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This article offers half a dozen reasons why people have stopped having friends and family over, but it ignores the fact that the women who planned parties and kept homes tidy enough for unplanned guests are now working for pay full-time (usually more than 9-5). www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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The dreadful decline of hosting at home: ‘I feel shame any time a friend comes over’

It used to be quite normal to pop next door for a coffee or invite friends over for dinner. But not any more. What’s behind this change – and just how damaging is it?

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 40m

Cliff Johnson, the Democratic nominee for Mississippi's 1st Congressional District, is a civil rights attorney and director of the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law. Read more about the race's three candidates here.

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Meet the Candidates for Mississippi’s First Congressional District in the Nov. 3 Elections

Mississippi voters in the 1st Congressional District will choose a U.S. representative to represent them in Congress in the general election on Nov. 3.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 45m

Two dead because of this system. (Thematically I see early childhood caregiving as an extension of healthcare, though they aren’t the same thing)

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 45m

Being able to work and also have healthcare needs attended to would be an enormous improvement. God, now I’m thinking of this mother who just the other day died in an Alabama jail where she was bc she left her infant home for 8 hours while she went to work, and the infant died.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 45m

A new deal or project 2028 or whatever would have to counter that quickly and visibly. People have work, but the work don’t add up to a living, partly bc of lack of insurance and also lack of leave (even unpaid leave is penalized in some gigs), reliability, etc.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 49m

I think people’s openness to MAHA is associated with their experiences health insurance and healthcare. Health insurance really is a scam and without it, healthcare seems like one too. At some point—reached during COVID—a lot of people defaulted to “it’s all a scam”

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 1h

A lot of poor people had to keep working or couldn’t keep working because of lockdowns. I think everything seems like a scam to some of them. There is so much unprocessed rage and grief. And the same people still can’t get reliable healthcare.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 1h

Seems likes you’d need to get a lot of people quick, reliable access to quality healthcare. So much mistrust and misanthropy around healthcare right now, which I see as upstream of MAGA, MAHA, and apathy.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 11h

How do I get a wombat. Two wombats. I want an indoor wombat for snuggling and an outdoor wombat to patrol my yard.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 11h

When I say devastating I mean it’s an allegory that really sees the moment America is in. It’s not hopeless - it is literally a prequel to “A New Hope” (to which it is far superior) - but it is such a sober, clear-eyed, and big backstory. Space ships but no magic: Poli Sci Fi.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 11h

It was brilliant, astute, and devastating. Easily the best television I’ve ever watched. But also not something I’d recommend until have mental space. I usually stick with predictable/comfort tv and reserve literature for Deep Thoughts/Big Feelings

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 14h

Sir how DARE YOU crop out that looong bill? 🪶

A portrait of a forward facing marbled godwit, a brown and black shorebird with a massive bill, showing the full bill length

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 15h

This is like Groucho Marx’s ultimate club.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 15h

Are we grabbing a drink and fleeing bc the company of others is intolerable just now?

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 15h

Thread of a guy watching Andor for the first time and having the experience we all had

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 16h

I do love a dromance set during a Period of Unrest in ye UK

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 19h

I will get into it with you about equitable tolling. We will fight about the Schlup Standard.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 19h

I guess I’m gonna be arguing with strangers about AEDPA. Fine. My clients are worth it

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 19h

People who find it demoralizing to know that both parties are pretty bad on certain issues are demoralizing to me, a person who has worked on dozens of death penalty cases in Alabama, but I don’t give up on voting or working to build a better world and I don’t expect them to either.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 19h

My proposed solution is that we should all insist on its repeal. It should be a major issue people vote on. I’m not saying Dems are the same as Republicans on the death penalty or anything else or that you shouldn’t vote. I’m saying vote and speak up.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 19h

AEDPA exists now, people are on death row without review now. It passed with overwhelming bipartisan support and Clinton signed it. There have been no serious efforts to unravel it. This isn’t “Strom Thurmond was a Democrat so lol” bullshit, it’s an egregious law Dems made and haven’t reckoned with.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 19h

This is true. Dems are better than Republicans on the death penalty at present. At the same time, the nearly 2,000 people on death row in America have Democrats to thank for AEDPA, the 1996 law that precludes meaningful review in federal court even in innocence cases. Both are true.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 20h

I also think people hate the idea that they themselves are compromising when they vote, and simultaneously hate the idea that they themselves have agency and can engage beyond posting, and therefore do a lot of belligerent overconfident posting

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 20h

For all the but actually people in my mentions.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 20h

Yes. And all subject matter expertise is hard-won but I subject matter expertise in death penalty cases that comes from working on them or being in prolonged super close proximity to them is also gut wrenchingly won. It makes overconfident opposition all the more uncool

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 20h

It’s making me furious bc I have been working on death penalty cases in Alabama for 14 years. Many of which predate AEDPA. People acting like 30 years ago is too long to count when the law Dems made hasn’t changed for the better since then can kick rocks.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 20h

You guys death penalty cases last decades. The reason people are talking about AEDPA and Dems’ central role in the modern death penalty is that 30 years ago isn’t a long time. There are people on death row right now whose original cases predated the Clinton-era law that now governs them.

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 10/10/2026

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 21h

Ok, I did that. Gavin Newsom apparently does have clemency authority and 573 lives he can save, but l can make that point elsewhere without dragging in Shapiro. The death penalty is extremely personal to me, but I will follow my own rules about accurate information.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I think we can all tell that the little gray and white Guy with no nose to speak of is the most beloved Guy. The others are just wingmen tbh

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

When I say we are all sleeping downstairs because a hurricane is coming I mean we are ALL sleeping downstairs because a hurricane is coming

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The rain is staring to get real rainish Quite loud is what I’m saying

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It’s hard to focus on focusing when your entire body wants to focus on screaming and you don’t even approve of performative gestures and yet here you are, not screaming

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Good luck with the hurricane Charlie. If only one of us survives I will keep the spirit of (a) caring about Africa policy/Tanzania edition and (b) dungeons and dragons alive

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It is ok for people to be mad at specific politicians and the parties they affiliate with for different reasons. I’m a domestic policy girlie with criminal justice on too and my friend around the corner @cthomasjamh.bsky.social is a foreign policy guy, Africa edition. Both are valid.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If I were a larger account, I would issue a correction, but I don’t think I have the kind of influence to where that matters. If you disagree, let me know and I’ll do what I can do mitigate.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I hear you, and I will fine tune my statements about Shapiro’s power with respect to clemency and commutation going forward.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

There are always ways to improve communication on microblogs. And, living in a state where George Wallace was a Dem until 1968, I am sensitive to the fact that parties change over time. But sone of the ppl who were in power in 1996 still are, and those who are new have not prioritized this issue.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Ok, thank you for that clarification. I live in Alabama, where discretion is exclusively the governor’s and we’ve seen 3 commutations in the last 18 months. I still want to see a lot more noise from Dem standard-bearers, which Shapiro is, but I stand corrected

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

(I do not think Newsom is a serious person)

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I appreciate that. I only QT’d you bc I think other folks need to see the answer to the question you asked. Here’s the thing with Newsom: a moratorium is temporary. Basically, that means he won’t authorize executions. But a successor might. A serious person would commute the sentences.

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Ghostly Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

THANK YOU Working on death penalty cases in Alabama in the Federal Defender CHU undid and rebuilt me. For better and worse. I no longer do it full time but it’s not possible to unknow what I know. I understand many ppl see it as niche. I disagree but even if they’re right, it’s my niche

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026

Recognizing what happened and who did it is not done to point fingers. It’s done to talk about how to fix it.

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