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Henny Gesserit @nmjmredux.blacksky.app · 9h

This is only 12 miles from where my family lives. When you use AI in any form, people are affected directly

Rob Milton @therobmilton.com · 1d

- put down the damn AI.

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 3h

They sound perfect. Do they get along?

Also: just got a vivid sense-memory of my sister's late workmate, Boots, a tabby who made a wheezing noise with occasional snorts that can best be conveyed as, "Hnrr. Hnrr. Hnrr, HENK. Hnrr."

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 4h

It's thanks to the work of independent journalists and activists that we do know just how much ICE is terrorizing this country

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 4h

😭😭😭😭😭

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 4h

Pics or istg

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 5h

they don’t want you to know how they treat prisoners because it will grieve you to know it, which is natural and human, and because of your normal human reaction you will want the system changed. It’s important to them that your natural aversion to how the system works not be engaged.

The News & Observer @newsobserver.com · 5h

A 2023 records request to get the Durham County Jail policy manual has spurred a years-long legal dispute.

NC nonprofit still pushing for Durham County sheriff to release jail policies

A 2023 records request to get the Durham County Jail policy manual has spurred a years-long legal dispute.

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 4h

Ahmad is in dire need of food and better shelter

@mommunism.bsky.social ❤️

AHMAD_🇵🇸 @gogogo91.bsky.social · 1d

My friends 💔,
We live in a tent after losing everything... home, safety, and even warmth.
Every day we struggle for food, medicine, and shelter.

Your donation and participation could save our lives and restore hope to my family. 🕊️🙏
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gofund.me/69f962fc

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Lucy Hochschartner @lucyhoch.bsky.social · 11h

I didn't understand electricity until I talked to people who didn't have it. We all deserve the power we need to thrive — it's that simple. Thank you so much to Kate and @sevier.io and everyone who helped to make this guide! We @publicgrids.org hope you'll use and share it.

Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 23h

Here's your guide to fighting utility shutoffs this winter. W/o the gov't open, few to no states will have funds for emergency bill payment program LIHEAP. This doc has scripts, state context, contact info for governors & commissions, everything you need. Please call! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

NO UTILITY SHUTOFFS scripts by state

🚨 WE NEED AN EMERGENCY BAN ON UTILITY SHUTOFFS DUE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN 🚨 TAKE ACTION: ONE E-MAIL OR PHONE CALL! ⚡ Hello! Welcome to our crowdsourced effort to campaign for ending util...

docs.google.com

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 5h

House wren going SCOODLY SCOODLY SCOODLY

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 15h

Genuine question: did you set a timer?

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 15h

We all did a very good job and I am very tired

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 16h

City Civics kids >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 23h

Here's your guide to fighting utility shutoffs this winter. W/o the gov't open, few to no states will have funds for emergency bill payment program LIHEAP. This doc has scripts, state context, contact info for governors & commissions, everything you need. Please call! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

NO UTILITY SHUTOFFS scripts by state

🚨 WE NEED AN EMERGENCY BAN ON UTILITY SHUTOFFS DUE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN 🚨 TAKE ACTION: ONE E-MAIL OR PHONE CALL! ⚡ Hello! Welcome to our crowdsourced effort to campaign for ending util...

docs.google.com

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 21h

*fully embraces being this guy* check out Chapters 6 & 7 of my book if you want to read about procedural fights against fossil fuel infrastructure & what they give you www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kate-...

Lessons from the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth

Climate anxiety is real—and this practical, accessible guide helps address it on personal, relational, and structural levels, from the founder of ...

www.hachettebookgroup.com

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 21h

There's a march for Gaza TONIGHT (Tuesday), 5:30pm on the state house steps in Providence. If anyone #PVDlocal/#RIlocal is going, number the dead on your signs.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Thread 🧵

Two years have passed since Israel launched its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Here’s the scale of devastation by the numbers ⤵️

🔗: aje.io/r00cl2

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 21h

I've been in fights like this & I am here to tell you: every bit of pushback helps bc every bit of *delay* helps. Slowing the timeline can mean an investor pulls out, situations evolve to make a permit deniable or a lawsuit possible, or worst case, you hold off 2-3 years' worth of add'l pollution.

Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 22h

Everything is stupid and dangerous right now, *but* we have an opportunity to make a least one thing less stupid and dangerous.

Please submit a comment to the PDX city planners asking them to prevent any further expansion of liquid fuel storage at the CEI Hub and mandate a fuel drawdown.

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Demand a Safer Portland! Stop the CEI Hub Time Bomb!

Tell City Hall to Choose Public Health and Safety Over Corporate Profits at the CEI Hub Portland faces a historic choice—one that will determine our city’s safety and environmental legacy for generat...

actionnetwork.org

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Anne Kosseff-Jones @annekosseffjones.bsky.social · 21h

This is incredible!! Minneapolis and people of the northern US, lets get prepared for the winter to come!! I'm casting on tonight!

Daniel Drennan ElAwar @ibnsufiknits.bsky.social · 22h

A request from @annekosseffjones.bsky.social for a beanie pattern led me to modify a “stock” beanie pattern of mine to fit the bill. It is designed for fingering/sport-weight yarn; cotton and wool have both been tested. Interested in test knitting? DM me an email! #knitsky #knitting #abolishICE 🧶

First page of a knitting pattern that reads: “Abolish ICE”.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 21h

APSW will be hosting our first author roundtable on October 16th. The event will have ASL and zoom-captioning.

Register here bit.ly/APSWRoundtable

Read the special issue here apsw-ojs-uh.tdl.org

A person is standing in a field waving a Palestinian flag with a Keffiyeh wrapped around them. the text on top of the image says ABOLITIONIST PERSPECTIVES IN
SOCIAL WORK THINKING & PRACTIGING
ABOLITION THROUGH
PALESTINE
AUTHOR ROUNDTABLE THURSDAY OCTOBER 16
3PM PT / 6PM ET
REGISTER: bit.lylAPSWRoundtable

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 22h

A metric assload of people put in work on this and did it FAST. I will pass your thanks to them! & my thanks to you, your crew, and your broader network for sharing it out.

I think this is also a good one to share with people who are stressed by the situation & looking for something useful to do!

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 22h

@steveahlquist.bsky.social has the story. steveahlquist.substack.com/p/providence...

Providence City Council Committee advances immigration and policing reforms to full council

“These amendments are intended to better protect Providence residents by expanding prohibitions on voluntary Providence Police Department cooperation in federal immigration enforcement."

steveahlquist.substack.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22h

This morning, a friend who had been traveling and was out of the loop asked me for resources to catch up on what has been happening in Chicago. If you are in a similar situation and need to catch up on the details, this piece outlines the events of the past week or so.

Trump Is Releasing the Full Force of Federal Police on Chicago

Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance.

truthout.org

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 23h

🔥 As you may have seen, in recent days, I've been going to the Broadview ICE facility near where I live. For @vanityfair.com I wrote about those protests & the hell that the Chicago area is being put through thanks to ICE/DHS. I hope you'll read this & share it. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Postcard From Chicago: There’s an ICE Facility in My Backyard

Chicago was not a war zone when Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz began. DHS and ICE have made it one.

www.vanityfair.com

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g.na #FreeŁink @gina.bzky.team · 23h

Nobel Peace Prize right here

s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 1d

For anyone who has been fighting for your life with Zoom's AI companion, you have to turn it off in the web settings, not in the app!

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 23h

Here you go! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

NO UTILITY SHUTOFFS scripts by state

🚨 WE NEED AN EMERGENCY BAN ON UTILITY SHUTOFFS DUE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN 🚨 TAKE ACTION: ONE E-MAIL OR PHONE CALL! ⚡ Hello! Welcome to our crowdsourced effort to campaign for ending util...

docs.google.com

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