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Jaime Garmendia

@garmendia.bsky.social
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He/him. Public servant, convention and conference planner.

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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 9h
sorry but pro trans pro palestine is the floor. If a Democratic political candidate is not serious about those issues they are not serious about winning elections and are not worth my time
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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 19h
As both a certified CAR GUY and an economist-ish, I cannot imagine a headline more designed to drive me, personally, insane. This "flying car" technology is neither new nor novel. It is not practical and would not sell. Let me tell a story of actually useful car tech that never made it to market.
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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Elon Musk is single-handedly funding the Ken Paxton campaign:
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 15h
Merriam Webster out here fighting for its life
Merriam-Webster & @Merriam..•18h 
'Goodbye' is an alteration of "God be with you."

Sean Kress• @SKress7514 • 16h
Do you have evidence to back this up? If so can you explain what "good night" , "good
morning" and "good evening" are alterations of?

Merriam-Webster & @Merriam..•15h 
whatSean Kress & @SKress7514 • 14h
I was genuinely asking the question because the only thing I find on the internet is that it is basically a slur from the original.... I assumed there was a better explanation for it than that as it seems a little unlikely given the good night, good morning etc haven't been slurred into something else too. Sorry if you saw that as offensive.

Merriam-Webster @ @Merriam...•14h S
It is not related to 'good night/ day/morning.'
The 'good' in those do not come from 'God.'Sean Kress @ @SKress7514 • 14h
So the internet suggestion this it is just a slur is what you are basing that on too then?

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Merriam-Webster's etymology follows established linguistic scholarship, not unverified internet suggestions of a "slur."
"Goodbye" is an alteration of "God be with you"; "good" in greetings like "good morning" has separate origins unrelated to "God."
merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goo…
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/goodbye blog.oup.com/2022/02/if-god..
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We are the dictionary.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 18h
Hate to say it, but those post Blue Wave investigations are probably going to have to include ol' Chuck and Hakeem. As suspects.
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 15/10/2026
This article quotes a sociology professor, a lawyer, and an architect who reject the notion that housing prices are set by supply and demand and do not believe that building more homes reduces rents. It is the housing policy equivalent of platforming climate change deniers.
sacbee.com
Would building housing reduce poverty in California? Sacramento-area experts split
A recent study argued that building housing could lower state’s poverty rate, currently the second-highest in the U.S. behind Louisiana.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Please know that when I talk about dragging Musk into court and nationalizing all his ****, I am not exaggerating or attempting to make a joke.
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Third Summers Brother @hugetinymistake.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
any Democratic candidate or legislator who truly supports 'work requirements' for Medicaid is out of touch and needs to expand who they're meeting with/taking advice from
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New Flesh 🇵🇸 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @esedia.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
AI detection software is AI. It is not reliable, and their main use seems to be to attack credibility of Black writers.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 15/10/2026
well now i hate expedia
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Morgan Johnson @poormojo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/10/2026
strategic political capture of the court has, for 40 years, been a one-way ratchet. among other things, this has inculcated a sense among conservatives that they can act with virtual impunity. showing them that their opponents will play hardball is a necessary first step toward a better status quo.
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Jesi🃏♠️🔥 @luciferjesit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This was such a great answer from Abdul El-Sayed about his previous criticisms of President Obama.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"The loudest person doesn't get to influence basic safety infrastructure that we know works,” Lewis George said. “It's time that we stop believing that everyone has to love an idea in order for an idea to happen. That's not what governance calls for us to do.”
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Literally I need every democrat to be this perfectly cutting to their shitbag republican opponents lol
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The way he finished and just looked to the side like “ya dead yet?” Bless
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Kevin @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
a $1.2 billion fine seems like a lot until you read the (*admitted*) allegations and realize that BoA is basically admitting that their AML program was absolutely broken and they ignored endless red flags on entire categories of profitable but high-fraud-risk business
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Jaime Garmendia @garmendia.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Show a picture on your phone that has your energy but isn't a selfie:
Meme of a swollen soda can a whisper of a breeze away from destructive eruption, with the text "no yeah im good ive just been really tired lately"
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Azfang, Keeper of Animals ✅ @azfang.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Corporations aren’t “allies,” and they never were. They’re *objectives.* They’re not our comrades in the fight against bigotry, they’re the fighting positions. And if we can create a world where it’s more profitable to make pride posts than cater to bigots *that is a better world.*
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 12/10/2026
The performance of virtue is valuable, even if you don’t always perfectly live up to your stated principles!
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 13/10/2026
I don’t really care what is in people’s hearts. I care about what they say and what they do. I want to make homophobia and transphobia so shameful and taboo that bigots dare not express or act on it for fear of dire social and professional consequences.
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Greenb3ar @greenb3ar.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Okay the best political ad of the year is here from LA-DSA
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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Please know, @al-ewing.bsky.social and I have tried the worst drink on the planet and, barely, survived
A Bodega 

Panettiere infused rye, egg white, maple syrup, parmigiano reggiano, lemon
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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Students made their first minicomics in my intro making course - mostly standard format but this student, a first time maker(!), did something so off the charts I’m still reeling from it! & he made like 12 of them for his classmates! A paper engineering feat of flipbookery as well as killer drawing!
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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Its kinda wild seeing corporate management just obliterating the gates that keep them relevant ; namely the assurance that customers are getting quality products made with all the resources and institutional knowledge a corporation entails
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing!
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026
Here is my pitch for anyone who has worries about rail: I think that building out rail is a necessary (but not sufficient) step in transforming American cities from totally car dependent to slightly walkable, in a way that no other form of transit is.
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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is just a fucking carjacking. How the hell was he supposed to know it was a state sponsored carjacking. what the fuck are we doing here.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Rule # 1 of winning debates (and elections) is force your opponent to fight on your turf, don't ever wander onto theirs. Pedophile protector party has zero space to talk about people's lives & choices - attack your opponent not the people your opponent shames, blames and reviles.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If Donald Trump, with his record of corruption and law-breaking, is not impeached, we might as well strike impeachment provisions from the Constitution. He is the reason they exist and must be implemented.
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Sinboo [spooky He/spooky His] @sinboy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
He gleefully endangers the "right people's" children. His children are safe. Ours are not. He's dumped kids in foreign countries by themselves. He separates families to cause fear in parents. His agency uses kids as bait.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 09/10/2026
nationalize everything Elon Musk owns.
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Third Summers Brother @hugetinymistake.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Only in Peru was he also the furthest left candidate in the race
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I ask again, why are national Dems letting Elon "quietly" fund these races? We have two test cases. 2024 when Dems didn't make his money an issue. And 2025 Wisconsin, where they did. Guess which time they won by double digits?
wired.com
Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections
America PAC’s approach has been unusual: for every dollar it has spent supporting GOP Senate candidates, it has spent almost three dollars attacking Democrats.
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Rebecca WB @rwb22.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Honestly think that before you can put your name down to run for ANY public office, you should have to pass a test on how government works, and all responsibilities and restrictions that will apply to a holder of the office you want to run for. You fail? Better luck next time, but you can't run now.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
You could just pivot and shut the fuck up instead of harassing vulnerable communities over far right fear mongering bullshit. If trans kids playing in sports is a deciding issue for that voter they are voting Republican! You cannot get their vote! Come the fuck on!
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you're willing to sell out trans kids for theoretical votes I have to assume you'd sell out anyone for theoretical votes, so, yes, I do think supporting sports bans means you get not a fucking thing from me.
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Gregory A. Hargreaves 🎃 @bordergroves.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO RAISE THEM
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Any Democrat who says something like this is likely corrupt himself and should be investigated.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/10/2026
All prisoners should have the right to vote while in prison
Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Speech
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 03/10/2026
you almost have to admire the effective altruists for coming right out and saying “we feel a keen debt to the criminal who stole the money that provided seed funding for Manifund, which is why we’re hiring her and paying her with some of it instead of returning it to FTX creditors”
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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The real cause of death was Leonard Leo’s “courageous” Catholic Supreme Court judges, after perjuring themselves in confirmation hearings.
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent
Diagram of absorption of emf by water. There's a gap right that dips in the 500 nm range
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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The reason Dems have to investigate and prosecute - legally or administratively, as appropriate - where there is evidence of wrong doing is to prevent those found guilty from ever touching the levers of power again. I don't care if it's getting Al Capone on tax evasion. Get it all on the books.
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N.S. Dolkart is gathering signatures @nsdolkart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Please share this one! I reviewed all 9 Massachusetts ballot questions, and gave explanations and a recommendation for each. It’s under 20 minutes long, less time than it takes to even read the voter information packet. #mapoli youtu.be/cJdvMnLpMpE?...
youtu.be
Stoughton Politics With This Guy: Ballot Questions Review
YouTube video by Stoughton Media Access Corporation
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think that ultimately the problem with uprooting fraternities from American colleges is that the individual chapter houses full of kids are, essentially, mushrooms: the fruiting bodies of a much larger mycelial network of alumni donor money and cultural control. That's what you have to attack
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
should be instructive for democrats that Magyar is living up to his promise to prosecute Orban officials for corruption and is continuing to poll extremely highly
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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.
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Jaime Garmendia @garmendia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is absolutely the final word on the lesbian bar drama that shook the internet. 100% lines up with my experience volunteering and managing volunteer organizations! www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/09/4-re...
lgbtqnation.com
4 reasons why everyone is talking about the lesbian bar mask drama in Massachusetts - LGBTQ Nation
The story was really about common problems with LGBTQ+ and leftist communities that many of us are tired of.
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