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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 4h

Portland Frog gets it

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 8m

Democrats love to debate why they’re not winning and blame trans people and never discuss the fact that they are like congenitally opposed to doing any leadership development in key districts and states

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Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · 36m

to understand what's happening in romantasy, and how pubilshers make decisions about what stories to tell, it's in fact deeply necessary to know how diverse YA fantasy actually is. because that's how it becomes really clear the extent to which romantasy publishers are prioritizing straight whiteness

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 38m

I'm finding that claim- based on multiple discussions I've had with others recently- seems to be because they think because adult fantasy has young protagonists/MCs (teens, but also folks in their younger 20s) that they think it means that makes it YA. (It doesn't and it's not.)

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SharonA is watching baseball @sharonawrites.bsky.social · 55m

Talia Hibbert’s A Girl Like Her is currently read now on NetGalley. Releases March 3, 2026. #Romancelandia

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 57m

Happy #WorldMentalHealthDay 💚
Really thankful you decided to stay, my friend! You are enough ✨

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Taking a Page From ‘Reading Rainbow’: How Mychal ‘The Librarian’ Threets Turned His Pain Into Purpose

Viral star Threets gets honest about his new role hosting the iconic children’s series, surviving dark days, and finding purpose in the new ‘Reading Rainbow.’

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 1h

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OMER || 🍉 @imomer00.bsky.social · 8d

Hi I'm Omar, fighting to survive in the midst of all this darkness. All I have left is my family, whom I carry in my heart and try to protect with everything I have. Our life has become a daily battle against hunger, fear, and displacement
yet I still cling to hope.
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Donate to Support Medical Treatment for Omar and Sara, organized by Ons NAKOURI

My name is Ons Nakouri, from France. I am managing this campaign on behalf of … Ons NAKOURI needs your support for Support Medical Treatment for Omar and Sara

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 1h

guys can we do frogs everywhere? please i need a frog uprising

you know…before we croak

we need a jump in activism

a ribbit revolution

vive les grenouilles libres!

Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 2h

“Multiplying protest frogs” 🤣

Troops to Portland still on hold, multiplying protest frogs, fact-check on Trump claims: Get caught up

It’s not clear when the 9th Circuit panel will issue its ruling, but it will likely come before an Oct. 17 hearing

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 1h

Timeline cleanse. One of my parents' favorite songs to play. Hope it brings you joy today.

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The Temptations - Happy People | The Midnight Special (1975)

YouTube video by The Temptations Legacy

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

Machado is trying to leverage her Nobel Peace Prize with an appeal for the military invasion of Venezuela by Trump. I wonder whether the Nobel Committee reckoned with conduct like this when they gave her the award.

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geneva @gdbee.bsky.social · 1h

Big blue patchwork witch!

18 x 24 in, pencils, watercolors, markers, acrylics on paper and board!

Illustration of a witch wearing different patchwork clothing, drining a coffee and floating in space. 18 x 24 inches large

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2h

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

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WBUR @wbur.org · 1h

The “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” asked nine universities to meet a variety of demands, from banning the consideration of race and gender in admissions decisions, to requiring undergraduate applicants take the SAT or ACT.

MIT won't agree to Trump's sweeping higher education demands, school's president says

The “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” asked nine universities to meet a variety of demands, from banning the consideration of race and gender in admissions decisions, to requiring ...

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 1h

Honestly I hope that protest is like one big block party which makes it clear the regime admin is not invited. Nope, can't be at the party with the cool kids when you're taking away people's rights. Buh-bye.

a woman with dreadlocks and glasses is saying bye bye in front of a computer .

ALT: a woman with dreadlocks and glasses is saying bye bye in front of a computer .

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MARAH FROM 🇵🇸 @mummarah.bsky.social · 4h

I’m writing to you today with my body and hands trembling😭

I can’t afford healthy food, clothes, or even the medicines I need😭😭

I’m crying out for help, just to feed my daughter and survive💔

I’m exhausted, I beg you to help us🙏
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 3h

sorry if you use "YA" as a pejorative i can't take your criticism of stuff seriously tbh

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 3h

like there's discussion to be had about adults reading YA, who the age level is marketed to, and about adult publishing leaning into more commercial genre fiction, but just being like "everything that is shallow or commercial we are going to call YA" is ill-informed and lazy

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 1h

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyer reacts to feds' plans to try sending him to Ghana

"As someone who is actually from Ghana, I can tell you concretely that Kilmar is not from Ghana."

From this morning's press conference in front of federal court

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 1h

Folks can do two things at once: have a party and call out the administration for their baloney.

Do the thing y'all.

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 1h

He's making it out like people aren't going to turn up with costumes and music like it's a pep rally or block party.

Let him be surprised.

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 2h

Ghana?!

Can y'all just keep this man here and let him get due process?

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 2h

Good morning from Greenbelt, Md.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's attorneys will argue in federal court for his release from immigration detention. Now feds want to send Abrego to Ghana.

Reporting live.

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 2h

Y'all...how does it get worse?

Milkshake duck indeed.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 10h

Con @elperiodico.com

Mark Bray: 'Esta Administración Trump es más fascista y autoritaria. Necesitamos resistencia de masas'

El historiador, profesor en la Universidad de Rutgers y autor de ‘Antifa’, se exilia con su familia en España tras ser víctima de ‘doxing’ y presiones del grupo de Charlie Kirk y recibir amenazas de m...

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 2h

According to July 2024 research from the Movement Advancement Project, at least 256 bills have been introduced in state legislatures attacking DEI in different settings — a number that is no doubt higher now, in September 2025.

Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...

How The Trump Admin's Attack on Higher Education and DEI Are Impacting Campuses

Several colleges throughout the United States have eliminated funding, offices, and even staff associated with "DEI" — inspired in part by the Trump administration’s bluster.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2h

Makes sense because Musk has no idea what it takes to produce anything, and Weiss doesn't understand what it takes to produce journalism.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 2h

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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