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Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

gorgeous framing of the idea that the increase in divorces in the 70s and later was not obviously a huge net good for society as well like no no you're right, before the 70s marriages were perfect, totally equal, the lower rate of divorce was definitely not due to massive structural disincentives-

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 07/10/2026

Pretty wild to see Alito describe reliance on Obergefell as "much more concrete" than reliance on Roe v. Wade, because Roe was merely about "women's ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in." If it's a Ladies Issue, he just doesn't give a shit. www.cbsnews.com/news/samuel-...

"One of the important factors we take into account in deciding whether we should reexamine a past decision is the degree to which there has been reliance on the decision," he said. "Obviously a great deal had changed in the country as a result of Obergefell. There was a lot of reliance in various ways on the decision in Obergefell."

I pointed out that people thought Roe v. Wade was settled law of the land, had organized their lives around it. Overturning Roe also would have consequences.

Obergefell, he said, was different.

"After Obergefell, people of the same sex got married and entered into contracts … it was much more concrete," he said. "Whereas with Roe, the argument was made that it had an effect on people's ideas, women's ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in, that this would have an effect on the society. It was much more abstract than what would've been involved had we been asked to overrule Obergefell."

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This will be a thread of essays I recommend to students in my creative nonfiction workshop:

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Micah @rincewind.run · 05/10/2026

truly a man ahead of his time, the modern epstein-loving republican party would never memory hole him for being an abusive monster

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.

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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’

Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The president of the United States says that "the New York Times, and many other Artificial Media Outlets, should be arrested" for denying that the arena in which he spoke had empty seats. It's really bad! www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...

The Ohio Arena was already full to the brim — And yet these people were still trying to get in. The New York Times said, “There were empty seats” when, in fact, there were none, and thousands of people had to be turned away. The New York Times, and many other Artificial Media Outlets, should be arrested for their dishonesty and disservice to our Country. When Bernie Sanders has 500 to 1,000 people, they make it sound like it’s the biggest event that ever took place. When PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP has 50,000 people, they make it sound like nobody showed up! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...

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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

there's a thing in moderate democratic politics where it is considered fundamentally illegitimate to deliver results to your own voters; instead, you must propose a better way to implement your adversaries' entire ideological program

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Steph Noh @stephnoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How did Olivia Miles become one of the most creative passers in the WNBA? I asked Miles, along with the people who guided her in her youth. From ancient Greek philosophy to soccer stardom, here are the influences that helped shape a genius: www.sportingnews.com/us/wnba/minn...

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Lessons from Aristotle, Dostoevsky, and a Jersey coaching legend: How Olivia Miles honed her court vision | Sporting News

Olivia Miles' trainers and coaches explain how she developed her unbelievable court vision.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026

i have been laughing at this for 5 minutes straight

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026

yeah, the reason republicans are just not going to budge from texas is the reason why armies try not to abandon their capitals. it isn’t necessarily a strategic defeat to lose the seat of power, but it is a profound blow to morale.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I do think this should put some of the hand-wringing over the uniquely sinful American electorate, uniquely feckless institutions, etc in perspective. The truth is that there is a large trans-national constituency of people who actively want this. They aren’t deceived. They want this.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For the past year, Defend Public Health member Dr. Benedicte Callan @benecal.bsky.social has led our Whopper of the Week effort that highlights a falsehood by RFK Jr. and why it matters. We will never run out of material. Here she writes about the lessons learned from her Herculean efforts.

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Opinion | Lessons From a Year of RFK Jr. Disinformation

His lies hide an ugly political agenda that is disastrous for public health

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026

this is a genuinely crazy story

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404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026

NEW: Yesterday, 404 Media broke news of the FBI breach. Now, we've discovered it has exposed the FBI's own hacking unit. The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.

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FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit

The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Russ Vought’s “plan” to have a political panel to review scientific grantmaking is insane. 1st/as Jonathan Cohn points out Congress has reaffirmed an expertise review process since 1943. 2nd/OMB is responsible for “financial management systems” which is not “giving out grants.”

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Texas Republican Party is made up of authoritarians, racists, misogynists, perverts, and criminals. It’s powered by right-wing Christians, MAHA influencers, and fascist-curious tech bros. If you want to see what the GOP after Trump looks like, it’s Texas. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-future-o...

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The Future of the Republican Party After Trump Is in Texas

The white male supremacists of the Texas GOP embody what the national party has become.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 14/09/2026

hello you can not form useful policy coalitions with fascists they never actually support corporate accountability when it matters I feel like we've been over this

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Bernie Sanders to Join Forces With Steve Bannon at ‘Pro-Human’ Conference

Strange times make for strange bedfellows.

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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Gulf States including Saudi need quiet stability so their corrupt monarchs can stay in power, which they no longer have because Iran knows this & is attacking them to split them from the US. Sooner or later they'll cut a deal w/Iran. One of the prices will be removal of US basing rights. 1/

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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Your family is psychically vulnerable to President Carter’s wandering spirit. He can enter minds and infect them with thoughts of solar panels. To prevent this you can make or buy a specially designed net to ensnare his ghost, and it’s also a piece of art that brings both protection and beauty.

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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026

If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Shutting down a memorial to an assassinated president because you can't slap your name on it ranks with the most empty, floppy dictator shit of all time. Ferdinand Marcos would tell you to get a grip.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/09/2026

"i will shoot myself in the gut if you do not let me cut off my dick!!!"

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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What are the best, most informative *magazine articles* (or magazine-length newspaper articles) that you ever read about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Listing a few of my favorites to get it going: Raffi Khatchadourian, "The Kill Company," New Yorker, 2009

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The Kill Company

Can one commander set the conditions for a massacre? Raffi Khatchadorian on Colonel Michael Steele’s murderous leadership in Operation Iron Triangle.

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Random note; since my dad passed away last December, I’ve been handling all of my mom’s mail and accounts. It is incredible. How many scams are aimed at the elderly in this country, including my companies that superficially seem legitimate. Every week her mail is full of this crap.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026

The Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority didn't happen overnight. This is the inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that reshaped the American judiciary and legal system. (Published Oct. 2023)

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We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority

The inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that remade the American legal system — and what he plans to do next.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

underrated part of El-Sayed’s messaging strategy seems to be shaming journalists who ask dumb questions that play into right-wing frames. you can’t answer these in a way that satisfies them, but you can make it embarrassing enough that you impose a toll on asking.

Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/09/2026

this guy is one of the architects of a war that might rank as one of the worst strategic missteps in american military history and here is on CBS getting a softball interview about his feelings

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Chinese propaganda, tech-haters, and leftists are why there's a PR image problem for an industry that 1) says they might kill us all 2) promises to ruin every job in every industry 3) has, for four years, grossly misrepresented the capabilities and limitations of the actual products on the market.

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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Honestly, I'd say the most disastrous decisions of Obama and Biden were not really holding anyone accountable for crimes committed under the previous administration. Obama wanted to "turn the page" on Iraq and the financial meltdown while Biden never put any urgency behind the January 6th cases

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A. Marmot 🌱 @aminus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

BREAKING: a whistleblower has just quit company wikiHow, warning that within ten years, advanced wikiHow illustrations may kill us all

wikihow tutorial illustration with a man in baseball cap and pink shirt partially crouching, hands on thighs, and pivoting counterclockwise as shown by red arrows. Caption reads, "how to discretely get your balls unstuck from your thigh"

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 10/09/2026

Once the majority has decided a marginalized group is the demon in one part of a story, it’s easier to paint them as demons in another. But it doesn't have to be this way. These books offer a humane approach to trans athletes:

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Let Them Play: How Welcoming Trans Athletes Can Improve Sports Culture for All

Three recent books press us to understand the humanity and lives of gender-expansive athletes.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 11/09/2026

This is the founder of Silk Road – which enabled international drugs trafficking on an industrial scale, among other things – speaking at President Trump's midterm convention (after getting a pardon from him), because lol nothing matters.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 10/09/2026

trying to get people to understand that the trans women in sports debate isn’t really about sports but a meta narrative pushed by the right all about slowly getting all trans people out of public life is truly impossible

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026

Trump: "And then I said. 'I don't really like the way Ken talks.' And then I said something that they really hated. 'Please, sir, don't say it, sir.' So I'm not going to say it, but I'll tell you what I was thinking about. I don't really like the way he looks."

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Micah @rincewind.run · 10/09/2026

imo a couple things 1. kirk wasn’t that big - he was definitely a real player on the right, but most people were introduced to him by his assassination 2. they went so hard (getting people fired) they triggered oppositional defiance disorder “oh I can’t make fun of him? let me do it even harder”

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It’s been driving me crazy for a while that this is not a bigger story so I tried to do something about it. I think it’s pretty jaw dropping. youtu.be/bFpHYSoi2CI?...

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‘Ghastly untrue’: Hayes torches GOP senator’s 9/11 conspiracy theories

YouTube video by MS NOW

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Madison Pauly @msjpauly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Former Levi's exec Jennifer Sey fanned a culture war over trans athletes in a league that has none—to the benefit of her clothing brand, XX-XY Athletics. "I know my mom isn’t that invested" in the WNBA, her son told me. "But...I guess the vultures will circle." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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The woman profiting off the WNBA's trans panic

Sophie Cunningham set off a firestorm. Jennifer Sey was ready to capitalize.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/09/2026

RAW DEAL is possibly the most mid Arnold movie of the 1980s and it is precisely because it borders on being a parody of the form that i like it so much

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Incredible sentence.

Indeed, while Jordan became a reclusive prisoner to his iconic status, Barkley lived to be out among the masses, and his nightclub hopping led to more than one mano a mano face-off with loudmouth fans. “Let there be no conflict in America,” Barkley said in 1997, after he tossed an obnoxious heckler through a plate-glass window in an Orlando, Fla., bar.

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 09/09/2026

OpenAI are naked capitalists who don't think that any ethical concerns or guardrails should get in the way of development, and Anthropic seems to believe they're priests tending to the machine god. It's no wonder that AI has a public image issue when there's not a reasonable-presenting AI company.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026

NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.

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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.

With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/09/2026

i am finishing up the book REGIME CHANGE and the only real takeaway from it should be that the president is legitimately delusional and that the entire White House is structured to feed and defer to his delusions

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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

lmao "so go ahead and fail" is such a terrific burn

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Political violence almost never goes the way proponents hope, as fantasies of a pure cleansing fire crash into the reality of sadistic arsonists, reciprocal spirals, and innocent burn victims.

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