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Owen Storey

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Cryptid Caelus @caemck.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
omg kitty hi meme with mayor mamdani
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Yes, intersectionality is complicated! Stay safe out there
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
You're right! I agree that that term is dismissive and dehumanizing and we shouldn't really use it. This is a bit pedantic, but in this particular case, it's more about society's view on the legitimacy of *blended* families rather than the staffer dismissing LGBTQ+ relationships generally imo
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
My understanding was that the child was from a previous marriage and the dad passed away a few years ago. Pls correct me if that is misinformation (tho it's arguably none of our business), but if it's true then it's a little more understandable why this staffer framed it that way
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The time for state police to arrest the ICE agent is yesterday. You may still be able to do it now. Once that's done, start investigating those who participated in the cover-up.
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tweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 08/01/2026
It is impossible to overestimate how thoroughly US infra is owned. CISA, an excellent idea, was the _start_ of trying to fix it. Now it’s an empty shell at best.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
hate it when the trump administration’s killing civilians abroad agenda is temporarily overshadowed by its shooting civilians domestically programs
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis. Say bad things are bad.
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Congresswoman Robin Kelly @robinkelly.house.gov · 08/01/2026
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy. She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 09/06/2025
ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment. Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
If Dems aren't throwing fireballs and making this into the biggest story ever, dump all of them. If any piece of shit in office talks about lowering costs instead of "Trump is taking over countries and ice is killing Americans on the street," they're in on it. And let em know if it's your Rep or Sen
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I think something I've struggled with is that ethnic/racial prejudice seems to be something that is ubiquitous in every historical human society, so how much of it is the system itself versus natural human behavior, but I think you're spot on that we need an explicitly anti-racist polity
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Great piece, definitely helped me conceptualize the relationship between white supremacy and other ideological considerations
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
This isn't to say the flaws in the system aren't a huge issue, or that the system doesn't perpetuate the racist, antidemocratic ideology, but I am skeptical that any democratic system can work effectively when a third of the population doesn't believe in democracy
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Plus, once the Confederates got back into power, they were able to develop a simulacrum of the previous status quo despite structural changes explicitly designed to stop that. Which suggests that the obstructionism is more of an obstacle than the flawed system, imo
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
13/14A weren't perfect, but they were a huge step towards a more egalitarian society! And yes, they were only able to pass once the obstructionist party was stripped of power.
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Regardless of how you decide to compare them on a moral basis, there is a meaningful and distinct difference between a party that has a platform of white supremacy and one that doesn't think the government should do anything ever
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
This is kind of the core of the point, right? Even though white supremacy has had a massive influence on the structure of the US political system, previous generations were still able to pass things like the 13th amendment or the Civil Rights act, which are both unimaginable in the modern era
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
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Ben Jacobs @benjacobs.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
INBOX: Statement from Senator Kelly
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/01/2026
yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Two Aliens Looking At Bluesky
4 panel comic

Panel 1: 
A Green Alien and a Pink Alien watch Bluesky on a monitor aboard their spaceship
Green Alien says “Some of them are arguing about a war. And some of them are arguing about a cartoon dog with boobs”

Panel 2:
Pink Alien replies, “So this is happening in two separate dimensions”

Panel 3:
Green Alien says, “No. In the same dimension. At the same time.

Panel 4: 
Pink Alien: “Fuckin what”
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Bluesky is a furry app, apparently
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Cezary Jan Strusiewicz @ostrichson.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
The wisdom of Mr. Rogers is eternal:
Mr. Rogers: Even though machines might move or sound like they're talking, they don't have feelings.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I think the most straightforward framing that captures the severity of the situation is that the government of the United States has been seized by a mad authoritarian regime not meaningfully distinct from Putin or Kim or, well, Maduro, and its members must be brought to harsh justice
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alexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
god, grant me the serenity of a stupid asshole in congress
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Nah, Rubio is obviously gunning for President of Cuba
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Right, so shouldn't we get Dems who actually blame Republicans rather than saying "well, they have a point"
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Why would not having the votes matter? Isn't signaling a morally just position a good thing?
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Brendan O’Kane @bokane.org · 03/01/2026
grim posthumous scenario i had not previously considered: you post a picture of the missile headed straight for you, and are memorialized by a bunch of random assholes complaining about alt text
A Bluesky user based in Venezuela posted 'I live near a military air base and five earth-shaking explosions were just heart.' 
User @thenordic.bsky.social (a random asshole) replied 'was it too hard for you to to [sic] add a link?' along with a link to an AP piece. Quick, don't look, what do you think the odds are that this user responded gracefully to being told that OP was on the ground and reporting firsthand?
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
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Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Star Trek The Original Series scene. We're in a corridor on the Enterprise. Two non series regular crew members are standing behind Spock in a bodyguard stance. (Tough guy bodyguard vibe, not Kevin Coster/Whitney Houston bodyguard vibe). Spock is wearing a dress uniform with extra flair, medals, and pins, a golden sash, and has a goatee. He's looking at Kirk, who seems a bit cocky and is wearing a glittery fancy gold sleeveless uniform. Closed caption reads, "Terror must be maintained or the empire is doomed."
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
my plan to get this country back on track consists of one bullet point: i propose we stop pretending stupid people arent stupid just because theyre loud and theres a lot of them
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Leftists 20 years ago: it’s bad to invade a sovereign country for flimsy reasons and no plan to avoid monstrous ramifications Leftists today: it’s bad to invade a sovereign country for flimsy reasons and no plan to avoid monstrous ramifications It’s like they don’t even see their hypocrisy 🙄🙄🙄
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
We really need to end the American policy of not sending people to the Hague
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Jimmy Garoppolo is the 3rd best QB of all time
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
The point being, given that all these places have significantly different political and economic conditions, any good model has to explain why this massive change in behavior and sentiment occurred in all these places at the same time, and a slow burn theory doesn't make sense for that
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Just to roll with the analogy here, if you start baking 5 cakes at 5 different times and they all catch on fire at the same time, there's a problem beyond "you put them in the oven," and saying ovens themselves are why the cakes burned doesn't really make any sense
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
If Zohran Mamdani was really a socialist he would wear a potato sack and only eat cold cans of beans. Let me know when Mr. Mayor is serious about the movement.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 02/01/2026
Man Spends Whole Day Dreading Fun Activity He Signed Up For theonion.com/man-spends-whole-day-d…
Man Spends Whole Day Dreading Fun Activity He Signed Up For
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New York City Council @council.nyc.gov · 01/01/2026
okay go to bed now
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 31/12/2025
Our 2nd most-read piece of 2025 is by the forever funny @mikedrucker.bsky.social, and we have no idea what he was getting at here, but it seemed to have struck a nerve with many, many readers.
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Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the City
It’s so easy to label people these days. From the way folks have been talking, you’d think everyone falls into two buckets: those who voted against...
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Whenever we're out of this shit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should be built into an absolutely nightmare bureaucratic goliath. Increase the original funding by a million times and hire thousands of staffers trying to fuck shit up for business.
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
And somehow they might be 3rd in the division 😭😭😭
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
It would probably be the Rams in that case, right? Rams at 13-4 and Seahawks and Niners at 12-4-1
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Owen Storey @orstorey.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
I'm confused why you're going after him for being "irrational," when he pretty clearly explained the logic. Is your issue that you don't understand his logic, or do you think that no one should express frustration at bad behavior if they don't know the transgressor personally?
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 24/12/2025
Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social. I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI. A few thoughts for your consideration...
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Seriously, Musk’s decision to gut moderation was understood to be a disaster, and now a lot of the people who migrated here to escape it are.. arguing we don’t need moderation, because they rule the roost.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 23/12/2025
A thread of questions for @rweingarten.bsky.social and the @aft.org, who are celebrating their partnership with OpenAI and Anthropic to push "A.i." onto teachers and students.
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