Reposted by Lydia PolgreenRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 17hTime for this classic again. 123128714365
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 21hThis is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 4629201031
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenDavid Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only Once www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/o...nytimes.comOpinion | There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only Once (Gift Article)The film that makes a powerful statement without ever raising its voice. 0157
Reposted by Lydia Polgreenjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026this is legitimately very funny 83124621877
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenChristopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026clicked to read about political ad spends on anti-trans shit, ended up reading something quickly beautiful/profound about hope seemingly against all odds lol, by @katelynburns.com www.burnsnotice.com/we-may-have-...burnsnotice.comWe May Have Just Seen the Tides Turn on Trans RightsSome conservative PACs have backed off from running anti-trans ads. Is this a sign of what's to come for trans people? 49727
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I gasped! The Mighty Sparrow has left us. One of the most important and popular Calypsonians to ever do it! Songs filled political fire, irreverence, humor, naughty (very, very naughty) banter, and beats that make you wind your waist! Rest in Power, Sparrow. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/a...nytimes.comThe Mighty Sparrow, Trinidadian Titan of Calypso, Is Dead at 91He was sometimes described as the last of the true calypso singers. But in fact he simultaneously preserved calypso tradition and invented it anew. 261085212
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenMore Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@aoc.bsky.social: The best thing that we can do to rein in runaway costs at private institutions is by having tuition free public colleges and universities. “For anyone who wants to say that that’s pie in the sky and unrealistic… this is literally what baby boomers gave themselves.” 291198268
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenKurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Note to @saturdaynightlive.bsky.social producers: please write Natalie Harp into sketches as often as possible because Ashley Padilla plays her brilliantly, and please cast someone other than Ramy Youssef as Zohran Mamdani. 7528
Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Primetime was ok - Pattinson's campy performance is creepy fun, the script felt a little muddled to me. Merritt Wever, however, gave an otherworldly performance that felt transported from a far better movie. 4301
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Rough day for Susan Collins in the local Maine press, where ProPublica's bombshell story is the lead story. 2434958991
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.nytimes.comF.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan CollinsThe inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials. 24982223343
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenDavid Nir @davidnir.com · 16/09/2026Everything's falling into place 1303473651
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Elon Musk: 20+ years here, hates American culture and most Americans, constantly undermines our multi-racial democracy as part of his obsession to restore the Apartheid of his foreign youth, says non-white people can't assimilate Malala Yousafzai: visits Philly once, instantly adopts local customs 695177847
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenNick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This guy is an energy pricing expert. Currently chief energy advisor at Gulf, long time contributor to various NPR shows. Incredibly distressing. 602109420
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Effort to Break Vote By Mail Before Midterms talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...talkingpointsmemo.comSupreme Court Rejects Trump’s Effort to Break Vote By Mail Before MidtermsThe Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s bid to take unprecedented control... 1438856
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 14/09/2026JUST IN: Mitch McConnell says he'll be back in the Senate today and will cast his first vote since June. 73712
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Here's a gift link to my 9/11 essay in the NYT. Civil libertarians long warned that before giving government new powers, we should consider how an administration with authoritarian ambition might abuse them. We were told that America was too exceptional to elect such a person. Well here we are.nytimes.comOpinion | Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened. (Gift Article)The civil libertarians’ warnings have come true. 571924740
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Amy Acton, Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate, was attacked at a campaign event; multiple people reportedly injuredwlwt.comAmy Acton attacked at campaign event near Youngstown; multiple people reportedly injuredAmy Acton was reportedly attacked at a campaign event near Youngstown on Sunday. 841757700
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/09/2026NEW: An armed individual lunged at Democratic candidate for Ohio governor Dr. Amy Acton while she was at the Canfield Fair in Mahoning County, resulting in the injuries of multiple people who were nearby. A suspect is in custody. www.wlwt.com/article/amy-...wlwt.comAmy Acton attacked at campaign event near Youngstown; multiple people reportedly injuredAmy Acton was reportedly attacked at a campaign event near Youngstown on Sunday. 29352591966
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 04/09/2026‘By July, our tent had become almost impossible to live in. As soon as the sun rose, the fabric trapped the heat, turning the small space into an oven. We decided to get a new tent.’ Hassan Ayman Herzallah reports from Gaza: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...lrb.co.ukHassan Ayman Herzallah | No AddressBy July, our tent had become almost impossible to live in. As soon as the sun rose, the fabric trapped the heat, turning... 061
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenEllie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem 10385231963
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026What Pablo Torre did was ridiculously impressive. Uncovered a conspiracy between rich guys, withstood a propaganda campaign by one of the richest guys in the world with a pretty good reputation, didn't buckle or panic, and just kept reporting. That's some Pulitzerin' right there. 147142272077
Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026One thing i can’t help but notice is none of the supposedly anti-Semitic left has rallied to John Galliano’s defense. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/s...nytimes.comHow the Met’s Galliano Show Fell Apart (Gift Article)Anna Wintour put her full power and prestige behind a designer convicted of an antisemitic hate crime. Behind the scenes, influential New Yorkers revolted. 39911
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026newrepublic.com/article/2150...newrepublic.comGood Riddance, Seth Moulton: You Got What You DeservedThe congressman who got drubbed by Ed Markey on Tuesday tried to distance himself from the base. That just doesn’t work anymore. 271721246
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenDave Lee @davelee.me · 02/09/2026Milo hasn’t changed his mind about anything. His position has always been: I will say and do whatever it takes for you to talk about me. 2806
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 02/09/2026"It is difficult to overstate the failure of the transphobic strategy." (from December 2025) www.liberalcurrents.com/trans-panic-...liberalcurrents.comTrans Panic? More Like Trans Apathetic2025 shows trans rights aren't electoral poison. The truth? Most people just don't care that much. 09317
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenBenjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 01/09/2026“Carl Ruby, a Springfield pastor, said he was struggling to make sense of Bel’s untimely death. ‘I know that I’m a pastor and I’m supposed to be forgiving,’ he said. ‘But right now as I sit with a broken family, I’m crying out to God for righteous judgment in those who made this happen.’” 9985271
Reposted by Lydia Polgreenjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/09/2026the fact that the papers of supreme court justices are treated as their personal property is outrageous www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...nytimes.comHow the Supreme Court Locks Away Its Own History (Gift Article)After Justice Scalia died, the justices held private negotiations about locking away their papers. We may not see the ultimate record of the Roberts court for decades. 9055701401
Reposted by Lydia Polgreenjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 31/08/2026the retconning is to support the argument that "trump won in 2024 because of anti-woke." but other than some nebulous "vibe shift" and the prominence of a few podcasters, there is vanishingly little hard evidence for this claim. 582683468
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenMikell Taylor @mikell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Fun fact, you do not actually have to use 9/11 to frame discussion about every single Muslim American in 2026. You can simply choose to treat them as different unrelated topics, because they are. Hope this helps, media! 731856291
Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Democrats have an identity politics problem, but it’s not the one you think. I wrote about how Dem leaders use identity as both crutch and cudgel, and how there’s a better way. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Democrats Have an Identity Politics Problem. Just Not the One You Think. (Gift Article)Instead of rallying around their candidates, Democrats are falling out among themselves. 33412
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 25/08/2026‘Trump’s vice president was a writer before he was a politician, and brought a writer’s vices with him: a titanic but fragile ego, limitless self-interest and thirst for adulation, an unsleeping vigilance for any slight.’ @piercepenniless.bsky.social on J.D. Vance. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukJames Butler · Short Cuts: J.D. Vance’s ConversionThe most obvious question is not whether J.D. Vance believes what he claims to believe, but why, if he believes it, he... 1527
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today. 227395187142
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026You want class traitors, even. I take issue with upper class socialists not just identifying as such and instead wanting to mask as ideologically “working class”. They need therapy. But, in general, you want class traitors. It’s even kind of the whole point. 16787115
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026What makes this even more grotesque is that Doris Miller was denied the medal of honor when he was alive just because he was black. bsky.app/profile/carl... 22037681415
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenAlex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 20/08/2026this is refreshingly direct about the bargain many Never Trumpers thought they were making, which is that they would simply take over the Democratic Party and that everyone else would shut up and be grateful www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comThe ‘Resistance’ Is OverThe insurgent left cares more about its own factional agenda than the president’s threats to democracy. 721519196
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I feel like there’s an alternate universe in which Natalie Harp started dyeing her hair black instead of platinum blonde and ended up being the kind of girl who wrote letters to famous serial killers in prison 774920492
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/ 5763172017
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenOhio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 14/08/2026Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/14/h...ohiocapitaljournal.comHaitians in Springfield are required to report to Ohio's ICE offices and wear ankle monitors • Ohio Capital JournalHaitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 119910591
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenHari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Arday found dead and a very large number of British commentators are deleting posts and videos. 362254485
Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Was Woke 1 a little crazy? Sure. But I'll never forget how people who should have known better lined up behind the Iraq war after 9/11. Maybe a little grace is owed to those shocked by watching a cop nonchalantly suffocating a black man with his knee. 718115
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/08/2026A former North Carolina police officer who was accused of planning to carry out a mass shooting in New Orleans was quietly released over the summer after a grand jury did not indict him, according to state court records.nyti.msEx-Officer Held in New Orleans Mass Shooting Plot Is Freed Without ChargesLaw enforcement officials had said that Christopher Gillum, a former police officer in North Carolina, planned to attack a large festival. He was released without charges. 1920698
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The left is sometimes annoying. The right wing is actively trying to kill you. Centrists are insane because they can’t tell the difference. As a leftist, I’ve seen how the left can be so annoying that some people are like “literally just kill me.” For Woke 2, we should be less annoying. 3659168
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I suspect those who've speculated are right. Trump went ballistic on round one of the QatarForce One story because underneath it was this pretty humiliating episode of Trump getting smuggled out of Turkey in a food cart. And he'd do anything to stop that from getting out. 592082439
Reposted by Lydia PolgreenQuinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 10/08/2026Today's Atlantic story confirming something obviously true: most self-declared leftist "anti-woke" positions are about something that happened down the hall in their academic department. 1582597