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Paula Weston

@paulacweston.bsky.social
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I teach, I write, I occasionally abuse a ukulele. Recently referred to as "radical left faculty." I post about gardening and sports culture and my tragic love of the Buffalo Bills. Detroit Red Wings fan. There will be cat photos. She/Her. Opinions my own.

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Paula Weston @paulacweston.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I haven't been in forever. That is something I need to rectify. I exercised some hockey-writing muscles tonight with a little Substack about Dylan Larkin's Red Wings presser today. (I can't sit still during a Bills game.) paulacweston.substack.com/p/larkins-ne...
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Larkin’s New Role: Just One of the Guys
The former captain contends with inquiry and injury at the start of Red Wings training camp
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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
We’re all good cats here. Things can be hard but even so, we are doing great at being good cats
an orange cat is intensely sleepy while snuggling a person
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Paula Weston @paulacweston.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Have not been active here for quite a while and I'm hoping to rectify that -- I'm always hoping to rectify that. Just a shoutout to everyone here who keeps the faith in, well, everything. Love to you all. 😘❤️
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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Sincerely love that the chuds think this is all based on folks in Minnesota reading the works of Uncle Ho, rather than being built on the same social structures that organize the annual spaghetti fundraiser
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has issued a warning about license plate tampering and has launched a reporting hotline to address the issue.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Whether it’s conservatives complaining about a redesign of Cracker Barrel’s across the country, or liberals complaining about President Trump bulldozing the East Wing of the White House, it’s clear both sides are engaged in a new political battleground over architecture and design
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Extreme Michigan @extrememichigan.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Michiganders need to decide what they will do when the military is deployed in Michigan streets with the full throated support of fascists like @RepMattHall & @matthewmaddock. @dananessel is preparing. www.wemu.org/michigan-new...
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Nessel says state needs to prepare for National Guard troops
The Michigan Attorney General says the state needs to get ready in case President Donald Trump tries to send national guard troops here. Colin Jackson has more.
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Paula Weston @paulacweston.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
My first feature of the season for USCHO! We've moved away from weekly conference columns to free up writers to explore topics related to the conferences they cover. Big help from @b1ghockey.bsky.social, Notre Dame and Minnesota hockey. www.uscho.com/2025/10/15/t...
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Paula Weston @paulacweston.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I had to protect my Twitter account today. There are strange things afoot at my day job, so I locked it down. Fascism is real.
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Paula Weston @paulacweston.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Hey, I know the world is dealing with big, serious issues right now, but I try to find joy where I can -- and writing this preview of Big Ten hockey (@b1ghockey.bsky.social) for USCHO brought me big joy. www.uscho.com/2025/09/29/b...
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Big Ten 2025-26 Men’s Hockey Season Preview: Are odds in conference's favor of finally bringing home a national championship? - College Hockey | USCHO.com
Let’s go to Vegas, baby. The 2026 Frozen Four will be played in T-Mobile Arena, home of the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights, and wouldn’t any team from the Big
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Anthony Allen Pollreisz @anthonyallenp.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
First USCHO poll of the season. MSU in third, Western on top.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
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"How" @myoneandonlykat.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
My dream is for it to happen like it does to vampires. When the leader kicks the bucket, the rest of them burst into flames.
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
These US military mobilizations combined w/federal law enforcement deployments in LA, now in DC, & potentially elsewhere aren't intended to fix anything. They're intended to normalize Trump & his team's authoritarianism & give Stephen Miller the tinglies. 15/
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/08/2025
Newsom: "He doesn't play by a different set of rules. He doesn't believe in the rules. As a consequence, we need to disabuse ourselves of the way things have been done. It's not enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil, talk about way the world should be...we have got to meet fire w/fire"
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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
yet we can’t fund public schools
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
they fired people contributing to cancer research
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Paula Weston @paulacweston.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Dipping in for a moment -- and I'm sorry good people that I'm not here more often. I've dialed it back on social media this summer because I reached a sort of personal bandwidth limit. Just needing to recharge for the months ahead. Love and light to all. ❤️
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 14/07/2025
Boy, if only someone would have told Epstein everything was fake and a creation of Obama and the CIA and deep state, he wouldn’t have had to take his own life or have it taken by imaginary people
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𝔾𝕦𝕒𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝔻𝕒𝕧𝕖 🥑 @davidtaylornyc.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
I'm not sure how bonbons were considered so good they got two bons
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Carl Cecere @carlcecere.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
This Fourth of July, I’m celebrating the fact that this fledgling nation has put off tyrants before, and fought enemies both foreign and domestic.
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Matt Chatham @chatham58.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
They chose “fuck them poor people” w/ a big side of “especially the brown ones” as their policy. Masks off, cool. Now the job of every opposition-minded person in the USA is to make sure those affected understand & vote accordingly. Like their life depends on it. Winning comes down to COMMUNICATION
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Paula Weston @paulacweston.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
This is an absolute gift.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 04/07/2025
Nation Sets Off Fireworks To Commemorate Surviving Another Day
Nation Sets Off Fireworks To Commemorate Surviving Another Day
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/07/2025
Wow! France gifted her to us, and now they’ve captured what so many Americans are feeling on Independence Day. The values the Statue of Liberty stood for are no more. 📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
on the last day of the United States, when this country has finally descended into civil war, i will do a thread on how to dress for summer
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Paula Weston @paulacweston.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
🧵On the 249th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress, here are some men in my family tree who served in the Continental Army. 1/
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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Paula Weston @paulacweston.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Wow! Me too! And on the same day!
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Normally, I’m critical of Murkowski getting more hate than her male colleagues when she votes for bad legislation. Not in this case. She flat out said this bill sucks and she still voted for it. I know she’s hoping the House bails her out, but this is unconscionable.
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El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
Laura Loomer‘s tweet: Alligator lives matter. The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now.
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Paula Weston @paulacweston.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Okay, I'm crowdsourcing here. We have an outdoor spigot we're trying to repair. I have had no luck finding info that we need. We replaced the bottom washer, which fixed that leak. It leaks from the top still, and we can't get the handle off. Ideas? Original to house, 1958.
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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 02/07/2025
Well, that's something I know now.
Artistic rendering of the solar system with the caption:
On July 2, 2025 we cross the year's middling, & 2050 becomes closer than 2000. Let that sink in.
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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The Corporations Quietly Buying Up Altadena I combed through public records to uncover who’s been scooping up burned lots in and around the L.A. community—and it’s not your neighbor. www.dwell.com/article/corp...
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The Corporations Quietly Buying Up Altadena
I combed through public records to uncover who’s been scooping up burned lots in and around the L.A. community—and it’s not your neighbor.
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Paula Weston @paulacweston.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
This is the post that got me thrown in Twitter jail today for "violent speech." No regrets.
A tweet directed at VP Vance that reads, "You are a depraved individual, and I hope the hell of your personal belief system is waiting for you upon your death."
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Erik Linstrum @eriklinstrum.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
More than 100 UVA faculty (and counting) have signed an open letter condemning political interference in the university. The forced installation of a new president under these circumstances will cast a shadow on teaching and research. Read here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Open Letter on Academic Freedom at UVA
Open Letter from Members of the Faculty of the University of Virginia In light of reporting that officials at the Department of Justice are pressuring University of Virginia President Jim Ryan to re...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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Paula Weston @paulacweston.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
I mowed the back yard yesterday and went to the Mott Community College Board of Trustees meeting to remind our MAGA-majority board that faculty are not the enemy of the College. I also had some wine on the patio after dark. (Booze is a rarity now.) Each of these was an act of resistance. #Resist
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Paula Weston @paulacweston.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
I know everything in the U.S. is going to shit and today we're mourning so many things following Friday's SCOTUS decision, but there is hockey and, therefore, joy. USCHO's coverage of NCAA players and commits in the 2025 NHL draft. #HockeySky #NHLDraft www.uscho.com/ncaa-player-...
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NCAA player rankings, selections in 2025 NHL Draft
NCAA players or players committed to NCAA teams who have appeared in the final Central Scouting rankings for the June 27-28, 2025, NHL Draft.
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Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Justice Sotomayor dissenting on birthright citizenship case: "The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/06/2025
We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
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Paula Weston @paulacweston.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Unpopular take: this should not be normalized.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process. But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things. That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
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Brad Lander: "I'll keep coming back to court, week after week"
YouTube video by Brad Lander for NYC
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Paula Weston @paulacweston.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
There as still so much work to do out here after last year's Summer of Cancer Stupidity, but yesterday I pressure-washed the outdoor rugs (which were disgusting) and RJ put up the shades. It's lovely in our messy garden space. I am grateful.
View of a backyard from a patio. There are big trees, a green lawn, some potted flowers, some patio furniture, sun shades, and outdoor rugs.
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