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Sara Eckel

@saraeckel.bsky.social
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Author of IT'S NOT YOU. Bylines: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Longreads, Psychology Today, Publishers Weekly. More at: saraeckel.substack.com.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Really cool tool from @popular.info to crowdsource who is paying for what campaign ads. paidforby.info
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Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
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Sara Eckel @saraeckel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here is a very nice story for your feed www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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Missouri Man Discovers Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers Is His Biological Father (Gift Article)
Michael Goessling’s first phone call with his biological father brought a shock: He was speaking to Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers.
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Mike the Dog @photochris5511.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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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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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1 - You have got to be fucking kidding me. 2 - I’ll take it. A win’s a win.
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jesse gave him a single, simple line to read and RFK improvised a full confession while tossing his wife in front of the wheels.
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Well they are certainly more afraid of Lina Khan than they are of fascism!
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I've spent a lot of years studying a lot of collapses, and the truth of the matter is that they're always mundane: mild climatic shifts that reduce crop yields, a dumbass in power who makes some terrible decisions, neglecting things that obviously matter but the will to fix them can't be summoned.
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👻Milo BOO!-aynes👻 and the Centrists Scared of Socialism @milobaynes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
say what now?
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Democratic advisers are warning their candidates not to go too hard at AI
Democratic consultants are warning their candidates in some key races not to lean into AI regulations out of fear that powerful tech groups could spend heavily against them.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
meanwhile…
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Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.thepinknews.com/2022/10/10/d...
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Dolly Parton quietly funded Black school bands: 'The woman is a national treasure'
Dolly Parton paid for band uniforms and instruments for kids at majority Black high schools with zero publicity, a writer has revealed.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What would you say if you saw it in another country?
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
That's a lede
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This x one billion. I've never understood a romantic relationship being a...platform? A religion? I mark couple content as harassment. You got lucky & then you worked at keeping it lucky but beyond that what can you really extrapolate from one idiosyncratic chance connection on a huge space rock??
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“internals have him down ... and then there's the Nazi thing, which is not a killer, but when you add them all up it's like, 'eh,'" the source said.”
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
every time I see this human thumb I think about how fuckin wild it is that the story about the cava bag full of $50K in bribe cash just... disappeared
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026
Possibly the most American news of all time
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Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debt
Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Black, queer, radical, female, femme people & orgs literally diagnosed the problem so well that "them goons are coming" became accepted wisdom and so now everyone thinks THEY had the idea and don't need to acknowledge the work that so-called Woke Movement damn near killed themselves to teach you.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 01/09/2026
“No matter how much you want to hold back the tide, you can’t escape this obvious fact: The future of editorial writing is Noonan-based.” — Paul Gigot, editorial page editor
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‘Wall Street Journal’ Defends Decision To Publish Peggy Noonan–Generated Article
NEW YORK—Justifying the move as simply the next stage in journalism’s continual evolution, The Wall Street Journal on Monday defended its decision to publish a Peggy Noonan–generated article. “No matt...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Still no sign of Mitch McConnell.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 28/08/2026
I think it's grimly amusing that the only food that won't kill you these days in America is the ultra processed neon-colored stuff.
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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Every Dolly Parton story is somehow more heartwarming than the last one
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One 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.
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
genuinely cannot imagine anything like this ever happening again.
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Democratic Socialists of America extends our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and fans of Dolly Parton, a hero of the working-class and an inspiration to us all.Donald J. Trump
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Very sad to report that Dolly Parton, one of the greatest Country singers, and far beyond, EVER, has just passed away. This is a true loss for millions of people. There has never been anyone like her, and never will. In her honor, I am lowering the American flag throughout the United States for a one week period beginning tonight at 6:00PM. Rest in Peace, Dolly! The World loves you. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Can they just release a list of foods that it’s still safe to eat?
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Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My other piece of unsolicited writing advice is to always have two things going at the same time because you can use one to procrastinate on the other until they’re both done.
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The Drift @thedriftmag.com · 19/08/2026
Andrew Baker was also a “token black professor” at Bates College. But his perspective on the events Tyler Austin Harper recounts in his Atlantic cover story is very different. Read Baker’s side of the story online today. newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/racism-and...
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Racism and labor at Bates: the other side of the story
Andrew Baker responds to Tyler Austin Harper
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
There is so, so much happening in this 14 second clip.
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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Wow. This is paid for by big money donations. can we think of a better example of the power of grassroots organizing coming up against the power of billionaires?
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 12/08/2026
It’s a shame Congress isn’t alive to see this
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/08/2026
Not to beat up on Douthat even more, but I'll just say: it has never, in all of post-war American history, been more crystal clear exactly who your enemy should be. Never. If it's not obvious to you, you are morally & intellectually defective.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
"New Yorkers will flee ..." "Massachusetts citizens will flee ..." "Californians will flee ..." Sure, sure. Any day now, sure.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
WaPo making same claim that’s been disproven again & again. Who do they imagine these people are, willing to pay the price of abandoning home, friends, lives they’ve built. “Sorry, kids, we’re leaving the only home you’ve ever known & all our friends to pay 7% state tax instead of 8%.”
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Every centrist normie Dem should get caught trying to help out in Michigan in the next 90 days Win or lose, it would help bind some wounds in the lead up to 2028
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This level of spending actually makes me deeply angry. Let's never do this again in a primary ok
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"Taxing the rich doesn't work." Tell that to Massachusetts. Their millionaire tax has raised $3.1 BILLION so far. It's funding bridges, buses, teachers, free community college, and free school meals. This isn't theory. It's working. We've got the receipts.
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Tbh, i think it's pretty reasonable to hate the party doing fascism and also hate the party who failed to stop fascism and is feckless in resisting it.
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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
- America’s Got Talent - America’s Got Talent But Thinks It’s Too Good For A Regular Job - America, I Ran Into Belgium’s Mother, She Says Belgium’s Doing Great - America, You Should Call France, Have Coffee, Get Some Tips - America’s Got Talent And It Wouldn’t Die From Doing Some More Housework
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 28/07/2026
This was meant to be a ~JOKE~!
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Sara Eckel @saraeckel.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Who could have predicted that doing nothing except asking us for money would backfire?
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Inside the Phone-Throwing Drama at the Troubled, Broke Democratic Party
The Democrats should be well positioned to make gains in this year’s midterms. But inside party headquarters, every week brings paranoia, worries about money and, on occasion, emotional eruptions.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 25/07/2026
Wait. They all shake hands at the end? What are we even doing here? He's the US President suing you for $20 billion for reporting on the birthday card he sent his friend the pedophile in which he drew a naked girl & mused about secrets. And they all shake hands?
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Look who’s taking the side of explosive diarrhea
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The Lettuce That Launched a Thousand
The cyclosporiasis outbreak is the fourth this year the media has blamed on Trump and RFK
Jr. None of them have killed a single person.
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Sara Eckel @saraeckel.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I spent ten years in a Buddhist-based organization that had some culty stuff going on, but was also ... great? This is the first of a series where I process.
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How to Tell If You're in a Cult
Part 1: I was feeling down. I went to a talk.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
In 2001, Walter Cronkite appeared on the David Letterman show and shared his thoughts.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 19/07/2026
Are we sure it wasn't the fashion police?
Andrew Tate getting arrested in an open purple shirt and navy pedal pushers Pedal pushers do not flatter Mr Tate
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Congresswoman AOC has introduced a bill that would ban Supreme Court Justices from accepting lavish gifts from the ultra wealthy. Love that, but what I find insane is that this isn’t already illegal.
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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.
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