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Design Observer @designobserver.com · 27/05/2025

Looking to put those design skills to work? Check out the Design Observer Job Board, curated roles for creatives shaping the future: designobserver.com/jobs/

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/03/2025

they want worldwide jim crow

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/03/2025

THREAD: There’s a dire situation in Vietnam, at the largest Agent Orange spill in the country. When Trump and Marco Rubio cancelled foreign aid, froze funding and began dismantling USAID, those who were cleaning up the Bien Hoa air base had to halt work. 1/

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

@alissaquart.bsky.social quoted me in Time about the value of poetry in a time of crisis and collapse. time.com/7267756/repl...

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Canada giving Marco Rubio the tiniest red carpet they could find in a thrift shop somewhere.

Marco Rubio gets off a plane to a postage stamp sized red carpet

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Ellen McGirt @emcg.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

You were right! I will take this forward. Thank you, three-year-old. “Post toast”

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Design Observer @designobserver.com · 28/02/2025

Just ahead of Oscar Sunday, dive into the transformative world of makeup with legendary artist Mike Marino. From A Different Man to The Penguin, Marino discusses how makeup tells deeper stories beyond the surface. Full interview by @ahaut.bsky.social

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About face: ‘A Different Man’ makeup artist Mike Marino on transforming pretty boys and surfacing dualities - DesignObserver

On the cusp of Oscar Sunday, we’re talking award-winning makeup that gets under the skin.

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Scene on Radio @sceneonradio.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Thanks, Ryan, and props to Marjorie Kelly (author of the excellent book Wealth Supremacy) for that quote. @emcg.bsky.social

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Design Observer @designobserver.com · 25/02/2025

“It is a courageous act to walk in your truth so that others can walk in theirs." Janelle Monáe joins DBBD to talk about artistic independence, self-expression, and building a creative future. A must-listen in today’s world. Full interview: designobserver.com/s7e12-janell...

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Ellen McGirt @emcg.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Reading this changed my day. Vital insight from one of the most thoughtful leaders I’ve ever encountered.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I’ve known and worked with @joyannreid.bsky.social for over a decade and it’s been, well, a joy. She’s brilliant and fierce and irreplaceable. One of my favorite nights ever was getting to interview her for this live #WITHPod podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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The Making of Joy Reid

Podcast Episode · Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast · 10/31/2023 · 54m

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Something @leahgreenberg.bsky.social told @gregsargent.bsky.social the other day deserves more attention: The reason the contentious town halls last week were largely in very GOP districts is bc swing MoCs won't hold them. newrepublic.com/article/1918...

Greenberg: Absolutely. What I would say is that we are seeing a broad-based wave of opposition sweep the country, including in really deep red areas. We’re tracking town halls that are in very, very safe Republican districts where this is happening. One thing that’s important to name about that dynamic specifically is that *the number of elected representatives who hold actual public open town halls has gone down significantly. And in this case, it’s often only happening in these very safe areas where folks tend to assume that they can have a public meeting without having a ton of people in opposition show up.* So it’s not an accident that you’re seeing these happen in really red areas because those are actually the only people who are making themselves available to voters at this time. I can tell you if you had any of these folks in a swing district who were doing it, they would be experiencing as much, if not more.

Sargent: It’s really interesting you say that. I guess the result is that we get a bit of a distorted picture in the sense that with a lot of Republicans refusing to hold town halls in swing areas, we don’t even get a clear picture of how deep the opposition is in those places.

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Craig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Military families struggle with food insecurity, which pisses me off. Help us raise funds for the Blue Star Families food pantry at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island. #DoYourPart and Buy a carton of eggs for a #militaryfamily and I will match up to $100K: bit.ly/42XByqf (That's a lot of eggs...)

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Ellen McGirt @emcg.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

In case I don’t get to say this later when things get worse, +1. #ILoveYou

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Ellen McGirt @emcg.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Wish it was for me. But that’s a helluva achievement. Inspired.

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Craig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Big news for local news: @knightfdn is investing $25M in @JournalismProj to strengthen the nonprofit news sector. This funding will help grow more local newsrooms and ensure their long-term sustainability. More here: www.theajp.org/news-insight...

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Knight Foundation invests $25 million in American Journalism Project to expand and strengthen local news

New Knight support will fuel investments in nonprofit news organizations and establish new resiliency lab.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18/02/2025

This is my “daughter of a Black Panther breakfast program volunteer” coming out but anyone who tells you that you have to be public about all your resistance activity should immediately be under suspicion for being an op, or being under the influence of an op

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Ellen McGirt @emcg.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

This. A well articulated and affirming argument at a critical time. I’m sorry it requires so many preemptive calls for civility. Much appreciated

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Ellen McGirt @emcg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

SNL 50 was the healing vibe I didn’t know I needed

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Design Observer @designobserver.com · 14/02/2025

On this Valentine’s Day, explore the history of a company that sold more than just products—it sold dreams of love, power, and transformation. 💘✨ From the archives 📖 designobserver.com/love-for-sale/

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When Love Was for Sale: Desire, Beauty, and Power in Advertising - DesignObserver

The Graphic Art of Valmor Products

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Design Observer @designobserver.com · 13/02/2025

This week on Design As, we explore pluriversal design—an approach that moves beyond universal solutions to embrace diverse ways of knowing and making change. Guests discuss how this paradigm shift impacts equity, democracy, and design’s role in shaping the world. 👇 designobserver.com/design-as-pl...

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Ellen McGirt @emcg.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I’m so sorry. Thank you for telling your story

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Ellen McGirt @emcg.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Flagging for the amazing answers and new fears unlocked

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Ellen McGirt @emcg.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I’m so glad vaccination was an option. Miss talking to you, friend. Thanks for all the good stuff you do

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

antifatness is a huge factor in support for RFK’s maha/eugenics project and so fucking many people will suffer as a result

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 10/02/2025

a lotta hit dogs doing a lotta hollerin

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

"I want to perform their favorite song, but you know they love to sue" - Kendrick Lamar

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 31/01/2025

In light of this deeply illegal activity at NSF and the ongoing attack on American science, I'm posting the slides from my 2017 talk at the American Physical Society about the Nazi take over of German physics/why German is no longer science's lingua franca 🧪 🧵 1/26 drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, PhD
Department of Physics,University of Washington, Seattle
APS April Meeting, January 2017
Dismantling the (Nazi) German Nuclear Reactor (Pile) at Haigerloch, 50 km SW of Stuttgart, in April 1945

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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 04/02/2025

Everything is insane right now but one little ray of sunlight is that I just got a new gig trying to use public policy to create as many local journalism jobs as humanly possible. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/ive-got-a-...

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I've got a new job

Waging a new fight for local journalists across the U.S.

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Craig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Towns like Waterbury, VT are joining the #cybercivildefense by signing onto the DefConFranklin cyber volunteer program! WaterburyRound covered one of the first efforts nationwide aimed at shoring up the cyber posture of water and wastewater systems. www.waterburyroundabout.org/news-archive...

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Waterbury joins program to defend water systems from cyber attacks — Waterbury Roundabout

Waterbury has signed on to be one of the first municipalities in the country to participate — at no cost — in a program to bolster the cybersecurity of its water and wastewater systems to defend again...

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

What I should have done in the beginning - here's a starter pack of 20-odd experts who journalists or others might want to read/talk to to understand the gutting of the administrative state (as opposed to broad decline of democracy etc). I've focused on academics go.bsky.app/MaC7vnv

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 31/01/2025

I will help you do it, if you need. You can do it for free.

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Craig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

In response to this week’s tragic plane crash, nonprofits and chefs are stepping up. See @eater.bsky.social ’s new recap on how DC Central Kitchen and others are providing hot meals and gratitude to first responders in DC. Lend them a hand if you can. dc.eater.com/2025/1/30/24...

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D.C. Chefs Move Fast to Feed First Responders of Plane Crash

World Central Kitchen and its local chef partners help keep emergency workers fed

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Design Observer @designobserver.com · 31/01/2025

We're kicking off Design Juice Live, a brand-new series from Design Observer featuring candid conversations with design’s leading minds, innovators, and creators. First up? A dynamic conversation between @kevinbethune.com and @emcg.bsky.social you don’t want to miss! 🔗 Details and RSVP below 👇

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Nonlinear: Navigating Design with Curiosity and Conviction | LinkedIn

Join us for the Book Launch of Nonlinear: Navigating Design with Curiosity and Conviction We're kicking off Design Juice Live, a brand-new series from Design Observer featuring candid conversations w...

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Ellen McGirt @emcg.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

The alt text took me right over the top

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