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Abby Norman

@abbynormansays.bsky.social
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Friendly neighborhood pastor/bartender. Just trying to put the pub in public theology.

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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 7h
No I’m gonna need you all to do the reading. Rehabilitative justice demands individual accountability. It means individual communities deciding what makes the most sense, not a blanket get out of jail literally free card for any and all abuse. That would be unconditional and not justice.
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
to be fair i do think republican men not knowing they exist is a valid way to Protect Women's Sports
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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins
Now @AshleyMoodyFL. Why would I want to abolish the police when I want you arrested and in jail for stealing $10 million from sick kids? BFFR
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I have literally seen dudes tailspin because of a super-casual "Pretty rapey/racist/weird/etc., dude." from a friend. Fuck some girl/brown person and their dumb opinions, they don't care about us. But they are 100% not prepared to hear it coming from you.
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Winnable Democratic Races 💙 @winnabledemraces.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
💙 TOSS-UP NEWS: SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE @cookpolitical.com ranks the South Carolina Senate race as Likely R. But every poll shows Annie Andrews (D) in a dead heat with Trump toady Darline Graham (R). We expect Cook to reclassify this race soon. thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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Graham, Andrews neck and neck in South Carolina Senate race: Poll
Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) and her Democratic opponent, Annie Andrews, are locked in a dead heat in the race for South Carolina’s Senate seat, according to a new poll released Saturday even…
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Dak @dak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ordering dinner via QR code feels less like going out for hospitality and more like submitting an IT helpdesk ticket for a bowl of pasta.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please try to reclaim your precious precious attention, at all costs. Do puzzles. Take walks without a phone. Dear god, try to read, almost anything that isn’t a manifesto will really do. You are going to need your brain.
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Abby Norman @abbynormansays.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Does anyone else wonder if these draft king ads will be like cigarette billboards feel like to my kids. I imagine they will be eventually regulated like joe camel
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Abby Norman @abbynormansays.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I was fired from my job and in an effort to not air all the dirt publicly. I instead will be talking to the investigator, and to you publicly about this dog I am fostering
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“The greatest danger facing society isn’t that software will awaken and overthrow its human masters. It is that we will allow the creators of the software to abdicate human responsibility for the systems they choose to build and help them pull up the ladder” Fuck. Shut up being right
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Abby Norman @abbynormansays.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Turns out everyone who refers to their wife as smoking hot from the stage of a church is gross EXCEPT the lesbian youth pastor. Then it is adorable!
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Work, work, work.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 21/09/2026
in 2006 the ALA proudly reported it had received fewer reports of banned books than any previous year. it has only gone up since then. anyway consider the modern "ban it from the library" censorship vs "it's in the library, we're just removing it from the curriculum" version three decades ago
JUNEAU EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 2, 1994 3
Book pulled from classes
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FAIRBANKS - A book written
by Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Toni Morrison will not be taught at
Lathrop High School despite stu-
dent protests, school officials say.
Lathrop administrators pulled
copies of "The Bluest Eye" from
an eleventh-grade classroom on
Feb. 3. That came after students
already had started reading the
book. It had been assigned by their
teacher.
But the book has not been
banned from Lathrop, Principal
Jerry Hartsock said Tuesday.
He said the book simply is not
appropriate as required reading in
a required class. He said he plans
to place the book in the school li-
brary.
"It was a very controversial
book, it contains lots of very
graphic descriptions and ... lots of
disturbing language," Hartsock
said.
"The Bluest Eye" is about a
young African-American girl who
prays every night for blue eyes. It
contains explicit scenes of rape
and incest and a lot of expli-
guage, Hartsock said.
The Detroit Free Press called
"The Bluest Eye" a "profoundly
successful work of fiction, and a
tortured, tell-true beauty."
Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize
for her novel "Beloved" in 1988.
Lathrop stresses the need for
appropriate language among stu-
dents, Hartsock said. "(The book)
seemed counter to what our school
was about."
"The Bluest Eye" is not includ-
ed in the school district's "Canon,"
a list of school board-approved
books that teachers may use as re-
quired classroom reading,
Hartsock said.
It's up to the principal to decide
whether a teacher can require stu-
dents to read a book not on the
Canon, said Superintendent Rick
Cross.
"There are tight restrictions on
what is offered and what is re-
quired and what is read as part of
a course," Cross said.
Michael Lecorchick, Jr., a La-
throp junior, said he was offended
when school administrators took
away his copy of the book.
"We're always being told in
school to empower ourselves..."
said Lecorchick, 16. "We just had
no say in this whatsoever."
Sonya Norman, another La-
throp junior, expressed her anger
in a letter to the editor of the Fair-
banks Daily News-Miner on Sun-
day.
"Doesn't a woman in America
get raped approximately every
five minutes?" Norman wrote.
"Isn't the person who usually com-
mits this crime a friend or some-
one you know? Is this something
we are not supposed to know?"
"Why do they want to hold back
our education? Isn't knowledge of
the real world the reason we go to
school? . . . "I feel that I am ma-
ture enough to have read this book
and really don't care who says I'm
not."
Noel Wien Public Library does
not restrict books, regardless of
age, said director Greg Hill. Two
copies of "The Bluest Eye" were
checked out on Tuesday, he said.Princeton professor Arnold Rampersad, an ex-
pert on Morrison's writing, expressed concern yes-
terday over any attempt to ban one of her books.
"The presence of few four-letter words or the
presence of some sex doesn't mean that a book is
morally perilous," he said. "It's hard for me to
believe anything in Morrison's books can't be
taught to mature high school students by skilled
teachers."
At the school, the controversy has only height-
ened the interest in the book among students.
"This is America," 11th grader Joe Lafontano
said outside the school yesterday afternoon. "You
should be able to say what you want to say. I'm
going to go out and buy [the book] now."
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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 21/09/2026
I'm currently looking for a second job for the weekends, but it's not going great. In the meantime, we could still use some help hitting our goal for this GoFundMe. If you can help, we would sure appreciate it. gofund.me/9abf06aa7
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My family and I are facing a very difficult time. We’ve been caught in an u… Aaron Smith needs your support for Help My Family Avoid Eviction & Find Stability
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
nytimes.com
At DraftKings, AI Targets the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose (Gift Article)
Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Anyway, we are NOT throwing our trans siblings under the bus for ANY reason. NO. You can kick rocks.
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Abby Norman @abbynormansays.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Omg my trans 16byear old experienced a six year old cousin told them they were a girl that thinks they are a boy. And my kid said that isnt nice to say and we should use whatever pronouns make the person happy. Which is more gracious and wiser than anything I would have said. Im so proud.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ken Paxton’s former top cop who was fired after exposing Paxton’s corruption: After Paxton fired me, they started trying to hire somebody to take my place. The determining question was: ‘Are you willing to be loyal to Ken Paxton?’
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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This legislation means no one will have to feel as desperate, hopeless, or fearful about their future. It is about restoring the LEGAL status they have had for over a decade. Please help us in this fight 🇭🇹 We are at 34 co-sponsors — help us push to reach the 60 votes it needs!!
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kit spooks 👻 @kitsparks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I don’t think this is true. People hate being unemployed but they love being retired, even in places where those two identities come with a similar cheque. A kind of “productive leisure” under UBI is absolutely something that could be sold to a lot of people.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The precise month of Tim Walz's visit to China was dissected to death as well. The media can do it when they want to, which is to say, when it's a Democrat.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Remember when John Kerry got swiftboated for his ACTUAL Silver Star, Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts?
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parking lot lady™️ @muyencantadora.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
a very underrated thing about being someone who loves to read but also has adhd is that sometimes I barely remember the books I read. so I go back to them and it's like a little kaprise. not always, but sometimes, and I've learned to just giggle and have gratitude lmao.
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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.
chair with a "face"
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A sentiment I keep seeing, with which I’m wholly sympathetic, is “this should be a scandal.” Yes, it should. But it’s not. We’re 10 yrs in. Let us contend with this ugly reality.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A Labor Day reminder: having a job is no longer enough to protect millions of Americans from homelessness. For many workers, the greatest threat isn't losing their job. It's that their job will never pay enough, never provide enough hours, never offer enough stability to keep them housed.
nytimes.com
Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness (Gift Article)
The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity.
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Abby Norman @abbynormansays.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Is this a wnba advertisement? I would pay a lot of dollars to have this experience.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
this is what happens when people aren't actually in community with people who they can argue with or importantly struggle alongside. You get whatever this is that we are currently living through: constant social media discourse that does absolutely nothing.
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Maria W. Norris @mariawnorris.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
bell hooks wrote about the classroom being a place of radical possibilities precisely because it is a place where students can learn to think for themselves. Any technology that offloads thinking should have no place in the classroom.
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Pedagogy is not some new, unsolved problem awaiting its Silicon Valley disruptor. If you want good teaching in any given subject, it’s there to be had. If you just don’t want to pay for it, then all we’re really talking about is how much you want something for nothing. That’s nothing new, either.
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Darth Empath @jhatman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A human can only survive 2-7 days without clean water, whereas we can survive in perpetuity without datacenters. Choose wisely.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
DHS is stealing Haitians money while they deport them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/w...
nytimes.com
Haitians Deported From U.S. Are Left Broke and Stranded (Gift Article)
Hundreds have been deported to Haiti in recent weeks, and some say they have been left with no money, no protection from gangs and no place to go.
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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Me, literally crocheting while teaching a surgical course- yes. Because neurophysiology tells us that repetitive low-cognitive movements *increase* attention. Hence why we instinctively fidget. Knitting fulfils the same function as doodling, pen tapping, leg jiggling etc but makes nicer things. 🤗🧶
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/09/2026
The amount of oil use avoided by EVs in China in the first half of 2026 is the same as the amount of oil USED BY THE ENTIRE UK www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
a chart showing projected avoided oil use
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026
“The average American student’s digital footprint has exploded in the 21st century, and the commercialization and commodification of that data creates unique challenges to ensure their privacy and safety.”
brookings.edu
As surveillance grows, student privacy protections lag | Brookings
Anil Hurkadli and Josie Stewart examine how classroom surveillance puts student privacy at risk and where policy hasn't kept up.
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Screenshot of a tweet from user ceejoyner that says "pick up artists and garbage men should switch names".
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
⚖️ ROBERTS Impeachment doesn’t start with a lawyer. It starts with members deciding it’s survivable. That calculation is made from constituent mail volume. It’s the only signal they trust. 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Contact Congress today!
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I have seven invitations from student groups to talk about A.I. They know what I think about A.I. That's why they asked me. They aren't feeling it, y'all.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 26/08/2026
“Get in there and Make it about you”
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Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
There is no amount of passive patience that ends oppression. It will not create equity. It will not heal the wounds of the past. It will not create a more just future. –Julia B. Seymour (Nice is Not a Fruit of the Spirit, 2026)
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Rebecca Ruth Seidel @caseinmicelles.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My feeling is that all the changes they're making for minors are things adult users should be able to opt-into as well.
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Abby Norman @abbynormansays.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The x NBA player wasnt the dramatic one???? I have questions.
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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is similarly true of your smaller Reform Jewish congregations.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
her very existence was an indisputable reminder of how many things framed as inevitabilities were actually just someone’s choice. there actually is enough money for everything. the wealthy could fully fund literacy and public health and the arts and child welfare. they just won’t
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Marcelius Braxton @marceliusb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Something I’ve always admired about Dolly Parton is that on many issues she didn’t just tell you where she stood. She showed you where she stood with her actions, money, and time. Honoring her legacy means recognizing her support of literacy, racial justice, inclusion, and queer and trans rights.
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Greg Lester @lstr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Apparently, we've redefined socialism as the government actually doing competent government things. No wonder the mainstream parties are clutching their pearls so hard.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Look, when I was still living in NYC uptown, gentrifiers would move to the Heights and have the nerve to complain about the loud music!
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Abby Norman @abbynormansays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
How do I get a Natasha Cloud jersey? I am assuming they are sold out already.
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
anytime people raise concerns about land use for solar projects or anything like that i just want to point out that half the corn we grow in this country gets used to make gasoline slightly worse
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Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Hands
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