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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 16d

They are lying about our cities. They are lying about our immigrant neighbors. They are lying about our trans siblings.

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 19d

They've lost the 9yos

JA Westenberg
@Daojoan@mastodon.social

My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.”

Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner

Kiddo: that’s AI
Sep 24, 2025, 07:36 AM

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Charlotte Francoeur @mangymona.bsky.social · 25d

Just posting something silly that made me happy recently. I’ve embraced singledom so fully that even my seltzer recognizes it. Perhaps it is I.

Seltzer can that says:
In my grapefruit land
I search for the perfect mate
Perhaps it is I

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 28d

What's being "protected" is not "free speech" but rather the RIGHT for white men to be white supremacists in public without any criticism or any consequences. I hope that's clear.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · Sep 13

I'll never step into another Target.

You’re terrible Muriel! 🏳️‍🌈 @byways.bsky.social · Sep 13

I don’t think these companies get how sick and tired of this right wing crap people really are.

A headline from “Fortune Magazine” saying Target was expecting a back to school sales bump that never came. Foot traffic is still down for the 7th month in a row.

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Based Sonic the Hedgehog @sonic.bsky.social · Sep 12

let's be clear:

it is the mark of a fascist state that in the wake of a public murder the ruling party immediately scapegoats its political opponents

it is the mark of a fascist state that despite the truth coming to light, it will not deter them from continuing the lie or correcting themselves

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · Sep 9

If we try real real hard and stop that and protect the voices hate speech pushed out we can win

But we’ll do stuff like try and bargain and have “constructive dialogue”

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · Sep 9

It turns out that protecting hate speech did not create the conditions to protect other kinds of speech; instead, it protected hate and allowed hate movements to take over all the institutions of that might have defended the rest of us.

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Dr. Mansa Keita @rasmansa.bsky.social · Sep 8

The same Supreme Court that said it is unreasonable to consider race when giving kids access to education, has said it's reasonable to consider race when looking to remove someone from the country.

Funny how that works.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Aug 29

they think they can just erase trans joy and trans freedom. they can't. they can make things a lot harder and more painful. but that joy and that freedom is not theirs to take and it is incumbent on all good people to say so.

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · Aug 27

US government orders 46 states to destroy trans education materials
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

US government orders states to destroy trans education materials

The US government has ordered 46 states and territories to destroy education materials referencing trans people.

www.thepinknews.com

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Charlotte Francoeur @mangymona.bsky.social · Aug 21

YESSSSSSSSSS!!! Life is worth living.

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · Aug 21

BREAKING: Silksong will be out on September 4. Two weeks from today. Really.

Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.

This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Why ‘Silksong’ Took Seven Years to Make

The highly anticipated indie game has been in production for so long that it’s become an internet meme

www.bloomberg.com

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · Aug 17

JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH! This gave me old Google back! It killed the AI results dead!

Irish @nakedirish.com · Aug 17

This, actually works. For me at least.

How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default

tenbluelinks.org

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · Aug 15

Cities aren’t scary.
You are scared.
There’s a difference

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Charlotte Francoeur @mangymona.bsky.social · Aug 14

This is vile.

NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · Aug 14

Just In: D.C. police are now allowed to notify federal immigration enforcement agencies of people who are not in custody, including during traffic stops, the chief of police said in an executive order.

DC police now allowed to notify ICE of people not in custody, police chief says

D.C. police are now allowed to notify federal immigration enforcement agencies of people who are not in custody, including during traffic stops, the chief of police said in an executive order Thursday...

www.nbcwashington.com

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High School English Hashira @sleepyteach82.bsky.social · Aug 12

Exactly. So obvious.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 12

Baltimore Mayor Scott response on Trump: I think it's very notable that each and every one of the cities called out by the President has a black mayor, and most of those cities are seeing historic lows in violent crime…

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · Jul 29

We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.

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Metro @wmata.com · Jul 20

Did you know transit is 20 times safer than driving a car? Each year, public transportation prevents more than 2,500 injuries related to car accidents. Take Metro!

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · Jul 18

A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · Jul 9

Making the county that holds this atrocity own the fact that it’s in their yard is an excellent strategy.

🎃👻🐈‍⬛ Grim Pierce 🪦⚰️☠️ @unchi.org · Jul 9

Instead of “Alligator Alcatraz” or “Alligator Auschwitz”, let me suggest that we call it simply the Dade-Collier Concentration Camp.

Hang the name on Florida. Make them own this disgraceful moment in U.S. history. Make our grandchildren lobby to change the name of Dade County out of shame.

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Charlotte Francoeur @mangymona.bsky.social · Jul 7

Can bikes be taken on the shuttles?

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Charlotte “Pure True Love” @charluv.bsky.social · Jul 5

#Baltimore Mayor #BrandonScott invested in 42 summer youth camps, 29 literacy programs, extended the rec center hours to 11 p.m, planned block parties, opened the pools for safe fun, & opened several schools up for summer classes. Crime is down 62%. 🔥🔥 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Baltimore is seeing the city’s fewest homicides in 50 years. Here’s why.

Multiple people have taken credit for the historic drop that mirrors a national decrease in violent crimes. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott says it’s due to a community-based approach to gun violence.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jun 29

Glad to see Van Hollen choosing to oppose racism. More Democrats should try it!

Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · Jun 29

We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent.

Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.

Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win

Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.

www.axios.com

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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · Jun 29

i genuinely dont know what other industry has failed as speculatively as journalism has failed at meeting this moment

we are talking about whether zohran is going to do a sharia law while gop has been trying to pass a bill to strip medicaid to pay for concentration camps like

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · Jun 20

I remember some research about the links between whiteness and conspiratorial priors. Not enough to find it! But I remember it. Because I remember thinking well yeah if you believe you’re biologically superior you have already believed the biggest lie ever told. Selling you on aliens should be easy

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · Jun 20

what are you supposed to do when the "good" political party doesn't treat a dozen credible sexual harassment claims as disqualifying for a political candidate. how are you supposed to ignore that

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Jun 18

Finally, I continue to harp on this because it's important, we are going to win at the local level. That's where the main fight must be waged. Get to ground and fight like hell.

Take care everyone. Back offline.

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