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Dirt Plus Water @dirtpluswater.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Folks who are following the sad dispute about influence and adaptation surrounding two books about Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake (one a graphic novel), I encourage you read this fair and incredibly thorough debunking of @rachelcleves.bsky.social's accusations buttondown.com/thene/archiv...

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Charity and Sylvia: the extraordinary claims of Rachel Hope Cleves

In early July, a dispute began between two writers; Rachel Hope Cleves, author of Charity and Sylvia; A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America, (2014), and...

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Dirt Plus Water @dirtpluswater.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

@pjvogt.bsky.social I'm a fan but baffled by the assumptions of the latest episode. @jasmine.bsky.social started out thinking data center protestors would be "misinformed" and "tik tok addled"? It is implied throughout that environmental impact concerns are overblown and that benefits are clear?

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Dirt Plus Water @dirtpluswater.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

@thehighsign.bsky.social Dana I wonder how many gabfesters, like me, have recently discovered the “order oldest to newest” function on a podcast stream. :-) Just listened to the episode in 2009 where you all try out twitter with much bemusement, and you choose this handle.

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Dirt Plus Water @dirtpluswater.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

So given that the terminology "El Niño" for ocean temp cycle came from Peruvian sailors referring to the baby Jesus... can we assume that the existence of La Niña (the cold, counterpoint phase) leaves room for ecotheological fiction about Jesus' feminine twin in the form of ocean currents???

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Dirt Plus Water @dirtpluswater.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

@peterjthuesen.bsky.social Have you read the novel Helm by Sarah Hall?? It's brilliant. (I would ask her if she has read Tornado God but she doesn't appear to be on here haha.)

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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Yesterday this man assaulted a small group of pro-democracy protesters (including a friend of mine) in Jamaica Plain, Boston. Anyone know who this is? MA license plate 2LHE 74

White male who assaulted protesters yesterday in Jamaica Plain (Boston). Driving black Ford pickup, MA license plate 2LHE 74.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

most straightforward clear headline i’ve seen on what is, to me, the most urgent, striking, severe part of the spending bill the GOP just passed www.newsweek.com/immigration-...

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ICE budget now bigger than most of the world's militaries

Donald Trump wants to inject $150 billion into his immigration crackdown over the next four years.

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IfNotNow Boston 🔥 @ifnotnowboston.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

We thank our Senators @markey.senate.gov and Warren for heeding the calls of their constituents and voting to block arms sales to Israel. Tonight’s 18 votes for the JRD, in defiance of AIPAC and President Biden’s personal lobbying efforts, show that the tide is turning.

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Dirt Plus Water @dirtpluswater.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I've read a lot of cli-fi that reckons with legacies of racial violence and colonization through fantasy tropes but didn't expect one of my favorites to be written by George A. Romero (of Night of the Living Dead fame). Anyone else reading Pay the Piper?? I'll read any book with a swamp tbh

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