MTBinDurham @mtbindurham.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Been on my bullshit for 10 years now, but some folks really need to understand that Bernie Sanders rose because he was basically the only politician with a modicum of power in Washington who espoused democratic socialist views when the demand for such positions became overwhelming. He's just okay. 153
Reposted by MTBinDurhamSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 27/09/2026Here’s what’s important for you to know real pastors don’t support you becoming a trad wife… because there has never been a point in history where it has been in the best interest of women to solely depend on the benevolence of men for their wellbeing 2729128
Reposted by MTBinDurhamMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Anthropic's denials mean *nothing*, just like how OpenAI's denials over Navier–Stokes mean *nothing*. These companies have shown time and again they have no idea what their AI is doing. The LLM agents—given "/goal" persistence and few if any limits—surely reviewed all they could, including chats. 618642
Reposted by MTBinDurhamPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I was just pointing out a couple of days on here that this is the LOWEST HANGING FRUIT of low hanging fruit for Democrats to promise if they take control of Congress. RAISE THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE from $7.25. It has not risen since 2009. It's criminal. 101079268
Reposted by MTBinDurhamTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh. 322235585
Reposted by MTBinDurhamTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I’ve floated, “GET YOUR HAND OUT MY POCKET, FOOL” for this purpose. So far no takers. 333763
Reposted by MTBinDurhamJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16/09/2026I spoke to an array of religious freedom experts for this piece. Christopher Lund, a professor at Wayne State University Law School, told me: “The kind of pressure that DHS policy now is exerting on houses of worship is just a different kind of religious interference than we’ve had before." 14121
Reposted by MTBinDurhamPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparationsinquirer.comA Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in GermantownGreen Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners. 223125302869
MTBinDurham @mtbindurham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Democrats keep reminding me of the counterpoint in this classic. theonion.com/its-all-abou...theonion.comIt's All About The Benjamins vs. Actually, The Benjamins Are Only A Small Part Of A Larger Set of ConcernsYo, who y’all think you be foolin’ tryna act all hard and shit? I ain’t tryna hear you talkin’ ’bout how you be all this and that. Y’all wanna be ballers, shot-callers and brawlers? Y’all wanna be a j... 000
Reposted by MTBinDurhamMatt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online. 484297707654
Reposted by MTBinDurhamTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I have a cousin who was constantly putting me on game with ways that I could get out of my J-O-B and not do all that “smart shit cuz.” I finally explained to them that I LIKE all the smart shit, did in fact choose to do it for a living, and I am very good at it. They never really believed me. 11952105
Reposted by MTBinDurhamCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Anyway, shout out to trans people for letting me know what Newsom was all about. Because without that info, I never would have went digging and discovered how chummy he is with white supremacists and how he runs up on homeless people. 21180282
Reposted by MTBinDurhamMaterialist Gnostic @walmsley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026the US's reckless decision to attack Iran without a coherent strategic plan has been a disaster for our regional allies, but of course there have also been downsides 948586
Reposted by MTBinDurhamNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It was worth enduring Joe Manchin’s obvious corruption because his personal brand made it possible to elect a Democrat in West Virginia. The same should be true for New York. by Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand 652267
Reposted by MTBinDurhamNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I'd rather be cool and wrong than cringe and right. 326824
Reposted by MTBinDurhamBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Tolkien gave up on writing a sequel to the Lord of the Rings because he imagined the youth of Gondor forming 'orc-cults' who would imitate Mordor and found it too depressing; a remarkable feat of imagination when it came to predicting people who still worship the Soviet or Nazi empires today. 341798303
MTBinDurham @mtbindurham.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I said it'll be "full of grief and brilliance" and goddamn it's been a while since I nailed a prediction like that. (not that it was a hard one, mind.) 000
MTBinDurham @mtbindurham.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I wasn't ready for where this thread went, but I'm glad I read it anyway. 072
Reposted by MTBinDurhamRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026She was a brilliant songwriter with a gorgeous voice. She could act! She was an important philanthropist and visionary whose understanding of giving back we may never fully see. She used her platform to stand up for what's right. And phew, she was down to earth and funny AF always.youtube.comDolly Parton and Patti LaBelle Playing Their Acrylic Nails (1987)YouTube video by Back to the Past 443256
Reposted by MTBinDurhamGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 25/08/2026"You got a new book from Dolly!" is something we get to say to our kids twice a month 025922
Reposted by MTBinDurhamSubscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio) @kleinman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026They can't make you work past 5 on the day Dolly Parton dies, it's illegal 3979137
Reposted by MTBinDurhamIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Clear the spot for the Parton Center 1736111
Reposted by MTBinDurhamSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 25/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/w...nytimes.comDolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.” 019533
Reposted by MTBinDurhamokie (they/them) @okie.gay · 25/08/2026Texas’s drag ban was found to be unconstitutional this morning and one of the plaintiffs who brought the suit was an Austin-based drag queen who often impersonates Dolly Dolly was named in the final judgement itself and after hearing about the lawsuit, she sent that drag queen a signed guitar 21113462634
Reposted by MTBinDurhamSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Watch it head directly for Mar-a-Lago.😈 2351653
Reposted by MTBinDurhamEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026in a world of JK Rowlings be a Dolly Parton 24107183226
Reposted by MTBinDurham🇲🇽🕷️rustbelt rebel🕷️🇲🇽 @rustbeltrebel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026It’s weird that people feel like if you’re hot, you’re entitled to date somebody who is as hot as you lol. Otherwise you’re ’dating down.’ As if the most important thing in the equation of dating is looks. Which I’m not going to deny is important. But also, is it everything? 1212
Reposted by MTBinDurhameileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton on her favorite books 💖 “Not enough folks know what a great book ‘Kindred’ by Octavia E. Butler is. It’s kind of tricky to describe but somehow it all works — it’s about race relations and there’s time travel and romance. It’s powerful.” safe travels. www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/b...nytimes.comDolly Parton Likes to Read by the Fire in Her Pajamas (Published 2020)“Especially on a rainy day off … sitting in a comfy chair.” 2353103
Reposted by MTBinDurhamDun Jun @clustertuck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026-why is it the ONLY unforgivable sin?" And then she told me, "I finally figured it out. The Holy Ghost is that part of God that lives in everybody, and the way you sin against it is by not loving everybody with all your heart, for exactly who they are."youtube.comDolly Parton - Travelin' Thru [Official Music Video]YouTube video by NettwerkMusic 194040740
Reposted by MTBinDurhamDun Jun @clustertuck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026RIP Dolly Parton ❤️ Here's a lovely Dolly story: We worked together on "Transamerica." She told me that the bible passage that used to puzzle her the most was, "the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men." She said, "How the heck do you sin against the Holy Ghost, and- 183177701
Reposted by MTBinDurhamWuf 멍멍 @bongrot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One of my favorite anecdotes. She embodies revery of others without compromising love of self — joyous just for the love of the game 023026
MTBinDurham @mtbindurham.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Why yes, I'm here haunting Tressie's profile because I know her take on Dolly is going to be full of grief and brilliance. And in the meantime I'm just RT'ing her other stuff. 010
Reposted by MTBinDurhamTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I am still betting that in about 10 or 12 years -- certainly before I retire to a mountain lake community to open a bookstore-slash-food-truck, the entire social media era will be viewed as some kind of aberration. 935217
Reposted by MTBinDurhamTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026People are positively terrified of performing the wrong affect. They broadcast their fear by critiquing other people’s affect, especially folks who they believe define the norms. Which I know you know. 2915
Reposted by MTBinDurhamTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A few very minor quibbles about the early history of the star machine which aren’t that important, this is about dead on. Blonde studies. 1436965
Reposted by MTBinDurhamElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/08/2026“Invasive searches like ALPR database queries must require a judicial warrant,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @fastcompany.com. “Policymakers must seize this moment—when even the leading ALPR vendor has admitted they have done too little to prevent abuse—to, at minimum, codify real protections into law.”fastcompany.comWhy we love to hate FlockThe license plate reader company has become a lightning rod for surveillance concerns. But getting rid of Flock doesn’t necessarily get rid of the surveillance. 513856
Reposted by MTBinDurhamKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/08/202614 hours later and my mentions are still full of angry treatises about badly behaved cyclists. Bike lanes are not a reward for good cyclist behavior! They are infrastructure proven to make cities safer for ALL ROAD USERS. Whatever way cyclists have wronged you is irrelevant to the discussion! 303109301844
Reposted by MTBinDurhamCrow @abbyjane.cloverdalelane.com · 14/08/2026I think about this a lot. 7895092492
MTBinDurham @mtbindurham.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Introduce yourself as what almost killed you: Hi, I'm an appendix!" 000
Reposted by MTBinDurhamSylvia Wrath @tree26.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Love when Amanda Marcotte goes on this show 07510
Reposted by MTBinDurhamSarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 07/08/2026guys that's.... that's not the ira @newstatesman1913.bsky.social 561025214
Reposted by MTBinDurham🇲🇽🕷️rustbelt rebel🕷️🇲🇽 @rustbeltrebel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Tears tears and more tears 3132
Reposted by MTBinDurhamJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 07/08/2026This is the last race I was tracking, so of the 12 clergy, former clergy and seminarians who ran for Congress this year as Dems, 8 became nominees/won their primaries — and among those who lost was a UMC minister who was *beaten by a Presbyterian minister.* Pretty high intra-party success rate. 623644
MTBinDurham @mtbindurham.bsky.social · 04/08/2026"Free as in puppy" should be awarded the internet phrase of the year right now because nothing is going to top it. My stars. The truth that conveys in four words is mind-blowing. 032
MTBinDurham @mtbindurham.bsky.social · 03/08/2026PCUSA General Assembly (the national body of the largest Reformed/Calvinist denomination in the US) just passed a resolution opposing Christian Nationalism. myga.pc-biz.org/search/3001498 020
Reposted by MTBinDurhamandré @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 02/08/2026this is how it’s done, you don’t ignore the bullshit, you confront it anywhere and everywhere. on camera, in private, online, via carrier pigeon idc, the worst thing you can do is let people know you won’t fight for them. 247496
Reposted by MTBinDurhamBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/07/2026This InfoWars caper is going a little too well. We need to staff up a bit. We're hiring a Social Media Lead, who will help make InfoWars the network of the future. We need someone who is extraordinarily online, has big ideas for how things break through in 2026, and can pull those ideas off quick.jobs.gusto.comSocial Media Lead, InfoWars at Global Tetrahedron 28064331474