Avery Thompson
@avery-thompson.bsky.social
Writer, photographer, and some third thing.
This is heartbreaking. @kenjennings.bsky.social did so much damage and his actions caused a cascade that chased an innocent trans woman off the internet The fact that she has suffered all the consequences from his actions should make everyone stop and think about how privilege played out here
Rav@rvbdrm.com · 6h agoGwen deactivated 😔
Well, it appears that, sometime in the last 17 hours, Gwen Pepperoni was suspended for the crime of pointing out Ken Jennings' transphobia.
this is a bad take. nazis can always create accounts and post here if they want. some of them do! then everyone blocks them and they get bored and leave. this is a good thing imo.
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
if there is any justice in the world this man will die screaming and alone
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 3d agoI worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
Unless you have a ticket to the Grand Prix in DC that will go near the National Gallery of Art , you can’t visit the National Gallery on August 22 and 23. Crazy
It's a tough job, but literally no one has to do it
Julian Bailey's widow finally received the autopsy report in his death this week. The findings? U.S. Marshals shot him six times in the back. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Encampment evictions don’t solve homelessness, they make it worse.
The 51st@51st.news · 6d agoNEW: This month, the D.C. Public Library began enforcing rules banning people from sleeping outside of downtown's MLK Library. Advocates worry it will simply move people elsewhere, making it harder to connect them with housing and services. In partnership with @streetsensedc.bsky.social:
please cancel your NYT subscription
Alice Averlong 🏳️⚧️@alice.averlong.com · 6d agothere's plenty of restaurants in this town, but the owner of the sandwich shop downtown hates me, says he's gonna kill me, and has a sign up on the wall saying that 5 cents out of every sandwich order will go towards buying bullets to shoot me with.
what idea will you not have tomorrow because you let the machine solve a problem for you today?
This opinion piece, written by someone with no relevant expertise, cites two sources, both of them blogs by people who also have no relevant expertise, one of whom is employed by a sham think tank funded by the "Effective Altruism" propaganda network. Truly embarrassing decision to publish it. 1/2
Dave Karpf@davekarpf.bsky.social · last wk.I'm reading the "environmentalists are wrong about data centers" piece from the NYT and ohmygoditssofuckingbad. Apparently, so long as you're punching left, they'll just let you say any goddamn thing you please... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/o...
DC wants National Guard soldiers to go back to where they came from — not to move into our neighborhoods. The National Guard's presence in DC is a hostile military occupation. It's part of Trump's disgusting desire to stay in power forever and Placemakr is helping him do it.
National Guard Signs $292M Housing Contract for Troops in Washington, D.C.
The deal would provide 2,000 “apartment-style lodging units” for service members deployed in the city.
notus.org
1/ 🧵 Alexandra Bravo investigated US strikes that left fishermen tortured. A hitman shot her dead on a street corner. Her sister jumped in front and died too. Her assigned police protection detail was nowhere to be found. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
For the last year and a half, DoorDash has been silent as delivery drivers in DC have been hunted in the streets and even killed by ICE and other federal police. Now, the company has come out in support of #HR9720 — the blatant attack on DC Home Rule — just so it can earn more money.
DoorDash's letter attacking DC home rule over a 20-cent fee: #DeleteDoorDash
Brad Johnson@climatebrad.hillheat.com · 2w agoI got the DoorDash letter attacking DC home rule over a 20¢ fee. The letter, which dangerously misrepresents HR 9720 as only applying to tax and fee increases, was written by @lgbtqvictoryfund.bsky.social director John Horton. #freedc
(sea monster bio) You've probably seen my writhing in The Atlantic
This would throttle DC’s ability to self-govern. The $1b hole in DC‘s budget was caused by Congress, not the District, which has balanced its budget 31 years in a row. We should have the right to implement sound tax policy like any other jurisdiction. #handsoffdc oversight.house.gov/release/chai...
Chairman Comer Introduces Legislation to Stop D.C. Tax Increases - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
oversight.house.gov
Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2
NEW: Analysis from @americanprogress.bsky.social backs up with data what DC communities have been saying for nearly a year: The National Guard's deployment in DC is not making us any safer.
The Trump Administration’s $1.7 Billion National Guard Deployments Fail To Reduce Urban Crime
New CAP analysis reveals the Trump administration’s costly National Guard deployments have failed to reduce violent crime despite its claims of success.
americanprogress.org
Happy International Non-Binary People's Day! 💛🤍💜🖤 Today we celebrate the non-binary & gender non-conforming folks in our community. Non-binary people have created space outside of gender norms and have paved the way for all of us to live most authentically. Non-binary people have ALWAYS been here.
ICE has killed three people so far this week, and its only Tuesday
Miami Herald@miamiherald.com · 3w agoNEW: A 28-year-old man died Tuesday morning following an encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations agents in St. Augustine, marking the third death involving ICE in a week.
absolutely beautiful sunset at the capitol building tonight
hey I've been offline for a few hours, how many more senators have we lost?
lindsay graham's final words: "mitch mcconnell survives"
