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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I wish there was a service where I could pay someone to make my Bluesky work like threads. The whole point is for this platform to be customizable but idk about its out of the box function. I would converse here but I’m always speaking into a void and rarely finding the things I’m interested in.

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Something I will not do anytime soon again is own a home. 1) The payment is way more than rent but idk that we will ever see a return on investment in this housing market. 2) Renting is freedom. We are ready to move out of state but literally cannot until the market drastically changes.

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 03/12/2024

Inside the Kentucky program that aims to teach college students how to hear differing opinions. Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/bridgi...

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This Program Wants to Teach College Students How to Hear Differing Opinions

"I can tell you don’t agree with me."

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

“The Democratic Party is losing the information battle.” - @pbsnews.bsky.social Cannot emphasize this enough. The information you are receiving is NOT what’s getting to the majority of the public. As a Texas democratic voter said in the same story: “I’m not on the same planet as these people.”

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Was maybe buying a book and wasn’t sure about it. Book shop assistant says, -“if you have ADHD, reading this books feels like reading the transcript from your brain.” Idk how she clocked me so quick but I *did* buy the book 😂

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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

relatedly: one VERY OBVIOUS and poll-supported avenue for democrats to make in-roads with swing voters is by doing things like attacking money in politics, corruption, citizens united (and, by extension, the supreme court). weird that they seem resistant to it!

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Something that I think people who’ve grown up in highly educated families don’t understand is that only 38% of Americans pay attention to the news all or most of the time. I spent the first 21 years of my life completely unaware of the world around me. I had ZERO news exposure. Zero.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

It is kind of funny that the main way Elon is actually like Thomas Edison is that he managed to unfairly ruin the name of Nikola Tesla

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Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

Insane to pair this headline with a picture of Harrison Ford

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

The amount of times I’ve accidentally opened threads today is so annoying. I feel like tricking people into opening your app through a UI change is a pretty desperate move

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

The most infuriating thing about running a boutique stocking S-3X is how easy it would be to find ADORABLE and chic and cool clothes if I just didn’t care about size inclusion. It is 2023 - why are we making clothes only for sizes S-L is when the average woman is a size 18!!?

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

Theee weeks later and I am still thinking about the latest Hunger Games. It’s just good, man. So good

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

My husband, walking into the kitchen where 1A is discussing AI in drive thrus: Kim, people are dying!

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

Rich guy discovers that workers aren’t motivated by making rich people richer.

Panera founder says employees today aren't motivated by the idea of making money for shareholders: 'Nobody cares'
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

"How can we disqualify Donald Trump from ever becoming president again?" was a problem that had a straightforward answer, if the people with the power to do it had just done it while the blood and broken glass were still being swept up

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 10/12/2023

Would like to understand how creative people in Texas have found ways to thrive here. I find it so exhausting to just *exist* in this place that there’s not a lot room for more creativity. Going on 25 years in the area and still feel this way.

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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 10/12/2023

If you think homeless people—*homeless people*—have broken the social contract I think you should be set adrift on an ice floe for the good of your village

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

One of the reasons I started my own boutique was to reclaim writing as a sporadic outpouring of feeling and ideas instead of the consistent forced production necessary to monetize your work. I simply do not work that way. I am a feelings-led writer, probably to an extreme.

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

I find that as time passes from my days of being an southern evangelical leader (a decade in 2024 since I left the church), I am more and more open to spirituality in all of its forms. My belief in more than myself grows back as the bitterness subsides more each year.

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

Did everyone else know that the PBS Newshour science 🧪 guy is named Miles O’Brien?? Incredible. 🖖🏼

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

Some people would be overwhelmed by a 350 point checklist. I am unbelievably motivated

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

What is the best way you get yourself out of a funk? I am living in funky town and not in a fun way

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

every time

Your package is on its way
Be honest
I am being honest
What does the tracker say?
"Label created"
Thank you

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

In the last couple of decades, austin was remade in the image of the homogenous elite taste. Glitz replaced substance. Now, for the first time in decades, more people are looking to leave Austin than to arrive. Insane prices w/o cultural and civil benefits are finally taking their toll.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

Ireland is being invaded…by foreign far right social media

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

My puppy and I are in our heated blanket era which means we get up as little as possible

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

I think one of the hardest things to learn as a disabled person is how to be flexible enough to adapt to your body. If I made a list of to-do’s for the day and couldn’t get to all of them I used to get so upset. Now I have a “feel okay” list and a “don’t feel okay” list that can change in a day.

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

Watched the Hunger Games series over the last week and have to say it is actually a better watch as a grown adult than when they first came out

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Watching LOTR with friends and I just… is this a good movie all I can do is make fun of them I have never watched it with the intention of taking it seriously

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DC Pierson @dcpierson.bsky.social · 02/12/2023

“THERE’S GEORGE SANTOS! HE’S GETTING AWAY!”

Pic of George Santos in press scrum surrounded by cameras and mics with his mouth wide open like he is singing or saying something

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Reminder that what Israel is doing is being driven by a prime minister who has been indicted, who knows that he is ousted the second Israel goes out of crisis mode. He is going scorched earth on an entire population of human beings in part bc he is panicked and out of ideas.

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June Lewins @joonloons.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

Do not go gentle into that good night

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

Went outside here in Texas for literally two minutes and an ant bit me in between my toes. Shan’t be making that mistake again for many months

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Matt Salomone @matthematics.com · 01/12/2023

RedGoldSparks remains undefeated

Webcomic by RedGoldSparks (Tumblr/IG) of a cute raccoon. "When you feel like everyone hates you, sleep. When you feel like you hate everyone, eat. When you feel like you hate yourself, shower."

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

Have been watching every season of Fargo and skipped big chunks of Season 3. Found season 4 to be okay. After the masterclasses of season 1 and 2 I think I have hope for Season 5 though? I grew around baseball so I accept a .500 as a best in the biz kind of number

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Sarah Wampler @geekergrl.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

Politics is just the word we use for the process by which we collectively chose to organize our society. For better or worse just about everything you do is a political act, your choice is about wether you’re engaging in an intentional informed manner or if you’ve abdicated your agency.

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

Was beginning to believe that George Santos was just going to have zero consequences for his behavior so I will take a little victory today

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

Watching an eerie fog like this creep down the mountainside made me yearn for a world where we still believed in magic.

Clouds covering the land in the mountains of New Mexico

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Kevin from BEST STUFF IN THE WORLD podcast @kevshindig.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

I would imagine the most desirable type of fame to have is the type where if you choose to go to a specific convention (or similar) for the ego boost you can but you're also able to go grocery shopping or out to dinner and rarely be recognized.

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

It’s crazy how much less stressful Christmas is when you’re not poor…. I guess making it to 30 means I get to experience 50% less *festive* anxiety 🎄🎄🎄🎄🫠

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Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

Ben Kiernan's Genocide from Carthage to Cambodia seminar was a pivotal turning point in my understanding of Kissinger. A reminder from @attackerman.bsky.social of just how brutal HK was: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

I’d like to thank Giving Tuesday for reminding me just how many non-profits have my email address.

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

Okay I guess I am an idiot bc I def thought Fargo was actually based on true stories

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

I love giving people gifts but I despise wrapping presents. But also I am cheap about things I could do myself. So really I am just complaining here. K thank you

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

One of the things I think makes Fargo so good is that the whole cast does their little accents without taking away from the drama of the scenes

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

I think the opening passage to Caste by Isabel Wilkerson is probably one of the most profound nonfiction messages I’ve ever read. She is to me one of the true masters of metaphor and analogy.

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Madie Riley @madieriley.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

I think a lot about the kids realizing “my parents used me as a prop for laughs and likes on social media.” Millennials (like me) talk about parents as people we are allowed to expect more of and to whom we do not owe our blind loyalty. I wonder how social media children will see that relationship

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Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

The BBC's standard pitch to DW writers has long been "Okay, the pay per episode is poor, but the residuals go on forever and make up for it." If those residuals are now gone...

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Doctor Who | Writers reportedly not receiving residuals after move to Disney+

Doctor Who is back on our telly screens, but it seems that the writers won’t be paid residuals in the future.

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