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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 1d

when the astrologists say aries is incompatible with capricorn this is what they're talking about 😂

taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 1d

my partner's parents will be here tomorrow and the only thing he's come up with to do with them is go to a spa where you get in a sauna and then jump in a river. USELESS lol

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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 1d

i just want to work somewhere that isn't on the AI hype train 😵‍💫

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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 1d

new work requirement just dropped: train in AI within the next 3 months. No further details lol. just go find a training. so, back to looking for a new job again i guess

a cartoon character covering his eyes with his hands

Alt: stitch, dragging his claws across his eyes in frustration

media.tenor.com

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 2d

There is no difference between "Tylenol causes autism in your child if you're pregnant" and "puberty blockers cause irreversible damage and are bad for children," other than the fact that many liberals will fail to challenge or even will believe the latter, because their transphobia is that strong.

Amber @risettemd.bsky.social · 3d

One of the most irritating things I frequently encounter from transphobes is oddly similar to anti-vaxxer logic. Namely, that scientific evidence which contradicts their opinion is simply dismissed outright. When confronted with evidence about gender identity, the response is always utter denial.

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Indigiqueer Hummingbird ~*For Good*~ @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 2d

This is my most anticipated book release literally ever if I'm honest.

We need these gifts and wisdom so much right now.

Order it for your neighbors.
Do they also need a copy of Let This Radicalize You?

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

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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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 2d

I’m doing a good job of talking to my neighbors more. Now if I could only be better about the anxiety spiral about everything I said/shoulda said etc afterwards that would be great 🫠🙄

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 4d

What middle and upper class cis het white people need to understand is that they only have as many rights as the most vulnerable do. You have only the rights trans people and immigrants do.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 5d

Do you really have any rights if they are openly saying they will just make up reasons to detain you?

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 7d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 4d

mostly i am stressed about them actually masking leading up to visiting us so i am dealing with it by stress cleaning 😖

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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 4d

my partner's parents are coming to visit so i am STRESSED because he is leaving everything to the last minute just like THE ARIES that he is. me, a capricorn, secretly making lists of things we can do cleaning things because i know he's gonna wait until the night before to do everything 😵‍💫

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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 5d

Hanging onto every bit of good news

The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.

This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.

lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...

One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife

lostcoastoutpost.com

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 5d

. @404media.co is investigating book bans. They could use your pointers on where to be looking. You can do it anonymously.

"We need help deciding... which school districts and cities to seek public records from and... where we should point our reporting efforts. "

www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

www.404media.co

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 7d

Your reminder that 29.3% of all revenue from indie bookshops immediately recirculates in the local economy 😊

That's 4x more than Amazon.

When you buy audiobooks through Libro.fm, you're supporting not only your indie, but your local economy.

*American Booksellers Association + Civic Economics

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 8d

There are so few people actually asking, “is this any good for what we do?” Instead people give lip service to “responsible use” while plowing ahead with punching “AI” into everything. This isn’t just about selling a product; it’s about co-opting humanities researchers to train “AI” models.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 8d

I've distributed over 600 community copies of Perils & Princesses and I just put up a bunch more, in case you've been meaning to check out this game, but haven't had the means: outrider-creative.itch.io/perils-and-p...

Perils & Princesses by Outrider Creative

A Gritty and Pretty Fairy Tale Adventure Game

outrider-creative.itch.io

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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 9d

might have to disappear from the internet until the tswift and hp fanfic discourse is over. i just dont care enough about either to see this much discourse! it's too much!

taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 9d

Last time the question was about a skill people wish they had and 3 different people talked about how they wished they spoke another language but that is a useless skill now cuz of AI ?!?!?! What planet am I on?!?! How do you even think that 🤯😩😤

taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 9d

Every week someone says something offensive or just like very annoying lol. I have called in sick just to avoid these meetings. Thinking about it now cuz I’m still dead tired post-vaxx

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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 9d

It takes about 30-45 minutes to these check ins which leaves about ten minutes for the actual work part of the meeting so either we have to stay long or we just don’t get anything done

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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 9d

Dreading my work meeting tomorrow where the check in is sharing our family slang ?!!? Every week a new torture.

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Shannon Bucci 🔻 @shannonbucci.bsky.social · 9d

“DHS is terrorizing our communities and staging violent spectacles to produce fascist propaganda—and sometimes, for what appears to be purely recreational violence.”

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 9d

I have a full day today, but I woke up early to put this edition of my newsletter together because I need you all to have this rundown of what we've been up against this week in Chicago as the federal assault on our city continues. To ignore these developments would be a damning mistake for us all.

Must-Reads and the War on Chicago

"Chicagoans will not be a conquered people."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · 11d

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 11d

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies

U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.

www.reuters.com

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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 10d

Update: got both shots and they just asked which I wanted so didn’t have to talk to anyone about anything. The website language is maybe a regulation thing?? Idk but it would be nice if they could have at least said you could talk to someone on site 🫠

taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 11d

scheduled my flu shot, but it's unclear if they will also have the covid shot. the website says they will be at the flu clinics, but you also need to talk to your care team because of the new guidelines? hopefully that just means the person giving the shots? ugh, i hate it here

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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 11d

scheduled my flu shot, but it's unclear if they will also have the covid shot. the website says they will be at the flu clinics, but you also need to talk to your care team because of the new guidelines? hopefully that just means the person giving the shots? ugh, i hate it here

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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 11d

oh aaand, some people dont work in the city where this is happening lol. like hours away. so hopefully i can just opt out

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