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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 19h

Time for this classic again.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 5h

This is so brilliant. Uncommon.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 5h

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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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 21h

i’m sorry, but i have to post this political ad

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Enough with the niggers, enough with the jewrats" This important message on X the Everything App has been brought to you by Home Depot, McDonalds and Disney.

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Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist @unaha-closp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I mean obviously it needs to be called The FAFO Committee

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1. Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker and a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona, has made “protecting women’s sports” a centerpiece of his election campaign. So I reviewed years of Feely’s podcast appearances to see what he actually thinks about female athletes. 🧵

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The wheels are coming off yet Senate GOP can't quit Trump. A week of panic as well as paralysis. A THREAD.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 24/09/2026

Filmmaker Alex Gibney has shared the first trailer for 'Musk,' a two-part, four-hour deep dive into Elon Musk that Rolling Stone called “a nonfiction horror movie” following its film festival debut earlier this month. Watch ↓

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Elon Musk Is in the Business of Selling Dreams in Trailer for New Doc

Filmmaker Alex Gibney has shared the first trailer for 'Musk,' a two-part, four-hour deep dive into Elon Musk.

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My goodness, what an incredible moment. After Justin Verlander secured the final out of his career, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch came out of the dugout...to summon Verlander's daughter out to embrace her dad on the mound.

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dustbag @dustbag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I just finished the History of Rock in 500 Songs episode about "Everyday People", and I am sorry to say that @andrewhickey.500songs.com missed hiliting the DEFINITIVE cover of that song. youtu.be/eojJTLf-mIo?...

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Dolly Parton & Kermit The Frog – “Everyday People” from 'Dolly' episode 5 (1987)

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Melody Joy Kramer @mkramer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ken Paxton keeps dodging debates. So I called his cell to invite him to a debate on Fox News. He didn’t pick up.

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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 26/09/2026

Trump’s summit with Xi left too many questions unanswered. This is one of them.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Trump is raging at news orgs for refusing to cover his reception of Xi after he banned three from the White House. The real lesson here: When institutions join together to resist his abuses of power it actually works, sending him into a helpless fury. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2158...

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Trump’s Angry Tirade Over Failing Press Ban Reveals His Achilles’ Heel

Trump is furious that news organizations are fighting back against his vile efforts to punish their colleagues—because collective resistance to his authoritarianism actually works.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What Theodore Roosevelt understood and Franklin Delano Roosevelt perfected is that the President is a creature of the modern media. The attempt by the oligarch to control modern media through CBS and CNN is a product here. This is why a denial to give the SOTU on camera would be a disruption.

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Greg Gabrielse @newtons-third.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

These are the kinds of posts that redeem social media.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026

RNC Chair Joe Gruters: "I don't care what the website says -- Byron is the most pro-Donald Trump member of Congress I think we have right now. What the website says is irrelevant."

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026

Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 23/09/2026

city/state auditors should require an audit of these logs on a scheduled regular basis and filing criminal charges for abuses should be the norm

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I know we're all* numb to this by now, but it really needs to be said that any one of the batshit insane tyrant tweets from our special little boy would've led to swift efforts to remove any other previous president.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026

Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners. Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back. (Published March)

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How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues

The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

So in addition to being a former clerk to SCOTUS Justice Neil Gorsuch, Mike Davis’ lobbying clients include Hewlett Packard and Walmart. Have the CEOs of those companies been asked to “disavow” and “sever their relationships” with Mike Davis?? He is a grotesque racist.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

With Trump unleashing insane tirades against regulating AI, Obama just urged Dems to adopt a comprehensive position on it, warning that failure to act now will be "dangerous." Trump's malevolence has given Dems a big opening. They should seize on it. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2154...

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The Real Reason Obama’s Harsh Warning to Dems About AI Is So Unnerving

Most Democrats have more or less the right position on AI. But their arguments are way too narrow to dramatize the real stakes. They should aim higher.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The reason @standupforscience.net wrote America’s Compact for Higher Education is higher ed has *dramatically failed* to coalesce around a set of shared values in light of Trump’s attacks. This Compact puts the bar on the floor and encourages ANYONE who agrees to join us! TLDR: 11 Affirmations 🧵

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026

Q: On the checks, we have $40t in debt. If your economic policies are working, why do you need an incentive for people to turn out to vote? T: I'm doing it as a reward for having to put up w/Biden Q: You also offered tariff refunds-- TRUMP: Not you Q: And that didn't happen T: You're the worst

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 10/09/2026

my co-worker thomas took this picture on the road last year… and i simply will never stop thinking about it. it's been on my desktop ever since. i open it up every now and then to just ponder the universe. you see why, right?

a photograph to two mostly-identical blue toyota priuses (priii?)… with the EXACT SAME LICENSE PLATE plate on each: 373 HXV.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026

Abdul El-Sayed on an RNC attendee yelling that he should be shot: "Look, I'm a dad with two daughters. And I hope those daughters get to grow up and live with their dad."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026

El-Sayed's elevator pitch is quite compelling

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Home of the Brave is proud to join @votevets.org and The Cultural Landscape Foundation in the effort to educate Americans about the controversy surrounding Trump's proposed 250-ft arch at Memorial Circle and give a voice to the veterans, Gold Star families, historians, and others opposed to it.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

and then they put me on a pickup truck and i gave a speech like you wouldnt believe and randy quaid was there and we had all the pilots and flew up and it was so amazing. i told randy, “randy, fly your plane when the thing opens” and he did and many people say i saved us from the aliens that day

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🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Free to all post up about the Janus Program to build micro-reactors at 5 USA military bases. An intertwining of technofetishism, commercial enrichment, & authoritarian accelerationism. Partly underwritten by secretly rewriting nuclear safety and other regulations. What could go right? #PhDLife

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The Authoritarian and The Reactor | Martin Pfeiffer

Trump Acknowledgment and Statement of Urgency There is no national security (inter alia) so long as we leave Donald Trump et al in power. I

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Inigo Quilez @iquilezles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Distorting space with sine functions #math

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Some congressional Democrats (or their staffers, I guess) follow me on here, so let me speak directly to them: The media isn't going to do this on their own. But if you make it an issue, they might just be shamed into forcing your GOP opponents into discussing the fat racist elephant in the room.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If the media is going to insist that politicians denounce their supporters who make extremist statements, I have a suggestion for someone a bit more important than a Twitch streamer.

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Denouncing Extremists

One of the media's favorite activities is demanding that Democratic politicians denounce individuals on their side who have made extreme statements. This is a pattern that stretches back to the 1992 ...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

JD Vance can rage at Abdul El-Sayed for invoking Usha all he wants, but AES's larger point is 100% correct: JD really has made craven compromises with vicious MAGA racists. For JD to submerge all that to his personal ambition really is disgraceful. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2149...

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What JD Vance’s Eruption of Rage over Usha and El-Sayed Really Reveals

Vance is posing as a chivalrous defender of his wife. What he’s hiding is the craven compromises he’s made with the racist and white nationalist elements within the MAGA coalition.

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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

i do not think that in the final analysis this race is going to be particularly close

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I wrote about Judge Talwani’s decision, issued late Thursday, entering a Temporary Restraining Order that puts Trump’s Executive Order on voting by mail back on hold. And I assess how it will hold up at SCOTUS, because we all know that’s where it’s headed. joycevance.substack.com/p/judge-talw...

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Judge Talwani’s Most Recent Order On Voting By Mail

It’s Long, It’s Complicated, And It’s Definitely Worth Your Time

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026

They disinvented the VCR. You might think that the reason we don't have VCRs anymore is because VCRs were supplanted by DVDs, PVRs and streaming, but that's not the case. They had it in for the VCR from the very start, and they never stopped trying to kill it. Eventually, they succeeded. 1/

A 1960s family living room in which a mom, dad and two kids are mesmerized by a cabinet-style TV. The image has been altered. The TV has an early 1990s VCR atop it. The TV screen is displaying a cross-sectioned human head with brains and spine on display. A huge fist has materialized in the room, with bloody spiked knuckle-dusters, smashing into the VCR. The oil painting over the sofa has been replaced with a pulp image of a male head, its cranium removed and replaced by a dome. Inside the dome is a red eight-segment VCR clock, displaying 12:00. The background in the painting is a tangle of cassette tape. The whole image's colors have been boosted, giving it an overexposed look.

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