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Bruce Bouček @bboucek.bsky.social · 2h

What a deep disappointment @reed.senate.gov & @whitehouse.senate.gov Compromising on these 3 things shows deep moral failure even when politics is not checkers but chess. Protect transgender rights, DEI is an extension of constitutional rights, US soldier deployment in the US is an abomination.

Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 2h

Senators Reed and Whitehouse support NDAA that targets transgender rights and allows Trump unlimited domestic troop deployment

"The NDAA vote provides insight into how far most congressional Democrats are willing to go in opposing Trump’s culture war fascism and use of troops on domestic soil..."

Senators Reed and Whitehouse support NDAA that targets transgender rights and allows Trump unlimited domestic troop deployment

"The NDAA vote provides insight into how far most congressional Democrats are willing to go in opposing Trump’s culture war fascism and use of troops on domestic soil..."

steveahlquist.substack.com

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Musicophilia @musicophilia.bsky.social · 30m

And if you love brilliant music that transcends standard boxes and limitations, that thrills the mind and breaks-and-fills the heart, do yourself a big favor and grab @infinityknives.bsky.social whole discography:

infinityknives666.bandcamp.com/album/dear-s...

Dear, Sudan, by INFINITY KNIVES

14 track album

infinityknives666.bandcamp.com

Musicophilia @musicophilia.bsky.social · 30m

Besides being a literal genius, and more importantly, my brother Tariq is a deeply excellent human being, who has helped me in so many ways getting through this mad world. If you can help him get his footing back, it would mean the world.

gofund.me/7f27838d7

Donate to Help Infinity Knives Rebuild His Studio and Restart His Life, organized by Pep Beyoncé

My name’s Tariq, though most people know me as Infinity Knive… Pep Beyoncé needs your support for Help Infinity Knives Rebuild His Studio and Restart His Life

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 3h

For over a decade, I have taken my (87-year-old) mom to the Portland Farmer’s market most Saturday mornings so she can do her weekly shopping. Today, I thought why not share a few snaps with Bluesky?

Vendor with pumpkins, tomatoes, arugula, lettuce. No fires.

South Park Blocks with vendors and people lined up waiting to purchase their veggies. No fires.

Beautiful multicolored peppers in foreground. Radishes, zucchini, and radicchio in background. Not on fire.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 7h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Musicophilia @musicophilia.bsky.social · 4h

I think I've said it before, but if reincarnation were real, there's no way "human" is the last step before nirvana.

(Personally, I'd say it's "house cat," who've already achieved total liberation in their previous life, and are back for just one last victory lap.)

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

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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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 6h

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

www.construction-physics.com

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 17h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 21h

So America's reached the "hiding Anne Frank" stage of a totalitarian terrorism.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 2d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Kenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social · 1d

"Eliminating parking minimums simply enables the market to determine how much parking is needed and adapt to varying degrees of transportation access in different neighborhoods, while lowering rent and increasing access to housing in the process." pvdstreets.org/abolish-park...

Open Letter: Abolish Parking Minimums - Providence Streets Coalition

September 10, 2024

pvdstreets.org

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d

We're close to completing our list for September. Look for it on our site next week. If you need a refresher, or, you know, lean toward masochism, here are all 416 atrocities committed by the Trump administration since the reality TV star/steak salesman/convicted felon took office.

Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes

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Musicophilia @musicophilia.bsky.social · 1d

Live video feed from inside his head of his Nobble Piece Prize acceptance ceremony, people are saying the most pieceful ever:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=O8lB...

I'm Thinking of Ending Things / Lonely Room

YouTube video by Cucumber Nick

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 6d

The Living Wage for Musicians Act would claim a portion of streaming platform earnings for *human* recording musicians, which means if they choose to do nothing about AI slop, they pay us for the privilege weareumaw.org/make-streami...

Make Streaming Pay - United Musicians and Allied Workers — United Musicians and Allied Workers

United Musicians and Allied Workers celebrates the introduction of the Living Wage for Musicians Act – led by Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Jamaal Bowman – to Congress. By creating a new streaming royalty, ...

weareumaw.org

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 6d

“Spotify won’t prohibit this music—not because it thinks it’s innovative or ushering in a new era of technological futurism (the platform has never cared about culture) but simply because it’s generating streams.”
— @kieranpressreyn.bsky.social, who knows from slop pitchfork.com/thepitch/spo...

Spotify’s New Policy Won’t Stop the Wave of AI Slop

Rabbit Holed is Kieran Press-Reynolds’ weekly column exploring songs and scenes at the intersection of music and digital culture, separating shitpost genius from shitpassé lameness. This week, Kieran ...

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Musicophilia @musicophilia.bsky.social · 15d

If you need to escape this world occasionally, 'Les Bibliotechaires' is an exploration of the myriad funky, sophisticated, playful, otherworldly sounds of Library Music from the late 60s to early 80s, across 28 LP-side-length themed mixes.

musicophilia.wordpress.com/2018/02/12/l...

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Musicophilia @musicophilia.bsky.social · Sep 5

I did a softcover print run of my book of Lego robots, 'Planet Robotica'. They turned out really nicely! If you'd like a copy, they're $26 each plus shipping, just let me know.

Here's a PDF version if you'd like to stay minimalist:

www.flickr.com/photos/plane...

A white softcover book called 'Planet Robotica' with a jaunty elderly robot (made of Lego) on its cover. The physical Lego build of his elderly robot nemesis stands on the cover, looking disapproving, sipping his morning hot motoroil.

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 2d

This headline 🤣🤣🤣

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Musicophilia @musicophilia.bsky.social · 1d

'One From the Heart' was a joy. Love the earnest artifice of it, the elemental simplicity of it. Visually my bag for sure. Would be a fun triple-feature with 'All That Jazz' and 'Pennies From Heaven,' arty not-musicals. Artificial dream-Vegas works, where the reality is a nightmare: all neon hopes.

Teri Garr bathed in red light, tearful, with out-of-focus neon signs behind her

A man bathed in blue-green light, backlit, his face half in shadow

A man close up with his face edge-lighted in silhouette; a woman silhouetted against city lights beyond

A circus woman walks on a large ball in an artificial desert lit like pre-dawn

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Musicophilia @musicophilia.bsky.social · 1d

Presumably that interviewer will be fired by tomorrow for laughing at the Dear Leader and his Apostles...

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 1d

Palestinians in Gaza will continue to suffer and die so long as Israel maintains its unlawful blockade of Gaza and does not restore basic services like electricity, water and health care.

States should take urgent action to prevent further rights violations.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Q: What is Trump’s plan for antifa?

A: He will create the organization, and then destroy it.

What To Know About NSPM-7

On Sept. 25, President Trump issued a directive called National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 in which “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity” were described as “common threads...

theonion.com

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