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24 Hour Revenge Therapist @misunderstruck.bsky.social · 1d

"The man with the most power has expended enormous energy targeting those with the least." - Zohran Mamdani, 10/11/2025

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Dom Kelly @thetattooedjew.com · 2d

You actually don’t have to hand it to Donald Trump. You don’t have to give him credit for anything. He’s a horrible human being who has never known a day of suffering in his life. Nor does he care an ounce about the suffering of anybody else. Hope that helps.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry.

(He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

Reuters @reuters.com · 3d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 4d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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24 Hour Revenge Therapist @misunderstruck.bsky.social · 3d

Only about 127 days until pitchers and catchers report to camp.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption.

My full statement:

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24 Hour Revenge Therapist @misunderstruck.bsky.social · 3d

It is wild. When I was driving through Florida this summer, I had four swallow-tailed kites just fly over the road, and there always seem to be cattle egrets chilling on the shoulder at some point.

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24 Hour Revenge Therapist @misunderstruck.bsky.social · 4d

Baseball is the best.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 5d

Fan wearing a "Dump Here" jersey with 61 caught Cal's HR 🔥

Immediately changes into an identical 62 jersey

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 9d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 9d

The images that will stick in my mind from this week include jackbooted thugs rappelling from a Blackhawk helicopter to rip children from their beds in Chicago and yet another indiscriminate murder from the sky, both events celebrated by a lawless administration in videos shared on social media.

Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 9d

Don’t believe anyone who tells you that intelligence shows anything “without a doubt,” but even if the intelligence was water-tight, this strike was still murder. No law permits the deliberate, premeditated killing of civilians.

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 10d

This thread.

Also? Klein apparently thought he didn't get to talk enough in the interview.

I read the transcript rather than watching it - Coates speaks maybe half the amount Klein does.

It's an example writ large of exactly what Ashley is talking about here.

Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 10d

The conversation between Klein and Coates showed me that a lot of people who screech about “infighting” on the left aren’t aware of the fact that marginalized people have been forced to learn how to regulate their emotions during conflict, and so, are better able to hear what’s actually being said.

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 10d

"What is this entire anti-terrorism memorandum if not an admission that terrorism works, and that terrorism has secured the White House?"

wake up babe @lopatto.bsky.social and @sarahjeong.bsky.social banger alert www.theverge.com/policy/79051...

It is of course helpful to remember that in the Trump regime, every accusation is a confession. Antifa might not be organized, but the Department of Homeland Security sure is. George Soros might not be paying professional protesters, but right-wing media personalities are bankrolled by Trumpist billionaires. In the case of Ben Shapiro, that’s billionaires Dan and Farris Wilks; for Rumble, thank Peter Thiel. This is to say nothing of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, or Elon Musk’s X, or the Daily Caller itself, which is funded by Charles Koch.

Indeed, the memo’s description of the environment that leads to terroristic violence applies cleanly to the entire right-wing ecosystem. But perhaps the most striking accusation-as-confession is this paragraph from the national security presidential memorandum:

This political violence is not a series of isolated incidents and does not emerge organically. Instead, it is a culmination of sophisticated, organized campaigns of targeted intimidation, radicalization, threats, and violence designed to silence opposing speech, limit political activity, change or direct policy outcomes, and prevent the functioning of a democratic society.

What is this but an elegant encapsulation of the past 10 years? It describes everything from the removal of Jimmy Kimmel from the air to the Libs of TikTok pattern of incitement to Charlie Kirk’s Professor Watchlist to Fox News’ defamation of Dominion Voting Systems and its employees to the celebrity worship of people like Kyle Rittenhouse.

What is this entire anti-terrorism memorandum if not an admission that terrorism works, and that terrorism has secured the White House?

a verge feature story with the headline / subheadline of "Everything is terrorism in Trump’s America /
Identifying faceless ICE agents. Mutual aid for jailed protesters. Calling JD Vance a fascist. The war on ‘antifa’ is a war on free speech, and it’s just getting started."

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Shaker Samman @shaker.bsky.social · 13d

this is basically the aim of every AI company

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 15d

PS from the Portland reddit...

"Thank god they're sending troopd, they didn't even give me a bendy straw."

Small dog sits at outdoor shady table with plates of delicious food in front of them and a backdrop of a calm, nice shopping street in Portland.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 18d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 20d

Shanah tova, everybody. It has been a hard year, and it’s hard to imagine this next year will not be hard, too. But there is sweetness to be had amidst the sorrow and struggle, and always the hope for something better. May 5786 treat us all well. May we be sealed for good in the book of life.

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tatzanx @tatzanx.bsky.social · 24d

Making a Zine: Keeping D.C. Music and Its Meaning in Print - Washington City Paper washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7709...

Making a Zine: Keeping D.C. Music and Its Meaning in Print

In the hardcore punk scene and beyond, local zine makers build community and support movements through self-publication.

washingtoncitypaper.com

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KP @hagofbolding.bsky.social · 23d

The federal govt wants to rescind the Roadless Rule, which would open 45 million acres of public land for private interests - disrupting wildlife habitat, destroying carbon sinks, and imperiling outdoor recreation in the places we love

TODAY is the last day for public comment - file yours now!!

FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 24d

Last chance to protect the Roadless Rule! Comment period ends tomorrow. Submit a comment now.

tinyurl.com/3f439mf8

Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is initiating an environmental impact statement (EIS) and rulemaking concerning management of inventoried roadless areas on approximately 44.7 million acres of Natio...

tinyurl.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24d

I don't think pointing out the fascists' 'hypocrisy' is a good use of time. It's not hypocrisy, it's hierarchy. They actually do believe that they have the right and obligation to dominate you because they are superior to you. They are using their power not being hypocritical.

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24 Hour Revenge Therapist @misunderstruck.bsky.social · 25d

I started a to-do list with the header TO-DO.

Started writing the first item as "to-do."

Recursive to-do lists it is.

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24 Hour Revenge Therapist @misunderstruck.bsky.social · 26d

This is the carriage, this is the house,
Open the door, and behold the mouse.

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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 27d

I've seen trans ppl promoting this piece several times today, but I haven't seen a single cis person linking or praising it.

It's the same old thing, an article is written FOR cis ppl but ABOUT trans ppl and yet for some reason the cis folks to whom it's addressed seem to not notice the piece.

Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 27d

“Anti-trans harassment and violence is all the rage. Trans people are afraid to leave the country, let alone leave their houses. The right-wing ecosystem has gladly spent years creating these conditions, while Democrats have by turns avoided saying anything about them at all” 😞

👉🏻 archive.ph/ewBhT

THE CUT

They Want the Shooter to Be Trans
By Lex McMenamin, a writer and editor at Teen Vogue.

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24 Hour Revenge Therapist @misunderstruck.bsky.social · 28d

One of my messages from day 1 is that you are not always going to know the answer right away, but we will work together to help you learn how to take steps towards (and hopefully, in many cases, to) the answer.

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24 Hour Revenge Therapist @misunderstruck.bsky.social · 28d

Students often come in thinking that if they look at a problem and the answer or steps to the answer aren't immediately obvious, then they are failures or simply "can't do math."

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