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Anne

@captainseeley.bsky.social
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Policy Analyst. Dog aficionado. Addicted to dice and D&D. She/They

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Beacon Reproductive Health Network @beaconrepro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Free vasectomies are coming to Jeff City! On Oct. 12th, @ppgreatrivers.bsky.social mobile clinic will be at Beacon offering FREE vasectomies + birth control & STI testing/treatment. 📞 Call (314) 531-7526 to schedule an appointment. Limited walk-ins available!
A graphic featuring a photo of Beacon's Jefferson City office exterior with the Planned Parenthood Great Rivers mobile health clinic parked in front. Text over the photo says: "FREE vasectomies + related care October 12th in Jeff City. Call 314-531-7526 to reserve your spot!" The PPGR and Beacon logos are at the bottom of the graphic.
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Why don’t more women report sexual assaults?”
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
statler and waldorf but it’s al-sayed and ossoff heckling republicans
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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If nothing else, just read the opening paragraphs of the new @vevalenz.bsky.social piece. This sort of casual cruelty, and worse, is so common in U.S. jails/prisons that to most it barely registers as scandalous—but it is, and this reporting really matters: boltsmag.org/california-p...
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
begging with all my heart for more Democrats running in this election cycle to pick up what Jon Ossoff is putting down CALL 👏 THEM 👏 NAZIS 👏 TO 👏 THEIR 👏 FACE
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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 08/10/2026
COULD IT BE THE UNMITIGATED HOMOPHOBIA AND GENDERED VIOLENCE UNDER A FASCIST REGIME?
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Anne @captainseeley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
How do you define extensively? 💀
Plays Dungeons & Dragons extensively
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
a little louder for the cheap seats in the back
One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026
what an asshole
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Jason Rosenbaum @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sen. Eric Schmitt isn't apologizing or admitting he was wrong for mixing up the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes. This bruohaha perhaps showcases two things: How performative politics is endemic during the Trump era and how not admitting you made a mistake makes the story keep going:
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Schmitt faces withering criticism for botched hearing question of former prosecutor
While Schmitt is trying to defend himself as someone who is just asking relevant questions, his critics contend the viral moment is another example of Republicans engaging in performative politics to ...
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
SEN. ERIC SCHMITT: Do these texts not prove that a shrimp fried this rice?
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Anne @captainseeley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wish he’d cared about the constitution when he was Missouri AG….
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In 2014, I interviewed a Columbia University student who went from class to class carrying the mattress she was raped on—a protest performance piece to remind college administrators what they put on her shoulders. Twelve years later, we still expect women on college campuses to carry that weight.
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Carrying That Weight—Again
I can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case
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Anne @captainseeley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good. Glad he is speaking up. And shame on any Dems who say otherwise.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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Jason Rosenbaum @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
. @cleaver.house.gov to me: “The joy I feel now is generated by the fact that the people won this battle.” Missourians used the referendum process to foil Donald Trump's effort to redraw the state's congressional districts. Full @stlpublicradio.bsky.social coverage:
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U.S. Supreme Court again blocks Missouri from using Trump-backed congressional map
This is the third time the high court has stymied efforts to implement a map aimed at ousting Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver.
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Anne @captainseeley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thanks so much for all your coverage on this! It’s been extremely helpful.
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Anne @captainseeley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Clark Griswold's Hallelujah Holy Shit
ALT: Clark Griswold's Hallelujah Holy Shit
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Elizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
girl are you the missouri redistricting case because you are CHAOTIC and getting on my nerves
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Anne @captainseeley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
lol and the truck cause it might remind people about how much gas costs
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: The Eighth Circuit, Missouri’s maps, and the mess the Roberts Court has brought about. Even as the Supreme Court has tried to stop the Missouri maps chaos, it turns out that a lack of concern for precedent, rules, and stability have trickle-down effects. This evening, at Law Dork:
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The Eighth Circuit, Missouri’s maps, and the mess the Roberts Court has brought about
Even as the Supreme Court has tried to stop the Missouri maps chaos, it turns out that a lack of concern for precedent, rules, and stability have trickle-down effects.
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Anne @captainseeley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
At least you’ll always have Air Bud
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Anne @captainseeley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Not only have they been sent out, some have already been filled out and sent back!
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Anne @captainseeley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Lambchop's Song That Doesn't End
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alj8.bsky.social @alj8.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hell simply isn’t hot enough
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 18/09/2026
I’m on NPR’s Code Switch this week talking about the trans panic that’s hit the WNBA. You can listen here:
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Why can’t people be normal about the WNBA? : Code Switch
The WNBA is more popular than ever, but the growth has come with a lot of unwanted attention, like protests at games and death threats directed towards players. This week, we talk with independent jou...
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 21/09/2026
ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.
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Attorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash delivery
A Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody.
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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A Senegalese college basketball player, Amina Seck, is currently in ICE detention. Seck was travelling with her team to a tournament in New York when she was detained by ICE at Louisville Airport. She has been moved four times since her detention. #wnba eu.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...
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KSU women's basketball player detained by ICE at Louisville airport | Exclusive
Aminata Seck, 26, was detained while traveling as part of Kentucky State University's women's basketball team.
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Anne @captainseeley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is getting scary. Glad you got your booster!
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Anne @captainseeley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yea, someone catching a case on an Amtrak trip to Chicago is what they suspect exposed a lot of people in Kansas City, MO.
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Train ride led to Kansas City-area measles case that’s exposed 250 people, so far
It was the call Ray Dlugolecki had been dreading. And one he and other public health officials have been expecting.The assistant director at Jackson County Publ
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
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Jason Rosenbaum @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Technically today was the deadline to send out military ballots. There was no decision made by the 8th Circuit on Onder/Brattin's lawsuit. At this point, I really don't see what that court can do ... Even if they try to get around SCOTUS' stay, you have to think SCOTUS would shut that down quickly.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Nearly 140,000 Missouri women ages 15 to 44 live in counties that have no labor and delivery unit and no obstetric doctor, while more than 120,000 live more than 30 minutes from a hospital that has labor and delivery services.” www.newstribune.com/news/2026/se...
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Rural Missouri families face longer drives, riskier births as maternity wards vanish | Jefferson City News-Tribune
Melanie Pierce works with many pregnant women who know they'll have a long drive ahead of them when labor starts.
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Beacon Reproductive Health Network @beaconrepro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🗓️ Missouri, mark your calendars! The General Election is Tues, Nov. 3rd. Save these key registration, absentee, & early voting dates and make your voting plan. 💛 Questions or voting issues? Call or text the nonpartisan Election Protection hotline: 866-OUR-VOTE. #GOTV #MOVotes
A graphic with a pink-to-yellow gradient in the background with white callout boxes that say: Missouri General Election Key Dates: October 7th - Last day to register to vote in the General Election; October 20th - In-Person no excuse needed absentee voting begins. Vote early October 20th through November 2nd.  Locations, Saturday voting, and office hours may vary by county. October 21st - Last day to request absentee ballot by mail. Requests must be received by 5pm by your local election authority. November 2nd - Last day to vote absentee in person (both types) In-person absentee voting ends the day before Election Day. November 3rd - General Election Day. Polls are open 6am to 7pm. If you’re in line at 7pm, you can vote. Mailed ballots must be received by 7pm.
Questions or voting issues? Call or text the nonpartisan Election Protection hotline: 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683).
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“I’m heartbroken to discover I’m living amongst some very bigoted xenophobic people”
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Anne @captainseeley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is the way
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Raquel 🌈✨ @aistear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Blumineck lo ha vuelto a hacer 🥹 le aplaudo hasta que se me caigan las manos, bravo. "Be masculine, be feminine, be neither, or be both. But be kind."
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“ICE agents were caught on video pulling one teen from the car and punching him repeatedly in the face while he lay on the ground. The other teen, Luis Ochoa, said he informed the ICE agents he was a citizen but was told, ‘I don’t give a damn.… Your parents can’t help you now.’”
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Anne @captainseeley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Why’s he dressed like a little sailor boy?
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Hoskins, who flew to Dallas on Tuesday for the Republican convention,….” 😆😂🤣 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Wanted a New House Map in Missouri. Voters Got Chaos Instead.
The legal wrangling over a congressional map redrawn by Republicans has election officials, candidates and voters scrambling before November.
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Anne @captainseeley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Lambchop's Song That Doesn't End
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Brian Kaylor @briankaylor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My latest @ms.now column on the gerrymandering mess in Missouri & who created the constitutional crisis: www.ms.now/opinion/miss...
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Opinion | Missouri Republicans have unleashed pure chaos on us voters ahead of the midterm elections
Brian T. Kaylor: As the midterms approach,  the Missouri district I'll vote in has changed back and forth
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Elad Gross @bigelad.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Class action lawsuit filed against Missouri Secretary of State Hoskins for botching Missouri's congressional election and using an illegitimate map that favored his party and preferred candidates. youtube.com/shorts/X3LUD...
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Class Action against Missouri Secretary of State for Botching Election
YouTube video by Elad Gross
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Texas is delaying its typical September 1 release of maternal mortality data until December 1, conveniently timed to be after the midterm election. Recent reports have shown a sharp rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths after the abortion ban went into effect. www.austinchronicle.com/news/texas-p...
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Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms • The Austin Chronicle
Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms
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