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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 3h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 6h

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SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 13h

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Preorder a copy of BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social right here: buff.ly/NJbAI32
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Erin Vachon (they/them) 🍉 @erinvachon.bsky.social · 3h

hell yeah!! 😂🤘

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Erin Vachon (they/them) 🍉 @erinvachon.bsky.social · 4h

Ohhhhh! I’m catching Violent Femmes there on Friday!

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Dberi @dberi21.bsky.social · 5h

To be fair the wizard frogs are powerful
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Dberi @dberi21.bsky.social · 1d

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Erin Vachon (they/them) 🍉 @erinvachon.bsky.social · 4h

If I was forced to describe any part of this world out of context, I would sound bananas. Like, oh yes, today an inflatable Portland frog danced to fend off a line of armed ICE agents. Every day is a fever dream.

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 7h

"Israeli occupation forces have released new drone footage from Gaza, revealing the mass destruction and the erasure of every means of life in a large swath of the Gaza Strip."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 1d

Conversion "therapy" is abuse. It's torture. It's sexual assault and rape. Period.

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Erin Vachon (they/them) 🍉 @erinvachon.bsky.social · 1d

One of the best parts of driving up to Salem is the reminder of how many actual witches hate JK Rowling.

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Erin Vachon (they/them) 🍉 @erinvachon.bsky.social · 2d

✨ Happy (Super-Aries-Harvest) Full Moon. Go get what you want today. 🌕 ❤️ ✨

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Erika Swyler @erikaswyler.bsky.social · 3d

I needed to see this today. Perhaps you do as well. ❤️

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Erin Vachon (they/them) 🍉 @erinvachon.bsky.social · 4d

I’m finding that there’s so many things I want to do and create right now, and I count this as a huge win against the horrors.

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SIA! 🍊 @ainosiart.bsky.social · 6d

The Oracle

Inspired by The Court of Kayumars (1524)

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Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 6d

If you have two minutes free right now, call Netflix and leave a comment in support of this programming and ask them to stand up for their shows against political pressure.

Phone number is 1-866-952-4456, and I waited less than a minute before a human picked up.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6d

1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

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Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 6d

At least 48 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes since dawn - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-48-palestinians-killed-israeli-strikes-dawn

At least 48 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes since dawn

<article data-history-node-id="429575" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-48-palestinians-killed-israeli-strikes-dawn" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-48-palestinians-killed-israeli-strikes-dawn" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">At least 48 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes since dawn</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>At least 48 Palestinians were killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza since dawn on Thursday, according to Al Jazeera Arabic. </p> <p>At least 13 of those killed by aid seekers, the report said. </p> </div> </div> </article>

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Erin Vachon (they/them) 🍉 @erinvachon.bsky.social · 6d

I know my new cat is definitely meant for me because this fucker tried to steal a whole pizza off the table.

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Erin Vachon (they/them) 🍉 @erinvachon.bsky.social · 6d

R.I.P., The Phoenix 😭

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 9d

Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.

Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:

“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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Keyah (banned era) @sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social · 8d

They found 38 unmarked graves of Indigenous children at Immaculate Conception Mission in South Dakota and it didn't make the news outside of Indian Country.

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🩸Spooky Sara🩸 @pashion.bsky.social · 20d

Artwork by @pigsbliss on twitter its a very unusual art piece of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from the tv show the X files xfiles it features both agents standing at someone's doorway she is holding her fbi badge and he has his hands in his pockets their eyes are unusually placed its amazing art

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8d

FUCK ICE FOREVER

Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 8d

1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

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