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Alyssa Royse

@alyssaroyse.bsky.social
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Gym-owner, hysterical feminist kill joy, avid traveler, firm believer that dogs are better than people, who is going to remember to treat herself as well as she tries to treat everyone else. Oh, and I do words. Sometimes for fun.

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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 57m
I once met a baby corgi. It was all curled up and napping. Its name was 'Cashew' and I never recovered from how cute that is. Cashew.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
These people cannot be trusted to vote in their best interests. Ever. They have failed at the most simple task and have driven this country to ruin. They are too stupid to be allowed to have a say in the future of the country. Convince a non-voter to vote. There are LOTS of those.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.An old photo of the Dallas flagship.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know when public attention can reverse a prosecutorial decision like this you almost get the sense that the decision to shrug it off in the first place was not based on an assessment of the quality of the evidence so much as an assessment of the seriousness of the crime.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Okay, old stoners of BlueSky. What do I do with this relic I found when cleaning out my closets? This baby was essential for the early 00's stoner, possibly the first ever vaporizer. For, you know, when you want to protect your lungs and stuff. LOL. It belongs in a stoner museum.
Photo of what may well be the first ever retail vaporizer for weed. It's a huge wooden box with a dial, and a glass bulb that you put bud in. Once it hits temperature, as shown on the digital display, you inhale via a long tube that clearly has decades-old resin it. Stoner archaeology here!
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This whole thread gives me life. I'm stunned that the original story wasn't in Seattle, it sounds so much like Seattle. (Original story here, but really, it's the thread that gave me life. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...)
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What Is The 'Last Ditch Bar Mask-Optional Drama'? The Lesbian Bar Controversy That Became A Viral Internet Spectacle Explained
A Massachusetts lesbian and queer bar's decision to make Saturday nights mask-optional sparked intense local backlash, online memes and increasingly personal community drama before a Boston Globe Maga...
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We can’t allow this man to get within striking distance of a viable presidential candidacy.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
so i may be out of my depth here but hes at 30% approval, you elites can stop capitulating now
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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Troy Jackson is the right pick, even without this. But maybe this will make it even more clear.
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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
FUCK - and absolutely NOT in the fun way - Gavin Newsom. If we nominate this jackass, we'll continue our streak of snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Likelihood that the state AG suit would prevail and stop the merger was ~100%. Then Gavin Newsom stepped in. He continues to fail to offer a coherent explanation for his intervention, which serves the interests of a single man, his former campaign donor, Larry Ellison, who is now wedded to Trump.
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Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026
Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying
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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
These needs to happen every single time a member of the GOP wants to talk about money they brought back to their communities. Because it's usually money THEY VOTED AGAINST.
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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Notice how those “apolitical” people ALWAYS end up siding with the oppressors
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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
While I in no way want to minimize how generally excellent he is and how much I want him to win for sociopolitical reasons, I hear this and all I can think is "goddam that's hot."
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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
On the upside, I feel less shitty about Talarico beating her.
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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I really wanted Tiafoe, but damn, not sad about Shelton. This is history either way and watching that match was hope on a screen.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is never true; it’s ultimately just a homophobic joke. (And it’s tired and worn out even if it is a joke.) Stop making it.
BREAKING:
There is a Grindr outage in Dallas at the Republican midterm convention 

Image:

Grindr
Dot spray around Dallas with an arrow pointing to it. 

My note on it: STOP ITstatus.grindr.com
Past Incidents
Sep 9, 2026
No incidents reported today.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
AI BRO - “The tech future is coming! The godmachine is inevitable!!” <me, casually walking over to the wall socket> AI BRO - “The singularity is nigh!!! You don’t understand how powerful these models are!!!!” <me, slowly bending down> AI BRO - “IT WILL KILL US ALL!!!!!” <me, unplugging it>
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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I do love a broken clock, when it's right.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.
Ruby Bridges, age 6Ruby Bridges flanked by three U.S. Marshals on the steps of her schoolNorman Rockwell’s painting depicting the event, “The Problem We All Live With,” originally published as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964 issue of Look magazine. Ruby Bridges talking with President Obama as they look at Rockwell’s painting while it was temporarily displayed at the White House in 2011.
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🚨Breaking: In a shocking turn of events the Missouri Supreme Court has blocked a new US House map backed by Trump from being used in the Midterm election and has ordered a state wide vote on whether to uphold or reject the new map! This is a big loss for team Trump. : apnews.com/article/redi...
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Missouri court blocks Trump-backed US House map and orders it to be put to a vote
The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked a new U.S. House map backed by President Donald Trump from being used in the November election.
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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem
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Johnny 🫧 Cowlick @jefferycowlick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A truer post has never been posted.
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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Anyone heard from Mitch McConnell lately?
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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Dem candidates need to be doing 2 things at the same time: 1. TELL US WHAT YOU STAND FOR, what you will do, how it will tangibly improve our daily lives. 2. Absolutely lash any GOP candidate to Trump. A vote for the GOP is a vote for Trump, provably. Use it.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Abortion is healthcare. That’s common sense to me. But Susan Collins helped give us a Supreme Court that overturned Roe — and today, a majority of the US Senate still stands in the way of restoring abortion rights nationwide. Let's flip the Senate and restore Roe. That starts right here in Maine.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Surveillance pricing is evil. And happening already. Probably where you shop. watch this video to understand it. And if you're thinking "how is this legal?" Well, because sadly, people can't be trusted to be ethical, so we need regulation to prevent them from abusing you.
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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
DISCO TRUCK NUTS! LOL.
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Capo 🏳️‍⚧️ @capoexplains.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
There's a distinction to be drawn between "Stop" and "Defeat" which I think trips people up. You cannot defeat fascism just by voting, voting alone leaves it to fester. There'll still a lot more work to be done if we win the house and Senate or even the white house. But it can stop the bleeding.
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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
MORE. OF. THIS. And the @democrats.org need to be paying attention to what is working and what is surprising us in supposedly deep-red places.
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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hey, @democrats.org THIS IS WHY PEOPLE ARE SAYING YOU'RE NO BETTER THAN THE GOP. Do I agree? No. You're better. But in the way that a pile of shit is better than a pile of shit filled with glass and rotten bits of rat. ABSOLUTELY F*CK THIS SHIT.
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 15/08/2026
Absolutely vile framing from the @nytimes.com. Why doesn’t this leave behind hard questions for the media that hounded him? Or the global right-wing that gleefully turned a local matter into an international incident?
“Professor’s Death Leaves Behind Hard Questions for Cambridge on Race and Hiring”
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Your preferred candidate does not have to win every time there is a competitive primary for the concept of competitive primaries to be validated. Every primary could end 50.5/49.5 and it would be far more useful than 85/15 victories from a pre-ordained Nominee.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Peggy Flanagan was outspent about 5-1 based on the forecasts I saw and she fucking did it So proud of my friend and her team
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
If these numbers hold, I think a big lesson to be learned from the Democratic Senate primary is how you need to have respect for the process. The grassroots of the party are the people who go out and do the work to win elections, and treating them with contempt is playing with fire.
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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is absolutely idiotic. There is so much good that the DSA is trying to do, but this isn't it. You don't just talk real nice to Putin and hope he heals the dangerous void in his soul that can only be filled with the death of innocent people.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Don’t just do things; be seen doing them
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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
And yet
Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

Scott Galloway: America Abandoned Its ‘Unremarkable’ Young Men
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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Somewhere, Larry Nassar is weeping, saying "I was ahead of my time." This is vile. Truly.
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Breathe easy, InfoWarriors! Sen. Mitch McConnell just called in with a reassuring update from the space between life and death!
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Sometimes I feel close-minded or uncharitable for being so anti-AI, and then something like this happens and I'm like, "Nope, it's the absolutely right thing to do"
Series of Bluesky posts that point to the duplicity of an account "run" by so-called agentic AI
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Alyssa Royse @alyssaroyse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
GAVIN NEWSOM IS ABSOLUTELY NOT IT. NOT IT.
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