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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 22/08/2025

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

To be clear, I have multiple clients who are undocumented but who have family members who are citizens. I.C.E. IS INTENTIONALLY KIDNAPPING AMERICAN CITIZENS—with the hope that their undocumented family members have to present themselves in-person to claim them. This is what we’re up against. 🇺🇸

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

61 years ago today Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer one of the most courageous activists of the Civil Rights Movement posed the question that echoes today with every migrant round-up by masked officers, as federal troops converge on D.C.,as institutions are threatened: “IS THIS AMERICA?” youtu.be/DFC1nc3IXBM

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Fannie Lou Hamer's Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Speech

YouTube video by Northwest African American Museum

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CA @calleyands.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

One of my favorite things about being a Q train girly.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 01/08/2025

"How can we communicate with optimism about the future … when we're living in the here and now where American democracy is in peril? … And we're supposed to ignore it? Leave it to others to wrestle with …? No no no no no. … "That is tonight's Last Word on my last day at the Washington Post."

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

It is pretty noticeable that even as mainstream opinion on Israel and Gaza finally shifts, you don’t hear the Responsible Adults apologizing for punishing all the college kids protesting the atrocities. Quite the opposite in fact!

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Setting aside the ethical and environmental concerns of AI, I'm really offended by a bunch of elite dudes telling us our minds aren't good enough when they've had to steal everything human minds have created to create their pretend mind and it doesn't even work right!

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/07/2025

I do firmly believe that refusing to outsource your basic cognitive functions to LLMs right now - as so many are stumbling over themselves to do right now, like hogs trotting to a pile of slop that’s been set up inside of a butcher’s delivery truck - will very much pay off in a few years.

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Venus Williams d. Stearns 6-3 6-4 in Washington Unranked Out for 16 months Age 45 ✅1st singles win since 2023 You can take a legend out of the game, but you can’t take the game out of a legend What an honor to witness this icon once again 🇺🇸❤️

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Cooperstreaming ♿️ @cooperstreaming.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Alan Cumming on bathroom bills: "Why on earth would a rapist go through the bother of pretending to be trans in a country that treats rapists better than trans people."

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows How did the city do it? Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue

This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Little Haiti is vibrant. And it’s facing the same cost of living crisis as neighborhoods across the city. That's why Brooklyn Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn and I are bringing the Democratic Party together around a shared vision for an affordable New York. I am grateful for her endorsement!

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CA @calleyands.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Djokovic denied AMEN! Sinner/Alcaraz is what the people want to see!!

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/07/2025

The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.

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Jam Band News @jambandnews.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

This deranged and should bother our community more.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Man, y'all gotta read this whole piece about a rally in San Antonio yesterday. Texas Democrats — led by big names — are organizing and moving away from DC and the DNC. And they're getting wild, cheering crowds.

Because, for once, we didn’t see Democrats scrambling for DNC approval. We didn’t hear the usual consultant-tested nonsense about reaching across the aisle or “finding common ground” with fascists. What we saw was a group of Texas Democrats standing together in array, not in chaos. We saw alignment. Intention. Clarity of purpose.

They weren’t kissing rings in Washington. They were telling Washington, “We’re not you.”

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onion person @junlper.beer · 28/06/2025

people freaking out about zohran mamdani “making people feel unsafe” based on nothing meanwhile are totally silent about eric adams hanging out on stream with actual anti-semite nazi sneako

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Adam Smith @asmith83.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

but what do you really think brad lander hellgatenyc.com/brad-lander-...

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Always surprised by how many white people are just one election loss away from transforming into kkk members

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

As big as the Mamdani win is, Landers ascent is in some ways even more significant for the national Democratic Party. Most Dem electeds know that they don't have what Zohran has. But most can at least imagine themselves as a Lander.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

A radical Christian just murdered the speaker of a state house but the real worry is the theocratic muslim who said the bus should be cheaper

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 26/06/2025

It’s her for me

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 26/06/2025

The democratic establishment is wondering how Zohran beat a ... *Checks notes* Sex offender????? who retaliated against the women he abused???

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

A story that got less attention was the incredibly cynical primary of my amazing Councilwoman—the first Muslim woman ever elected to the NYC Council—by a billionaire, corporate-backed candidate also lobbing gross accusations of antisemitism. Anyway, the challenger got trounced. Hell yea.

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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 25/06/2025

For a REAL detailed map of how NYC voted, check our map out 😎 www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/m...

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

This really was a case of organized people over organized money. prospect.org/politics/202...

In one of the most stunning results in Democratic politics in years, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani is poised to come from nowhere and pull off a major victory over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the establishment’s overwhelming choice for the job. With 90 percent of the results in, Mamdani had captured 43.5 percent of the vote to Cuomo’s 36.3 percent. The final results with all allocations in the ranked-choice process will be announced next Tuesday.

The win is a shock considering what Cuomo and his deep-pocketed allies threw at Mamdani in the late stages of the race, including tens of millions of dollars in Super PAC ads, endorsements from former president Bill Clinton and kingmaker former House leader Jim Clyburn, and a flurry of media rage. But as Mamdani said on Stephen Colbert’s show this week, while Cuomo had organized money, he had organized people.

Cuomo conceded that late Tuesday evening with a de facto concession speech in which he praised Mamdani’s campaign.

The margin, which virtually no pollster predicted, matches the excitement that canvassers have seen throughout New York for weeks and saw again on Tuesday. A near-record heat wave had some convinced voters would stay home, especially after Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a state of emergency for 32 counties on Sunday, including for all five New York City boroughs. But the results speak for themselves.

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 25/06/2025

"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"

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CA @calleyands.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I KNOW THIS IS JUST THE PRIMARY AND THERE'S MORE WORK TO DO BUT OMGGGGGGGGG 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾😭😭😭🥹🥹🥹 Thank you @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for reminding us of all the ways to dream. For showing us that we're never so far gone that we can't put dreams to pavement.

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Joel Wertheimer @wertwhile.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Shout out to @lindseyboylan.bsky.social who put it all on the line four and a half years ago and then was hitting the pavement hard since Cuomo got in the race and through today. A portrait in bravery.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

for those of you who weren’t in New York it’s really hard to understate just how awful Cuomo’s campaign was. He didn’t go to candidate forums. He was nowhere to be seen in the city. He said he had no regrets and refused to apologize for his countless scandals. He had it coming. Good riddance bozo

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Imagine if the Democratic Party actually helped Zohran instead of trying to kneecap him at every step. A better party is immediately possible if they stop shoving money into the anti-trans combination Racism Dial/Money Toilet and instead get behind candidates people actually want.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Excellent news for the NYC left: There were 10 city council members of the Progressive Caucus who faced primary challengers today, some of them very ideologically polarized primaries. All 10 incumbents are leading *by a lot.*

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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Tomorrow is the Dobbs anniversary. So many of the Democrats who endorsed Cuomo, a serial sexual harasser & danger to every woman & girl who gets close to him, will issue statements pretending to care about women. But you either support women or you support Cuomo-not both

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

We have gone from the margin of error to the margin of effort. On the day before the election, we stand on the verge of toppling a political dynasty and winning a city we can afford. But we can only do it with you. zohranfornyc.com/gotv

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 22/06/2025

Happy birthday to the prophetess Octavia Butler. We live in the times she foretold. From her notebooks.

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