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submitted 62 days ago • 141 comments

CW police brutality to disabled people As we see calls for civil disobedience ramp up again, I want to remind folks that 50% of excessive force deaths in police custody are disabled people. There is a misapprehension that cops are hesitant to harm disabled folks. That is not true.

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REI member? Vote no on the whole slate of anti-union candidates. www.ourrei.com/2025-rei-boa...

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The horrific story of popular skincare ingredient Retin-A approved by the FDA in 1971 To get it to market it was tested on hundreds of incarcerated Black people without their informed consent. Survivors still bear the scars. Reporting by @kimkelly.bsky.social @teenvogue.com

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Trump and Elon said "fuck them whales" www.kuow.org/stories/noaa...

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Until I was able to see it writtten down I wasn’t gonna comment on it but now that it’s written. It’s beyond fucked up that Sean Baker made the film DGA and SAG-AFTRA, but didn’t make it IATSE. I’m tired of someone making populist talking points. But not putting there money where there mouth is.

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

So when Edison’s athletic director and assistant principal of supervision were sitting across from Chris Kluwe, they said, “Based on what’s going on we just feel it’s too much attention and we have to let you go.” But later they blamed it on something he posted on Bluesky. Hope the parents protest.

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So Lucca van der Woude transferred to Newport Harbor after committing aggravated sexual battery on two younger male students at Harvard-Westlake. He's also an avowed racist. Coaches protected him, and now he's living his best life in OC as a water polo superstar. www.ocregister.com/2025/03/02/d...

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"Assume a backyard"

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She traded her Tesla in at a loss to escape being called a Nazi, and that's so coded to Tesla now that her buying a Mercedes (product of a company that ACTUALY did Nazi shit) is OK.

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There goes Young Kim #CA40 again, working for the wealthy while working families get screwed. She's up for reelection in 2026. Let's replace her. youtu.be/_IT6nSNQZDk

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit

submitted 5 days ago • 847 comments

old Soviet joke for our times: Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to. Guy says: “looking for an obituary.” Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.” Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”

submitted 3 days ago • 289 comments

In a leaked recording, State Senator Elena Parent (D-42) said she’d vote for Republican transgender healthcare bans because trans rights are too “unpopular." "You can go right to heck. I don’t think I will lose re-election based on you screaming at me"

submitted 3 days ago • 605 comments

Three years ago, I had the honour of collaborating with Ukrainian dancers from Edmonton via a virtual meeting. They taught me some Ukrainian dance moves, and I taught them some Bhangra moves. I'm sharing the video today in solidarity because standing with the oppressed is standing for lasting peace.

submitted 5 days ago • 28 comments

Roger is very clingy. But only with Mom.

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Here is the co-founder of Substack blaming its users for seeing Nazis on the platform and then trying to deflect from the fact that Substack revenue shares with Nazis by saying he encounters more extremism here on Bluesky (which doesn't revenue share with Nazis). This is I ndefensible.

submitted 5 days ago • 116 comments

LA, Orange County officials warn of measles case confirmer in infant traveler. The infected patient is described as an infant who traveled to LAX to return home to Orange County.

submitted 7 days ago • 11 comments

"Can you help me?" The opposite of addiction is connection. youtu.be/eq0MrCCAQWU?...

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New: Ex-Twitter workers keep winning severance claims against Elon Musk. Employees are 20 for 20 so far in getting full severance from Musk via arbitration, including four people who were laid off after the "Fork in the Road" ultimatum www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 8 days ago • 74 comments

Shout out to the federal government employees in the architect of the capitol maintenance staff who clean the building she works in.

submitted 8 days ago • 7 comments

If you’re a constituent of David Valadao, Ken Calvert, or Young Kim you have more power to fight for Medicaid by making a phone call than 99% of Californians. Call tonight, then call again tomorrow before 4PM

submitted 9 days ago • 13 comments

Lovely idea!

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Temperatures are currently around freezing in the Al Mawasi camp in Gaza where my brother Mohamed struggles to keep the 13 members of his extended family alive while he is sick. Meanwhile here on BlueSky, people mass report his account and get him banned. Please help www.gofundme.com/f/help-moham...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Saw a cybertruck and my son asked why Elon Musk would think that looked good and I said "remember that drug they gave you at the hospital when you broke your arm, and you got scared and said everyone had 4 eyes? he takes that all the time"

submitted 9 days ago • 54 comments

Huh, turns out you can't have private UNIDENTIFIED security assault and kidnap people because you don't like what they say at city hall Weird.

submitted 9 days ago • 723 comments

If Mike Johnson and the MAGA Majority have their way, 82,000 CA-40 residents will wake up not knowing if they will continue to have healthcare coverage. Young Kim? Silent.

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Join a picket line near you! Information below 🧵

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CALIFORNIA: Rep. @JayObernolte (R) becomes the latest to hear from the people 🇺🇸 🔥 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGZ0d7B...

submitted 11 days ago • 303 comments

Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

submitted 11 days ago • 108 comments

There are still 6 puppies available of the 9 + mom that we rescued after they were dumped. How to help? Share this post! Order a bag of puppy food online and have it sent to Angeles Crest Creamery, 19830 Big Pines Hwy, Valyermo, CA 93563 Adopt a new bff with giant paws! (DM me)

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What’s happening with the US government reminds me of this story (great book btw): Libertarians took over a town in NH in 2004 and gutted its services, cut taxes, etc. Less than 8 yrs later things had gotten so bad that black bears were breaking into homes and killing people for the first time ever.

submitted 14 days ago • 43 comments

Ex NFL player @chriswarcraft.bsky.social protesting the inclusion of a MAGA acronym in the Huntington Beach library plaque at last night’s council meeting. He was arrested and cited.

submitted 15 days ago • 235 comments

UnitedHealth Group VP Acacia Bamberg Salatti has left the company to serve as senior advisor to Democratic congressman Jim Clyburn (whose office she previously served in before joining UnitedHealth over three years ago)

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Tricare is the health insurance program for military service members and retirees. A new contractor took over the West region on January 1st. As of February 19th I can't use the website to see the status of my kids' claims and my January 2nd urgent care visit bill has not been paid.

submitted 14 days ago • 7 comments

I want everyone to just take FIVE MINUTES, and take a look at this extremely well put together project 2025 tracker. www.project2025.observer We're less than a month in.

submitted 15 days ago • 28 comments

Iowa's House File 274, which would criminalize librarians, passes out of the House Education Committee. It can now be heard on the floor. What this bill is, what it would mean for library and school workers, and why it was rushed through. bookriot.com/iowa-rushes-...

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The deputy's attorney noted that his client was "honored by the department for out-of-the-box strategies to gain compliance in the wing of the jail for inmates with mental-health issues." Apparently that includes badly burning inmates who don't immediately comply. www.ocregister.com/2025/02/18/e...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

We are, indeed, a village these days. When I was in 8th grade in 1988 I could not have imagined having a friend in Gaza. If you can help my friend and brother and join his village, I will be grateful.

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Unbelievable turnout at today's rally in Irvine. The people are fired up and pissed off at the illegal, unconstitutional, and immoral takeover of our democracy by Musk/Trump. We fight because we can not and will not give up on America.

submitted 16 days ago • 9 comments

@meekorouse.bsky.social I don't know whether you have the bandwidth, but I thought you might be interested.

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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

submitted 19 days ago • 414 comments

Happy Valentine's Day! The Valentine's Pumpkin adores Chippy the Dog! 🩷🩷🩷

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With the gutting of USAID comes the end of a vital lifeline for millions. Kristina Drye ( a now former USAID worker/ speech writer for Samantha Power ) shares what’s facing Americans and the nightmarish ripple effect being felt around the globe. bittersoutherner.com/feature/2025...

submitted 22 days ago • 6 comments

A reminder that this weekend, author @ellereeve.bsky.social will be holding a virtual book club via zoom on my website discussing her new book, Black Pill. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/30/b...

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

A historic graphic of corruption. The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies. (📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)

submitted 22 days ago • 62 comments

The RAD Movement is a far right political organization that uses the images of missing children for publicity. They are closely associated with Grossmont Union school board member Anthony Carnevale, who equates supporting LGBT students with human trafficking.

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

Dear People On Substack: the next best time to leave Substack is now

submitted 23 days ago • 9 comments