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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5h
A problem is that many people know that the vast majority of the people who voted for the fascist in chief in 2024 would vote for him again today. So folks know that many people are politically untrustworthy. It adds to the malaise.
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 4h
they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 7h
In addition to the names of the Cornell 7 we should also make famous the administrators and law enforcement officers who originally thought an apology letter would be sufficient.
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 7h
This ad gives no quarter which is as it should be.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 12h
It’s somehow more depressing that our constitutional order is being dismantled by people who demonstrably cannot find their own asses with both hands.
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I would like to see more men talking about how to and peer pressuring each other into calling out misogyny and rape culture. Going against social norms is hard, and it helps to share tips and support.
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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 22h
as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
time of figuring it out: 5:09 PM · Sep 27, 2026
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know when public attention can reverse a prosecutorial decision like this you almost get the sense that the decision to shrug it off in the first place was not based on an assessment of the quality of the evidence so much as an assessment of the seriousness of the crime.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026
NEW: A Texas woman died after being denied an abortion and her family sued the state and her doctors for violating her right to life. They say the ban should be struck down. It's one of several cases challenging abortion laws under state constitutional rights to life and liberty @autonomynews.co
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New Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to Life
Lawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense.
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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The propaganda war for AI feels a lot like the push to sell the Iraq War.
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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 27/09/2026
Fewest women I've ever seen in a single event space, and I cover comic conventions for a living.
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Maciek Hamela @maciekhamela.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
With the Strait of Hormuz closed, Iraq has resorted to moving its oil across the desert to Syria in hundreds of tanker trucks, in true Mad Max style. From there, it will be shipped to worldwide markets.
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Jesse Mac @jessemackinnon.com · 26/09/2026
uwu i’m just a little fascist Tamagotchi uwu
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins is always horrified by the predictable results of her own vote, which means Mainers who genuinely care about Susan Collins should elect Troy Jackson as he won’t vote for things that wind up upsetting Susan Collins, unlike Susan Collins
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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A rich person can never be held accountable. Therefore, a rich person must never make a societal decision
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
wow it's like whole generations of women fought so that future generations would have the type of agency that this lady made a brand out of rejecting www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/s...
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Bernadine Bluntly’s Brand Was Tradwife. Then She Got Divorced.
What happens when a trad influencer leaves her husband, questions her beliefs, stops selling anti-feminism T-shirts — and still needs to make a living online?
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cultural threshold crossed: first poly contestant on Bake-Off
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marxuckerberg @marxuckerberg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Sorry pal, that doesn’t work on me” is the most powerful sentence in the English language
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Complain that none of the candidates have a plan for dealing with Godzilla, who is real
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: The state of New York is suing Polymarket, claiming the company operates an illegal gambling platform in violation of state gambling laws.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is what winning looks like
will not vote for Paxton.
Jennifer, 50, Republican, white, stay-at-home parent
I'm not voting for anybody. Nobody. I'm not voting for that.
Moderator, Kristen Soltis Anderson
TT TI
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This AI discourse is amazing. "We've created this very dangerous thing, based largely on the mass theft of labour, that we should stop developing" - okay, so that means that you should be treated like social and economic vandals, not revered as sages on podcasts.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 25/09/2026
Calling all fans of romance novels and democracy: Our phone bank partnership with mega-popular romance podcast Fated Mates has returned! Join the upcoming party to contact Texas voters and help GOTV for James Talarico.
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Fated States and Indivisible Phone Bank Party #2 · Indivisible
Attention Romancelandia! It's time to put all the hope, love and joy that romance novels give you into our next Fated States event! Join Jen and Sarah, hosts of the Fated Mates Podcast, and special g...
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Girl dinner
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maple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The thing about trying to appeal to right wing bigots is that right wing bigots are all stupid idiots who get 100% of their news from propagandists so they will never actually find out that you were trying to appeal to them in the first place
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If this guy hates you you're probably doing something right
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I feel like a fundamentally different species from everyone who wants to watch the Nathan Fielder / Elizabeth Holmes thing but I’m happy that you all are happy.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The NYT finds Dems ahead in the two Senate races that the GOP is heavily targeting for flips: New Hampshire (50/45) and Michigan (49/44). But Susan Collins leads 49/46 in Maine, which is enough to make this the GOP’s best Senate poll of the month. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 24/09/2026
yglesias: bad groups create bad incentives for democrats
slide: More Democratic lawmakers visit El Salvador to see Abrego Garcia, Wrongly deported by Trump administration
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Think of the clean energy infrastructure and electrification this could be going to instead
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What gets you booted from Substack? Andrew Tate still seems to have a newsletter there while charged with: 10 counts of rape, 3 of trafficking for sexual exploitation, 3 of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, & making/distributing indecent images of a child. possessing extreme pornography.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A "loyal opposition," wedded to an order that no longer exists and a continuance of the status quo that helped make faux populist propaganda appealing, is integral to fascism. It gives plausible deniability that crimes against humanity are merely policy differences.
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
me: no worries (galadriel voice) but they were all of them deceived, for another worry was made
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
some good news:
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 23/09/2026
look, you can't just punish trump when dems are in power. that might make republicans do something crazy, like stage a coup, illegally shred the federal bureaucracy, or even vstart abducting people off the street and extraditing them to torture sites all over the world
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's malpractice for Democrats to embrace data centers and AI, as some are doing. Hitching an anchor to a sinking ship.
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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
joyce carol oates and menswear guy should tape a special together
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I know that some people don't think these types of things are important but I really do. Cultural change precedes political change. When you don't have the culture, it's more difficult to win politically or to sustain political wins. newrepublic.com/post/215697/...
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MAGA Festival With Kid Rock Canceled After No One Wanted to Go
The “Freedom Fest” is no longer happening after dismal ticket sales.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 23/09/2026
From the famous Tumblr thread:

roguetelemetry posts: 
LET THE BEES RIDE THE ROLLER COASTER
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Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 23/09/2026
RIP to Chris Christie’s 2028 campaign, murdered by an octogenarian mere hours after launch
Joyce Carol Oates • @JoyceCarolOates
really, this is a serious question: why on earth would Chris Christie imagine that anyone, anywhere, ever would want him to run for President? what sparks such a delusion? granted, his wife might enjoy having him out of the house & on the campaign trail; but better just get an inexpensive hobby instead.
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New Jersey thinks not, x.com/ianjaeger29/st...
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
He is their worst nightmare 💖
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tough competition of course, but the Trump admin deciding that white South Africans are the only group of people on earth currently worthy of refugee status has to be the most overtly racist thing any administration has done in decades
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Talked about a bakeries on twitter
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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The fact that every major news outlet includes vocal tics and hesitations when it’s a woman saying “like” and not when it’s a man saying “um” is itself wicked telling.
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