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drew xolaya costley (they/she)

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black, trans, disabled. asst. managing editor for @veritenews.org. journalist covering the lgbtqia+ community, environmental, health, science. signal is drewcostley.12 AP, OneZero/Future Human, SFGate, East Bay Express, UCBSOJ, UDC and Howard alum.

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drew xolaya costley (they/she) @drewcostley.bsky.social · Aug 25

hey y'all. i'm drew (@drewcostley on the other app + @fortheshadow on IG).

I'm a journo, photog, artist, sports and nature enthusiast, world builder, community nurturer, + a Black, disabled, queer, enby, trans human.

working on my escape from the other app. looking to build community here.

hiii.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 6h

REI is closing unionized stores. So many companies that like to pretend to be progressive remain still virulently anti-union at their core. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/b...

REI Co-Op’s Boston location is set to close next year - The Boston Globe

REI said it will close three locations on the East Coast, including a store in Boston, as it launches a new strategic plan.

www.bostonglobe.com

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drew xolaya costley (they/she) @drewcostley.bsky.social · 8h

careerist people are corny as shit

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Louisiana Hashira @jes55.bsky.social · 1d

Man I was in a group discussion and a person said this and I’m like “with what fucking money?” Nigga it costs thousands to move cross states…you know how hard it is to move to another country. And where the fuck I’m going to go? Lol.

Avery @dreadful4x.bsky.social · 1d

“Americans should just up and leave” yall are so out of touch with working class Americans if you think ppl who can barely afford groceries. Can afford to just up and move to a new country.

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Verite News @veritenews.org · 1d

Report: Safety and permits office still hasn’t fixed known problems

The New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits continues to lack internal organization and accountability, according to a report released Tuesday (Oct. 7) by the New Orleans Office of the Inspector General.

Report: Safety and permits office still hasn’t fixed known problems

The New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits continues to lack internal organization and accountability, according to a report released Tuesday (Oct. 7) by the New Orleans Office of the Inspector General.

veritenews.org

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 1d

Hitler was real clear about his inspirations, and effusive in his praise.

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 1d

You could just talk about Jim Crow. I promise you, there's no need to leave America's shores to talk about life in a fascist state

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state.

The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

www.motherjones.com

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drew xolaya costley (they/she) @drewcostley.bsky.social · 1d

these bammas

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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 1d

“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”

- Assata Shakur

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Verite News @veritenews.org · 2d

Challengers look to unseat 3 City Council incumbents

JP Morrell, Freddie King and Eugene Green face competition in their reelection bids for New Orleans City Council.

Challengers look to unseat 3 City Council incumbents

JP Morrell, Freddie King and Eugene Green face competition in their reelection bids for New Orleans City Council.

veritenews.org

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 3d

This is the state secret police committing acts of public humiliation and torture. Americans don’t have a language for this in the public consciousness but that is what this is with no exaggeration or embellishment.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

ICE is hog tying protesters in Portland and removing them on Dollies.

This is dangerous and could cause serious injury.

The Department of Homeland Security thinks it’s a joke.

They’ve shared this video with the tagline “Refuse to Walk? We’ll give you a ride”.

Stay strong Portland.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

The bizarre phenomenon of the last decade, in which a cabal of RWers, lazy media pundits, and reactionary centrists convinced everyone that the *left* are the censors, that the *left* is coming for your freedom, was always, always, always about softening the ground for fascism.

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drew xolaya costley (they/she) @drewcostley.bsky.social · 4d

It's Saturday. Tell someone you love that you love them, especially if that someone is you.

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drew xolaya costley (they/she) @drewcostley.bsky.social · 4d

the 1994 royal rumble casket match was really the best thing the WWF ever did

drew xolaya costley (they/she) @drewcostley.bsky.social · 4d

yeah game one was so competitive

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SCARED Vonnegut @skrrtvonnegut.bsky.social · 5d

are you there god? it's a-me, mario

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drew xolaya costley (they/she) @drewcostley.bsky.social · 5d

oh this gonna be a SERIIIIIIIEEEES

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drew xolaya costley (they/she) @drewcostley.bsky.social · 5d

You're welcome!

drew xolaya costley (they/she) @drewcostley.bsky.social · 5d

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Krewe of Choctaw loses signature Mardi Gras throws in devastating Harvey blaze

Krewe of Choctaw loses signature Mardi Gras throws and other items in devastating Harvey blaze -- How will this affect the 2026 parade?

www.nola.com

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drew xolaya costley (they/she) @drewcostley.bsky.social · 5d

we supposed to be upset that a fire burned down a bunch of racist Mardi gras throws???

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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 6d

BREAKING: Mario Guevara, the Atlanta-based Spanish-language journalist who was arrested covering an anti-Trump protest, has been transported to a Louisiana immigration facility, from where his family said he will be deported to El Salvador tomorrow at 11 a.m.

www.wabe.org/family-says-...

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6d

some people told dave chappelle his jokes weren’t funny and this ego maniac has been having a meltdown over it for ten years

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 6d

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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drew xolaya costley (they/she) @drewcostley.bsky.social · 6d

I have to say, describing violations of the hatch act as the blame game is milquetoast shit

drew xolaya costley (they/she) @drewcostley.bsky.social · 7d

bro, society that's on the internet is NOT EQUIPPED for the amount of misinformation and dubiously produced content