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Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 4d

Mark Bray wrote a book on antifascism and was trying to leave the country with his family after being targeted by right-wing operatives and receiving death threats:

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 4d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Bryan - Free Palestine! 🍉 @darthziggy.bsky.social · 12d

Hey so uhhh government shutdown means our only source of income is gone at the moment, since Heather won’t get her disability payment on time. Can a few peeps spare a few bucks to help us get some food and pay some bills? 💙

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 12d

"Although Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the federal health secretary, has said healthy children do not need Covid shots, the study authors and other medical experts said the evidence suggests otherwise."

“Being vaccinated decreases your risk of subsequent infections and development of long Covid."

Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds

www.nytimes.com

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 12d

i wonder what it’s like to look around every day and see the country being run into the ground by pill-poppers and secret police and anti-vaxxers and book burners and you go into work and sit down at your computer and you’re the guy whose job it is to come up with new oreos flavors

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 12d

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 12d

The Oficer down star with balloons and ribbons, but it says CEO Down.

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Bryan - Free Palestine! 🍉 @darthziggy.bsky.social · 12d

Hey so uhhh government shutdown means our only source of income is gone at the moment, since Heather won’t get her disability payment on time. Can a few peeps spare a few bucks to help us get some food and pay some bills? 💙

www.paypal.me/bgsziggy

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 13d

It’s official: AIPAC is trying to buy my election to keep me out of Congress.

Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.

But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13d

SCOOP / UPDATE — Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancelations during the period 9/17-9/23, a Disney source confirms to me. The total includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19d

NEW — I wrote about my confirmed scoop from last night that Disney hastened Kimmel's return because of a planned Disney+ streaming price increase announcement coming on Tuesday:

Kimmel reinstatement preempted Disney+ price increase

The Handbasket reported first Monday evening on Bluesky

www.thehandbasket.co

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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 13d

yoooo if you missed the inprnt free worldwide shipping last week, they’re offering $5 shipping right now!! only for a day i think so now is the second-best time to get a print!!

www.inprnt.com/gallery/apla...

a print of riso-style mushroom soup ingredients illustration

a print of a painting of melting snow on a bike path in springtime, mostly-frozen river in the background behind bare trees. graffiti’d sign in foreground has bicycle icon and says “yield to pedestrians”

print of a stylized illustration of evergreen trees around a waterfall

print of an illustration of powerlines and blue trees against a bright pink and purple sky

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Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · 13d

Give folks their flowers

No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier

"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Murlin @murlin.bsky.social · 13d

From bravewave.net/interviews/t...

Mo: Do you remember the first time you met someone who said they loved your work on Mega Man 2?

Tateishi: You’re the first, in 2013. No one else has.

Mo: Wow. I’m surprised. I don’t even have a follow-up question… how could no one come up and say something.

Tateishi: …

Mo: Now that you know how big Mega Man 2 is outside of Japan, do you look fondly back at the soundtrack?

Tateishi: Yeah, my thoughts have changed since I met you and became more aware of how people felt. But even when I was at Konami, I didn’t even bother telling anyone I did Mega Man 2. So the fact you came all the way to Japan to tell me these things makes me very happy I worked on the game all those years ago.

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 14d

So sorry your game about murdering people with guns until only one player is standing used a dance move from a character who murders people with guns and then the dance move turned out to be not so subtly intimating a Nazi twist that everyone guessed from the first episode of the season?

io9 @io9dotcom.bsky.social · 14d

'Fornite' Ditches 'Peacemaker' Emote After the Show's Big Reveal https://gizmodo.com/fornite-ditches-peacemaker-emote-after-the-shows-big-reveal-2000664740

'Fornite' Ditches 'Peacemaker' Emote After the Show's Big Reveal

Chris ain't the only one shellshocked by how this week's 'Peacemaker' ended, and now 'Fortnite' has another emote controversy on its hands.

gizmodo.com

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SPiNDLE @aidenr0.bsky.social · 14d

A Pastoral Love

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 18d

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

I'm watching that documentary "Before Stonewall" about gay history
pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting.

The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast
about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed
psychologists, a police officer, and one "known homosexual". The
"known homosexual" is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis
White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson.
So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale
Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television
and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there's nothing
wrong with him mentally and he's never been arrested. When asked
whether he'd take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether
his family knows he's gay, he says that they didn't up until tonight, but
he guesses they're going to find out, and he'll probably be fired from
his job as well. So of course the host is like ... why are you doing this
interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says "I think
that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself."

1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium.

Despite the pseudonym, Dale's boss did indeed recognize him from
the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into
ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten
a new job at a higher salary.
Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further.
It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity
agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that,
but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person
who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the
statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson's disclosure had
a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the
U.S.

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Bryan - Free Palestine! 🍉 @darthziggy.bsky.social · 14d

Hey peeps. Hope everyone is holding up as well as you can. Drop a line or DM if you want, not around these parts much lately, but I’m still here.

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Andrew Pfister @andrewpfister.bsky.social · 14d

If there isn’t at least one Arby’s curly fry in the bottom of the bag, you may be entitled to legal compensation

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AHHH! real meghan!! 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 14d

here’s korean protesters throwing their shoes at a likeness of netanyahu

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 20d

370) Rubberduckbot. A robot that's a rubber duck, for bath-time companionship. #SmallRobotsRemastered

A robot (apparently) rubber duck, floating on water, presumably in a bath, surrounded by bubbles and looking upwards. Text in the bottom left reads: "suggested by @princessofvp.bsky.social".

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Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · Sep 12

Charlie Kirk’s shooter was a 22 year old white cis man & 4chan groyper.

Charlie Kirk’s last words were “gang violence”. he was claiming Black people were inherently violent right before his life was ended by another white man.

Here is a description of Kirk’s terrorism by one of his many victims:

Dr Stacey Patton

I am on Charlie Kirk's hit list.

His so-called "Professor Watchlist," run under the umbrella of Turning Point USA, is nothing more than a digital hit list for academics who dare to speak truth to power. I landed there in 2024 after writing commentary that inflamed the MAGA faithful. And once my name went up, the harassment machine roared to life.

For weeks my inbox and voicemail were deluged. Mostly white men spat venom through the phone: "bitch," "c*nt," "n****r." They threatened all manner of violence.

They overwhelmed the university's PR lines and the president's office with calls demanding that I be fired. The flood was so relentless that the head of campus security reached out to offer me an escort, because they feared one of these keyboard soldiers might step out of his basement and come do me harm.

And I am not unique.

Kirk's Watchlist has terrorized legions of professors across this country. Women, Black faculty, queer scholars, basically anyone who challenged white supremacy, gun culture, or Christian nationalism suddenly found themselves targets of coordinated abuse.

Some received death threats. Some had their jobs threatened. Some left academia entirely.
Kirk sent the loud message to us: speak the truth and we will unleash the mob!

That is the culture of violence Charlie Kirk built.
He normalized violence. He curated it, monetized it, and sicced it on anyone who dared to puncture his movement's lies.

And now, in the wake of his shooting, there's all this national outpouring of mourning, moments of silence, yellow prayer hands, and tributes painting him as a civil debater. But the truth is that Kirk and his foot soldiers spent years terrorizing educators, trying to silence us with harassment and fear!

And now the same violence he unleashed on others has come full circle.

But what i find especially jarring is the dissonance in public mourning for a smug white man whose life work was actively hostile to certain groups. Kirk spent years demonizing LGBTQ people, mocking gun survivors, spewing racism about Black folks, and pushing policies that literally shorten lives.

It is so revolting to watch a bipartisan wave of grief sweep over this hateful racist as if he was a neutral community servant.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Sep 12

every fucking time

Sen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · Sep 12

fbi puts another one in the books. closing the case the way most crime is solved: someone calls and tells them who did it.

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WayForward @wayforward.bsky.social · Sep 12

This high-octane theme accompanies the all-new Battle Mode in Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution. Jam to the music as you slam your opponents in this competitive mode for up to four players! The game is out now on consoles & PC! bit.ly/ShantaeAdvan...

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Sep 11

Every centrist hagiographer: he said some very important stuff

Everyone: oh, like what?

Every centrist hagiographer: very important things

Everyone: Can you repeat some of those things he said?

Every centrist hagiographer, looking at their legal department frantically shaking their heads: no

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