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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 16h

Too many people view reading as “something you do” rather than “a skill that can be developed.”

If you want to get better at kicking a football, you have to kick a lot of footballs. If you want to get better at reading, you have to read a lot of books.

Also, it’s fun to be good at things!

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 15h

Rest in Power, Miss Major.💔

On solidarity: “We can’t go it alone… I mean, you can try, and get knocked down and get up and try again, and get knocked down and get up and try again. But that’s how it’ll be, until somebody helps you up and says, let me stand with you.”
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A Mother’s Day Chat With Revolutionary Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

Janet Mock has called Miss Major, who has nurtured generations of queer and trans youth, “the mother we all deserve.”…

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 15h

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 17h

The biggest challenge is convincing people that things could be different and that their actions matter.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 15h

Have this kind of night

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Annalise Ophelian @dr-ophelian.bsky.social · 15h

The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is on Vimeo on Demand. If you want to spend some time with her on screen tonight and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, it's free to rent with the code "shinebright" vimeo.com/ondemand/major

Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand

The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…

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Elizabeth @lexnonquaeritquem.bsky.social · 1d

14 of my husband’s employees didn’t show up today. One was detained over the weekend. He spends more time now discussing ICE than he does the business he’s running. Donald Trump has ruined American businesses.

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AuntBunny @auntbunny.bsky.social · 1d

Bolo this guy at ice raids in Illinois. He’s mixing in with the protesters and riding with ice. Spotted in Elgin, IL!

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AuntBunny @auntbunny.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣☠️☠️☠️☠️🐊🐊

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Misha Lawless @mishalawless.bsky.social · 1d

I know 1 thing for certain & 2 things for sure: A Dem POTUS would not be abducting CHILDREN, and the fact that a pedophile is in charge now leave me unsurprised that they are abducting CHILDREN

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 1d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Misha Lawless @mishalawless.bsky.social · 1d

If you voted GOP, you are complicit in the abduction and terrorism of CHILDREN.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 1d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

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⚡️🔩Felsenstein's Monster🔩⚡️ @josephwb.bsky.social · Dec 28

I made this over the break. Why would I do such a thing? Am I some sort of #phylogenetics dork? Well... yes, but that's not why. To fully explain I'll have to do one of those sewing-strings-wrapped-around-a-spool dealies. 1/ 🧪

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Misha Lawless @mishalawless.bsky.social · 1d

Kicking it, Old Skool.

⚡️🔩Felsenstein's Monster🔩⚡️ @josephwb.bsky.social · 6d

Researchin'

A hirsute and bewiskered dork sits at a messy desk overflowing with various books, notes, and tea. Arranged on the floor in organized (and labelled) piles are papers on various topics.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the excuses not to show up to work while still collecting a paycheck, refusing to show up for 2 months so you can conceal info about sex trafficking because the perps are wealthy and powerful can only be conjured up in the toxic mind hive of Trump & House GOP leadership.

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Misha Lawless @mishalawless.bsky.social · 1d

Had a wonderful date night with Bear. Mumford & Sons, Columbus, OH.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Spread this around. Missouri and Ohio Democrats need at least 100,000 valid signatures to take on Republican gerrymandering maps. This is the fight 🔥

Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 2d

MO & OH Dems need us to help Rally support!

A commissioned poll shows nearly 1/2 of MO voters oppose the maps

The Dem committee needs over 100,000 valid signatures across multiple congressional districts before the state’s 90-day window expires on Dec. 11 to let voters decide on the maps.

Missouri Democrats have an opportunity to block a new congressional map. They say they’re largely on their own.

Despite relatively little investment from Washington, Missouri and Ohio Democrats are looking to block new Republican-drawn maps through uncertain avenues.

www.politico.com

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 2d

MO & OH Dems need us to help Rally support!

A commissioned poll shows nearly 1/2 of MO voters oppose the maps

The Dem committee needs over 100,000 valid signatures across multiple congressional districts before the state’s 90-day window expires on Dec. 11 to let voters decide on the maps.

Missouri Democrats have an opportunity to block a new congressional map. They say they’re largely on their own.

Despite relatively little investment from Washington, Missouri and Ohio Democrats are looking to block new Republican-drawn maps through uncertain avenues.

www.politico.com

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Misha Lawless @mishalawless.bsky.social · 1d

ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!

SinnamonS @sinnamonscouture.bsky.social · 1d

"André Leon Talley: Style Is Forever" opens Oct. 15
at SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion in ATL!

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism