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Amelia Showalter @ameliashowalter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What a thread. I guess I should be glad that West Seattle doesn't have gutter bricks, which are apparently more important than child safety.

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Amelia Showalter @ameliashowalter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's true. Men used to be bearded clones, but now they come in two flavors: stubbly pizza eater and clean-faced pizza deliverer.

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Amelia Showalter @ameliashowalter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Real talk: suppose there's an uptick in existential dread among low-information voters in the next seven weeks. Does that benefit Republicans? Logically it shouldn't, since Republicans are so clearly the ones making existential threats worse. But fear makes people more conservative usually, so... ?

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 14/09/2026

damn Metro Times.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 14/09/2026

Glad folks are appalled by photos of the "phone booth" cage under an awning, but pls understand: This IG report is likely part of a cover-up. Amnesty Int'l interviewed detainees EIGHT MONTHS AGO who said the cage was half this size (couldn't stand up), had no awning, w feet chained to the bottom.

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Dan Cassino @dancassino.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I know a D+10 environment seems nuts, but after a couple cycles in which Republicans did well (22 and 24), LV models are likely to be overestimating, rather than underestimating, Republican turnout in the midterms. So, if D+10 is wrong, it’s likely because it’s too low.

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Amelia Showalter @ameliashowalter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thanks to a deal on tix to Helsinki I am planning a trip to the Baltic region for next summer. Anyone have opinions re: best cities and things to do? @drkath.bsky.social I think you've been to those capitals. I hear good things about Vilnius and Tallinn? @lauraolin.bsky.social got Finland recs?

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

thinking about this quite a bit right now

Mass suicides in Nazi Germany
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During the final weeks of Nazi Germany and World War I! in Europe, many civilians, government officials, and military personnel throughout Germany and German-occupied Europe committed suicide. In addition to Adolf Hitler and many high-ranking Nazi officials like Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, and Philipp Bouhler, others chose suicide rather than accept the defeat of Germany.!"! Motivating or triggering factors included fears of execution for Nazi war
crimes or reprisals and atrocities by the Allies and the Soviets, Nazi propaganda glorifying suicide as preferable to defeat, and despondency after Hitler's suicide. For example, in May 1945, up to 1,000 people killed themselves in a mass suicide in the German town of Demmin, before and after

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's endearing that Joe Biden has always loved Hunter despite all of his reprehensible behavior, but it doesn't mean we have to.

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Gun violence in Seattle isn't a new problem, and my neighborhood has been hit especially hard by it. Weirdly, none of these companies had anything to say about it before we had a socialist mayor. I wonder what changed?

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Amelia Showalter @ameliashowalter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Wow, you guys, Tom Cruise and Jon Hamm got merged together in a transporter accident like Tuvix. And it gave them the fashion sense of a Nazi! That's rough, man.

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Amelia Showalter @ameliashowalter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Every time Trump talks about trade I go insane. Trump: "We lose, with the European Union, $200 billion a year. If I did not trade with them we would lose nothing." AHHHHHHGGGHHHHHH WE GOT GOODS AND SERVICES IN EXCHANGE FOR THE MONEY YOU IDIOT AHHHHH FFFFFFFUUUUU%%W*^*%$O*^S*D(^&*!!D&)@$@!!!!!!!

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Don Draper in Mad Men: That's What The Money Is For!

Alt: Don Draper in Mad Men: That's What The Money Is For!

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Amelia Showalter @ameliashowalter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Polygraphs are not even scientifically reliable

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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 02/09/2026

Additionally, Seattle Public Schools will be providing free meals, because your kids should not go without support while adults work toward a resolution. For the parent who cannot miss work, for the student who counts on a school meal, this is what your city is here for.

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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is the mayor that the media is desperately trying to make y'all hate

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Evan Zasoski @codenameevan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Whenever white supremacy comes up (as it is wont to do lately), I spare a thought for the fact that if you told an ancient greek person that he had more in common with some pants-wearing barbarian from northern Europe than with the storied and ancient land of Egypt, he'd punch you in the mouth.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This is a chart of the seven-day average of arrests being made, not people arrested. So imagine what the cumulative arrest lines look like, and how much faster the TOTALS for "no criminal charge" are rising than for all other groups.

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The Capybaron @thecapybaron.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

There once was a hitman from Sweden Who was, on the motorway, speedin’ His mark goes unwhacked, For in ironic fact, The killer’s the one who’s left bleedin’

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Amelia Showalter @ameliashowalter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

That's... not how trade works. God, he's just so stupid about this stuff.

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Amelia Showalter @ameliashowalter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Now I understand why the ad frequency has increased so dramatically on Reels lately. Meta's gotta extract that settlement money somehow.

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle playing their acrylics. Two icons.

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton supported so many important causes, among them donating a million dollars to COVID vaccine research early in the pandemic, which saved millions of lives. She will always be remembered as a champion of the people.

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Amelia Showalter @ameliashowalter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I heard CERN was the real cause of the gas leak at Greendale Community College

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Amelia Showalter @ameliashowalter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This is me trying to understand the spreadsheet people debate

Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer asking "Is everyone here very stoned?"

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Amelia Showalter @ameliashowalter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I want to say this post is terrible, but ISNA

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Amelia Showalter @ameliashowalter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Honestly, nobody knows. I can't understand half of what anyone is trying to say. "Spreadsheet person" does not strike me as derogatory but I guess some people think so? Anyway, the whole convo seems pretty =RAND() to me.

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Amelia Showalter @ameliashowalter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Yeah, this just confirms my feeling that this lady is LARPing her own self-insert fanfic. Imagine getting to live out your weird AO3 RP fic in real time!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026

One thing I wish people would realize is just how central JK Rowling is to the entire anti-trans ecosystem. Looking at a network node analysis of the top 200 anti-trans X accounts, she is the most central figure spanning both sides of the Atlantic from Republicans to Labour.

A network graph visualization on a dark background showing connections between various accounts. The central, highly connected node is labeled "J.K. Rowling," with lines radiating out to many other nodes color-coded by region (UK, US, etc.). A detail panel on the right displays stats for her account, including her role as "Author & commentator," an in-degree of 153, an out-degree of 84, and 14 million followers.

A scatter plot graph on a dark background comparing accounts based on "followers (log)" on the x-axis and "in-degree" on the y-axis. The data points are color-coded by region. J.K. Rowling is highlighted as a major outlier in the top right corner, possessing the highest number of followers and the highest in-degree. Other labeled points lower on the graph include various politicians, individuals, and campaign organizations.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20/08/2026

very strange to have a president who seems to hate the union itself www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsjd...

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How Donald Trump's partisan presidency is splitting the union

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

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Amelia Showalter @ameliashowalter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Look, I remember being a single 30-something woman, and it wasn't always easy. But most of us found healthy coping mechanisms. This lady would be far better served by a weekend bingeing AO3 than whatever this nonsense is.

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Amelia Showalter @ameliashowalter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It's like these people have never heard of the Streisand Effect

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Amelia Showalter @ameliashowalter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Ah yes, that frisson of excitement we all get when we're almost hit by a car. How shall we live without it?

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Fuse Washington @fusewashington.org · 12/08/2026

Billionaire and right-wing owned media outlets will mislead to try and provoke progressives and Democrats into fighting each other because they're afraid of reality: that we're working together to take away their tax cuts and raise wages for working people.

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"Wisconsin Democrats are holding their unity brunch at a cafe in Middleton.
At the table are David Crowley, Sarah Godlewski, Francesca Hong, Josh Kaul, Tammy Baldwin, Mark Pocan, Kelda Roys, Joel Brennan, Dianne Hesselbein and Devin Remiker."

The photo shows the candidates eating lunch around a cafe table

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026

That's when things get dangerous: when aristocrats grow bored with leisure and mobilize their inherited capital to change the way we all live. Billionaire dilettantes are weapons of mass destruction, and their special projects have a wide blast radius and inflict a *lot* of collateral damage. 33/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026

In other words: for Bettencourt, doing *nothing at all* produced more wealth as *founding the most successful corporation in the world* did for Gates. Bettencourt, a person who *owned things*, did better than Gates, a person who *did things*. 13/

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I don't know how effective a viewer boycott of the show could be--I guess we'll see--but I do think a media boycott would have some impact. If all the websites that would ordinarily cover this from every angle just greet it with oceans of silence...maybe it'd mean something.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This is absolutely WILD. Here's the dashboard video posted by @fritschner.bsky.social. Fast forward to about 1 minute. An ICE officer jumps out of a van and pulls a gun on this woman immediately before lying and claiming she "almost ran us over." *profanity warning if watching in public.

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Amelia Showalter @ameliashowalter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Glad to see this opinion piece, but I wish the NYT would actually internalize it. If you counted up the number of scumbag candidates on the GOP side, I am positive it would be way higher than the number of "radical left" candidates on ours. And yet the latter trend gets almost all the scrutiny.

"That Herrera has flown somewhat under the radar is a testament to a fundamental asymmetry between the parties, as well as in our discourse about them. Thanks to Trump, misogyny and extremism among Republicans has become what journalists sometimes call a dog-bites-man story, something so ordinary and predictable that it breaks through only when it reaches an absurdly high threshold."

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Say what you will about Bluesky, but I just told the world about my cancer, and not one troll celebrated my diagnosis, wished for my swift death, or called me fat. Which would not have been the case over at the other place. Even on Twitter's best day. Which is why I like it here.

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

News from me: I have breast cancer. www.altrightdelete.news/p/i-have-can...