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Anarchic Squid

@leahanelson.bsky.social
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Knower of things about Alabama, mass criminalization, fines and fees, healthcare access, capital punishment. Chair of the Praline Matzo Committee. Actively fearful of the Mariana Trench. Spreadsheet person.

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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 43m
Roses are red Jerks are called tugs
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 45m
HUNTSVILLE — After nearly a year of discussion among the governing body for Alabama Public Television to drop Public Broadcast Service programming, a survey released Tuesday showed majority support from the public to continue its affiliation with PBS.
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Alabama Public Television survey shows majority support for continuing PBS affiliation
HUNTSVILLE — After nearly a year of discussion among the governing body for Alabama Public Television to drop Public Broadcast Service programming, a survey released Tuesday showed majority support from the public to continue its affiliation with PBS.
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 1h
the person who tee’d up Sen Schmitt’s Sports Ball slam dunk yesterday is back at it
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Clyde "Two Ducks" Lee @clydeleesmith.bsky.social · 1h
Another AI victory! Perfectly written copy!
Some dumb aſs recruitment ad. #Auburn
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 4h
I wrote about iced coffee
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How “Can You Bring Iced Coffee to a Job Interview?” Became Society’s Ultimate Litmus Test
America is divided. Generations are at war. Where do you stand on the most urgent debate of the past week?
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Anna Maltese @annamaltese.bsky.social · 15h
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 17h
GOAT OR BIRD????
This is even better than the
"what color is this dress" dress.
Goat?
or Bird?
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 6h
Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.
From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water.  I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there?  God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 6h
Wow Day 2 of @sarahmackattack.bsky.social ‘s Snail Facts calendar is going to make you SO MAD at sea slugs.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 16h
The Talmud is dudes in 4th c. whats-now-Iraq nerding out about Torah, + some intern takes notes in the study hall sometimes they fight abt whether or not you accidentally making a furrow in dirt when you drag a bench is Shabbat-prohibited "farming" sometimes they make wang jokes like, chill
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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 16h
PSA: Stop being weird about the Talmud, folks. Being weird about the Talmud is Nazi garbage.
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The More You Know
Alt: The More You Know
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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 22h
This is antisemitism. This isn’t leftism. This isn’t anti-Zionism. This isn’t progressive activism. This is just blatant antisemitism.
Guy Christensen being antisemitic
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 18h
I know yall hate the NYT but these donuts are so good
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 18h
tbh they’ve probably been adopted already but I really want someone on here to get one of these Weird Puppies and document what they look like as they grow up for science/my entertainment
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 18h
I would die for the Weird Puppies at the Sacramento SPCA
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h
Bc the last 30 seconds of this are the best, reminder that @amyklobuchar.com's dad was a sports journalist, which may explain her utter contempt for Schmitt mistaking the Hawks and Hawkeyes.
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 18h
Lowkey might switch parties. I deeply relate to being unable to remember any particulars about Sports Teams named for birds of prey.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22h
When your entire attack line is garbage and you thought you were being clever, you’re a Schmitt-head.
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 22h
It’s always not me
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Aaron is not underrating this. It's cinema. The sly smirk when Schmitt thinks he's gotten Smith to perjure himself. The hasty vanishing of the sign. Klobuchar getting Kennedy to hold it up. Schmitt getting LOUD and ANGRY when Klobuchar points out he mixed up the Hawks and Hawkeyes.
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Life hack: All Sports Teams have similar-sounding names and it’s best to just not talk about them
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Saw this on my way to the fridge to get the almost-empty jar I will be eating them straight from
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"My fellow Americans. As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball. But tonight I say, we must move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!"
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Elly @ellyzoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is a HELL of an ad. Would love to see a lot more like it.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here's a terrific NYT profile of the vital work @galvinalmanza.bsky.social is doing. (Note: This is also the subject of my forthcoming book!) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/h...
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Can a ‘Teach for America’ Model Save Public Defense?
Public defenders are overworked and underpaid. A growing corps of client advocates is helping defendants in communities across the U.S.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For one glorious second I imagined the wrong Morrissey
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ACLU @aclu.org · 29/09/2026
This law has subjected trans people in Kansas to: - Losing their ability to drive and go about their daily lives - Being forced to disclose they're trans every time they show ID - Risking harassment or violating the law when deciding which bathroom to use We're fighting back.
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Effective at what.
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Jaec from Tw @jaec.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My daughter calls the creatures that weave these gorgeous, distinctive webs Apocalypse Turtles. They are actually called Spiny-Backed Orb Weavers. The first I ever encountered was in Selma. They are territorial little beasts and we have quite a few in our neighborhood. 10/10 good beasties.
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reading these reaction pieces to Nikole Hannah-Jones that continue to blame her, an individual. The problem is us, a society.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“you live in a bubble” yeah, we all do, social media literally manufactures bubbles for us.
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Charlotte wuz here
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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Kind of wish Americans generally would understand the difference between good faith reporting critiques and treating “The Media” as an insidious other. The latter is often a quick gateway into grifting.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"why don't men wear more color." i only dress for the approval of dogs, who mostly see blue, white, gray, black, and brown in the way that we do, so i don't wear other colors.
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
narrator: she did not get on with her day, she wrote the same column about it for the rest of her life
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I wonder what it would be like to write the same column, over and over again, endlessly. Seems like it’d be boring. But maybe it brings one comfort, like having your parents read you the same story every night before you go to bed.
Opinion
Opinion by Megan McArdle
The Great Awokening is over.
This lesbian bar shows why.
A meltdown over masking shows where cancel culture is now.
Today at 07:00 ET
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ugh I got the shingles shot and the flu shot in the same arm why
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Whiter Noise
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
4th grader: “Mommee. What if I were up in a tree and a T. rex came and I poured liquid nitrogen on it?” 👀 🦖 🥶
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Update: my 12 yo has not heard of Choosing Texas and she says Ed Sheeran is “a rapper or something.” But my husband has heard of Choosing Texas and says it was written by someone who lives in our county.
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The reason that lesbian bar mask story blew up is that an insane amount of cruelty and emotional abuse is tolerated in certain lefty communities as long as it’s justified by the right buzzwords. Similar to how certain churches torment their members in the name of Christian love.
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
From the Annals of Nominative Determinism… Me: I ran into Griff at the Publix Husband: I don’t recall that guy. What does he look like? Me: A guy named Griff Husband: Hasn’t shaved this weekend, unruly hair? Me: You do know him Husband: No, but you said he looks like a Griff
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Blake: Tyger, Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? tyger: YES HENLO
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I only know Ed Sheeran exists because of the Macklemore situation and I still don’t know who or what Ed Sheeran is besides that. This isn’t about cultural cachet, I just am the parent of 2 kids and I mostly listen to old music I already like
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I appreciate this thread. There was a time when I was disabled by depression. I dropped out of college. Spent time in a psychiatric facility. Lost my 20s. I learned a lot from the experience. But it sucked. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone and if we can cure/prevent such depression, we should.
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The NYC prestige magazine scene was similar in the early 2000s. There are many reasons I did not break into this scene. One is that I learned I’d have to invite drunken ass-grabbing as the price of entry, and I wasn’t up for that.
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Alas poor Yorick, I fucking knew him, Horatio
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