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Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 14h

Y'all don't want democracy you want a return to your emotional support exceptionalism and handshake hierarchy.

Let me continue to be productive instead of reflecting on the wetness of water.

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 13h

When the cruelty
and childishness
of these times is overwhelming
I hear friends explain
that the regions of the brain
Covid damages
control empathy and compassion,
and I fear Covid
has damaged our empathy,
and I also fear Covid
revealed
how damaged our empathy
has always been.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re feeling sick, please stay home.

If you can’t stay home, please wear a mask. Ideally an N95.

Covid is a social justice issue. Mitigations cost money. Many can’t afford the protection they need.

If you’re able, donate to a mask bloc. Carry spare respirators. Help protect each other!

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Center for Racial and Disability Justice @crdjustice.bsky.social · 18h

Let's expand our understanding of DisCrit! “DisCrit Expanded” builds on DisCrit to show how racism and ableism reverberate through time, rupture injustice, and spark new inquiries into justice and inclusion—an invitation to reflect, resist, and reimagine. Created by summer intern Mary Yoon. [1/8]

Title slide with beige background and blurred grayscale silhouettes of people in the background. Large bold text reads “DisCrit Expanded.” Below, smaller text says “The intersections of race and disability on a local, national, and international level.” Caption reads “Created by Mary Yoon on behalf of CRDJ.” A brown circular arrow icon points right. Footer: “1 | CRDJustice.org.”

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 17h

Targeted for participating in pro-Palestine protests at Columbia, Khalil says his case is 'test for everyone's rights'.

Lawyers urge US appeals court to uphold Mahmoud Khalil’s release order

Targeted for participating in pro-Palestine protests at Columbia, Khalil says his case is 'test for everyone's rights'.

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jkjkjk @jessknightvision.bsky.social · 15h

If they wanted to, they would….

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Logan Grendel @focusedoninfinity.bsky.social · 16h

Some of the worst propaganda often comes in the form of subtly changing words in order to dramatically alter the context of a message. For example, calling armed conflict a war when only one side has a formal military 👀

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jkjkjk @jessknightvision.bsky.social · 16h

I had MCAS, POTS & hEDS before Covid & knew immediately it would exacerbate all my conditions & have luckily never had Covid. Wish the studies weren’t proving me right, but glad I’m able to protect myself 😷✌🏽

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Most of us who are covid conscious understand that widespread masking is not returning.

But masking in healthcare facilities should be an easy ask.

Getting folks to mask when they’re sick should be an easy ask.

Cleaning the air should be an easy ask.

It’s time we adapt!

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 21h

Three cases of clade Ib mpox not related to travel have been reported in LA. This raises concerns for probable local transmission. Vaccines are available and work to reduce disease severity or prevent infection. If you are eligible to get vaccinated do so.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Three cases of severe mpox reported in California, health officials say

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. bird 🌻 | Author & Speaker @bbiiirdbphd.bsky.social · 20h

I wish that more people understood that the well paying jobs are the ones they pay you good money to be the most evil and/or dehumanizing cog in the system.

Stop romanticizing it. We need to fundamentally change what roles exist, are created, and aren’t paid well (carework etc).

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Dr. bird 🌻 | Author & Speaker @bbiiirdbphd.bsky.social · 19h

Y’all thinking people get to suffer for voting any type of way is the fucking problem. You’ve lost your humanity subscribing to colonial capitalist propaganda and so you genuinely believe that all of us don’t deserve everything we need to survive and thrive at base level.

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jkjkjk @jessknightvision.bsky.social · 18h

Thanks for the resource! It’s so hard to find & link up with ATR folks out here due to the severe lack of melanin.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

We are going to leave you tonight with a simple reminder that it’s okay to punch (full grown) Nazis.

No debating. No listening. Punching.

Can I Punch Nazis?

A quick helper to determine if you can punch a nazi.

canipunchnazis.com

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jkjkjk @jessknightvision.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. I’ll sleep in a nightshirt if I’m staying in my cuz’ guest room pero never sleepin in clothes otherwise😜

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David Tomkins @davidctomkins.bsky.social · 2d

Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate shows that, this week, the Earth is 1.9°C warmer than before we began burning fossil fuels.
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...

We’re Touching 1.9°C - And It’s Only 2025

Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate by climate scientist Dr Karsten Haustein shows that, this week, the Earth ...

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jkjkjk @jessknightvision.bsky.social · 1d

There’s always preventative medicine 😷✌🏽

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jkjkjk @jessknightvision.bsky.social · 1d

Așę! I miss doing ritual with others. I would love to find another ile to be a part of, even virtually.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

The Forgotten Captives: Israel Still Imprisoning 9,000 Palestinians Even After Hostage Deal

“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians, in what it calls security prisoners or detainees,” says Sari Bashi, an Israel...

www.democracynow.org

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Toonces the Cat would steer this country better @bankuei.bsky.social · 1d

I'm going to use the zombie analogy again:

If you want us to survive the apocalypse -

1) we can't let people in the safe house who WANT to open the door to the zombies

2) the person who arbitrarily says we need to give up some of us to save the others also can't stay in the safehouse.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2d

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike

It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

www.huffpost.com

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jkjkjk @jessknightvision.bsky.social · 1d

It’s like a slap in the face IRL. I go by their reaction to me calling it out. If they are curious and do not want to continue being harmful👍🏽 if they are defensive and reactive, unwilling to admit their actions effect others👋🏽

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 1d

If you are wondering
what to do, now
that the march is over,
remember:
there is more
to protecting each other
than just carrying a sign,
so if you are wondering
what to do next:
wear a mask,
yes, we must do more than that
to protect each other
but it’s still something.

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jkjkjk @jessknightvision.bsky.social · 3d

Also this mentality directly supports the idea that disabled folks, who are systematically kept below the poverty level shouldn’t reproduce. But they’ll also just come right out and say people with disabilities aren’t allowed to because it’s cruel to pass down, while they pass down hate/ableism…

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 4d

When they tell you
that the difference
between this recession
and the last one
is that during the last one
there was also a pandemic,
calmly remind them
that during this recession
there is still a pandemic.

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The 292nd week of plague poems…

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Plague Poems – The Two-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Week

I asked how she was and my colleague said these are scary times, so I said I agree with all the horrid things happening int he world these certainly are very scary times, but in response she pointe…

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