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That's Irritainment @irritained.bsky.social · 16h

Restaurant flyer/menu/signage litmus test: Picture is real? Might have a meal. Using AI? Gonna walk on by.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 2h

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Eileen Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social · 3h

Bright blue sky above Lake Whitehurst on a fall day.

View between two bald cypress trees, overlooking Lake Whitehurst.

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Eileen Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social · 3h

🎶Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be rapists

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Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 6h

“For students with still-developing minds, the most urgent question, then, is how to protect thinking in a world where it has become so easy to outsource writing.”

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 15h

Time for this classic again.

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 18h

Enthusiasm > technique

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 17h

Thomas Potato pupdate : He’s more than doubled in weight since we brought him home, really trying to grow into those paws (but a long way to go still).

Fawn boxer puppy lays on a black dog bed and side eyes the camera

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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 18h

I have no idea if this is true but the collage kills me

A black lemur in a leafy tree with its mouth open as if singing, beside an inset photo of Pavarotti striking a similar pose. Text reads: “New research shows lemurs use operatic techniques when they sing, to reach high notes.” Classic FM.

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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 19h

This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...

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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now

As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.

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Eileen Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social · 19h

Lime pickle is always there for me.

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Caleb Heeringa @calebheeringa.bsky.social · 21h

“We have to sit and listen as men worth unfathomable sums speculate about whether our species will survive their companies’ initial public offerings. We definitely weren’t designed to cope with all this.” 🎯

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23h

The funniest thing about the Schmitt rake stomp is that if it'd been a Dem we'd have a week of think pieces about how Dems lack of hoops literacy was alienating them from real America.

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Eileen Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Do you like relaxing piano music? I do. My friend @annadaleradio.bsky.social turned me on to Fergus McCreadie, and I love this music so much. You should check it out if you think you might like it. And follow @annadaleradio.bsky.social for good music recs fergusmccreadie.bandcamp.com/track/glade-2

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Glade, by Fergus McCreadie

from the album Sketches

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Eileen Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social · 20/06/2024

Some people are out there buying fancy cars and houses and yachts, and meanwhile I’m over here leaning back in my chair, like “Heck yeah, I got me a big fat chisel-tip Sharpie and I am LIVING THE DREAM!”

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Eileen Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I just noticed how the one rose bloom resting on the windowsill appears to breach the fourth wall [alt text for embed: Mister Lincoln roses, vibrant red blooms in spring, green foliage and green grass below]

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Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Blessed are those who pre-order books, for they believe in the future and believe in art and conduct themselves accordingly.

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Benjamin Jancewicz @benjancewicz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Padset #BenjaPhoto 🌍 Waterford, Ontario 📸 DJI Mini 2 🗓️ Sep 2022

Orange sunset over a lake, lily pads and reflections, trees silhouetted on the far shore.

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Nathan Cassell @pyxorium.com · 28/09/2026

Filoli at Woodside, CA September 2010

Pulgas Water Temple and reflecting pool flanked with cypress trees. Blue sky above with a few white wispy clouds. Woodside, California

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Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Speaking of camping... We saw a 3-ish year old bald eagle multiple times. Got closer when we were canoeing but I didn't have my camera. (Go Birds)

A long distance 80x zoom picture tsken with a Pixel 10 Pro of a bald eagle standing in the low water of a pond. Green grasses reflect in the water

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Eileen Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A walking playlist… The O’Jays, “Now That We Found Love.” If you haven’t walked much in a while, this is a nice way to ease into it. youtu.be/8j9g1DTCJn0?...

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The O'Jays - Now That We Found Love (Official Audio)

YouTube video by TheOJaysVEVO

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 28/09/2026

Magnetic Arrow Designs also designed the websites for about a dozen other Mississippi companies like the Biloxi Historical Society, Gulf Coast Piano Shows, Ocean Springs Archive, Shearwater Dental in Ocean Springs, Mississippi Fishing Charter, Coast Accommodation Group and Krew of Neptune.

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Bolivar County Circuit Clerk Website Designer Hacked By Foreign Gambling Company

Voter Andy Hawkins discovered Bolivar County circuit clerk’s website designer has been hacked by a foreign gambling company.

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Eileen Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Five years ago today, Jarrod Ramos was sentenced to five life terms plus 345 years in prison for his mass shooting at the offices of the Capital Gazette. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital...

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Capital Gazette shooting - Wikipedia

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Eileen Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“the best $10.99 you can eat”

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Eileen Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You, too, can light yourself up

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Eileen Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Peaches and Dreams dahlias are so beautiful. 🥰🌱 #FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling

Peachy-pink flowers with yellow centers, with green foliage all around.

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 27/09/2026

My friends are so cool. I wish I knew any of their names

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Eileen Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Remember the way T talked about China on the campaign trail?

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Eileen Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Friends, it’s Sunday (for most of us); time to check in from wherever you are & show us what’s blooming in your area. We celebrate the persistence of beauty & the beauty of persistence. Tag w/ #FlowerReport, add location if you’re willing, include alt text if you’re able. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Eileen Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We haven’t had a proper Song of the Summer since “Call Me Maybe.”

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Eileen Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I guess these ads prey on people who don’t think they’re political, but want to feel like they’re in with the in crowd.

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I barely track the discourse anymore but I stand with: - thirsty job interviewees - autonomous lesbian bars - “Choosin' Texas” non-hearers

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Eileen Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This song has been in my head all week. Jonathan Richman, “I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar” youtu.be/XjFU98mEem4?...

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Jonathan Richman - I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar Live

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Mnmeditor @mnmeditor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

❤️Neil Young: “Farmers are the soul of America…they’re the ones on the front lines, this climate thing is huge…every farmer and everyone who eats food should vote…climate change moves so slowly that today‘s fast thinkers can’t see it…what about the seven generations that are coming?” @farmaid.org🚜

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