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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 19h
!!! "Coming back to these characters now is a gift. It’s like the recurring dream where I return to summer camp as an adult and I’m no longer nauseous with homesickness- I play kickball and I utilize the arts and crafts room." goodthinggoing.substack.com/p/so-girls-i...
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So, Girls is coming back for 5 fresh eps…
You *can* go home again…
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 23h
Haunting stuff watching America's literacy crisis unfold in real time www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Katie Zacharia bombs first day as White House press secretary
She appeared physically strained, even sighing heavily, while reading prepared remarks.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
As a leading advocate and former sex crimes prosecutor told me, Hochul also has the power to call on Speaker Heastie—who has repeatedly blocked a bill to reform New York's antiquated voluntary intoxication loophole—to pass the bill or even co-sponsor it herself. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A bill to reform New York's voluntary intoxication loophole has received strong support from State Assembly members. It even passed the Senate twice with a supermajority both times. But one man, a Democrat, has stood in the way. Why? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The loophole that likely doomed the Cornell rape case before it even started
Accusers who voluntarily drink have little protection under an antiquated law many see as "victim-blaming."
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Profiled @minjinlee.bsky.social for what turned out to be a soul-enriching conversation—like mining the wisdom of a great literary emo (iykyk!!)—and left with a new view into my own time as a teen cramming away at a New Jersey hagwon: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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The education of Min Jin Lee
In her latest book, the novelist tackles dislocation and familial sacrifice to ask: Is elite schooling always a passport to a good life?
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Current state of the race to replace Stefanik. Constantino is being sued for suggesting a fellow conservative may have sent a hitman upstate. One of 3 friends who attended his wedding was recently arrested for allegedly kidnapping one of the other 2. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/09/2026
“You thought you’d get away with this. I am in your car. I am in your maps" How an abusive male partner took control of a woman's Tesla: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Three days later, Pucci, now 50, followed her in a car and started to yell at her about a man she was dating.

“You thought you’d get away with this. I am in your car. I am in your maps,” he shouted at her, according to the police records.

Over the coming days, Stacey found that the parental control profile, to which she had no access, could almost entirely control the car, including its speed, climate control, lock and curfew hours, determining when the car could be driven.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This editorial instinct is a disease :(
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The humiliation of the ankle bracelet was too much. I hope his family is able to find peace and that the people who support this administration never get a good night's sleep again. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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College student steps into highway traffic, is killed after losing TPS
Pierre Damas Bel’s family said he took his own life after the Trump administration canceled protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants and ICE officers placed him in an ankle monitor.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is a catastrophic tragedy, and I'm hoping Lindsay gets the mercy she so badly deserves. But sharing the viral lists of the meds she was on, without the proper context, can do a lot of harm for postpartum folks who might be suffering right now www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Stop sharing Lindsay Clancy's medication list
Prescriptions without medical context can prevent women from seeking help for highly treatable conditions.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
As the jury starts deliberations, a reminder that untreated mental health conditions are the leading cause of preventable pregnancy-related deaths in the US. MAHA figures seizing on this case to "hold the antidepressant industry accountable" can prevent postpartum women from seeking help.
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Stop sharing Lindsay Clancy's medication list
Prescriptions without medical context can prevent women from seeking help for highly treatable conditions.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
wrote this back in March! but with all this egg freezing + Karoline Leavitt (allegedly) ditching the white house bc the boss kept interrupting her maternity leave, it's back on the BRAIN www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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MAGA's baby boom and me
I've been wracked with indecision over having a second child. Then came a series of public pregnancy announcements.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
In defending AOC, Katie Miller and her ilk revealed something significant: That with the issue of fertility, they are not in lockstep with staunch conservatives who oppose procedures like egg freezing. That's a bigger deal than many might appreciate. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The political power of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's egg freezing
In showcasing the balancing act of career ambitions and fertility, the congresswoman is once again illustrating her political prowess.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Right-wing dudes are irked by AOC's egg freezing, specifically that it dovetails with her hints at higher office. But the timing is exactly the point. As many women know, the two ambitions—career and kids—braid together because of course they do; one often can't be considered without the other.
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The political power of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's egg freezing
In showcasing the balancing act of career ambitions and fertility, the congresswoman is once again illustrating her political prowess.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Untreated mental health conditions are the leading cause of preventable pregnancy-related deaths in the US. I worry that the intense speculation over Lindsay Clancy's list of meds—which has been shared widely, by MAHA and even the Boston Globe—will convince newly postpartum moms to avoid help.
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Stop sharing Lindsay Clancy's medication list
Prescriptions without medical context can prevent women from seeking help for highly treatable conditions.
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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Read my July 18 story for the original reporting that the New York Times didn’t link to... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller
Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"You only get 18 summers" is corny as hell! But for me, it captures the most cosmic thing about parenting: nostalgia for the present www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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What "you only get 18 summers" gets right about parenting
The phrase pisses off some parents. But it captures the most cosmic thing about child-rearing: nostalgia for the present.
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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I have edited a lot of sexual-assault-accusation articles, and this one easily clears every veracity check: contemporaneous emails with her therapist, a boyfriend who knew, a woman she warned—all before Platner ran for office. Good on Politico for nailing it, and on Jenny Racicot for speaking up.
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Exclusive: Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her
The Maine Democrat denied the allegations and said, “Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue.”
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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
going to call it for the old dynasty www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The last few years ought to have once and for all blown up the myth of Camelot—that it was desirable, that it was ever even real. American politics is haunted by a different sort of Northeastern family, ruled by a calcifying and domineering patriarch, digging its pincers into the national story and flaunting its multi-generational ambitions in the service of a misbegotten golden age. The Kennedys are down to their last and thorniest public servant—a sun-baked, worm-addled, crank incubated in a world of entitlement and unaccountability.

Now all that’s left is the ruins. I’m reminded, like a good Kennedy, of Shelley: Look upon their works and despair.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
10000000 percent -- a quick post re-upping your insights forthcoming!
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
and Josh Hokit, the guy who spewed out the awfulness: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
re: the UFC's vile "smack talk" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I think I found a new beat?! Roar! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The UFC’s biggest cards nearly always include women. Except at Freedom 250.
Dana White says he tried but couldn't get it done. Others say, "That's not a glitch."
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The ONLY World Cup content I'll be reading!!!!! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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My half-baked attempt to cook through the World Cup
One family's three-month feast, from Group A through chipa guazu.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This was spot on from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social back in October, even more so now.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Thank you to @kylethegreen.bsky.social for all the insights into the transactional Trump-Dana White alliance, the controversial aesthetics of MMA, and for introducing me to someone named Anderson Silva!! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Why Trump's cage fight could hurt the UFC
Dana White stood by Trump during Covid and Jan. 6. The White House brawl may dent their alliance.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Wrote about "the UFC" and it was...........fascinating!!!
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Why Trump's cage fight could hurt the UFC
Dana White stood by Trump during Covid and Jan. 6. The White House brawl may dent their alliance.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
"She'll never be elegant, ever." Talking Lauren Sánchez Bezos, Thorstein Veblen's "conspicuous consumption," and why titans of industry are desperate to convince us they have taste.
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Why Lauren Sánchez Bezos is storming the gates of the Met Gala
An art historian explains why Sánchez Bezos "will never be elegant."
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I have to watch this full interview. The clips have been so 🫨
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
We all knew about TFP's domestic violence; it was right there in the first season, treated like gossip and promptly forgotten about. Why did we keep watching anyway?
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The problem with condemning MomTok's Taylor Frankie Paul
Expressing outrage over allegations we all knew about isn't doing the moral work of untangling why we kept watching anyway.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Wrote about trauma as the trade of reality TV and why the finger-wagging at ABC rings hollow (sorry!)
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The problem with condemning MomTok's Taylor Frankie Paul
Expressing outrage over allegations we all knew about isn't doing the moral work of untangling why we kept watching anyway.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I'll just add to this by noting that the DEFEND HISTORIC PRINCETON signs have been their own hilarious menace.
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An Ivy League town faces bitter battle over affordable housing
New Jersey’s statewide battle over growth, rooted in a once loosely enforced 1970s law against racial segregation, has turned “vicious” in Princeton.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I knew those lying pull-ups were bad news :( www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Property values x ICE resistance
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"How am I going to sell my house with this crap in my backyard?"
ICE wants to turn warehouses into detention centers. The suburbs are fighting back.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Also, I'm happy that the women's team declined Trump's invite. But! It bums me out that this whole situation necessitates women opting out and foregoing what they deserve.
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We now know what Trump's "locker room banter" looks like
The locker room, in the mind of the president, is where misogyny is not only permitted but protected.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
"Grab em' by the pussy" and Trump's call with the men's hockey team aren't the same. One is sexually violent, the other a lame dig. But I argue here they share a familiar misogyny: That men are owed by women to accept insulting banter. That they are entitled to have their disrespect overlooked.
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We now know what Trump's "locker room banter" looks like
The locker room, in the mind of the president, is where misogyny is not only permitted but protected.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I didn't know much about this "Cory Mills" fellow until @nlanard.bsky.social talked to over a dozen people who personally know the Florida Republican. Now, I can't get enough. The loathing! The gossip! What a mess! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Everybody hates Cory
Sex workers, bankruptcy, stolen valor, a restraining order, and Trump's “Complete and Total” endorsement for Congress.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
"A powerful blend of menace, deadly incompetence, and total lack of drip." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The power of mocking Trump’s pathetic monsters
It's impossible to ignore the administration's blend of violent repression and overwhelming cringe.
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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.” www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
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Rep. Joaquin Castro meets with the 5-year-old boy held with his father at a Texas detention facility | CNN
US Rep. Joaquin Castro met Wednesday with Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old Minnesota boy taken from his family’s suburban Minneapolis driveway last week after federal agents apprehended his father, t...
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
One key point I want to drive home is that, as terrifying and lethal as ICE agents can be, these are also the same dudes who go back to their hotel rooms and do heinous, loser shit like this. No amount of camo and military-style gear can hide that. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
What do mirrors reflect back to ICE agents who dress up for war? When they outfit themselves in dramatic camo and hats for jungle warfare in...Minneapolis? I wrote about the inherent theatrics in ICE's tunnel vision of violence and the real identities behind the body armor.
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ICE’s theater of war
Camo and hats for jungle combat do not make sense in American cities. But they are key to dressing for the war ICE has imagined.
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Chabeli Carrazana @chabeli.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The first time it happened, a man was outside the day care recording. “There’s nobody here,” he was saying into the camera on his phone. “Can I help you?” she asked him. The man said he was there because of Nick Shirley’s video. He wanted to see the children. 19thnews.org/2026/01/minn...
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At day cares in Minnesota, strangers are showing up at their doors as parents scramble to protect staff
Parents are stepping in to be volunteer teachers or shuttle providers to work to protect an immigrant workforce.
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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
shared a pull quote but do read the whole thing, these people have done more for the American project than I (if not Adam) can really put into words www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Wrote about the Spider-Man detail that absolutely crushed me
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They want to tell you a kid with a Spider-Man backpack is evil
Liam Ramos' innocence, like the innocence of all kids, is unimpeachable. The visuals of his arrest are excruciating.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
"Condé Nast, in its monied magnificence, failed to renew its trademark for the magazine. Now it is ours—and yours too if you subscribe." gourmetmagazine.net
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Gourmet Magazine
Gourmet is a worker-owned publication about food and the people who make and consume it.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
"The new founders dismissed questions about their immediate video or podcast plans. 'Good writing is really cool,' said Nozlee Samadzadeh, a co-founder.
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Gourmet Magazine Is Back. It’s Not Exactly Sanctioned.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/01/2026
Rose Byrne's win at the Golden Globes is a perfect moment to read our conversation with writer/director Mary Bronstein on "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," one of our favorite films of 2025.
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“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” invites you to look directly at a woman's rage
Mary Bronstein’s new film is a shot-out-of-a-cannon rejoinder to the message that suffering women should “tough it out.”
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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Fantastic conversation w/ @inaeoh.bsky.social from @motherjones.com on neo-royalism and what it means for world politcs. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A new theory explains why Trump keeps threatening global takeovers
Neo-royalism challenges us to look beyond a century-old paradigm and see the hierarchical lens through which Trump justifies domination.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Very much enjoyed our chat!!! Thank you again for taking the time :)
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
I now desperately want a cigarette www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...
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Monster of 2025: Cigarettes
Is dying early really pro-social?
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