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Aubrey Gilleran

@aubreygilleran.bsky.social
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Episcopalian | North Carolinian | father | husband | English teacher | liberal | lost on Jeopardy! | 🏳️‍🌈 | IG: @aubreygilleran

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 5h
We knew this person was severely disabled. We knew he was homeless. We knew he had committed violent crime in the past when not properly medicated. But we decided to keep releasing him back into the community until he stabbed a toddler in the face. This has somehow become the "compassionate" policy.
In 2003, Blanco, then 23, was accused of stabbing two 7-year-old boys as they were playing in Providence, the Providence Journal reported at the time. Records show he was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial in that case.
Neronha’s office said Blanco was again deemed incompetent to stand trial in 2018, after being charged the year before with possession of a stolen vehicle. In that case, doctors from the state’s Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals determined he “has an Intellectual Disability Disorder and Schizophrenia,” according to court documents.
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In a third case in 2024, Neronha’s office said Blanco, who was homeless at the time, was charged with breaking into his sister’s house through a window. That is the case where he was most recently deemed incompetent to stand trial several months ago.
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 1h
It's a fascinating memo and also Davis+10 in Trump+12 means I'm dying to see polling from districts 3, 7, 9, and 13. That's the kind of thing that would make for a true dummymander.
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From the fivethirtyeight community on Reddit: [Neighborhood Research and Media (Republican Pollster)] North Carolina's 1st Congressional District: Don Davis (D) 51%, Laurie Buckhout (R) 41% | Roy Coop...
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 1h
DSCC switched back to the full caff coffee I see
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Kate Glenn @findingtangle.bsky.social · 2h
YOU HAVE TO GO AFTER THE CRETINOUS STAFFERS YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE CASE THAT THE GOP HAS AN ENTRENCHED FESTERING GENERATIONAL NAZI PROBLEM 1000 POINTS FOR GOING THERE
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 2h
OK I’m pleased. I want to see more of this from Democrats.
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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 4h
There are moments of extreme exigency where violence, of even that soul-curdling nature, is necessary to forestall a greater evil. This is the opposite. An extravagant and unnecessary indulgence in bloodshed for its own sake against a paraplegic who has already been punished.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h
right. this isn’t a somber public execution to show people what it means for the state to murder someone. this is a celebration of violence for its own sake. the fact that the nidal hasan is helpless and infirm is no doubt part of the appeal. bsky.app/profile/spir...
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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 4h
if there is a withered fragment of a soul within Bill Lee he will commute this woman's sentence
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 5h
fwiw if you want to make a strategic case for congressional democrats trying to impeach trump if they take majorities, i think the first step is impeaching hegseth, the bar is lower and the likelihood of success is probably much higher
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 5h
This is an abomination.
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 5h
“Democrats don’t care about winning elections” will just never make sense. No one goes through a campaign because they don’t care! It’s miserable!
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 6h
Does this mean OpenAI will rebrand to OpenSI?
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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 7h
COULD IT BE THE UNMITIGATED HOMOPHOBIA AND GENDERED VIOLENCE UNDER A FASCIST REGIME?
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Jason Kuznicki @jkuznicki.bsky.social · 10h
Yes it really is a loyalty test.
Donald Trump on Truth Social just now:

The White House considers anyone that uses the term, “Artificial Intelligence," as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, "Super Intelligence," THE ENEMY! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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People's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 12h
"What I enjoyed about Twitter was that there was a community of communists who were not squeamish about mass killing" Yes that's because you people are just red nazis
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 11h
"By the way, Delcy Rodriguez is still doing this to dissidents, and we're still sending dissidents back to Venezuela as we prop up Rodriguez as a puppet."
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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 11h
Socialism is something I do not like and am afraid of. Embarrassing shit from a guy with JD from Yale
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פינחס יוסף מונד @pymundgenealogy.bsky.social · 12h
Ah I see Juniper has been caught in That mode again. For the umpteenth time. Because only some of us remember things.
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Jared Rennie @jjrennie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Don’t do this. Lots of people in Asheville have “Post-Helene Stress Disorder” and the last thing we need right now is to scare people. Thank you @johnmoralestv.bsky.social for calling this out.
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 15h
Can't argue with that one.
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Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.
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Candidate for Bogomil Pope @yournjenthusiast.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Alright everyone, fill out the form
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's almost like the time in 2012 when Cooper ran for re-election as attorney general unopposed.
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
there is no plausible construction of these words that is not racist
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I didnt know the last part, the GOP has spent $100m to flip 9 of the 14 seats they gerrymandered
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Benny Johnson is going to hell.
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Do we even have an internal showing that this race is competitive? I'm surprised Pearson was added to Red to Blue, because I think this would be more of an upset than Kendra Horn's win in 2018. But it's possible Black turnout in West Tennessee goes bananas.
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Look I know we're all on a thing right now but if you pause for like five seconds I think you will understand why public schools do not wish to teach children hand to hand combat skills.
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Even this rant about "important academic strivers" is outdated because my Asian students do go outside? They play soccer and tennis, run track, and sing in the school musical. The "Asian kid who just studies all day" is just a TV stereotype at this point. These people don't live in the real world.
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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
they're all just lying, it is tremendous lying, but it is just lying
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I do like the all-hands-on-deck approach to Democrats from the moderate to progressive wings all just dunking on Republicans in a variety of ways. It's nice. Feels like a team.
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So I think probably the thing that has contributed most to my leftward lurch has been just my sheer recall ability as I’ve noticed just how dishonest the pundits and so-called intellectuals on the other side are. Trivia brain for the win.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026
interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic”
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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Farewell to Eva Marie Saint, the sharpest and sexiest of the Hitchcock blondes who got to wear one of the best dresses in cinema history
Full shot of Eva Marie Saint in NORTH BY NORTHWEST wearing the red roses dressSide mid shot of Eva Marie Saint in NORTH BY NORTHWEST wearing the red roses dress, sharing a drink with Cary GrantThe open back of the red roses dress
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I despise seeing what’s really going on stuffed into a “but critics say” clause.
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There’s not much left to analyze regarding polling this election. It’s either a wave on the level of 2006 and maybe even 2008 or it’s a polling error on par with 2020. No other real options that align with the data we have.
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Calm.
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Rare Michael Walker good take. Responded to with, you guessed it, word salad!
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Survivor is this for me. Can’t really stand the current era but can basically remember every frame of the first seven seasons and largely enjoyed it through the twenties, but then it fell off hard.
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm sorry, that's the ad?
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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
it is heteronormative to fantasize about your cute blonde rival actually being a girl who wants to fuck you now is this more or less weird than the Village People becoming a right wing anthem
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"I cannot overstate how little he wanted to talk about this" is just a classic of the genre.
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Let the Diet Sun Drop flow.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"How could a country extend such a shining future to a young man like him—only to shatter that future, and him, by suddenly ripping it away? And how could the president who made it happen show his face that same day, just miles down the road, to bask in it?" www.thebulwark.com/p/a-death-a-...
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A Death. A Funeral. And the Trump Rally Down the Block.
On the day Springfield held a funeral for Pierre Damas Bel, the president held a rally 25 miles away. We went to both.
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Someone from high school on Facebook. We were literally in high school when Bush was president. More proof that nostalgia for the past is mostly about wanting to be young again.
Everyone from GW bush on back is fine with me bc gas was cheap. I could fill my Ranger up and get snacks for a 20
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Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Virtually every president has complained about the press. Trump says that reporters who irk him "should be arrested." Can't you see that his instincts are authoritarian? I know a lot of "anti-anti-Trumpers." Can't you see it, my friends? Doesn't it matter?
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HIGH LORD FALCON, OLIVKA RHO @livvywivvyy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"i would die for you, i would kill for you" okay but would you go to the store for me. would you goto the. store ive just had a really long day and theres nothing in the fridge. would you go buy ingredients and. and cook for me and would you get snacks too. also i need you to do the dishes
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A Meatwad on Elm Street @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I live very close and wait at this trolley stop often. This is not hyperbole; there are people injecting drugs, shouting in your face, defecating on the sidewalk, and waving weapons around frequently It’s not out of line for people to expect city leaders to do something about it
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Downtown San Diego businesses report growing drug activity and homelessness near 5th Avenue and C Street
Downtown San Diego businesses report drug use, homelessness, and vandalism at 5th and C Street. Police say the area is a top enforcement priority.
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I do find it hilarious that just as we’re reaching middle age and what should be the height of our political and cultural power, millennials find that we can’t be culturally dominant tastemakers, either. We’re now cringe.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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