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David Jekel @davidjekel.bsky.social · 1h

It's not "rescuing" if you're not going to give them asylum.

Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 1h

Two die as over 80 people are rescued in two separate operations in Greek waters #Refugees

Two die as over 80 people are rescued in two separate operations in Greek waters

www.infomigrants.net

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V M Wald @vmwald.bsky.social · 5h

15. aquarium

#art #digitalart #illustration #painting #peachtober #peachtober25 #peachtober25aquarium #noai

illustration of a woman in a spacesuit and her head piece is the aquarium. it is filled with goldfish and other small fish.

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Large Language Super Model @jsthrill.modphi.com · 4h

Okay hear me out:

Anne of Green Lantern

With her power of imagination she would be the most powerful superhero ever

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 10h

Al Jazeera is doing videos of the Palestinian releases and they're heart wrenching. One man was detained for over a year and was released to find out that Israel had killed his two kids. The youngest was three. Her birthday would've been on Saturday. He'd made a small bracelet for her in prison.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 13h

Today I learned about: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver-...

Beaver-engineered dam in the Czech Republic - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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David Jekel @davidjekel.bsky.social · 14h

Pretty sure this is not how Christianity should work (should...)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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χle Ormsby @motivickyle.bsky.social · 14h

An anonymous student(?) made this and left it outside my office. I am verklempt!

Nicely lettered nameplate with the O drawn as a Mobius band.

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La Resistencia @laresistencianw.bsky.social · 15h

Detained migrants are enduring intolerable air quality and unsanitary conditions at the infamous, inhumane Northwest Detention Center. Their pleas for assistance go unheard, posing significant health risks.

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 15h

i'm starting to love facilitation work more than anything.

getting people to slow down and breathe together feels like such important work right now. getting them to remember our values and our dreams, and to look at each other for strength.

i love it.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 15h

This is a great example of how often modern peoples refuse to entertain the idea that people's ancient oral traditions preserve actual, literal history just because it's not framed or described in ways they understand.

gizmodo.com/scientists-j...

Scientists Just Solved One of the Most Enduring Mysteries of the Easter Island Statues

The "walking moai hypothesis" could end a long-time debate over how ancient engineers moved these iconic statues around Easter Island.

gizmodo.com

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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 16h

Hey hi, there’s been a coup in Madagascar. The president has fled. The army claims they are in charge.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 16h

Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Exclusive: Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds

From 2019 to 2021, Syria’s authoritarian government carried out a secret operation to move tens of thousands of bodies from the exposed Qutayfah mass grave to a hidden site in the desert east of Damascus. The goal of the clandestine reburial was to hide evidence of atrocities as Bashar Assad tried to regain international standing

www.reuters.com

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David Jekel @davidjekel.bsky.social · 16h

You can do this!! BTW I'm happy to share my past application materials if you're interested.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17h

can't deport them somewhere they want to go

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 2d

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 18h

between this and the ICE ads on Spotify, YouTube randomly doing AI edits of creator's videos without their consent, and the U.S. government taking over TikTok, I think I'll just get really into collecting music on CDs and start bringing books with me everywhere again.

demon grrl 😈🏳️‍⚧️ @demongrrl.gay · 4d

seriously

for fucks sake

cancel your spotify subscription

@PopBase on Twitter "Spotify teams up with ChatGPT to offer personalized recommendations."

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May “Bunny” Peterson 🦄 (Mostly Updates ) @goddessblade.bsky.social · 19h

"Transsexuality is bourgeois" reflects the common belief that medicine, technology, and any improvements to quality of life are owed to capitalism. The reality is that capitalism holds these improvements hostage for the sake of wealth.

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Indigiqueer Hummingbird ~*For Good*~ @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 1d

This Indigenous Peoples Day please speak up: another typhoon sweeping away homes of Alaska's Natives, who, during settlement (statehood: 1948) were forced to end ways of life (like my Grandma's) involving mobility across regions & stuck them in flood-prone/unstable villages with housing deficits.

WESTERN ALASKA DISASTER RELIEF
WAYS YOU CAN HELP:
ONLINE FUNDRAISER - DONATE TO SUPPORT
Join us in supporting relief efforts. Scan the QR code to donate online. All funds raised will go directly to assisting communities.
PURCHASE ITEMS - AMAZON WISHLIST
Purchase items of immediate need to go directly to the Bethel Community Services Foundation to be distributed to villages most affected.
DONATION DRIVE AT AFN CONVENTION
Accepting items of immediate need including:
Cases of water, nonperishable foods, diapers, wipes, toilet paper, personal hygiene items, cleaning supplies, phone chargers, blankets, sleeping bags, cots, flashlights, and hand wipes.
DENA'INA CENTER, ROOM 6 (2ND FLOOR)
Friday, October 17 | 1-5PM
Saturday, October 18 | 8AM-2PM

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Rika⁷ @commanderrika.blacksky.app · 17h

If you have ever used the word "woke" in a pejorative manner...and I mean this sincerely...you were part of the onboarding process for making open bigotry ok again.

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Edgar Allen Dope @ecsweet.bsky.social · 17h

Someone once tweeted:

Don’t let ppl ruin your name. Cause they can say “Daenerys Targaryen” with no trouble!”

From then my brain shifted.

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 17h

Racism. It’s just the racism. I know you know . It’s just exasperating to watch

They say Murkowski with now problem and just stumble over this man’s name

Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 18h

how are people still having trouble saying "Mamdani", lmfao.

like, not only has it been months, but it's literally 100% phonetic. Just... say the letters that are written!

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 17h

wrote about last week's super interesting tribal sovereignty decision in Washington Supreme Court

one justice wrote a standalone concurrence basically saying 'the court applied the law correctly, but also the law is terrible and it's our responsibility to say so'
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

A Washington State Supreme Court Justice Condemns Federal Indian Law as Racist and Awful

"Each time a court cites a case that has as its foundation such racist fallacies, it is incumbent on us to call out that racism, even if just in a footnote."

ballsandstrikes.org

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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 18h

being a writer is wild like yeah i just invented a guy. now he’s crying in a church. i don’t know why exactly. we’re both figuring it out.

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David Jekel @davidjekel.bsky.social · 17h

This is good!!

Bluesky @bsky.app · 1d

Quick Tip: Don’t want people getting pinged when you post or reply?

You can turn that off by heading to: Settings → Privacy and Security → Allow others to be notified of your posts and toggling it off.

A screenshot of “Allow others to be notified of your posts” with “No one” selected

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 19h

I know the temptation is to just scroll past this with a “not surprised” reaction, but you should read this if you have the emotional bandwidth to encounter horrifying slurs and violent sentiments, because there’s an important takeaway: extremism is often performed to reinforce an in-group’s bond.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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David Jekel @davidjekel.bsky.social · 17h

They made him look better by removing the orange coloring that he thinks makes him look better

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