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Elizabeth Mitchell 🌈🦄♋️😮‍💨🌊

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DC born and raised, former States Project and MAMA, missing Brooklyn and Montana always. CM DC Democratic State Committee, VP @stonewalldems51.bsky.social, Ward 3 Ed Net and a bunch of other stuff. #abc always be canvassing

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Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 44m
In the early 90s, a male friend of mine complained that women sometimes gave mixed messages, wavering between yes & no. I said sure that was true & if it happened, he should look at her & say, "Wait, I'm asking straightforwardly: do you want to do this?" And if she wouldn't answer, he should LEAVE
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 41m
this money went to oil companies and petrostates, out of Americans' pockets
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United Against AI & Tech-Enabled Scams: A National Day of Action
YouTube video by Alliance for Retired Americans
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 42m
Absolutely wild how you can see it in their body language - Mike Lee's smug smirk, Capito's relaxed cheer, Heinrich's pursed lips, Whitehouse's slump, both Democrats looking down and away...
Mike Lee, Shelley Capito, Martin Heinrich, and Sheldon Whitehouse promote an environmentally catastrophic "permitting reform" deal
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Hensley Lab @scottehensley.bsky.social · 4h
This is a really important development. It appears H1N1 cases are rising in the western part of the United States, and these viruses have a key HA substitution that @jbloomlab.bsky.social recently demonstrated is targeted by antibodies in young people. 1/4 www.kuow.org/health/2026-...
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The flu has arrived early in Washington state
Flu cases are surging in Washington state, much sooner than when health officials usually expect the illness to peak in winter.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 3h
You gotta see this!
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A Billionaire Paid Epstein $158 Million. These Republicans Kept His Checks.
Also: an Alabama builder wins round one against ICE, California adds a buffer, and a judge refuses to let Rubio put 43,000 visa applicants back on hold.
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Elizabeth Mitchell 🌈🦄♋️😮‍💨🌊 @efcmitchell.bsky.social · 3h
Am I…kyrsten sinema’s ex-boyfriend bodyguard? Because same big feelings king!
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 3h
Lot going on here www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
Kyrsten Sinema's ex-boyfriend and former bodyguard said he threw her paintings into her swimming pool in part because he felt disillusioned by her relationship with a major
U.S. Artificial Intelligence software developer as the war in Gaza drags on.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
they like rape and rapists, is the thing.
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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
So I said I was tired of the discourse about NHJ and I am. But I am also astonished at the number of people who are certain their choice is better. Because the parenting report card isn't in yet and baby, some of your kids will be asking why you made them go to a racist school based on test scores
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 28/09/2026
“Pastor we shouldn’t poison the men” Wait till you hear what the men do to the women!!!!
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I really appreciated this in-depth conversation with @jonfavs.bsky.social for Offline. We had a productive debate about the use of the word of “fascism” and I made my points about Dems taking $$ from AI companies (don’t!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeB6...
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Naomi Klein: Trump's Allies Think the World Is Ending. They're Ready.
YouTube video by Offline with Jon Favreau
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The reason I protested in the 1st place was the anti-democratic behavior of Speaker Sexton." Asked if he'd protest in congress as he did in Tennessee (for gun safety laws to protect kids), @justinjpearson.bsky.social reminds NC5 Sexton's authoritarianism necessitated it.
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Elizabeth Mitchell 🌈🦄♋️😮‍💨🌊 @efcmitchell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Finally an all male podcast where bros really get into deep bro-ish stuff that really matters to me. I am seriously stoked to see these bros bro out and jizzzzcock all over the manosphere.
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Don't let your son become an inefficiency in your household. Learn more about the Alpha Child System, only on InfoWars.
A person with short hair is sitting in the foreground, looking directly at the viewer. Behind, two individuals stand with arms crossed. The text reads: "Daughters are naturally well-adjusted and thriving, but are you getting the most out of your son?"
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Introducing The Tim Heidecker Podcast. Premiering October 1.
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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's hard to imagine a world where Big Trouble in Little China was immediately and overwhelmingly successful (and didn't eventually become a cult classic.) But in the decades since its release, it's revealed itself to have much more staying power than its stiff-lipped adventure peers.
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Elizabeth Mitchell 🌈🦄♋️😮‍💨🌊 @efcmitchell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another day of the week that ends in “y” so of course we have more federal troops at more of our elementary, middle and high schools terrorizing our kids and families.
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Historian Jen @historianjenfl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Andy Beshear has an entire chapter in his new book about backing the LGBTQ community and it's worth a read. He talks about how the anti-trans ads were tested in KY during his election and how vetoing anti-trans legislation didn't hurt his reelection campaign.
However the anti-trans ads had less to do with Kentucky and more to do with the fact that we were in an election. Terry Schilling, the head of the APP, decided to test the ads in our election to determine whether or not the issue could win votes for the Republican Party. Earlier in the summer of 2019, Scholling had partnered with a behavioral science firm to try to find a wedge issue that resonated with suburban voters. That's right. The anti-trans ads did not come out of some firmly held conviction but was a purely political stance. Their research landed on trans athletes, specifically trans women, competing in women's sports. They tested their theory in the 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial general election. Although I won, APP considered their test successful, because their research showed the ads delivered thirteen thousand votes for Trump Lite, which made the race tighter than anticipated.You might hask how, in this political climate, I was reelected after vetoing the anti-trans bill. Because people respect authentic faith. The day I vetoed it, I explained my why. I said I believe all children are children of God and that I don't want people picking on these kids. I then countered their anti-trans ads with commercials talking about good jobs, healthcare, roads and bridges, public education, and public safety. The result? The biggest win of my career. So don't tell me the Democratic Party should stop fighting for the rights of all people. Just explain your authentic why, and then get back to focusing on issues that touch all our lives on a daily basis.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Most people’s work lives are not that structured. And almost no normal person’s personal life can be that structured. The “gee whiz” of it all cant manufacture the market it needs.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Also, all this “frontier AI” nomenclature is so laughably colonialist that it has to be on purpose. 🙄
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Technology enthusiasts severely overestimate the average person’s desire or willingness or capacity to build and use AI agents. I understand some work roles that could mandate or encourage it but that is no way a tech revolution. Agents are best for structured, clearly delineated tasks.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I participated in some public library ai courses. I’m telling you that the state of literacies and the complexity of lives deeply enmeshed in the bowels of late stage capitalism cannot find a use case for an agent & if they could, people don’t have the scaffolding to imagine one that could be useful
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think some Dems might sneak by in a wave year election running these anti-trans ads that abandon an entire section of the population, but they won't be able to outrun it with Democratic voters longterm. The more time goes on, the more likely they are to know a trans person. A permanent duncecap.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
These sound like non-trivial problems.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In practice, AI literacy doesn’t start with building the tool for your personal use. It starts with understanding yourself as a collection of tasks who should subcontract those out to a machine. Almost no regular person’s life currently exists as such.
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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Rape. Culture.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten says his office is reopening the investigation into the 2024 gang rape of a student at a Cornell University fraternity abcnews.com/US/district-...
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District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'
Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 26/09/2026
"Ever wonder why women over fifty become invisible? It’s not because society no longer values them; it’s because they’ve changed into superior lizard beings who can smell misogyny and then wedge themselves into a tight crevice until the threat passes." buff.ly/F8vQT1N
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I Can’t Wait Until I Turn Fifty and Morph into a Lizard Person
“Ever wonder why women over fifty become invisible? It’s not because society no longer values them; it’s because they’ve changed into superior lizard beings ...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“.. Soybeans are coming back a little bit, but currently [China's purchases] are at much, much lower levels .. For all of the other products — cotton, wheat, pork, beef — the exports were devastated in 2025, and there's no evidence of them coming back." @npr.org www.npr.org/2026/09/25/n...
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Elizabeth Mitchell 🌈🦄♋️😮‍💨🌊 @efcmitchell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wanted to remind everyone that it's a super bad idea to re-elect someone to the School Board who bullied children, accused student advocates of being "paid actors" and falsely claimed their testimony was written by 'dark money groups' It is a GREAT idea to elect a leader who's on the PTA & LSAT
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And he'd save a trillion dollars a year in the process: ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My economic indicator is how many emails a credit card company I don’t owe any money emails me to remind that I have available credit. Anyway, yeah we are screwed.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So ... billionaires are thieves?
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
“On Tuesday, department chair Danielle Clealand told faculty in the Social and Cultural Analysis Department that the provost’s office rejected all women’s and gender studies courses from counting toward UT’s core, according to an email reviewed by the Statesman.”
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UT cuts all women and gender classes from core curriculum, drops race classes
The provost’s office also eliminated dozens of courses on race from counting toward the core curriculum.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley has refused to rule out another run for the Senate in 2028. He’d be 101 at the end of that term.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: The state of New York is suing Polymarket, claiming the company operates an illegal gambling platform in violation of state gambling laws.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive. One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy. Another collapsed and had seizures during labor. (Published Dec. 2025)
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What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 24/09/2026
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Brian “Enemy of Civilization” Alexander @brianralexander.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You cannot get any more divorced from the "real world" than Andreessen, Altman, Cowen, et al.
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Portland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 24/09/2026
Will a weekend nor’easter be enough to bust the drought? Keith Carson explores
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Will a weekend nor’easter be enough to bust the drought? Keith Carson explores
All of Maine is in at least a moderate drought, with some coastal areas in severe drought. How much rain will it take to make dry conditions better?
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Staten Island Advance/SILive.com @silive.com · 24/09/2026
The forecast has already caused the Boston Red Sox to change its MLB schedule.
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Nor’easter begins to strengthen as millions could see flooding, ‘damaging’ winds
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David mogeladze @davidmogeladze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Why This Weekend’s Nor’easter Is Like a Hurricane
Nor’easters are usually a winter phenomenon. But this week’s storm is arriving earlier than usual, and it could take on some characteristics more typical of tropical systems.
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Ash @phoenixashies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nor'easter off the coast = angry, windy seas
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Aaron Wesolowski @aaron4ward3sboe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Writing meaningfully requires the ability to concentrate, think critically, organize thoughts, and self edit. I struggle with this as an adult. Students never developing these skills at all is even scarier.
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What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing?
Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.
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Elizabeth Mitchell 🌈🦄♋️😮‍💨🌊 @efcmitchell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thank you to Ward 3 Ed Net for hosting a wonderful candidate forum! I stepped back from this one because I was early to endorse and support Aaron but he was excellent last night! I cannot wait to have a School Board representative who actually listens to our community members and fights for us!
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Aaron Wesolowski @aaron4ward3sboe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I spoke with The Washington Post about the debate over reading full books in school: “I still believe that the ability to read a long text, a long novel, for instance, is really important, and now more than ever.”
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Schools are assigning fewer novels. Are excerpts just as good?
Standardized testing, budget cuts and time constraints factor into decisions over whether students read more books or more excerpts.
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Aaron Wesolowski @aaron4ward3sboe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
‘Therein lies the catch in “school choice” for children like Amelia. Unlike public schools, private ones generally aren’t required to educate students with disabilities. And they often don’t. The choice wasn’t hers, Johnson realized. It was the schools’.‘
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Vouchers Promise Students With Disabilities a Path to Private School. Parents Say That’s Not the Reality.
To give voucher programs a toehold in state legislatures, politicians touted how students with disabilities would gain access to private education. But those students’ families often have the hardest ...
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Aaron Wesolowski @aaron4ward3sboe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
‘Getting answers from a bot can create “the illusion of learning” for students who reach for A.I. “at the first hint of struggle,” the M.I.T. committee wrote in its August report.’
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An M.I.T. Report Warns A.I. Is Causing ‘Cognitive Surrender.’ Universities Are in a Bind.
As A.I. upends education, university leaders have been all over the map about how to respond. It can be very confusing for students.
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