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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h

billionaires have invested in media not because they support journalism but because they want to control it. there is only downside to a free press for people with that level of wealth. journalism is a great equalizer and they don’t want us to be equal.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 10h

Me and @kaylakumari.bsky.social sat down to talk about the Smith & Taylor Classics reissue of Vernon Lee's HAUNTINGS, one of my favorite collections of short fiction out there.

www.autostraddle.com/hauntings-sm...

The Face of Horror: A Conversation With Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Gretchen Felker-Martin

Gretchen Felker-Martin and Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya discuss the surprisingly queer 19th century book Hauntings by Vernon Lee, which was re-released last week.

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Gaijin Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 23h

Zbigniew Cybulski in Andrzej Wajda's ASHES AND DIAMONDS (1958)

Cybulski was BOTD in 1927

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11h

Tonight, in Chicago, North Side rapid responders and community members held a vigil. At least ten people were abducted by ICE in Rogers Park alone today. We uplifted the message RESIST ICE in lights. We spoke out, sang together, grieved, and reaffirmed our commitment to defending our neighbors.

Protesters hold lighted signs that say RESIST ICE on a elevated train platform in Chicago.

Atena Danner, a Black woman poet, speaks into a microphone in front of protesters holding lighted signs that spell the word "RESIST."

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11h

New proposed DHS rule will potentially require DNA testing for immigrants to prove their sex assigned at birth.

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Screenshot of a paragraph from a document discussing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rules about DNA evidence. It explains that DHS may require, request, or accept DNA or DNA test results to determine eligibility for immigration and naturalization benefits. The text gives an example that DHS may request DNA evidence to prove or disprove an individual’s biological sex when it affects eligibility. The phrase “biological sex” is highlighted in green.

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Mel Stone @melstone.xyz · 11h

Henry Kissinger has just endorsed Andrew Cuomo

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 12h

Amusing? Jews?? Had fun chatting with these fellas, recorded late September and out now, if you'd like a peek of me in my drawing glasses:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Iv...

Ep. 123: Portraits of the American Grotesque – with political cartoonist Eli Valley

YouTube video by Amusing Jews

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 12h

It'll never not be absurd to me that they hired a guy specifically because he killed a homeless man on the subway and had no other marketable skills or experience in tech. Really gave away the game that Silicon Valley is dogshit hucksters and literally nothing else.

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 12h

Andreessen Horowitz is pausing its Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program, according to multiple sources.

a16z pauses its famed TxO Fund for underserved founders, lays off staff | TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz is pausing its Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program, according to multiple sources.

techcrunch.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12h

so much of what i think has gone unsaid re: whether zohran is “good” for jewish new yorkers is that many are looking for him to indicate he would protect (whatever that means) jewish new yorkers *above* or to the detriment of non-jewish new yorkers.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 12h

Finally watching the 2019 show Warrior and man it didn’t have to call us out like this

Two cops watching a speech. One says “They’ll vote for a fucking millionaire…”

“… and then wonder why they’re getting fucked.”

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 13h

WE DID IT

THE FLYTRAP MET OUR ANNUAL SUBSCRIBER GOAL

WE CAN PAY OUR FOUNDERS THIS YEAR

WE CAN FUND FREELANCERS NEXT YEAR

MORE MOTHERFUCKIN' WORKER-OWNED CRUNCHY QUEER FEMINIST JOURNALISM FOR AND BY THE PEOPLE

Freakingout Crisis GIF

Alt: Freakingout Crisis GIF

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Simon Donner @simondonner.bsky.social · 13h

Gold open access publishing fee for Nature is US$12,690.
Or, depending on where you live, you can buy a Yuan Up Pilot Electric Vehicle for US$11,500.

electrek.co/2025/07/31/b...

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Oblong Knoblong @seej500.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: Cuomo has just been endorsed by Mumm-Ra The Ever-Living

a cartoon drawing of a monster with horns and a red eye

Alt: A looping gif of Mumm-Ra The Ever-Living's face. His eyes are glowing red, and tattered bandages are blowing in the wind

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Aiyana Ishmael @aiyanaish.bsky.social · 12h

I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.

At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

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Texas Public Radio @texaspublicradio.bsky.social · 12h

The constitutional amendment comes before voters at a time when Texas' population of older adults is growing faster than any other age group.

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Tonia Hill @tonia.thetriibe.com · 11h

I've been following the aftermath of a car crash where a federal agent was captured on video placing a Black man in a chokehold.

We obtained the 911 call made by a US Border Patrol agent who was on the scene through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request

thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...

Listen to a Border Patrol agent’s flustered 911 call following a West Side car crash • The TRiiBE

Dispatch asked the race of the victim; the agent responded, “Uh, she’s, uh, African.”

thetriibe.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11h

Pentagon boss Pete Hegseth has figured out that he doesn't need a “No Coloreds” sign to ban Black and brown soldiers from military events. He can just ban soldiers with beards.

Hegseth bars bearded troops from Air Force event

Petty Pete strikes again.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 13h

Millions of Americans shopping for ACA plans right now are finding their premiums have gone through the roof. Unaffordable.

Trump gave a giant tax cut to his billionaire friends and left everyone else with skyrocketing health care costs.

One betrayal after another.

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 12h

And the guy running against this certified creep would do any of this and more? the desire to launder Cuomo's nonsense at this late date is truly wild

Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 16h

Thread: Look I know it's easier cognitively to just have good guys and villains, but a lot of you folks are just not dealing in facts. Andrew Cuomo was a centrist, sure, and he fought a lot with Democrats. But he also pushed some of the most progressive state policies of his era. A partial list. 1/

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 14h

Reminder: four days left for 80% off DRM-free ebooks at @haymarketbooks.org! If you read digitally, this is a phenomenal deal for some of the best and most relevant works in print.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h

Reggie Williams was walking to a corner store when armed authorities aggressively asked him if he was from Ethiopia or Ghana, he said

He and other Black Memphis residents have been reporting harassment by Trump’s police task force: "I don't feel safe"

“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force

A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...

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Staring@TheAbyss @tommysalami420.bsky.social · 12h

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Steve Sando and the Rancho Gordo staff @ranchogordo.bsky.social · 14h

A friendly reminder to replace some or all of the water in your rice with bean broth. Up the protein and the flavor without no effort!
#heirloombeans #cooking #beansky

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Marcie8🦃8 @marcie808.bsky.social · 23h

The Bob’s Big Boy founder was big into franchising and only the corporate restaurants could use Bob’s name. This is a Shoney’s Big Boy and I’m pretty sure that’s a kiddie menu garotte. The food looks good, though, and I do love strawberry pie

Shoney’s Big Boy 1950s
Location unknown
#VintageMenus

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14h

This was during Mark Mosier's arguments in Hencely v. Fluor Corp. today.

A former clerk to Rehnquist and then Roberts, Mosier had just answered a question from Gorsuch, then this happened:

JUSTICE GORSUCH: All right. Let me
-- let me ask you --
JUSTICE KAVANAUGH: You should fight
back a little harder than that.
JUSTICE GORSUCH: If I might just
finish.
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: Justice
Gorsuch.
JUSTICE GORSUCH: Thank you. You're
going to have your shot, my friend.

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