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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 10h

"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.

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Jonathan R-E (He/Him) @elyeasbane.bsky.social · 1d

Yours, come Friday. Also @linoleumcast.bsky.social , Vibe Check, @keepitstans.bsky.social , @maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social, @allthingscozy.bsky.social , @mattbaume.bsky.social 's Sewers of Paris, and @ihatejamesdobson.bsky.social

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Barry Lyga @barrylyga.com · 1d

Prime Day what? Bookshop.org is offering FREE SHIPPING for October 7-8! Buy books, get free shipping, support local bookstores! Easy!

#primeday #antiprime #freeshipping #supportlocal #supportindie

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

Bookshop.org

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Jonathan R-E (He/Him) @elyeasbane.bsky.social · 1d

www.instagram.com/marlataviano/ cuts up Dobson's work to makes great bookmark. I have several including Dare to Diss Dobs, Strong-willed 4 Life, and J Dobs Rest in Piss."

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Jonathan R-E (He/Him) @elyeasbane.bsky.social · 1d

Reason number 873 why I hate James Dobson - @ihatejamesdobson.bsky.social

D.L. Mayfield (they/them) @dlmayfield.bsky.social · 1d

BTW James Dobson started the Alliance Defending Freedom legal organization, which is set to undo Colorado's ban on gay conversion therapy. Dobson really, really loved conversion therapy of all types (for autistic kids AND queer kids).

Jonathan R-E (He/Him) @elyeasbane.bsky.social · 1d

Learning about the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child from @rlstollar.bsky.social and @dlmayfield.bsky.social and dreaming of an America not run by religious nuts who consider child abuse a sacrament.

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Jonathan R-E (He/Him) @elyeasbane.bsky.social · 1d

Learning about the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child from @rlstollar.bsky.social and @dlmayfield.bsky.social and dreaming of an America not run by religious nuts who consider child abuse a sacrament.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

This will be a vote to erase 50 years of medical and psychiatric knowledge and kill gay and trans kids, because MAGA Republicans feel that in a better world, fewer of them would exist. It is that simple. Democrats must make SCOTUS expansion part of the party platform. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

www.nytimes.com

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Jonathan R-E (He/Him) @elyeasbane.bsky.social · 1d

I've seen him described as an inside-out vampire bat and a guy that eats mice who, if he had hair, would look like a guy that eats mice but with hair.

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Jonathan R-E (He/Him) @elyeasbane.bsky.social · 7d

This was a really fun and hopeful read! Quite a refreshing change from most of the media in my feed.

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Jonathan R-E (He/Him) @elyeasbane.bsky.social · 7d

Loved this: "CCM has been around for decades, yet it remains what it always was - watered down versions of sounds that were popular on the radio years ago...Both CCM and worship music are subpar forms that white evangelicals settle for because they think you can catch demons from the real stuff."

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 7d

That's part of why I wrote this. It's important to understand that MAGA is not "real" America.

On the contrary, the reason they're all so fucking bitter is they know most people aren't like them. And they resent that.

www.salon.com/2025/10/01/m...

MAGA can't expand its base — and Christian music tells us why

The songs from Charlie Kirk's memorial exposed a serious problem

www.salon.com

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Jonathan R-E (He/Him) @elyeasbane.bsky.social · 8d

It's always good to call and let reps know we're paying attention and remind them every day is a new opportunity to not suck for once.

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Brett White @brettwhite.bsky.social · 11d

I made a dumb thing.

www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/8093...

I Got a Spore by brettwhite

Cobra Commander goes trick or treating.

www.teepublic.com

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Jonathan R-E (He/Him) @elyeasbane.bsky.social · 8d

Your Great Pumpkin style Cobra Commander design is also amazing!

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 9d

hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 9d

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned

The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.

www.thepinknews.com

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Jonathan R-E (He/Him) @elyeasbane.bsky.social · 9d

I have felt disconnected from joy in recent times but can't tell if it's my age or the fascism constantly winding up my nervous system.

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Jonathan R-E (He/Him) @elyeasbane.bsky.social · 12d

My friends and I still reminisce about the Halcyon days at Alamo Drafthouse with your programming.

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 13d

bonuses to heretic/apostate/blasphemer phrasing:
-emphasizes this is an internecine faith dispute
-does not put the onus on nonchristians to sort good from bad
-gets to the meat of it (punchy)
-does not imply christianity and goodness are synonymous

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Jonathan R-E (He/Him) @elyeasbane.bsky.social · 13d

I've been watching a lot of Derry Girls for escapism, so all I can say about the figure is, "That's class."

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Jonathan R-E (He/Him) @elyeasbane.bsky.social · 13d

I'm diggin' that Destro too. He's been my favorite since childhood.

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Jonathan R-E (He/Him) @elyeasbane.bsky.social · 14d

I emailed [email protected] to express my appreciation for the series and deep sadness at its run ending. This series is so special and deeply personal, it eclipsed even the X titles on my reading list and got me to give other infinity style comics a try.

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 14d

Since most abusers are not strangers but rather trusted community figures, it takes a very strong will to have the courage to speak up and say, “This beloved community member hurt me.” In other words, strongwilled children are child protection.

Strongwilled Children Are Child Protection

We need spiritual child protection, not just physical child protection.

rlstollar.com

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D.L. Mayfield (they/them) @dlmayfield.bsky.social · 16d

My hill to die on is that if more of us knew how serial child predators got away with abusing children we could actually stop it. And the world would instantly be a better, safer place for us all. I know this isn't fun stuff but it's necessary: www.strongwilledproject.com/focus-on-the...!

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Jonathan R-E (He/Him) @elyeasbane.bsky.social · 19d

@ianxcarlos.bsky.social & @slayerfestx98.bsky.social had brought so much enjoyment to my life and then introduced me to @brettwhite.bsky.social and @popheist.com in turn which enriched it even further. Fun, thoughtful work is so important to me these days.

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Jonathan R-E (He/Him) @elyeasbane.bsky.social · 19d

This thread is a master class in shade.

Black Sabre Jr. 🏆 @homunculusdick.bsky.social · 19d

All of this shit sucks ass but it's insult to injury that not one of these people are attractive. We're under the boot of a bunch of hatchet face dweebs. I saw a video of Trump in the UK and that bronzer made him look like a rack of ribs.

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Pop Heist @popheist.com · 20d

Did y'all know that we have a whole lineup of recaps, just for our paid subscribers?

1 writer + 1 show of their choosing = 1000+ words about some eclectic shows.

No SEO or CEOs to please — just our writers, and our readers.

💎 popheist.com/gift/products

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Brett White @brettwhite.bsky.social · 20d

I want to be able to fund JOURNALISM, serious journalism, but we can’t yet. We are instead having fun at @popheist.com — but we need subscribers to grow into a more sophisticated (yet still silly) form

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 21d

There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.

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