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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 19h

Protest in New York City. A small child was in the car when they shot into it.

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 19h

He's running for governor in New York.

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 19h

The Republican candidate for governor of New York. He's one of the small handful of Republican candidates or office holders willing to attend this debacle. An assortment of others cited things like setting up local festivals and - so help me - dinner with a friend as conflicts.

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Martha, but like, super spooky @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

THERE. IS. NO. FINISH. LINE.

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In libraries 📚 the purpose of the technology and the facilities and the administration and the money people and the politics and the fundraising... Is so we can DO LIBRARY STUFF. Books. Programs. Outreach. Literacy. Human connection. Third Spaces. LIBRARY STUFF.

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Skydance Studios: You'll Believe A Ship Can Sink

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

I want more shows like Parts Unknown and High on the Hog and Taste the Nation; I want fully unscripted documentary shows about food and culture. I'm so sick and tired of faux reality bullshit that I could spit

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

They bike in Manhattan, but I walked to the stores there, and took transit to work. They don't in Raleigh, where I had to drive. I can't speak for other places,but I'd guess it's much the same - delivery people don't need to drive in places the residents don't, either. But most people do.

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The US has carefully built a culture in which, without gas, most people cannot go to work, shop for food, take their children to school, attend religious services or other community activities. (Delivery apps require other individuals - not corporations - to access gas...) Yes, it is vital.

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Stupid is as stupid does.

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ᴅᴏᴡɴ10⸻ @down10.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fascists love pageantry and performative acts more than they love the actual thing. They want a powerful military, but are unprepared for battles. They want traditional households but are unwilling to be partners. They demand purity but are incapable of constraint.

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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Oh, yes. My dad had polio, and walked with canes. Most of his life there were no curb cuts, handicapped entrances - or ADA- so not using wheels was crucial to his ability to get around. And later, steep ramps with no handrails were his nightmare, especially in the rain.

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

And the whole idea is that, if they cooperate, it will be good for them. We'll come back! If we won't, why (from a business perspective) should they do the right thing?

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I finally remembered my job, and made it summer outside the window again. He can sleep now, in the sun, with the scent of grass on the breeze. He's in for a disappointment when it gets cold again tomorrow - but today, bliss. #cat

A gray tabby cat curled up on his cat tree just inside the window, sound asleep.

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Yes, that. And then they push bigotry and hatred in our names, and ignore us as we try to protect our neighbors.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11/09/2026

The September 2025 footage offers a rare glimpse inside a workplace immigration sweep. The Associated Press analyzed the video, which was part of a lawsuit filed Thursday that accuses authorities of overstepping their search warrants. to.pbs.org/46fkGvB

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Body camera video offers a rare look inside an immigration raid at a New York factory

The footage from September 2025 shows the raid at the Nutrition Bar Confectioners plant in Cato, New York, and offers a rare glimpse inside a workplace immigration sweep.

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We moved for the same reason. And one of our cats and my father in law totally fell in love with each other... She really helped him. They can be so wonderful.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

When everyone is a priority, no one is a priority. That means that Mullin and ICE are going to treat a murderer who just got here with the same level of priority as a guy who’s been here for 25 years raising a family and living like a saint. That’s bad for so many reasons.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Repoost yf once upon a tyme you were a denizen of a diale-uppe BBS and wyth your entyre soule you remembir the birde-screeche-dissolvinge-ynto-static noyse

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Democrats @democrats.org · 10/09/2026

HUGE: Philadelphia is on pace to have its safest year in over six decades thanks to Mayor Cherelle Parker. Over the last year: –Auto theft is down 11% –Homicides are down 22% –Shooting incidents are down 19% Democratic mayors are prioritizing public safety—and delivering results.

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Some 15 years ago an online friend in Arizona carefully explained to me that I just didn't understand what immigration was like, with people of other cultures around you. I lived in New York City. In Washington Heights. But see, to me it was normal, to her, strange and threatening. And that's it.

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If anything I'd say men are more apt to screw in lightbulbs. Well, ok - my husband was 8" taller than I was, so he did all the tasks that involved reaching up. Not everyone has such a strong height difference, so maybe not...

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Gotta agree with this, given the record.

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Oh, come on. Every one of us who was in NYC - especially in Manhattan - remembers that day in detail. As do many others, of course, but we all had a certain urgency... And while I agree he was not worrying about friends, or whether he could get home, he was concerned about his property. Priority!

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This is a big deal. @govpritzker.illinois.gov's Republican predecessor put the state's finances in the crapper. Pritzker has invested heavily in the state's people and infrastructure AND restored its fiscal stability. No small feat.

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Yeah, I worked in daycare. So many don't understand why we can't work from 9-5, or at least why people can't just be paid as if we did. We were open 7:30 to 6:30, which needed overlapping shifts... and a lot of people.

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

And exactly what red tape are they planning to cut?

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026

The value of Graham Platner is that right up until all his red flags came toppling down upon him is that he is the most naked example of the amount of grace & credibility Simply Being White grants you. Compared to Abdul El-Sayed, who has to re-earn every ounce of credibility he has on a daily basis.

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Mallow @mallowwrites.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"I wouldn't wish it on anyone" buddy you wished it on everyone.

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I've had it offer to summarize a PDF sewing pattern. Not instructions, which would be bad enough, but they're in a different document. No - the actual line drawing showing me what to cut. I mean - how even?

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The Trump administration has been deploying an obscure legal maneuver to try to obtain private information on journalists, non-profits and unions, raising alarm over a power the government has asserted without judicial oversight. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’

Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The next time Trump gets on a rant about non-existent vote fraud and talks about seizing ballot boxes and shit, a reporter should ask him if he prefers an Orban exit strategy or an Ceaușescu exit strategy.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It's actually less than that! Overstaying a visa is not a crime, but speeding and jaywalking are. It's a civil violation, which is why the penalty can't be imprisonment or fines. Or shouldn't be, though they've created this detention camp loophole like fascists do.

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A hospital with a Sabbath elevator may also have a Sabbath door - plain old fashioned one you just push open. I think I remember one doubling as the Emergency Exit. Tom later was himself in a hospital in Brooklyn with a largely Orthodox patient base and staff. I learned things...

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Not just the Himalayas. She's speaking about Peru. And it could happen anywhere with glaciers up in the mountains.

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Thank you. We need to hear, and know, this is not a catastrophic aberration that could never happen again.

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Our Lady of Perpetual Help is always a good fallback... If one isn't quite sure. She was my mom's favorite.

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Well, my brother worked security at NYU medical center, so I have it on good authority that, when he was at the desk, people would walk right up and ask him to wave at the sensor to open the doors to go out... He worked nights, so these would not have been casual visitors. Dispensation in crisis?

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Also, in Florida, many Latinos are white Cubans. They vote Republican, and assume that they are privileged.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Love how this dude discovered the cheat codes of "what if I listened to constituents" and "what if I modeled good behavior" and "maybe I behave like a normal person should." These are apparently dark secrets that have been hidden from other politicians.

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Connor Anderson @connorwa.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A massive crisis is developing in the west over dwindling water. You are going to hear a lot of bullshit. Just remember this: The solution is to stop growing animal feed & vegetables in the desert. That’s it. That’s all we have to do. Just grow stuff that needs water where it rains on the regular.

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