or a politician, say 'i have had a great idea!' and when i read, or listen, to their idea im like 'well, that would be nazism'.

like the nytimes recently saying autistic ppl should be further categorised.

'oh jus like how the nazis did?'

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