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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 4h

Lotta people defended this fucking guy to me in 2020 and all of you are suckers and losers.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 5h

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 5h

They’re literally saying things like “actually Jesus was all about strength and domination, and hating people who are strangers to you” to a whole host of “amen brother” from literal Bible thumpers.

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 6h

If you read one(1) Left Behind book you were supposed to see the play coming.

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 6h

Whole era like an open book test for millenarian evangelicals paranoid about government overreach and they flunked it because of racism lmao

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 6h

What I wouldn’t give to go back in time and tell people they built a machine that is supposed to think for people, makes the President look like Jesus, and they hope to store our souls in a file forever but you’re all going to love it to a bunch of Southern Baptists.

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 5h

Yes, precisely this.

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 4h

“Like former Democratic candidate Graham Platner in Maine (who was forced to withdraw over abuse allegations), Marx has leaned into his status as an outsider during his campaign as well as his troubled past” Imagine what the election season would look like if this guy was still around.

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 5h

Anywho ... “He has also been endorsed by MAGA Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, former Denver Broncos Super Bowl champion Derek Wolfe, and a string of law enforcement and faith leaders.”

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 5h

It’s bad that beating a kid until they bleed can be framed euphemistically, even in critical media, as long as they can also be described as an inmate.

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 5h

“He has also recounted punching an inmate at a juvenile facility until the man was bleeding, intimidating a mental-health provider by blocking the door & telling him he would never have time to call for help, & pulling a Marine Corps knife on a psychiatrist.” A kid, he punched a kid til they bled.

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 5h

““She goes, ‘I can handle myself’. I said, ‘You can?’ And I remember grabbing her, slamming her into our front door,” he laughed during an interview on a podcast called Protector Nation.” Guy physically abused his wife because she said she could take care of herself.

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‘Christian Warrior’ Candidate’s Dark Past Revealed

Fresh videos and posts unearthed by the Daily Beast have placed the Republican under growing scrutiny as the midterms loom.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 9h

Tech industry is laser focused on solving the problem of humans enjoying each other’s company bsky.app/profile/down...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tweed is such a beautiful fabric to wear this time of year because it produces, in Dolly Parton's phrasing, a coat of many colors. Even a solid-colored brown is not just brown, but bits of red, blue, and yellow to produce something that looks lifted off the Scottish landscape.

There are two photos taped together. The top shows a brown stone building with a brown thatched roof. It's surrounded by green grass, stone walkways, and blue-gray sea. Below is a checked brown tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it.

There are two photos taped together. The one at te top shows a rocky hillside with green and straw-colored grass, gray rocks, and a tan sandy beach below. The blue waters are crashing at the shore. Below is a green herringbone tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it.

There are two photos taped together. The top shows a field of green and straw colored fields with bits of purple flowers. Below is a a series of checked brown tweed that reflect the colors in the landscape above it.

A swatch book of solid-colored tweeds. The green tweed has visible flecks of red, gold, and blue.

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Your fave's fave @actually.roiskinda.cool · 23h

A lot of folks either forgot or refuse to acknowledge a major reason Black and Brown folks have survived in the US is because of mutual aid. People are so consumed with not appearing poor that they are dismissing the tools that got us here.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.

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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It is shockingly common for child welfare agencies to remove children from parents because they can't afford housing. Billing them for the foster care really is just beyond the pale. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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“Nobody Blames the Landlord. They Just Take Away the Kids.”

All too often, when parents can’t afford safe housing, the solution child welfare services offer is putting their children in foster care.

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

He’s from Missouri, he’s smack dab in the part of the country that should be super attuned to all this Midwest lore, that’s the killer part. I imagine you had to have heard people from Michigan and Ohio State talk about their rivalry if you talk to people throughout Missouri.

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hamiltonburglar.bsky.social @hamiltonburglar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is Katie Britt sitting next to the Missouri senator the second Jack Smith said he remembers going to an Iowa at Maryland that month & her immediately realizing what’s going on. This is as he’s finishing saying “I went to an Iowa at Maryland game to watch Caitlin Clark.”

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Black.Metronome 🇧🇧 🇧🇲 @blackmetronome.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

I agree. It's also inconceivable to me how cops murder unarmed Black people, and they get off scot free while their dead victims get vilified and mocked. White Supremacy is a bitch ain't it? Especially when you realize it doesn't discriminate, and your badge or skin color can't save you from it.

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 29/09/2026

Senator Van Hollen is forcing a vote on his 502B resolution TONIGHT. It would force the U.S. State Department to conduct a comprehensive review of Israeli human rights abuses and release that to Congress and the public. Tell your senators to vote yes at the link below imeupolicy.org/exposeisrael

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Message Your Senators: Expose Israel's Violence and Human Rights Abuses — IMEU Policy Project

We need to pressure our U.S. Senators to take real action. Tell them to report on human rights violations in the West Bank and hold Israel accountable.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

it is important to realize that many reporters for mainstream outlets are enthusiastic cogs in this elite-coordinated propaganda machine. don't print lies in the newspaper

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Built like an improper fraction.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Shoutout to the 🐐GOAT🐐, respect greatness www.macfound.org/videos/2026-...

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Ellora Derenoncourt - 2026 MacArthur Fellow

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 22h

I believe that Dr. Ellora Derenoncourt is the first Black woman economist EVER to be named a MacArthur Genius. My heart is bursting. I am OVERJOYED.

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 29/09/2026

“Costco is a cult “ A cult of livable wages and surprising deals Sign me TF up!!!

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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thank you, AOC 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 “Students vs. Billionaires” town hall in Ithaca hosted by More Perfect University. She opened by addressing the lawsuit from a former Cornell student, identified as Jane Doe. #Cornell 🌸💖 #Pinks 🌸💖

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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

US Rep AOC: “The culture of rape, sexual assault, and pedophilia is protected in elite institutions across the United States and including Cornell University” #OpDeathEaters

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 29/09/2026

You will be able to set your watch by the frequency with which Musk sets his minions on people during this case, using their usual tactics of death threats and doxxing. And media will cover none of it.

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

my colleague: I have a question me: MC: yk period blood & stem cells? is it true no one has researched it because it is icky? me: OK WELL, Menstrual-blood stromal cells were first found in 2007, but the science way to say "icky" is "research is limited due to gender bias & sociocultural stigma"

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We're witnessing the Rapist-to-President and/or Rapist-to-Supreme Court Justice pipeline with this Cornell scandal.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We all complain about the media’s failures but organizations like @propublica.org and @texastribune.org are doing the work and deserve our financial support

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency

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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

People are also upset about non-economic things that get expressed in economic terms, like the fact that everything seems wildly out of control and we have a maniac in charge of the country

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

NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

burger joints push nuggets and chicken sandwiches when beef prices go up. (trump take beef)

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"i'm james talarico and i approve this message"

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the horrific cornell gang rape case has me thinking about emma sulkowicz who alleged she was raped as a student at columbia in 2014 and never got any justice. it has me thinking about the physical and mental weight young women are forced to carry while their safety is subsumed by male potential.