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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 4h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Andrea Tsurumi @atsurumi.bsky.social · 2d

Vote, Philly! Keep our justices!

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 2d

A rare poll of Pennsylvania's supreme court races!

Among likely voters, a new F&M poll finds... a lot of uncertainty, though "yes" to retention is ahead for all 3 Dem justices.

The yes leads the no 39/29, 39/22, and 38/25. But that's a ton of voters who say they don't know for each one.

Andrea Tsurumi @atsurumi.bsky.social · 2d

Philly! Vote to keep our judges! Election is Nov. 4

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 3d

People ask what they can do in this moment: here's a crucially important election. There are 52,000 elections taking place next month, many of which will be determined by turnout.

Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 4d

Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

Andrea Tsurumi @atsurumi.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you, Liz ❤️

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 7d

This by @katmabu.bsky.social is the best speech I've heard yet by any politician about what ICE/Trump/Noem is doing and it's not close.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7d

I am just so fucking proud of her.

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Andrea Tsurumi @atsurumi.bsky.social · 7d

Woohoooo!!!

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 7d

the NY public library selected SIMPLICITY as one of its top 10 graphic novels of the year :)

NYPL's Top Ten Comics and Graphic Novels of 2025 | The New York Public Library

After reading over 300 titles, these were the favorites.

www.nypl.org

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Brandon T. Snider @brandontsnider.bsky.social · 11d

PUBLISHING JOB: recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...

Chronicle Books - Designer, Children's

Chronicle Books is looking for a Children’s Designer to join either our San Francisco or New York City office. Our Designers are the keepers of Chronicle Books’ aesthetics, helping to produce some of ...

recruiting.paylocity.com

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Clarlune (Bayou Miles) @clarlune.bsky.social · 10d

ATTN Bucks County, PA VOTERS

Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 11d

First are all of the candidates who support the right to read. Right now the board is 4-3 in favor of protecting that right & we plan to keep it that way. More specific details to follow...

Vote Guide for Council Rock School Board. Region 6: Audrey Tashjian. Region 3: Jim Green. Region 9: Nicole Khan. Region 8: Cheryl Rickert. Screenshot me!

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 11d

Ok. So there's A LOT of misinformation about the government shutdown, the continuing resolution and gender-affirming care. There was one article in PinkNews that was VERY shoddy about what Trump said. So let's breakdown what's true and what's BS. 1/
www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/t...

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned

The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.

www.thepinknews.com

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 12d

In this guide, we answer your questions: Do I need a prescription? What is this going to cost me? And: My local pharmacy isn’t offering the shot — what now?

What to Know About Getting a COVID Vaccine in New York This Fall

The confusion around guidelines is making things tough for pharmacists and patients alike.

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 17d

Linguistics.

Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 17d

They've lost the 9yos

JA Westenberg
@Daojoan@mastodon.social

My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.”

Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner

Kiddo: that’s AI
Sep 24, 2025, 07:36 AM

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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 17d

“Trans people cannot live alongside people who promise to eradicate us from society.” — @katelynburns.com

What Am I Supposed to Tell My Terrified Friends? | Katelyn Burns

Get more from Katelyn Burns on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 18d

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 22d

Gentle reminder that in the late '50s, the U.S. government did not censor comics. Comics companies censored themselves.

Not sure why that crossed my mind today but there it is...

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ND Stevenson @gingerhaze.bsky.social · 23d

For those trying to cancel Hulu, “system is still down” (lol) on the account page but you can call or chat to cancel!

River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 23d

Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23d

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.

The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions

Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue)

West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

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sea shanty stan account ⛵️ @anarchoshanties.bsky.social · Sep 11

This one's maybe a little on the ling side, but trust me, it's worth it. I've cried reading it multiple times.

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mylordshesacactus

Carpathia received Titanic's distress signal at 12:20am, April 15th, 1912. She was 58 miles away, a distance that absolutely could not be covered in less than four hours.

(Californian's exact position at the time is... controversial. She was close enough to have helped. By all accounts she was close enough to see Titanic's distress rockets. It's uncertain to this day why her crew did not respond, or how many might not have been lost if she had been there. This is not the place for what-ifs. This is about what was done.)

Carpathia's Captain Rostron had, yes, rolled out of bed instantly when woken by his radio operator, ordered his ship to Titanic's aid and confirmed the signal before he was fully dressed. The man had never in his life responded to an emergency call. His goal tonight was to make sure nobody who heard that fact would ever believe it.

All of Carpathia's lifeboats were swung out ready for deployment. Oil was set up to be poured off the side of the ship in case the sea turned choppy; oil would coat and calm the water near Carpathia if that happened, making it safer for lifeboats to draw up alongside her.

He ordered lights to be rigged along the side of the ship so survivors could see it better, and had nets and ladders rigged along her sides ready to be dropped when they arrived, in order to let as many survivors as possible climb aboard at once.

I don't know if his making provisions for there still being survivors in the water was optimism or not. I think he knew they were never going to get there in time for that. I think he did it anyway because, god, you have to hope.

Carpathia had three dining rooms, which were immediately converted into triage and first aid stations. Each had a doctor assigned to it. Hot soup, coffee, and tea were prepared in bulk in each dining room, and blankets and warm clothes were collected to be ready to hand out.

By this time, many of the passengers were awake-prepping a ship for disaster relief isn't quiet-and all of them stepped up to help, many donating their own clothes and blankets.

And then he did something I tend to refer to as diverting all power from life support.

Here's the thing about steamships: They run on steam. Shocking, I know; but that steam powers everything on the ship, and right now, Carpathia needed power. So Rostron turned off hot water and central heating, which bled valuable steam power, to everywhere but the dining rooms-which, of course, were being used to make hot drinks and receive survivors.

He woke up all the engineers, all the stokers and firemen, diverted all that steam back into the engines, and asked his ship to go as fast as she possibly could. And when she'd done that, he asked her to go faster.

I need you to understand that you simply can't push a ship very far past its top speed. Pushing that much sheer tonnage through the water becomes harder with each extra knot past the speed it was designed for. Pushing a ship past its rated speed is not only reckless-it's difficult to maneuver-but it puts an incredible amount of strain on the engines. Ships are not designed to exceed their top speed by even one knot. They can't do it. It can't be done.

Carpathia's absolute do-or-die, the-engines-can't-take-this-forever top speed was fourteen knots. Dodging icebergs, in the dark and the cold, surrounded by mist, she sustained a speed of almost seventeen and a half.

No one would have asked this of them. It wasn't expected. They were almost sixty miles away, with icebergs in their path. They had a responsibility to respond; they did not have a responsibility to do the impossible and do it well. No one would have faulted them for taking more time to confirm the severity of the issue. No one would have blamed them for a slow and cautious approach. No one but themselves.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 27d

Chicago folks, the Art Institute's exhibition of Elizabeth Catlett's work is open and I highly encourage you to visit. I saw the exhibition 3 times when it was at the Brooklyn Museum. You will thank me later. www.artic.edu/articles/121...

Meet Elizabeth Catlett in 11 Facts | The Art Institute of Chicago

For Elizabeth Catlett, art was activism. 

www.artic.edu

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max (pump)kin 👻🧛🏻‍♀️ @casperatu.bsky.social · 28d

instant and permanent lexicon grab. how the fuck are my sweetie pees

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Andrea Tsurumi @atsurumi.bsky.social · 28d

If it helps, Brindlewood is one of the games helping me feel less small and scared these days.

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Andrea Tsurumi @atsurumi.bsky.social · Sep 11

Oh I love this so damn much

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · Sep 10

It's still hard to admit that I've been struggling with my comics work (the thing I was known for!!) but getting to write this essay was a truly lovely and centering thing to remind me of what will always still matter (little guys).

Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · Sep 10

Today's Love Letter is from the unstoppable @shing.bsky.social. Shing's ode to Making Little Guys is one of the single most nourishing pieces of nonfiction I have ever read. Maybe you need this one as much as I do.

Little Guys

A Love Letters Feature by Shing Yin Khor - September 2025

stone-soup.ghost.io

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Andrea Tsurumi @atsurumi.bsky.social · Sep 9

PA: go get yer COVID shot!
Pharmacies here can give it without a prescription. ⚔️

Tired nonbinary person with glasses and short black hair poses with a post-covid-vaccine band aid on their upper arm. They are smiling, holding an unrelated foam Zelda flame sword.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · Sep 8

NEWS: House Appropriations Committee Republicans released their spending bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. The legislation would prohibit taxpayer dollars for any type of gender-affirming care for transgender people. This would include programs like Medicaid

SEC. 243. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Executive Order 13988, entitled ‘‘Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation’’, published by the Executive Office of the President on January 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7023).

SEC. 244. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for any social, psychological, behavioral,or medical intervention performed for the purposes of in16 tentionally changing the body of an individual (including
by disrupting the body’s development, inhibiting its natural functions, or modifying its appearance) to no longer correspond to the individual’s biological sex.

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