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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 1h

He’s nasty, this maga guy. And he just lost the election by shouting waaay past his allotted time. Nasty. MAGA has made politics even more coarse. The D guy is a skilled politician. He’s laying low while magaman makes an ass of himself #Iowa

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 1h

Iowa governor debate is fascinating. The R guy is a clone of dt and jdv. One lie after another. Obfuscate. Etc. I’ve never seen this in IA politics. Makes me realize that maga is normalized. This guy is paper thin. #Iowa

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Such folk are largely nerdy geeks. Totally can see one of them thinking “do I need haircut?” And stopping at the first place they come to.

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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 05/10/2026

This is it. Cases of plague happen often, and most of the time people get treated and get better. It's not something to worry about when compared to covid, the flu, or the resurgence of measles, all of which people are remarkably blase about but are vastly more dangerous.

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Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Road in front of Saint-Simeon Farm in Winter - 1867 botfrens.com/collections/41/content…

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's been such a long few years, I'd forgotten this particular rape accusation against Hegseth. The woman told police she may have been drugged. Hegseth, who was married to one woman and had just had a baby with another, said it was consensual but paid her $50k to settle. He was confirmed anyway.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Husband is involved in a deep, technical online re AI with @eschwitz.bsky.social at the latter’s substack. They’ve been at it since August! Internet for the win. Mind you, I understand virtually nothing they’re discussing. But TH is having a blast.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I just read a spoiler piece about Digger and now I want to see it.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You have not persuaded this horror film hater…… And: HELLO!

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Bryan Roth @bryandroth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Even if you don’t “like scary movies” you should watch a scary movie this October! Be counter cultural toward the algorithmic overlords that want us to stay in a lane of formulaic cinema. substack.com/@bryanroth/n...

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It bears repeating that, apart from the Schmitt-stain left in the Senate this week, we also witnessed important moral and legal clarity from the former special counsel.

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 02/10/2026

Two years ago this week I received my first camera in the mail. You know how certain periods of your life the time seems to just fly by and you've blinked and missed it? The last two years has been the complete opposite of that thanks to this hobby. #Photography #Scape #Landscapes #Reflections

An early morning photo of Lake Louise at Banff from a very low vantage point. The snow capped mountains and clouds in the distance glow pink from the rising sun and are reflected perfectly on the lake surface below. Two darker mountains rise on each side forming almost a V which is also reflected below. A single rock sits in the lower right of the frame, closer to the camera.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Kansas has 4 former, living GOP governors. Two have now endorsed Adam Hamilton, the Dem, for Senate. Mike Hayden just penned this oped in the Kansas City Star this morning; Adam Graves had done the same last month.

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear which is inherent in the human condition." Graham Greene, born 2 October 1904.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Good lord. First FBI and now this. But I am not surprised.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Heh. I believe @sonnybunch.bsky.social has talked me into watching this.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"The average SNAP benefit across the U.S. is about $6.25 per person per day, or roughly $190 per month, according to FRAC. That isn't enough to cover a typical meal in about 99% of U.S. counties, according to a 2025 analysis from the nonpartisan Urban Institute."

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Please make him go away. It’s criminal for such an ignorant human to have so much power.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How did the Democrats lose the messaging war to Trump on the Trump-Russia scandal? I tell that story in a new article for The New Republic that's drawn from my new book, "HOW RUSSIA WON: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America." Check out the book at HowRussiaWon.com.

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How Trump Won the Russia Messaging War—and How the Democrats Lost It

When Robert Mueller found no smoking gun on collusion, Democrats largely turned to other matters. But Trump and his backers never stopped pushing their lies.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Heh. Just visited site of @arielron.bsky.social who just received a MacArthur. The home page features a twitter post of mine. Guy obviously has a good sense of humor.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

WOW! Totally deserved. Guy is a brilliant historian . Congratulations, @arielron.bsky.social

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 30/09/2026

‘Lo Spirito Possente’ (The Powerful Spirit), “Emporium”, #98 Bolesław Biegas,1903. archive.org/details/empo...

gaunt, skeletal, crowned figure holding a smaller reclining or falling figure

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Support good reporting. Better than you’ll get from wherever.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Now playing: Barber’s Violin Concerto. A staggering work of art. One of my favorite things in life.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

80% serious: some influencer should get a couple historians and natsec scholars on to watch and react to this anti-FBI TV series live

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's a bit of a bummer that the story today has been "look at this absolute doofus of a senator" and not "Jack Smith once again credibly accuses the president of many serious crimes"

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Harper Collins tried to claim both my stolen books. Harper Collins published neither.

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ertruitt.bsky.social @ertruitt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Unboxing day! Over a decade in the making, NECESSARY INVENTIONS: ROGER BACON, THE MIDDLE AGES, AND THE MAKING OF MODERN SCIENCE (PENN Press) is a material object. Thank you to everyone who helped along the way. For sale on October 20. @pennpress.bsky.social

Photo of a box filled with multiple copies of the book. The cover is ochre, and has different images of Bacon, from manuscripts and printed books.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Effective at destroying their frontal cortex.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I think the broadcast networks should run clips like these during the nightly news shows.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I can’t tell you how much I loathe these people.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Woman in red shirt next to him is AG of Iowa. Yes, she’s also a sleaze bag.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Bunch of sleaze bags have been tromping the countryside trying to talk farmers into selling. They don’t identify themselves or who they represent.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fucking losers. From Iowa. They ruined this state. Sleazy lying assholes.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You’re not cold. You’re underdressed for the weather.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"The defense of the new BOP policy has been met with a brick wall over the past year and half from Lamberth, an 83-year-old Reagan appointee who first blocked the second Trump administration’s anti-trans prison efforts 15 days into Trump’s second term." A story you know well if you read Law Dork.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hey, NYT guy: dt does not “seem” to believe. He believes. Plus some judges told him he was.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I wasn’t there but I’ve been a Bulwark member since 2018, when it launched. Also a Founding member. @thebulwark.com is remarkable.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 27/09/2026

Well over a quarter million dollars raised for the Haitian Support Center. Thank you, Bulwarkers.

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