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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 17h

I love Bobby Rush's cover of "Get Back" because it takes a minute to even realize what song it is youtu.be/K2tdXh1VY7I

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 20h

This is a top-tier wholesome trolling thread 😂

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#BreakingKindSongs #MusicChallenge 6. Song with a crime, criminal, or villain. "The Murdering Mind" by Morgul Gothic metal chicanery youtu.be/9KtTc6nzO-0

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Half-Boo'd Rhymes @halfbakedrhymes.com · 05/10/2026

He's gonna be bashful about it but he truly is one of the best accounts on here. You want someone just trying to make it all a bit better for everyone? There's your guy

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So: my call for help. Attached are the books I'm currently thinking of using. But def curious if ppl have other suggestions (or just suggestions, where I still don't have a sense yet of which to use). I'm pretty set on the topic areas (which I know don't cover everything). But the books? V. open.

Structure of Revised Criminal Policy Class

Better Historical Perspective

It’s easy to think that we’ve always just punitively locked people up with little chance of release before their time is up. But the past wasn’t like that, which means the future doesn’t have to be either.

1. Page, Phelps, and Goodman: Breaking the Pendulum. We’ve been a lot more (and equally not) progressive in the past, and the politics of how we swing back and forth is … tricky, and not what the conventional wisdom says.
2. Hillyer: A Wall is Just a Wall. The Willie Horton concerns of today are historically contingent. We used to let a lot more people out of (and into) prisons than we do now, and were more tolerant of the risks, though the justifications—like Southern racist paternalism—are messy.
3. Muhammad: Condemnation of Blackness. Not sure if this is necessarily the right section, but obviously this is a thesis the students need to know quite early on to understand much of the politics of punishment.

The Messy Politics

One of my main criticism of The New Jim Crow was its relatively black-and-white politics of oppression. That’s definitely a part of it all! But the reality is messier.

1. Forman: Locking Up Our Own. The call sometimes, to some degree, with a lot of nuance and complication, is coming from inside the house. Black-led 1970s DC is a good example—but also shows that Black demands are very different from white ones.
2. Phelps: Minneapolis Reckoning. Minneapolis is an interesting place, because while in most cities support for reform DC rises almost linearly with the percent of the voting precinct that is Black, in Minneapolis it’s an upside-down U. Phelps’ book shows that the nuance Forman describes in the 1970s continues to the 2020s.
3. Eason: Big House on the Prairie (best crim legal book title of all time). Maybe prisons don’t make communities worse off, and especially in the South maybe closing prisons will disproportionately hurt Black communities. A good remind…

The Trial Process Itself

Not the sanction that gets handed down, but the actual way we get from indictment to disposition punishes itself. I feel like we have a term for it… though I’m not sure I need to assign The Process is the Punishment itself, if the other books on here get at that point.

1. Koehler-Hausmann: Misdemeanorland. The worst amusement park anywhere. But a great overview of just how much bigger and sprawling the misdemeanor system is, and how (at least in NYC, and I imagine in most big cities) it is defined almost entirely by the process, not the outcome, and that process can be dragged out a lot.
2. Bazelon: Charged. Two anecdotal cases about the burden of the trial process, in particular the account of the case moving through gun court in Brooklyn. Brooklyn is arguably one of the most progressive districts in the country, but the burden of the gun diversion program was still extensive.

Jails

One could argue that jails are part of the trial process, but I think they deserve their own section.

1. Walker: Indefinite. An excellent first person account by a future academic of his time inside LA County jails.
2. Need another good book on jails, perhaps one that covers the policy and impact at a more macro level.

Prisons

1. A book on prisoners’ actual experiences in prison.
2. Wakefield and Wildeman: Children of the Prison Boom. A good account of how the costs of mass incarceration are generational and systemic in their reach.

Non-Prison Punishment

1. Schiraldi: Mass Supervision. An excellent overview of the history and future of probation and surveillance from an academic with on-the-ground experience. (I knew Adams was going to be a disaster of a mayor when one of his Day One priorities was firing Schiraldi from running Rikers and replacing him with the union’s handpicked guy.)
2. Need another good book on either probation or the experiences of those on probation

Post-Confinement Challenges

1. Miller: Halfway Home. A powerful personal nar…

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tiger lily atl @lrummel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I just read this to my husband and asked him “what is $90 going to do?” His reply: fill up your tank

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I watched the 1996 Simpsons episode "Much Apu About Nothing" this week, and its commentary on immigrants, bigotry, and citizenship could've been written yesterday

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's sickening how the pregame is treating Deshaun Watson's multiple sexual assaults

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Right after we get our $5000 checks! Huzzah!

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Pitch a spinoff: This might be the worst thing ever. Taking place from 2016-2024, Parks & Rec's Ron Swanson struggles to reconcile his right/libertarian views with his absolute hatred of Donald Trump. It includes angel/devil versions of himself, alcoholism, and a dream sequence w/ Kamala Harris.

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 1 - A song with slap bass "Forget Me Nots" by Patrice Rushen I'm posting this bass cover to spotlight the slap bass part (and because Marta is positively captivating ❤️) youtu.be/iRusbYIyRNI

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Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots [Bass Cover]

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Celebrating the arrival of 👻spoooooooky👻 month with a world-class zombie makeup!

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Lynn: Let's storm the Bastille @auberon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is important, so I am going to tell you exactly what we should all do: ignore it and go about life as usual and simply disobey. If no one submits to curfew or acts intimidated, it will fail.

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

(finishing my second cup of coffee and slapping my knees) "Whelp, time to wake up Billy Joe"

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Sheryl with an S @beachblond52.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #DOOR Everyone should read this. Very sobering and scary. I don’t think our country can survive 2 more years of the current corrupt administration. open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...

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The Iran War Didn't Start America's Retreat. It Floored the Gas.

Robert Kagan on the moment the world stopped asking whether we'd show up and started asking whether we could.

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Ed Kane 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @3dkan3.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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Laurel @laurelfynes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Camera adds light, as does the full moon. Gorgeous night for summer to slip away into autumn.

A scene at night at the waters edge on a Great Lake. Moonlight on streaky clouds lightens the night sky, reflects on the water below. Silhouettes of trees loom overhead, the full moon hazy behind a thin veil of cloud. Rocks just off shore stand out against the bright, shining waves.

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthofMusic #MusicChallenge Day 26 - A song for a solo dance party in your kitchen at midnight Ordinary World by Duran Duran (which I have danced to alone in the kitchen after a drink or two)

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Duran Duran - Ordinary World (Official Music Video)

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Princess Mononoke, in theaters tomorrow!

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I just dreamt that the ticker on OilPrice.com went up 43%, and I opened BlueSky in a panic to find out what happened before waking up. This site has the juice.

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I don't know anything about this man or his campaign, but this is incredible marketing! 🤣 (incredible in a good way!)

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I just dreamt that the ticker on OilPrice.com went up 43%, and I opened BlueSky in a panic to find out what happened before waking up. This site has the juice.

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Can you imagine the deep cleaning that the White House will need when the fascists are finally expelled?

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fun fact: the camel in that "hump daaay" insurance ad has been dead for nearly 10 years

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Lego Dolemite 🏴🚩 @psychoalpastor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 21/09/2026

"We asked 683 Democratic voters who they might support in the presidential primary that seems set to start any month now, whether Democratic senators should end the filibuster, and how they would feel if Trump died overnight, plus dozens of other questions." www.liberalcurrents.com/what-are-dem...

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What Are Democrats Thinking?

Democratic voters want to end the filibuster, nationalize artificial intelligence, and prosecute every Trump toady.

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fun fact: the camel in that "hump daaay" insurance ad has been dead for nearly 10 years

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🧟‍♀️ Ditty Doop and the Creppy Spoops 🎃 @goosname.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Once… there was this Ed who… listened to Rob Kraft and then he fired Macklemore and… when… he tried to tour more… he found, his backing bands were missing. he couldn’t quite repair it, his apology was soooo baaaad mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Pollster: Do you want $5000 Respondent: No I just want all of this to stop

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Zach de la Rocha at Olive Garden: I'll have the cavaTAPPi! And the pasta shaped like shells ... WITH BOLOGNESE!

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I am absolutely SHOCKED that nobody has found a way to combine the two recent prompts from @sophianyx.bsky.social for cannibalism and pizza toppings

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's somehow even sadder — or, perhaps, funnier — than I thought it would be

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Mitch and I just had a lengthy, in-depth conversation about Iran and the Houthi's offensive, and he thinks we should zipper night funch

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Seven Mary Three Dog Night Ranger

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Jason @jlopez10111.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Feels like stocks are trading on the Armageddon theory where if Armageddon doesn’t happen, they’d regret not being in the market. If Armageddon happens, then stocks are the last of our concerns.

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Salute the Pig, by Chris Bulow @salutethepig.berlin · 14/09/2026

Any confectionery experts out there able to assist Sejal?

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I am so, so sorry for this

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Make a band edible: Dillpickle Escape Plan

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Did Shane Steichen always sound a little like Boomhauer, or am I just noticing it for the first time?

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I think what you're actually looking for are a prostitute and a maid, not a girlfriend

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Attn "real" news outlets, THIS is the headline you *should* have written! src: www.reddit.com/r/whennews/c...

Trump, hoping to salvage midterms, makes a dubious pledge to give every US adult $5,000 if GOP wins

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I saw this skeet alone and without context, and assumed it was about Natalie Harp

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Ryan @aliveagain.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 10. A song that should be your phone ringtone The opening of "Say It Ain't So" by Weezer was my ringtone for about a decade I've been on silent for like 10 years now, though

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Weezer - Say It Ain't So (Version 3)

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