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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21h

Good news for transgender people at MIT.

Unlike some prestigious universities, MIT has defied the Trump administration and refused its attempt to pressure the university into banning transgender people from bathrooms.

The latest from reporter S. Baum.

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MIT Rejects Trump’s Bid to Institute Trans Bathroom, Athletics Ban

“A government that can reward colleges and universities for speech it favors today can punish them for speech it dislikes tomorrow.”

www.erininthemorning.com

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RABBLE REVIEW (RR No.9 is Available Now!) @rabblereview.bsky.social · 21h

RABBLE REVIEW No.9 will be arriving later tonight. We have a few little things to fix up before it's ready. We appreciate your patience. It's a gorgeous issue and we can't wait for you to read it!

rabblereview.com/rr9

RABBLE REVIEW ISSUE No.9 | RABBLE REVIEW

RABBLE REVIEW No.9 launches on October 10th, 2025! Check back here later!

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Vanessa @vanessan.bsky.social · 23h

And don't forget on Monday, October 13, we are collectively observing Indigenous Peoples Day. 🪶

#indigenouspeoplesday

Image from The Wizard of Oz stating "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain"

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I am an imaginarybeing (he/they) @imaginarybeing.bsky.social · 1d

To my NYC friends

Yours truly is appearing another show @bizarrenoirny.bsky.social show at Stonewall

Miss Robusta's Reel to Real - a cabaret show featurings songs musicals based on movies. Hosted/emceed by my sis @siciliangecko.bsky.social

Oct 18 @ 3pm & Oct 22 @ 7pm

Link to tickets in comments

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Some gamblers are placing WNBA bets based on when they think players are on their periods—and advising their followers to do the same. One content creator calls it "blood money." But the strategy is both unscientific and sexist. From @mollylongman.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

www.wired.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

This is horrifying. Now she'll be placed with men in prison where she is at extreme risk of being raped and sexually assaulted. And then she has to register as a sex offender.

This is all because a man was ashamed he was attracted to a trans woman.

Screenshot of a BBC News article. The text describes court proceedings involving a person named Watkin, who will serve a prison sentence in a men’s facility with measures to minimize risk and maximize support. It states that Watkin must register as a sex offender for 10 years and is under a lifelong restraining order from contacting the victim. A police detective is quoted saying Watkin concealed her sex, and the victim would not have consented had they known. The article ends with the detective expressing hope that the case’s conclusion allows the victim to move forward.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

This is now the blueprint for men to control trans women. Have sex with them and then threaten to go to police unless they do what he wants. It's ripe for abuse from men who will weaponize their shame. It also builds their narrative of trans women being sexual predators even when the victim.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

A man gets a blowjob from a trans woman and his friends make fun of him so he goes to the police to claim she lied about being a woman. She was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to nearly 2 years in prison because of a man's shame.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Thornaby transgender woman jailed for deception sex assault

Ciara Watkin's victim says he would not have agreed to sex had he known she was biologically male.

www.bbc.com

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 1d

Although the more I read the more I’m shocked that she received the NPP. She seems really committed to placating Trump and the folks that want Venezuela’s oil. Interesting choice.

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 1d

That said, congratulations to María Corina Machado for her work organizing and resisting authoritarianism. May we all learn to follow her example.

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 1d

It’s both sad and funny that when I saw the Nobel Peace Prize news my first thought was “ooh Trump gonna be big mad.” 🤣🤪

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

"When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist."

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: For her work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key figure in unifying Venezuela's political opposition.

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Margaret Cho @margaretcho.bsky.social · 1d

That he actually thought he’d win the Nobel Prize.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

If you have some time this weekend, have a look and a read: www.life.com/history/life...

Civil Rights: Photos From Sit-ins and Protest Training Sessions, 1960

LIFE.com presents a gallery of photos from a series of protests and sit-ins in Petersburg, Virginia, in May 1960.

www.life.com

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

ICE claims assaults on its officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Happening now: we're at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago.

CCSO + Broadview police are telling protesters + press they can't stand on the west side of 25th Street for any reason.

We asked what the precise public safety issue is. They just said they're anticipating cars coming through.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

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 · 1d

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.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 1d

how disgusting and unnecessary. begging men to be normal just once.

WIRED @wired.com · 1d

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money." www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

www.wired.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Is it a "tightrope" really? It is not. This man is a corrupt and craven person. He is doing craven things. THE END.

THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 1d

Cuomo is walking a tightrope when it comes to Trump — persuading voters he can stand up to the president while courting those who ardently support him.

Cuomo’s Last-Minute Push Takes Him Into MAGA Territory

The former governor courts Trump fans, finding common ground in dire warnings about a future under Mayor Mamdani.

www.thecity.nyc

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

He wants X thing so he gets X thing is not a given. And to me that's the thing to uproot from people's consciousness. Because we're less than a year in and many people seem already defeated.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

Not for nothing but if you're high profile and need to flee the US, don't tell anyone in advance. It's also most certainly better to leave via a smaller land border crossing and catch your flight from Canada or Mexico. Much less ability for the feds to prevent you from leaving that way.

David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2d

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Robert King @robertking.bsky.social · 3d

For what it’s worth:

Speaking as a showrunner with two writers rooms going on now, this article from Ankler is insane. I don’t know who the insider is, but the reporter should call bullshit. This is a GPT press release.

The Ankler @theankler.com · 3d

The “GPT-5 pass” has gone from curiosity to mandate. Scripts, trailers, pitch decks are all being filtered through an AI model that remembers every draft and forgets what originality looks like. @erikbarmack.bsky.social on Hollywood’s uneasy reset:
theankler.com/p/run-it-thr...

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2d

Some exciting news: 404 Media just won a grant via Muckrock to investigate book bans and educational censorship in the U.S. The plan is to file hundreds of public records requests around the country and to report on and archive all the documents for public use:

www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

www.404media.co

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Joshua Clark Davis @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social · 2d

Have a piece today in TEEN VOGUE from my new book POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT detailing how the NYPD, LAPD, cops in Chicago and Memphis surveilled the civil rights movement—and then destroyed millions of surveillance files in the ‘70s, including ones that may have shed like on MLK’s assassination.

Police Departments Tracked Activists in the 1960s and 70s — Then Erased Records by Joshua Clark Davis

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normal-sized crow @hotdogcouch.bsky.social · 1d

She performed this specific song on TV, with an all black orchestra in front of her
Hayley Williams they could never make her hate you

Hayley Williams: True Believer | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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