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Central Florida Indivisible @cnflindivisible.bsky.social · 23h

NO KINGS! Get out the Vote! Saturday 10-17, two events to choose from.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Oh good. Real-life Thought Police. Exactly what I always wanted. #MakeOrwellFictionAgain

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Kristen Stieffel @kristenstieffel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In an appalling move, Drexel University closed the public-facing museum at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia without public comment. Needless to say, the public is pissed. save-the-academy.org More info: youtu.be/nxyfBfCrbDw?...

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Save the Academy of Natural Sciences

Don't mourn — organize. The museum's last public day is Sunday, Sept 27. Ten things you can do today.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

AI is the Gyges' ring of student work: it offers perfect concealment of wrongdoing. If Glaucon is right, then everyone will use it to do injustice (cheat), & will be wise to do so. If Socrates/Plato is right, then doing so also harms the wrong-doer, whose soul will be malformed into misery by it.

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Susan Behrens @susanbehrens.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In some states it’s a crime in to give out bottles of water to voters standing in line to vote. How can it be legal to offer a $5,000 bribe for a vote? P.S. gotta love how republicans don’t even pretend to care about the national debt or deficits.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Watch this video. The conversation about him stepping down has to become louder. He's not capable of leading us any more. Doesn't understand what is happening around him. Everything is going to sh*t. It's ridiculous that this great nation is allowing this to happen to us.

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The Latest Kate @thelatestkate.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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A drawing of a moose resting with birds sitting on its antlers. The caption reads, "please treat yourself with extra care during these difficult times"

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Ron and Cassie DeSantis: These two crooks stole $10 million from a settlement with a charity, wired it to Cassie’s fake “charity,” laundered it through two puppet organizations, and then used it for political ads in an election year. They should be in jail.

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Kristen Stieffel @kristenstieffel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

NPR doing transcription instead of reporting. Wise coverage of this absurdity would include a comment from a Canadian official about how pointless and counterproductive it is. Furthermore …

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Jarek Pachocki OMI @jarekpach.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This is shameful disrespect - and a direct attack on Indigenous Peoples’ heritage. Lake Ontario’s name comes from the Wendat Ontarí’io, meaning “great lake.” No executive order can erase centuries of history, identity and belonging. The name is Lake Ontario. 🇨🇦 #CanadaStrong

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸

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Kristen Stieffel @kristenstieffel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

There's an episode of The Orville where an alien hears the song "9 to 5" for the first time and is in awe. "She sings with the voice of a hundred soldiers." Kind of a joke, but also 100% true. #RIPDolly youtu.be/9govup-IG3c

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A Message from the Family of Dolly Parton

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

No matter what metric you use, Republicans have been worse for the economy than Democrats for a century now. And yet they’ll *still* point to the latest mess they created as an argument to elect them again. And half the media will happily help carry their water for them.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Weird how none of these newfound champions for women when it comes to Jon Ossoff saying (gasp!) that Trump "wants to travel with Natalie" have anything to say about the outstanding 3 million documents in the Epstein files that are being suppressed by this administration.

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

ICYMI! PLEASE SHARE! Writers! Uncanny Magazine will be open for short story submissions from August 24 to September 7! WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR AMAZING, HUMAN-WRITTEN STORIES! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

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Kristen Stieffel @kristenstieffel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

If you can’t make the effort to take actual photos of your actual product, don’t be surprised that customers can’t trust you enough to buy them.

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Kristen Stieffel @kristenstieffel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Downplay a book or movie: The Guy with a Trinket series: —Some Dudes and a Trinket —A Couple of Tall Structures —The Boss Comes Back

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Kristen Stieffel @kristenstieffel.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Kentucky’s constitution gives Gov. Beshear the power to appoint a Democrat to McConnell’s seat. He needs to use that power, even (especially?) if it draws a court challenge. Sign the petition telling him to do: petition.edwardswire.com/beshear We need Dem leaders who play hardball!

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Gov. Beshear: Appoint A Democrat To McConnell’s Seat

Trump won Kentucky by 30 points — a special election is an automatic Republican win. The Kentucky Constitution gives Gov. Beshear an untested power to appoint a Democrat instead.

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Andrea Chalupa @andreachalupa.com · 21/07/2026

Kash Patel heads to Moscow before the Midterms. They're making a deal with Russia to help steal another election. Trump would never have come to power in 2016 without the Kremlin's illegal help. His Big Lie distracts from the truth of how we got into this crisis. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

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FBI Director Kash Patel plans Russia trip

The plans come as the U.S. and Russia have failed to come to terms on ending the war in Ukraine.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Here's how I know Dems still don't appreciate the situation America is in and what MAGAs are capable of: the Governor of Kentucky should weeks ago have marched to the place Mitch McConnell's staff says he's in and then—if he didn't find him there—appointed a Democrat to his seat.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

FYI nothing in the save America act protects our election infrastructure from hacking

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Kristen Stieffel @kristenstieffel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

If Beshear was the incapacitated senator and McConnell the governor, the seat would have been filled by now. Schedule the special election already! Let Mitch show up to stop it…if he’s able.

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This week Todd Blanche--the architect of the current Jeffrey Epstein cover up--will go before the Senate to be confirmed. And every Republican Senator still alive and not in the hospital will vote to confirm him. Every Sen who votes to confirm is complicit in the cover up of largest rape ring ever

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Kristen Stieffel @kristenstieffel.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I once entered a story in a contest, and one judge's feedback was that there wasn't enough backstory, while another judge said there was too much backstory.

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Kristen Stieffel @kristenstieffel.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I’m simultaneously pleased that my denomination chose to codify this statement and sad that something so obvious had to be codified.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Good morning!

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Maybe we tell the DOJ that the Epstein co-conspirators vandalized the reflecting pool and they might finally arrest someone.

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Kristen Stieffel @kristenstieffel.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

How am I in the top 10%?! This is bonkers. intheweights.com (But one of the hallucinations has me as a former NFL player 🤣)

In the weights correctly identifies Kristen Stieffel as a speculative fiction author in the top ten percent of AI tokens.

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Kristen Stieffel @kristenstieffel.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

If you’re using AI to compose your book for you, you’re not a writer. You’re someone who wants to have written. Authentic prose with a unique heart is required to excel, and AI cannot give you that. You have to dredge that up from the depths of your human soul.

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Kristen Stieffel @kristenstieffel.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I'm teaching Building Immersive Settings 7 p.m. EDT June 9 for the Orange County (Florida) Public Library. The class is open to all—just leave the Library Card field blank. attend.ocls.org/event/15749466

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Building Immersive Settings

Whether you're taking readers to cultures of the past, into contemporary halls of power, or to future or fantasy realms, author and editor Kristen Stieffel will discuss techniques to transport readers...

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Andrea Chalupa @andreachalupa.com · 29/05/2026

Trump is what happens when a bunch of slave owners set up a government to protect their wealth by establishing elite rule through the Senate, Electoral College, and no one fixing it for 250 years

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Kristen Stieffel @kristenstieffel.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/artists you’ve seen live: Kenny Loggins Howard Jones Buster Poindexter Ray Charles Paul McCartney … the other concerts I’ve been to were classical; I don’t remember the names of all the orchestras. Orlando Philharmonic would have been one. I don’t get out much.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 25/05/2026

Democrats need three House seats and four Senate seats to flip Congress. Those elections happen in 167 days. The energy, money, and oxygen being consumed by would-be 2028 nominees running shadow campaigns belongs in competitive districts right now. open.substack.com/pub/santiago...

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Want to win in 2028? Cool. Win 2026 first.

Winning Congress this November is the audition. Act accordingly.

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Kristen Stieffel @kristenstieffel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Staggering levels of corruption. The $1.776 billion number given to the media, which they unthinkingly parrot, isn’t in the document. As pointed out in the video, DOJ could send unlimited taxpayer money to anyone, with zero accountability. I’m furious & heartbroken. youtu.be/tIBCjzz-bmk?...

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My Blood Is Boiling

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.

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Tom, Bert, and William @tombertwilliam.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

The new Animal Farm is produced by Angel Studios. A hedgefund owned, Christian propaganda studio that also produces The Tuttle Twins and David. TICKETS TO ANIMAL FARM SUPPORTS CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST PROPOGANDA. Convenient since the GOP already uses "communists" synonymously with "democrats."

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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 28/04/2026

Republicans run the House, the Senate, and the White House. This week is a case study in what happens when the people in charge cannot do the job.

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Andrea Chalupa @andreachalupa.com · 24/04/2026

Trump serves Putin’s wish list. It's that simple. The transactional president knows who illegally helped bring him to power: Russia.

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Andrea Chalupa @andreachalupa.com · 24/04/2026

Think in terms of three years, five years. If history indeed rhymes, it looks like MAGA/Russia are headed for war with Europe. It sounds impossible, but so did a lot of other "unprecedented events" that have happened in the past ten years alone.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 17/04/2026

Dear Media: Blindly quoting the President without fact-checking or context is just misinformation with a press pass. We don’t need stenographers; we need journalists. Do your job.

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Elon Musk and his gang of pimple faced hackers ran wild in the government. According to both whistleblowers, they broke the law, over and over again. Today, we're launching a simple demand: #InvestigateDOGE and hold them accountable 👉 actionnetwork.org/petitions/el...

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

GOP Rep. Arrington wants to gut ACA subsidies to fund the Iran war. That’s $30 billion ripped from sick, struggling Americans handed straight to a forever war nobody supports. This is the Republican Party in 2026. #HealthcareNotTrumpsWar

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

If only a dozen Republicans in Congress found the will, they could impeach and remove him today.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Let’s say we bomb Iran’s critical infrastructure tomorrow. 1. How do we square that with trying to help liberate every day Iranians from the regime? 2. How do we have any standing to demand Putin stop bombing critical infrastructure in Ukraine?

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Still can’t get over the House GOP rejecting a 100-0 bill from the Senate to fund TSA, Coast Guard, and FEMA and… just going on vacation. Complete abdication of duty.

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain. Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow. #NoKings

An image of a list of the 27 grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 20 of them in whole or in part, condensed into the list below:
1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
2. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation …
3. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people.
4. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; … obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners …
5. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice …
6. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices …
7. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
8. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
9. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
10. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution … giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
11. For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
12. For protecting them … from punishment for any Murders which they should commit …
13. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
14. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
15. For depriving us … of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
16. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
17. For … abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
18. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
19. He has … destroyed the lives of our people.
20. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us …

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