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avid reader , walker, bringing people together

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
A black Helen of Troy has him completely wrecked for weeks.
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Jen aka Grantifa 🐸 @grantifa9.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
WTF He hasn’t a clue that it was a primary election.
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Amy Résistance @amooshik.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
AOC represents EVERY WOMAN in America right now who is sick and tired of misogyny & misinformation. She represents us and the rage we feel.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/04/2026
LUTNICK: It is outrageous that Canada will not put US spirits on the shelf. It is insulting and disrespectful to America SHAHEEN: They won't do it because of the insults from this president and comments like yours
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Victor Orbán’s removal sends a timely signal. Corrupt kleptocratic Christian nationalism was on the ballot in Hungary today — just as it will be on the ballots that Americans will cast in November. It was repudiated abroad — may it be repudiated here in November (and beyond).
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Like many others, I worked my ass off to help elect John Fetterman, but he can go fuck himself.
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
ICYMI
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JP Acosta @acosta32jp.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
The Seahawks defense sees every rushing attempt as a personal attack on their character
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/01/2026
WELKER: Do you bear any responsibility to bring down the temperature? FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I’m running for Congress in NY-12, my home. We have a demented, criminal president running the country like a mob operation—government by the boss, for the boss. We need Democratic fighters who will defend the rule of law and deliver government by the people. Join us.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
So he’s saying when he was a podcaster he was being paid to lie and invent conspiracies for his listeners but now he has to tell the truth.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
As I spent more and more of my life under the care of doctors, nurses, and researchers striving to improve the lives of others, I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines, technology that could be used against certain cancers; slashed billions in funding from the National Institutes of Health, the world's largest sponsor of medical research; and threatened to oust the panel of medical experts charged with recommending preventive cancer screenings. Hundreds of N.I.H. grants and clinical trials were cancelled, affecting thousands of patients. I worried about funding for leukemia and bone-marrow research at Memorial Sloan Kettering. I worried about the trials that were my only shot at remission. Early in my illness, when I
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
As Karoline Leavitt concludes her press briefing and walks off, @andrewfeinberg.com asks: "What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?" She did not respond.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Newsom Is Not Trolling Chump, He's Stating Facts.......
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Very Christian.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I don’t think it’s dramatic to say that the Mariners sweeping the Astros is one of the biggest series wins they’ve ever pulled off. What a squad.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2025
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Yeah we can hangout if you promise not to be a
Kola Superdeep Borehole

In addition to being the deepest human-made hole on Earth, Kola Superdeep Borehole SG-3 was, for almost three decades, the ...
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AV @acceptablestaff.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
A story in pictures
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Ken Paxton is a massive piece of shit who worked with anti-abortion activists to find abusive men willing to sue over their ex’s abortions. I guess that’s my way of saying: if Ken Paxton got you pregnant, hit me up at tips@abortioneveryday.com
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Twitter vs Threads vs BlueSky Have definitely noticed way more engagement on threads in the last six months. Via Tech Crunch
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Line graph titled “X, Threads, and Bluesky: Daily Active Users, iOS and Android, Worldwide” showing usage trends from May 2, 2024, to June 26, 2025. The black line represents X (formerly Twitter), the red line represents Threads (an Instagram app), and the blue line represents Bluesky.
	•	X (black line) begins at around 155 million users in May 2024, fluctuates slightly with two small spikes, but generally trends downward to just above 130 million by mid-2025, with a slight uptick near the end.
	•	Threads (red line) starts at around 40 million users in May 2024 and steadily rises throughout the year, reaching approximately 100 million by June 2025.
	•	Bluesky (blue line) remains near zero for most of the timeline, with a small bump in user activity starting in September 2024, peaking slightly above 2 million, then slowly declining again by June 2025.

The graph illustrates X’s relative decline, Threads’ consistent growth, and Bluesky’s minimal adoption.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/07/2025
I dunno y'all. This site is 12 liberals who agree with each other about everything shouting at one another. Is there any reason to think it will evolve into anything different? techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/t...
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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
And there it is. The Minnesota assassin who shot Democratic lawmakers “voted for Donald Trump and was a strong Trump supporter,” according to his best friend.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Navarro: I'm very happy to see somebody that isn't afraid to speak up and call an authoritarian an authoritarian. And if it's Newsom, as a result of what's happening in California now, I welcome it because I have been so thirsty for somebody that is not cowardly
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Double.
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Politico @politico.com · 11/06/2025
RFK Jr. wants to Make America Healthy Again. But he's ignoring the country's leading cause of preventable deaths: smoking.
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There’s one vice RFK Jr. isn’t talking about
The health secretary, who wants Americans to make healthier choices, rarely mentions smoking.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Newsom: This Saturday, he's ordering our American heroes, the United States military, and forcing them to put on a vulgar display to celebrate his birthday, just as other failed dictators have done in the past
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
One thing Newsom has shown is key to effectively deal with Trump & the MAGA propaganda machine: You must respond immediately & call out the lies. You can’t wait until hours/days later, then answer in a press conference, statement, scripted speech. All Dems should learn from it.
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Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith @mewefree.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
#RIP #SlyStone. According to reports, he has passed away at the age of 82. Let's look back at a time he wanted ALL the smoke with the champ, #MuhammadAli. If he was nothing else, he was fearless. 😂😂😂 Rest well, legend.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 10/06/2025
I’m not sure why Gavin Newsome doesn’t activate the rest of his army guard to prevent the president from it or force him to overrule it…. Then fight on the second amendment guaranteeing a state a right to a militia. How can a state have a militia if the president can simply federalize it
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
This is a pretty important point!
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
👏👏👏
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to Homan statement on possibly arresting him: "He's a tough guy. Why doesn't he do that? He knows where to find me. Lay your hands off four year old girls that are trying to get educated. Come and arrest me. Let’s just get it over with tough guy. I don’t give a damn".
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 09/06/2025
I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.
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TrueBlueJade @truebluejade.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
We do need to have productive conversations.. at some point. We also need a space where we are not attacked. Right now, that is most important thing. Bluesky is the main place where we can feel safe. Unfortunately, we are not at the productive conversation stage yet.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
The lack of diversity of thought here is really hurting usage. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... Opinion | Bluesky’s decline stems from never hearing from other side - The Washington Post
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Opinion | The Bluesky bubble hurts liberals and their causes
The social media network was doomed to fail as progressives tried to re-create old Twitter.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/06/2025
Newsom: "Arrest me. Let's just get it over with, tough guy. I don't give a damn ... Tom, arrest me. Let's go."
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 08/06/2025
The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle. Don't give them one. Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
What number of dead children would you be okay with?
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Meltdown on Truth Social in 3, 2, 1...
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Michele Feltman Strider @michelestrider.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
"Electricians, plumbers -- the people my aggressively litigious boss used to refuse to pay for the work they'd already done back in his real estate days."
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AV @acceptablestaff.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/05/2025
Cobweb-Covered Skeleton Gripping Senate Desk Expected To Seek 15th Term
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