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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 4h

As discord suffers a massive data breach of people's personal data and ID documents congrats to the UK Government for bringing in the undercooked law that made it absolutely inevitable this would happen, repeatedly

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Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 10h

"I do not believe that we should turn our backs on the trans community in any way, shape, or form. I’ve been very proud to sponsor legislation that has increased trans healthcare and access to trans healthcare for our trans siblings here in the city."

Chi Ossé Is Tired of the Same Old Nonsense

From Kirsten Gillibrand (“she should resign”) to Eric Adams (“a power-hungry, egotistical man”) to the Democratic establishment, NYC’s Gen Z political star doesn’t hold back.

www.thenation.com

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Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 11h

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

www.axios.com

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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 9h

SHELVE YOUR SPEAR, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE SELF DOUBT. AND YOU WILL WIN.

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National Council of Teachers of English @ncte.org · 15h

This development in Leander, Texas, follows a letter to the ISD from @ncacensorship.bsky.social, NCTE, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, and more.

Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 1d

GREAT NEWS from Leander ISD. To Kill a Mockingbird, House on Mango St, and Narrative of Life of Frederick Douglass will be returned to classrooms after a massive outcry. Thanks to everyone who spoke up!!!

From an email to teachers today:

*An important update regarding the books that
were previously paused from curriculum use as a
result of concerns around Senate Bill 12.
Thirty-six of the forty books are being reinstated
to the secondary curriculum book list, with
revisions made to the curriculum to ensure TEKS
alignment and compliance with SB 12. Four
titles, Stamped, Melissa (George), Gracefully
Grayson, and The 57 Bus, will remain paused for
additional review of curriculum alignment. Please
note that all books, including these four, should
remain available, or be returned if removed, to
classroom libraries for individual student choice
reading.

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Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 1d

GREAT NEWS from Leander ISD. To Kill a Mockingbird, House on Mango St, and Narrative of Life of Frederick Douglass will be returned to classrooms after a massive outcry. Thanks to everyone who spoke up!!!

From an email to teachers today:

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ASBNBYN (they/them) @asbnbyn.bsky.social · 9h

Find an animal you like a normal, or not normal amount

Find a couple of colors you like that go together

Find a name, or even two you like very much

Stir clockwise for days in brain or until a combination is decided

Create a ref or pay an artist to make one

Rinse & repeat as often as you like

♥Sunnymuffins♥ @sunnymuffins.bsky.social · 1d

Honest question: How does one go about making one?
Asking for a normie freind < . <

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ASBNBYN (they/them) @asbnbyn.bsky.social · 9h

Tried sewing today

Still tense

Will try again at a later date

(Close family is supportive)

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 12h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 9h

We are calling on ppl to boycott colonial conferences and institutions that normalize settler colonialism in Palestine and beyond, and to donate their resources instead. open.substack.com/pub/workshop...

open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g...

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Bárbara ⁷ (slow) @bagbs.bsky.social · 11h

Be like Anton! Stop supporting genocide enablers!

Follow @bdsmovement.bsky.social! Plenty of great people and interchange of thoughts with @workshops4gaza.bsky.social too!

Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 1d

I quit ALTA and Society of Authors because of leaderships in both organizations' refusal to make a cognizant stand and I turned down every invitation and overture from them over the years—I refuse to be used in a propaganda effort to whitewash genocide, fcuk that, I came up alone and can stand alone

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Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 1d

I quit ALTA and Society of Authors because of leaderships in both organizations' refusal to make a cognizant stand and I turned down every invitation and overture from them over the years—I refuse to be used in a propaganda effort to whitewash genocide, fcuk that, I came up alone and can stand alone

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Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 1d

I was so incredibly disappointed by how racist the literary translation community was when Han Kang won the Booker in 2016 and during Korea's early entry into COVID that I was amazed that I had further capacity to be disappointed in literary translators after Oct 7 during the genocide in Gaza

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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 12h

“‘We tried to provide a performance audit but we weren't able to get cooperation,’ Mejia told LAist.

We are fighting for Charter Reform in the City of LA and need everyone’s help so that the City has a strong independent watchdog over your tax dollars.

laist.com/news/politic...

An LA ist headline called LA controller pushes for greater independence, power to audit programs by other elected city officials
By
Frank Stoltze
Published Oct 6, 2025 3:20 PM

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ASBNBYN (they/them) @asbnbyn.bsky.social · 12h

Train yaoi!

Haitch Kay 🏳️‍🌈 @haitchkay.bsky.social · 17h

There's fucking yaoi art on a train by my house I'm fucking losing my mind, this rules so much

Anime styled graffiti art on a train car depicting a male demon looking seductively at another man while saying "That's a good boy", with the phrase "kiss yr homies goodnight" in the bottom left corner.
Artist seems to be "Akira BPD"

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Haitch Kay 🏳️‍🌈 @haitchkay.bsky.social · 17h

There's fucking yaoi art on a train by my house I'm fucking losing my mind, this rules so much

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ASBNBYN (they/them) @asbnbyn.bsky.social · 12h

Struggling to say that's better or worse

(Tech gets so damn incesteous)

I'll leave it to you to decide, thank you for letting me know

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ASBNBYN (they/them) @asbnbyn.bsky.social · 13h

Wavering between being unsober and making a thing

We'll see who wins at the end of the day

ASBNBYN (they/them) @asbnbyn.bsky.social · 13h

Nice!

(I FORGOT THAT WAS COMING OUT!!!)

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 14h

We have been warning y’all about cops for god knows how long.

Matt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi · 18d

When the nazis were coming into power, there was a lag before local law enforcement was fully on board. People were able to get police protection from nazi-aligned paramilitaries. Here, today, police look at rising fascism and say “Finally. We’ve been waiting for this.” www.notus.org/democrats/me...

Democrats' New Fear: They Can’t Rely on Local Law Enforcement for Protection

“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me,” said Rep. Steven Horsford.

www.notus.org

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shelby wilson @shheeelllbby.bsky.social · 16h

we want to publish your poetry, fiction, non-fiction, essays, graphic storytelling, and experiments that utilize the web as a medium! send your pitch to [email protected] for the next issue of the html review

thehtml.review/about

the html review — about

the html review is an annual journal of literature made to exist on the web

thehtml.review

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Bobbie Draper - Martian Marine & Cucumber Sandwich Enjoyer @nicosan1.bsky.social · 14h

This was where Omnicorp Headquarters was in Robocop. I cannot emphasize how much we need to protect Dallas City Hall, it is art, it was designed by I.M. Pei and it must be protected!

ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: I wrote about Dallas City Hall. Designed by I.M. Pei, it's an incredible feat of architecture that was meant to embody progressivism and a new start after the JFK assassination. At the end of the month, city leaders could vote to tear it down: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

One of Texas' architectural masterpieces could soon face demolition

The building was designed by foundational architect I.M. Pei.

www.chron.com

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Afro[Vega]punk ❌👑 @nextirregular.blacksky.app · 14h

Please sign the petition in this story also.

Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 16h

Tyesha Long’s attorneys are appealing the decision. capitalbnews.org/tyesha-long-...

She Got 27 Years for Killing Her Abuser. Judge Rules Oklahoma’s Survivors Act Won’t Free Her.

A judge will submit a written decision in Tyesha Long’s hearing next month.

capitalbnews.org

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ASBNBYN (they/them) @asbnbyn.bsky.social · 14h

I've been printing almost the whole time, this is great

ASBNBYN (they/them) @asbnbyn.bsky.social · 16h

They fucked up letting me have a printer

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Black.Deathtronome 🇧🇧🇧🇲 💀💀💀 @blackmetronome.bsky.social · 16h

Ubisoft is stupid because I would have bought this game on Day 1 and tore the Klan to shreds.

Imagine being scared of these dry dick losers. These corporations are all pathetic.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 17h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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