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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 2m

Using time this evening to catch up on my book review backlog. I'm determined to get everything from 2025 caught up, for the blog and to finish off my backlog of wrap-up vids.

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 2h

Now: Hundreds assembling in the Chicago Loop for a march and rally to demand the National Guard leave town. Folks chanting "Donald Trump you racist clown! You're not welcome in this town!"

A photo of a large group of protesters gathering in downtown Chicago near Michigan Ave. Skyscrapers are behind the crowd in the background.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 2d

Greta Thunberg: "I will never, ever comprehend how humans can be so evil that you would deliberately starve millions of people living trapped under an illegal siege as a continuation of decades [..] of suffocating oppression, apartheid, occupation."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Incarceration #Genocide

Thunberg Confirms Abuse by Israeli Abductors, But Urges World to Focus on Gaza Genocide | Common Dreams

"This genocide and other genocides are being enabled and fueled by our own governments, our institutions, our media, and companies. It is our responsibility to end that complicity."

www.commondreams.org

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Sonia Sulaiman is an Ignyte Award Finalist @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 5h

It has to be said, I’m struggling. I am still in over draft after paying my bills. If you’ve ever enjoyed what I do here, be it writing, curating the Palestinian Speculative Fiction reading list, or just my vibe, please consider using my tip jar: ko-fi.com/soniasulaiman

Buy SoniaSulaiman a Coffee

Sonia is writing speculative fiction inspired by Palestinian folklore. Leave her a tip to support her work!

ko-fi.com

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 47m

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Saeed @saed-in-gaza.bsky.social · 11h

Hello, I'm Saeed from Gazan currently displaced with my family in Al-Mawasi Khan Younis. We urgently need your support to cover rent (500$) and food for the week (200$). Can we make it happen today?

Plz Donate via GoFoundMe:
gofund.me/a0a540b8

@mommunism.bsky.social
@slimyswampghost.bsky.social

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 1h

Why am I laughing so hard at this? 😂 Because I hear the Xenomorph snarling and figure Oscar's response is probably going to be "GO AWAY." (And honestly, I think the Xenomorph would listen to him.)

RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 1h

horror movie posters but with muppets: thread

Oscar the Grouch in the movie poster for Alien.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 1h

Urgent: Please share and give if you can. Donations have slowed and Nema's child is in need of medical treatment.

Razan 🇵🇸 @palrazan67.bsky.social · 4d

My friends 💔💔,
I am Nema, a mother of three young children

My youngest is suffering from several illnesses 😞

Our situation has become extremely difficult

I can no longer afford to buy even some food for my children 💔

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 1h

AI has a lot of issues but a big one is the way it’s used to :

- demonize basic real emotional desires and needs
- the inability to just straight up and say

“ there is something maladaptive and ill intentioned about wanting to have a digital slave “

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3h

“The more ways that a student reports that their school uses AI, the more likely they are to report things like 'I know someone who considers AI to be a friend,' 'I know someone who considers AI to be a romantic partner.'"

1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship, or knows someone who has

A national survey of students, teachers and parents shines a light on how the AI revolution is playing out in schools – including when it comes to bullying and a community's trust in schools.

www.npr.org

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 2h

UPDATE: Jimmy Gomez's office has been responsive to Emily's family and is advocating for her with the embassy. Please direct your calls now to Schiff and Padilla. If Gomez is your rep, you can give him a call to thank him for his support of Emily.

Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 8h

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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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 3h

It released late last month, still waiting on my library copy. But yeah, we'll talk about this at length.

Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 3h

For those who might have been wondering, the book/author I was talking about earlier today is NOT "Flip" by Ngozi Ukazu.

...Although I am going to read that book and talk about the anti-Blackness in that graphic novel in a review/video. (At least I can say something about it now that it's out. 😬)

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 5h

just talked to Gov. Pritzker who dared President Trump to “come and get me” after POTUS threatened him with arrest. But Pritzker said he thinks Trump will chicken out.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 5h

Everyone was surprised when Star Trek: Discovery got cancelled. Apparently that included in the cast.

#StarTrek

reactormag.com/star-trek-di...

Star Trek: Discovery Cast Thought They’d Get a Sixth Season, Says Anthony Rapp - Reactor

Rapp also shares what he wanted to see happen to Paul Stamets in that anticipated sixth season.

reactormag.com

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MARAH FROM 🇵🇸 @mummarah.bsky.social · 5h

Please help me feed my little daughter and family🙏

I cry out every day for help so my baby won’t cry for milk or food💔

My health is very bad, I have anemia and a constant terrible headache for days😭

Despite all this, I keep fighting to help my family
gofund.me/5f09e35e9

@mommunism.bsky.social 🙏😭

A tired woman wearing glasses, a white headscarf, and a purple sweater takes a selfie inside a fragile tent made of tarps. Her face reflects exhaustion and strength as she struggles to survive and care for her family in harsh conditions.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 2d

In this case, ADF “cited several scholars to support its argument that conversion practices should once again be permitted. Two of those experts, however, told the Guardian that ADF had ‘profoundly’ misrepresented their research, which discussed the ‘psychological damage’ of conversion therapy.’”

Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom "deceived" the Supreme Court + "profoundly misrepresented" LGBTQ+ research, according to scholars cited by ADF.

Quoted experts speak out about ADF's "distortions" + "false evidence" in major case, on deck tomorrow, to revive "conversion therapy"

Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say

Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth

www.theguardian.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5h

no they're LITERALLY exaggerating this issue. there is absolutely no data backing up their claims. ffs just say that!!

NBC news: The discussions come as Trump has sought to deploy National Guard troops in several major cities — including Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland, Oregon — saying they’re needed to reduce crime and protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from protesters. Critics have said that the Trump administration is exaggerating issues in those cities.

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Danielle (TBQ) @thebookqueen.bsky.social · 5h

I see that Fan Service by Rosie Danan is only $2.99 today! I really enjoyed this paranormal romance 👀📚

AMZ amzn.to/4gY9TKy

Bookshop bookshop.org/a/111397/978...

Kobo click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=...

This is the cover for Fan Service by Rosie Danan.

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 5h

There is a reason I put this survey together.

www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/hawa...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 6h

In my “Fine, I’ll do it myself” - era.

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 6h

How terrible or disconnected of a human do you have to be to do something like that and then turn around to offer to help fight the problem you knew you started?

Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 7h

He didn't even have to ask ChatGPT, he could have asked legit anyone (and had his behind kicked in the process).

*sighs, exhausted*

niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 7h

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 7h

All, Pritzker is holding a press conference right now - I'd watch, especially given Trump's comments from this AM:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX51...

WATCH LIVE: Illinois Gov. Pritzker holds news briefing with workers affected by federal shutdown

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

www.youtube.com

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 7h

The Feds just arrested the arson suspect for the Palisades fire earlier this year.

What no one else is mentioning is that he was apparently arrested at his FLORIDA residence??

So the Palisades were burnt down by a frigging MAGA white domestic terrorist.

Way to bury the lede here. 🙄

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Diana T. ★ Laiska @laiska.bsky.social · 1d

It's hard to find things to be positive about lately, but this is why I'm proud of my local folks coming together to speak up and put a wrench in the works for developers hoping to exploit our community- And more importantly our local officials for actually listening:

wtop.com/maryland/202...

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