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Laura Knetzger @lauraknetzger.bsky.social · Feb 13

Hey guys meta announced a new policy where they send a killer to get you so be sure to go to settings>my account > killer> disable killer to turn that off

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SorryHat @sorryhat.bsky.social · 1d

All hell can’t stop us now.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 2d

Fork found in kitchen.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4d

This shit about “Bari Weiss is a feminist girlboss” is actually the logical conclusion of allowing DEI to be a substitute for actual structural change to end white supremacy and patriarchy

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 4d

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Ryan H. @ryan.blacksky.app · 6d

New essay up on creating.care highlighting some of the work I've contributed to in mapping racial covenants in Ann Arbor #a2council

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Mapping segregation, and the promise of unveiling
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Mapping segregation, and the promise of unveiling

Explore Ann Arbor's hidden history of racist housing segregation and learn how understanding past injustices can inform our fight for equitable communities today.

creating.care

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audie of the abhorrent oculus @audiedog.bsky.social · 5d

I'm so happy for the baseball fandom or sorry that happened to you

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outsidewolves @outsidewolves.bsky.social · 6d

outside wolf

A scanned image of a sketchpage. The early life cycle of a wolf is depicted in drawings and text: "Take a wolf." [a quadrupedal wolf.] "Make him bipedal." [He is standing on two plantigrade legs.] "Dress him in clothes from the department store." [He wears pants and a rugby shirt, one leg propped up on a small box.] "Give him a 20 year long interdisciplinary education." [He is seen as a high school math student, looking at a wall clock while using a graphing calculator. As a college student, timing the movement of a film development can. As a graduate student, looking at mortarboards being tossed in the air.] "He is now ready to go outside!" [He is once again on all fours, albeit still in bidepal form, wearing kneepads and a harness which reads "MASTER'S DEGREE- OK TO PET."

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Manny Suazo @smokyburnout.bsky.social · 6d

topical

a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

ALT: a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

media.tenor.com

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 6d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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🎃🐦‍⬛ @flockofravens.meangirls.online · 18d

ⓘ t𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘣𝘴. 𝘪 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘴. 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘴. 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘰𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘐𝘐𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘢. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18d

The father—who's lived in the U.S. for over two decades and has an active asylum application—was reportedly driving with his daughter when he called his wife and said someone seemed to be following them.

When they got home, agents got hold of the child. trib.al/VFuC1v3

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divine beastmode @gunstreet.bsky.social · 21d

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

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T1J @the1janitor.bsky.social · 18d

sometimes the google AI overview will be like "your question is too general, you must be more specific" and it's like bitch I'm not trying to talk to you anyway

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Yote @dcyote.bsky.social · 21d

*Banned from the rapture for calling it “uppies”*

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21d

The circumstances of Mr. Escobar's arrest are even worse than the brief summary above. He repeatedly tried to tell the immigration officials that he had papers while they were arresting him.

In response, a federal agent said "No you don't. You are illegal," and "Shut up, bitch! You're illegal."

For example, on August 21, 2025, plain-clothed and unidentified federal agents arrested Mr. Escobar Molina without a warrant while he was getting in his truck to go to work. They did not ask for his name or his identification or ask anything about his immigration status, where he lives, whom he lives with, how long he has lived here, or anything else about his ties to the community. The agents immediately handcuffed Mr. Escobar Molina, grabbed him by the arms and legs, and called him “illegal” repeatedly. When he responded that he has “papers” (in other words, immigration status), they replied, “No you don’t. You are illegal.” After the agents put Mr. Escobar Molina into a vehicle, when Mr. Escobar Molina told them again that he had “papers,” the driver of the car yelled at him, “Shut up, bitch! You’re illegal.” The agents did not make an individualized determination about Mr. Escobar Molina’s immigration status or flight risk before they arrested him. While Mr. Escobar Molina was in detention, ICE fingerprinted and interviewed [excerpt ends there].

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audie of the abhorrent oculus @audiedog.bsky.social · 24d

I mean it's ALWAYS present in politics, but it's truly never been more naked

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audie of the abhorrent oculus @audiedog.bsky.social · 24d

People underestimate the grip that the Libidinal(TM) has on this admin

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audie of the abhorrent oculus @audiedog.bsky.social · 24d

a real W for the Parisiens imo

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 25d

The offer made to women in the enticement to become trad wives is the same as the offer made to citizens in the enticement to embrace authoritarianism: give up. Abandon the aspiration to self rule. It’s imprisonment recast as rest and relief.

Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 25d

A gender lens remains one of the best ways to understand far right authoritarian regimes. Male order is imposed through a family-like structure, with women subservient and children taught that fear is the price of belonging www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why strongmen rely on women at home

Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies

www.theguardian.com

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 26d

the seething jealousy among american middle class of educated immigrants is unreal, that's the primary driver of this entire thing. sorry Brandon you would have fucking failed Calc 2 even without Suraj ruining the curve, because you're an idiot

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Count Maxula 🧛 @mad-max.bsky.social · Sep 16

“I refuse to choose, i live in america, by god, if i want katsu curry for breakfast and tandoori chicken pizza for lunch and a sushi burrito for dinner, i barely even have to leave my neighborhood” pasted into the Declaration of Independence

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audie of the abhorrent oculus @audiedog.bsky.social · 28d

TIME IS A FLAT CIRCLE EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN

An excerpt from the New Yorker "Talk of the Town" essay that compiled contributions from New York writers reacting to the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers.

I've highlighted the following text:

"Those in public office have let us know that they consider their task to be a manipulative one: confidence-building and grief management. Politics, the politics of a democracy—which entails disagreement, which promotes candor—has been replaced by psychotherapy. Let’s by all means grieve together. But let’s not be stupid together. A few shreds of historical awareness might help us understand what has just happened, and what may continue to happen."

The article continues:

"'Our country is strong,' we are told again and again. I for one don't find this entirely consoling. Who doubts America is strong? But that's not all America has to be."

audie of the abhorrent oculus @audiedog.bsky.social · 28d

LRT got me thinking about the time Susan Sontag got nationally raked over the coals because of the eminently reasonable (and frankly? just correct) piece she wrote for the New Yorker in the wake of 9/11. We really never metabolized that as a country lol.

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Dan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social · 28d

It is wild that Charlie Kirk of all things is becoming *the* litmus test.

Even just talking about the event publicly without a sufficient supply of sackcloth and ashes is cast as "promoting political violence." I haven't seen this kind of mandatory performance of allegiance and piety since 9/11.

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