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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 11h

"We don't have to go through the whole Deshaun Watson thing blah blah blah sexual assault." - Al Michaels.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 15h

Every single newspaper that reported that Jane Doe “changed her story” should be rushing to publish retractions right now. This case should be a lesson in taking a DA’s victim-blaming statements at face value. Victims do not report to the police because they thought nothing happened to them.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 23h

All of this. I also want to add that, in my research, I found that a lot of “inconsistencies” in a victim’s story actually came from gender bias affecting investigators’ record keeping and interview methods.

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 19h

The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2

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Richard Hellinga @richhell.bsky.social · 19h

No one wants this noise in their backyard. Of course, I'd also like moratorium on leaf blowers.

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Richard Hellinga @richhell.bsky.social · 19h

He grew a beard to cover up his baby face in order to appear more "manly." Nothing more to it than that despite the many articles about it. His monumental insecurities would be better treated by a therapist (much like his boss) instead of taking out his self-hate on the world.

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Richard Hellinga @richhell.bsky.social · 19h

JD Vance believes in nothing, except in his own desire for power. I don't feel bad for his wife. She's just as craven and devoid of self.

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Richard Hellinga @richhell.bsky.social · 19h

This smug racist has the gall to tell a Black woman she needs to leave the country. He once compared Trump to Hitler, now he thinks he talks just like Trump, but without any of the vigor or charisma.

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 22h

Holy shit I did not know this Incredible insight into Western Higher Education, going back to Oxford and Cambridge and still seen today from @harikondabolu.bsky.social

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 21h

Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 23h

'Autumn' entered English in the 1300s. "The fall of the leaves" was shortened to 'fall' in the 1600s.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ah yes, the mind is boggled by immigrants and tourists who don’t want to get abused and thrown into a secret nightmare prison for weeks or months before eventually being whisked away to a country they didn’t come from in the first fucking place. What a mystery!

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Richard Hellinga @richhell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So the White Sox winning is a Holy thing.

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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Transphobia is designed by the right to drive a wedge bw Democratic constituencies to undermine women’s health care rights, racial equity, voting rights and climate science. It’s “magic” one of the main architects of the strategy brashly says. But if there ever was a spell, it’s wearing off

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History Keeps Happening @historykeeper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Americans don't even understand that America is a colonial issue (with regard to Native peoples in America.) They think a colonial issue is way back when they allied with the French king to get rid of the British king who they were paranoid would liberate their slaves and turn the Natives on them.

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Noelle @finallynoelle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hey, so instead of banning trans people from bathrooms, can we ban fraternities? We actually have hard and verifiable data about the harm done to women by them.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of the Cornell students accused of gang rape, Scott Kretzschmar, denies it and says through his attorney that they are going to “confront” the survivor through the court system. I can already tell you that means victim-blaming, DARVO, and smears. She is going to need a lot more of our support.

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Protecting child predators, facilitating extra-judicial murders, jacking up everyone's prices through tariffs and military misadventures all so that Donald Trump can get rich and he doesn't yell at you is a hell of a closing message. But totally on brand for Mr. Johnson.

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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We actually don't hate this administration enough

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Technology enthusiasts severely overestimate the average person’s desire or willingness or capacity to build and use AI agents. I understand some work roles that could mandate or encourage it but that is no way a tech revolution. Agents are best for structured, clearly delineated tasks.

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Richard Hellinga @richhell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And one of my Senators wants to ban Chinese EV imports. This country really hates anything that doesn't run on petroleum products.

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Helen McCarthy @glider.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#SomethingBeautiful - dark skies and clear nights

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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The connections being drawn between the Cornell 7 and Brock Turner bring up something crucial: The outrage at Turner’s insanely light sentence has ultimately made it impossible for him to blend back into society. Where legal redress failed, community stepped in to make sure no one would forget.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 27/09/2026

So this is a lie.

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Richard Hellinga @richhell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I would love to see this in person!

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Richard Hellinga @richhell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We don’t need a “tired old fuck” as our President.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 26/09/2026

Having failed to boost centrist Seth Moulton to the Senate, the NYT picks another shit ass centrist to rally behind.

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TitaniumMan @titaniumman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In case anyone hasn't come across it yet, the trailer is on YouTube:

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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street

YouTube video by Musk

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Richard Hellinga @richhell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The only iced coffee you should bring to an interview is the Vietnamese kind.

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Richard Hellinga @richhell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Best of Lists always piss people off...and get lots of clicks.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I think the "debate" about bringing iced coffee to job interviews is effective at distracting people from the really bad job market, the high unemployment rate for Black women, ongoing mass layoffs in tech and media, and how Gen Z workers are refusing to adopt many toxic aspects of corp work culture

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The New York Times remains laser-focused on ignoring the horrible things horrible people are doing to us. Coming Up Next: "Pol Pot's Favorite Footwear."

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Richard Hellinga @richhell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“This socially-awkward sociopath looks quite charming in his comfy wardrobe.”

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Richard Hellinga @richhell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Phenomenal essay. "There are certainly enough people to get annoyed, angry even, that they don’t pass the test required to wear the shirt. Maybe they can only name “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Maybe this is all a crime somehow. As if young people are only ever as good as the history they can claim."

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

one thing i have learned from trump is that literally every word procopius and suetonius wrote was literally true

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026

Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.

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Xan @comicsbyxan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Attention, transgender workers"

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 14/05/2026

saw this on an ACT UP poster from 1988 at the Poster House museum today. the more things change :)

THE REPUBLICANS WANT IS DEAD
THE DEMOCRATS DONT CARE

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 23/09/2026

look, you can't just punish trump when dems are in power. that might make republicans do something crazy, like stage a coup, illegally shred the federal bureaucracy, or even vstart abducting people off the street and extraditing them to torture sites all over the world

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Dems replaced action on trans rights with hollow statements, then dropped those statements, then embraced anti-trans rhetoric. Now supporting anti-trans laws and blocking pro-trans ones. At every step the "they're betraying us" radicals were correct and "be patient" liberals were completely wrong.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026

I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What if—and hear me out—what if they weren’t capitulating all along?

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026

What is the penalty for settlers killing Palestinians and stealing their land?

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What I can't get over is the Dems out there trying to transphobia their way out of these numbers. Just out there riding the crest of the wave, doing morally unsupportable pandering to bigotry at a time when it is also strategically foolish, just for love of the capitulation game.

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Kelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Duh, Trump voters’ racism greatly outweighs all that

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026

i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/09/2026

Look at that sweater. Just look at it. 90s sweaters went extinct for a reason.

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