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Global Museum@globalmuseum.bsky.social

The effective way the clarinet player does a musical call and response to the singer is just mesmerizing. "Tu vuo' fa' l'americano" by Renato Carosone: cover by Hetty and the Jazzato Band, an Anglo-Italian jazz quintet. @Rainmaker1973 #globalmuseum #music #jazz

American Humanist Association@americanhumanist.bsky.social

It's World Humanist Day! Humanists come in all shapes and sizes, but we all share an open mind, love for our neighbors, and a stack of books that we PROMISE we're getting around to reading, for real this time.

🏴🚩 Trans Kafka (any pronouns) 🍉🍉🍉 IS A REAL HUMAN PERSON!@alexpetrovnia.bsky.social

Today the US federal regime released a 16 page "counter terrorism strategy" that includes this. Trans pogroms begin in earnest soon. Please save trans lives in any way you can think of. Please.

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com

BREAKING: in March 2026, *every single one* of the 1,341 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans: In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 4,496 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Re...

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social

👀 40 Senate Democrats just voted to block a proposed sale of weapons to Israel. Just 7 Democrats voted to approve the weapons (along with every Republican): Blumenthal Coons Cortez Masto Fetterman Gillibrand Rosen Schumer 40-59, @sanders.senate.gov resolution to block the sale fails.

Missymaus@missymaus111.bsky.social

If you see this post a picture from whatever device you’re using with no explanation.

Melissa Ryan@melissaryan.bsky.social

Y'all, they threw Pam Bondi's official DOJ portrait in the trash, then LEAKED a photo to the media. There is literally no upside to being a MAGA bootlicker. www.ms.now/news/pam-bon...

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com

over and over again, outright paid anti-trans activists are quoted in the Times as "concerned parents" or "concerned doctors". these are people who are paid to advocate against trans rights, and they are constantly white-washed by NYT news reporters.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social

10 Senate Dems joined in confirming the latest Trump nominee Cantwell Fetterman Kaine Kelly King Klobuchar Rosen Schatz Warner Welch www.senate.gov/legislative/...

The American Prospect@prospect.org

A new wave of Epstein files shows that there is in fact an Epstein class. They not only believe in their own personal impunity, but seek to protect their fellow travelers as well. Its existence aligns with a vision of the U.S. that favors corporate domination over the public interest.

buff.lyThe Quintessential Epstein Files EmailJeffrey Epstein and his friends standing up for Mary Jo White against Elizabeth Warren tells you everything about the class war at the heart of the files.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?” There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.

aljazeera.comIsrael used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporateUS-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.

Nome@nome.bsky.social

It's under the brand name 'Yeztugo,' and it has a 100% success rate in women and a 96% success rate in men even after a year - which means that it's far more forgiving of a weird schedule, and still highly effective if you delay your booster.

cdc.govClinical Recommendation for the Use of Injectable Lenacapavir ...This report describes a clinical recommendation to use injectable lenacapavir as an HIV preexposure prophylaxis.

Global Abortion Rights News@globalabortionnews.bsky.social

"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland. In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.

brown.eduRisk of maternal death during pregnancy greatly underestimated, study findsA new study comparing deaths of pregnant people and of those who have an abortion show that risk of death due to pregnancy is three times higher than previously estimated.

Prism@prismreports.org

BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.

prismreports.orgTrump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex peopleA Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑@50501movement.bsky.social

Rev. Michael Woolf, a faith leader and minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, detained by Illinois State Police while protesting immigration policies outside the Broadview facility in Chicago. Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social

NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Tylenol has just released a study connecting Donald Trump with adultery, lying, rape, and pedophilia.

ResistDoc@aquatixwitch.bsky.social

Just came from protest and then an emergency community meeting for Doctor Ian Roberts. #Iowa #ICE

Nathan Goldwag@goldwagnathan.bsky.social

This is *stunningly* disingenuous, and the fact that Singal continues to enjoy a career writing at the highest levels about a topic that he either unwilling or incapable of discussing honestly is such an indictment of the Anglo-American prestige media.

Julia Serano@juliaserano.bsky.social

since Bluesky is chock full of Newsom-stan-bots insisting that "Dems should compromise on trans issues", I will re-up my November essay about why this is not only immoral & unempirical, but BAD POLITICS. Dems WILL LOSE if they do this, here's why (no paywall): juliaserano.medium.com/should-democ...

juliaserano.medium.comShould Democrats Throw Trans People Under the Bus?Here’s Why It Would Be Bad Politics

Toon4Thought@toon4thought.bsky.social

Protect trans folks. Donate to trans orgs and individuals. Be unwavering in your support. Pay attention to trans issues. Don't back down.

CELEBRITY DIRT #4 out now@judedoyle.bsky.social

Heads up, nerds, dystopia was progressing too slowly so now we're doing "Parts: The Clonus Horror" and/or Kazuo Ishiguro's "Never Let Me Go" (which is Kazuo Ishiguro's "Parts: The Clonus Horror")

Inquest@inquest.bsky.social

Introducing a new 6-part series revisiting the landmark insights of Ruth Wilson Gilmore's 'Golden Gulag', exploring what prison abolitionists can learn from the history of carceral expansion. With RWG, ‪@craiggilmore.bsky.social‬ @lydiajean.bsky.social‬ & Judah Schept inquest.org/abolitio...

inquest.orgAbolitionist Lessons from the Prison Belts - Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Craig Gilmore, Judah Schept, & Lydia Pelot-Hobbs - InquestIn a six-part series that revisits the landmark insights of ‘Golden Gulag,’ we explore what prison abolitionists can learn from the history of carceral expansion in California, Appalachia, and Louisiana.

Dave Zirin@edgeofsports.bsky.social

They won’t say a thing.

SEIU California@seiuca.org

A worker was killed. Dozens detained. Dr. Jonathan Caravello, A CSU faculty member and US citizen, was brutalized & disappeared by ICE for observing. Trump’s ICE thugs are escalating terror in our communities. Release them ALL. seiuca.org/press-releas...

seiuca.orgSEIU California | SEIU California Demands Release of CSU Faculty Member Brutalized By ICESEIU California members call for the immediate release of our brother Jonathan Caravello, PhD, a U.S. citizen and union member, who was brutally assaulted and detained by federal agents as he…