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Organization for Transformative Works@transformativeworks.org · 5d ago

Do you have experience with research or social media? Would you like to assist AO3 users? Do you enjoy brainstorming solutions to problems? Would you like to wrangle AO3 tags? Can you translate from another language to English? The #OTW is recruiting at: otw-news.org/ycksnmzr

Geordi LaForge, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Worf SonOfMogh

Back in the office tonight digitizing more #filmstrip soundtracks on #cassettes. Are they goofy? Problematic? Or just about literature? There’s only one way to find out! youtube.com/uncommonephe...

Uncommon Ephemera@uncommonephemera.org · 2d ago

IN THE OFFICE TODAY: Scanning #filmstrips and digitizing filmstrip audio from recently donated #cassettes, with it all uploaded to @archive.org when it's done. Come see and hear nearly-#lostmedia as it's saved from loss and landfills. https://uncom.cc/03b6y

"We are up against an ideology that has given up not only on the premise and promise of liberal democracy but on the livability of our shared world - on its beauty, on its people, on our children, on other species..." 1/2 -Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, "End Times Fascism"

(San Lorenzo) InNae Academy of Martial Arts requires KF94s, N95s, or better; uses air-quality monitoring, air purifiers. Small classes, approx. 10 students each. Ages 3 & up. Details: tinyurl.com/YesInNae Covid protocols: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Welcome to InNae!

InNae Academy of Martial Arts LLC 15911 Hesperian Blvd, San Lorenzo, CA 94580 (510) 606-4570 Building Character. Inspiring Confidence. Strengthening Community. Practical martial arts and self-defense...

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(SF) Thursdays & Sundays, 12-4 p.m. (walk-in): Glide Memorial Church is currently offering Covid and flu vaccines for uninsured people ages 12 and up (as of October 2026). Outdoor tent location in parking lot. 330 Ellis St., 94102. Call for more info: 628-226-8675

(Oakland) Palapa Island in Oakland is an outdoor, mask-required massage therapy studio with hot tubs: palapaisland.square.site (as of Oct. 2026)

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Thanks for the shout-out, @violetblue.bsky.social! Pandemic Roundup, an invaluable resource for Covid-related news, free every Thursday. www.patreon.com/violetblue/p...

Pandemic Roundup: October 8, 2026 | Threat Model

This newsletter is an inclusive, curated selection of new findings and fresh perspectives on Covid-19, dedicated to finding the highest qual

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Gen Z politicians who want to make a change grapple with parties that aren’t always ready for them. kansasreflector.com/2026/10/08/g...

Gen Z politicians who want to make a change grapple with parties that aren’t always ready for them • Kansas Reflector

Editor’s Note: This story is part of Gen Z at the Ballot Box, a collaboration between States Newsroom and The 19th. TOPEKA, Kan. — After state Rep. Angel Roeser defied her fellow Republicans and voted...

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While MAGA popularity is at an all time low, American democracy is on its last breath. We know we can’t afford to wait until 2028 to turn things around, because by then it may be too late. Join us on October 17th. #NoKings share.indvs.org/s/uBC87WF7

Long live the vote.

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Wave Study 6”x8” oil/cradled birch panel 250 smackos Here: www.coreyhardeman.ca/product-page... #wavebabies #oilpainting #homesickblues #canadianartist

Gawt DAMN

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

"You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office ... If John Lewis were marching today, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" -- here's a supercut of Jon Ossoff SMASHING Mike Collins during tonight's debate

There’s nothing complicated about this. If you terrorize LGBTQ people, fewer youth will identify themselves as LGBTQ out of shame and for self-protection. Q.E.D. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

Number of teens who identify themselves as gay or bisexual is in ‘free fall’

Conservatives have trumpeted the data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but researchers say the reasons for the decline are unclear.

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Oh, the Archdiocese of St Louis is *mad*, mad, I see. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Archdiocese sues US government over denied Catholic sacraments for ICE detainees

According to the website of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, religious figures may visit detainees at any time after giving notice to the sheriff’s office. The lawsuit contends that ICE is failing...

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I know several trans people who have fled the U.K. over the last few years because of its sharp descent into transphobia The most recent is the parent of a trans child - who I have personally known for 10 years - who are uprooting their entire family to move to Australia.

Leaving the UK with a heavy heart

Today, as a family, we have booked our flights and our one-way ticket out of the UK. This has not felt like a choice. This feels like fleeing to protect ourselves. For the past 7 years we have look…

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www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... RFK Jr.'s Tuskegee experiment, revisited

CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study

“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study

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(SF) Sat., Oct. 10, 2-5 p.m.: KN95-or-better outdoor hangout hosted by @sdaction.org, posted on their Instagram account. RSVP/exact location: tinyurl.com/m4eparkhang ⬇️⬇️

1/ (SF/online) Mark your calendars: Nov. 12-14 (in-person), Nov. 15-22 (online): SF Transgender Film Festival. "Audience is required to be KN95 masked for the entirety of their time inside the building. Our staff will provide KN95 masks to everyone before they enter the building; [cont.]

(El Cerrito) Sat., 10/10, 2-10 p.m. (gallery hrs), 6-8 p.m. (reception): Visibility Drawing's first community art show! KN95+ masks required/provided. Photo booth, tarot, more. Food/drink to be consumed in a designated outdoor area only. More at their Instagram post: www.instagram.com/p/DeASnzkEmEV/

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"Information from Russia has been incomplete, confusing, and contradictory." My colleague @martinenserink.bsky.social on what we know so far about the possible plague death in Russia and the implications. 🧪

Possible plague death at a Siberian lab baffles scientists

Much is unclear about the tragedy, but plague researchers say there is “zero” chance of an epidemic

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Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.

Destroying history and nature in the name of narcissism and hate.

Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5d ago

The Trump administration’s actions resulted in the destruction of the largest ancient Cottonwood tree on Indigenous territory in Arizona. This tree, known as the “Grandmother Tree,” was 250 years old.

Having trouble deciding which books to buy from Amazon during Prime Days? Try this: None, then go support an independent bookstore instead. 😌

The future of four large research networks that test vaccines and treatments for HIV, TB and emerging infectious diseases is in limbo after weeks of delays from the Trump administration in launching the process to renew their funding. 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/h...

Trump Administration Delays Threaten Funding for HIV Research (Gift Article)

The networks also develop treatments and preventions for other infectious diseases and were instrumental in testing the Covid vaccine.

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This #Contober is Banned from Tulsa. This was an anti-slash incident at a fan Star Trek con. A Disney agent found fans selling a Kirk/Spock zine. His protests weren't heeded and law enforcement was called. This later inspired a filk song. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4jmsbZx

Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1957 #filmstrip explains how laws are (or were) made in the United States, and pre-dates the famous Schoolhouse Rock cartoon by almost twenty years. VIEW AT YOUR OWN PACE: https://uncom.cc/qyy1p

LIVE NOW IN THE OFFICE: Digitizing filmstrips and filmstrip soundtracks today for eventual upload to @archive.org. Watch and listen as nearly-#lostmedia gets saved from obscurity and the landfill. https://uncom.cc/03b6y

Endless, tremendous thanks to everyone who came out to the screening of The Matrix last night on a Lilly Wachowski’s personal 35mm print that she very graciously let us project Meant the world to program and introduce this film vital to my transness to a crowd of passionate queer folks 💚

A new proposed rule by the Trump administration would change the way the Census is conducted, to sway federal funding and representation away from racial and ethnic minority populations. Call your reps and leave a public comment by October 13th! 👉 5calls.org/issue/census...

Oppose Harmful Changes to the U.S. Census ⭑ 5 Calls

A fair and accurate U.S. Census is both a constitutional mandate and an imperative to a functioning democracy. The data collected determines …

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