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Judith Lewis Mernit

@robottwyla.bsky.social
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Novelist, journalist, dog enthusiast. Minnesota native, Los Angeles escapee. Loving life and love by the beautiful Hudson River.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 6h
I've been covering the death penalty in depth for a dozen years now, and few nights have been as disturbing and dispiriting as tonight. This was a moral, ethical, and legal failure on several different fronts from many different actors. It wasn't *just* SCOTUS, though they sure were a key part.
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After SCOTUS allowed Tennessee execution to go ahead, Tennessee botched the execution
SCOTUS, over the liberals’ dissent, cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike. The alarming order from DC was followed by even more disturbing developments in Tennessee.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h
Hegseth has by all professional assessments bungled a war against Iran and likely lost it. He is incapable of articulating the reason for the war or the objectives he is pursuing. Yet he is spending almost every waking hour denigrating soldiers, sailors and airmen and trying to foment divisions and
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 5h
“Jay Leno’s Law” is a very special phrase and we should all use it in whatever context we choose
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David Rosicke @drosickesho.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Long Island had a 50+ year fight over 20 acres that was set aside for affordable housing. Immediately, the term 'Projects' got tossed out, and it sat in court. I think last year they relented, because no local business could hire people as there was no affordable housing.
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Judith Lewis Mernit @robottwyla.bsky.social · 7h
In the world of Don Davises, Talaricos and Gavin Newsoms, be an Andy Beshear.
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Jane Dough @janedough.bsky.social · 11h
It's true we are naturally the most beautiful and charming of all
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 7h
Leaving this up to gas utilities to implement is recipe for failure. Gas utilities replace things on fast schedules today because every $ they spend on pipes is a $ they can rate-base and earn shareholder profits on. If forced to give $ to households for electrification instead, I imagine they'll...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h
This aligns exactly with what we know about noncitizen voting; it is extremely rare (9 noncitizen votes in MN out of 3,253,920 in the 2024 election, or 0.0002%), and when it occurs it’s most often green card holders who were mistakenly told they could vote (none of these people are undocumented).
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Judith Lewis Mernit @robottwyla.bsky.social · 7h
This is sickening.
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Robert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Temperatures in the Central Pacific El Niño region are the hottest ever measured (top panel), and far above any other El Niño at this time of year. But, if you adjust for the warming of the global ocean, the current trajectory is not so different from other very strong events.
Two panel plot showing daily time series of temperature anomalies in the Central Pacific Nino3.4 region during the last four strongest El Niño events without and with correction for changes in global ocean mean temperature.
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K @kate10010.bsky.social · 19h
Harris Warns of Mass
Deportations and Detention Camps if Trump Is Elected
Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to build support among Latino voters as polls show Americans trust former President Donald J.
Trump over Democrats on the border.Sept. 18, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris warned of mass deportations and "massive detention camps" if former President Donald J. Trump returned to office, telling an audience of Hispanic leaders in Washington that his immigration agenda was a danger to the country.
"We all remember what they did to tear families apart," Ms. Harris said at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus event on Wednesday, part of an effort to build up support among Latino voters. "And now they have pledged to carry out the largest deportation, a mass deportation, in American history.
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 18h
“Texas Republicans redrew several House districts last year with the assumption that the Hispanic voters who moved toward their party were part of a new, durable coalition. But many of those voters have turned against the Republicans.”
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Hispanic Voters on the Texas Border Have Soured on Trump (Gift Article)
In 2024, these voters were an essential part of the winning Republican coalition. Now, many feel abandoned and furious, complicating the party’s chances in November.
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Judith Lewis Mernit @robottwyla.bsky.social · 16h
I feel like this is important.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 16h
In case Americans getting ready to vote forgot about Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration killing people, and all of the other governmental lawlessness, Todd Blanche wants you to remember.
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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 16h
This is completely insane
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When you have no concept of how people engage with music
nicksaraev ~
@nicksaraev
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I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The town of my birth has produced a baseball hat i feel I must now acquire
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Can we go back to this part of the Schmitt poster: at best, what were these texts supposed to show or prove? i thought they’d be some mention of the Hawkeyes, however dumb they’d have been, but no, not even that. You couldn’t make them more boring if you tried.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When the “censorship industrial complex” myth was just getting started, in Fall 2022, I got a public records request from the AG’s office of Missouri looking for all my emails related to my team’s election rumor research. The Missouri AG at that time? Eric Schmitt. What a tool.
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Know their names: Scott Kretzschmar, Scott Norris, Diego Sarabia, Gillio Lopes, Winston Lee, Johnathan Newell and Matthew Ingalls #Cornell7 But also, everyone in the group chat, the administrators, university, and DA. SHAME.
Cornell 7Disgusting chat
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One, this hilariously outs who all got the talking points in advance and how blatantly they parrot those. Two, Schmitt really thought today he'd launch himself to the VP nomination and with that a decent shot at the presidency down the line. Instead this is the only thing he'll be remembered for.
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ElectionCord @electioncord.com · 30/09/2026
True! We all sound FANTASTIC and not nerdy
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The funniest thing about the Schmitt rake stomp is that if it'd been a Dem we'd have a week of think pieces about how Dems lack of hoops literacy was alienating them from real America.
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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 30/09/2026
3(!) climate researchers won @macfound.org genius awards today: @hollyjeanbuck.bsky.social, Kaiyu Guan, Marika Holland! Well deserved. www.macfound.org/programs/awa...
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Holly Jean Buck
Investigating the social, ethical, and political dimensions of climate and energy policies and emerging technologies.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
I found a pic of young Eric Schmitt
A bizarre photo from the new america.gov federal AI Chatbot welcome screen showing a young boy spreadeagled face down on an icy lake full of cracks
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 29/09/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Sep ErinReed Ky Gov. Andy Beshear, who vetoed a sports ban in in a state Trump carried by 30% and is likely presidential nominee, tells CNN's Jake Tapper he has one message for Dems: "We don't throw anybody under the bus." www.erininthemorning.com/p/ky-gov-bes...
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KY Gov. Beshear Has Message For Anti-Trans Dems: “We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus.”
The governor provides a counterpoint to those who believe red state Democrats need to capitulate on transgender rights.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 29/09/2026
On Monday, Eric Schmitt helped pass a bipartisan college sports bill. On Tuesday, he mixed up the Atlanta Hawks and Iowa Hawkeyes, used the bad information to accuse Jack Smith of perjury and called him a “dirtbag.” #moleg #mogov
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Commentary: Eric Schmitt’s Hawks-Hawkeyes blunder and the politician he’s become • Missouri Independent
Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over a Hawks-Hawkeyes mix-up, highlighting how his political style has changed.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Schmitt staffer just flashing the “text evidence” card for one second and then refusing to let Smith see it again because he knew he had royally fucked up is my favorite thing about this
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Judith Lewis Mernit @robottwyla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WHY AREN'T ALL THE DEMOCRATS TALKING LIKE THIS? Ex: "<Candidate> where do you stand on the issue of trans athletes in sports?" "Trans people of deserve our support, full stop. We need to stay focused on the issues that matter: the chemicals in our food, clean water, defending small farmers," etc.
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Judith Lewis Mernit @robottwyla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well you know this coulda happened youtube.com/watch?v=pNRl...
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Great White North: Mouse in a Bottle
YouTube video by SCTV
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Judith Lewis Mernit @robottwyla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Close to a half billion dollars. That’s what Steven Miller has pledged to poor countries willing to take U.S. immigrants. And they’re almost all run by brutal dictators. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life." music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Songs In The Key Of Life - The EP
EP • Stevie Wonder
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc...
John Anzalone &
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Underestimate @RahmEmanuel at your own risk.
He knows how to win. He knows how to fight.
And he knows how to message.
And no one will out work him. Regardless of whether he wins the Democratic nomination in 2028 he will make an impact on the race. You can be sure of that. Don't take your eyes off of him. At the minimum, learn from him.
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
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6:47 AM • 9/26/26 • 274K Views
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Overreliance On Palantir AI Technology Played Role In Iran School Bombing: Report” 9/18/26 (Palantir was co-founded by Peter Thiel & Joe Lonsdale) … 1/
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Overreliance On Palantir AI Technology Played Role In Iran School Bombing: Report
U.S. war planners were too confident in unreliable artificial intelligence tools, leading to a strike on an Iranian school, Bloomberg reported.
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 28/09/2026
Finally, I've put together an animated video explainer of expected impacts this year (a new medium for me, so let me know if its helpful!):
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The Impacts of the 2026/2027 El Niño event
An explainer video showing the different expected effects of the 2026/2027 El Niño event on different regions of the world. The video draws on three different sources: the literature on teleconnections in past strong El Nino events, the actual patterns seen in the past 8 strong events, and what 13 d
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Haven't thought this out all the way through, but now would be a good time for an aggressive humanitarian movement to combat the death cults, the rise of AI, and otherwise anti-life impulses coursing through our politics and society.
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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"'Usually, you have to be in the Olympics to bring back the gold,' [Interior secretary Doug] Burgum later said at an energy conference, regaling listeners with the tale of how he had opened Venezuela’s gold pipeline." @alsobrooks.senate.gov why did you vote to confirm this craven thief?
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Judith Lewis Mernit @robottwyla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They really don’t get it huh. Like climate chaos isn’t a political football game. It’s going to kill their grandchildren too.
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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 28/09/2026
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally won enough seats to form a group in the French Senate elections yesterday, giving the far-right party better representation in leadership roles and committees in the upper house of parliament.
politico.eu
Far right scores historic victory in French Senate election
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally can form a group in the French parliament’s upper house for the first time.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Absolutely extraordinary strategic and military concessions offered by Trump to Xi. Trump offered to sell weapons to China. That was revealed in an interview by David Perdue, the US ambassador. Trump is withholding a $14bn arms package to Taiwan already approved by Congress. All of this
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here’s your periodic reminder that Howard Lutnick is still Commerce secretary despite blatantly lying to the public about his personal and business ties with child molester Jeffrey Epstein.
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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
1. Arnold made billions as a hedge fund manager & natural gas trader at Enron. 2. He’s a key funder of reactionary centrists pressing Ds to make a permitting deal w/MAGA to gut environmental protex. 3. He falsely equates Trump’s agenda w/Biden’s. 4. He’s an extractive capitalist harming the 🌎.
Keystone XL pipeline was delayed by Obama, restarted by Trump, cancelled by Biden and restarted again by Trump. Offshore wind started under Biden was cancelled by Trump.
Biden paused new LNG export. Trump has paused new onshore wind.
Separately, people are mad about energy costs.
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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Looking forward to the follow up in 5 years, "Our Daughter Has Severed Ties and We Have No Idea Why".
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Honestly impressed at the level of patience this kid has dealing with these terrible parents.
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