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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 15h

Miss Major “fought for more than 50 years for trans, gender-nonconforming, and LGB community – especially for Black trans women, trans women of color, and those who have survived incarceration and police brutality.” www.ebar.com/story/159150...

Trans leader Miss Major Griffin-Gracy dies

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender woman and longtime activist who once lived in the Bay Area, died October 13.

www.ebar.com

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

BREAKING: Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian in the Maen area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, according to the Wafa news agency

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/n5k3lj

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

Just amazing

Humanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · 9d

Why has the UK outsourced this to Ellison who wants to build a total surveillance state?
www.mintpressnews.com/pro-israel-o...

Openly Pro-Israel Tech Group Now Has Control over UK’s Most Sensitive National Security Data

Oracle, whose CEO Larry Ellison has troubling ties to Israel, just signed a deal to store the UK's most sensitive military data.

www.mintpressnews.com

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Hafsa Halawa @hafsahalawa.bsky.social · 1d

The only thing worth reading today as leaders gather in Sharm el Sheikh:

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland - @nesrinemalik.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Jenny 😷🇵🇸🔻🏳️‍⚧️☭ @[email protected] @truthaddictvt.bsky.social · 1d

It makes me furious when liberals claim genocide in Gaza got worse under Trump because it didn't, they just started paying attention to it then (and even then only to the extent they could weaponize the issue as a gotcha against their critics)

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

They did this to my father in 1970.
He wasn't even allowed to say goodbye to his mother. 55 years later, same abuse and injustice.

Massimo @massimovl.bsky.social · 1d

aje.io/o3rs1l

‘Inhumane’: 154 freed Palestinian prisoners forced into exile by Israel

Palestinian families awaiting return of imprisoned relatives are shocked to learn they will be deported.

aje.io

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

While there is "some joy" in knowing that bombs have stopped falling on Gaza, Israeli historian Ilan Pappé warns that many Israeli leaders remain committed to using violence in order to "wipe out Palestine as a nation, as a people and as a country."

Ilan Pappé's new book is "Israel on the Brink."

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 2d

Please donate or share

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 4d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 4d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Abuse of Power Watch @abuseofpowerwatch.bsky.social · 10d

📍 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀:

At a newly reopened ICE facility run by CoreCivic, detainees say conditions are “hell on earth” — overcrowding, filthy cells, denied medical care, threats of solitary confinement, and agents using aggressive force. #AbuseofPowerWatch

‘Hell on earth’: immigrants held in new California detention facility beg for help

Six people at a remote Ice facility in California City describe medical problems and filthy conditions, which operator CoreCivic denies

www.theguardian.com

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 4d

Naoise's brother is asking Irish people to please contact the government #Speirgorm

My sister @NaoiseDolan, alongside other members of the Thousand Madleens flotilla, has been abducted by Israeli forces while on a humanitarian mission to break the illegal siege and deliver aid to Gaza.
Please join me in urging the Irish government to demand their safe return.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 3d

Ismael Ayala-Uribe was arrested “while working at a car wash in Huntington Beach, where he had been employed for 15 yrs. The family maintains that his health was good and that they have not received an explanation as to how, in just over a month, the 39-yr-old Mexican died … ” #AbuseofPowerWatch

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 3d

“The deceased’s mother said she spoke to her son on the phone … and cld see how he was getting worse … ‘He already looked bad. His face was thin, he was pale. He said, Mom, I can’t take it anymore. I told him to ask the guards for help, but he said they wldn’t listen,’ she said.” #AbuseofPowerWatch

Abuse of Power Watch @abuseofpowerwatch.bsky.social · 3d

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:

At least 22 people have died while in ICE custody — the highest number in two decades.

Human rights groups link the surge to overcrowded facilities, lack of medical care, and Trump’s aggressive mass detention strategy. #AbuseofPowerWatch

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 3d

Please donate to Abo Jameel's fundraiser or share it

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It’s a Fandom Thing @itsafandomthingpod.bsky.social · 3d

We are continuing our horror month celebration with a look at the 1985 vampire classic, #FrightNight! @geekandsew.bsky.social and @itsadeanthingpod.bsky.social’s @itsmysandbox.bsky.social joined me to discuss how the film holds up, our thoughts on Jerry as a vampire, & more. itsafandomthingpod.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4d

“Its raids are street theater: masked agents pulling mothers from cars, storming school parking lots, detaining children who just graduated. Fifty-four percent of Americans now say ICE has ‘gone too far’. Forty-five percent approve of anti-ICE protests.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4d

“Trump thrives on applause. But on ICE, the applause is fading into boos outside the Fox echo chamber. Polls show 64% of Americans want a pathway to legal status, not mass deportation. Support for abolishing ICE has climbed from 21% in late 2024 to 37% now. That’s not a fringe. That’s a movement.”

Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · 4d

Analysis: ICE is Becoming America’s Most Hated Agency
migrantinsider.com/p/analysis-i...

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Ok, Real Quick! Pod @okrealquickpod.bsky.social · 4d

Hey wanna talk about PSAs from the 80s and 90s? 🙋🏽‍♀️

www.okrealquick.podbean.com

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 5d

A white man obsessed with AI

kate conger @kateconger.com · 5d

Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.

Screenshot depicting posts on X, one showing the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire, a white man. The X news tab reports on the suspect's arrest, but shows a photo of a black man instead.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 4d

"Long's hope to walk free under a new Oklahoma law meant to give domestic violence survivors a second chance [has] been stumped."

Long "had a miscarriage after she was thrown down a flight of stairs by Brown."

"[T]hey intend to appeal."
#Oklahoma #USA #Policing #Incarceration

She Got 27 Years for Killing Her Abuser. Judge Rules Oklahoma’s Survivors Act Won’t Free Her.

A judge will submit a written decision in Tyesha Long’s hearing next month.

capitalbnews.org

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 4d

My increasingly rational concern is that they will try to use lynching as a tool of their terrorism again

Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 5d

It is simply accurate to call this regime segregationist.

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 4d

Please donate or share

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It’s a Fandom Thing @itsafandomthingpod.bsky.social · 11d

We just released our 600th episode & we are celebrating with a look at the movie #Sinners! @carlatemis.bsky.social from @okrealquickpod.bsky.social, Kim from @bigreppod.bsky.social, & @whoistiffisme.bsky.social joined me to for this deep dive. #Podcast itsafandomthingpod.com

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It’s a Fandom Thing @itsafandomthingpod.bsky.social · 12d

On this week’s episode, @carlatemis.bsky.social from @okrealquickpod.bsky.social, Kim from @bigreppod.bsky.social, & @whoistiffisme.bsky.social join me to discuss the musician #JosephArthur, #BringItOn, #InterviewWiththeVampire, & the trailer for #TheBride. itsafandomthingpod.com

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 22d

According to Lebanese sources, the Lebanese family that Israeli aircraft just massacred in Bint Jbeil were identified as:

- Shadi Sobhi Sharara
- Celine Shadi Sharara
- Hadi Shadi Sharara
- Aseel Shadi Sharara

Another Lebanese individual was also killed in the attack.

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Short Queen Dew 🇵🇸 🇨🇦 @shortqueendewie.bsky.social · 22d

Hopefully Uber will also sponsor the firing of a famous rich white person so we can all boycott

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