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Azrai @theazrai.com · 1d

This means the world.

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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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Lou @loutellstales.bsky.social · 2d

I was once having a bad day until approached by a pug in a park wearing a beautiful, decorated, golden collar, owned by a very serious, masculine, French man who looked on at me sternly as she begged for pats.

Everyone who has helped with our GFM led me to that moment & I think of that pug daily.

Azrai @theazrai.com · 3d

My goals are humble. I just need some kind, creative, LGBTQ+-allied people to help two trans artists do better than say that total loser who got almost a million dollars for yelling a slur at a kid in a public park. www.starwhispers.co/thelastthres...

The Last Threshold

We're building a castle in a housing crisis.

www.starwhispers.co

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➼ amihan (he/hymn)🔜 PAXU @therosecleric.bsky.social · 1d

I forgot to tell y'all, this year will be my first PAXU and I am very excited about it!! (And this panel I will be in alongside some wonderful folks!)

Cassie aka Lamia @intersectionscch.bsky.social · 5d

On Friday at 2:30pm I will be on Playtesting Your Self. This is a panel about exploring identity through games!
Panel: @naladraws.com @therosecleric.bsky.social @blackgirlmage.bsky.social @catieosaurus.bsky.social @sailorsctaustin.bsky.social and me!

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Panel announcement for Playtesting yourself at PAX Unplugged on November 21st 2025. Panelists are Nala J. Wu, Amihan Johnson, Lexi McQueen, Cate Osborn, Austin Taylor, and Lamia

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

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Azrai @theazrai.com · 2d

Everything you write is a gift but protect that precious brain and heart at all costs 🙏

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➼ amihan (he/hymn)🔜 PAXU @therosecleric.bsky.social · 6d

(I posted this earlier with the wrong image 😭)

I am disabled, in pain and cannot stand up to cook, but I still need to eat this evening.

All of my money just went to paying rent. If anyone could spare $50 for food and medicine it would be appreciated.

💗 ko-fi.com/therosecleric

Support The Rose Cleric ❤️

Support me on Ko-Fi

ko-fi.com

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Azrai @theazrai.com · 2d

Thank you guys 😭

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Azrai @theazrai.com · 3d

My goals are humble. I just need some kind, creative, LGBTQ+-allied people to help two trans artists do better than say that total loser who got almost a million dollars for yelling a slur at a kid in a public park. www.starwhispers.co/thelastthres...

The Last Threshold

We're building a castle in a housing crisis.

www.starwhispers.co

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 3d

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Hog And Dice 🇮🇪🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @hoganddice.bsky.social · 6d

Going to be productivity streaming from 1pm Irish time over on the purple app. Come join me and bring some of your own work

Me, standing in my room, looking askance at the camera

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 7d

I believe that we are many,
And I believe that they are few.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 7d

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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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 8d

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

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➼ amihan (he/hymn)🔜 PAXU @therosecleric.bsky.social · 8d

If you haven't already, please start auditing your social media. Be mindful of your posts. If this goes through, this could lead to them kidnapping you for any reason, but ESPECIALLY because of your identity.

🍀 Use this to help remove yourself from social media:

decolonize.digital

Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 9d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 8d

But really do not let this moment pass you up, call your reps and beat them over the head with evidence that ID verification will lead to uncontrollable sensitive information leaks and identity theft

The Verge @theverge.com · 8d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

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Kaza Marie @kazamarie.bsky.social · 10d

The United States government is shut down, this is a critical hit against democracy. We can’t keep rolling dice at the table, it’s time to roll for initiative in the streets. Join the march to unite against authoritarian takeover. Together we can forge a future rooted in peace and equality. 🌷

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🎃Scary Vampire Austin🧛🏿‍♀️🔜PAXU @sailorsctaustin.bsky.social · 10d

Yeah, French always be with the shits

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 10d

BREAKING: Striking workers are currently storming Tesla showrooms in Paris, demanding higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy.

(🎥 Luc Auffret)

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 10d

Don't worry about not fitting in, because fitting in isn't an important part of your life.
Be proud of being different♡
Your life is shining🌈

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 11d

JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 13d

As a former gamer, I cannot overstate how big of a deal this right-wing takeover of Electronic Arts is.

Are they going to create video games where they kidnap and dismember journalists like Jamal Khashoggi?

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Azrai @theazrai.com · 13d

⚔️ Strike your blow upon the Moldlord: https://www.starwhispers.co/thelastthreshold.html

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Azrai @theazrai.com · 13d

You kept me out of the emergency room this week. And got the Moldlord's health down to almost 50%!!

When we have the means to defeat our moldy landlord, we can get into temporary safe housing right away.
There is food on the table because of you.
Thank you so much.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14d

Trump and Dems are officially meeting Monday.

This is after Trump cancelled his last meeting with Democrats because they were holding firm on immigrant and transgender protections.

The Republican budget has dozens of anti-LGBTQ+ riders.

Call your Dem senators, people, don't let them capitulate.

Trump to meet with top congressional leaders as a government shutdown looms

The gathering at the White House on Monday comes after Trump canceled an earlier meeting with Democratic leaders.

www.nbcnews.com

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