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Kurella De'vil is in the Details @kurellian.bsky.social · 21h

a screenshot of Danny DeVito from Twitter, June 24, 2022

"Supreme Court my ass"

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 1d

This judge has been subject to death threats from Trump supporters in response to prior rulings

House of SC Circuit Judge Destroyed by Massive Fire

Due to limited access, St. Paul Fire District crews used canoes and kayaks to get to the house on Edisto Island.

www.firehouse.com

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The Epiphany Times @theepiphanytimes.bsky.social · 2d

"I would have thought the church was a safe place, too, until the results came in from my research with more than 2,800 women who worked in the church. I have compiled these results in my new book, Safe Church: How to Guard Against Sexism & Abuse in Christian Communities." - Andrew J. Bauman

What I learned when I asked women if church is safe for them – Baptist News Global

These stories are disturbing and humbling. I hope they propel us to change the system from which many of us (especially men) have benefited.

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 2d

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

CFP: A Time of Monsters

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d

Judge: That's what I'll do. Prohibit federalization or deployment of any NG troops into Oregon. For all reasons in prior opinion. Deployment of federalized military is ultra vires and contrary to law, violating Title 10, section 12406. I also find it's likely that defendants violate 10th Amendment.

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Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social · 2d

We are the Wrong Kind of Jews Zack!

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.

Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.

Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?

Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · 2d

If you have a few dollars today (or more dollars, as you are able!) - reproductive justice for Black parents is so crucial and we as a country and community have let them down at every turn. Support Black parents!

Robin Marty @robinmarty.com · 2d

Because it's not enough to provide care, WAWC believes in community-building, too, we are proud to announce we have become the fiscal sponsor of The Obsidian Milk Collective, a nonprofit that will improve breast feeding policy and support for Black mamas in the state.

givebutter.com/obsidian

Support The Obsidian Milk Collective and Help Black Mamas and Babies Thrive!

Give Today to Strengthen Black Breastfeeding Equity

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 2d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Truthout @truthout.org · 2d

Federal Judge Karin Immergut blocked Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops to Portland, citing lack of evidence.

Stephen Miller Accused of Spreading “Authoritarian Propaganda” After Judge Ruling

Federal Judge Karin Immergut blocked Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops to Portland, citing lack of evidence.

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Harry @harry-is-human.bsky.social · 3d

'Tommy Robinson, a man who has never repented being in the BNP when its leader was a holocaust denier, is basically right' - official Netanyahu line.

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Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social · 4d

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. The Spice Girls. Not sure it needs much creepifying actually.

Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 4d

ALT VERSION:

Tweet from Lindsay King-Miller @AskAQueer

If you made a horror movie, what extremely upbeat pop song would you want slowed down and creepified to play in the trailer?

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 4d

The New York Times doesn't tell you why the alleged murderer said he sent pizzas to the victim's house just before he ran down the girl and her best friend. He said on video that he was getting revenge for social media comments about death of Charlie Kirk.

2 Teen Girls Died In a Hit-And-Run. Another Teen Faces Murder Charges.

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Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 4d

Dude what is wrong with you. It is completely and explicitly illegal. The letter of the law can't be more clear.

Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 4d

It is not clear that Mr. Trump’s image can be featured on a coin. An 1866 law enshrined a tradition that only deceased people could appear on U.S. currency to avoid the appearance that America was a monarchy. Trump admin is planning to do it anyway.
By Alan Rappeport

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...

Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin

www.nytimes.com

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Maggie Dunham @trypie.bsky.social · 4d

#Kavanaughstop ???

alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 4d

Breaking news: ICE stops family at gunpoint—smash car window on top of newborn baby.

"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.

“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."

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Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social · 5d

In sincerity I did log on for a reason. A new issue of the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies is out, edited by colleague/friend Marcel Elias. It's about how to do postcolonial medieval studies bigger and better. You'll like it. (I'm in there). Go read.
read.dukeupress.edu/jmems/issue/...

Volume 55 Issue 3 | Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies | Duke University Press

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 5d

"harassing the mods" is when you ask for a clear explanation of your reasoning for allowing a bigot who incites online harassment campaigns and why you keep banning palestinians who have been verified to not be scammers and get ignored or made fun of by the c suite

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 5d

Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.

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Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 5d

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 5d

Yesterday, from @kitoconnell.com: The new Texas "bathroom bill" not only makes it harder for trans people to exist in public, it also attempts to grant immunity from prosecution to those enforcing it, even if they violate the constitution.

How the Bathroom Bill Weaponizes Transphobia Against Public Institutions

A legal expert called the new anti-trans Texas bathroom law “the most plainly unlawful, undemocratic legislation I’ve seen in recent history.”

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 5d

BREAKING: Israeli attacks across Gaza today have killed a total of 42 Palestinians, including 28 people in Gaza City, report our colleagues on the ground.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zwdl5r

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Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social · 5d

I thought you might like an update.

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Sage Coffey🌿☕ @sagecoffey.bsky.social · 5d

I've heard countless folks say "I can't even draw a stick figure" and let me tell you, that squiggly hand-drawn line will always have more heart and expression than any AI art could ever have.

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 5d

The actions of the Israeli government have killed tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, and have enabled violent settlers in the West Bank. There is a full scale humanitarian crisis in Gaza because of Israel's relentless campaign in Gaza.

There you go, facts, and no antisemitism!

Andrew Hepburn @andrewhepburn.bsky.social · 5d

My whole life it has been impossible to criticise Israel without being called anti-Semitic.

It was always an absolutely outrageous and disgraceful tactic designed to silence criticism of crimes against humanity.

So I’m sorry, but I have no time or respect for that phase any more. I’m not alone.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 5d

You can't raid and arrest everyone in an entire apartment building, or even legitimately get a warrant to do that, any more than you could for a whole neighborhood. That would be a general warrant. This is the most specific core the-British-did-it-to-us thing the Fourth Amendment is written to ban.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 7d

NEW — An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in an overnight raid in South Shore, a predominantly-Black neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.

A couple who live nearby said they were shocked to see the enormous militarized raid in their community.

thetriibe.com/2025/09/feds...

Feds detain dozens of immigrants in 'massive' South Shore apartment building raid in Chicago • The TRiiBE

An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in the course of the overnight raid in the predominately-Black neighborhood.

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