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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this is the only political ad that understands the situation
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Adam @oystersands.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I time bomb.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
When he found that the administrators were upset, he laughed. “Do they expect students not to be anarchists?” he said. “What else can the young be? When you are on the bottom, you must organize from the bottom up”
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Spanish Love Songs @spanishlovesongs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Happy Labor Day start or join a union plz
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National Education Association @neatoday.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The largest union in America wasn’t built by asking nicely. This Labor Day, take a walk through the strikes, organizing, solidarity, and collective action that built our union and continue to move us forward: bit.ly/47WXodj
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NEA & the U.S. Labor Movement | NEA
The National Education Association is the largest labor union in the country—when we unite and speak truth to power, we can and have made an enormous impact in our communities.
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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Police were killing people in the streets and have killed more people every year since, and what some are mad about after all these years and police funding still taking up large parts of city budgets, is that they had to use someone’s preferred pronouns. Beyond parody how much of a joke this is.
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
RIP Don Nelson, he retired to Hawai’i to play poker and smoke weed and look like this, he’s literally the goal
Don Nelson looking fucking awesome
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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 03/08/2026
Hopecore
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Alan Cummings’ Traitors Outfits @scryptkeeper.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
✨ COVER REVEAL ✨ Thrilled to share June Jordan’s *Poetry for the People: Expanded Edition*, coming this fall from @haymarketbooks.org with a new foreword by Hanif Abdurraqib and new material by me. Pre-order this summer for 40% off! www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2952-j... #blacksky #booksky
New Cover for the new and expanded 30th Anniversary edition of June Jordan's Poetry for the People: A Revolutionary Blueprint -- updated by Samiya Bashir and with a new foreword by Hanif Aburraqib
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Poet & essayist Walt Whitman, photographed & painted by Thomas Eakins in 1887. Today was Eakins’s day.
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 23/07/2026
The 1908 Queen Anne house in Northwest Portland preserves the second-floor writing room where Ursula K. Le Guin produced her final manuscripts on an Underwood typewriter. mrf.lu/2tSw5
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Adam @oystersands.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"I met her at the Burger King, we fell in love by the soda machine."
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I had forgotten how much light there is in the world, till you gave it back to me.
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
On the language of Homeric Greek, and the language of a certain forthcoming film: here are a few simple observations.
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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 03/07/2026
Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
When people ask me if I have any good stories from when I used to interview rock stars for a living my mind often goes a bit blank, and to be honest a lot of it was quite ordinary and unremarkable, but on the other hand there is this.
24 years ago I was sent to a London pub by a newspaper to interview and drink whisky (no “e” over here) with Lemmy, who was in the band Motorhead and, before that, slightly less famously, Hawkwind and, before that, much less famously, Sam Gopal. We had a good chat: about being from the part of the Midlands north of the River Trent, about books, and about roadying for Hendrix in the mid-60s (him, not me; I was minus nine at the time). When the record company PR sidled over to tell me my time was up, Lemmy waved him away. “No, no, I’m enjoying this,” he said, commandingly. I realised at this point that I had another question I’d been meaning to ask but hadn’t. “Are you scared of anything?” I said to Lemmy. “Nothing,” he replied. Then he paused and frowned for a moment, as if an idea had suddenly occurred to him. “Oh, maybe snakes,” he said. “It’s because they’ve got no shoulders.”
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Trans rights are human rights always and forever.
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Evan Minsker @see-saw.fun · 26/06/2026
This story is about the Kings Road Merch warehouse. Punk artists work there shipping punk merch. Last year, it was acquired by Sony Music. One month ago, workers voted to unionize. On Tuesday, before the first bargaining session, Sony Music announced they’re shuttering the Minneapolis warehouse.
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minneapolis punks voted to unionize a merch warehouse. sony music plans to shut it down.
Kings Road employs punk artists and produces merch for some of the world’s biggest punk bands. The morning of the union’s first day of bargaining, owners Sony Music revealed plans to shutter the workp...
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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Umberto Eco on the value of reading
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
NEW: Seattle might declare a civil emergency to help LGBTQ (mostly trans) people fleeing red states, so I looked for a Texas angle. An organizer told me that Texas is #1 among trans people looking to relocate: "The baseline hostility to their existence is unbearable." www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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So many LGBTQ Texans are moving to this city, it may declare an 'emergency'
Seattle is one of the many places that transgender Texans are resettling after fleeing their home state.
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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This is how Hephaestus receives her when she comes to ask for the armor. Everywhere she goes in that book, she’s honored because of how much help she’s given to everyone.
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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Every time Achilles was sad, he cried for his mom and she came and tried to do whatever she could to console him. And she would use the fact that he was going to die to ask for favors. Once he makes his choice, she doesn’t resist the fate but tries to make him as comfortable as possible before.
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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Zeus even chides Hera for questioning why he would help Thetis. And when she arrives at Hephaestus’ forge, they announce her as a goddess that is beloved in the house. For all the wrath and war of that book, and being about sons and fathers, she’s the heart of it all.
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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
One thing I love so much about the Iliad is how much Thetis does to soothe and protect Achilles while knowing that he was doomed to die. And how the gods, from Zeus to Hephaestus, give her what she asks for because she had taken care of them when they were in need.
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Jeff Weiss @passionweiss.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
A beautiful tribute to Nedra Talley, the last living member of The Ronettes How the iconic girl group formed and recorded "Be My Baby." A short history of 3-part harmony. The madness of Phil Spector. And Nedra's late in life turn to gospel. By DJ Short www.powmag.net/p/the-ronett...
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Remember The Ronettes
On the occasion of Nedra Talley-Ross' death, DJ Short offers an in-depth history of midcentury American music, the three-part harmony, and a group that never got its due.
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 19/06/2023
I wish there would be another Frightened Rabbit record to look forward to. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBdsY_zsv_U…
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Frightened Rabbit - Get Out [Official Video]
'Recorded Songs' EP out now: https://atlanti.cr/recordedsongs2017 tour dates on sale here: http://smarturl.it/FRShowsFollow Frightened Rabbit here: Twitter: ...
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Anarchism’s principal target is the authoritarian State (capitalist or socialist); its principal moral-practical theme is cooperation (solidarity, mutual aid).
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters
All you do is take all the sex out, and use little short words, and little dumb ideas, and don't be too scary, and be sure there's a happy ending. Right? Nothing to it. Write down. Right on.

If you do all that, you might even write Jonathan Livingston Seagull and make twenty billion dollars and have every adult in America reading your book.

But you won't have every kid in America reading your book. They will look at it, and they will see straight through it, with their clear, cold, beady little eyes, and they will put it down, and they will go away. Kids will devour vast amounts of garbage (and it is good for them) but they are not like adults: they have not yet learned to eat plastic.
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
AI is never going to break your heart and most of these dunce geniuses aren’t human enough to even understand why that’s something you should want.
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 22/04/2026
The Portland Association of Teachers and Asian garment workers have launched a campaign seeking funds for public education and better factory pay.
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Oregon teachers, Nike factory workers demand higher taxes and wages
The Portland Association of Teachers and Asian garment workers have launched a campaign seeking funds for public education and better factory pay.
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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
And the iceberg broke/and the Okies fled/and the Great Emancipator took a bullet in the back of the head… Happy Ruination Day to all who celebrate!
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Gillian Welch - April The 14th (Part 1)
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
When he found that the administrators were upset, he laughed. “Do they expect students not to be anarchists?” he said. “What else can the young be? When you are on the bottom, you must organize from the bottom up”
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 10/04/2026
Bruce the band perform "Purple Rain" in honor of "The Maestro" Prince for the opening night of the Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 31, 2026. Filmed by Chris Hilson Edited by Thom Zimny & Sam Shapiro Recorded by John Cooper Mixed by Jon Altschiller
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Purple Rain (Live From Minneapolis)
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
To make a thief, make an owner; to create crime, create laws.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
It's always easier not to think for oneself. Find a nice safe hierarchy and settle in. Don't make changes, don't risk disapproval, don't upset your syndics. It's always easiest to let yourself be governed.
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Talia al Ghoul 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Holy shit these two photos from Artemis II that were shared just a bit ago.
Picture taken from inside Integrity at the window looking at Earth.A full picture taken from Integrity looking at the half-disc of Earth surrounded by space.
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Thoughts of dog @dog-feelings.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
today. i wasn’t a very good dog april fools. I was so good
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 31/03/2026
Travel writer Rick Steves on Washington's newly signed "Millionaires Tax"
Text from a Rick Steves post on Facebook:
"A Millionaires Tax? Let’s Try Shared Prosperity! 
A new tax on fat paychecks like mine was just signed into law in my home state — and I like it. In 2029, Washington state will start collecting a 9.9% tax on income over $1 million. The 8,000,000 Washingtonians whose households make less than a million dollars a year will pay zero under this new tax and enjoy all the benefits of a better-funded state. And for the wealthy (like me and an estimated 30,000 others), every million dollars in taxable income that our households earn after the first million will cost us about $100,000.
It takes a lot of money to run a state that’s as livable as ours. Yet Washington is one of only nine states that don’t currently levy a traditional income tax. Our state is still funded by consumption taxes, such as sales and excise taxes, giving us the second-most regressive tax code in the country. (Only Florida has us beat.) And it’s time for Washington millionaires to pay our fair share.
Right about now, Republicans reading this are queuing up in the comments to holler their well-worn excuses: A state income tax will penalize, and therefore demoralize, Washington state’s job creators! Letting the rich get richer results in more wealth trickling down! Wealthy people will flee your state for those with more regressive taxation! (Since California and Oregon already have a comparable tax, that would be distant lands like Texas, Tennessee, and Nevada.) 
As a wealthy person myself, I see this tax as essentially free money for all Washingtonians. Everybody in my state gains. And speaking from personal experience, I know that anyone who earns enough to be subject to this tax is beyond the point where consuming more adds to their security, their well-being, or even, arguably, their happiness — meaning there will be basically zero human cost."Text from Rick Steves Facebook post:
"If you disagree, consider the minuscule impact this tax will have on my state’s millionaires. Now, contrast that with the value of close to $4 billion a year in tax revenue once it’s smartly invested in programs that will help the roughly one-third of Washington households living paycheck to paycheck. 
For those who still aren’t convinced, here’s a lesson I’ve learned in my travels: Even if you’re motivated only by greed, if you know what’s good for you, you don’t want to be filthy rich in a society with a huge gap between rich and poor. It’s just not a nice place to raise your kids. And remember: Shrouds have no pockets…especially if you’re a multimillionaire with no heart for your neighbors.
Plus, helping build a better community for you and your neighbors just…feels good. I learned this firsthand back in 2011, when — after years of receiving a Bush-era tax break for the wealthy that I didn’t need — I noticed that to pay for that tax cut, public funding for community programs and institutions was being decimated. Recognizing the practical value of investing my tax savings in my community, I’ve donated $100,000 a year to our local arts center and symphony ever since, covering concert hall rental costs for our volunteer orchestra and much more. Paying a “self-imposed wealth tax” and knowing I’m helping my entire community has brought me great joy for 15 years and counting. It’s far from heroic…but it is a little lonely."Text from Rick Steves Facebook post:
"The “millionaires tax” that Governor Bob Ferguson signed into law today will make our state better than ever — not just for the working class and poor, but for everyone who values a healthy and sustainable future. And for us millionaires who are enlightened enough to realize that we’ve reached a point where consuming more won’t make us genuinely happier, it just feels right to pay a little extra. For me, it’s biblical (“To whom much is given, much will be required”)… It’s European (after all, societies that are equitably funded are much more “content” than ours)… And — for those of us with a heart for the public good — it’s simply common sense. 
Sign me up!"
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Adam @oystersands.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Thousands of people march onto the Steel Bridge in Portland in the No Kings protest near a row of Cherry Blossoms in full bloom.Protester holding a sign with images spelling out “America bombed a school for oil.”
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Big John @dcbigjohn.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
my god this is amazing
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Shoe-per Intelligence @shoe.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
It is a weakness of our system that the murder of 160 schoolchildren does not result in an immediate dissolution of the government.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 10/03/2026
“The indispensability of a liberal education is the freedom from being tied to the zeitgeist of one’s age or situation to love what is true, good, and beautiful, and to be initiated into the world while cultivating a love for it.” www.liberalcurrents.com/upholding-li...
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Upholding Liberal Education
Love of the world, not meaningless tests, must be the heart of liberal education.
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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Anyway open.substack.com/pub/somethin...
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
republicans have literally made everything worse and harder and more terrible over the course of my entire life and somehow* they keep coming back to power bc of our feckless corporate press and a weak willed opposition 😒 *sob
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
just thinking about how USAID was dismantled under the rationale of cost savings but there's an unlimited budget for war
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Oregon Capital Chronicle @oregoncapitalchronicle.com · 03/03/2026
Members of Oregon’s largest teachers union will not endorse any of the current candidates for governor, including incumbent Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek.
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Oregon’s largest teachers union will not endorse any current candidates for governor • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The Oregon Education Association in 2022 endorsed then-candidate Tina Kotek for governor, but members recently voted not to endorse her again.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I think if I'd gotten away with attempting a coup, suffered no consequences for it, then won an election four years later, got away with executing citizens in the streets and foreigners in boats, and successfully abducted a head of state, I too might think I could just bomb my way to regime change
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