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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 14h

I love living in a city full of immigrants and tons and tons of people who are not at all like me and not like each other. It makes us all better and it makes our city better. I know I’m preaching to the choir by saying this on the lib app but I sometimes just get so overwhelmed by how special it is

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DilDog 🅅 @dildog.l0pht.com · 13h

that beowulf book is pretty good i tell you hwæt

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✨ Viv ✨ @viv-yells.bsky.social · 14h

Those pockets were so magical

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✨ Viv ✨ @viv-yells.bsky.social · 17h

honestly you so rarely see the Formal Dress JNCO these days, props to them for bringing it back

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Micah @rincewind.run · 18h

Gavin Newsom fucking sucks, part MCXVII

he still has until the end of the week for the rest of the bills so unfortunately it’s time to suck it up, call his office, and politely ask this living hairpiece to do the bare minimum to protect the most vulnerable among us

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 20h

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 17h

It is my daily frustration that we could have OCR that reliably knows the difference between arms and anus but instead we are in an exestential fight to keep them from implementing features in excel that make it incapable of doing a math

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✨ Viv ✨ @viv-yells.bsky.social · 17h

Mmmmmm love me some Thomas Pynchon thinkpiece. This has me yearning to go do a little reading that scrambles my brain. Just a smidge. As a treat.

Devin 🌞 Thomas O’Shea @devintoshea.bsky.social · 1d

it's Shadow Ticket pub day — up now on @literaryhub.bsky.social I wrote about Pynchon in the culture. thanks for check'n it out

lithub.com/thomas-pynch... @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 1d

Warn everyone you know that CBS News is fucking dead. Cancel your Paramount subscription if you have one.

The clown show is about to begin.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23h

For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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✨ Viv ✨ @viv-yells.bsky.social · 1d

I yearn for the golden era of streaming 😭 I’m too lazy to pirate much and/or well, and the subtitles always suck 😫

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✨ Viv ✨ @viv-yells.bsky.social · 1d

had not previously gotten around to canceling Paramount+ but now I have. Absolutely sick of all this bullshit. I am retreating into my PBS Passport, goodbye.

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Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 2d

We don’t yet know the details, but we know Trump, Miller, and the rest of the fascists in charge are absolutely thrilled about this.

Judges need round the clock security. The judiciary (below SCOTUS) is the only federal branch that’s held its ground so far, and they need support and protection.

Judge Who Ruled Against Trump Finds Her Home Burned to the Ground

The judge had also received multiple death threats in the days leading up to the fire.

newrepublic.com

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 3d

One of the things I took away from the 60s and Richard Nixon, first mentioned by Hunter Thompson, but I believe to be true, is the fact that we believed, at time, that all our protesting, marching and sign waving was futile and pointless when in fact, it drove Richard Nixon to alcohol fueled madness

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.

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Dave Scheidt @davescheidt.com · 7d

It’s time.

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✨ Viv ✨ @viv-yells.bsky.social · 6d

Aerostich world problems: I put my finger squeegee for my visor in a pocket on my suit, but there are SO MANY pockets and they are SO BIG.

Luckily it did not start raining on my ride in and I found it once I got here 😅

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✨ Viv ✨ @viv-yells.bsky.social · 7d

Throwing treats is an acceptable alternative to petting, so says my dog 😂

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✨ Viv ✨ @viv-yells.bsky.social · 7d

Why are hands operating clicky box when they could be operating petting dog mode??

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✨ Viv ✨ @viv-yells.bsky.social · 7d

Everyone out here just looking for a mischief hatch tbh

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✨ Viv ✨ @viv-yells.bsky.social · 7d

setting up a spot for ceiling cat? 🧐

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R. O. Kwon 권오경 @rokwon.bsky.social · 8d

it happened again: took care of a dreaded task i’d miserably put off for months, & it took five minutes to complete. it was easy! no trouble at all!

once again i will learn nothing from this experience

R. O. Kwon 권오경 @rokwon.bsky.social · Jul 23

i have just taken care of a few dreaded to-do items that weighed on me, very heavily, for months. it took perhaps 10 minutes to finish doing these things

did it feel good? yes. did i feel goofy? also yes. will i learn anything from this? absolutely not

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Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social · 8d

If you want a quick/easy way to find contact info for your electeds, 5calls.org has phone numbers and scripts for you to use on a number of issues.

Phone not happening today? Every senator and representative should have a "contact me" form on their website, and you can paste the script from 5calls.

Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social · 8d

It's my birthday! And my bday wish is for you to do something to help democracy/community. You could:
Call/email your reps
Donate to a food pantry
Help a disabled friend bring in groceries
Babysit so friends w kids can go to a protest
Help fix a nonprofit's website

The possibilities are endless!

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 8d

“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.”

-Elie Wiesel, an actual Nobel Peace Prize winner

Arctic Giantess @edoornek.bsky.social · 8d

I think I often get maddest when people say "oh I'd be sympathetic to (x) cause, if they'd just follow the rules" or "they're not doing themselves any favors acting that way".

Using hall monitor nerd shit to avoid taking a stance is functionally the same as taking the other side.

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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 9d

Trump’s deployment of troops to Portland is a dangerous escalation of authoritarianism. Now is the time to find our own ways of standing up and fighting back to preserve our democracy. Fellow vets: we need you to muster. And those serving: you can refuse an unlawful order as you may receive it.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 8d

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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