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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

How much was she paid for this do you think? How many of Paxtons non-Texas houses are now hers?

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

wow. how to let the whole world know that you are clueless about the entire motivation of Narnia. Cool.

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Seems like a pretty basic question except we're living with the kill-em-all administration so....

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

seriously. could we get some kind of bulk discount? and where is ol'Linda McMahon? And that Brooke "yay we kicked people off SNAP" lady?

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A thread devoted to Jacob Lawrence, one of most acclaimed American painters of the 20th century, born #OnThisDay in 1917. Fitting that today is Labor Day since work & labor were among his most enduring themes. First up: Home Chores, 1945, painted soon after he returned from military service in WWII

Painting of a Black woman in house dress, apron, & slippers, washing dishes at a sink

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 07/09/2026

Hey folks, the good people at Habeas Flight Watch have a new url for their ICE flight map. You can use this map for flight observation and for filing habeas petitions for ICE captives before they're taken south: habeasflightwatch.org

A screenshot of today's Habeas Flight Watch live map showing a bunch of airport codes dotted all over the continental US with different color codes and federal court judicial lines drawn

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Freaking hashtag squad goals. Toad forever

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This month's #whattoread ... Marlon James, Ann Patchett and... Eleanor of Aquitaine? Plus I'm learning Italian: habito qui adesso, apparently... mannahattamamma.substack.com/p/as-one-doe...

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As One Does ... Mostly (to for with about) Books

The Book of Night Women, Scarlet and Miniver, Whistler, The Women of Troy,

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

WTF??!!

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This book is gonna be--as they say in the parlance--a banger.

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My husband insisted that Roberts was worried about his "legacy" & thus wouldn't cave to Donny T. I told him he was wrong. Never have I been so unhappy about being correct. "I told you so" is cold comfort in this hellscape.

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

why can't we have a president who exudes quiet competence and speaks in complete sentences? I mean, srsly, is that really SO MUCH TO ASK?

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Katiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

"All told, a Black Cambridge professor endured 249 times more media coverage for an accusation of plagiarism by a known racist propagandist than a White Cambridge professor found guilty of plagiarism."

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I like to read stuff rather than watch stuff (sue me, I'm a professor) but this video from the always incisive @jamellebouie.net is really really good...and not just b/c he shows the utter hollowness of David Brooks, who really should just go sit down & be quiet.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

“There are dark days ahead. If we are to fight against those with untold financial wealth, we will need untold intellectual wealth….Reading for pleasure and delight are vital – but alongside that and even more urgently: reading for power”

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Meanwhile the US toupee-in-chief says “bring back big beautiful coal”

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Collapse of legacy media is gas on fire of our climate condition. Once, a National Book Award winning expert like @johnvaillant.bsky.social (strong rec for Fire Weather) writing on new apocalyptic fire clouds in Time wld have been a clarion; now hard to get thru chatter. time.com/article/2026...

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What Happens When the World is on Fire

"From America to Algeria, dangerous blazes are occurring around the world, giving us a glimpse into an age ablaze," writes John Valliant.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/08/2026

"Ohioans are 'absolutely exhausted of hate, chaos, and vitriol, and being pitted against one another,' Acton tells me. 'We are hardwired for human connection.' As an exhausted and angry Ohioan, I am inclined to agree." ICYMI @jimswift.bsky.social in Cincinnati:

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Amy Acton’s Prescription for Ohio

The Democratic candidate for governor explains why voters are exhausted by the rancor of politics—and shares her vision for renewal.

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Don’t read Russ DoubThat today, read this: “…for Democrats in 2026 and 2028, I wouldn’t be looking for a socialist wave. I’d be looking for the candidates who are thinking and running as if they know that bases are made of people, not dollars.” Always hits the nail: @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

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The Weekend on MS NOW @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

“Todd Blanche now becomes the symbol of Donald Trump's corruption of the rule of law in America” Retired Judge J Michael Luttig minces no words over what it means that Todd Blanche has been confirmed as attorney general and the danger that poses to the upcoming midterm elections.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Another opportunity to note that Donald Trump is personal business partners with the leaders of a country he is giving otherwise utterly inexplicable special dispensation to, a situation which in any other era of American history would be deemed a federal felony and impeachable but is for now a yawn

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

More spine and brains than the entire GOP (okay, low bar, but still)

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

They are insane. Absolutely insane. Also EPSTEIN FILES

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

and ol' Todd B. didn't blanch when confronted with the fact that his client's bank accounts were closed on account of maybe being...dirty money. Can't bleach that shit, Blanche, you lily-livered poltroon.

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Now I can watch "reacher" with absolutely no guilt. In fact, maybe the next season of Reacher could feature him GETTING THE GODDAMN EPSTEIN FILES

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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 23/07/2026

For 45 years, billionaires and their political allies have weaponized hate, divided Americans, and quietly dismantled the middle class while we fought each other instead of them… hartmannreport.com/p/they-made-...

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They Made You Fear and Hate Your Neighbor So They Could Rob Your Future

For 45 years, billionaires and their political allies have weaponized hate, divided Americans, and quietly dismantled the middle class while we fought each other instead of them…

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Solnit is a hero, following in the giant footsteps of Mary Beard, also a hero.

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The always amazing @hcrichardson.bsky.social: “Fascism has always been a vehicle for frustration with a system that was failing the people. But it has never been a solution for fixing that system.” Anyone running against GOP in the fall needs talk about HOW they’re gonna fix our broken damn system.

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

So #deltaairlines knew enough about the weather to ask folks if they wanted to change their flight but NOT enough to… staff the crew the next day, arrange vouchers, or anything else #airtravel

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Reading is resistance in this "post-literate society" -- here are some July resistance recommendations - #readdontscroll: mannahattamamma.substack.com/p/as-one-doe...

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As One Does ... Mostly (with to for about) Books

The Fire Agent, A Violent Masterpiece, Taiwan Travelogues ... and Homer Price!

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

If Other Jobs Were Like US Senator www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

It's time for your scheduled open-heart surgery. Unfortunately, no one has seen or heard from the surgeon in weeks, since the Incident. The nurse says that she spoke with him at length on a wide variety of important subjects and that he had never been more eloquent. "Will he be along shortly?" you ask.
"I hired him to perform a specific job, and I would like him to do that." The nurse is appalled by this disrespect for the doctors privacy. You lie there for several weeks, your chest flaps held open by clamps.

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

how can people not know if the dude is dead? like isn't there at least one enterprising reporter out there who wants to infiltrate the hospital, or wait outside his house, or whatever?

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

what I love about this (besides everything) is that the first "complex art" she mentions is HOUSEKEEPING

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

of course they did. the trumpian method is basically, "law? what law? i don't see any fucking law." and then "oh THAT law? that law doesn't count."

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It seems like maybe US Men's Team should try to score more goals.

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

He can’t take it with him but you know he’s gonna try

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

And now OMG Croatia in a different direction

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Damn. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Tell me again about the GOP being "Christian"? To paraphrase The Princess Bride, I think you do not know what that word means

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Rebecca Brückmann @historleans.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I have decided to just pretend that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's concurring opinion on birthright citizenship is the official 250th anniversary speech for the United States. Happy 250th anniversary, USA 🎉! And here is part of Justice Jackson's conclusion - as the rest of this text, it is fire. 🗃️

“Of course, the ultimate irony is that for all the talk about
the detestable Dred Scott decision, the Government and the
principal dissent propose a return to its core tenet. Their
bottom line is that, for certain people, being born on Amer-
ican soil will not suffice to confer citizenship. It is that odi-
ous conclusion that the Citizenship Clause plainly rejects,
as the Court explains. Ante, at 26. I add only that the Four-
teenth Amendment’s universalist aims should forever be
the death knell for this kind of claim—one that seeks to
make bloodline the marker of birthright. The America that
was reborn from the rubble of the Civil War simply does not
countenance that inequitable result. Thankfully, a major-
ity of the Court remembered this today, and has dutifully
preserved the most basic animating principle of our Na-
tion’s founding—that all human beings are created equal—
once more.”

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Deborah L Williams @mannahattamamma.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

There is no adequate punishment for the evils that Elon has inflicted on the world. Stripping him of all his ill-gotten gains is only a tiny first step

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