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El Why

@elwhyed.bsky.social
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Writer. Higher education. Equity in education. #AshevilleStrong

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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Look, I know the world is on fire, but can someone please explain barrel jeans to me?
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Someone with an entrepreneurial bent might consider opening a Pitchfork Store right about now
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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
no words
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pretty BOO!!!👻👻🎃🎃😈😈🎃👻!!!😈g @inyourculture.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
the affordability crisis is real but i honestly think it's a secondary consequence of the less discussed but much more demoralizing "nothing works" crisis
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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
In case anyone was still wondering if things could get even worse than they already are, have I got news for you today
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 07/08/2026
Bill Cassidy finally figured out a way to bump his RFK Jr. confirmation vote out of the first sentence of his obit.
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Mega👻Thee🎃Tron @valarmordollars.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Sam Altman matched with a man on Grindr, who posted the conversation. Open AI offered him money to take it down. He made a song instead.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 31/07/2026
"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG
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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 21/07/2026
The answer to "why does everything suck now" almost ALWAYS goes back to "venture capital." Which goes back to "a lot of people have too much money and don't know what to do with it." Which goes back to: "We need to tax rich people more." It's like it's the solution to 99% of our problems!!
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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Not The Onion
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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
More "why billionaires are a threat to the world and should be taxed out of existence" news
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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The shocking news about Lindsay Graham is that he was only 71. I thought he was in his 80s.
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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I’m totally cool with trump, his family, and all his cabinet members flying on that plane
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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I speak to my cat for long stretches too.
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 07/07/2026
Oh my godddd, every John Oliver scene on "General Hospital" as shadowy security consultant "Z" is fucking GOLD
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
With this ruling, the birthright issue is not going away. The right hasn't really begun *organizing* around getting rid of the citizenship clause. Like Roe, this will be their fight for a generation. And if the Democrats just say "we won" and ignore it, like Roe, the Republicans will eventually win.
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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
6-3 on this? WTF?
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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Fuck SCOTUS. Protect trans kids (and all trans people)!
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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
BREAKING: SCOTUS says please overlook the fact that we've decimated the VRA and are about to have several more completely banana-pants terrible decisions...
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Djehuti Khonshu @djehuti.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A DOMESTICATED CAT
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I missed that late last night, the Senate held another vote on an Iran war powers resolution -- they already passed the one that passed the House, earlier this week -- for the sole purpose of voting it down in a show to Trump that they support him. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 OMG
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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Remember that time when all those Republican senators and congressmen spent July 4 in Russia meeting with Putin and it didn’t make headlines or draw questions from the media at all?
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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Read Benjamin "Champagne" Song's statement. His (and his co-defendants') treatment at the hands of this government is meant to terrify and suppress resistance. So share his words widely.
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Lab work
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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Super interested in hearing from all those folks who insisted the tarp was just for safety and anyone saying otherwise was trafficking lies and rumors…
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 19/06/2026
I’m sorry, no. This is not the guy who did the reflecting pool. No. Come on. We’re just putting a hat on a hat here. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
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#1 Lifelong Houston Cougs Fan Brandi 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Gilded Age cast member just dropped footage from inside the black church after the Knicks win www.instagram.com/reel/DZiJant...
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
yall this thread is everything good in this world 🐝
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Chris ßrinton @cjbrinton.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
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Diane Curtis @dianecurtis.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Make your own metaphor
Picture of flag caught in high tension wires, with caption “American Flag Causes Widespread Outages Across Greenwich”
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Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net · 05/06/2026
"The funniest possible outcome of the AI mandate era is about to be HR departments discovering that 'sincerely held religious belief' under Title VII has a much lower bar than they assumed, and Pope Leo handed every Catholic employee a written excuse" www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-r...
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She won an exemption from using AI at her tech job. The Pope's remarks could fuel similar appeals.
Legal experts say employers must take AI-related religious objections seriously, as a 2023 ruling raised the bar for denying such accommodations.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 01/06/2026
Graham Platner: ‘I Didn’t Know Extramarital Sexting Was A Symbol For Cheating’
Graham Platner: ‘I Didn’t Know Extramarital Sexting Was A Symbol For Cheating’
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 01/06/2026
BREAKING: Mayor Mamdani just signed an “executive order” to repeal bedtime so NYC kids can watch the Knicks play in the NBA Finals!
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
“If we are going to do a third Reconstruction we need politicians who conceive of themselves as working on behalf of a constituency, rather than would-be-saviors…And, like the people of Minnesota, we need to do the work to be that constituency…” www.liberalcurrents.com/aoc-for-pres...
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AOC for President
Whether or not she runs, Ocasio-Cortez is invoking a feminist politics that Democrats should adopt if they are serious about defeating fascism.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 30/05/2026
There is no world in which this is okay.     Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito did not recuse himself from cases involving Trump’s Treasury Department while his own son was secretly working there as a political appointee and attorney. 🧵
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Samuel Alito’s Son Has Been Quietly Working for Trump’s Treasury Department
Philip Alito has been working as an attorney with the Treasury’s office of the general counsel for months even as the Supreme Court takes up cases involving the department.
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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Is there going to be a livestream of Trump's name being removed from the Kennedy Center?
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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Strong start this time: 1139 words. Hope I can keep it up! #1000words
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Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
1000 Words of Summer starts TOMORROW. Good luck to those who are in! 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/1000-words...
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1000 Words of Summer 2026 FAQ
Starts May 30, Slack is now open.
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Kail @vivotranquil0.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Just when you thought you'd seen it all
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Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I'm just one person trying to compete in a busy algorithm but still hoping to remind you that 1000 Words of Summer starts this coming Saturday, May 30. Our ninth year of writing 1000 Words a day alongside thousands of other people for two weeks straight. 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/about
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About - CRAFT TALK
CRAFT TALK is a weekly newsletter about writing, creativity and productivity from author Jami Attenberg. This is also the home of #1000wordsofsummer, where, once a year, we write 1000 words a day toge...
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Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I asked my publisher to put the 1000 Words book on sale and they said yes! It's 3.99 all during 1000 Words of Summer. You can get it anywhere you buy ebooks but I like @bookshop.org the best. bookshop.org/p/books/1000...
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Ol' Chef Dan @olchefdan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Honestly, one of the funniest tweets I've ever seen.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
All the centrist/conservative Democrats who wanted to allow Abrego Garcia and everyone else Trump sent to CECOT to rot in a slave camp should be embarrassed with themselves and think deeply before saying anything about anything.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 22/05/2026
Fox News interviewed Vice Admiral Robert Harward today and everyone is asking the same question: Is that someone wearing a very realistic face mask of Vice Admiral Robert Harward?
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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
There must not be any more secrets left to funnel to Russia, so no further reason for her to be in the job. Regardless, good riddance.
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El Why @elwhyed.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I get wanting something uplifting to read. But, egads, Theo of Golden is a Hallmark Movie wrapped in a Jesus footprints poster cushioned by Live Love Laugh pillows. I think I got diabetes from reading the first 50 pages.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
… we have lost much of the civil rights act, most of roe v wade, most of the EPA, any remnants of a progressive tax code, the voting rights act. I’ll be shocked if the ADA makes it through the next two years. I want to vote for candidates who recognize the scope and are ready to try new things.
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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I wish I didn’t know as much about the end of Reconstruction as I do. If you understood what is being unleashed now, how it will touch every aspect of our civic life, and how difficult it will be to undo it, you wouldn’t be able to think about anything else.
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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 11/05/2026
this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
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