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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 1h

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. With Hector now out on bond, the family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

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🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis @ayannasanaa.bsky.social · 22h

Stop calling autistic meltdowns tantrums because they are not, If an autistic person melts down,
it’s not “bad behavior.”
It’s overload.
Too much noise, light, pressure, expectation.
Imagine a fire alarm going off in your head and no one else hears it.
That’s what we’re fighting 👌🏽

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🪲johnny🪲 [5 DAYS TIL SURGERY] @gatorpond.bsky.social · 15h

if y'all can't criticize literal nazi jackboots without being fatphobic or ableist or islamophobic or sinophobic or homophobic then maybe just shut up and sit down

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Wilde Prints, LLC 🦊🐾 @wildeprints.com · 3d

We visited a showroom to see the new printer in action today!! ✨💯💥🔥

This machine is a WORKHORSE. The UV cured ink is outdoor-ready and the options are numerous. Our funding campaign is still LIVE! If you have a moment, we could really use your support right now! 🧡

GoGetFunding.com/WildePrints

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 22h

Source:

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 2d

This means if you're in the UK and haven't signed this yet, please do. At 100k signatures they have to discuss it again.

Literally the least you can do!!

GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 2d

UK Gouvernment: Payment Processors Can Ban NSFW Content
According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the gouvernment has no plans to step in. This puts it in direct contrast to what artists and the UK games industry have asked for.
www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/...

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Rob Milton @therobmilton.com · 5d

- put down the damn AI.

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Allie Briggs @alliebriggsart.bsky.social · 1d

It might not seem like much. But if ANYONE use ANY artist's work to distribute product for profit or not for profit, without the artist's permission, it's stealing.

I know there might be some people who will say, "but it's exposure!"

No. Full stop. PAY THE ARTIST.
#art

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 1d

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 1d

IF YOU HAVE A CLEARANCE CALL A NATSEC LAWYER BEFORE YOU CALL THE TIP LINE

My info is in my profile. Or call @bradmossesq.bsky.social if you can't reach me.

Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 1d

TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS: if you were illegally fired today and have information of wrongdoing or abuse of power by the Trump Administration, our whistleblower tip line is open.

We want to hear from you. All whistleblowers are federally protected.

Report Potential Wrongdoing Under the Trump Administration

Whistleblowers play a vital role in helping Congress conduct our constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. If you have knowledge of corporate or government corruption and abuses of power; insights into the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates; or information regarding potential wrongdoing or waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars, your disclosure can make a difference.

oversightdemocrats.house.gov

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 2d

Remember how people lost their minds when I said go to a protest but don't rsvp to one

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Stormrunner @stormrunner.bsky.social · 1d

Don't make fun of some for having a mental issue like Hoarding.

Do call them out for being vile pieces of shit.

That's what I'm saying on the matter.

If you know, you know.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 4d

"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."

I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.

White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion

Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.

rewirenewsgroup.com

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🧡🍉 Guy McMahon 🥸 @mysicksadlife.bsky.social · 2d

New snoot adornment obtained 🫡

a bearded white guy wearing glasses and a Gengar beanie looks at camera

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12d

“Able-bodied” may sound like a medical determination, but, as disability activist @imanibarbarin.bsky.social says, it’s really just a vague way “to signal this idea that disability can be seen.”

The deceptive phrase behind Trump's Medicaid purge

How the idea of “able-bodied” is abused

www.motherjones.com

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Pank 🦑 @pankraru.bsky.social · 2d

How to Spot SORA AI Videos with Removed Watermarks.

That popular Video of a Possum being scared while eating Halloween candy, AI. That one has an extra tell, the time stamp numbers in the upper corner, are fucky wucky.

That is how I started to notice the edited out Watermark that is included.

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Tami @chronictami.bsky.social · 2d

The concept of the 'deserving poor' is capitalist poison. Your worth isn't determined by how hard you fight or how much you suffer. My worth is non-negotiable. Aid isn't a reward for being a 'good' survivor; it’s a necessary tool for being an alive survivor. Solidarity disregards the purity test.

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S E Case @secase.bsky.social · 9d

In the hopes of getting more eyeballs on Rigsby WI: Burn it Down leading up to the print edition's Kickstarter launch, I'll be posting Burn it Down pages in this thread over the next few days! If you havent read it, check it out ⬇️
KS: www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
Webcomic: rigsbywi.com

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Stormrunner @stormrunner.bsky.social · 3d

You don't Need to say the quiet part out loud, you say the part you do say loudly loud enough.

I'm so sick of it.

Between the abelism, people using IQ as a measure of intelligence (used to suppress BIPOC at polling stations - and Bunk), and uses of slurs coming back into play:

I won't tolerate it

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Stormrunner @stormrunner.bsky.social · 3d

Any time southern Government does something it is:

"Leave the people their to rot even though most of them have no control because of gerrymandering and voter suppression.

Especially those that are BIPOC and Queer, we don't give a fuck if you get left behind."

I will block every last one of you.

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KikiDoodle & Purrmaids @ BLFC @kikidoodle.bsky.social · 3d

Okay, another. I will promise no schedule, but I want to give myself permission to just keep drawing weird cats as self care.
#artpost
#catdoodle

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 4d

The one that always gets me is that the last American born into slavery died the year John Lennon released “Imagine.”

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 4d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Ekaterina Sid @skxviii.bsky.social · 10d

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The Creatively Maladjusted @tyrotcm.bsky.social · 5d

We inadvertently drove one of the circulating strains of influenza extinct in the wild even with the weaksauce mitigations that we abandoned far too soon. Imagine what we could do on purpose if we took it seriously!

We could eliminate influenza worldwide.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7d

It’s never too late to start masking again.

It can be daunting to mask back up when no one else is bothering, but your health is worth it.

Every Covid infection is a dice roll with disability, and a good respirator like an N95 stops chains of transmission.

You’ll also get less colds & flus!

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Cen Galdre @cengaldre.com · 5d

something i think "go sell your wares at local shops and support other small business" people dont understand, or just glaze over is that brick and mortar shops take %50+ of the sale price and often require that items they sell cannot be sold elsewhere (including online) for less than them

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