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Phil Mayes

@philmayes.com
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Writes about relationships, programs in Python, and foretells the future. philmayes.substack.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Paying expensive healthcare premiums but never using the insurance is a odd way to commit fraud.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Susan Collins is a crook. Trump covered up for her. ProPublica has the story.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fascinating study which shows that at a fundamental level the brain is two separate organs, essentially the brain stem is one and the rest of the brain (forebrain and midbrain) are another. Distinct from the beginning both in formation and evolutionary history. med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
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Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
They lied during their Senate confirmation hearings. They should be impeached; lying constitutes perjury and/or high crimes and misdemeanors.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Don't confuse "wealth" with "super-wealth". The wealthy already pay their fair share because their wealth generally comes from earnings. But the super-wealthy pay nothing because they earn very little on paper. They instead make money with their money — which isn't taxed because we only tax earnings
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The horror has come to our city: ICE has shot a person in Austin this morning. As the facts emerge, I am demanding a full, independent investigation, immediate release of the body camera footage, and accountability for any ICE officer who broke the law.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I hope this has the same effect that Trump trying to squash Jimmy Kimmel's interview with James Talarico had: Bring attention to it and then release it to YouTube where it will get a *much* bigger audience.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
When you sell out your soul for money from a tour that will no longer sell out because of that . . .
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory self-regulated.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Snowflakes and Petals of Influence NYT Chooses to Ignore emptywheel.net/2026/09/08/t...
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The Snowflakes and Petals of Influence NYT Chooses to Ignore - emptywheel
The lessons about why NYT won't report on a good policy news apply even to us old-school bloggers.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Guess how much the minimum wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/09/2026
worth tying this into the political economy of the slave south as well. from roughly the 1820s onwards, slavery became enormously lucrative in ways that had never been seen before. slave traders became millionaires. large planters had tremendous purchasing power. just huge amounts of wealth.
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#Denmark built so much wind that some blustery hours the turbines out-produce what the whole country is using. When that happens, the extra power doesn’t sit idle. It moves through Denmark’s links into the wider European network and heads to neighbors like Germany, Norway, Sweden. #ActOnClimate
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The ultra-wealthy keep trying to pit the rest of us against each other with scare tactics ("communists!" "men in the ladies room!!" "brown people!!!" "drag queens!!!!") to keep us from noticing that our real problem is THEM. They want us to fight *any* war—except a class war. Happy Labor Day.
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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/09/2026
BREAKING: Democratic Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton was attacked by an armed individual who lunged at her during a campaign event at the Canfield Fair near Youngstown. 1/
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bluevoter24.bsky.social @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Finally! That's what I'm talking about! #politics
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The USPS whistleblower is a hero among heroes. Your initiative and courage are appreciated beyond words.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of concealing from a federal judge its efforts to implement key parts of President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order before November’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump administration is ‘hiding’ efforts to implement anti-mail voting order, Democrats tell court
Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of concealing from a federal judge its efforts to implement key parts of the president's anti-mail voting executive order.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
Any sweeping systemic change you want to make in the United States has to begin with adding seats to the Supreme Court in 2029. No major reform bill will survive the current court. No civil rights law, no anti-corruption law, no wealth tax, nothing.
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Guilty as charged.
Comic of mother and son talking to teacher 

"Your son was caught applying logic to another child's core beliefs."
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
US media: Why in the world are people voting for democratic socialists? Financial Times: “US corporate profits have hit a record high while workers’ slice of the pie has sunk to historic lows.”
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Phil Mayes @philmayes.com · 27/08/2026
This is not a democracy European voters demand climate ​action, but politicians are unwilling to take the actions required.
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​W​hy are European leaders staying silent after our summer of climate shock?
Lethal temperatures ​and wildfires have exposed a widening gulf between voters demanding ​action and politicians unwilling to confront the long-term choices global heating requires
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Well, the Trump administration’s EPA found a simple way to stop hearing from the public just eliminate the requirement to ask them. The EPA is scrapping public notice and comment requirements for air pollution permits on new data centers and the power plants needed to run them.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 24/08/2026
"ICE tactics, already sadistic, are looking increasingly like torture," writes @judith-levine.bsky.social. "The slim avenues to legal recourse and the refusal of transparency or accountability by the perpetrators of de jure and de facto torture are driving detainees to desperate measures..."
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ICE’s tactics look increasingly like torture | Judith Levine
Plans for gloves that can deliver electric shocks underline the homeland security department’s sadistic practices
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If Dems take back the House, Hakeem Jeffries must not become Speaker. The Dem Party, the entire country, needs a Speaker who will meet this moment. By meeting with Jared Kushner, Jeffries proved he cannot meet this moment. Give this a read.👇 socialcontractwithjoewalsh.substack.com/p/hakeem-jef...
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Hakeem Jeffries Must Not Become Speaker
This Week’s Monday Missive
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Phil Mayes @philmayes.com · 25/08/2026
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In Your Relationships, It’s Less What You Talk About Than How You Talk About It
After our time apart, we both had a revelation
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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Huge step by Arizona to get money out of politics 💸 Arizona Supreme Court "parted ways with the U.S. Supreme Court’s analysis in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, concluding that corporate campaign contributions are not a form of protected expression under the state constitution"
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Arizona Charts New Path for the Right to Speak Freely
In upholding an election disclosure law, the Arizona Supreme Court departed from the U.S. Supreme Court's framework for evaluating free speech claims.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/08/2026
Hanging? We need to call this what it is: LYNCHING. Ten Black Americans in less than two years. Every one of these deaths deserves answers, transparency, and scrutiny. No one should look at these images and expect Black Americans to shrug this off, especially in light of our history.
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is what civil rights advocates did back in the day. 🏴👇🏾
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Oops!
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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
#RiseAndResist with the most patriotic wisdom in American history: "The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance." --Thomas Paine 🦅 🇺🇸
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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I wonder why 90 days. Couldn’t be because the midterms are in… 74 days, right? Right? Apparently communist price controls are fine when you’re trying to get votes. Who knew?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
LEFT: Man who raped his own grandson. RIGHT: Man who wants to have sex with his own daughter. These are not well people.
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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Let me get this right? There’s been a massive number of lynchings in the US over the past year and we are not hearing about this from the NYT, WaPo, LA Times, or any other major outlet? Can we get @propublica.org to cover this?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.
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Dr. Dave @drdave1999.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I wasn’t at all surprised by the behavior of the demented madman Americans insisted on making President, but I was horrified and sickened by the extraordinary and indescribable cowardice displayed by Kristen Holmes’ fellow WH correspondents. Every one of them should be jobless.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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Phil Mayes @philmayes.com · 16/08/2026
Writing our posts together is a form of introspection that has been good for both of us.
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We’ve Written About Relationships Every Week for 15 Years — Here’s What it Did for Us
The very process of sitting down and discussing what we did this week is probably a large contribution to sustaining our relationship
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MadAsHell-NeverTrumper 🌊💙🌈 @janl99.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
#Pathetic
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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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2028 Blue Wave 🌊🌊💙 🇺🇸 @2028-bluewave.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This should be much bigger news.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Oh look, the “fiscal conservatives” are running the government again.
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Phil Mayes @philmayes.com · 13/08/2026
If corporations are people, I demand prison sentences (i.e. they cannot work and make money) when they cause harm to other people.
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