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Lagerwhat

@lagerwhat.bsky.social
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Once a library school grad, always a sarcastic individual with too many books and not enough shelves. Definitely not making Mt. Holyoke, Stony Brook, or Pratt proud. Cite your sources and tip your server.

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 9h
A U.S. Army psychologist Gustave M. Gilbert interviewed Nazi war criminals on trial at Nuremberg and famously wrote in his 1950 book, "Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy." It was the *lack* of empathy that made the Holocaust possible.
U.S. Army psychologist noting all the Nuremberg war criminals lacked empathy.
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 9h
remember: it saved no net money, social services US citizens are getting cut, and left the US in a weaker place geopolitically. none of the debates about fiscal responsibility, obligation to US citizens first, or 'hard choices' actually apply. they're all bullshit. killed people for nothing at all.
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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 4h
People often ask me, "How is it being in Ohio?" knowing the attacks on higher education are acute here. But the fact is, nowhere is safe. Here's a story about senseless and devastating budget cuts in Minnesota. There is no political party that seriously defends higher education in the U.S. today.
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 4h
"Few pgms had the funding + prescience to include a Documentation Unit, but [NYC's Cultural Council Foundation] did. Comprising 3 photographers, 3 writers, + an archivist, the grp" captured CF artists' work; their records are now available in the Municipal Archives.
A case full of cassette tapes, a notebook, a stamp Photo of a group of people; "CCF Documentation Unit
Because the national CETA initiative was decentralized and locally managed, tracing its presence and impact is a challenge. Few programs had the funding and prescience to include a Documentation Unit, but CFdid. Comprising three photographers, three writers, and an archivist, the group not only captured the community-based work taken up by CF artists, but recorded the stories of the individuals and artistic practices that were fostered by CETA Title VI funds. These records were compiled and donated to the New York City Municipal Archives shortly after the program ended, and are now publicly available in a single repository."
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 5h
The “states’ rights” people in the past knew it was bullshit back then too, because slaver states wouldn’t let free states pass laws protecting self-emancipated people within their borders.
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DJourn @djourn.bsky.social · 6h
Nothing can be more beautiful than the reality embedded in the performative art of professional wrestling.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 7h
among other things, musk is the #1 donor to the Republican Party in 2024 and 2026, now appointed to a board where he can steers contracts to his businesses. Bought and sold. Thieves.
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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 11h
Isn't his boss accused of raping multiple children?
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 11h
Abusers always drape themselves in religion right before they're exposed.
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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 11h
ok leaving this up on the conference room whiteboard
“they don’t know” meme but the man wears a NEORSD hat and stands waist deep in water with otters swimming around him. he says “they don’t know this river burned 13 times”
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning. Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 13h
We cannot become numb to this. Reporting via CNN
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Stunt Lover 🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈 @stuntlover.bsky.social · 20h
Feels like a relevant day to share @monaeltahawy.bsky.social 's clip from 2019 ozzie TV (which I believe was subsequently banned) wherein she asks the evergreen question, "how many rapists must we (as women, not the state) kill until men stop raping us?" Unfortunately, every day is a relevant day.
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Mona Eltahawy backs controversial comments on ABC Q&A program
During an explosive all female panel on the ABC program last week, Egyptian-American writer, Mona Eltahawy, suggested rapists should be killed.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 20h
The myth of the “welfare queen” was formulated by Reagan to racialize ( and criminalize ) the social safety net The actual woman was a criminal mastermind who identified as whatever got her paid . it’s not a teaching moment it’s a propaganda demand en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_T...
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Linda Taylor - Wikipedia
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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“A pathogen invades, sticks around, and causes trouble.” Sometimes the most important scientific questions can be summarized very simply. Excellent Smithsonian piece on #LongCovid, viral persistence, and the scientists still working to understand what SARS-CoV-2 can leave behind.
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For Many Americans, Covid Is Still a Chronic, Disabling Disease. These Scientists Are Working Tirelessly to Bring Them Relief
Long Covid saps the strength and vitality of patients, who have little recourse to fight it. A team of specialists—including an afflicted researcher working mostly from her bed—is looking for answers
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Colin M. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 30/09/2026
this is specifically what Twitter was re-engineered to do, btw. it exists almost solely to threaten anyone at the flashpoint of a nascent social movement.
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m seeing a new allergist-immunologist and today he brought up this study about how much Astepro nasal spray, which I use daily, appears to decrease the likelihood of COVID, flu, RSV, etc. I have barely gotten a cold since I started using it but had no idea why. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Azelastine Nasal Spray for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infections
This randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy of azelastine as a preexposure prophylaxis against SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens.
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Zak Ralph | @LoveWrestlingCA @smarkmouth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mercedes Martinez' scheduled surgery is approaching. Her GFM still could use a little attention. Spread the word.
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Donate to Help Mercedes Martinez Through ACL Surgery & Recovery, organized by mercedes martinez
Welp. This is me, Mercedes Martinez. As many of you … mercedes martinez needs your support for Help Mercedes Martinez Through ACL Surgery & Recovery
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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Editor Sophia Dasser and reporter Cereese Qusba of the Cornell Daily Sun are the reason we now know about the gang rape case at Cornell and the university’s shameful under-reaction. Nice work, ladies. (📸 Heather Ainsworth)
Two young women, one in a hijab, huddled over lap tops in a newsroom.
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Dan the Gnome @brewergnome.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Unredeemable. The lot of them.
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????
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Dcmfox @dcmfox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The moment Jack Smith realized Eric Schmitt was talking about the wrong game.
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Tom Schaller @schaller67.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Smith was(n’t) at a Hawks game. Ray Epps was at the Capitol on January 6. BClinton and Loretta Lynch were on a tarmac. To Republicans, these are case-closed moments proving *absolute* guilt. But two Russian assets meeting with Don Jr and Jared in Trump Tower in 2016? “Nothing to see here…”
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026
Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Riley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding Claims
Gaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete.
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Molly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In what I believe is a first for my eyes, Trump withdraws his appeal fighting the payout of $5M in damages to E. Jean Carroll
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 29/09/2026
Wait, even assuming that he had been at that game, the train of logic here was supposed to be: - he was at a Hawks game in Atlanta - that's the same state as this other person who had an affair - being in the same state means you know everything ??????????
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Lagerwhat @lagerwhat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republican politicians are horrible people, there's just nothing left to say at this point.
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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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Tom Schaller @schaller67.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Brilliant take down of Schmitt, the dumbass
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 29/09/2026
It's remarkable (in a very good way) to see an elected member of the Democratic Party saying this. For decades, the Party has treated public higher education as a jobs training program, not a site for cultivating democratic habits of mind. I deeply hope that things are changing.
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Look at his face when he thinks he's just got him lol
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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/09/2026
I think the entire right wing media ecosystem was primed to make this a huge deal, they all had their talking points ready to go and this was going to be THE big gotcha that brought down Jack Smith and they are just scrambling because it turns out the whole thing was an embarrassing mistake
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
oh my fucking god, you have to watch this. eric schmitt just made himself the main character.
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Suit Williams @suitwilliams.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He had to pull out of the Hangman match at the first Double or Nothing show, and the public story was that he didn't want to lose while holding Dragongate's top title. The problem is that the reporting was that he was going to beat Hangman to set up an Omega match at All Out in Chicago.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 29/09/2026
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation," former special counsel Jack Smith said during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. to.pbs.org/4hwiB3E
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WATCH: Jack Smith says he would prosecute Trump again for 'serious crimes against our nation'
Smith, who in 2022 led investigations into Trump and secured two indictments, said he made decisions in the case "without regard” for Trump’s “political association activities, beliefs, or candidacy i...
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David BASTARDspan @davidbix.com · 29/09/2026
And if you're questioning what kind of sway WWE had with USCIS in the late 2010s, I have a July 2016 email that I got via a FOIA request where it was explicitly stated that they rubber-stamped WWE work visa petitions without question:
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From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Deslauriers, Daniel J
Wednesday, October 09, 2019 Deslauriers, Daniel J
FW: WWE Wrestler
1:29 PM
From: Paquette, Denis J L
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 9:56 AM
To: Deslauriers, Daniel J
Subject: RE: WWE Wrestler
gov> (b) (6)
gov>
There is no labor organization that would cover WWE wrestlers, we have historically approved such petitions. On
another note, we have debated the following: "Is the beneficiary an athlete or entertainer?" This has been historically
debated and argued before, all the way to SCOPS. Answer from SCOPS: The beneficiaries are considered P-1A athletes,
not entertainers.
I routinely approve WWE petition for their wrestlers without question.
Denis L. FL. Puquette
Denis J.H. Paquette
Immigration Services Officer (2)| Business Division |
DHS | USCIS | Vermont Service Center |
From: Deslauriers, Daniel J
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 9:47 AM
To: Paquette, Denis J
Subject: WWE Wrestler
Denis,
Can you think of a labor org that would cover WWE Wrestlers?
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David BASTARDspan @davidbix.com · 29/09/2026
Personally, I held onto this for 7+ years because, as noted above, it wasn't fucking worth the potential risk to his visa status just to add to the pile of WWE ratfucking stories. But now that he's gone and WWE is trying to exploit his death just to ratfuck AEW? Everyone needs to know what happened.
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David BASTARDspan @davidbix.com · 29/09/2026
I want to be very clear about this, by the way: I had sufficient sourcing to where I could have reported this at Deadspin back in 2019. I had confirmation from multiple sides of the story. I'm sure some my colleagues could have, as well. But it wasn't worth the potential harm to PAC's livelihood.
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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trickle-Down Misogyny: When Trump was first campaigning to be president in 2015, those seven young men at Cornell were children—boys of about 10 or 11, I’d guess. They grew up in a United States of America in which Donald Trump was fruition, not an aberration www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-tric...
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Essay: Trickle-Down Misogyny
On the Cornell Seven
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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Back in the day when boxers in international heavyweight title fights enjoyed a very friendly and manly boozy bath together after battering each other close to death for 2.5hrs in a French field. Jake Kilrain and Jem Smith, pictured in 1887.
Comically muscular pen sketch of boxers Jem Smith (right) and Jake Kilrain in adjoining bathtubs. A bottle of wine lies on the floor, another one a table. Kilrain smokes a cig. Jem jauntily crosses his mighty thighs. Steam rises.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Genuinely the worst campaign message I’ve ever seen
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith testifies before Congress that Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the 2024 election and unlawfully retained classified documents after leaving office and Smith maintains he made the right decision. More: substack.com/profile/2357...
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Amee Vanderpool (@shero)
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith, who has twice charged Donald J. Trump with criminal offenses after his first term, is appearing before members of Congress on Tuesday, as Republican lawmakers contin...
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cornell University treating Gaza protestors more harshly than gang rapists is a real statement of values. It’s almost like violent domination by the powerful is the core belief of leadership.
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J Patrice McSherry @jpmcsherry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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GOP senator blocks bill to stop Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center
The bipartisan effort to ban the demolition of presidential memorials was thwarted in the Senate by an objection from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).
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Colleen Wilson @colleenonthescene.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Plans to rebuild the Hackensack Bus Terminal and a massive new residential/mixed-use housing development all came to a screeching halt with a four sentence email I uncovered. Key missing documents were found unsigned. A strong triple byline (!)
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Bryan Grantham @bryanmgrantham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Taps the sign
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 29/09/2026
what this means is that we're just getting to the dangerous part of this decade long scam
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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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Lagerwhat @lagerwhat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We don't say "fuck the New York Times" loud enough, long enough, hard enough.
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