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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One could argue that as the most widely read genre, romance is most deserving of care and attention, a refusal to concede to bland extruded text from the Average Intelligence machine. The potential to reach the greatest number of readers with your art, with your intellect, can be through romance.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The current huge story about the gang rape at Cornell University, a crime originally brushed off and covered up by the administration, is SOLELY the product of the student paper, the Cornell Daily Sun, which doggedly pursued the story. Not the NYT or CNN. An independent student paper. #Cornell

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | Cornell Won’t Listen, We Will

The Sun's Editor-in-Chief Sophia Dasser '28 calls on the Cornell community to share its reactions to the Chi Phi lawsuit and the University's response, on the record, for a permanent public archive.

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Amanda Haimoto Rudd @amandahaimoto.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Rewatching Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves for the nth time and once again supremely angry that we’re apparently never getting the sequel we and the actors rightly deserve

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ten years of relentlessly hateful, comically elitist anti-democratic politics across the white people world, helpfully summarised. The wrong people are talking, the wrong people are deciding and it’s harming the careers of important people who actually matter. Smithers! Release the hounds

The incident fits a broader pattern in the discourse around 'free speech' and 'cancel culture': whatever comes from the top down is freedom; whatever comes from the bottom up is bullying and censorship. When Macklemore is dropped at the behest of the billionaire stadium owner Robert Kraft, it's an exercise of the freedom of businesses to 'demonstrate their values' by deciding whom to platform. But when Ed Sheeran's fans decide not to buy tickets to his performances, or even demand refunds, it's bullying, mob behaviour. Since most people are not billionaires and do not own stadiums, they can exercise meaningful power only collectively. The collective exercise of power must therefore be demonised.

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A blue wave in the midterm elections won’t fix everything. Frankly, none of the immediate problems Americans face will be better immediately, because that isn’t how government works. And that’s all the more reason we need to push as many republicans out as possible now. (Thread)

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Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This puts mainstream Democrats in a real pickle. Should they support their incredibly popular mayor or a foreign leader who is best friends with Trump and works overtime to get Republicans elected. No easy answer here

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molly tanzer (I guess!!) @mollytanzer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I would still like my apology from everyone who thought I was overreacting in 2016

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Amanda Haimoto Rudd @amandahaimoto.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

dear universe, i would like to stop getting sick at the drop of a hat now please like what the fuck?

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We joke but it’s important to remember that at the very least this man has a mother. Probably a wife. Maybe some daughters. None of that shit even registers for him.

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

From the people who told you that straight white male privilege doesn’t exist…

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Not only is illustration art, WSJ has artfully illustrated that no matter how rich you get, you’ll never be accepted in old money circles. They think they make culture. We all do, for better and worse.

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026

This resonates.

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Amanda Haimoto Rudd @amandahaimoto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ok, but like, after a quiet summer when I had TOO much time on my hands, why does everything need to be happening/due RIGHT THE FUCK NOW? Not even just school related shit, but like... EVERYTHING. WHY?

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Amanda Haimoto Rudd @amandahaimoto.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Me putting together a full master list of important events, projects, due dates from now to the end of the year:

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Ralph Wiggums Simpsons

ALT: Ralph Wiggums Simpsons

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

They’re going to claim that trace amounts of birth control in drinking water is a public health risk, and then make birth control pills illegal, aren’t they?

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yo. This is the union calling for a boycott. Here in America people like to say "Well I was already boycotting Starbucks!" No you were not. You were just choosing not to buy their stuff. That is not a boycott. A boycott is an organized, collective activity. "I" don't boycott: we do.

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Amanda Haimoto Rudd @amandahaimoto.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Why does Brandi Carlile always feel so 🍂AUTUMN-coded🍂? I spend all summer listening to k-pop and j-rock and the second I hit a morning (like this morning) that was just a tiny bit cooler/drier, my brain is like "AND NOW IT IS TIME FOR BRANDI CARLILE"? (I ain't mad about it...)

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Gina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Texans have been paying into a system that is working against them. When I’m governor, we will secure the American Dream by saving Texas schools and putting money in your pocket.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Yuuuuup…

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Dave Mazella @davemazella.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

At this point superannuated Dems serve as lavishly rewarded Fox News punching bags, paid & platformed to demoralize Dems

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

we have immigrant concentration camps, diarrhea lettuce, zillion dollar gas, suicidal soldiers, measles resurgence, national park land sold to the highest bidder and teachers crowdfunding school supplies, but the real problems facing our country are a muslim senate candidate and an influencer

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.

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Amanda Haimoto Rudd @amandahaimoto.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Trying (and currently failing) to apply this philosophy to my writing...

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Dolly Parton lived with a gay man for years. She was a vocal advocate for LGBTQ+ folks and a philanthropic champion of childhood literacy and education, vaccines, and the black people in her community. "We don't know what her politics were"? Please. She lived them. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/a...

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Dolly Parton’s Cautious Politics Resulted in Widespread Affection

Bipartisan tributes demonstrated the success of the singer’s long-running effort to stay out of party politics in a sharply divided country.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 27/08/2026

REMINDER: Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in now 73 days. Yet he still: •Has his job •Gets paid, and •Gets free world-class healthcare The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, & against guaranteed paid leave—gets all three as he needs it most.😐

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Yep, leave me behind….. #BookSky

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 26/08/2026

Y’know, as an American, I would suffer greatly, but also this would be amazingly hilarious and y’all might want to consider it.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Yayoi Kusama (1929-2026) RIP

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Greg Proops @gregproops.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Yayoi Kusama She made the heavens swirl.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 26/08/2026

As the saying goes, “Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.”

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Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Two of Miss Piggy's most iconic co-stars gone, this world is trash.

Dolly Parton in a great jean jacket and Miss Piggy in a purple satin top and white boa and cowboy hat. What more do you need?

Miss Piggy as Benjamina Gunn and Tim Curry as Long John Silver in _Muppet Treasure Island_

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TarZangief @tarzangief.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"Neutral in the culture war"

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Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Wildflowers don't care where they grow." 💔

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🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️‍🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.

Black and white photo of Dolly Parton with gay artist Keith Haring.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.

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Amanda Haimoto Rudd @amandahaimoto.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Name five albums that helped shape you Beatles - Abbey Road Depeche Mode - Black Celebration Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill Garbage - Garbage Staind - Break the Cycle (Can you tell I’m a child of the 90s, raised by a Beatles-fan-mother? Lol)

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Amanda Haimoto Rudd @amandahaimoto.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

There is literally no one I trust more with this property (besides Lauren Faust) than Seanan McGuire! Happy unbirthday to us all!

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Amanda Haimoto Rudd @amandahaimoto.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I love this whole thread, the jokes and actual science knowledge alike

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