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Hakeem Jefferson

@hakeemjefferson.bsky.social
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Assistant professor of political science at Stanford. Forthcoming book, Respectability Politics, with University of Chicago Press. Not Hakeem Jeffries, the Minority Leader. hakeemjefferson.com

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Re Cornell: As a fellow at Stanford’s Clayman Institute for Gender & Sexuality last year, I began thinking abt how we might study homosociality, or the relational bonds btwn men, empirically—bonds we know matter for lots of men. Writeup of my v early-stage work: gender.stanford.edu/news/can-we-...
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Can we measure homosociality? | The Clayman Institute for Gender Research
Anyone who has heard the phrase “locker room talk” is familiar with how men’s conduct is presumed to shift in male-dominated spaces. Hakeem Jefferson, assistant professor of political science at Stanf...
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Re Cornell: As a fellow at Stanford’s Clayman Institute for Gender & Sexuality last year, I began thinking abt how we might study homosociality, or the relational bonds btwn men, empirically—bonds we know matter for lots of men. Writeup of my v early-stage work: gender.stanford.edu/news/can-we-...
gender.stanford.edu
Can we measure homosociality? | The Clayman Institute for Gender Research
Anyone who has heard the phrase “locker room talk” is familiar with how men’s conduct is presumed to shift in male-dominated spaces. Hakeem Jefferson, assistant professor of political science at Stanf...
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I really was hoping this was all some joke, but you can’t make this stuff up. stanforddaily.com/2026/09/23/u...
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University confirms use of AI-edited photo amid controversy
The incident has caused national controversy, stemming from a now-viral Fizz post.
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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Over the past couple years, I stopped saying “but public schools serve all kids” as a contrast to vouchers in speaking events and testimony. The fact that public schools can’t formally exclude kids (as vouchers do by design) doesn’t mean they don’t fail too many children.
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Jeremy Singer @jeremylsinger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Some helpful datapoints on the NYC schools discussed here--providing context for the role of entrenched social and economic inequalities. Data from NYC (tools.nycenet.edu/dashboard/) and NY state (data.nysed.gov/downloads.php) 🧵
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Nikole Hannah-Jones w/ a sobering follow-up on her decision yrs ago to enroll her daughter in a poor, majority-Black public school rather than a wealthier, whiter private school. You leave heartbroken for the kids being failed by this grossly unequal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...
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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 15/09/2026
Ed Sheeran’s tour of North and South America was plunged into chaos Tuesday when four of his supporting acts — including his touring band — abruptly quit in solidarity with the rapper Macklemore, who was dropped for making pro-Palestinian comments onstage.
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Ed Sheeran’s tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore
Ed Sheeran’s tour of North and South America was plunged into chaos Tuesday when four of his supporting acts — including his touring band — abruptly quit in solidarity with the rapper Macklemore, who ...
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Do yourself an end of summer favor and make this dish, recommended today by Melissa Clark at @nytimes.com. Recipe by Hetty Lui McKinnon. @villarrecords.bsky.social and I have made this previously and loved it. So good, and super easy. cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024...
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Dumpling Tomato Salad With Chile Crisp Vinaigrette Recipe • 5★ (Gift Recipe)
Harness the crowd-pleasing power of dumplings in this hearty yet light main course salad. The base is simple and summery: Ripe tomatoes are lightly touched with salt, garlic and basil, providing a per...
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
So grateful to @atrexler.com and the good folks at @uwmadison.bsky.social political science for a fantastic visit. I also now understand the Madison hype. A fantastic college town I’m looking forward to visiting again.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Standing outside of hotel, waiting to go to dinner w/ colleagues. I can see it all happen in slow motion, as white guy and his wife park their car. I look down at my phone, waiting for Uber details. He approaches. I know, with certainty, what is about to happen. 100%. “Are you the valet?”
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Last leg of travel! Fun APSA w/ some of my fav folks in Boston. A week of rest and very good food with my family in South Carolina. Now off to Wisconsin for the first time to engage their American politics workshop. And then back home to @villarrecords.bsky.social who’s been away for 2 months!
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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
In chapter 10 we walk through how a defining feature of Trumpism, a desire to win at all costs (or, "cheat like hell"), relates to a willingness to break numerous rules. This conflicts though with preference for order & stability among more typical conservatives. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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The Right Way
Why supporting big government, trade barriers, and unchecked executive power is still conservative—and why MAGA’s worldview is far more coherent than its critics think
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
There are many things I miss about the south, but my goodness, the food, the food, the food. My fav southern meal: fried fish. Tonight, had it alongside fried okra, hush puppies, and crispy fries. Thankful I don’t have access to this with any regularity. Grateful I had it tonight w/ the parents.
A beautiful paper plate of fish, hush puppies, fried okra, and fries, with a piece of white bread. Heaven on a plate.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
At my parents’ place in SC and the number of spam calls they get is insane. Of ~20 calls a day, maybe 2 or 3 are legitimate. I just put them on the Do Not Call Registry, but this seems like exactly the kind of thing a bipartisan group of legislators could crack down on with broad public support.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Politics of Black Classification: Sociopolitical Cues and Racial Perception Lauren D. Davenport, Dept of Political Science, Stanford Hakeem Jefferson, Dept of Political Science, Stanford Hunter E. Rendleman, Dept of Political Science, Berkeley link to preprint: osf.io/preprints/so...
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AS @alexstephenson.me · 10/09/2026
Read Hakeem's (and also his co-authors Lauren Davenport and Hunter Rendleman) work is a general good rule of thumb.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
One of my big academic rules: only write papers you really care about on topics you really care about. I try to follow this rule 99% of the time. This paper is one of the best examples of that, and I’m stoked it’s one step closer to being in the world. We’ve corrected proofs & you’ll have it soon!
First page of article proofs for “The Politics of Black Classification: Sociopolitical Cues and Racial Perception”
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Impossible to put into words how useless Gmail search is. No wait, these guys did it!
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
There are so many ways parents show their unique and endless love. My mom knows I love to cook when I come home, so she stocked up on ingredients she knows I love to use but that they don’t usually keep around. It’s such a small, sweet thing, and I feel so loved.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Who do I complain to that the APSA LGBTQ and Race and Ethnic Politics Receptions are happening at the same time? Where is the intersectionality police when I need them?!
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is just too good…and so accurate. h/t @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Got to read two *fantastic* new books for #APSA2026! Want to know more? On Thursday, join the discussion of @jaeheejung.bsky.social’s book at 2pm. On Friday, come to the 8am discussion of the latest book of @sarahobolt.bsky.social & James Tilley. It’ll be great!
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The fact that Laura Loomer has the ear of this president is so absolutely wild. Every representative of this administration and every one of the president’s allies should be made to answer for his association with this vile racist creature of a human. May her days be long and miserable.
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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
In which @jamellebouie.net reveals the Secret Sauce of his punditry. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/o...
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Here are more captive Democratic fundraising spam donors. Again, there are thousands of cases like these. 82yo from OK: $300K across 22K donations 87yo from RI: $286K across 19.5K donations 84yo from NM: $24K across 2.5K donations 73yo from CA: $521K across 28K donations
A data graphic detailing recurring political donations by an 87-year-old Rhode Island resident charged 19,528 times since 2018 for a total of $286,595. The top timeline chart tracks daily donation frequency during the donor's busiest stretch from January 2020 through March 2021, showing sustained giving throughout late 2020 and early 2021 that peaked at 153 charges in a single day. The bottom horizontal bar chart displays the 12 largest recipients out of 552 total committees and campaigns—led by End Citizens United ($9,730 across 1,809 charges), the DCCC ($21,155 across 1,540 charges), and Progressive Turnout Project ($7,759 across 900 charges)—noting that the top 10 recipients account for 36% of all donations, with the remainder scattered across 542 other entities.A data graphic detailing recurring political donations by an 82-year-old Oklahoma resident charged 22,251 times since 2018 for a total of $298,967. The top timeline chart tracks daily donation frequency during the donor's busiest stretch from August 2023 through October 2024, showing persistent daily activity that spiked to 74 charges in a single day in April 2024. The bottom horizontal bar chart displays the 12 largest recipients out of 411 total committees and campaigns—led by Let America Vote PAC ($7,337 across 1,036 charges), End Citizens United ($3,984 across 723 charges), and Stop Republicans ($6,017 across 646 charges)—noting that the top 10 recipients represent just 26% of all donations, with the rest distributed across 401 other entities.A data graphic detailing recurring political donations by an 84-year-old New Mexico resident charged 2,484 times since 2018 for a total of $24,487. The top timeline chart tracks daily donation frequency during the donor's busiest stretch from April 2025 through June 2026, showing steady, repeated charges that peaked at 17 in a single day in November 2025. The bottom horizontal bar chart displays the 12 largest recipients out of 224 total committees and campaigns—led by candidates Hakeem Jeffries ($2,155 across 329 charges) and Adam Schiff ($1,393 across 196 charges), followed by the Democratic Party of New Mexico ($1,457 across 138 charges)—noting that the top 10 recipients account for 55% of all donations, with the remainder spread across 214 other entities.A data graphic detailing recurring political donations by a 73-year-old California resident charged 28,374 times since 2019 for a total of $521,876. The top timeline chart tracks daily donation frequency during the donor's busiest stretch from December 2023 through February 2025, displaying heavy, continuous activity throughout 2024 that peaked at 80 charges in a single day in June 2024. The bottom horizontal bar chart shows the 12 largest recipients out of 524 total committees and campaigns—led by Progressive Turnout Project ($21,042 across 1,079 charges), the DCCC ($25,782 across 871 charges), and March On PAC ($17,656 across 821 charges)—noting that the top 10 recipients account for just 23% of all donations, with the rest distributed across 514 other entities.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
These are the types of fundraising emails spam PACs are blasting out to their lists.
A screenshot of an email inbox showing a list of starred political fundraising spam emails focused on Social Security.
⚬	Sender Display Names: Deceptive sender names engineered for artificial urgency, such as DEVASTATING, URGENT, Urgent :::::::::::, Social Security ALE., DO. NOT. SKIP. THIS., and Your Social Securit.
⚬	Subject Lines & Content: High-pressure, clickbait appeals—several visibly sent on behalf of End Citizens United—including:
⚬	"Trump STEALS Social Security benefits?!?"
⚬	"IMPORTANT SOCIAL SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - Bill Gates BROKE his silence..."
⚬	"your Social Security stimulus: PENDING? - you've been selected"
⚬	"You STILL haven’t responded??? --- it’s about Social Security (!!!!) - End Citizens United 🚩YOUR PROFILE HAS BEEN FLAGGED🚩"
⚬	"re: Social Security payments - WE TOLD YOU that unless Congress acts, Social Security could RUN OUT in 2033..."
⚬	"Burnie's appointment to the Social Security Advisory Board: - Congratulations! You've been selected >>"
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The business model of spam fundraising depends on hooking a group of elderly donors who give at a disturbing frequency, summing to sizable amounts. Most of them don't appear especially wealthy. I've compiled a handful of these cases. There are thousands of cases like these in the FEC data. 🧵
A data graphic detailing recurring political donations by a 79-year-old Kansas resident charged 45,331 times since 2018 for a total of $153,856. The top timeline chart shows daily donation frequency from November 2019 through December 2020, highlighting a sharp increase leading up to the 2020 election that peaked at 352 charges in a single day. The bottom horizontal bar chart lists the top 12 recipient committees out of 485 total—led by the Congressional Black Caucus PAC ($7,521 across 2,250 charges), NDTC, and Stop Republicans—noting that the 10 largest recipients represent only 24% of all contributions, with the remainder dispersed across hundreds of PACs, party committees, and candidates.
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5-4 Podcast @fivefourpod.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This week’s premium episode covers several hot news stories, including the Democrats’ fundraising scam PACs, and also we read some of the weird pitches we get in our inbox.
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John Roberts is on Substack, U.S. Attorneys are Fake, and the DNC is a Scam [SUBSCRIBER-ONLY] | 5-4
John Roberts is on Substack, U.S. Attorneys are Fake, and the DNC is a Scam [SUBSCRIBER-ONLY] by 5-4 on Patreon. Join 5-4's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The sausage-making here is absurd. Good on Bonica for calling it out, including Bulwark senior leadership intervening with bad faith excuses for predatory political email spam. Good journalism is something powerful people don't want you to publish.
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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"A pattern set in. A subject would deny something in the record or make a counterclaim. I would send data or documentation showing otherwise. We would move on to the next one." "Then the legal threats arrived."
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I could not be prouder of my pal @adambonica.bsky.social, who, as we say in the South, is always willing to tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"The Democratic Party has let a consulting industry exploit elderly donors in its name, wreck its reputation and finances in the process, and walk away rich whether the party wins or loses. And when a mirror is held up, the instinct is to break the glass rather than look."
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It’s a new @adambonica.bsky.social joint! data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-bulwar...
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The Bulwark Killed an Investigation into Political Fundraising Spam After Its Publisher Took the Consultants’ Side
This is a story about the Democratic Party captured by its consultants, and about what happens when the pro-democracy press is asked to say so.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
One reason vote-by-mail remains under attack by Republicans is because of who it helps turn out.
Two New York Times charts on Colorado's all-mail voting, from research by Adam Bonica, Jacob Grumbach, Charlotte Hill, and Hakeem Jefferson.

Top chart, "Which Coloradans benefited most from all-mail voting," shows the difference between actual and projected turnout in Colorado's 2018 election. By race: African-American voters gained about 11 percentage points, Asian about 9, Latino about 8, white about 7.5. By education: less than a high school diploma about 10 points, high school diploma, some college, and bachelor's degree about 9 each, graduate degree about 7. By household wealth: $0 to $5k gained about 11 points, with gains shrinking as wealth rises to about 6 points for households over $500k.

Bottom chart, "Mailing every Coloradan a ballot increased voting across all age groups," plots actual 2018 turnout against projected turnout without all-mail voting, by age from under 30 to 90. Actual turnout is higher at every age. The gap is widest for the youngest voters, roughly 14 points near age 30, and narrows to about 5 points for voters in their 70s and 80s. Generations labeled Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, Silent Generation.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Next time somebody says @bsky.app is weak, I posted this a couple days ago, @emayfarris.bsky.social replied tagging @today.yougov.com, and look at this…data from nearly 8,000 Americans on one of the most impt questions of the day. yougov.com/en-us/daily-...
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Which, if any, of the following is your favorite way to eat potatoes? | Daily Question
Which, if any, of the following is your favorite way to eat potatoes?
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Look at the fine-grained discourse analysis:
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A brilliant tldr of the piece.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Wrote about this kind of predicament with @tesler.bsky.social several years ago at fivethirtyeight: “Why racist white voters often favor Black republicans”: web.archive.org/web/20211110... In searching for this, turns out I missed the backlash the piece received! www.foxnews.com/media/abc-ne...
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Why Racist White Voters Often Favor Black Republicans
Can white voters who back a Black candidate still hold racist beliefs and views? That question has come to the fore in the wake of Glenn Youngkin’s gubernatoria…
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Because of the group chat, I’m watching this and my god, everything my colleagues have said about wealthy homeowners having particularized politics that are regressive and bad for public policy is on great view here. Wild stuff.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Just getting the courage to log on to this site today because I knew I wasn’t ready for all the responses here. Some great opinions with which I agree (and some new ways of having potatoes I’m eager to try) and then there are those who believe baked potato is the answer & I just feel bad for them.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Oh the memories!!
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Sumita Pahwa @sumitapahwa.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Be warned that the answers will make you SO hungry for potatoes of all kinds. But also, why the heck should we have to choose?
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Au gratin getting no love in the responses
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everybody’s campaign mom @emilyjanehubb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I would prefer to eat the root, thanks. (My brain is otherwise struggling with the question possibly bc I am so thankful for potatoes in general)
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Erin C. @erincikanek.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Dang it. Now I want to eat potatoes
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
this is cruel and unusual engagement bait but upon heavy consideration and deep reflection i have to go with latkes
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Settle a dispute: If you could only eat potatoes in one form for the rest of your life, what would you choose?
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The right loves to gaslight when it comes to its manufactured outrage. It participates in a ridiculously masculine, sexualized, homoerotic & homosocial politics. It loves locker-room talk, objectifies women & fetishizes a blonde beauty ideal, then cries foul when someone skewers them for it. 🎻
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