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always learning queer neurospicy elder millennial Black Lives Matter & are precious this is a marathon-hydrate & lace up fuck fascism fuck dehumanization fuck genocide protect the dolls Pfp-my Buffy pole routine kicking demon trump Pfp credit: Alloy Images

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FREE ŁINK @cristinatoms.bsky.social · Nov 20

Greetings Gazans

Please read Molly’s wonderful thread here that she created to help you navigate bluesky

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · Oct 8

Hello Gazan accounts! You may be reading this post because I sent it to you in DMs- welcome to Bluesky friends ❤️ I want to give you a little information about here and then also let you know about how I can help share your account.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4h

Trying to get to 1000 letters by tomorrow... actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!

In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 6h

Being Muslim is not antisemitic.

Being Palestinian is not antisemitic.

Supporting Palestine is not antisemitic.

Jews who support Mamdani are not self hating.

Jews who support Palestine are not self hating.

I've had more than enough of this bullshit.

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Eng Alaa @mamatwins.bsky.social · 5h

Being Palestinian and Muslim doesn’t make me against anyone just as my Jewish friend has never been against me. She is the embodiment of humanity, compassion, and the deep understanding of pain and justice that we both share.
I’m exhausted by this false narrative:
🔗 tinyurl.com/2mtfvyua

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 6h

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 4h

Hurricane Melissa which is en route to decimate Haiti and Jamaica rapidly intensified to category 4 storm. Rapid intensification is a hallmark of climate change, but that category is only a measure of its wind speed. It is also expected to bring up to 40 inches of rain

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 4h

Just when I thought I couldn’t like Zohran anymore, here’s a clip of him saying “I think of Toni Morrison often…” Like?????? A MAN!!!!

As Toni Morrison said, “the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work.” But she also reminded us never to lose our capacity to be shocked.

TikTok video by Zohran Mamdani

www.tiktok.com

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 6h

No red state residents don’t deserve to suffer just because of where they live.
No one deserves to go hungry
No deserves to suffer the indignity and horror of fascist mass slaughter through enforced hunger.

This is basic stuff if you fail this test you fail your humanity.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 6h

If you’re a democrat and your response to snap getting cut is laughter or saying things like “they voted for Trump so they deserve it” etc congratulations you’re a fascist and a threat at the same level as maga.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 4h

Can confirm.

Themperor Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedytcooper.bsky.social · 1d

Zohran Mamdani's promises of free busses might sound great, but I live in Albuquerque NM where city busses have been free for five years and I'm here to tell you the truth. This is what every bus in my city looks like now. Think carefully about your choice this November.

a terrifying sight, a bus where dogs have taken over, all dogs riding the bus, no humans in sight, just good boys sitting on the bus waiting for a head pat, horrifying

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 4h

As other people have noted, if you have local food banks, now would be an excellent time to donate cash to them, if you have the cash to spare. We will be upping our donations to food banks and hunger-related charities here in Ohio.

Reuters @reuters.com · 20h

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free

A cat is seen riding a bus. They are standing up and have their front paws on the back of the front seat.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 23h

signs like these are up all over Chicago cafes and storefronts (here, cafes in Brighton Park and Back of the Yards) warning ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant

Glass storefront door in Brighton Park, with sign in English and Spanish, reading: ATTENTION ICE/CBP
AGENTS
STOP
YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED ENTRANCE INTO THIS BUSINESS WITHOUT A VALID JUDICIAL WARRANT
ATENCION AGENTES DE
ICE/CBP
STOP
NO SE LE PERMITE LA ENTRADA A ESTE NEGOCIO SIN UNA ORDEN
JUDICIAL VALIDA

Glass storefront door with sign reading:

PRIVATE PROPERTY
NO ICE

YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO ENTER NON-PUBLIC AREAS OF THIS SPACE
WITHOUT A VALID JUDICIAL WARRANT SIGNED BY A FEDERAL JUDGE

and a second sign:
PLEASE USE DOOR
ON 47TH ST.
BACK OF THE YARDS

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Dan Yocum. Ugh, but 🐸. @yocum137.bsky.social · 22h

If you're a contractor in Chicago doing home improvement for a client, please ask the homeowner to put these signs up on their home.

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 23h

signs like these are up all over Chicago cafes and storefronts (here, cafes in Brighton Park and Back of the Yards) warning ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant

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The feeble strength of one duck sized horse @deadpiratesociety.bsky.social · 22h

The difference between a million dollars and a billion dollars is roughly a billion dollars, and most of us will never see a million...

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Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social · 5d

DC friends!! Join us on this Sunday on the National Mall for a teach-in in defense of history and museums, ft. an all-star line-up! We’ll be there from sun-up to sun-down. More info here: linktr.ee/historyteachin

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites

armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 1d

More from the scene

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Truthout @truthout.org · 2d

California now pays incarcerated firefighters the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour thanks to new legislation won by grassroots organizers, offering fair pay and more sentence reductions to those risking their lives in dangerous wildfire conditions.

CA Relies on Incarcerated Firefighters. They Finally Make Federal Minimum Wage.

It took a grassroots push to win the legislation that offers more pay and an opportunity for reduced prison sentences.

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 2d

I got so sick of the Jay Jones "text scandal" thing that I wrote about here. Also answered reader's questions!

Sign up for The Racket and maybe I'll answer one of your questions in the future. (Also upgrade to premium while you're at it, my family likes to eat.)

theracket.news/p/will-a-jok...

Will a joke from 'The Office' cost the Democrats Virginia? And other questions.

Also: The latest on the lab leak, a boring presidential election (remember those?), and some of my favorite books and music.

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 1d

And by the same token it isn’t saying “I am going to shoot this guy.” No one is getting shot. It’s hyperbole.

The ashtray joke OTOH is understatement of something that really happened. It’s the opposite of hyperbole. It’s saying “this really happened and I think it was funny.”

Thus, sick.

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 1d

I don’t understand a) how no one noticed that and b) why Jones hasn’t brought that up

bob @huntthesnark.bsky.social · 1d

Wait, this is an Office reference? I honestly, until this post of yours, had not known that. Promise, cross my heart.

That bit of context does change things a lot. I had been thinking it was a very fucked-up thing to say.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

pls watch this and share it with everyone you know

ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 1d

can someone please just run this as an ad?

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 1d

can someone please just run this as an ad?

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Climate Dad @climate-dad.bsky.social · 1d

www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...

mRNA COVID vaccines may be helping some cancer patients fight tumors, researchers say

People with advanced lung or skin cancer who were taking certain immunotherapy drugs lived substantially longer if they also got a Pfizer or Moderna shot within 100 days of starting treatment, accordi...

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 3d

Meanwhile, Jones' opponent, Jason Miyares, showed police they could go ahead and shoot unarmed civilians, and he'd defend them in office. Which wasn't a joke. No one cares about that one.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Virginia’s attorney general sends a dangerous message to police

The case of the young accountant, killed in an unwarranted shooting by U.S. Park Police in 2017, remains a study in law enforcement impunity.

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 3d

Here's a video I made with a clip of the joke being used on The Office. www.tiktok.com/@katzonearth...

Reposting because I think it’s getting suppressed.

TikTok video by Jonathan M. Katz

www.tiktok.com

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