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allison

@deadbeatpoet.bsky.social
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dungeons & dragons is like my family. public defender, poet, music aficionado, connoisseur of fine vines, views are my own, she/her

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 3h
Shut every fraternity down.
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explore.org @explore.org · 3h
Introducing your ultimate fighter and champion: Bear 89 Backpack 👑 Thanks for joining us for the biggest Fat Bear Week to date.
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 14h
If you’d asked me to parody how silly and broken legal journalism is, I genuinely don’t think I could have come up with “so the best-known ‘nonpartisan’ Supreme Court outlet is now run by an ex-Trump DOJ flack who had her longtime personal friend Brett Kavanaugh officiate her wedding”
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The Conservative Takeover of SCOTUSblog Is Just What the Supreme Court Needed
SCOTUSblog used to cover the Supreme Court. Now, it cheers for it.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life." music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Songs In The Key Of Life - The EP
EP • Stevie Wonder
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i hope that men notice how whenever a rape story gets widespread coverage, women use it as an opportunity to vent about how fucking disgusting we think many of you are and how many have made our lives measurably worse, and take a few moments to deeply process that.
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Lee Cicuta @butchanarchy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Let’s not forget that the precautions we associate with Covid (clean air, PPE like masks) were *lessons* more of us learned in the earlier stages of the pandemic. Lessons that, applied, can protect from many other viral illnesses and create greater access for immunocompromised people.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 27/09/2026
Talking about my struggles with being overweight still makes me uncomfortable, since weight can carry moral judgment in ways that other health challenges don't. But that fear stops too many struggling from getting treatment that could extend their lives.
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Gov. JB Pritzker Reveals He’s Lost 80 Lbs. with GLP-1 After Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis (Exclusive)
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker tells PEOPLE that a GLP-1 has contributed to his 80-Lb. weight loss, but that he initially started taking it after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You can tell, with all of the explicit ethnic cleansing making everything worse and more expensive, the GOP's next target is just to go all out on gender wars. Everyone on X or Rumble is complaining about nagging women 24/7, with brief respites for holocaust denial. Full 4chan incel GOP incoming.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
i feel like moving to the upper midwest could fix me
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
4/ But over the next 10 weeks, I’d mimic the patterns of a problem gambler with the help of a panel of gambling experts and learn just how much DraftKings would encourage my recklessness — and just how little pushback I’d get as I spiraled downward.
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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allison @deadbeatpoet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m so tired of having long covid, I just wanna work out again or go up stairs without needing a beta blocker
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 25/09/2026
i want nathan fielder to do undecided voter focus groups
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allison @deadbeatpoet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just like drug dogs!
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allison @deadbeatpoet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is simply a scene from The Boys and you can’t convince me otherwise
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I wrote about an (informal) memorial I made in a burn scar that killed 1.3 million Joshua trees, nearly the same “official” U.S. death toll of the pandemic. Now, I plant the yuccas in remembrance of those who died of Long COVID and ME 🪾🪏 thesicktimes.org/2026/09/08/w...
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We made a COVID-19 memorial in the ashes of a Joshua tree forest - The Sick Times
Despite nearly 1.3 million deaths and counting, there is still not a national memorial for the pandemic. Our informal memorial in the middle of the Mojave Desert is one small way to remember those we’...
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hey so uhhhhh that Boston Globe story about the lesbian bar relaxing its covid rules is an *absolute fucking hit piece* targeting the disabled, chronically ill, and covid-conscious and it would be great if folks sharing and joking about it could recognize that framing.
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allison @deadbeatpoet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ugh I feel like my long covid got triggered by the new nuvoxavid formulation
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allison @deadbeatpoet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Still can’t vote in Fat Bear Week 😭
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Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The emotional journey from "I've totally got a winnable legal point" through "OMG I'm so stupid, they opposing party is right that I'm just incapable of understanding law" and back to "no, truth and justice are on my side."
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
this is fantastic and I learned something new
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
One of my favorite cases of someone being Wrong on the Internet was a very earnest, very confused vegan who was telling people how cruel honey is; and it eventually turned out they thought honey was made by putting bees in a centrifuge and spinning them around until they threw up.
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 21/09/2026
It's official: Starbucks is gutting DEI policies company-wide to curry favor with Florida politicians as our union's call for a boycott grows. Vote with your dollar. BOYCOTT STARBUCKS.
Fox News headline: Starbucks agrees to DEI overhaul after blockbuster Florida legal showdown. The coffee giant will pay $1M and submit annual compliance certifications for four years under the agreement
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allison @deadbeatpoet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I just want to sit in judgment of fat bears as I have for years now, but fat bear week is so popular that the polls crashed :(
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
ngl I was stunned by this article's cite to a study showing that 5.4 million children & teens in the US have family caregiving responsibilities @jessicacalarco.com has done lotsa interesting work on how the US uses women in lieu of a social safety net but I had no idea how much labor falls on..kids
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them. Here is my journey
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The open houses at the edge of disaster
What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Not sure if people know Wakefield was trying to sell a competing measles vaccine when he made up his fraudulent study about the MMR. It was only after that failed (because he is a complete fraud) that he started grifting off opposing all vaccines. It’s all just a grift. Antivaxxers are their marks.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I keep seeing videos of a guy who catches crabs and lobsters, cracks all the barnacles off them, puts a shrimp in their claws and throws them back. can you imagine. abducted by aliens but they just give you a spa day and hand you two hot dogs and let you go
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Lane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 16/09/2026
It seems like this is a good time to tell you all why LLMs are never, and can never be, conscious.
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allison @deadbeatpoet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Rob Sand will say whatever he thinks will get him the most Republican votes
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 11/09/2026
Everyone should get the 2026-2027 flu vaccine and the 2026-2027 covid vaccine, unless a competent medical professional has advised against it based on individual medical circumstances (e.g. a history of GBS). shouldntneedtobealawyer.com/posts/what-i...
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What Is Public Health? Which Vaccines Should You Get? | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
Health care in the United States operates on a foundational assumption: our public health systems work. Health care assumes that there is a
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 09/09/2026
Results from our latest State Supreme Court Diversity report: - No Black justices in 24 states - No Latino/a justices in 39 states & DC - No Asian American justices in 40 states - No Native American justices in 47 states & DC Read more:
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State Supreme Court Diversity - September 2026 Update
Across the United States, states have shown little progress with respect to racial, ethnic, gender, and professional diversity among state supreme court justices.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
pay living wages for all workers. tax the shit out of billionaires. happy labor day.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It’s a grossly harmful worldview that has no relationship to the scientific consensus on the drivers of chronic disease. America’s disease burden (which is falling btw) is mostly a function of income and healthcare inequality, not the refusal of Americans to eat beef tallow.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
There's no evidence that we can neutralize MAHA with a better health care system. Western Europe has universal access and lower costs — and still has huge anti-vaxx and “medical freedom” movements. MAHA is driven by right-wing misinformation, not legitimate grievances with US healthcare.
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Space Witches, Esq. @popelizbet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
unless you've specifically worked on it, there's probably a mess of social shame and fear and guilt about food and bodies you've picked up from marinating in a toxic culture. when you hear yourself being judgmental about food and bodies, pay attention to your thoughts.
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Space Witches, Esq. @popelizbet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
kill the MAHA in your head, a non-exhaustive list: -stop using the word "chemicals" in a derogatory way. When criticizing specific types of chemicals, be specific. -stop saying "clean eating" for whatever diet you're on. food you're avoiding isn't dirty or bad just because you are avoiding it.
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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.
Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and whiteCenter square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettesBlock of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in markerCarol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
2023
satin ribbons

After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I know this is a common belief, but it’s not true. If people went anti-vaxx/MAHA because they were excluded from the medical establishment, we would see sky-high rates among poor people, minorities and the uninsured. We don’t.
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allison @deadbeatpoet.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I simply have no interest in football as a concept
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allison @deadbeatpoet.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Amazing news!
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38-50 feral posters
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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Now in Gunmetal Grey!
A person in the background carrying a bag over their shoulder. In the foreground, a large gray cat sits beside a cardboard box labeled "CATS FOR MEN." The text above reads "Introducing CATS FOR MEN™," and below the box, it says "The first feline designed for real, masculine men."
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Classists believe that when Odysseus returned to Ithaca and plucked the bow string it actually sounded like X Gon’ Give It To Ya by DMX
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 29/08/2026
if this didn’t make me emotional enough, looking and seeing that it was rep. hollins (legislator from st paul) makes it even more powerful.
minneapolis martyrs crop art piece with george floyd, renee good, alex pretti
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If you are someone who claims to be an ally to the disabled, or claims to be a progressive or a socialist, or claims to care about people other then yourself and you aren’t regularly getting Covid boosters then you’re not any of those fucking things.
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