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Nice Chester

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Higher Ed guy in the Bay Area. Wisco Forever. Books, YIMBY, and a good park to take the kids. Joining the Big Migration.

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Nice Chester @ccrude.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
An online store that doesn't provide an inventory list? As a consumer I can't buy direct but have to go through referred retail outlets?
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Nice Chester @ccrude.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
They’re lobbing bombs with fervor of an edgy 13-year old. More productive to ignore and block.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/08/2026
perfect synopsis of modern Republicanism
Darline Graham: I tripped up on one question last night, regarding Taiwan. I don't speak politician. I was just honest. Of course, Taiwan is our friend. But I think people in South Carolina are more worried about boys in girls sports.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/08/2026
NEW: Congress appropriated $1 trillion for defense this year, more than twice as much as the combined budget for agencies overseeing health, veterans affairs, education, housing, agriculture and justice. We’re setting out to report on how this public money is being spent.
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The $1 Trillion Black Box
The U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spe...
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Nice Chester @ccrude.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I saw the 8th inning “home run” and had to come to your page.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Michael Larosa got absolutely roasted by a CSPAN caller for attacking Abdul El-Sayed.
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Nice Chester @ccrude.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Do you know if it’s a new requirement in CA? I’m not a native and it seems to be very vibes based as to whether it’s needed.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Stavros Halkias: I don't wanna do the both sides bullshit because it's not true. One side is worse than the other, objectively speaking. One side is disappearing people and one side wants children to have healthcare. A lot of stand up comics happened to have some of the dumbest opinions on Earth
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I’m on vacation but I gotta say, as much fun as it is to debate woke1 and Hasan Piker, the Trump administration is currently engaged in mass murder on the high seas as surely as any serial killer or lynch mob. And viewed from the distance of vacation, The Discourse doesn’t seem to give a shit.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Pointing out real cases of “woke 1 run amok” does not negate my argument that it was mostly a few isolated cases. The backlash to the Peak Woke era is cutting funds, changing curricula and explicitly politicizing science — actions that affect millions.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
“How do you define Democratic Socialism?” “It puts people first — Child care. Public schools… The Packers are a publicly-owned 🏈 team. Working class people should be first in government.” (H/T @francescahongwi.bsky.social )
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Perhaps the biggest example of how the United States government is a failed democracy is shown right now by how the people are very, vocally, opposed to data centers while our elected representatives are doing everything in their power to propagate them against our wills
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins
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River 🏳️‍⚧️ @blippop.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
no it would not be funny if those failed NBA washouts Kanter and White were “forced to commit to the bit” and had to take estrogen and adopt a new name etc. Transitioning isn’t a funny punishment or humiliation ritual you get to wield against bigots
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The president's authority as "commander in chief" refers to the military only. The president cannot use executive orders to expand the definition of who is eligible for birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment. The president's aide saying these things is a virulent white nationalist.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 06/08/2026
Black text on a white page that reads:

Too many lives have been cut short by high-speed, illegal e-bikes and e-scooters.

That’s why we are issuing cease-and-desist orders against 42 online retailers that have been selling these dangerous devices to New York City residents — including Target, Temu, Wayfair, Walmart, and Amazon. 

The safety of New Yorkers is not for sale.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/08/2026
A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Happy birthday to an actual President, Barack Obama. 💙
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
ABC has picked it up now. "Capital One says it closed hundreds of Trump's bank accounts in 2021 'for anti-money laundering reasons'"
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Capital One says it closed hundreds of Trump's bank accounts in 2021 'for anti-money laundering reasons'
Capital One says it closed hundreds of accounts associated with President Trump and his businesses in 2021 "for anti-money laundering reasons," according to a filing.
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Nice Chester @ccrude.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This is an attack on women’s sports, period. They want girl students to opt out of sport entirely.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Another example of the lunacy of thinking discrimination against a marginalized group won't affect you if you're not part of that group bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Fascinating -- I did not know any of this www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
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Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)
To face our own history, we must be honest about it.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 02/08/2026
this owns www.inverse.com/input/cultur...
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The adorable love story behind Wikipedia’s 'high five' photos
Nearly 14 years later, the tale of this iconic couple can finally be told.
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Edward the Movie Buff 🎞🎬🎥📽 @midgetmoxie.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Some Like It Hot (1959) Director: Billy Wilder
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
if you’re an immigrant and unemployed, you’re a freeloader, but if you’re gainfully employed, you’re stealing someone’s job. They just don’t want these people to exist except as targets for their hatred one way or the other bsky.app/profile/heba...
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Back in October, two well-connected MAGA activists from Oregon talked on their podcast about discussions they’d recently had in DC with Trump admin officials about how they might be able to nullify Oregon’s 2026 votes for house and senate in order to seat Republicans instead.
Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
Also, we proposed a idea how to do a end run on vote by mail. Concept is based on what Trump proposed. When you vote, you check everyone's citizenship as well as voter ID.
In a vote by mail state, you might be able to check citizenship during voter registration. You can send copies of your passport and your birth certificate in.
How in the world are you going to check our voters?
Voter ID, right? Vote by mail. So that creates a problem for Oregon.
But if federal government new requirement is to check both, and if Oregon can comply with the requirements, what would happen to our election result? I'm talking about the entire federal delegation.
For federal elections, we're talking about only federal elections.
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October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
So entire federal delegation, congressmen and senators could be challenged, could be unseated because you didn't follow federal requirements to elect them. So I said the trade-off is worth it. You know why?
Democrats control two Senate seats out of six congressional seats. We only control one. They control five.
You talk about trade-off, right?
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Melissa Good & Feral 😾🇺🇦🇨🇦 @meltart.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
When an entire arena boos you for telling the truth, you quickly learn who has courage. Kris Kristofferson walking onto that stage and standing beside Sinéad as the insults rained down remains one of the most powerful acts of human decency I’ve ever seen. Three years resting in peace 🙌🏼🤍🙌🏼
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Dr Russell Glasson @russellglasson.com · 25/07/2026
Dear @octopus.energy, can we have one of these for Brighton & Hove please? Feed it from the extension to the Rampion Wind Farm and get on with cutting Gas out of the equation. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/f...
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Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery
A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/07/2026
Whew, the editors of @science.org are getting real.
science.org
The Assault On Science Funding Continues
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026
Admirable clarity @science.org
The Trump administration hates academic science funding, full stop. They hate where that money goes, and they hate who it goes to. They want to keep all that money for themselves, to hand out to favored cronies who can help them get elected and to steer yet more money and more power back into their hands.

That’s it. That’s the story
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
President Obama met with the WNBA all-stars in Chicago this weekend. I love how he's a big fan of the league like I am and knows all of the players by name. Remember what it was like to have a normal, well-mannered, kind-hearted president? I miss that.
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 23/07/2026
The murderer of Melissa and Mark Hortman was sentenced to prison for the rest of his life. Grateful that John and Yvette Hoffman—who courageously survived multiple gunshot wounds—are with us. Our hearts are with Colin and Sophie Hortman and everyone whose lives were forever changed by this tragedy.
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geoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
the punishment for resisting arrest is not death and the police don't hand down a sentence, they executed a man for making them mad
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Nice Chester @ccrude.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
You actually don’t need an ID to fly domestically. It’s more difficult but possible.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Halfway through buying NBA tickets, I noped out. I only got folk festival tickets because express option was available. i try to support smaller venues and acts but I’m not doing any more apps. Cash at the door or I stay home.
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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Electric bills are way too high — particularly PG&E — and plug-in solar is a great way to lower those bills. I’m authoring legislation to allow Californians to easily use these devices; it’s currently quite hard, if not impossible, for people to do so.
yahoo.com
California bill backs plug-in solar as PG&E rates soar, and renters could save on power
"Anyone can access it to harvest sunshine and generate immediate energy savings."
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Ossoff's Office @ossoff.senate.gov · 20/07/2026
Sen. Ossoff slams HHS Secretary RFK Jr. after he terminated the CDC's required surveillance of the parasite causing cyclosporiasis: "Your foolish and self-indulgent demolition of critical public health programs puts Americans at risk. The Trump Administration is actively undermining food safety."
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson: "Magic happens when we create inviting, people-centered public spaces — a car-free Pioneer Square, Pike Place Market, our new Waterfront Park, Seattle Center — and give people reasons to gather and shop there. Let’s do more of this across neighborhoods citywide..."
seattletimes.com
Seattle, the World Cup brought possibility. Let's build on it | Op-Ed, Mayor Katie Wilson
Seattle’s World Cup revealed something else, something many of us knew, despite the persistent voices pushing narratives of decline. Seattle is a great city.
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Nice Chester @ccrude.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Sorry, a little lost. What did they add?
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Nice Chester @ccrude.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
He wouldn’t get out of the photo. A never ending embarrassment.
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The Women's Game @womensgamemib.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Former NFL player JJ Watt doesn't play around when it comes to his wife Kealia Watt ‼️ His response to MLS team Real Salt Lake's tweet, where they failed to mention the former NWSL and USWNT soccer player, is iconic 👏
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Nice Chester @ccrude.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Chester Sourdough
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/07/2026
shoutout the chucklefuck pundit who insisted once that “environmental racism” was a nonsense term
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Nice Chester @ccrude.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
It’s so unbelievably stupid we haven’t super charged the expansion of solar across this country because too many voters think it’s liberal.
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Hi! I'm Danna. I love my job, my university, & my students. For 20 years, I've been teaching young leaders in politics & communication at UD. Our university has a celebrated *leadership* program, entire units dedicated to civic engagement, & freedom of expression. Which is why this is so upsetting:
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Since I've been at this fine institution for 20 years, enjoy Full Professor status, have a University Teaching Award and my name on a goddamned brick in Mentor's Circle, I figure I should exercise my freedom of expression to say these developments are a violation of Academic Freedom.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
One of the legacies of Lindsay
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/07/2026
this, for me, is the defining Lindsey Graham statement
If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it.
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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Pretty classy message by the Norwegian Embassy. #WorldCup
Thank you message from the Norwegians to America for hosting them during the World Cup
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/07/2026
The reason Platner has gotten roughly 10x the discussion of any of the panoply of rapists & sexual harassers in prominent positions on the right is that everyone - left, right, center, media, *everyone* - has internalized that conservatives just don't care and so there's no point talking about it.
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