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MirandaPitcher

@mirandapitcher.bsky.social
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Auntie, hat lover, always looking for the work worth doing. (Photo credit: Millinery By Anna: www.etsy.com/shop/MillineryByAnna)

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 1h
doing some hand sewing, cookin beans. tend to someones chickens. weed a garden. get real slow. tell stories around a fire.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 1h
you gotta have deliberatley low-information days sometimes. recieve the amount of stimulus your ancestors would receive. no phone no tv no radio no books just vibes. brain vacation. just you and the homies picking flowers, makin soup.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 7h
Speaking of Ben Arroz: youtube.com/shorts/E-TN5...
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Introducing Ben Rice's alter ego: Ben Arroz 🍚
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 8h
www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...
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Protesters rally to save museum at Academy of Natural Sciences
Protesters want Drexel University to accept funding from the William Penn Foundation that could cover the museum's operating costs for at least another year.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 12h
CBS and the inquirer were there, we’ll see what they post.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 12h
We took the protest to an event where we knew the Drexel board would be tonight and I blasted a bullhorn directly into the door crack of the gathering, disrupting the event 💅 Drexel President Anthony Merlo was supposed to be there but a person slipped to us that he canceled 👀 gosh I wonder why.
Sarah is smug as fuck on public transportation
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Most state attorneys general released Meta from Cambridge Analytica-related claims as part of the child safety settlement. New Mexico wasn't part of that deal, and a jury there just found 26 of 29 past claims about Cambridge Analytica, hate speech and misinformation willfully deceptive.
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Eight Years On, Cambridge Analytica Scandal Catches Up With Meta in Santa Fe
A jury found that Meta—then Facebook—misled the public in statements about Cambridge Analytica and its policies on hate speech, violence and misinformation.
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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 8h
Perfect.
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blair @blairaf.com · 8h
Also adding cybersecurity laws to the list because apparently we're not enforcing cybersecurity laws anymore if tech execs just say "it was the model that hacked into a government health database it's not my fault"
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blair @blairaf.com · 15/09/2026
🎯 and I'd also add to this strengthening and enforcing existing laws for product safety, fraudulent marketing, and non-discrimination
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atrociousatgames.bsky.social @atrociousatgames.bsky.social · 11h
I don't really care about his physical appearance. I *do* care that he almost fucking *fought* a journalist (physically, in real life; like, not in a video game) because the latter was disgusted at Tracey's denial of the severity of the Epstein files -- which implicate Donald Trump.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 8h
Gas prices are basically the only economic measure that people track on a near-daily basis. And right now they are significantly worse than when Biden was facing the 2022 midterms — and particularly in several states with close Senate elections. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 8h
Time for this classic again.
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JD (by way of Blacksky) @jdot.blacksky.team · 8h
Boosting in light of the discourse surrounding Cornell University.
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 8h
As an example, you'll frequently see me comment on people's clothing choices. I think the situations are fair game because I *would* comment on the clothing of people I like, and I know the people in question have the privilege of not wearing those clothes.
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 8h
I hate how many people feel entitled to attack the bodies of bad people when you have a litany of actually evil things they've done. It's baby's first lesson in the repercussions of harmful words: Don't say shit about people you dislike that you wouldn't say if you liked the person.
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 16h
To quote a @chrislhayes.bsky.social jape at the Roberts Court: "They go fast when they want to go fast and slow when they want to go to slow and the decision is *always* an ideological one."
Steve Vladeck, a professor a Georgetown Law, writes up breaking developments from the Supreme Court. The last post in the three-post thread is the kicker, for our purpose here.

"#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal). 

"Link: [URL of a supremecourt.gov PDF]

"By my math, the order was filed 11 minutes after the Trump administration's reply brief came in."
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snarkety @snartkety.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
But also - don’t ask your artist friend to do it as a favor. Pay them for it.
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mhkmhk.bsky.social @mhkmhk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Or like don't they have a weird arty friend that does something as a favor? Are the arts not mixing anymore?
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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I don't have any patience for the "but we're poor" argument for bands using AI for posters and publicity. Try to think back to roughly 3 years ago when you somehow coped without it.
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David Berri @wagesofwins.bsky.social · 9h
I can very much confirm this was the norm. The last time I was on the job market was 2008. Still had an interview in a hotel room at that time. When I started, virtually all were in hotel rooms. And I don't recall anyone questioning this idea.
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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 9h
Because English is a stupid, enraging, unpredictable hellscape of a language. If you aren't convinced, read this poem out loud (it only fully rhymes in some accents): people.cs.georgetown.edu/nschneid/cos...
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The Chaos - Gerard Nolst Trenité
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Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 11h
they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????
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Vicki Rose @vickirose.myatproto.social · 10h
There's a 1989 paper by Patricia Yancry Martin and Robert A. Hummer, "Fraternities and Rape on Campus" that's very relevant right now. Positive/negative reinforcement of the in-group is key to enabling this violence in addition to misogyny. Apologies for the JSTOR link: www.jstor.org/stable/189763
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Client Challenge
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Vicki Rose @vickirose.myatproto.social · 10h
This is a rough read. In particular what gets me are the details of a prominent survivor invited to spill her guts at an institution with a deep sexual assault problem, greeted with boredom by male frat members. Horrifying.
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MirandaPitcher @mirandapitcher.bsky.social · 9h
SO curious to see how it fares in the Senate. Pennsylvanians have been waiting a long, loooong time for this.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 9h
Oh this is going to be interesting
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 10h
b4 I got to college in '93, the folks who graduated just before me did an infamous "rape wall," aka writing the names of rapists in a stall of a women's bathroom of one of the libraries. It sickens me that beyond g-docs (or maybe more anonymous tech??) there literally aren't better protections now.
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 9h
really think a big part of a 2027-9 democratic congress should be using the powers of the legislature for gathering evidence explicitly with a mind to state prosecutions of federally pardoned members of the trump administration
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 9h
Not even a mention of the allegations, which seem especially relevant since he's directing and directors have a great deal of power over the people working for them. But tell me again how MeToo went too far.
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Casey Affleck on Matt Damon Rivalry, a Chris Nolan Phone Call and Being a Proud “Hollywood Outsider”
"I don't love the system of Hollywood," the 'Company' filmmaker confessed during a candid conversation at the Zurich Film Festival, in which he also reflected on his "mildly traumatic" Oscar win.
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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 12h
I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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genna @genna.bsky.social · 16h
I watched a TRAGIC interview w/ Pru where she talked about how she budgets calories for the day and decides what is “worth it.” Those comments weren’t idle chat. That’s actually how she thinks. the idea that you could STILL be in the grips of diet culture at 86? HAUNTING bsky.app/profile/olde...
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 9h
I hadn’t seen him for a few days and was convinced he had moved on/been a snack for something but… Toledo is fine
A small greenish frog from above, sitting on a rock with various leaves around him
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 10h
At my college a freshman recruit literally died from falling down the stairs after being coerced into drinking too much. Some of his frat “brothers” put off calling the ambulance and by the time someone did it was too late. I often think about him and his poor family
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 10h
Another thing about fraternities is that the hazing rituals where slightly older young men would physically, mentally emotionally and sometimes even sexually abuse slightly younger young men have always disturbed and upset me greatly. And it’s really telling that I’ve seen men defend those too
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MirandaPitcher @mirandapitcher.bsky.social · 9h
Literally just today I was chatting with a Dollar Tree cashier about how cruel it was that her bosses won't let her have a stool. And here comes this story. American culture has so many of these pointless power trips and unnecessary cruelties. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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TSA officers now not allowed to sit down while checking boarding passes and IDs
Airport security employees checking boarding passes and IDs will no longer be allowed to sit down while working, the Transportation Security Administration confirmed Tuesday.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 9h
Fraternity men perpetrate sexual violence at a rate three times higher than other college men. The fraternity lobby is one of the most powerful in DC—and they consistently oppose any bill for survivors’ rights.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 9h
Men, it’s never too late to leave your fraternity. Membership is lifelong. And these segregationist institutions use your name to uphold the power they abuse. This is what your fellow alums are doing. Do you really want to be associated with that?
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 10h
Minnesota Ends Conviction Review Unit With 160 Cases Still Under Investigation 📹
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Minnesota Ends Conviction Review Unit With 160 Cases Still Under Investigation - UNICORN RIOT
Minnesota's Attorney General Keith Ellison has decided to "eliminate" the state's Conviction Review Unit (CRU) less than six years after he created it. The closure is a devastating blow to around 160 ...
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 10h
1 in 8 students experiences sexual violence in college, incl 1 in 4 undergrad women (26%)+ 1 in 14 undergrad men (7%) University administrators: "Imagine if we had to refund all that tuition! Could you imagine!?!" Everyone else: "Imagine if you made systemic fucking changes to prevent rape!"
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Akoma @akoma.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
It seems that even the credit card companies have just thrown their hands up in the air and decided that CSAM is okay when Musk is the reason for it? 🤷🏿‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️ I remember Tumblr and I'm so angry
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Ian Bray @aciumaficionado.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Another one we all need to start asking about a LOT of stuff: Are we sure our corporate insurances covers any expenses that arise from secondary exposure? Example: our X account gets hacked and starts distributing Grok slop smut of a real person. We get sued by that person. Who is on the hook?
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 29/01/2026
(If they want some kind of external validation for your strategy, you can tell them I advised the Obama White House on social media strategy, led a MacArthur-backed research project on social media impact, had 500k followers, etc. and I co-sign your plan. You can put me on your slide.)
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 29/01/2026
Just heard from a smart friend who manages public-facing social for a very respected org and this exact tactic worked for them! So this approach has been effective for others for a while — it’s worth a try.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 29/01/2026
More directly, “Should I forward any of the child sexual abuse material that I am forced to encounter in the course of carrying out the duties of my role to HR or legal or both, and may I CC my own legal counsel when I contact the appropriate authorities?” Raise the temperature. Make them say it.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 29/01/2026
You can be brief: “Hey boss, you know Musk forces his account on everyone on Twitter, and he retweets a guy who he pays to be on there who makes child porn, and who has been suspended for it before, but who Musk wanted back. Can you verify that I’m supposed to be there for when he does it again?”
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 29/01/2026
* Mention that X has been banned in multiple countries over this * Ask whether your emotional or legal risks from exposure to this kind of material will be covered * Confirm that they know Musk restores the accounts of, retweets & PAYS those suspended for CSAM violations www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/i...
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Elon Musk's X faces probes in Europe, India, Malaysia after Grok generated explicit images of women and children
Regulators in Europe, India and Malaysia are scrutinizing X after exploitative images created with the Grok chatbot went viral on Elon Musk's social network.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 29/01/2026
If you are a person who works in social media, and your job requires you to manage an account on Twitter/X, please ask your boss, in writing, to verify that you are required as a responsibility of your position to be on a platform that knowingly creates and monetizes child sexual abuse material …
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