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BTW, for those wondering, to the extent that the Civil War was about "states rights", this is what they meant: not the South bravely standing up for their rights, but the South incensed that Northern states were allowed to make laws at odds with their immoral ones.

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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Aprotim @aprotim.com · 15/09/2026

The majority of white people still supporting this shitshow is, as they say, shocking, but not surprising.

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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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Mollz (ballz) @dopestatistics.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

NO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOO

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onionspeedos.bsky.social @onionspeedos.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...

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Trump’s Magically Disappearing Stimulus Checks

I was promised cheaper groceries and tariff rebates and all I got was this lousy pogrom.

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Aprotim @aprotim.com · 10/09/2026

I know there's no law and there's nobody who will have the fortitude to hold him to account, but this is plainly illegal. It's buying votes and misappropriation of government funds and whatever else. Republicans don't care. They have decided to ride this meteor straight to the end of the Republic.

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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.

Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and white

Center square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettes

Block of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in marker

Carol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
2023
satin ribbons

After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson

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Lilith @nicepersonality.social · 05/09/2026

dunno why Patton Oswald is encouraging people to commit a federal offense, and I'm not sharing his post, but for the record: nobody in Minneapolis did the thing he claimed, and it would have been a fucking stupid idea that wouldn't have worked, and wouldn't have helped if it did. Don't fedpost, kids

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Aprotim @aprotim.com · 01/09/2026

It turns out that public pressure can actually do good things! Who knew?

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Aprotim @aprotim.com · 01/09/2026

Somebody was really pleased with themselves about this headline.

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 26/08/2026

The best way to honor the two who have left us recently, imo, is to keep being as gay as possible

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Toss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing

Instagram post from the official Muppets account: Few humans have earned the title of honorary Muppet more than the legendary Tim Curry. As a performer he was unparalleled - witty, charming, unnerving, and deeply funny. We will always consider it one of our greatest treasures to have been part of Long John Silver’s crew. Thank you for everything, Tim.

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Timmy Jackpots, The $13,250 Diamond Dazzler @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 26/08/2026

my wife has a friend who sent Dolly Parton a painting she made & a letter explaining how much Dolly's music meant to her while she was transitioning. Dolly responded to it personally & paid for her top surgery. Sounds like an urban legend but it's real. I think we're going to more stories like this.

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Hollywood Steve Huey @hollywoodsteve.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton decided to cover "Stairway to Heaven" as a gospel song, and asked Robert Plant for permission to write a new verse for it, and Robert Plant basically said "of course you can, you're Dolly Parton" youtu.be/YhTvxVxXJLQ

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Dolly Parton - Stairway to Heaven (Audio)

YouTube video by Dolly Parton

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/08/2026

This girl I used to waitress with in Austin, we moved to New York together in 2003 on a literal Greyhound bus. Shared a fifth floor walk-up studio that, when it rained, had more leaks in the ceiling than we had pots and pans. We used to get drunk and smoke off the fire escape and do “sad-offs.”

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Aprotim @aprotim.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly wrote and performed so many iconic songs, and I'll be listening to them on repeat, but if you haven't heard it before, give a listen to Dolly's Grammy-winning cover of "Shine" by Collective Soul. youtu.be/plUD6vN80dg

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Dolly Parton - Shine (Official)

YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We gotta outlast him for her Out of love, out of spite

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Aprotim @aprotim.com · 25/08/2026

Disney trying this shit is the thin edge of the wedge. Employer-tied insurance is already a trap to keep us chained to our jobs. If the oligarchs are thinking they can start whittling away at it, universal healthcare is even more urgent. www.avclub.com/disney-emplo...

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Disney celebrates blockbuster 2026 by kicking employees' spouses off healthcare plans

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Robert Cy Jones @robertcyjones.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

6 months is what you sign up for when you marry a sex cymbal.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The sexual tension here between Ms. Moreno and Animal is hotter than anything Hollywood could manufacture. They actually got married soon after this, divorced six months later.

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Aprotim @aprotim.com · 22/08/2026

"If you’re not prepared to give up a few puzzles, ask yourself – what are you willing to give up to protect those most under fire?" I don't care how little you think your absence will hurt JK Rowling/NYT/Chick-fil-A. What I notice is how little it costs *you* and you're still not willing.

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Hello, it is me, Kira. :) @kirabira.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

If you care about trans rights you should stop playing Wordle and cancel your NYT subscription. That has been the case for a few years now, but if you haven’t already, you should do it now.

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

I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.

A screenshot of an email viewed in dark mode with the subject line "Google DMCA Violation." The email from Google informs the recipient that they have received a notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that some of their materials allegedly infringe on copyrights. It explains the removal process, mentions that notice details will be posted on Lumen, warns against repeated violations, and lists one affected Google Drive URL at the bottom

A nearly identical mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. It shows a search for the same Amnesty International UK resources URL, resulting in the same message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."

A mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. A URL for an Amnesty International UK resources page is entered in the search bar, but the page displays the message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."

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Aprotim @aprotim.com · 20/08/2026

Literally Pixar's "Bao".

Title card from the short film "Nao". In the background, the sun rises behind Toronto's CN Tower. In the foreground we see a middle-aged Chinese woman looking out the window of her suburban home.

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Aprotim @aprotim.com · 12/08/2026

I'm on a United flight. My kid has sensibly downloaded content to watch offline on Disney+. They open the app, and it forces them to log back in, but it can't reach log in servers. Why is it trying? Because tablet auto-connected to the inflight wifi, but doesn't have an actual internet connection.

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 05/08/2026

Harry Potter has been on the NYT Children's & Young Adult Series list for NINE HUNDRED AND FIVE WEEKS, in case you're wondering whether anyone gives a shit about giving the terf queen their money. And know that every pull to publish, fanfic, tattoo, pin, whatever the fuck keeps these books relevant.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 08/08/2026

Sometimes I see something in nature and then spend the next several years waiting for the shot. Sometimes I never get it. Sometimes you see it and a week later you land it: I give you tonight's murder of crows in front of the sunset. 🪶

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup @rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.

A town sign seen through a train window.

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Aprotim @aprotim.com · 01/08/2026

Now that I've seen BND, the critique doesn't even make sense! *So much* of the movie is VFX. Do we think that Spidey was really swinging through NY or shooting webs from his wrists or battling [REDACTED]? This is not just ungenerous and insulting, it makes no sense as a thing to say about this film

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

support for @gregpak.net 's "replace the word AI with 'cocaine'" theory

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

This is *EXACTLY* why what Ken said was dangerous. If he was some smol beans account it would still have been fucking disgusting but faded into obscurity But Ken’s a celebrity. And he provided ammunition for monsters and essentially doxxed a trans woman making her a subject of international news

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Aprotim @aprotim.com · 31/07/2026

Consider the source and read the story, esp if the headline reinforces your priors. This is Bari Weiss' newsroom. The story has a single voter who said they'd vote Republican, and then some people who voted for the other guy in the primary, but will likely vote for Hong in the general if she wins.

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Aprotim @aprotim.com · 30/07/2026

I knew Ken had a knack for glibness about doing or saying shitty things. Making a bad joke that makes it clear you both understand and don't care about the criticism is so much worse than doing the thing in the first place. Silence was an option. Maybe he'll apologize in less than 4 years this time

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 29/07/2026

As usual, Kathryn explains in more detail and with much more patience, the issues related to the Minnesota law and why the lawsuit against it is (at the same time) gross, problematic... but legally correct.

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Aprotim @aprotim.com · 28/07/2026

Remember, though: "vote blue no matter who!"

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This story is crazy. It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists. www.notus.org/national/ame...

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Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest

America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.

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Aprotim @aprotim.com · 19/07/2026

Because so much was happening, I didn't realize just how ashamed of himself Messi should be for trying to get Cucurella sent off for "covering his mouth".

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Aprotim @aprotim.com · 18/07/2026

First thing we did when we moved into our new place was paint the living room walls bright blue-teal and marigold-yellow. Colorless aesthetics aren't "millennial grey" just because millennials have spent decades renting from boomer landlords obsessed with resale and "sophistication".

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