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A hopepunk tragic optimist

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Dad, Husband, software engineer, bad songwriter. Outrage engages, but truth & trust, scale. Be Kind, Be True, Believe. Freedom is a pure idea Be excellent to each other

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Jenna Beacom @jfbeacom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Auto transcription (I was curious, sharing for access. Agree this is fantastic.)
Screenshot of a transcript. It says: “Exactly right, but I want to say a couple things. One thing about cities that I found in this reporting: cities are very unfairly labeled as these problem centers by Donald Trump and others. And one thing is worth remembering: if you look at the population of well, all people in cities, particularly people who come to cities from elsewhere, but particularly homeless and other vulnerable people in cities, look at youth homeless. A pretty large chunk of those people who end up in cities were failed in some other parts of this country. Okay, in the fraction of youth homeless who are LGBTQ, whatever, pretty high. So there are a lot of families in this country who fail the first duty of family, which is to love your kids more than any other thing, and there's a lot of families in this country that look at some verse in some book, and their child's face, and choose theSecond screenshot says: “verse in the book over their child's face, and drive their children out of Nebraska or out of Florida or out of Idaho, and those kids come to San Francisco, and those kids come to New York, and those kids go to Chicago, and we have friends giving dinners with them. You live in L.A. You are surrounded by people who have those kind of stories, and so cities. Every time someone is sleeping on a subway bench in a city, the rest of America can sort of say, "Ah, look at these cities.” But we are holding a lot of your people who you fail to love and take care of.
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🪻ELLA LEE🌷 @ellaleeuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Made me think of this meme:
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I just want to reassure people like me who fucking loathe Bill Maher that you can watch this clip and not have to hear that piece of shit utter a single word. It's worth watching.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 16h
ProPublica has made a database of all the incidents they could find where ICE detained citizens. Important work. This kind of data is too often hidden and lost.
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Colin @colin.hoagie.fun · 05/10/2026
If you're looking for a place to put your news dollars, the Philadelphia Inquirer is probably one of the best choices out there. Philly is extremely lucky to have a sustainable operating model and a strong union for it's biggest paper.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP. Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down. "AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago. We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Lucinda Williams making AC/DC her own. It’s A Long Way to the Top. #CountryRockSunday.
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It's A Long Way To The Top (Album Version)
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The facts are shocking enough, but the bigger reason that the Cornell gang-rape case has broken through is that everyday Americans are sick of the rich and powerful and their sons getting away with it And everyone knows this fish stinks from the head My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/corn...
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For a fed-up America, the elite impunity of the Cornell rape case is the last straw | Will Bunch
A nation’s frustration with rich and powerful men boils over after a stunning rape allegation at an Ivy League college.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
Follow "Paper Trail" on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... On Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0zdWwkl...
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Paper Trail
Documentary Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · Investigative reporters at ProPublica chase down evidence of wrongdoing and bring it to light. That evidence can be on paper — or on thumb drives, in secret ...
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Unforgivable
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MetaFilter @metafilter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Following feedback from the community, the Board has adopted an updated set of Community Values, along with a new corresponding set of Board Values. We’re using these two documents to introduce our new Community Library! metatalk.metafilter.com/26977/New-Co...
An outdoor little library box nominally painted to look like a train
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
A tiny bit of gentle advice for the men: before you try to explain or pontificate anything about the Cornell 7 to a woman, please remember chances are she’s already an expert 🙏🏻
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 03/10/2026
We knew it was a matter of time before Trump went after the disabled www.npr.org/2026/10/01/n...
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Trump administration reverses stance on integration of people with disabilities
Disability rights advocates are angered by the latest reversal but are rallying behind proposed legislation and working with states to strengthen protections for community integration.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Entitled freeloader
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...
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Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...
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We Have No Supreme Court
The philosophical incoherence of originalism prevents the Court from performing its core functions as a supreme court.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
TIRED: Defund the police WIRED: Defund the police widows and orphans
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thread of the day
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
THIS is how you create more artists. (Hint: it's not AI.)
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Imagine what they'd say about Mister Rogers today
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My man looks like he's the lead singer of a Creed cover band called Creedence, and he thinks he can keep ignoring the letters from John Fogerty's lawyer.
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Stephanie Farr @farfarraway.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I promise Philly is a real place and I am a journalist and this is all true. When you put unwanted dystopian robots on our sidewalks, you never know what Philly may do in response. Meet Orifice the Awebot, who's spreading joy, surprise & mild terror - for free. www.inquirer.com/life/orifice...
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Orifice the Awebot is Philly’s ‘magical’ response to Uber Eats robots
"She’s part of our bringing delight and surprise and letting it ripple through the city."
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I’m sure everyone is shocked to hear this fortune.com/2025/12/04/m...
FORTUNE

'There is no Mamdani effect': Manhattan luxury home sales surge after mayoral election, undercutting predictions of doom and escape to Florida

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Reporter
December 4, 2025, 2:01 PM ET
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: judge dismisses case against reflecting pool defendant Davey Hearn WITH PREJUDICE- meaning the DoJ can’t ever bring charges against him in this matter. www.ms.now/deadline-whi...
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Judge permanently dismisses David Hearn Reflecting Pool indictment
The Trump Justice Department sought a temporary dismissal. Hearn wanted his charges tossed for good.
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Arpit @arpitonline.com · 01/10/2026
Made a demo video for Cubic today to submit it for the RevenueCat Shipaton event. I think it came out pretty well :) Thanks Opus 5.5 apps.apple.com/us/app/cubic...
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 01/10/2026
Democrats have not controlled the Pa. Senate for three decades. Their path to flipping it likely runs through the Philly suburbs.
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Bucks and Montgomery counties could determine which party gets control of the Pa. state Senate
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the definition of cruel and unusual punishment. The state of Tennessee botched an execution and tried to hide the gory consequences as witnesses twice watched a woman survival the supposedly “lethal” injection. The death penalty is a crime against humanity.
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Philadelphia's first-ever Parallel Parking Championship is coming this Saturday, with challenges including the "one shot" park and parking with 18" of clearance. One judge does ASMR videos in a Philly accent. (See next.) No backup cams allowed. I still think they should have a minivan division. 1/
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A pub owner, a viral crossing guard, and an ASMR comedian will judge Saturday’s Parallel Parking Championship
Nearly 900 people applied for the competition and 15 were chosen to participate, including a SEPTA bus driver and a former contestant on "Survivor."
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A hopepunk tragic optimist @kmartino.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you see this post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.
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Willow's Sneaky Disguise in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
ALT: Willow's Sneaky Disguise in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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A hopepunk tragic optimist @kmartino.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you see this post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.
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Btvs Buffy: Angel and Spike
ALT: Btvs Buffy: Angel and Spike
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
GOSH IT SURE WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A CONGRESS THAT DID ANYTHING AND A SUPREME COURT THAT CARED ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION ABOUT NOW oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/09/30/r...
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Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find • Oregon Capital Chronicle
President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call ...
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Kevin Donahue @kevdonahue.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sometimes, you're reminded - sports is the best! Nice win, Phillies. #philliesin3
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Agreed, but I'd start that list with Mamdani.
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 30/09/2026
I didn't think RFK Jr could do worse harm than what he's done with vaccines, but I was wrong. He can do much, much worse.
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A hopepunk tragic optimist @kmartino.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Mamdani is an American politician with a perverse impulse to tell blunt truths." I think we need to hear blunt truths far, far, far more often.
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Eman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope the Onion stops giving them ideas
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar: “For a US senator to have false information and imply, based on a confusion about the name of a team … and imply that you were in another city, that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia, and then call you a dirtbag, is something that deserves an apology.”
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 29/09/2026
Brett Simmons on how using the stock Mac UI isn’t the easy choice it used to be. “Many of the apps people think look good are not using stock UI.” Simmons’ own quickie redesign of NetNewsWire looks much better to me than the Liquid Glassified version. [inessential.com]
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inessential: That About Wraps It Up for Stock Mac UI
The latest macOS is a nice step toward a good-looking Mac UI, but I do wish it had gone farther.
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's not like we needed more proof that these people are fucking racists, but, yeah, these people are fucking racists.
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MAGA Furious Over Republican Ad Featuring White Man as Face of Welfare
Conservatives are pissed at Sarah Huckabee Sanders for choosing a young white man to portray welfare recipients.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Right before Shaggy and Scooby Doo rip the evil mask off
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is absolutely correct, but I worry that "truth and reconciliation" will sound too foreign to Americans who have long been allergic to truth and/or reconciliation. I'd just say "we're finally going to hold people who broke the law and violated the Constitution accountable for their crimes"
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Saying "Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit" in 2026 is some real O RLY shit.
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O RLY? Owl Meme
Alt: O RLY? Owl Meme
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
O RLY NY TIMES? NOW YOU NOTICE THIS? IN 2026?!
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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
gentle reminder: the void is for screaming, the abyss is for staring, please don't mix that up and ruin the experience for the rest of us
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The most amazing thing is that this is like a page 29 story across the US
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Stephanie Farr @farfarraway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've always been captivated by the "Freedom" sculpture on Vine St., of a figure breaking free of a wall in 4 stages, with the final figure on the sidewalk, arms outstretched and faced lifted. I think it makes our city more interesting, which is the most any of us who love Philly can hope to do. 🧵1/3
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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