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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 14h

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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010: Licensed To Post @tomtposting.bsky.social · 18h

I think MLS has escaped the “please gib money” phase that required it to have City Football Group and Red Bull GmbH as the absentee owners of its two clubs in the largest market in the country. It just is not working and will never work

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Alex Attinson @alexatt.bsky.social · 18h

I hate cross posting from Twitter but the NY Liberty admin is diabolical, while also capturing how I feel exactly. x.com/nyliberty/st...

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 20h

Only one man could have solved this

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Alex Attinson @alexatt.bsky.social · 18h

Did I hallucinate that the Liberty were dominant over the Lynx again and that Julian Hall also scored again for the USMNT? 🤯

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Lucas Kaplan @lucaskaplan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

they're just fucking hooping out there (flat for Pauline this time, and subtly great spacing from Leo/JJ)

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WNBA @wnba.com · 30/09/2026

🗽 THE NEW YORK LIBERTY ARE SEMIFINALS BOUND 🗽 The Liberty advance after defeating the Lynx 2-0 in the First Round. 2026 WNBA Playoffs presented by Google Pixel

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Alex Attinson @alexatt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The New York Liberty are coming to fuck up your shit.

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Alex Attinson @alexatt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

USA putting Kustok on the broadcast, cheat code.

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Soccerwise @soccerwisehq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Two in two for Julian Hall 🇺🇸 The U.S. is back level in St. Louis!

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Julian Hall, 3-1 USA

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Alex Attinson @alexatt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Courtney Williams is such a badass.

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Alex Attinson @alexatt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Julian got a great hug from Poch!

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Alex Attinson @alexatt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If the USMNT is going to play with this much consistency and composure I don't even care if Poch lasts all four years. They're on their way to building something real with the give a shit squad.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.

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Central NJ Yimby 🏗️🚲🚇🇺🇸 @princetonyimby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Governor’s Housing and Economic Development Conference is happening today and the headlines seem good!!

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

From our webinar with Tom and Yevheniia on Sunday! Click the link to help the Solidarity Guard, our protective presence force, continue urgent actions on the ground alongside Palestinian communities: standtog.org/4yimZu9

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Jason O. Gilbert @gilbertjasono.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

SEN. ERIC SCHMITT: Mr. Smith, you once said that Onyeka Okongwu wasn’t big enough to play center on a championship team JACK SMITH (shuffling papers): That doesn’t… I don’t recall saying that

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Alex Attinson @alexatt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Club sports is the best because with just the right advisor you can go hog wild with university branding. I was unfortunately stifled by USA Cycling from creating an Emory 'Dooley' skeleton aero suit, because they had a bylaw about using the primary logo and colors.

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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There's a shit-ton of actual anti-Semitism in the world today, but Netanyahu's fraudulent misuse of the term devalues it dangerously. Hamas is anti-Semitic and murderous. Netanyahu is a cynical, murderous shitheel. Mamdani is an American politician with a perverse impulse to tell blunt truths.

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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tens of millions of American motorists believe there's nothing wrong with texting at a stoplight. Or driving 73 in a 60mph zone. Or changing lanes without signaling. Or rolling right on red without coming to a full stop. But somebody has to do something about cyclists who don't follow the rules.

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Tom Bogert @tombogert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The making of Adri Mehmeti: ⚽️ Literal millions of touches in his backyard, dubbed Mini-Maracanã by his father, Van 🧠 "He is one of the most intellegent midfield players I've ever seen," said RBNY academy director 👀 "This boy is different." www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...

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From the ‘Mini Maracanã’ to the USMNT: How Adri Mehmeti became a teen star (Gift Article)

With lofty comparisons to Sergio Busquets and a work ethic that was crafted early, the 17-year-old comes off as a can't-miss prospect

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Alex Attinson @alexatt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Toy Story Power Rankings: 3 1 5 4 2

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WNBA @wnba.com · 28/09/2026

A moment worth seeing from every angle 🥹 More from the moment Olivia Miles learned she was the 2026 WNBA Kia Rookie of the Year! #KiaROY | #WNBASeason30

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Alex Attinson @alexatt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Olivia Miles is just an incredible badass (and from NJ).

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Roberto Rojas @robertorojas97.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Brazilian Portuguese commentary on that Tyler Loop field goal for the Ravens is exactly what everyone needs to hear right now

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If I could add to this: in my experience, both of New York's current senators have become almost pathologically unresponsive to their constituents, and she has a real talent for outreach, explanation, and transparency.

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Alex Attinson @alexatt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The best part of having Geno back on the Jets is being able to scream Geeeenooooooo regardless of the outcome of the play. It's also nice watching a professional quarterback.

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VoteHub @votehub.com · 27/09/2026

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), 93, says he is concerned about Rob Sand (D) becoming governor: “I don’t plan on dying in office, but if I did, I don’t want a Democrat governor choosing my successor.” VoteHub rates the Iowa governor’s race Lean D, with Sand at a 77% chance of winning.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The GOP cut funding to the IRS because *audits work* and they fundamentally don't believe rich people should have to play by the rules.

Line chart titled "Revenue per audit," subtitled "In-person audits, 2010-2014." It plots average revenue and average cost per audit by taxpayer income percentile, poorer to richer, from the 0–5th percentile to the top 0.1%. Source: Boning et al. 2023, "A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution."

Across the bottom half of the income distribution, revenue and cost track closely, both around $3,000–$6,000 per audit. Above the median, revenue pulls ahead of cost: about $10,000 vs. $5,000 near the 90th percentile, and about $17,000 vs. $8,000 at the 95th–99th. At the top, revenue jumps to about $31,000 for the 99–99.9th percentile and about $90,000 for the top 0.1%.

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Alex Attinson @alexatt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Pretty bold of a guy disliked by 7 out of every 10 Americans to use our tax dollars to remind us while we're watching football.

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Alex Attinson @alexatt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Gotta admire the @nytimes.com consistency in describing Rodneyse's crimes as "not going quietly". If Chuck Schumer were conscious he could get involved because this is exactly what's led to the rise of the DSA. Less ideology and more the corruption. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/n...

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Brooklyn Democrats Were About to Lose Power. So They Changed the Rules.

The Brooklyn Democratic Party is in the middle of a fight over who will control the organization that has shocked even seasoned political observers.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.

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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And the debt accumulation has not gone to things with long-term returns, which should be the general point of using debt.

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"We're told some of the attendees were shocked the former Republican governor would host Raman, a democratic socialist. But after hearing her pitch for tackling L.A.'s problems, some who came in skeptical walked away impressed." www.tmz.com/2026/09/25/a...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Introduces L.A. Mayoral Candidate Nithya Raman to Power Players

Arnold Schwarzenegger is opening doors for Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman ... bringing her face-to-face with some of the city's biggest power players, TMZ has learned.

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Alex Attinson @alexatt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

@pbsnews.org I would pay a subscription fee to be able to comment on the Brooks and Capehart videos.

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Alex Attinson @alexatt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This thing is a beast, stay safe NY/NJ.

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Alex Attinson @alexatt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

despite the bullshit on the walgreens website, it was easy to get the covid vax and it was free with my insurance.

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

if anyone asks I’m a lawyer and this is protected

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Alex Attinson @alexatt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A bad job of vetting by @mikiesherrill.bsky.social, but a good job of quickly investigating and being rid of another loser from the NJ Dem establishment.

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Dan Why-Ner @danweiner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Marshawn Lynch's advice to Jayden Daniels on how to avoid elbow injuries going forward is legitimately the funniest thing I've ever heard in my life.

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