Nostr notes by Chrisblue

You talking Abt May 1?

2026-04-01T00:02:32Z

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You talking Abt May 1?

Via @npub14xa…ygc4 Fascinated by the type of person who thinks ...

2026-03-04T19:12:07Z

Via ex-Lethality Jane🌻 (npub14xa…ygc4)
Fascinated by the type of person who thinks a Presbyterian minister who served well in his state legislature has no place in the modern Democratic Party but that a random guy who's never held office and who had a Nazi SS tattoo for 16 years is fine.

And by fascinated, I mean horrified.

@npub1fdr…lvhs : "AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech ...

2026-01-19T22:41:10Z

Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs) : "AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots.:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

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2026-01-16T16:25:30Z

https://newrepublic.com/post/205373/evidence-renee-good-still-alive-ice-blocked-medic

Via @editorialboard.bsky Someone inside DHS leaked the names of ...

2026-01-13T20:27:58Z

Via @editorialboard.bsky
Someone inside DHS leaked the names of 4,500 ICE and CBP officers to a nonprofit that tracks ICE. About 80 percent of those name are active.

https://www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-data-leak/

Sign the petition:DEMAND GoFundMe remove and deny any fundraiser ...

2026-01-12T19:42:20Z

Sign the petition:DEMAND GoFundMe remove and deny any fundraiser for ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who murdered Renee Good
https://www.change.org/p/demand-gofundme-remove-and-deny-any-fundraiser-for-ice-agent-jonathan-ross-for-murder?recruiter=1399245389&recruited_by_id=ef95af10-efec-11f0-9578-0fc6ea52c163&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf&utm_medium=twitter

ICE goons attack a hospital in East Portland, shooting two in the ...

2026-01-09T00:45:40Z

ICE goons attack a hospital in East Portland, shooting two in the hospital parking lot. https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/east-portland-2-shot-ice-agents-police/283-387edc28-a51f-4c4f-a0d1-5e536152e532

Expect MAGA to say all lesbians r terrorists

2026-01-07T21:45:21Z

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Expect MAGA to say all lesbians r terrorists

And now an article published by NetEase, China's largest ...

2025-12-29T17:39:37Z

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And now an article published by NetEase, China's largest media platform stated: "Beijing should prepare now to 'reclaim' territories lost in the 19th Century.

"Felony contempt of business?" But that's my fave

2025-12-29T13:34:52Z

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"Felony contempt of business?" But that's my fave

Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy ...

2025-12-29T00:27:36Z

Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.

The CG being under DHS was something I'd kind of missed among ...

2025-11-21T20:09:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…qmye
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The CG being under DHS was something I'd kind of missed among the post 9/11 atrocities. Was about to start pushing for a campaign to get personnel to remove them anyway

Via @npub1jkm…kkvs I’ve said it for many years and will say ...

2025-11-20T20:41:52Z

Via Mike Levin (npub1jkm…kkvs)
I’ve said it for many years and will say it again. We need to ban all members of Congress from trading stock. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-rob-bresnahan-sold-stock-medicaid-providers-vote-big-bill-rcna244859

Text messages released by US House show convicted sex offender ...

2025-11-14T15:13:37Z

Text messages released by US House show convicted sex offender coaching Steve Bannon on political messaging
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/14/jeffrey-epstein-steve-bannon

@npub1z5m…kc0s One of my least rational beliefs is that if you ...

2025-10-20T00:43:51Z

Josh Gondelman (npub1z5m…kc0s)
One of my least rational beliefs is that if you pull off a heist without hurting anyone or getting caught within a day, that's your stuff fair and square.

@jmritchey.bsky: If I had explain American history in one ...

2025-10-19T18:13:46Z

@jmritchey.bsky: If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."

Republican Candidate in Virginia Caught in Tumblr Nazi Porn ...

2025-10-05T01:59:16Z

Republican Candidate in Virginia Caught in Tumblr Nazi Porn Scandal | The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/post/201304/republican-candidate-virginia-reid-tumblr-nazi-porn-scandal

The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule ...

2025-09-28T21:21:36Z

The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/aug/21/justice-john-roberts-supreme-court?CMP=share_btn_url

Voters Can’t Sue for Disability Discrimination, Court Rules – ...

2025-07-29T01:37:39Z

Voters Can’t Sue for Disability Discrimination, Court Rules – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/vra-voting-rights-disability-discrimination-court/

"In the camp, I came to understand the true cruelty of this ...

2025-07-25T13:26:51Z

"In the camp, I came to understand the true cruelty of this genocide: the suffocating overcrowding, the mass of refugees forced out of their homes, and the endless stories of hunger. " Must-read from @analystnews: https://www.analystnews.org/posts/we-are-starving

@npub1350…607a Uganda has passed a bill allowing for the murder ...

2025-07-18T23:17:33Z

Michael J. Stern (npub1350…607a)
Uganda has passed a bill allowing for the murder of #LGBT people.
American Evangelicals (incl Chick-Fil-A) went to Uganda to help pass this law.

https://globalaffairs.org/commentary-and-analysis/blogs/unholy-relationship-between-ugandas-anti-lgbtq-law-and-us
Uganda has passed a bill allowing for the murder of #LGBT people.

American Evangelicals went to Uganda to help pass this law.

For years, Chick-fil-A supported these Christian organizations.

You're no ally if you give money to businesses that hurt LGBT people.

https://globalaffairs.org/commentary-and-analysis/blogs/unholy-relationship-between-ugandas-anti-lgbtq-law-and-us

All of us are Medicaid beneficiaries — whether we realize it or ...

2025-06-19T01:36:17Z

All of us are Medicaid beneficiaries — whether we realize it or not | Opinion
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/medicaid-cuts-congress-effects-20250618.html

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2025-06-17T19:10:42Z

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fifa-club-world-cup-ticket-prices-dhs_n_68505826e4b043333688af81

@eschatonblog:: any time CNN's ratings fall you get several ...

2025-05-30T23:10:07Z

@eschatonblog::
any time CNN's ratings fall you get several pieces about how it's because it's "too liberal" and what fucking CNN have you all been watching for 25 years

Did Congress approve this, as required by the Emoluments Clause?

2025-05-21T20:09:16Z

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Did Congress approve this, as required by the Emoluments Clause?

“Somewhere in the wilds of California is a train that can’t ...

2025-05-21T18:26:48Z

“Somewhere in the wilds of California is a train that can’t start until someone inserts a floppy disk. 50 years into Microsoft’s reign, Windows XP and MS-DOS still run elevators, hospitals, ATMs and more. I went inside the ghost world of obsolete PCs.” https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250516-the-people-stuck-using-ancient-windows-computers

On Saturday, I'll be at Rainbow Book Fair ...

2025-05-06T18:07:55Z

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On Saturday, I'll be at Rainbow Book Fair @rainbowbookfair.bsky.social is at NYC's LGBT Center, at 208 W. 13th Street. At 1 p.m., though, I'll read from Jehanne in room 201. In Room 101, will be at the Mumblers table for the rest of the day, with books I'll describe separately

It became my masters' thesis at City College of New York, and ...

2025-05-06T18:05:08Z

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It became my masters' thesis at City College of New York, and won an award for its "completely unsentimental portrait of Joan of Arc." That thesis, which ends with victory at Orleans, became Book One of a trilogy, which is what launches this weekend.

After I decided to keep telling her story, it began to reflect ...

2025-05-06T18:04:36Z

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After I decided to keep telling her story, it began to reflect what I knew about women and war. “Whispers fill her head, whispered voices of other girls, other boys, all pushed to the ground by soldiers and discarded in pieces.” A braided voice, for a phantom army.

I first began to write Jehanne Darc when I was in grad school for ...

2025-05-06T18:03:40Z

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I first began to write Jehanne Darc when I was in grad school for creative writing. I’d moved back to New York after 10 years in San Francisco, half of which I’d spent talking to military personnel for the GI Rights Hotline — many of whom were #survivors of military sexual trauma (#MST).

She was born 150 years earlier than Shakespeare, toward the end ...

2025-05-06T18:02:58Z

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She was born 150 years earlier than Shakespeare, toward the end of the Hundred Years’ War, back when Europe was made up less of nations than atomistic states, riven by warlords and their militias. My Jehanne becomes a child soldier with magical powers.
https://crisaintmarchin.medium.com/a-bold-lyrical-reimagining-of-the-joan-of-arc-story-1f111a1265fe

@npub1ny7…uv57 it's pub day for my JEHANNE DARC:BOOK ONE, ...

2025-05-06T15:39:32Z

bookstodon group (npub1ny7…uv57) it's pub day for my JEHANNE DARC:BOOK ONE, and four days from my launch reading at the
Rainbow Book Fair in the West Village. Those who pre-ordered the ebook will find it on your devices. But this week is a test. #AuthorsofMastodon

@npub10c8…09ts : Alabama is now in the ‘find out’ stage ...

2025-04-26T21:06:37Z

Eleven Films (npub10c8…09ts) :
Alabama is now in the ‘find out’ stage

Mazda’s Huntsville, Alabama plant just hit pause thanks to Trump’s tariffs.

Nothing says “great economy” like factories shutting down because the guy you overwhelmingly voted for doesn’t know shit about business.

https://www.al.com/business/2025/04/huntsville-auto-plant-pauses-production-of-suv-to-counter-trump-tariffs.html?outputType=amp

"The memo told law enforcement that immigrants deemed ...

2025-04-25T20:05:36Z

"The memo told law enforcement that immigrants deemed "Alien Enemies" are “not entitled to a hearing, appeal or judicial review.” The memo's author due in the Hague?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/25/trump-venezuelan-gang-deportations-alien-enemies-act/83253074007/

@npub1c7v…pnhq Build workshops to help others get their ...

2025-04-10T23:04:01Z

Anonymous (npub1c7v…pnhq)
Build workshops to help others get their passports (advice, consultation, transportation) & collectives to cover costs. Even better, those in the gov, millionaire or billionaire class should help subsidize this effort. It’s going to hurt at least 21 million, don’t let it be 21 million of ours. #3E

Never thought I'd ever be saying "Go, Doug Ford!"

2025-03-27T01:52:35Z

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Never thought I'd ever be saying "Go, Doug Ford!"

@npub1t8q…lx2t : Bill Nye on CNN noting that NOAA is on the ...

2025-03-03T18:48:49Z

jschmeling (npub1t8q…lx2t) :
Bill Nye on CNN noting that NOAA is on the chopping block because they provide weather services with public satellites and Musk is planning to privatize satellite services and data provision, taking a public resource.

EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. ...

2025-02-28T21:01:11Z

EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.

On @therecordmedia.bsky.social

https://therecord.media/hegseth-orders-cyber-command-stand-down-russia-planning

My Publishers Weekly Booklife review is up! "Lombardi ...

2025-02-13T13:52:56Z

My Publishers Weekly Booklife review is up! "Lombardi dramatizes events and complex states of mind with such swift richness that readers will feel fully immersed in the life of this young woman..." https://booklife.com/booklife-review/9781963221077 #medieval #JoanofArc bookstodon group (npub1ny7…uv57)

When Musk's minions forced their way into USAID's ...

2025-02-09T21:39:30Z

When Musk's minions forced their way into USAID's servers, they made themselves "super administrators" meaning they had access to workers' Social Security numbers, credit histories, and home addresses.

They may have well broken the law.

https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-trump-musk-destruction-may-have-broken-law?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature

@npub1m4t…0rmd The United States Military Academy has just ...

2025-02-06T04:19:45Z

FPWellman (npub1m4t…0rmd)
The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

Why aren't we doing that in the U.S.?

2025-02-02T19:53:25Z

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Why aren't we doing that in the U.S.?

[@leahgreenberg](https://mas.to/@leahgreenberg ) : Everything is ...

2025-01-28T14:53:38Z

[@leahgreenberg](https://mas.to/@leahgreenberg ) :
Everything is extremely chaotic but the best info we have so far suggests that Trump’s “stop funding” EO would cover:

Medicaid
ESSA funds
IDEA
Snap
School meals
WIC
Head start grants
Child care block grants
Pell grants
Student loans
Higher Ed grants
Housing vouchers
CTE

Devastating beyond words.

Has CoPrez elect Kekistan said anything abt this?

2025-01-01T20:48:43Z

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Has CoPrez elect Kekistan said anything abt this?

@npub1c7v…pnhq This is very useful. It’s encouraging to see ...

2024-12-25T16:53:07Z

Anonymous (npub1c7v…pnhq) This is very useful. It’s encouraging to see people finally looking at alternatives to fascism instead of just mindlessly promoting fascists. @theguardian.com @economictimes.bsky.social @thenation.com @theverge.com @lemonde.fr @thenewrepublic.bsky.social @elpais.com @vanityfair.com

Everybody's bombing #Syria BC they feel like it

2024-12-09T17:29:42Z

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Everybody's bombing #Syria BC they feel like it

The bill that cd take us back to 1900 ...

2024-12-06T13:03:42Z

The bill that cd take us back to 1900 https://open.substack.com/pub/insanethingschristianssay/p/the-bill-that-will-turn-america-into?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=nu3q

NYT: Breaking with past practice, President-elect Donald J. Trump ...

2024-11-24T17:11:54Z

NYT: Breaking with past practice, President-elect Donald J. Trump has not agreed to disclose the donors paying for his planning effort or to limit their contributions. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/us/politics/donald-trump-2024-campaign-transition.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cU4.mmw9.2ZzfqttlakL9&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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2024-10-09T20:03:41Z

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https://open.substack.com/pub/chrislombardi/p/trying-to-surf-a-peace-wave?r=nu3q&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Philly folk, buy their pumpkins this Halloween ...

2024-09-30T20:46:06Z

#Philly folk, buy their pumpkins this Halloween https://www.phillymag.com/news/2024/09/30/bob-lange-kristina-kamala-harris/

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2024-09-25T15:48:14Z

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https://gettysburgian.com/2024/09/victims-family-speaks-out-on-racially-charged-hate-crime-at-gettysburg-swim-team-gathering/

@feministajones on Threads about this lame CNN headline: "A ...

2024-09-25T14:58:50Z

@feministajones on Threads about this lame CNN headline: "A student has left Gettysburg College after a racial slur was etched onto a student’s chest, school officials say"
A college student carved “NlGG3R” into another student’s chest with a box cutter while teammates held him down
Black student (victim) is kicked off the team
Attacker “is no longer enrolled”
[It all } disgusts me https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/24/us/gettysburg-college-swim-team-investigation/index.html?cid=ios_app

Ta-Nehisi Coates is _back._ “American mainstream journalism, ...

2024-09-23T19:47:11Z

Ta-Nehisi Coates is _back._ “American mainstream journalism, Coates says, defers to American authority. ‘It’s very similar, to how American journalism has been deferential to the cops. We privilege the cops, we privilege the military, we privilege the politicians. The default setting is toward power." https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ta-nehisi-coates-new-book-message-israel-palestine-complicated.html

How come they're not in jail?

2024-08-27T23:38:30Z

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How come they're not in jail?

it's all early Project 2025, says @npub17uv…hzct ...

2024-08-16T23:11:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…xyrg
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it's all early Project 2025, says Law Dork (npub17uv…hzct) https://open.substack.com/pub/chrisgeidner/p/scotus-5-4-title-ix-shadow-docket-denial?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=nu3q

As Israel bombs Lebanon. That sounds lovely

2024-08-16T15:18:26Z

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As Israel bombs Lebanon. That sounds lovely