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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 01/10/2026

If you are still wondering what rape culture is think of what it would be like if rape was so explicitly endorsed by institutions and systems that a known rapist was the president.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

People aren’t faking their disabilities, they’re faking being well. We know society hates us. We know we will be judged for using assistive devices. Many of us take years to get the courage to lean in to accommodations. Stop judging. Help us build a more inclusive world.

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Laura Prochnow Phillips @laurahooq.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This thread, plus the one Ms. Solnit includes at the end, are essential reading. As always.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

When the powerful playact powerlessness it is always a ploy to avoid accountability.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Kids are property and their toys should match the neutral colors of my home decor. That's literally all this is. For the same people who ask AI to parent for them. They see kids as an accessory to their lives, like a bag that matches their shoes.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/09/2026

If I were emperor for a day, one change I'd make: In every political race, at every level, at least the *first* debate would be replaced by a simple test of knowledge. How do taxes work? What agency is responsible for what? Is your area growing or shrinking in population? Just basic stuff.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I am tired, as every disabled person is tired, of being accused of flying off the handle when institutions refuse us access and then act like we’re asking for special treatment. We aren’t. We are asking to be included. And by acting like that’s a huge deal, you’re making it clear we aren’t.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A big problem we face is that most Republicans view anyone with a differing political view as a threat to America, an enemy, whereas most Democrats are under the delusion that such Republicans are just political opponents...and not the threat to America they really are.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

US has paid $34 million for Trump's redo of the Reflecting Pool US is sending $500 thousand to help Nepal flood victims

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This is a minor act that portends major conflict. It's a demonstration of the types of people we're dealing with. They will never do anything again — from removing illegal signage to leaving office in January 2029 — without being physically forced. An utterly lawless administration.

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Kennedy Center board restores Trump's name, testing judge

A judge ruled in May that only Congress could change the name of the performing arts venue, and that Trump's name must be removed.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The Republicans are not our “political opponents.” They’re criminals who are trying to steal the safety and happiness of everyone we love. It’s not “just politics.” We need to turn their party into dust.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Put a sociopath in the White House and he’ll not think twice about using his own staff and other humans as decoys/potential collateral damage when he learns that HIS safety could be at risk if he flies on the ill-equipped Qatari bribe/lux AIr Force One. Not surprising, but utterly disgusting.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Something I have noticed, having been relegated to the sidelines of public life, is that people are still trying to “just get through” whatever emergency we’re talking about. They thought we’d wait out COVID, which is why they’re convinced it’s over. We just had to elect Biden aaand that didn’t work

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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

As I was looking something up and bypassed the AI overview to go to a reputable site for the info I needed, it occurs to me that a significant cultural problem is prioritizing “efficiency” over accuracy — something that tremendously benefits the people in power who care little for truth.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

it's always odd when "you should expose yourself to more diverse ideas" always means a certain kind of conservatism instead of like, Indigenous art, new fusion foods, math paradoxes, or the Dvorak keyboard layout

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I can't let a trans girl compete against my daughter in sports because a scholarship is the only way we can afford college. Hey, perhaps we have identified the real problem. College is not affordable. Not that your daughter is competing on the volleyball team with somebody who is more skilled.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Like the hypocrisy and the open corruption, the naked, brazen lying is itself aspiring authoritarianism. They aren't lying to cover anything up. They're saying, "We know we're lying. You know we're lying. And we know you know we're lying. And there's nothing you can do about it."

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I will reiterate: Christians in the West evangelize in public for the same reason men catcall. Neither is trying to persuade you; both are reminding you that the public sphere belongs to them and you exist in it at their sufferance.

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🦇 screamenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

SHOUT out to all the happy folks painting, drawing, singing, songwriting, scoring, screenwriting, novel writing, designing, mastering instruments, building, making puppets, and MORE, even when a gang of rich thieves, their robots, and their hirelings, are stealing your aesthetic value. We will win!

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Taking away someone's food and medicine makes you responsible for their death

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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Disability accommodations aren’t taking anything from anyone. The quiet room doesn’t force anyone to be quiet elsewhere. The ramp doesn’t break the stairs. “If we accommodate you, we’d have to accommodate everyone” Yes. Correct. That’s the idea. Precisely.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Call Sen. Mitch McConnell's office today: 202-224-2541 (DC) 502-582-6304 (Louisville, KY) 606-864-2026 (London, KY) 859-224-8286 (Lexington, KY) Demand he appear on camera – conscious, alert and oriented x 4, and answering questions. If he won't or can't, demand McConnell's immediate resignation.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Bugs the shit out of me that when a company or production hires a person with an abusive past, it’s always framed as “don’t you believe in second chances😢😢😢” and never, NEVER, “is it worth it to put every woman at this company at risk?”

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Antifascism looks like Pedro Pascal. It looks like Alex Pretti and AOC. It looks like 600 priests, imams, and rabbis in the cold streets of winter Minneapolis. Antifascism is gorgeous.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/07/2026

We all know this still stinks to high heaven. Gov. Andy Beshear says he still hasn’t received an official update from Sen. Mitch McConnell. “I’ve had no official response. Nothing sent to our office, no letter, no email.”

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 11/07/2026

Korea added ANOTHER 7 years to President Yoon's sentence this week. He's already in for life but there's constantly new trials to set precedent for every single thing he did wrong to be worthy of punishment. Elsewhere, political standards are so lax no one can even check if a dude's dead or not.

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Chris Phillips @chrisphillips.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Nope, 15 and 17 are not “all grown-up.” It’s not hard to be on the right (i.e. non-Epstein) side of this issue, figure it out.

An Entertainment Weekly headline reads in part: “Matt Damon’s daughters are all grown-up — and stunning.” The subhead goes on to list their ages as 27, 20, 17, and 15.

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Laura Prochnow Phillips @laurahooq.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

If McConnell is chatting with his colleagues, what’s keeping him from chatting with a reporter, for proof of life? (Rhetorical)

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The only thing that will ever stop men like him from attaining and keeping power is other men. Not the police. People in his life calling him out & issuing consequences. Not keeping it quiet, not paying ppl off. They might still keep doing it but there would be a price & it would be harder to hide

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Here is one of many problems with Platner: there are men he associated with - some might actually say they’re friends, or good friends - and at no point have any of these men told him that his behavior was wrong. No one said “dude, we cannot be friends, you cannot do this.”

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This birthright ruling is why I just refuse to tolerate all the Democrat garment rending over NY voters choosing progressive candidates. They are incapable of governing in this moment. The politics of appeasement and centrism gets us to a 5-4 decision on the constitutional question.

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[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

“GOT A LIGHT??”

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

More of this framing, please. The ability to think and work across multiple domains, professional and otherwise, is the whole point of a liberal arts education. If graduates in any major can build a career in a field they never imagined at 19, that's a strength, not a failure of vocational training.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Steve Hutkins, a retired New York University professor and a leading advocate for the USPS through savethepostoffice.com, told Democracy Docket that if the agency ultimately moves forward with the proposal, he believes “it will destroy the Postal Service.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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‘It will destroy the Postal Service’: USPS plan to crack down on mail voting spurs alarm

“It won’t just be tainted. Its whole brand will be destroyed," one leading Postal Service advocate told Democracy Docket.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Please keep hammering this. It's an obvious and effective message that plays widely, especially with low-info voters.

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Brownstein is right. The Platner stuff isn’t beside the point morally, but it’s also not beside the point strategically. He is a risky candidate, and more is likely to come out. Seen via @davidlurie.bsky.social

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The determination of Platner supporters to pivot to anything except the real issue- he's an extremely risky choice for a seat Dems must win for a Senate majority-is breathtaking. Uniparty; AIPAC; DSCC-anything to avoid the reality that they're propping up a very damaged candidate
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It is not stupid at all. It correctly identifies your real concern.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The ability to give a real barn burner of a qualification at a large Saturday morning AA meeting in a midsize city is not actually the same as the ability to be a US Senator.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

So many people who can reasonably be described as “that little shit” are in charge of so much of society.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 31/05/2026

we don't have a masculinity crisis. we have a patriarchy crisis. patriarchy creates and sustains male unhappiness with its dogmatic, toxic, rigid definition of masculinity which says the worst and most undesirable thing a human can be is female which is how we get insults like "Low-T Talarico"

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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/05/2026

my confidence that these people are going to lose is rising and my estimate of the amount of damage they are going to do on the way out, especially as they realize they're losing, is also rising

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

What a disgrace. Says it all, really. 😕🇺🇸

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

What is so fascinating about men and AI is how much it mirrors men and patriarchal relationships with women in general. It's like the author of this book is Adam. ChatGPT / AI is Eve. Sent by God to be a servant and companion, but instead, he was seduced by AI's apples of fake information.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 21/05/2026

Again the lead prosecutor on this case when it was presented to the grand jury currently works for Dick Durbin as counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats.

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