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RomanTheDad

@romanthedad.bsky.social
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Dad who enjoys indie rock, underground/classic hip hop, the Buffalo Sabres and who supports science, BLM, LGBTQ+ and liberal causes.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When you realize that Genghis Khan and Chaka Khan are not the same person. You’re a Schmitt-head.
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Mary Claire 💙🩵🇺🇸☮️ @claire9389.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Huh, I guess the whole strategy of cable news outlets not asking the Trump White House hard questions and failing to push back on weak answers in order to preserve their access to the Trump White House wasn't much of a great strategy.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Well, now it's been 25 years, 3 years since I wrote this ode to remembrance and forgetfulness. And what have we done? www.the-reframe.com/never-rememb...
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Never Remember
Reflection & remembrance on the 22nd anniversary of a grim hinge in history. What we never remember, what we never forget
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Was the killing of Brian Thompson a crime? That’s the question that is being asked—demanded, even—in the halls of power and corridors of justice and on the platforms of influence. Answer: It was. The question never asked is, what type of crime was his life? www.the-reframe.com/peaceful-sol...
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Peaceful Solutions
On respectable and profitable human-suffering engines, the murder of a CEO, propriety in a land where life has been cheapened, and some good news for those who seek peaceful solutions.
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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"When Washington sued Kalshi, the state pointed out that the company’s advertisements appeared to acknowledge the illicit nature of the app. One Kalshi ad showed someone texting, 'I found a way to bet on the NFL even though we live in Washington.'" (via @nytimes.com)
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Kalshi Ordered to Cease Most Operations in Washington State
In a preliminary injunction, a state judge barred the prediction market from allowing residents to place bets on the bulk of its offerings.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
CNN 1
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Jon Adcock @jonadcock.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
#booksky #poetry #poetrysky
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It’s that time of year again: here are some of the books I’ve enjoyed this summer. If you’ve read any good ones, let me know!
Barack Obama's 2026 Summer Reading List: 

Kin by Tayari Jones
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
A World Appears by Michael Pollan
Whistler by Ann Patchett
This Land is Your Land by Beverly Gage
Vigil by George Saunders
One Sun Only by Camille Bordas
Seek Immediate Shelter by Vincent Yu
Data Empire by Roopika Risam
Transcription by Ben Lerner
Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Dr. Fauci is a hero. He really is. He helped guide America thru a mass death event. Millions more could have died but they did not, thanks to him. Everyone over 70 owes him a debt. It is disgusting that we live in a country that not only dishonors him but actively smears his good name.
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RomanTheDad @romanthedad.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I thought gender-affirming care was a no-no to this bunch.
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RomanTheDad @romanthedad.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
"I hope you don't mind....those are just my little ladybugs."
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Ladybug Takes Flight from Stick Painting
ALT: Ladybug Takes Flight from Stick Painting
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RomanTheDad @romanthedad.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Where's Mitch?
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maia arson crimew 🏴 @crimew.gay · 16/06/2026
Here are all 113 alleged members we were able to successfully extract. This data can also be verified via versions of the site captured by the Wayback Machine, even if it doesn't properly render the website.
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RomanTheDad @romanthedad.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
A 1 year old baby is dead because of suspicion of shoplifting a pack of diapers. A. Pack. Of. Diapers. I am ashamed to be part of the same species as anyone who makes excuses for this terrible act. God damn the person who killed that child.
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RomanTheDad @romanthedad.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Only weak boys think that calling a strong, intelligent, empathetic and classy woman a man shows strength. Stay lonely, boys.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
1. Some progressives believe "the people" don't know the truth: since 2000, a Democratic president has handed off a pretty good or very good economy to a Republican, and that Republican has ruined it.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 22/05/2026
All this new medical technology seems really confusing to use
An obviously AI image of two prospective nursing students using a stethoscope that only has the ear parts, and is in both student's ears, as if they are listening to each other's ears?

It's highly confusing and wrong
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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
There is no clearer case for the necessity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 than how quickly southern states moved to eliminate Black-majority districts and dilute Black power after SCOTUS eroded Section 2. SCOTUS’s reasoning was immediately disproven by reality.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I would respect pro-life people more if they'd hunted Elon Musk for cutting USAID and killing hundreds of thousands of children and were busy bullying every anti-vaxxer and woo-woo MAHA douchebag out of public life, not just killing doctors, burning down clinics & forcing birth on victims of rape.
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RomanTheDad @romanthedad.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I grew up in the northeast. When I moved to NC for work, I was amazed by how many people were still fighting the Civil War. "We woulda...I say...we woulda won if it wasn't for...."
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Return to the Territories--also known as Mid-World--this October.
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RomanTheDad @romanthedad.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Disappointed in Tage Thompson. Just found out he's MAGA through and through.
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J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 24/02/2026
The collapse of American elites is precisely why this administration has been able to do as much as it has. The first line of defense is institutional friction and noncompliance, but the institutions (w/some exceptions Congress, the courts, industry, the media) have largely abandoned the fight.
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Fellow journalists as soon as we find out a way to financially support Georgia Fort’s legal defense fund we need to boost it as much as possible. I doubt she has the resources Lemon might have. We need to support both of them but she’s not nearly as well known as Don Lemon.
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RomanTheDad @romanthedad.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
What was Don Lemon charged with?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/01/2026
"Bondi is a buffoon for sending this letter, but it represents nothing less than a complete fracturing of federalism. The administration is saying in no uncertain terms that it will rain violence, financial deprivation, and sham investigations on a state unless it does what Trump wants."
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The protection racket regime
Bondi's letter puts the quiet part on paper.
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hannasazi.bsky.social @hannasazi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Those guys who bought like 50 guns ain't gonna do shit. Because guys who buy 50 guns are the biggest cowards ever. We've been saying it for decades and now we've been proven right. Just took the fall of america to do it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS. Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies. AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS. Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 20/01/2026
This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Only TWO DAYS until Jack Smith testifies publicly before Congress. Americans will hear directly about the historic Jan 6 case which led to an indictment of Trump. Smith believes he'd have proven guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Whatever distractions Trump engineers, let's not get distracted from this.
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RomanTheDad @romanthedad.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
An official oldie, but still gets regular play here. Shout out to Linda Blair and her cameo. youtu.be/7n07SlFbPfg?...
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Supersuckers - Born With a Tail (2025 Remaster) [Official Video]
YouTube video by Sub Pop
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RomanTheDad @romanthedad.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
There is no low too low for MAGA. Every crying child, every assaulted woman, every m*rdered mom, and every bloodied non-white person gives them joy. They are unable to create their own happiness; they must extract terror, anxiety and hopelessness from those they deem unworthy.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Christian Seale @christianseale.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Getting a lot of messages. A lot are like "Can I come help?" (appreciated, but unless you know the area very well, probably not THAT useful) or "Can I send money?" (not to me, please). But the best ones are like "I want to build what you guys have back in my home city." YES, DO THAT. DO IT NOW.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Gonna say it again and until everyone takes me seriously on it: YOU MUST GET TRAINED IN RAPID RESPONSE NOW. Not when ICE announces they're coming to your city (PS they're already there). NOW.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.
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Ody @odeecs.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Reconstruction died unfinished. The institutions and mindsets of hierarchy need to be rooted out and burned on the pyre of the country's past. We don't have to keep living this. We don't have to keep thinking in these old broken ways. We can be better than what we inherited. Fuck all of this.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Today once again proved that everyday citizens protesting their government are braver than the titans who own the largest media corporations, run the biggest law firms and lead the most powerful technology companies.
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
The fascists certainly aren't very good at this, are they
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
He is covering up extrajudicial killings. He is covering up kidnapping, trafficking & horrific detention. He is covering up child rapes. He is covering up stealing classified documents & selling them. He is covering up details of his coup attempt. He is covering up who he’s really working for.
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RomanTheDad @romanthedad.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Epstein files
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Shane Anderson 🏳️‍🌈 @shaneanderson.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
"Say I tell you 'My father is choking my brother.' What do you say to that? "How does a culture of abuse end? "What is our part in ending it?" www.the-reframe.com/cult-ure-of-...
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Cult(ure) of Abuse
How do we deal with a culture of abuse? What is our part in ending it? How do we deal with an abusive cult of millions?
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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Talking in class today about Reagan's racist rhetoric & the ways those in power have used the coded language of anti-Blackness to dismantle public services.
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Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise | The Myth of the Welfare Queen
Learn about the myth perpetuated by divisive rhetoric about welfare. Nov. 15 & 22 on PBS.
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