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Mothma'am @chicagomothmaam.com · Sep 18

There's no way to put this delicately:

I am a transgender woman. I am a human being.

My survival depends on how insistently you remind everyone you know that both of those sentences are true.

Yes, you. Please tell your friends exactly what I'm telling you.

Mothma'am @chicagomothmaam.com · 3d

Lambrini Girls! They're a helluva live band, love them

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Mothma'am @chicagomothmaam.com · 3d

Define your music taste in eight artists:

Fever Ray
Fiona Apple
Pixel Grip
Ragana
R.E.M.
Emma Ruth Rundle
Thou
Warren Zevon

Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 3d

Sonny Sharrock
Minutemen
Bela Bartok
Kool Keith
Diamanda Galas
King Tubby
Meat Puppets
Gétachew Mèkurya

Bugs, Beleaguered Babysitter of the Booger Brothers @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 3d

Define your music taste in eight artists:

the mountain goats
jeff rosenstock (and associated projects)
100 gecs
underscores
lady gaga
david bowie
sophie
guns n' roses

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Juni! 🥰 @literallyjustadog.online · 3d

CHICAGO
GAY CHURCH
TONIGHT
A HOLY EXPERIENCE AWAITS

✨️Angel Facts✨️ @angelic.style · 20d

KRYSTAL SWORDS IS COMING TO CHICAGO

i'll be dropping my sick techno upon the holy rites of Gay Church on October 17th !! come dance and worship and transcend ✨✨✨

its my first ever DJ gig and i cant WAIT to perform for y'all <3

GAY CHURCH

October 17th
Doors 7, Music 8

Neo VJ

lebers
shein switchblade
Krystal Swords

@chitownfoghouse
Dm for address

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Mothma'am @chicagomothmaam.com · 5d

Are we great again yet?

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 6d

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 19d

Dr. Jane Goodall, who will be remembered as an advocate for animals and a renowned chimpanzee researcher, died due to natural causes, the Jane Goodall Institute announced.
nbcnews.to/48bAFgj

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21d

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21d

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 22d

One Battle After Another and Sinners both lay out a formula for cinema success: diverse movies where white nationalists get duffed in the most graphic way possible shot and presented in increasingly baroque high resolution formats.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22d

79. American citizen.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24d

Nextar has now also folded and will start airing Kimmel again.

Remember this next time they tell you we are powerless in the face of rising fascism.

Companies capitulating to Trump need to feel heat.

Keep it going.

apnews.com/article/jimm...

Nexstar and Sinclair bring Jimmy Kimmel's show back on local TV stations, ending boycotts

Sinclair Broadcast Group has decided to bring Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show back to its ABC affiliate stations.

apnews.com

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Glen @vaguebiscuit.bsky.social · 24d

Well don't I feel stupid

A headline about the James Webb Telescope potentially finding a new stellar object dubbed a black hole star

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 25d

A very big Onion announcement:

The Onion has spent the last two months working on a masterpiece.

It's a documentary titled Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile.

It's so good, in fact, we were set to release it in theatres nationwide on October 2nd.

Then two weeks ago, Charlie Kirk was shot.

The Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile title screen

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 26d

it's important to have role models!!!

the strong female characters that inspire me!!

its mothra and the t rex from OG jurassic park and the queen alien xenomorph from aliens!

GOOD FRIENDS! ROLE MODELS! ICONS!!! IF YOU CAN DREAM IT YOU CAN DO IT!!!

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 27d

No evidence.
No science.
No solutions.

Just Trump peddling another dangerous lie — this time about Tylenol and autism — that sows chaos, scares parents, and puts our health at risk.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28d

Trump: "Taking Tylenol is, uh, not good. I'll say it. It's not good."

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Mothma'am @chicagomothmaam.com · 27d

You simply *have* to read this interview

No Cartridge Trev @nocartridge.bsky.social · 27d

Lmfao amazing chotiner www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

Isaac CHOTINER responding to Cass Sunstein’s emphatic defense of Kissinger bc he was nice to him by saying “Well, the next time someone brings up a terrible anecdote about Cambodia or Vietnam, I will definitely drop the Star Wars story to show that people have two sides.”

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 27d

CHOTINER: So your son is 14, is that right?

IKARI: It's complex, Isaac. If—

CHOTINER: And the “robot” he pilots, that’s actually the child of an alien you keep crucified in the basement, which is possessed by the spirit of his dead mother?

IKARI: Look, let me answer the question.

CHOTINER: Sure.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 27d

Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach.

To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.

And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 27d

In the late 80s-90s there was an absolute explosion of dudes falling into vats of chemicals in media. This was a prophecy. I feel the most recent round of deregulation is ensuring the absolute Tromafication of America.

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🎃🪦 BLOODSUGARSETHMASKET 🪦🎃 @smotus.bsky.social · 28d

There's a wrong way and a right way to report this

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 28d

Im surprised that people are surprised as to why there’s a huge political gender divide that we see today.
I got an answer: women gained power, men felt threatened that their place on top of the hierarchy and the intrinsic power that came with it is gone
The reason there is more racism is the same

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Mothma'am @chicagomothmaam.com · 28d

Boy, this aged well

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 19

Bannon says “we’re in charge now” and celebrates Kimmel’s removal, saying Colbert needs to be taken off the air as they “seize the institutions” with a “maximalist” & “irreversible” strategy

He has no sympathy for workers on the “evil” show. (He also lies about 2020 again)

Mothma'am @chicagomothmaam.com · 28d

The best part is you don't have to wait for the apocalypse to do community care

Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 29d

There are two apocalyptic fantasies I see floating around these days. One is about rugged individualism and destruction of social responsibility. The other, which I vastly prefer, is about community care.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 28d

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."

Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday

Jimmy Kimmel will return to late night on Tuesday

variety.com

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