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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 2d

Literally they've shot two people in Chicago alone, we're all unbelievably fortunate the woman they shot last fucking weekend survived

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 2d

I know there's a lot to keep up with but someone has ALREADY been killed by ICE in Chicago, its not a theoretical question, and folks are dying in ICE detention and being disappeared constantly, when you say "someone's gonna get killed" youre actually washing the blood from their hands 😘✌️

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Manic Pixie Scream Girl @switch-is.online · 13h

given that i can't leave the country, the rhetoric around Leave The Country Or Die left me paralyzed with severe depression for months. if that's the rhetoric you push, you will be right, because people who can't leave will give up and die and we won't have the numbers to survive collectively

David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 1d

Again, focusing on individuals staying or going misses the point.

What does become a real problem is when the issue gets framed (usually by more gentry expats or those who follow them) as "everyone who stays is doomed."

That is false and it is genuinely, unacceptably damaging.

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Denice (Dee), the Red Witch @deetheredwitch.bsky.social · 20h

And sadly, still a thing, just now I'm racking up late fees too.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 17h

There has been a lot of ICE activity in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago today. There has also been a lot of ICE watch and rapid response activity. We love our community, and we are showing up for each other.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 16h

we recently approved a generous paid time off policy for all @transnews.network journalists!

if you want to pay trans journalists not to work and take breaks and recover so they can come back even more productive, send a couple bucks to our fundraiser! :)

transnewsnetwork.networkforgood.com

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Puns N' Roses @gthanku.bsky.social · 1d

5/3/21: AP hires Emily Wilder.

5/15/21: Israel bombs AP's offices in Gaza.

5/22/21: Emily Wilder posts this stmt about AP firing her bc she became the target of a harassment campaign painting her as antisemite etc for essentially daring to criticize Israel in college & see Palestinians as people.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 19h

Indeed you did.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 19h

Could be both.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 19h

Mutual recognition is mostly a mirage in this sense because one side already recognized the other. I don't care about recognition I care about the facts of the dynamic and if Israel recognized us tomorrow but maintained the occupation it would mean not a single thing.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 20h

It is self soothing to say that if only Palestinians accepted Israel then everything would be unlocked and peace would be possible. OK well that already happened, more than once, and what did it result in? When will people seriously grapple with the idea that perhaps Israel is a lot like Russia?

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 20h

PLO recognized Israel in 1988 and 1993 and then what happened is a question nobody seems to answer on here

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Wilde Butch @wildebutch.bsky.social · 20h

(read full 🧵)

We usually talk about parasocial relationships from the perspective of a fan obsessing over a creator

But perhaps equally bad is a creator who uses their platform as a best friend, therapist, and diary

If you want endless uncritical validation for your feelings go talk to your BFF

David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 1d

Again, focusing on individuals staying or going misses the point.

What does become a real problem is when the issue gets framed (usually by more gentry expats or those who follow them) as "everyone who stays is doomed."

That is false and it is genuinely, unacceptably damaging.

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Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 20h

While I'm on it, at some point we need to recognize the consolidation & corporatization of publishing is also an existential threat to free expression.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 21h

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 1d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 20h

Admittedly, by the time we have the Trans Airborne up and running there will probably be other uses for them.

Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 22h

while I admit that airlifting the entire trans population of Florida *would* be rad as hell, I also recognize that it is impractical at best

David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 1d

Trans people (and queer people broadly) are overwhelmingly working class populations highly reliant — like many groups under fire — upon community networks and support.

What's going to happen? Airlifting the entire trans population of Florida? Get serious.

So, what follows from this...

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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 20h

london coroner's report on the suicide of 17yo leia sampson-grimbly last year following uk labour's formal ban on trans healthcare

tw: www.judiciary.uk/prevention-o...

CORONER’S CONCERNS

During the course of the inquest the evidence revealed matters giving rise to concern. In my opinion there is a risk that future deaths could occur unless action is taken. In the circumstances it is my statutory duty to report to you.

The MATTERS OF CONCERN are as follows. – Waiting lists are far too long for first appointment at a Gender Dysphoria clinic.
6 ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN

In my opinion action should be taken to prevent future deaths and I believe you [AND/OR your organisation] have the power to take such action

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Eve Samhain, God Smacker @lawlessvictory.bsky.social · 21h

I'm staying for a lot of reasons. Namely to help as many that can't flee as I can, and also out of pure spite. These assholes want us gone, and I sure as hell ain't giving the bastards what they want. This is my home and I ain't going nowhere.

David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 1d

Again, the vast majority of trans people aren't going to leave. So, what does one expect? Us all to run around screaming in despair? Grow up.

Gleeful shitting on those still organizing and fighting here is unacceptable.

And yeah, that *is* cowardice. It is shameful. It should carry consequences.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 1d

Workers told me in March this plan will harm patient care. The state needs to approve the clinic closure and I don't see any confirmation of that

Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · Mar 31

NEW: Workers at Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, the affiliate moving to sell and close its Manhattan clinic amid budget shortfalls, say the org is abandoning patients by not immediately starting a search for a new Manhattan space.

Me in @thecut.com:

Planned Parenthood’s ‘Devastating’ Plan to Shutter in Manhattan

“It just feels like we are waving a white flag.”

www.thecut.com

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 1d

NEW: Planned Parenthood's Manhattan clinic will stop seeing patients as of November 1 as affiliate prepares to sell the building amid budget shortfalls. Sale announced in March
Patients told to schedule at Bronx, Brooklyn, or Queens (LIC) clinics or virtual
www.plannedparenthood.org/health-cente...

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The Manhattan Health Center will no longer see patients as of November 1, 2025. Book in-person services at our Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens health centers or a virtual visit through our Virtual Health Center.

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FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 22h

Israeli ceasefires aren't worth the paper they were signed on

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 23h

Plumes of smoke from Israeli attacks were seen rising over Gaza hours after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire plan, brokered by Donald Trump.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all told these motherfuckers it was OK to let trans people lose their rights. Now they're banking on people letting them abandon everyone who looks vaguely Latino as well as actual immigrants. Who are y'all advocating for moderation gonna abandon next?

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 23h

"Remember, if you can read these words, there are others putting themselves out there at least as much as you are. That means you are not alone, and the struggle is not hopeless."

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 1d

Simply marching in the streets once every few months will not stop fascism. We have to draw people into concrete organizing and activity. No one else is going to do this for us.

Whether there are two of you or two hundred of you, this guide goes over what you can do.

crimethinc.com/NoKings2025

An anarchist red and black flag with an image of a sword run through a crown and the words "No Kings"

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 1d

I, however,
Have such meagre power,

Clutching at a
Moment,

While you control
An hour.

But your hour is
A stone.

My moment is
A flower.

-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem As ever.

I have done so little
For you.
And you have do little
For me.
That we have good reason
Never to agree.

I, however,
Have such meagre power,
Clutching at a
Moment,
While you control
An hour.
But your hour is
A stone.
My moment is
A flower.
-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you!

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FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 1d

Trans people deserve better. You deserve better. The whole world deserves better.

Put down the wizard book shit

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 23h

Times are difficult but I've got good friends and a new batch of my homemade vinegar sauce is steeping, so there's that.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you. I'm really tired of that too.

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