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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Okay I've seen at least 2 posts today that describe Jim Bakker as "having an affair with his secretary" or "getting caught banging his secretary" and just...no. He got caught paying her off because he and another preacher *violently raped her*. That isn't an affair, or a simple "sex scandal".
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five little pick-me-ups… It’s been a day.
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Sara Margarita Medina Ramos @sarammedinaramis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And the fleecing of the American taxpayer continues...
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
British mathematician & physicist Phyllis Nicolson co-developed the Crank–Nicolson method, a foundational algorithm in numerical analysis. Her contributions during/after WWII laid the groundwork for modern computational science, fluid dynamics & heat transfer modeling. Born #OTD 1917. #WomenInSTEM
A black-and-white portrait of British mathematician and physicist Phyllis Nicolson (born Phyllis Lockett, 1917–1968). The head-and-shoulders shot is against a clean, plain, and bright studio background with no visible objects. Nicolson is posed facing forward with a subtle, pleasant smile and bright, intelligent eyes. She wears her dark, wavy hair styled in a mid-century chin-length cut with volume around the ears and curls framing her face. Her attire is a simple, light-colored collared shirt. The overall mood is dignified, optimistic, and intellectual. The composition utilizes soft lighting that minimizes harsh shadows, highlighting her features cleanly. This image holds historical significance, capturing a pioneering woman in STEM whose wartime and postwar contributions co-developing the Crank–Nicolson method laid foundational work for modern computational science.
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Art of the Deal is buying fertilizer from a Putin-aligned repressive dictator and paying to ship it 6,000 miles from his landlocked and sanctioned country so you can teach Canada a lesson.
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I guess I'll add that Dolly Parton is up there with Fred Rogers in terms of truly achieving what I think a Christian living their faith in public life should be like.
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Luis A. Mendez @mendezmovierpt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Maybe the Kennedy Center should be renamed the Dolly Parton Center.
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Anthrodiva @anthrodiva.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
You are reading some historical novel where the villain is some sort of over the top Baron who deals out theatrical deaths to anyone who crosses him, and you think, "that seems a trifle overwrought. Surely no one is THAT cartoonishly evil!"
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly said “Black lives matter.” She was outspoken in her love and support of gay, lesbian, and trans people. She funded a vaccine, supported women’s and gave books to kids. She wasn’t neutral; she was a Christian who loved her neighbors, including the ones “culture warriors” attack for existing.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.
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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In the last month more people have been detained and kidnapped by federal paramilitaries than in any previous month. And the murderers of Alex Pretti remain unidentified, protected, and free. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Alex Pretti's parents, sister call for accountability, seven months after he was fatally shot by federal agents
“We really want to get the facts out, of what happened to Alex that day,” Michael Pretti said. “I mean — we’ve seen what happened. The videos are pretty clear. But we want justice. We want accountabil...
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Y'all... the Band of the Coldstream Guards performed "9 to 5" in front of Buckingham Palace in honor of Dolly Parton.
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Renée in L.A. 🐦‍⬛ @reneepatrice.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Santa Monica Pier is lit for Dolly. And I'm sobbing once again.
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I refuse to believe anyone is a Christian if they take any position that says poor kids shouldn't eat. At home. At school. Anywhere. I am sick of these horrible fucking people inventing ways to justify being cruel and hideous. Freaks.
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wisewebwoman.bsky.social @wisewebwoman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Honestly, this is like a Monty Python skit. She's swaying to her own private head music, Brainworms is spouting insane nonsense as usual and yer man is snoring in the middle. This is the US government.
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God @thegodshow.com · 09/08/2026
Can I get an amen?
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ElleO 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ellohhlo.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I know which America I choose.
A screenshot of a post Donald Trump made in truth social showing him and his wife in the left and Abdul El-Sayed and his wife on the right. Trump labeled the post: 
Two different America's (sic)

Added to the post:
Trump: adjudicated rapist
Melania: former nude model 
El-Sayed: PhD, MD, epidemiologist 
Sarah Jukalu: MD, psychiatrist
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Excellent toad news
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Endangered Houston toad spotted for first time in more than 50 years, signaling recovery milestone
An endangered Houston toad has been spotted in restored habitat for the first time in more than 50 years, marking a promising milestone in ongoing efforts to save one of the nation’s most endangered a...
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thene @thene.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
can you imagine if we took domestic violence seriously the first time? how many lives would be saved?
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Guess who the conservatives are now?
Sarah Longwell: Things conservatives told me when I was in my 20’s: 

*Character counts
*Crony capitalism is bad
*Russia is our enemy
*Tariffs are taxes
*The Constitution is sacrosanct
*Government power should be limited, restrained, and checked by congress. 

Guess they were just joking.
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Misandrosaurus Hex @bexone.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Genuinely never been such an administration of blown-glass egos top to bottom
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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 17/07/2026
So the greatest danger to the Ingalls family was Charles...
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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
If I didn’t know better, I’d suspect the goal in injecting the military with medically unnecessary testosterone is to turn the non-rapists into rapists. But Hegseth would never.
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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"Verify your age" I had mumps, measles, and chickenpox before there were vaccines for them.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Again.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/07/2026
Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The Treasury’s top tax policy official was forced out of his job after he warned that the White House was at risk of violating a federal law prohibiting senior officials’ involvement in IRS audits www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | Top Treasury Tax Official Ousted After Clashes With White House Over IRS Audits
Kenneth Kies warned that political officials risked breaching a law that limits who can influence tax enforcement.
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 17/07/2026
Whew But also they're right
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"Patriotism is the principle that will justify the training of wholesale murderers." ~ Leo Tolstoy
Kevin Necessary
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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Just a little reminder that any song with “baby” in the lyrics could easily be about a kitty instead. Brought to you this morning by “She must be somebody’s kitty” in the style of Jackson Browne.
Henrietta (a brown tabby) licking a Churu with a squinched up face.
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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I need to go to bed. But also, you need a Killdeer chick. So, we all win. :) #birds
Photo of a fluffy Killdeer chick standing on a beach with wet stick and stone detritus from the previous night's storm
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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 11/07/2026
I did not know this & I have a new life ambition
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026
Oyer: "2 days after Blanche was confirmed as deputy AG, he fired me from my position as DOJ's career pardon attorney. I declined to rubber stamp a favor for a friend of the president, and it cost me my job. Mr Blanche's office had asked me to restore the gun rights of a convicted domestic abuser..."
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gene @genej101.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Laugh of the day. Science wins every time.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Rough out there
Tortie kitten jimmi pickles napping on her desk bed
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 13/07/2026
It doesn’t take Encyclopedia Brown to notice 80 foot tall Trump porn hanging from half the public buildings in DC.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
When you are totally innocent and definitely haven't been murdering people all over the world
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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 13/07/2026
This is the link to make a comment about the proposed OMB rule change. This rule change does many things, most most centrally it effectively moves the power of the purse from the legislative to the executive branch. www.regulations.gov/document/OMB... This is incredibly dangerous.
regulations.gov
Regulations.gov
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The polar opposite reactions here to the deaths of Sam Neill and Lindsey Graham are such a reminder that we all have a choice whether to live our lives in a way that brings joy or misery to those around us. I think if you’re remembered fondly as Sam Neill is today, you’ve pretty much won at life.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I would like the White House to engage in international conflict with a more sophisticated strategy, greater self-control, and a closer connection to factual reality than my 7-year-old has when trying to get extra screentime. I don't think that's too much to ask.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
It has now been revealed that the CEO of StubHub also owns hedge fund that scalps millions of dollars worth tickets on StubHub.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
This would be the man who yelled “you lie” at the President of the Inited States as the POTUS addressed a joint session of Congress. That President was Barack Obama.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
How about when he threw an angry tantrum in defense of a SCOTUS nominee credibly accused of rape? Did you all have a good collegial chuckle over that?
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Live your life in such a way that no one you are close to mourns the death of fascists.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Someone make sure Thom Tillis, Bill Cassidy and Jon Cornyn are all these posts about Lindsey Graham’s legacy. Slim chance they’ll be motivated to do anything in their closing months but at the very least they can wallow in the awareness that this is waiting for them too
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#BlueStormComin1🌪️🦋🇺🇸 #Resistance 🦋🙌🏻 #Blues @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
A big fucking deal! 🔥 Jeff Flake endorsing Talarico in Texas! 🔥 #Blues #Talarico #Texas
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Lindsey Graham was quite possibly and maybe even likely a closeted queer person. You can't have that many rumors and not have a kernel of truth to them, which is why I found his attacks on me and mine so completely repugnant. Therapy would have been so much kinder than what he did to our society.
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Scare Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
once again: if you want people to talk nice about you when you die, don’t be a fucking asshole while you’re alive. easy peasy
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