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Elaine Atwell

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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
i re-watched hairspray (the musical) for the first time in ages last night and it was both a wonderful shot of dopamine —i’d forgotten how good the music and production value is—and a painful reminder of the bygone consensus that we were moving toward equality, and that was a good thing.
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
this story feels like it belongs to obama or biden-era politics, when we could afford this kind of bullshit. but apparently there are still people who need to learn that you have to choose between building community and chasing clout.
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
it’s funny how the foundational ethos of MAGA is both “unapologetic dick-swinging masculinity” and “sniveling, whipped dog subservience to the whims of the geriatric show tunes fan.”
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
do actors in movies actually die? they at least behave as if they do
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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He imposed Shania Law
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Mike Ginn @shutupmikeginn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Middlebrow” is the perfect level of brow for a movie to be. if you want smarter read a book if you want dumber read some posts
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Carolyn Kellogg @paperhaus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Huge props to the headline writers at The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Alberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat
Province’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
got on facebook for the first time in a while to sell a couch and: JESUS CHRIST it somehow got more horrifying. my whole feed was the right wing rage bait of twitter plus the trauma porn of quora. (and also my mom.)
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phil @philjamesson.com · 20/09/2026
when i start ruminating on the boxed cereals which destroyed my memory, nothing can help me sleep. not even getting in full military regalia
image of a woman in bed wearing military regalia with several bars and medals pinned to her lapel
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 15/10/2025
WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
i will subscribe to whichever streaming service rescues this show!
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
oh so he’s REAL upset about that elephant graveyard video
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Lots of rude comments but each of these items gives her a different stat boost and some of us care about gameplay
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 14/09/2026
I am curious if any of the Harper's Letter signers will comment on this?
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
well shit.
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
no of COURSE i’m not starting a new play through of the witcher 3, a game i previously spent 178 hours on. that would be CRAZY. i’m just…dipping my toe in. like going to lunch with an ex; we’re in safe territory as long as no one starts drinking.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
the one rule of social media is, whenever a clip of sister rosetta tharpe pops up on your feed, take a minute and watch it
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.
Protecting against "inappropriate influence" is no longer a "hallmark" of scientific integrity

The Commerce Department updated its policy for promoting a "culture of scientific integrity" in January 2025, days before Trump's second inauguration.

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical “noise,” or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people’s privacy in their statistics.

The 2025 version included bans on attempts to shape or interfere in data collection, statistical analysis and other scientific activities "against well-accepted scientific methods and theories or without scientific justification."

The department's policy, the 2025 version said, involves ensuring scientific findings at its agencies "are not suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and are not subjected to inappropriate influence," as well as making sure there's "independent review of facilities, methodologies, and other scientific activities as appropriate to ensure scientific integrity."

That language is missing, however, in the Trump administration's revision of the policy, according to an NPR analysis of text posted on the Commerce Department's website.

And while the revision adopts a definition for "scientific integrity" that is similar to the previous version, it no longer says that "protection from inappropriate influence" is among the "hallmarks of scientific integrity."
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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
the constant small changes in user interfaces, like font changes, the spacing of elements, the slight shift of color palettes, etc. reinforces the fact that a platform allows you to use it, but is not for your benefit. cultivate rather than ignore this sentiment
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
holy shit just finished listening to Careless People, from ex-facebook insider sarah wynn-williams. it got covered as “just” a juicy tell-all but it is so much more thorough and shocking than that. you will never look at meta executives the same way, which I KNOW is saying something.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Actual adult people who work in the mainstream press talk to this guy and take him seriously. He's a white supremacist, yes, but he's also just a premium sexless dork.
Richard Hanania: The point of a game like Grand Theft Auto is to identify with the character.

By making a female character, the new game will be promoting autogynephilia.

There’s nothing necessarily wrong with that, and if they make her bisexual then the game won’t necessarily be unhealthy.
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
most embarrassing guy of all time
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“we’re shutting down the hospices” is a BANANAS midterms message given that people feel viscerally defensive of the people who have gotten their families through the hardest times in their lives.
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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly broke me in early to her raucous self deprecating sense of humor when we began steel magnolias rehearsals  i asked her - how long does it take to do a hair do like yours? Dolly - no idea, i’m never there when they do it! i started taking Dolly-isms notes on the back of my script after that
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Dun Jun @clustertuck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP Dolly Parton ❤️ Here's a lovely Dolly story: We worked together on "Transamerica." She told me that the bible passage that used to puzzle her the most was, "the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men." She said, "How the heck do you sin against the Holy Ghost, and-
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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP to a legend
rob dubbin @robdubbin

MY MAN: (comes home)
ME: (nervous) how was the store
MY MAN: fine
ME: oh thank g-
MY MAN: ran into jolene
ME: oh no
MY MAN: she mentioned you left kind of an intense voicemail

12:50 AM • Jul 29, 2019
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
i fucking DARE someone at work to ask why i’ve been crying
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
if you’re not sure what to do with yourself, i just drove around playing light of a clear blue morning real loud with my windows down and it helped a little.
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
DON’T get distracted and DON’T let him get away with this*. *stealing his look from a mario brother
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
the news media understood perfectly that stuff like this was what was actually at stake in the 2024 election and told voters instead that the larger issue was that it was a scandal that Tim Walz retired after 21 years in the national guard
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 23/08/2026
we’re at costco and my husband ordered a hot dog from the cashier and the guy said “what flavor” and my husband said wat and costco guy said “jk there’s only one flavor. it’s hot dog” and my husband said dammit you did this to me last time and the costco cashier collapsed in giggles
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
LMAOOOOOOOOOO somebody finally asked the transphobes if they know any WNBA players besides and NOPE
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We are all dogs locked in god’s hot car
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I know there are lot of people who think voting does nothing to stop fascism, but I do notice that one group who seems to think voting does something to stop fascism are the fascists, who are trying to prevent it as much as possible.
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
he’s great and everything, but i was really looking forward to seeing ryan hurst in this role; he brought such a wounded sweetness to his character in sons of anarchy that would have been cool to see in kratos.
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
i talk to writers i edit a lot about the dangers of overusing the “rule of three,” and now i have the perfect example to point to.
an Apple box extolling the “possibilities” of apples, including “snacking,” “baking,” and, mysteriously, “entertaining.”
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
does it perchance feature a partially finished wine cellar? no reason, just curious.
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
unfortunately the state-sponsored misinformation is only the second most horrifying part of this video, running far behind THE MOST APPALLING KNIFE SKILLS I HAVE EVER SEEN. the man cuts into raw salmon with a dull knife directly onto a granite countertop.
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
brb, carving a bloody path of vengeance through everyone who told me to get sonos speakers, thus afflicting me with their cursed app for the rest of my life
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
i call it the pee-pee poo-poo test
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
i walked my dad around his hospital unit last night and he occasionally paused to stick his head in other patients’ rooms to say “stop watching CNN! it’ll make you worse!” and honestly, yes.
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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“ok, let’s see if he can fight……..he couldn’t” perfect.
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molly priddy @mollypriddy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
there’s a tacit agreement among federal lawmakers and the political press to just overlook certain Trump things for their own benefit, and Ossoff broke that rule by saying one of the things out loud now instead of waiting to write it in a book like the reporters were going to do.
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
my father is currently in duke hospital, waiting on a heart transplant, and this abomination is roaming the halls. not sure which is the richer text, its heart eyes or the message written on its screen.
A robot labeled “r2-du” standing in a hospital hallway with LED hearts for eyes and a screen on its chest. The screen has an error message on it.
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
such a weird time to be alive bc every conversation with friends is either: “i just started watching this new show it’s so good.” or “hey lol so do you guys kinda just think everything is going to keep getting worse forever until we die?”
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
STOP 🛑: telling people to touch grass START 🏁: telling people to go mountain biking at dawn while listening to the last of the mohicans soundtrack, bc i did that this morning and it may have fully fixed me
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The Verge @theverge.com · 11/08/2026
Perhaps an AI agent might be better at predicting what my father will want for his birthday than I am, but it definitionally cannot give him my time and consideration. Love is not just a feeling; it is a way of paying attention.
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Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand how to live
An AI future of sleek, streamlined, and totally empty relationships.
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
obviously it’s a competitive field in MAGA world, but miller has to be in medal contention for “reeks of bad vibes.” in every image of him i’ve seen, he looks like he’s one second from throwing a punch.
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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Calling it a "pied-à-terre" tax was some brilliant Mamdani political jujitsu because now anyone who whines about it sounds like Marie Antoinette
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