maxgbowman
@maxgbowman.bsky.social
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A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
Boycott Campaign Targets Companies Tied to ICE Ahead of Black Friday
The Not With My Dollars campaign takes aim at Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Home Depot, Spotify, and Target.
truthout.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
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People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Inside Atlanta’s First Government-Funded Supermarket
The goal is for the store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
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Extremely good news: A print subscription for The Onion is very on sale today. You'll get your first copy by Christmas.
It's $75 for a year's worth of newspapers shipped to your real-life mailbox each month.
Get one for yourself, your friends, your family, or your enemies.
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It's $75 for a year's worth of newspapers shipped to your real-life mailbox each month.
Get one for yourself, your friends, your family, or your enemies.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Extremely good news: A print subscription for The Onion is very on sale today. You'll get your first copy by Christmas.
It's $75 for a year's worth of newspapers shipped to your real-life mailbox each month.
Get one for yourself, your friends, your family, or your enemies.
membership.theonion.com
It's $75 for a year's worth of newspapers shipped to your real-life mailbox each month.
Get one for yourself, your friends, your family, or your enemies.
membership.theonion.com
Tripped and my book bag spilled some of my things— it’s clear this book bag belongs to an autistic butch:
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Tripped and my book bag spilled some of my things— it’s clear this book bag belongs to an autistic butch:
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To Black people and southerners, who are correct? Yes.
To everyone else, who is wrong? No.
To everyone else, who is wrong? No.
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
To Black people and southerners, who are correct? Yes.
To everyone else, who is wrong? No.
To everyone else, who is wrong? No.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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At this point, these kind of stories are just plain race-baiting. We know what this is. We know what this does. We know who makes the Mac and cheese and who doesn’t. Cmon now.
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
At this point, these kind of stories are just plain race-baiting. We know what this is. We know what this does. We know who makes the Mac and cheese and who doesn’t. Cmon now.
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This is next week, 12/2! For the release of the amazing anthology "We Will Rise Again," come hang out with activists and authors @booksmith.bsky.social to talk about hope, storytelling, and resistance.
Bay Area friends! Where do we find the hope that fuels our resistance and protests? In stories! On Dec. 2, come out to @booksmith.bsky.social for an unforgettable evening with speculative fiction authors and activists, celebrating our new anthology "We Will Rise Again"! booksmith.com/event/WWRA1125
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is next week, 12/2! For the release of the amazing anthology "We Will Rise Again," come hang out with activists and authors @booksmith.bsky.social to talk about hope, storytelling, and resistance.
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"Men are in trouble, is the solution making them a problem for women and children too"
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"Men are in trouble, is the solution making them a problem for women and children too"
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The Punctuation Collection™️
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Punctuation Collection™️
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"What does it mean to be information literate for an autistic person in the academic library workplace" An online presentation by @ahaire.bsky.social given on 20/1/25 for @nlisn.bsky.social
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDUl...
#LibraryWorker
#Librarian
#Autism
#Neurodiverse
#Neurodiversity
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDUl...
#LibraryWorker
#Librarian
#Autism
#Neurodiverse
#Neurodiversity
Amelia Haire presenting her research on autistic workplace information literacy.
YouTube video by NLISN
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"What does it mean to be information literate for an autistic person in the academic library workplace" An online presentation by @ahaire.bsky.social given on 20/1/25 for @nlisn.bsky.social
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDUl...
#LibraryWorker
#Librarian
#Autism
#Neurodiverse
#Neurodiversity
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDUl...
#LibraryWorker
#Librarian
#Autism
#Neurodiverse
#Neurodiversity
I also say to folks: you let her do this.
She’s complicit, yes, but on this Trans Day of Remembrance, it seems necessary to say: her message resonated because people let it.
Trans folks were the canary in the coal mine, hollering to anyone who would listen, almost no one did, and now here we are.
She’s complicit, yes, but on this Trans Day of Remembrance, it seems necessary to say: her message resonated because people let it.
Trans folks were the canary in the coal mine, hollering to anyone who would listen, almost no one did, and now here we are.
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I also say to folks: you let her do this.
She’s complicit, yes, but on this Trans Day of Remembrance, it seems necessary to say: her message resonated because people let it.
Trans folks were the canary in the coal mine, hollering to anyone who would listen, almost no one did, and now here we are.
She’s complicit, yes, but on this Trans Day of Remembrance, it seems necessary to say: her message resonated because people let it.
Trans folks were the canary in the coal mine, hollering to anyone who would listen, almost no one did, and now here we are.
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Trans Day of Remembrance is today.
The link below gives details of just some of the #trans, #nonbinary and gender nonconforming people we have lost in the past year.
#SayTheirNames #TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025
tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/tdor...
The link below gives details of just some of the #trans, #nonbinary and gender nonconforming people we have lost in the past year.
#SayTheirNames #TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025
tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/tdor...
Remembering Our Dead - Reports - TDoR 2025
1 Oct 2024 to 30 Sep 2025
tdor.translivesmatter.info
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Trans Day of Remembrance is today.
The link below gives details of just some of the #trans, #nonbinary and gender nonconforming people we have lost in the past year.
#SayTheirNames #TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025
tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/tdor...
The link below gives details of just some of the #trans, #nonbinary and gender nonconforming people we have lost in the past year.
#SayTheirNames #TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025
tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/tdor...
Every day I am like: I’m not qualified to do my job, I’m terrible, I won’t ever learn this stuff, why am I having this much trouble (I’m working on my inner dialog)
Meanwhile: a man in charge of teaching began his class the other day by issuing a lukewarm apology for *checks notes*
Meanwhile: a man in charge of teaching began his class the other day by issuing a lukewarm apology for *checks notes*
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Every day I am like: I’m not qualified to do my job, I’m terrible, I won’t ever learn this stuff, why am I having this much trouble (I’m working on my inner dialog)
Meanwhile: a man in charge of teaching began his class the other day by issuing a lukewarm apology for *checks notes*
Meanwhile: a man in charge of teaching began his class the other day by issuing a lukewarm apology for *checks notes*
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This piece is so honest and astute. I immediately subscribed to the newsletter after reading this.
TV and film of the moment aren't going to galvanize anyone. But stories closer to home just might
This week’s newsletter. Read! Subscribe! It’s free!
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The hollowness of Hollywood’s rich people stories
TV and film of the moment aren't going to galvanize anyone. But stories closer to home just might.
buttondown.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This piece is so honest and astute. I immediately subscribed to the newsletter after reading this.
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Basically, the United States ran up until 2024 based on nothing more than the presumption that the administration would not do relentless crimes, and would stop if asked.
November 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Basically, the United States ran up until 2024 based on nothing more than the presumption that the administration would not do relentless crimes, and would stop if asked.
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If you're ever wondering why every party seems to bend over backwards to appease the right you could do worse than this observation.
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
If you're ever wondering why every party seems to bend over backwards to appease the right you could do worse than this observation.
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new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
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reminder that if you get subpoena'd or otherwise are surveilled in anyway, you need to stop posting and shut the fuck up.
seeing replies saying "dont comply in advance" - that's not what this is. its keeping yourself from digging a grave.
talk to a lawyer, and stop posting. (1/4)
seeing replies saying "dont comply in advance" - that's not what this is. its keeping yourself from digging a grave.
talk to a lawyer, and stop posting. (1/4)
Getting subpoenaed by the US government over bluesky posts
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
reminder that if you get subpoena'd or otherwise are surveilled in anyway, you need to stop posting and shut the fuck up.
seeing replies saying "dont comply in advance" - that's not what this is. its keeping yourself from digging a grave.
talk to a lawyer, and stop posting. (1/4)
seeing replies saying "dont comply in advance" - that's not what this is. its keeping yourself from digging a grave.
talk to a lawyer, and stop posting. (1/4)
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.