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Renee Searfoss

@reneesearfoss.bsky.social
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Lecturer, history dept Coastal Carolina University, transplant Midwesterner, left wing liberal, shy nerd with limited ability to sum up my personality in a few pithy sentences

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 4h
When the Houston Astros try to pass themselves off as a legitimate playoff team
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 3h
More precisely, Kash Patel was paid $25,000—and Rudy Giuliani $100,000—by a pro-Russia propagandist who led a project financially supported by Putin's office. To get the full story, see my new book, "How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America." Go to HowRussiaWon.com.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10h
🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.”
Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa stands indoors wearing a burgundy blazer and dark top, with campaign signage bearing her name and the outline of Texas visible behind her.Official letter dated September 29, 2026, from Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office requesting inspection of unredacted communications between Abbott’s office and Elon Musk and his companies. Hinojosa seeks records previously released with redactions for information deemed “embarrassing” or “intimate,” citing her legislative authority under the Texas Public Information Act.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 3h
Are there 4 scarier words in the English language than "Trump-backed nuclear plant"?
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 6h
Jack Smith explains that the phone records for some members of Congress "corroborated evidence that we had that the president, President Donald Trump and his co-conspirators were seeking to exploit the violence on January 6th in furtherance of their criminal scheme." www.youtube.com/live/zNc5VMP...
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LIVE: Jack Smith appears before Senate Judiciary Committee
YouTube video by Associated Press
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 3h
trump's "friend" kim jong-un tortured US citizen Otto Warmbier to the point where he suffered a neurological injury and died shortly after he returned to the U.S.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 6h
Volume 1 of 10. charlesgaba.substack.com/p/the-republ...
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The Republican Rape Advisory Chart, Volume I
Needless to say, this whole post is a trigger warning.
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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 3h
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4h
NY voters are usually terrible but man oh man am I grateful to the young people in particular who vanquished Cuomo.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4h
A problem is that many people know that the vast majority of the people who voted for the fascist in chief in 2024 would vote for him again today. So folks know that many people are politically untrustworthy. It adds to the malaise.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 3h
This guy is from Dantes inferno and not like at the higher concentric levels no this guy is in one of the really deep at the bottom ones like way down
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 3h
GOAT OR BIRD????
This is even better than the
"what color is this dress" dress.
Goat?
or Bird?
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Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 3h
Going live now Friends youtu.be/zxivlvB5NUI
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A Set In Nashville on Dolly Parton Day
YouTube video by Josh Johnson
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 3h
MORE bsky.app/profile/neil...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h
this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient
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RepJackKimble @repjackkimble.bsky.social · 3h
Free on Substack! representativejackkimble.substack.com/p/jack-smith...
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Jack Smith Refuses to Protect Women’s Sports
Former Prosecutor caught at Caitlan Jenner Basketball Game
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Discontinued Foods! @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 3h
Baskin-Robbins Sunflower Power (1979-1980): Lemon ice cream loaded up with candy-coated sunflower seeds
A very 70's looking drawing of a field of sunflowers holding yellow ice cream cones, as a ring of seeds dance around a pole and a lemon looks on
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 3h
this is exactly the way these conversations need to be had: connecting the violent language they throw around casually and think is meaningless because it's just for lolz so they aren't actually a bad person, with the violence against real human women that it normalizes
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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 3h
I always wish we would make more time for those conversations. Most students agreed they shouldn't use that language. Most said that they would intervene if they saw something. But few would be willing to teach peers, to have hard conversations or challenge them. We need more bravery from men.
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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 3h
Most would still chuckle. Then I'd ask if they'd be willing to use those terms about their loved ones. Awkward silence. Then we'd go through the data on how many men committed violent acts. And they would get looks of panic that they might be implicated.
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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 3h
When I taught at an all-boys prep school, we'd do an activity where I had them list every sexual term they could think of. They'd often laugh, as many were absurd things meant for Urban Dictionary. We'd then go through how many terms were violent (~85%) and how many were male-dominant (~90%).
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Nathan @never-say-die.bsky.social · 6h
Bro, the Pope sent the White Sox letter, they’re going to the World Series.
Letter: 

To Jerry Reinsdorf
Chairman of the Chicago White Sox
was pleased to receive the kind letter that you sent following the game that took place at Rate Field on August 11, 2026. I am most grateful for this thoughtful gesture.
As I have noted,
"sport can truly become a school of life,
where all can learn that abundance does not come from victory at any cost, but from sharing, from respecting others and from the joy of walking together" (Letter Life in Abundance, 6 February
2026).
In this spirit, it is my hope that the White Sox will
continue to foster
bonds of friendship
and solidarity among
people, and thus bear hopeful witness to the possibility of living and working together in peace.
With
these sentiments, I willingly invoke the Almighty's
abundant blessings upon you and your loved ones.
From the Vatican, 9 September 2026
Pope Leo XIV
The Pope wearing a Chicago White Sox hat
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Eric Freeman @freemaneric.bsky.social · 5h
I probably won’t see Digger but it would’ve been an A+ Letterman topic. “Hey Paul, uh, you seen Digger?” etc.
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Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 3h
From SESAME STREET's 9th season, Grover duets with Madeline Kahn on "Sing After Me". While watching, consider the awkward positioning necessary to hide Frank Oz in the framing of the opening shot...
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Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 20h
It ends w/ Belafonte consoling Fozzie & a performance of "Turn The World Around". The message, & its resonance, remains undiminished... “Do you know who I am Do I know who you are See we one another clearly Do we know who we are” Belafonte would later perform this song at Jim Henson’s funeral.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 5h
🔴 Russia continues its terror campaign against Kyiv with round-the-clock jet-powered drone strikes.
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Ivy @ivyashe.bsky.social · 5h
It is also important to note that Cornell doesn't have a journalism major. These are students who may not even plan to make journalism a career, but their dedication to the field is tremendous.
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 15h
My latest for National Geographic is on a stunning new ‘Fulgur Conditum’ inscription from Hadrian’s Villa that tells us a lot about how Romans reacted to lightning ⚡️ striking objects & the creation of sacred space. Thx 🙏 to Elizabeth Meyer & Alberto Samonà. www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
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The Ancient Romans Had a Strange Ritual After Thunderstorms
Archaeologists excavating at Hadrian’s Villa outside of Rome have unearthed a marble slab dedicated to Summanus, the god of nocturnal lightning.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 5h
Perfectly innocent bullet, flying along, and then some terrorist throws his body in the bullet's way, totally assaulting the bullet, stopping it from traveling further.
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Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 5h
Yup, absolutely. I think it’s wrong to treat the Iran War as simply one bad error that happened to the Trump Admin rather than the entirely logical consequence of the way it operates. If it wasn’t Iran, it would almost certainly have been something else
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 5h
It turns out you can’t actually base an entire economy on skull measuring
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Maybell Romero @maybell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ROT IN HELL FOREVER
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5h
I posted in my newsletter about an incarcerated comrade named Kenneth who is running a mobile library in prison. He needed a new cart and some readers generously donated. Here's the new cart! Thanks to those who supported him.
Two men in striped pants and white shirts stand by a cart with books, under a colorful “Perfection” sign on a white brick wall. One holds up two fingers in a peace sign, the other displays a book.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 4h
BREAKING: trump to sign executive order renaming the Atlanta Hawks to the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 4h
Available for Preorder: “Italy for Food Lovers” in Hardcover! Whether you're traveling to Italy or simply an armchair aficionado, the new edition of "Italy for Food Lovers" shows you how to experience the best of Italy through the timeless pleasures of its cuisine. Preorder: shorturl.at/oPYtY
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 5h
[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never spoken with an Attorney General nominee? [JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think— [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Matt Gaetz! [SMITH]: That is Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz
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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 4h
Dude is Schmittfaced
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 6h
This is a list of all the people who are going to be getting bailed out with your tax money. I guarantee it. Not tough to call this shot.
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 6h
As your Senator and a son of immigrants, I stand in solidarity with the Haitian community in New Jersey and around the country. We must shine a light on the Trump Administration's cruel attacks on TPS and fight for our communities.
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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · 6h
Transphobic ghoul loses court case.
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Hank and Georgia's Old Man @barcodetontos.bsky.social · 8h
Bunk and McNulty in The Wire scene where they only say "fuck" while looking at a crime scene. They have a combined quote bubble under them.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 10h
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6h
GoFundMe, the largest crowdfunding site, has seen an over 20 percent increase in fundraisers for tuition and related expenses over the past year
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GoFundMes for College Tuition Are Up This Year
Students facing acute challenges affording their tuition are increasingly turning to crowdfunding. Experts warn it’s a temporary fix to systemic affordability issues.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Man in a Blue Mantle, by John Singer Sargent, 1891, 📸 via @cjzero.bsky.social
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David Berri @wagesofwins.bsky.social · 6h
NBC News did a story on baseball's desire for a salary cap. Sorry this is behind a paywall. I am quoted in here, though, noting that payroll doesn't really explain wins in baseball. It really never has. A salary cap is just a way to limit player pay. www.nbcnews.com/sports/baseb...
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MLB wants a salary cap for competitive balance. Does the playoff field already have it?
Major League Baseball believes a salary cap is essential for the sport’s future. But a few small-market teams have already crashed the 2026 postseason.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 6h
just a reminder that Schmitt hired the guy who was too much of a Nazi for Ron DeSantis
politics
• This article is more than 2 months old
Republican senator employs aide fired by DeSantis over neo-Nazi imagery
Nate Hochman, staffer for Eric Schmitt, also peddled far-right conspiracy theories as experts decry rise in extremism
Jason Wilson
Fri 6 Jun 2025 08.00 EDT
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Shannon Bucci 🔻 @shannonbucci.bsky.social · 8h
The vast majority of child maltreatment cases are related to neglect, and the vast majority of neglect cases are related to poverty. The family policing system is just another tool for the state to exert its power—it was never intended to protect children.
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 7h
Here’s a gift link for this piece, which hits on so many themes I have been struggling with recently. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This. (Gift Article)
A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 5h
14yo (discussing his team’s loss in water polo): The other team had VERY big kids. Me: It sounds like you guys played scared. 14yo: We WERE scared. Me: Well, you can’t be afraid like that. 14yo: If I wanted to overcome fear I’d play football. Me: … 14yo: Anyway, I got 100% on my science quiz.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 5h
Eric Schmitt is a dishonest hack and incredible POS and after years of him attacking me & my team I’m happy to see people realize it. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-li...
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A Litigation Playbook for Narrative Warfare
Eric Schmitt’s “The Last Line of Defense” casts courts as stages for political spectacle rather than forums for justice—and rewrites the evidentiary record along the way.
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