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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026

Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.

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Heidi Pitlor @heidipitlor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

As someone else w asthma, I feel this. I went to the pharmacy w Covid last year (masked), hardly able to breathe, and was turned away for the dr's rx. It's BANANAS and just plain cruel as hell.

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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Official rationale re USDA food safety defunding: “The Budget eliminates programming that does not serve a core mission, such as radical transgender and Green New Scam ideologies, and brings the Agency’s resources closer to the rural Americans it serves.” Verbatim from the proposal. I kid you not.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Avoiding AI is about to be a superpower.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Honestly this is the right way to look at things

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A baby platypus is known as a puggle and has teeny-tiny eyes, a flat head and silky-smooth looking short hair. Original post

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The toxic influencer who has made "hyper-masculinity" his brand was arresting wearing Doris Day clam-digger slacks and a kicky purple blouse.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Susan Collins voted to give ICE and CBP $70 billion. She owns the consequences of that vote.

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Heyyyyy #BookSky Tell all your writer friends who live in Greater Cambridge that applications for the 2027 Porter Square Books Writers in Residence are now open! Deadline to apply is August 27th portersquarebooks.com/porter-squar...

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Heidi Pitlor @heidipitlor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Happy 250th, America. Let's please start again.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

It’s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families. As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny. Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway. The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.

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The Onion says it won’t wait for the courts, will launch Infowars to pay Sandy Hook families

The Onion’s staff is tired of waiting for the courts to settle its pending takeover of Alex Jones’ brand, so the new Infowars will launch next month.

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rprobbins.bsky.social @rprobbins.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The data center issue is really starting to pull everyone in the same direction 💯💯💯💯🎯

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Joy Lanzendorfer @joylanzendorfer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

"Destroy AI. Kill it. AI is just going to end up making mediocre people dumber."

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Harvard Grads Cheer Comedian Ronny Chieng's AI Speech

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Heidi Pitlor @heidipitlor.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

At what point will the WH be rebuilt in the shape of a phallus

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

It's a huge mistake to "adjust to" or "adapt" to generative AI. There's rarely been a more clearcut situation to reject vehemently for so many reasons. One reason beyond those that apply now is the future capacity for proactive manipulation and distortion. We need less outside interference not more.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/05/2026

NEW: More Than 100,000 American Kids Have Had a Parent Detained in Immigration Sweeps, Report Estimates Far more American children have likely been separated from their parents during immigration sweeps than previously understood, according to a new Brookings report.

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More Than 100,000 American Kids Have Had a Parent Detained in Immigration Sweeps, Report Estimates

Since the Trump administration doesn’t track how many children have been separated from their parents by immigration detention, a Brookings report tried to calculate it — and it cited ProPublica’s rep...

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Heidi Pitlor @heidipitlor.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

People who are quick to sing the praises of AI as a democratizing force and are skeptical about progressive politicians: just no.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This is dead on. If the Democrats retake the House and Senate--or even just the House--it could mark the beginning of the end of a 50-year Republican project. If they can't? The GOP will spend the next 2 years destroying all remaining guardrails. Most important midterms of our lives, no question.

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Come chat with me and help diversify publishing! Bid on a 30-min AMA zoom call with me (we can talk books, writing, or whatever your heart desires, within reason) & proceeds benefit @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social, which does great work diversifying publishing. Auction ends MONDAY, 5/11! 👇

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Help We Need Diverse Books spread the word about Let's Diversify Publishing!

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Heidi Pitlor @heidipitlor.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

It is a powerful thing to look at someone and tell them that this new nifty thing was actually created from books like ours, mine, etc.. (I find "I'm part of a class-action lawsuit" to be a useful phrase.)

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans: 1940: 81% 1950: 84% 1960: 91% 1970: 72% 1980: 70% 1990: 28% 2000: 40% 2010: 35% For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.

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Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Your independent bookstores put their money back into their local economies at many times the rate of the chains or tech giants. Authors would be lost without them. Support your local indie today (and every day).

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Heidi Pitlor @heidipitlor.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Next up: mandatory loin cloths for men.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

We should take the same lesson and apply it to the criminal enterprise being run by Trump and his family. Then boot them from power just like voters just did to Orbán.

Screenshot of a tweet by The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) quoting Ambassador Pressman (@AmbPressman) explaining how Hungarian opposition leader Magyar defeated Viktor Orbán by framing Orbán and his Fidesz party as a criminal organization and connecting that message to rural Hungarians' lived experiences. The embedded video shows a man speaking in front of a bookshelf.

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Heidi Pitlor @heidipitlor.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Any American who doesn't feel sick to their stomach today is an evil moron.

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Any American who doesn't feel sick to their stomach today is an evil moron.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

In all seriousness, one thing that might be worth doing today: Tell your Reps and Senators to call Adm. Richard Correll, the Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, which controls the nation's nukes, and remind him of *his* unique responsibility to refuse an illegal order.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/04/2026

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

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Logan Cunningham @logancunningham.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

have you guys seen the Dutch cover of The Hobbit cuz I hadn't

The front cover of a paperback copy of the Dutch version of J.R.R. Tolklien's The Hobbit, circa 1960. Eight cheerful-looking cartoon figures with long grey beards surround a smaller, waving beardless figure in the middle.

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Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Generative AI is a tool of fascism. If you use it, you better be prepared to be shamed by people who actually like thinking.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I think the reason AI propagandists are so flustered by the fact that no real writer wants to use their idiotic tools is that they themselves don't enjoy writing. They see it as a boring arduous chore to be avoided, while real writers actually enjoy writing and actually care about the quality of it.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I heard someone say that we should be registering voters at gas stations.

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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Wikipedia now has higher standards than all universities

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Heidi Pitlor @heidipitlor.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I am going to No Kings tomorrow, but perceive widespread protest fatigue, so how about we at least come up with a new theme for the next one, @indivisible.org ? Maybe No Billionaires? Humans First? Just need some re-energizing out there...

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Heidi Pitlor @heidipitlor.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The thing about technofascism is that is coming for everyone... (which is to say that we sorely need technoliberation).

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