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Mary Holm

@maryfranholm.bsky.social
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Writer. Researcher. Liberal. Wife. Mom. Grandma. Dragged kicking & screaming into the digital age. I do research for TV shows and movies, write novels and babysit grandkids. #neverX #books #history #SCBWI

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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Feminist Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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Jas 🪶🐻🦉🇺🇸🇨🇦 @itistherealjas.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
They should just begin impeachment proceeds over just plain stupidity and let them prove differently. They couldn't. #RisingBlue #DefendersOfDemocracy #SheShed #SheShedAlly
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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 06/08/2026
Listen to Senator Durbin. “It will be a shameful history for those who are empowering this man, Todd Blanche, to take his personal representation of this president to the highest possible level, if he becomes the next Attorney General.” Grow some spines you feckless Repubs!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The American Dream has become an American Nightmare. It’s too expensive to buy a home. It’s too expensive to get married and have kids. It’s too expensive to retire comfortably. The top 1% put the American Dream behind a paywall.
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Populist Left Has a Theory. We’re All About to Test It: You can read it for free without a subscription www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/o...
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Opinion | Abdul El-Sayed Thinks Progressives Have a Way to Win. I Hope He’s Right. (Gift Article)
Abdul El-Sayed is quick, magnetic, overflowing with infectious confidence. But he also has a blind spot endemic to his movement.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to compel Washington, D.C. to provide the DOJ with access to its complete voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-21 in these cases. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
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🚨 United States of America v. Evans
Learn more.
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The Book That Changed How I Think About Liberalism You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/o...
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Opinion | The Book That Changed How I Think About Liberalism
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Dan Izzo @izzos.net · 02/03/2026
Uh no...we definitely realize it.
Quote from Washington Times editorial board

"[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Michael Sandel, the Harvard professor, has been predicting this political moment for decades You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/b...
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A Philosopher ‘Prophet’
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
After Donations, Trump Administration Revoked Rule Requiring More Nursing Home Staff You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
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After Donations, Trump Administration Revoked Rule Requiring More Nursing Home Staff
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Nope. To me, it will always be the "Gulf of Mexico." It will always be just the "Kennedy Center," no additional narcissistic president's names necessary. And it will always be Twitter #neverX
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Gorgeous new book, from Maria Popova: Traversal: New Year, New Book (Seven Years in the Making) www.themarginalian.org/2026/01/02/t... via @mariapopova.bsky.social
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Traversal: New Year, New Book (Seven Years in the Making)
Traversal (FSG) broadens and deepens the questions raised in Figuring, the questions we live with: the relationship between chance and choice in becoming who we are, between chemistry and conscious…
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
New Years Resolution #9: Get more than 1600 followers on Blue Sky. My total has been 1600 something since I signed on. Time to up my game. Also, do more posting on Blue Sky so that I deserve more followers. #BlueSky #FollowMeBack #AllAboard #MyFollowersAretheBest
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/12/2025
It's time for a pilgrimage
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Don't worry. Trump will pardon him Suspect Arrested in Inquiry Into Pipe Bombs in D.C. Ahead of Jan. 6 Riot You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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Suspect Arrested in Inquiry Into Pipe Bombs in D.C. Ahead of Jan. 6 Riot
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
WHAT is HAPPENING here?
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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
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Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/12/2025
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video: “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
Sabrina Carpenter replies to WH video: This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine While he's murdering Venezuelan people for "drug smuggling." WHAT is HAPPENING here? You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Who's gonna benefit from all this AI stuff? 👇 Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends Oh, yeah. Right. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
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Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join. NYPD arriving with barricades.
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Great! That means people will only be able to feed a part of their families. It's up to them which part, I guess White House Says It Will Make Only Partial SNAP Payments This Month You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Says It Will Make Only Partial SNAP Payments This Month
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
No notes
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
This really is a GREAT sign!
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
WHEN YOU SPEND $61M ON YOUR OWN BIRTHDAY MILITARY PARADE

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WHEN A DAY IS DEDICATED SOLELY TO TELL YOU WHAT A DICK YOU ARE

(SO SO SO many people)
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/10/2025
I ❤️ my hometown. Well done…
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/10/2025
I’m absolutely exhausted in the best possible way. I love us. We did it! #NoKings
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/10/2025
The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/10/2025
This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Thank you to everyone at the #NO_KINGS rallies for making your voices heard & being part of history. The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular! So were the signs...
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
This HBO Miniseries Gets Rural America Right You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
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Opinion | This HBO Miniseries Gets Rural America Right
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Chicagoans Resist I.C.E. Agents www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
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Chicagoans Resist I.C.E. Agents
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
He gives $20 Billion of OUR dollars to bailout Argentina without consulting Congress or the American people. Does that seem like the actions of a KING to you? Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18 #NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
The science fiction book that perverted Stephen Miller youtu.be/ImZKh3SqSmo?... #fascist #facism #lizards #lizardface
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The science fiction book that perverted Stephen Miller
YouTube video by Science Fiction with Damien Walter
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
MurderBot spotted in NYC: youtube.com/shorts/iYjRV...
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There's plenty of premium quality entertainment at #NYFF63, but it's no Sanctuary Moon. #Murderbot
YouTube video by Apple TV
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Why Young Men Are Losing Faith in Science: "I’ve watched how curiosity about science can slide into conspiracy-tinged mazes rooted in misinformation" You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...
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Opinion | Why Young Men Are Losing Faith in Science
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
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Opinion | Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism (Gift Article)
Data can easily be manipulated to show causation that doesn’t exist.
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
How Short Term Thinking is Destroying America: "Mr. Trump is trying one last time to squeeze some juice out of a declining empire while passing the costs on to future generations." You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
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Opinion | How Short-Term Thinking Is Destroying America
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Mary Holm @maryfranholm.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Heir Trump wants to sue all his critics out of business: Under Siege From Trump and Musk, a Top Liberal Group Falls Into Crisis You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/u...
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Under Siege From Trump and Musk, a Top Liberal Group Falls Into Crisis
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
tell me more about the scandal of presidents using the office for private gain: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/07/2025
One reason so many American hospitals are struggling? Investors buy them up, then suck them dry, charging such high rents that services are gutted. Reveal explores what happened to one Louisiana hospital when Medical Properties Trust came to town. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The landlord gutting America’s hospitals
Medical Properties Trust buys up hospitals and then leases them back to health care systems. Dozens of its hospitals have gone belly up.
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Annie Stegg Gerard @anniestegg.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
A few oil painting close-ups from The Axolotl Parade 🌿 Photos never quite do a painting justice, so I hope these short videos help give a better feel for the textures and details. #AxolotlArt #OilPaintingDetails #FantasyArt #AnimalIllustration #AmphibianArt
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cvm in pvb @cvminpvb.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
#booksky
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
“‘This is an unprecedented situation where hundreds of detainees are held incommunicado, with no ability to access the courts, under legal authority that has never been explained and may not exist,’ they argued.” www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Lawyers question legality of Alligator Alcatraz, ask federal judge to intervene
“This is an unprecedented situation where hundreds of detainees are held incommunicado, with no ability to access the courts, under legal authority that has never been explained and may not exist,” pl...
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NPR @npr.org · 28/07/2025
Congress eliminated public media funding, and the president signed it into law. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together. Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
We are living in an age of bullies. Those with power are less constrained today than they have ever been in my lifetime. The question is: how do we lead moral lives in this era? www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
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How do we lead moral lives in an age of bullies? | Robert Reich
In my lifetime, I have witnessed a shift from support of decency to tolerance of cruelty. Where do we go from here?
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