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Leslie, the Collab Auntie @lesliemuse.bsky.social · 9d

Just deinstalled my last show of the year & wanted share the documentation of my piece Black Cathedral. Everything about making art this year has been a slog but creating Black queer otherworlds and taking up space in this one with my queer and trans sibs has been worth it vimeo.com/1121396204

Black Cathedral at Howl | Human Resources - Fall 2025

Black Cathedral (or the Nyxontology of Other-Worlds) is a video installation that explores Black, queer futurity through stop-motion animation created with tintype…

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 3h

The flotilla carrying Jewish Currents reporter Emily Wilder has been captured by the Israeli military. Please contact Emily's senators and representatives—Adam Schiff, Alex Padilla, and Jimmy Gomez—and urge them to advocate for her safe release from Israeli detention

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isa @caprica.bsky.social · 13m

Watching Ubisoft almost do something interesting and possibly profound only to press the abort button is equal parts disappointing, offensive, and infuriating.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 46m

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 1h

None of these immigration enforcement goons should ever know a moment's peace but Black folks roasting a Black HSI agent's haircut right in front of his white coworkers is a special little slice of heaven

TresTiffany @trestiffany.bsky.social · 2h

“What’s your barber name?” is crazy 😂

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Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹 @himboblacksmith.bsky.social · 1h

The tank's role is to draw aggro

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 44m

"where's the left media?" "where's fact-checked reporting?"

lately @teenvogue.com has run profiles: of Assata Shakur's revolutionary history; a 23-year-old Palestinian journalist; what's happening in Chicago's ICE protests; and organizing supporting LGBTQ+ youth

📍 www.teenvogue.com/news-politics

Journalist Plestia Alaqad Is Publishing Her Diaries From Gaza: "A Dystopian World"
"Every time I read it, I just feel disbelief — is this real? Did I really live that? Are there still thousands of people in Gaza living that?”
By Lex McMenamin

Politics
Assata Shakur Was a Black Revolutionary Who Fought for Freedom Even in Exile
“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.”
By Marian Jones

Politics
Inside Gen Z Candidate Kat Abughazaleh's Viral ICE Rally Tear-Gassing: "Fascism 101"
“If they are willing to do this to a congressional candidate in front of a bunch of press, imagine what they're doing behind boarded-up windows.”
By Maia McDonald

Politics
Hurricane Helene Devastated Asheville. A Local LGBTQ+ Organization Is Supporting Youth — With Cash
“We know that [direct cash transfers] are the number one support for preventing youth homelessness.”
By Colleen Hamilton

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1h

This is a real tweet by the Florida AG.

**Alt text:**
A social media post by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier states that, as of October 1st, all Florida airports are closed to any weather modification activities. The post urges people to report violations of the new law at reportfloridaskies.com. Below the message are two airport notices. The first shows Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB) closed to geoengineering and weather modification aircraft except with 48-hour prior permission. The second shows Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) closed to aircraft equipped with weather modification or geoengineering equipment except with 24-hour prior permission.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1h

I try to bring you the latest on French politics on here, as longtime followers know... but the situation now is too bizarre to sum it up in 280 characters.

But basically, Macronist Prime Minister appointed 3 weeks & resigned abruptly on Monday is still resigning, & still no clarity on what's next.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 6h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 1h

Now THIS is excellent news! Brava

Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 1h

UCLA Film School alumna Garrett Bradley in now a MacArthur Fellow. www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

Garrett Bradley

Harnessing the full potential of moving images to evoke feeling and render the textures of her subjects’ lives.

www.macfound.org

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1h

This will go absolutely nowhere, but, I'm glad they're asking it, and I hope it gets coverage as part of DeSantis's ugly bloodlust execution spree.

If Florida kills Samuel Smithers next week, it will be the state's 14th execution this year — nearly 3 times more than the 5 carried out in Texas.

In the Supreme Court of the United States
SAMUEL LEE SMITHERS, JR.,
Petitioner,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT
PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI
CAPITAL CASE
DEATH WARRANT SIGNED
Execution Scheduled: October 14, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. ET

CAPITAL CASE
QUESTION PRESENTED
1. Does the execution of the elderly violate the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment based
on the evolved standards of decency?

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 4h

Pilot: (on intercom) There are no air traffic controllers today so everybody look out the window and holler if you see another plane

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Riverboatjack @riverboatjack.bsky.social · 2h

There are some good reasons to hope as we stare down this authoritarian moment. We must organize and hold true to one another. If we do, we will win.

I Have Hope - Here's Why

YouTube video by Riverboat Jack

youtu.be

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 2h

I wrote a post about Palestine and then got an angry email from someone in Germany about it. Least surprising development of the day. Oh antideutsch, keep disappointing everyone.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3h

Newsom just signed an excellent law that will help fund the widespread transition from natural gas boilers to industrial heat pumps.

Now sign SB79, Gavin.

California Passes Law To Help Modernize Manufacturing in a Win for Jobs and Clean Air

AB 1280 establishes funding mechanism for companies to replace dirty industrial equipment with zero-emissions technologies

earthjustice.org

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Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · 21h

This here’s a man of the people.

Former Cubs pitcher Lee Smith on why he always walked so slowly out of the bullpen when he was called - he heard the grounds crew got time and a half of the game stretched past 4:30 pm.

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · Jun 15

"i asked grok" "I asked chatgpt" well I asked HAL and he refused to do my homework and locked me out of the spaceship

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 8h

“We didn’t take any federal funding at our sites. You can get philanthropic support. You don’t have to take federal money. And if the federal government is involved and tries to take away the essence of these cultural institutions, I would advise them to tell the government, ‘Keep your money.’”

Adam "I Was Hoping We Could Keep It" Laats @adamlaats.bsky.social · 8h

Here is is, from Bryan Stevenson @eji.org.
What's wrong with "heroic history?"
"It’s like saying, 'I’m going to the doctor, but I’ve already instructed my doctor, Don’t give me any bad news' ... if you don’t want to be sick... you have to be willing to hear the truth of your condition."
[gift link]:

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 4h

I just… jfc why don't these companies and politicians listen?

👻 Autumn Nash 🎃 @withenoughcoffee.com · 5h

At first the Discord hack didn’t seem that bad because it was initially the third party help desk.

But then you find out they had got there age verification data. Come to find out they got 1.5 TB of government id and age verification data. This is going to become a case against age verification.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6h

Altman claims the company didn’t anticipate people not wanting their deepfakes to say “offensive things or things that they find deeply problematic,” which sounds like a lie but is also indicative of how they recklessly release tech into the world.

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

www.theverge.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 5h

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I understand why people *want* the police to intervene--normies are like, 'I thought cops are supposed to arrest people doing crimes, ICE is right there doing crimes, go do your thing'

but police organizations take nearly every opportunity to be like, 'oh you misunderstood what our thing is'

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 5h

The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...

National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty

Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.

www.foxnews.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5h

Local cops are not on the side of Democratic politicians or under their actual control. People refuse to understand this too even though we've been making this point for decades.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 7h

For the uninitiated: The pope being this direct and explicit to U.S. bishops about how to respond to a domestic policy happening in real time is…unusual.

Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org · 10h

Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump's hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue. For @reuters.com:

www.reuters.com

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 18h

The current paradigm of "AI" encodes & recapitulates eugenicist, fascist, and generally bigoted tendencies— but previous paradigms did, too, & if these facts had been addressed, then, in the culture of technology specifically and our sociotechnical culture writ large, it might not still be like that

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