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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Writing something where I will be liberally citing @lilymasonphd.bsky.social's latest and realizing that I can't cite every single thing I would like to because then I'm just reprinting her work. So, I've gotta thread about it instead. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Screenshot of the article website. Title is: Polarization Is Not the Problem. Author is Lilliana Mason. Journal is the Journal of Democracy, Volume 37, Number 4, October 2026. From Johns Hopkins University Press.

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Have you considered having a town hall in a proper location where constituents can come instead of simply your most devoted supporters?

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hear me out: scratch and sniff

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The labor force participation rate has been in decline since 2010 and took a dip that never recovered after COVID. I'm not going to write a paper, but I suspect that unless that's above a certain threshold, the decline in positivity compounds over time. Or social media, which is probably it.

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It’s also on Kindle Unlimited, which makes this an easy recommend.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

In more news of enshittification (tm @doctorow.pluralistic.net), Cambridge University has passed an emergency stop to use of TurnItIn similarity-checking software, as the new terms require that you Turn It In to their AI training.

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Would you pledge to not trade stocks while in office?

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Lauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

futurism.com/future-socie... lol

As one New York financier told Financial Times journalist Gillian Tett, new hires who were seen as “AI natives” are turning out to have alarmingly shallow ideas. So much so, the anonymous finance worker admitted, that his firm now actively avoids seeking out AI-literate STEM graduates, and opts to comb through humanities students instead.

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I feel like I aced the quiz.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

"AI is operating at a PhD level" oh, so it's replying 'sorry for the late response' to every email and complaining about its labor conditions?

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This was the most infuriating interview with a democrat that I have ever watched

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

@kenmartin.bsky.social Ken, your interview on Pod Save America was, in a word, disgusting. Ken, it seems like you're dripping with contempt for the voters and donors. Do you understand Ken? That was insufferable to watch Ken.

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Why do fascists hate sociology? Because it makes transparent everything fascists don't want you to know. A sociological imagination makes us harder to control. Long live the sociological imagination.

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Why Fascists Hate Sociology (opinion)

The anti-sociology politicians are on to something in grasping the field’s power.

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I am so proud of you for the vertical video.

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Any chance for another Head On book? What kind of virtual space would you go for?

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Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 25/02/2026

Two recent articles describe the current state of play in the NC-04 Dem primary between incumbent Rep. Valerie Foushee and challenger Commissioner @nidaallam.bsky.social. The first from @indyweek.bsky.social focuses on Wake County voters who are new to the district: indyweek.com/news/politic...

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The Road to Victory in NC-04 Runs Through Western Wake County

Rep. Valerie Foushee and challenger Nida Allam are working to win over 170,000 Wake voters added to the district since their 2022 matchup.

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

She held two. Two that were capped with low attendance. Congress was closed for over 40 days and she didn't think it was important to talk to us? I'm not happy with the national party either, but 2 in person events in a year is sad. And especially during this past year?

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

If you're concerned about seniority, wouldn't it make more sense to get a 32 year old in there instead of a 69 year old? Is 21 million a lot compared to other democrats? These are honest questions and I'm open to hearing the counter argument. I think I know the answers, but I may be wrong.

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

That’s pretty sad for all of them. Let’s set a high bar, not settle for a weak second place finish and try to call it a cause to celebrate.

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I would love a congresswoman that responded to emails or held a reasonable number of town halls. That feels more important than just 4 years of seniority. Let’s get Nida in there and give her time to get that seniority rather than wasting it on another post-retirement age democrat.

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Maybe we'll get a Washington Blog Blog?

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

There must be a bitter rivalry between two cosmetic dentists happening in that strip mall. I want to know more.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes." After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

If a child in your district is asking you questions, how do you walk away? How do you do anything but stand there and answer their questions until they are done?

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

www.reddit.com/r/bullcity/s... I am, once again, disappointed in @foushee.house.gov I cannot fathom how she justifies this. Being disappointed with the congresswoman has just been par for the course since her reelection in 24.

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 18/01/2026

The fact that they are weird losers that nobody likes doesn't mean they weren't high school bullies. The people who got bullied in high school were RARELY weird losers that nobody liked. They were super-cool people who either weren't afraid to be different or weren't able to hide their differences.

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

This was fascinating. Read through the first hundred pages like an epistolary novel.

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Was January 6th the best day to do this instead of...something else? We're begging you to do anything and you keep doing...this stuff. This is good and valuable stuff for the beforetimes, but is hopelessly inadequate for our current situation. If you won't do it, fine, but clear your seat.

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Michael Bitzer @bowtiepolitics.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I guess what I'm trying to say is that Lowtax was a visionary. /s

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Something Awful had bans figured out over twenty years ago. Ban for everything, charge 10 bucks to reinstate your account. Handles content moderation, bans are funny, and it generates revenue. Let me pay 10 bucks to change someone's profile picture and then we're really talking.

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

But you know a promise from them is worthless unless it’s binding in some fashion, right? Right?

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

@bencollins.bsky.social I’m sure I’m not the first to suggest, but I’d double subscribe if they were part of an Onion sister publication that was non-fictional journalism

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Alyssa and I are happy for you guys. Congratulations!

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter just came out. 90ish on metacritic and my wife liked watching me play through it.

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

"That’s something Democrats have been slow to entertain: Picking big arguments designed to stoke conflict and controversy can jar low-information voters out of their algorithmic torpor and get them to take sides themselves." YES

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Taylor Swift, Avril Lavigne, Chappel Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Madonna

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

This was, more or less, my argument in grad school. I was told it was unrealistic and encouraged to study entrepreneurs Validation tastes bitter

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Apropos of nothing, I'm thinking about how laughably impossible it was to get funding to do anything at UNC. The phrase, "the cobbler's children have no shoes," was practically our motto.

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Apropos of nothing, I would like to point out that large companies whose business model is "serve words to the public" will typically pay between US $.10 and $3.00 per word. So when you give words to a company for free, you are in fact paying them a LOT of money.

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Michael Good @goodmp.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

First: Kudos, this is good -- however... I would rather see you take the money and do something useful with it -- pay your low level staff, donate to a local charity, stand outside the Capitol and hand money to furloughed workers. You can still be performative about it while being useful.

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David at FOIAball @foiaball.com · 23/09/2025

Wanna feel poor? Here's what the biweekly payments sent to a coach on a $10 million buyout really look like.

Payout showing $122,115 every two weeks, given to fired coach

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spookygrouchy @cpgrouchy.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

*siiiiiiigggghhhh*

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In an alternate timeline, Vice President Walz is reminding us to change our furnace filters

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