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A.S.K., a librarian

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Another Twitter escapee. @thestackscat most places. You don't get to take your trauma out on other people.

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A.S.K., a librarian @thestackscat.bsky.social · Jan 3

This is really really bad. Like, you think sponsored ads on Google are annoying? Wait until ISPs throttle load speeds to websites that don't pay them for higher speeds.

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · Jan 3

A direct consequence of the Supreme Court overturning the Chevron doctrine in Loper Bright Enterprises last term. We are seriously fucked.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jan 2

A federal appeals court has struck down the FCC’s net neutrality rules that prevented internet service providers from throttling or blocking content or charging more to deliver it

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2h

One example of the price increases on the horizon. People are literally about to be priced out in the same way landlords price people out of apartments. It won’t stop here either

How many of us have already put off going to the doctor/dentist, simply because we can’t afford it? This is unacceptable

Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 3h

So I've been paying $1200 a month this year for an ACA plan.

2026 preview site from the regime just went up.

This is what the exact same plan will cost me per month in 2026.

I'm beside myself.

screengrab from the marketplace reading $2262 per month, office visits $30, generic drugs $20.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 2h

🍎📚Head Start is a federally funded program providing daycare, preschool, and nutrition to young children of low income families.

Funding grants are staggered so money runs out at different times for different states.

134 programs are set to run out of funds Nov 1

apnews.com/article/head...

Government shutdown imperils dozens of Head Start preschool programs

Head Start programs that serve tens of thousands of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government shutdown.

apnews.com

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Diego! but make it spooky @diegoatlaw.bsky.social · 3h

This is evil & is being done just to hurt immigrants

Work permit renewals based on asylum can take over a year & people end up without work authorization *despite doing everything right* because the government sits on their case for a year or more

USCIS asks people to not file >6mo before expiry

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: The Trump admin just ended the practice of automatically extending work permits when people file to renew them — meaning that if USCIS takes too long to process a renewal the applicant loses their authorization to work legally.

The interim final rule applies to renewals filed after tomorrow.

This document is scheduled to be published in the
Federal Register on 10/30/2025 and available online at
https://federalregister.gov/d/2025-19702, and on https://govinfo.gov

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY: Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ACTION: Interim final rule (“IFR”) with request for comments. ______________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY: This IFR amends DHS regulations to end the practice of automatically extending the validity of employment authorization documents (Forms I-766 or EADs) for aliens who have timely filed an application to renew their EAD in certain employment authorization categories. The purpose of this change is to prioritize the proper vetting and screening of aliens before granting a new period of employment authorization and/or a new EAD. This IFR does not impact the validity of EADs that were automatically extended prior to [INSERT DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER] or which are otherwise automatically extended by law or Federal Register notice.

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Scoiattolo @offline.mountainherder.xyz · 1d

Your daily reminder that language is a technology. Chopsticks are technology. Technology literally means “the practical application of knowledge.”

We occlude a lot of cool things by limiting the idea of technology Silicon Valley.

Kuba Suder 🇵🇱🇺🇦 @mackuba.eu · 1d

Yeah, like… "tech" or "technology" should cover a lot of other things than software, no? Hardware, machines, factories, any industry really. Solar panels are tech, car engines are tech.

dame @dame.is · 1d

it’s not the “tech industry”, it’s the “united states venture capital backed software industry” and we should say as much

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 15h

theconversation.com/more-than-40...

More than 40 years after police killed Eleanor Bumpurs in her Bronx apartment, people still #sayhername

The 1984 murder of a Black grandmother in her Bronx apartment sparked an ongoing movement against police brutality and neglect of the mentally ill.

theconversation.com

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Tormented🕷Abroad @jjgass.bsky.social · 16h

She was 13

Adults who lack the moral clarity to say what we’re seeing have no excuse

Rabbi Jill Zimmerman @rabbijill.bsky.social · 5d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes by the Gestapo. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Anne Frank, November 19, 1942.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 1d

It's becoming chillingly clear: an administration that gleefully dismantled USAID and consigned countless people to slow death by starvation and preventable disease will not hesitate to inflict hunger on tens of millions of Americans by cutting off SNAP funds.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 16h

It literally took decades of advocacy to pass these reforms, which would have prevented prison phone and teleconferencing companies from ripping off inmates and their families to the tune of hundreds of millions annually

F.C.C. Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners’ Phone Calls

www.nytimes.com

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 17h

Legislators refusing to think about the reality of black markets and how that can be a constraint on regulatory options or even make them backfire. Many such cases.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 21h

U.S. lawmakers want to ban Chinese drones for security reasons.

They do not seem to realize this will spark a revival of the old DIY drone movement among people who cannot afford overpriced, bad American-made drones.

This will create many exciting, brand-new security threats. Possibly worse ones.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you Amy because it’s irking me

Amytiville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 17h

“Mike Brown was no angel”

people “looting” food in waist-deep floodwaters after Katrina

i think you simply don’t remember

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 16h

Because of course he did. He's Trump. Rules are for the little people.

Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 16h

Trump fires board that oversees D.C. construction projects, as he plans major changes to White House

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-f...

Trump fires board that oversees D.C. construction projects, as he plans major changes to White House

President Trump fired all six sitting members of a board that oversees architecture in D.C., as he plans a slate of major building projects — including a massive White House ballroom.

www.cbsnews.com

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Snopes @snopes.com · 16h

Yes, House Speaker Mike Johnson said, "[Democrats] keep saying Republicans are in charge of the government. We aren’t." He was referring to the Senate's 60-vote threshold as the chamber remains deadlocked over a measure to reopen the government. www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...

Did Mike Johnson say Republicans aren't 'in charge' of the government?

In a video shared on social media, Johnson is heard saying, "[Democrats] keep saying Republicans are in charge of the government. We aren't."

www.snopes.com

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COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 1d

While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...

These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients

Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.

www.coyotemedia.org

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Reham. Reham is 24 and was working on finishing her Bachelors in nursing before the war. She lost her brother, home and university and is struggling to survive with her family including her parents and her little brother Ali who is only 12.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 16h

baseball posting is unambiguously good for Bluesky. not my thing but we desperately need some lighter topics round these parts

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Keeley Sorokti @sorokti.bsky.social · 18h

If you are in #Chicago, here is a zine to print for trick or treating to help protect our neighborhoods

drive.google.com/file/d/1yq1i...

Whistle Zine_Spanish & English.pdf

drive.google.com

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 18h

see, they *can* overturn these tariffs, they just don't *want* to except where beef is involved

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 18h

🚨 The Senate votes 52-48 to overturn President Trump's 50 percent tariffs on Brazil. 5 GOP Senators break ranks to vote against Trump: Collins ME, McConnell KY, Murkowski AK, Paul KY, and Tillis NC.

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En Buen Ora - "Hell Çid" 😈 @enbuenora.bsky.social · 18h

James Baldwin, WGBH, 1963.

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"A boy last week, he was sixteen, in San Francisco, told me on television -- thank God we got him to talk -- maybe somebody thought to listen. He said, "I've got no country. I've got no flag." Now, he's only 16 years old, and I couldn't say, "you do." I don't have any evidence to prove that he does. They were tearing down his house, because San Francisco is engaging -- as most Northern cities now are engaged -- in something called urban renewal, which means moving the Negroes out. It means Negro removal, that is what it means. The federal government is an accomplice to this fact."

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 18h

The Trump administration could fund SNAP if it wanted to.

But after squeezing budgets with the highest grocery inflation in years, Trump is making things even harder by cutting off the aid families rely on.

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reality is the real horror @tumblesweed.bsky.social · 18h

if someone wanted to take me and my kids shopping, that would be amazing! It costs us about $150 to eat a week with inflation and if we cut out any snacks whatsoever.

Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 19h

Participants on SNAP receive an average of $187 per month.

Now if only 40 million of us chip in this amount or Elon gave 2% of his net worth, we’d be set for November.

Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 19h

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 1d

houston: you have a congressional seat, city council seat & state props on the ballot. early voting ends friday. only 95,636 out of 2.6 million harris county registered voters have cast ballots

here's a free no-paywall voter guide from @lwvhouston.bsky.social

digital.houstonvotersguide.org/nov2025

2025 Houston Voters Guide - LWVH

Find everything you need to vote with confidence! See candidate platforms, ballot info, and helpful election resources, all in one trusted place.

digital.houstonvotersguide.org

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A.🌻 @alexxaye.bsky.social · 19h

I love Rebecca DOWN. Known as Dollar Tree Dinners.

Her “Meal in a Bag” is meant to provide ppl with a complete meal that is $8 or less, is shelf stable, & can be made without access to a full kitchen. I love this as a direct aid option. Good for neighbors & elders who can’t/wont go to a pantry.

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Colleen Theisen @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 20h

Question from my rare book cataloging class! What is the longest amount of time you have spent working to catalogue one rare book? (You can DM if you don't want to admit it "out loud"). We are fascinated to hear your answers.📜

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

I'll be tabling at the Philly Zine Fest next Saturday Nov 1. Stop by and I will also have some free zines along with the ones available for purchase. www.phillyzinefest.org

Philly Zine Fest – Celebrating DIY & small press publishing since 2002

www.phillyzinefest.org

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18h

This is what I am talking about!!

beckytaylor927.bsky.social @beckytaylor927.bsky.social · 18h

If you come to my house on Halloween, kids will get candy and adults will get a candy with a free zine illustrated by @meganpiont.bsky.social

A pile of Maryland edition zines of How to Report Ice to Help Keep Your Neighbors Safe.

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