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Carrie Watterson

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh wow the magazine I haven't read in decades is flabbergasted that I also haven't listened to the radio in decades.
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Most riveting thing I've seen all week
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Dr. Émile P. Torres @xriskology.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If you want to understand the current debate about ASI extinction risk, please please read this. I explain how you've almost certainly been misled into thinking this is about saving humanity--it's NOT. The term "human extinction" doesn't mean what you think it does!
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The ASI Extinction Debate Is the Opposite of What You Think
The media needs to wake up, fast. (3,100 words.)
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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 10/09/2026
Some of those that work forces Are the same that fuck horses
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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A horse is a horse Of course of course Unless you’ve been forced By a horse of course If so of course you can become The bureau’s Mr. Fed
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Ben Siemon @benjaminjs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
You can tell we're a country of idiots by how easily we're convinced to debate the 1% of trans people who want the right to live their lives authentically and safely and don't negatively impact our lives instead of the billionaires who spend every day making our lives genuinely tangibly worse.
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Mikel Reparaz @wikiparaz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 12/09/2026
Your local health department may offer the covid and/or flu vaccine at low or no cost for uninsured folks — it's usually worth reaching out to them to ask. (this could be a municipal health department or county health department) 🧵
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Susan Sontag's 9/16/01 piece in The New Yorker got her crucified but it's one of the few things from that era that aged well. "'Our country is strong,' we are told again and again. I for one don’t find this entirely consoling. Who doubts that America is strong? But that’s not all America has to be."
The disconnect between last Tuesday’s monstrous dose of reality and the self-righteous drivel and outright deceptions being peddled by public figures and TV commentators is startling, depressing. The voices licensed to follow the event seem to have joined together in a campaign to infantilize the public. Where is the acknowledgment that this was not a “cowardly” attack on “civilization” or “liberty” or “humanity” or “the free world” but an attack on the world’s self-proclaimed superpower, undertaken as a consequence of specific American alliances and actions? How many citizens are aware of the ongoing American bombing of Iraq? And if the word “cowardly” is to be used, it might be more aptly applied to those who kill from beyond the range of retaliation, high in the sky, than to those willing to die themselves in order to kill others. In the matter of courage (a morally neutral virtue): whatever may be said of the perpetrators of Tuesday’s slaughter, they were not cowards.Our leaders are bent on convincing us that everything is O.K. America is not afraid. Our spirit is unbroken, although this was a day that will live in infamy and America is now at war. But everything is not O.K. And this was not Pearl Harbor. We have a robotic President who assures us that America still stands tall. A wide spectrum of public figures, in and out of office, who are strongly opposed to the policies being pursued abroad by this Administration apparently feel free to say nothing more than that they stand united behind President Bush. A lot of thinking needs to be done, and perhaps is being done in Washington and elsewhere, about the ineptitude of American intelligence and counter-intelligence, about options available to American foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East, and about what constitutes a smart program of military defense. But the public is not being asked to bear much of the burden of reality. The unanimously applauded, self-congratulatory bromides of a Soviet Party Congress seemed contemptible. The unanimity of the sanctimonious, reality-concealing rhetoric spouted by American officials and media commentators in recent days seems, well, unworthy of a mature democracy.

Those in public office have let us know that they consider their task to be a manipulative one: confidence-building and grief management. Politics, the politics of a democracy—which entails disagreement, which promotes candor—has been replaced by psychotherapy. Let’s by all means grieve together. But let’s not be stupid together. A few shreds of historical awareness might help us understand what has just happened, and what may continue to happen. “Our country is strong,” we are told again and again. I for one don’t find this entirely consoling. Who doubts that America is strong? But that’s not all America has to be.
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 11/09/2026
As the years go by I grow increasingly grateful for the clarity of @attackerman.bsky.social‘s voice.
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Today We Must Finally Remember What The 9/11 Commemorations Ignore
Righteous victimhood fueled the War on Terror. 25 years later, we also have to remember all of those slain under its banner
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Je Hyeon | ABOLISH the polICE @naptime.theolive.garden · 27/08/2025
omg slacey I saved this for you
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
ok look The Odyssey is very much a sequel
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
gotta bring this classic over here
a tweet from my old twitter account reading “[historian voice] it has always sucked ass to be alive”
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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am having a particularly frustrating week, so here’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. The eruption of Sarychev Peak in the Aleutian Islands, seen by the crew of the space station. www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Just to name a few, every time you use (let along brag about using) a synthetic media extruding machine, you are helping to build the case for the next hyperscale data center, helping to normalize the data collection (theft & surveillance) they are built on, >>
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 28/08/2026
And before you say "you can't do that Courtney, the real enemy is Trump" NO FUCKING SHIT And if you are going to fight me and give wins to Trump, I know you're on Trump's side and you are the enemy. That's how it works.
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 26/08/2026
[sadly] …pation
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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
If I had a nickel for every time Jared Diamond turned out to be wrong... www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
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What really happened on Easter Island?
For decades, an influential theory blamed the Rapanui for their own downfall—a story made famous by Jared Diamond’s book Collapse. New evidence tells a different tale
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Asher Langton @asherlangton.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Another puffling release. There’s a steady stream of kids coming to toss the puffins they found last night. 🪶
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
One thing I wish people would realize is just how central JK Rowling is to the entire anti-trans ecosystem. Looking at a network node analysis of the top 200 anti-trans X accounts, she is the most central figure spanning both sides of the Atlantic from Republicans to Labour.
A network graph visualization on a dark background showing connections between various accounts. The central, highly connected node is labeled "J.K. Rowling," with lines radiating out to many other nodes color-coded by region (UK, US, etc.). A detail panel on the right displays stats for her account, including her role as "Author & commentator," an in-degree of 153, an out-degree of 84, and 14 million followers.A scatter plot graph on a dark background comparing accounts based on "followers (log)" on the x-axis and "in-degree" on the y-axis. The data points are color-coded by region. J.K. Rowling is highlighted as a major outlier in the top right corner, possessing the highest number of followers and the highest in-degree. Other labeled points lower on the graph include various politicians, individuals, and campaign organizations.
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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🧪 Invertebrate of the year 2026 Winner crowned…… 🥁 ….the leaf sheep, Costasiella kuroshimae www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Image of invertebrates for Invert of Year in the Guardian. Image credit Petra Korlevic Photo of the leaf sheep in the waters off Japan photo Marli Wakeling
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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/08/2026
Democratic Socialism: Myth Vs. Fact theonion.com/democratic-socialism-m…
MYTH: The government will take away your money and give it to the poor.

FACT: You are the poor.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Actually, one more - I feel like I should say this directly, so here goes. In the 90s and 00s, the groups I remember pursuing this strategy (hyperpublicize mugshots, Black crime statistics, etc) were Stormfront, the Klan, etc. Now it's the New York Times and the Telegraph. That is the story here.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I proudly endorse this message from my grandparents ❤️
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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Anyway, it's very sad for this man's academic career to end in a heap of internalized anti-blackness and willful obfuscation designed to cater to the tastes of people who see him as he apparently sees himself: an under-qualified token best suited for making racists comfortable.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10/08/2026
Important: Trump’s executive order is NOT legislation. Though the executive order promotes more misinformation about vaccines, nothing has changed about the availability of childhood vaccines. For evidence-based guidance, please follow and share American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations.
AAP Recommended Immunization Schedule
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The title is “Cats living together”.
The first panel shows a black cat and orange cat cuddling with their eyes closed. The orange cat says “I love you”. The black cat says “I love you too”.
The second panel zooms in on them. 
The third panel shows the orange cat opening its eyes.
The fourth panel shows the orange cat raising its paw to punch the black cat. It says, “Actually you know what”.
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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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Carrie Watterson @carriewatterson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I can only conclude Octavia Butler was a witch (I mean, complementary but).
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Okay I know this guy is rage bait and there are a million reasons this is a tired and wrong take but anyone paying attention these days obviously knows that women would happily marry a bear and/or a wicker basket just to not have to listen to stuff like this.
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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Reader, they hired me.
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 04/08/2026
I was banned by BlueSky (then apparently unbanned) for calling for the trial & death penalty for Ralph de la Torre, former CEO of Steward Health Care, a man directly responsible for the deaths of disabled Americans. I stand by my analysis - the full writeup is here: www.patreon.com/mattbc/posts...
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Ralph de la Torre, Steward Health Care CEO, Is A Murderer (And I've Been Banned By BlueSky) | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
nb. I have been suspended from BlueSky. Patreon — now with new, easier URL, ShoudntNeedToBeALawyer.com or ShouldntNeed.com — is the best pla
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 03/08/2026
Anybody at @moderation.bsky.app want to try to explain why they suspended @matthewcort.land, ANOTHER of the most prominent people out here fighting for disabled and marginalized people? Like… are y'all planning to suspend/ban literally every disabled legal scholar/policy worker out here, orrrr…?
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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It's basically austerity or hyperinflation in the near future and the only way for Dems to politically survive the necessary austerity is to destroy the lives of as many MAGA regime criminals as humanly possible, in public, messaging the fuck out of every single prosecution.
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Martha Smith @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
According to a man, an expert in language isn't allowed to have opinions on storytelling in the story that she translated, because language and storytelling are unrelated things.
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Story here: heatmap.news/daily/worryi...
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What Worries Me Most About This Wildfire Smoke
We didn’t know days like this could happen. Then we learned how bad they really are.
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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
From the Preface of Ray Madoff's The Second Estate
A bar graph labeled Federal Budget expenses and revenue (2024) with three bars

Govt spending ($6.75 trillion)
Tax revenue ($4.92 trillion)
Deficit ($1.83 trillion)

Next to it is a bar chart labeled Wealth of the Rich. There is a bar labeled Wealth of the Top 1%. It is $47.6 trillion, nearly ten times the size of the tax revenue bar. 

This chart is titled Federal Burger versus wealth of the rich (2024) and the source is the US Treasury and St Louis Reserve
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Total woke cultural victory. We're bringing pronouns back. It is now illegal to be a white male. We're doing May Day parades just for HR ladies.
Nolan's Odyssey getting good reviews from critics and audiences per Rotten Tomatoes.
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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The cost of the American weapons expended against Iran today alone could probably fund the acquisition of an entirely brand new fleet of wildfire suppression aircraft twice as large as our current ancient and dangerously run-down fleet.
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Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 13/07/2026
I rewatched Citizen Kane a few weeks ago and by modern plutocrat metrics he seems basically fine.
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 11/07/2026
DID YOU KNOW IF YOU FIND A HORSESHOE CRAB THATS BEEN TAGGED BY THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND SUBMIT THE LOCATION YOU SAW IT USING THE FORM ON FWS DOT GOV SLASH CRABTAG THEY SEND YOU A BEAUTIFUL CRAB PIN
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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
ActBlue donors can request refunds if they donated to Platner's campaign. Pass it on. Directions below: (And if you do this, please share that you did so on social media). help.actblue.com/hc/en-us/art...
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Can I get a refund for a donation I made through ActBlue?
Learn how to request a refund for unintended or accidental donations.
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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
It's like if Woodstock '99 and the Fyre Festival had a baby and then that baby was raised by Jonestown.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Demanding that your followers stick around and stand in wet grass, in the dark, in the humid DC swamp, to be eaten in the middle of the night by the mosquitos here, which are no joke, as you hold their fireworks hostage, is a perfect encapsulation of what’s going on.
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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
This an official Vatican photograph of Leo at Lampedusa, Italy - one of the world’s heaviest migrant sites - where he went this morning to pray for migrants who died at sea. This is after turning down the offer to come to the United States.
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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain. Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow. Happy 250, America!
An image of a list of the 27 grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 20 of them in whole or in part, condensed into the list below:
1.	He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
2.	He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation …
3.	He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people.
4.	He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; … obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners …
5.	He has obstructed the Administration of Justice …
6.	He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices …
7.	He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
8.	He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
9.	He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
10.	He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution … giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
11.	For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
12.	For protecting them … from punishment for any Murders which they should commit …
13.	For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
14.	For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
15.	For depriving us … of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
16.	For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
17.	For … abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
18.	He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
19.	He has … destroyed the lives of our people.
20.	He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us …
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Just here to post this again like I do every year, not only because Douglass was one of the founding philosophers of American liberty but because I am so moved by the kids Frederick Douglass’ descendants deliver “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”
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‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass' Speech | NPR
YouTube video by NPR
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