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Velour! That does sound ultra-cozy. My usual travel outfit is an old set of lightweight black Universal Standard leggings and a matching long cardigan, with an oversized scarf and of course a shirt. A velour hoodie might be a nice upgrade!

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Now we all need the details!

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Saying something briefer like "This sad day proves that violence is never the answer. The ongoing war in Gaza must end" would have been true to his principles and not felt like a downplaying of the trauma of that day.

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Is the destruction and desolation in Gaza a proportionate response to that trauma? Absolutely NOT. But that is not the fault of the dead. De-centering their deaths, and the horrors of that day, in a post supposedly remembering it is disrespectful to the lost and to the mourners

Over a thousand people, including young people at a concert and peace activists like Vivan Silver (z"l) were murdered. Hundreds kidnapped from their homes. And all this on a minor but until now entirely joyful Jewish holiday. A horror, now made worse by the knowledge that Netanyahu was warned

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I am as much of a simp for Mamdani as anyone, but that message about the October 7th massacre was a very big miss, and precisely the sort of thing people point to as "proof" that he's anti-semitic

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One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?”

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Michele Tepper @michelet.bsky.social · 10h

True for original ideas; less so for direct copies

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Michele Tepper @michelet.bsky.social · 22h

This is cultural hegemony as defined by Gramsci, basically. You don’t (and can’t without a lot of work) see the shape of the structure that shapes you

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 06/10/2026

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Fun fact: Tesla went with a giant touchscreen instead of knobs for the Model 3 purely to save time and money. Knobs would have required spinning up a whole supply chain. The company spun it as a luxury feature and much of the industry followed suit. But it was always an inferior substitute.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 06/10/2026

Lafayette Park and the Ellipse exist as public parks because the nation's early leaders deemed it unnecessary and unseemly to fence off palatial grounds in the people's capital. "Trump's plan" is an insult to the nation's people and ideals.

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Inside Trump's Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site (Gift Article)

The president’s proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Justin's getting a lot of shit for this and I get why people are mad about it, but I think part of what's going on here is the distorting effects of the background context of two-party politics as the default way we sort people into "sides" and the downstream effects of how we interpret disagreement

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Michele Tepper @michelet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I like to think of all the nuncios and Vatican bureaucrats trying to learn the vagaries of American baseball this month to make small talk with the Pope

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Michele Tepper @michelet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I got my shot today, and I got to tell my PCP about this PSA!

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️

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Michele Tepper @michelet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Please give Benny extra pets from all of us 💔

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives

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Michele Tepper @michelet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The flying monkeys in The Wizard of Oz were too much for 4 year-old me

spydergrrl @spydergrrl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 $𝟭𝟵𝟵 - 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘄 We're back Nov 29 at a Europe-friendly time: 08:30am-12:30pm Eastern / 1:30-5:30pm British / 2:30-6:30pm Central European Sale: $199 CAD / $149 USD / 124 EUR Ends October 19. Tickets: spydergrrl.com/product/the-...

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Michele Tepper @michelet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Get tickets for next year when you’re both firing on all cylinders and call it a celebration

Joyce Park @troutgirl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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Im Korea when they arrest a President -- which happens a LOT -- they dont need to ask who will enforce the law. They have a special team to do the arrest, and a special court to hear the case. My humble plea is that we do the same: have an actual team that exists to enforce those pesky laws that

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Mental: Lithium, Love, and Losing My Mind

(A book to add to your TBR: Mental, by Jaime Lowe, a beloved neighbor. Mostly about lithium as a psychiatric drug but also goes into the history and how it’s mined and processed bookshop.org/p/books/ment... )

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A riveting memoir and a fascinating investigation of the history, uses, and controversies behind lithium, an essential medication for millions of people struggling with bipolar disorder. It began in...

(Also, the fantastic and name-droppy “The Girl in the Corner,” about the party where they met, was a hidden track on the CD and is not available on streaming)

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Hot take du jour: Lyle Lovett’s The Road to Ensenada is underrated as an example of the Breakup Album (a great mini-genre) because his marriage to Julia Roberts was so short

Oh for.... I'm giving up on today, Nestra

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I mean, sometimes you just want to watch "Burn Notice"!

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I am chagrined but also Google tells me this is a common error so I feel less like an idiot.

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For all of the Mamdani team's brilliance with social media, this is the most basic thing in the political playbook: Do good things for your constituents, then tell them about it. It shouldn't be as startling as it is! It's the job!

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Michele Tepper @michelet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh, that’s a good one. Very much of its moment. Plus young Rufus Sewell!

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I’ll say it: the new Venmo iOS UX is good!

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Akiva Weisinger @misfittorah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The fact that this idiocy got past an editor in a book on godamn punctuation shows how deep the ignorance of Judaism and Jewish history is in the wider culture and how that ignorance is being weaponized so as to create a better scapegoat for Western uses

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

regrettably I must admit this is the crossover event of the century

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Mark Lerner @ragandboneshop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For any Bandcamp sales I make today from my new record, or any of my music, I will donate all proceeds to the 2 orgs listed below and will match the donations 100%. National Women’s Law Center nwlc.org End Rape on Campus endrapeoncampus.org rosine.bandcamp.com

Album cover for Rosine: Some Things You Never Get Used To. Plastered across the album cover is a large pink banner that says BANDCAMP FRIDAY FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT

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Michele Tepper @michelet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sleep With Me, the OG sleep podcast. And a white noise machine