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Ej Dickson

@ejdickson.bsky.social
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Senior writer at Wired, author of ONE BAD MOTHER, debut essay collection out now. www.amazon.com/One-Bad-Mother-House…

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WIRED @wired.com · 24/09/2026
The Orlando theme park’s immersive Halloween experience now includes hot, brooding guys in an homage to romantasy antiheroes—and it’s leading to record-breaking ticket sales. www.wired.com/story/seawor...
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SeaWorld Wants to Make You Horny
The Orlando theme park’s immersive Halloween experience now includes hot, brooding guys in an homage to romantasy antiheroes—and it’s leading to record-breaking ticket sales.
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Sandra Upson @supson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today at noon ET / 9 am PT I'll be talking about WIRED's special report on tech and gender with two extraordinary women, @laurengoode.bsky.social and @ejdickson.bsky.social. Join us, ask questions - there's so much to dig into. www.wired.com/story/livest...
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Submit Your Questions: Why Is Silicon Valley Still a Boys’ Club?
How are women really faring in Silicon Valley? Submit your questions to our panel and we'll give you the scoop on September 24.
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Louise Matsakis @lmatsakis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I’m extraordinarily proud to work with @ejdickson.bsky.social & Alana Levinson, who worked on this unflinching account of some of the most horrific abuses committed against women on the internet www.wired.com/story/burner...
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
in the biggest argument of my life with @ejdickson.bsky.social because she says i wouldn't be able to drink entirely around the world at Epcot
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
He couldn’t. It’s impossible. It’s 12 countries!!!!! And the drinks are not weak
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I cannot recommend this story from @ejdickson.bsky.social enough - devastating and thorough reporting on a very upsetting corner of the internet:
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Noah Becker @noahbecker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is a story about an incredibly brave person whose life has been ruined by some of the worst people humanity has to offer.
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daniel sieradski @self.agency · 14/09/2026
“It could literally be anybody. It’s not mean or troubled guys doing it, or guys who need validation. It’s guys with wealthy families and support systems and college educations.”
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There is a corner of the internet I had never heard of before I started reporting this story. It’s called the “burnerverse”: a network of anon burner accounts ostensibly discussing college sports. But they have another goal: destroying young girls’ lives.🧵: www.wired.com/story/burner...
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A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work
Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back.
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Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Fantastic, enraging story from @ejdickson.bsky.social on a young woman who took on the anonymous men seeking to destroy her www.wired.com/story/burner...
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A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work
Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back.
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I wrote about the real reason why so many women believe the conspiracy theories about Patrick Clancy. It has nothing to do with women being crazy. It has EVERYTHING to do with moms feeling totally abandoned by their husbands. And they are absolutely justified. www.wired.com/story/the-pa...
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The Patrick Clancy Conspiracy Theories Are Rooted in the Harsh Realities of Motherhood
Lindsay Clancy’s defense argues she killed her three kids because of postpartum psychosis. But armchair detectives, including many fed-up mothers, are laying blame with her ex-husband.
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
NEW from me: I talked to Peter Pan Girl, aka Toni, the TikToker accused of stalking Peter Pan at Disneyland. "I do think people know that Peter and I have a special friendship," she says. "[But] I know I'm not doing anything wrong." Full story at @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/viral-...
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Viral Disneyland Content Creator Defends Her ‘Special Friendship’ With Peter Pan
Disney superfan Toni Kulusich has been accused of stalking her favorite character, sparking discourse about boundaries with park actors. She tells WIRED the backlash is unfair.
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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
You may have heard of "Peter Pan Girl"—the Disney influencer accused of stalking her favorite character. She spoke to @ejdickson.bsky.social about why the "hate" won't stop her visits: www.wired.com/story/viral-...
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Viral Disneyland Content Creator Defends Her ‘Special Friendship’ With Peter Pan
Disney superfan Toni Kulusich has been accused of stalking her favorite character, sparking discourse about boundaries with park actors. She tells WIRED the backlash is unfair.
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
How do you build a successful AI hot girl MAGA influencer? I talked to @morgansung.bsky.social at @kqednews.kqed.org about my story about Emily Hart, the blond bikini babe created by an Indian med student to scam "dumb MAGA people" (and hes interviewed too!) open.spotify.com/episode/28In...
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The Emily Hart Saga | Part 1
Close All Tabs · Episode
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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I don’t know much about soccer but I can say unequivocally they made the greatest performance mistake you can possibly make. You never put muppets in the middle. ALWAYS close with muppets if you have muppets. It’s all downhill from here.
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WIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026
A statement from WIRED leadership.
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
i feel like the subtext here is "you need to be hot" digiday.com/media/inside...
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Inside the newsroom push to turn print reporters into video talent
As reporter-led video becomes a priority, publishers are investing in newsroom training to help journalists deepen audience relationships.
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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Despite having policies against explicit content, Youtube is funneling people to nudify sites that generate nonconsensual deepfakes for as little as $1. Targets include people's sisters and motivations are often "getting people fired." by @ejdickson.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/youtub...
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YouTube and X Have Become ‘Gateways’ to Nudify Apps
A new study found that social media platforms are referring people to sites where they can create nonconsensual, sexually explicit deepfakes for as little as $1 an image.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Bizarre story: Two journalists were removed by police from a corporate-sponsored Freedom 250 event in Brussels after they asked US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White about his threat against an American citizen/Belgian resident who had emailed Zac Brown Band urging them not to perform at the event.
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The US ambassador had Belgian police stop our reporting
On Sunday evening, the United States held its “Freedom 250” celebration – paid for by private companies, organised by the three American embassies in
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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
SCOOP from @ejdickson.bsky.social: A network of hot guys is sliding into men's Instagram DMs asking them to join the new gay dating app Goose. The problem is, they don't appear to be real people: www.wired.com/story/goose-...
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Goose, a New Gay Dating App, Appears to Be a Psyop
Touted as a less-hookup-focused Grindr, Goose is an invite-only space for gay men. The problem is the people promoting it don’t seem real.
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Keith Kurson @keithlaugh.love · 01/07/2026
omg this is so good "It was during a Mercury retrograde, and Mercury retrograde involves communication. It’s a time to renew and redo and rethink. I realized I’m not getting any younger, and my story needs to be told by the right people."
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
**A new Goose/Geese related psyop just dropped**
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Goose, a New Gay Dating App, Appears to Be a Psyop
Touted as a less-hookup-focused Grindr, Goose is an invite-only space for gay men. The problem is the people promoting it don’t seem real.
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
So here’s a lil scoop: you know the new gay dating app Goose? It’s apparently been using at least two dozen AI-generated Instagay accounts to lure men into signing up. Which is “very obviously unlawful,” according to a lawyer I spoke to. My story for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/goose-...
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Goose, a New Gay Dating App, Appears to Be a Psyop
Touted as a less-hookup-focused Grindr, Goose is an invite-only space for gay men. The problem is the people promoting it don’t seem real.
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I had the incredible honor of interviewing the NYC porno public access queen Robin Byrd for @wired.com. We talked about her upcoming HBO doc, her LGBTQ advocacy, why Internet porn sucks. wearing boobs as a hat, and how she was inspired by Mister Rogers: www.wired.com/story/the-ro...
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Robin Byrd, the Sex Godmother of Millennials, Says the Internet Ruined Porn
The 1970s porn actress turned New York City late night public access queen says censorship and a lack of star quality among modern adult entertainers turned her off of the industry.
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
After the Club Chalamet incident this week, I wanted to know: what do Hollywood publicists think about celeb fans, and the Heated Rivalry fandom? What I learned was super complicated and fascinating 🧵: www.wired.com/story/hollyw...
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Hollywood Thrives on ‘Rabid’ Fans. For Publicists, They’re a Nightmare
A scuffle between stan account Club Chalamet and another “Heated Rivalry” die-hard shines a light on how parasocial fans are a publicist’s greatest asset—and liability.
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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
After a Connor Storrie stake-out turned into a physical fight between Club Chalamet and another Heated Rivalry stan, @ejdickson.bsky.social talked to celebrity publicists who say fandoms have a tremendous amount of power—and are increasingly a huge pain in the ass: www.wired.com/story/hollyw...
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Hollywood Thrives on ‘Rabid’ Fans. For Publicists, They’re a Nightmare
A scuffle between stan account Club Chalamet and another “Heated Rivalry” die-hard shines a light on how parasocial fans are a publicist’s greatest asset—and liability.
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
You'd think that conservative men would mostly be interested in trad wives — but according to the matchmakers I spoke with for @wired.com, that's not true. In cities like SF, LA, and NYC, even liberal men are increasingly asking to be set up with "traditional" women. www.wired.com/story/matchm...
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
My latest story for @wired.com is about the uber-wealthy tech guys and CEOs paying matchmakers $50k to set them up with trad wives. "They're not looking for a bossy bitch lady," one told me. "They want a woman who knows how to respect and honor a man." www.wired.com/story/matchm...
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Matchmakers Are Being Paid $25K to Find Trad Wives for Rich Men
Even in blue states, nonreligious tech entrepreneurs and CEOs are increasingly asking for “traditional” and “conservative” women, matchmakers tell WIRED.
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Can you outsource motherhood to AI? I talked to the momfluencers pitching AI as a tool for empowerment to find out. My latest for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/momflu...
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Momfluencers Are Pitching AI as a Better ‘Coparent’ Than Men
Moms are outsourcing tedious household tasks to ChatGPT and selling courses teaching others to do the same. Where are all the dads?
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Momfluencers are pivoting to pitching AI — not because they’re getting paid to, but because they find it a helpful coparent. Yes — apparently, dads do just suck at parenting that much. My latest for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/momflu...
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Momfluencers Are Pitching AI as a Better ‘Coparent’ Than Men
Moms are outsourcing tedious household tasks to ChatGPT and selling courses teaching others to do the same. Where are all the dads?
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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
New: Clavicular and other manosphere streamers often feature OnlyFans models and then berate them as "disgusting" while their followers chime in. Meanwhile, these men profit off adult stars; Clav allegedly has his own OF agency. by @ejdickson.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/stream...
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Streamers Like Clavicular Are Humiliating OnlyFans Girls For Clout
Sex workers appear on the livestreams of famous manosphere influencers to boost their followings—but often end up being degraded.
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
My latest story for @wired.com is about how streamers like Clavicular are making tons of money humiliating OnlyFans models — even though Clav is (allegedly) directly profiting off them by running an OF agency behind the scenes. www.wired.com/story/stream...
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Women on Facebook and Reddit are vagina-mogging each other by posting their vaginal microbiome test results. I wrote about it for @wired.com and talked to a lady who got vaginitis at a pirate themed aquatic dinner theater show www.wired.com/story/some-w...
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Some Women Are Obsessively Testing Their Vaginas to Optimize Them
Biohacker Bryan Johnson recently bragged about his girlfriend's “top 1%” vagina as the at-home vaginal microbiome test industry is thriving. But experts are skeptical.
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P.S. Literary Agency @psliterary.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Excited to see ONE BAD MOTHER by @ejdickson.bsky.social on their "10 Books for Mother's Day" list! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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10 Books for Mother's Day
Incisive essays, intimate memoirs, and offbeat works of fiction contemplate the nature of motherhood and familial relationships.
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Last month, an online casino advertised a blackjack livestream with Andrew Tate as the dealer. Instead, it was Brian Michael Hinds, aka "Bottom G," who twerked and made out with another man on camera. I talked to him about his complicated fame as the viral lookalike of a toxic manosphere influencer.
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Bottom G Wants You to Know He’s More Than Just ‘Gay Andrew Tate’
Brian Michael Hinds found accidental internet fame through a resemblance to the controversial manosphere figure. He’s still wrestling with what to do with it.
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Stop what you're doing and IMMEDIATELY read this @milesklee.bsky.social profile of Bottom G, the gay pop star/Andrew Tate impersonator who successfully scammed an online casino into letting him do splits and make out with guys on their stream www.wired.com/story/bottom...
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Extremely funny of Murdoch's NY Post to riff off of @ejdickson.bsky.social's story for @wired.com -- while downplaying the MAGA angle. nypost.com/2026/04/24/u...
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The grim warning sign from AI influencers that keep racking up comments from lonely men: ‘Societal loss of humanity’
Roses are red/ violets are blue/ these girls are AI/ would they fool you, too?
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
“We’re all about positivity — and spreading unrealistic body standards”: I talked to the men behind the AI-generated gay male model influencers who crashed the Devil Wears Prada 2 premiere. Apparently all the AI gay influencers know each other and are on a group chat! www.wired.com/story/gay-ai...
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These AI Thirst Trap Creators Say They're Misunderstood
A viral red carpet moment shone light on a group of hunky Instagram influencers—and the followers who are too horny to care that they’re not real.
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
“The MAGA crowd is made of dumb people — like, SUPER dumb people. And they fall for it.” For my @wired.com feature debut, I talked to Sam, a guy who made thousands of dollars on Instagram by scamming MAGA men with Emily Hart, an AI generated, Trump-loving influencer. www.wired.com/story/ai-gen...
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Meanwhile over on X this guy wants engagement so fucking bad that he’s willing to promote blood libel conspiracy theories to get it (the kid is a goat, by the way, as he conveniently explains further down in the thread)
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Cat’s out of the bag — I’m joining @wired.com as a senior writer starting April 6! Absolutely thrilled to be joining this incredible team (which I learned today will now feature not one, not two, but FIVE @dailydot.com alumni)!!!
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P.S. Literary Agency @psliterary.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Author of ONE BAD MOTHER, @ejdickson.bsky.social, via CNN: "The rates of anxiety and depression for mothers are extremely high, and I think it’s kind of obvious why." Read more edition.cnn.com/2026/03/25/health/b…
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You aren’t a bad mother. Here’s why | CNN
Women are constantly being told they’re bad parents, and believing those accusations can be bad for their mental health, Here’s what author Ej Dickson does about it.
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Yesterday was my last day at @thecut.com. Working there was the culmination of a lifelong dream, and leaving was one of the toughest decisions I've ever made. I'm taking a (much needed) break to sleep and read and hang with my kids but *watch this space* for more, as they say
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I wrote about my favorite pastime: watching slutty strawberry AI videos for @nymag.com. I was guided by three questions: Where do they come from? Who is making them? And why are we watching strawberries cucking their blueberry husbands and getting impregnated by eggplants? nymag.com/intelligence...
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The Story Behind All Those Fruit and Vegetable AI Slop Videos
The trend didn’t start with baby carrots begging for their lives. It also won’t end there.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
what are we doing here
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Just to be clear, Tucker Carlson has: - repeatedly advocated for the racist Great Replacement Theory - called Iraqis “semi literate primitive monkeys” - said it’s ok for 27-year-olds to marry 16-year-olds - framed trans people as inherently violent - defended a man who killed a BLM protester
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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
A number of Jewish organizations are shrilly insisting that any criticism of Israeli genocide and warmongering is an illegitimate attack on Jews. At the same time, an increasing number of non-Jewish people are insisting that any attack on Jews is a legitimate attack on Israel. This sucks, man
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I’ve been screaming for the past 6 years that the right’s goal is to drive women back into the home and make us have more babies. I truly don’t know how to make it more clear that this has been the plan all along www.ms.now/ali-velshi/p...
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The group behind Project 2025 has a chilling new plan for America’s women
Ali Velshi breaks down a new plan from the Heritage Foundation, the group behind Project 2025, aimed at America’s women.
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Are you married/in a relationship? Are you monogamous? And do you have crushes on other people? If so I'd like to hear from you (anonymously, of course) — email in bio and my dms are open…
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
This is Amy Madigan and Ed Harris refusing to applaud Elia Kazan's honorary Oscar in 1999. During the Blacklist Era, Kazan named names. Good on Amy and Ed.
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