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Stephanie A.

@smdalbrig.bsky.social
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Born and raised in Newport News now in the DMV. Denbigh High School, UVA, and Richmond Law. Fair to middling tennis player and lover of dogs.

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WTVR CBS 6 News Richmond, Virginia @cbs6-richmond.bsky.social · 9h
There is a song millions of Americans know by heart — even if they do not know the name of the man who wrote it.
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The man behind the music: Richmond jazz legend Stu Gardner composed the 'A Different World' theme song
There is a song millions of Americans know by heart — even if they do not know the name of the man who wrote it.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h
Said a day after a white supremacist sought to kill people at a Hindu temple. Not a word about the anti-Indian rhetoric within his own party that has put South Asians and his own family members in danger. Instead continues to play footsie with people who see non-white citizens as guests, at best.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
If there’s evidence of fraud or other financial crimes, let’s see it. But trying to denaturalize and deport a sitting member of Congress over mistakes a parent allegedly made on immigration forms when she was a child is immoral and reprehensible. We can’t stand for it.
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Immigration enforcement officials search Ilhan Omar's home in pre-dawn raid
Rep. Ilhan Omar's home was the subject of a pre-dawn HSI raid.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
republicans used to complain about the violence in gangster rap and now they want to livestream an execution
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Stephanie A. @smdalbrig.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Starting production in 2027…
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Stephanie A. @smdalbrig.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It is completely terrifying.
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Stephanie A. @smdalbrig.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Unfortunately, refraining from sugar and alcohol for over a month has similar results 😕
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☠°。Die Siebenschläfern *.゚☠ @sababausa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 297 (1972) (Brennan, J., concurring) “No longer does our society countenance the spectacle of public executions, once thought desirable as a deterrent to criminal behavior by others. Today we reject public executions as debasing and brutalizing to us all.“
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
One of the first things Trump did in Feb. 2017 was set up an office in DHS to *exclusively* publicize crimes committed by immigrants — just as the Nazis used Der Stürmer to publish a special section only highlighting “Jewish crimes.” See this article from 2017: www.thewrap.com/der-sturmer-...
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But mass-slander-by-anecdote has a long tradition. As The Atlantic explains:
In The Nazi Conscience, Duke historian Claudia Koonz notes that the Nazi newspaper Der Sturmer ran a feature called "Letter Box," which published readers' accounts of Jewish crimes. When the Nazis took power, the German state began doing something similar.
Frustrated by the failure of most Germans to participate in a boycott of Jewish businesses in April 1933, Adolf Hitler's government began publicizing Jewish crime statistics as a way of stoking anti-Semitism.
Trump introduced a new government entity Tuesday that will similarly flag and highlight crimes by illegal immigrants - without, of course, providing any context about how many crimes they commit compared to U.S. citizens, or how illegal immigrants as a group might contribute positively to American society.
"The office is called VOICE - Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement," Trump explained. "We are providing a voice to those who have been ignored by our media, and silenced by special interests."
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My heart breaks for the victims, their families and the whole community. I’m praying for them today. It’s well past time for us to address gun violence. We don’t have to live like this. www.wavy.com/news/police-...
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Fatal shooting in Norview High School parking lot
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — One student is dead and one student injured after shots were fired in the Norview High School parking lot Wednesday afternoon. School Superintendent Dr. Jeff Rose confirmed th…
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Stephanie A. @smdalbrig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A photo of a baseball hat with Eric B / Rakim ‘86
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Stephanie A. @smdalbrig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
And I was wrong - 3 days apart! That ends my family hometown lore 😂.
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Stephanie A. @smdalbrig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I didn’t know about Johnny either! Meanwhile, my mother is telling me how her mother was born in a house near where Ella Fitzgerald was born the same year but a month apart. Calm down, wikipedia.
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Stephanie A. @smdalbrig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Here you go 😂. I recorded it to send to my folks.
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Stephanie A. @smdalbrig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
By my count, this is the third time Newport News has been a question on Jeopardy but the first time someone actually answered it correctly 😂
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 07/10/2026
BREAKING A federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center's Trump-installed board to UNSEAL the 163-page report (with redactions) on the $250M+ renovation plan and two year closure. The Board also must unseal a related Powerpoint. Doc buff.ly/E6jyjGl
ORDERED that Plaintiff’s [74] Motion to Unseal is GRANTED IN PART. The Clerk of the Court shall unseal in full the [65-2] Delta PowerPoint. Defendants shall submit to Plaintiff and the Court any proposals for narrowly tailored redactions to the [65-1] JLL Plan, accompanied by particularized and substantial written justifications, no later than October 14, 2026. Plaintiff shall file any response to the proposed redactions no later than October 19, 2026. The Court will then review the proposals and rule by separate order.
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Stephanie A. @smdalbrig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
As long as you can access the written materials, I see no issue!
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Brass & Wool Books @brassnwool.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Last Day to get the Preorder price for the new Luke Cage release! brassnwool.com/product/trut... #marvelbooks #disneybooks #bookrec #lookandsee 💙📚 #blackbookshelf #bookrec #blackbooksky #readingcommunity #newbookrelease @blacktopkid.bsky.social
https://brassnwool.com/product/truth-to-power-a-luke-cage-marvel-crime-novel/
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Stephanie A. @smdalbrig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
They are fun movies! Have fun, people!
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Stephanie A. @smdalbrig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My dad was a machinist by trade at Newport News Shipyard and then in supervisor positions there for over 40 years. My parents always stressed having a skill and finding a job with good benefits - they are still important jobs.
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Stephanie A. @smdalbrig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dang. 🙁
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Stephanie A. @smdalbrig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What?!? That has been there since the early 90s! I had friends working there in high school. If Cheddar’s ever leaves that parking lot, a part of my childhood will have officially died 🫡
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Stephanie A. @smdalbrig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One of my law school professors wrote a book about this nyupress.org/978147983296...
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Secrets of the Killing State
Finalist, 2026 Next Generation Indie Book Award: Social JusticeLethal injection is nothing like what people think. This is its untold story.In the popular im...
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Stephanie A. @smdalbrig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We went to the same high school. I had no idea until he was the Steelers head coach.
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Stephanie A. @smdalbrig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“I learned it by watching you”, but only because we use it sarcastically in this house.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 30/09/2026
What you should know is… a lie don’t care who tell it www.complex.com/v/worst-take...
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Babyface Fans Need to Hear This Bomani Jones Take | Complex Bets Presents Worst Take
Babyface is one of the great producers, but an overrated ...
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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Alright, gonna ask a question aloud into the void here and I already regret doing so but: For women especially, what’s the first age you recall being sexualized, by men? I’m a trans dude but I’ll answer (in brief, writing a longer thing on this): I was about 7 …
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 28/09/2026
AI founders: look what we did! Necromancy with your favorite author! Aren’t you all excited?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A provocative article in Rolling Stone titled "What some folks really mean when they claim to have never done the Humpty Hump."
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I hope that young woman bankrupts Cornell University.
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@AmySilverberg

One time a writer friend of mine got too drunk and sobbed bc she said there were too many books in the world she wouldn’t have time to read, and this guy down the bar said, ladies—he isn’t worth it and my friend yelled IM CRYING ABOUT BOOKS and that shut the guy up
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Michael Mishak @mjmishak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Online sportsbooks say they do not want business from problem gamblers. So @propublica.org's Jake Pearson spent 10 weeks on DraftKings testing how the company would react to someone displaying all the hallmarks of a compulsive bettor. Spoiler: It made him a VIP. www.propublica.org/article/draf...
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
In a scathing dissent, Justice Jackson, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan, wrote: "The Court focuses only on the harms the Government will purportedly suffer absent a stay, disregarding the harms that the modified SAVE system has caused, and will likely continue to cause, to lawful voters."
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
some pilots are part of the furry community
An illustration of the Ralph Lauren Polo bear dressed up as a pilot and standing in front of a red airplane. The text says "Polo Aviator by Ralph Lauren."
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 25/09/2026
Parker Molloy just published this thoughtful piece tonight. It's worth a read imo. open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
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Trainwreck
Old habits, especially embarrassing ones, die hard.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump admin to immediately restore access for news organizations that Trump banned.
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POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access
The Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process ri...
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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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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Reminder into the void here that @maris.bsky.social and I coedited a whole project for @literaryhub.bsky.social subtweeting: Pamela Paul’s tenure at the NYTBR … lithub.com/what-was-los...
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What Was Lost: A Queer Accounting of the NY Times Book Review, 2013-2022
“Goodbye, Pamela Paul,” was the headline of Andrea Long Chu’s now-iconic, recently ASME-nominated New York Magazine farewell to the former NY Times Book Review editor, when Paul left the paper two …
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
people like bret stephens simply cant comprehend of a world where straight white men like them aren't the main character of every facet of human existence all the time. its fucking exhausting. they have to be the guy in the movies, in academia, in books, in music. every fucking thing has to be them
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Straight white males have had their voice taken away, I say, in my regular New York Times opinion column
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 22/09/2026
As i was grabbing a Sudachi Lime redbull ... i felt the hairs on the back of my neck rise... and the a voice i hoped to never hear again say "Got you afraid of wearing yellow eh?"
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carmenlynn.bsky.social @carmenlynn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Flock seems to be going out of business. They’re offering buyouts, and there are rumors that they are going sell the company in pieces.
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Signs of Crisis at Flock as It Offers Employees Buyouts to Quit and Get Off Payroll
As backlash against the company shows no signs of dying down, Flock is enticing employees to quit with generous severance packages.
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Activate Virginia @activateva.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"In response to “hundreds of emails” sent by residents to their offices in recent weeks, county supervisors... voted unanimously yesterday (Tuesday) to pause the installation of new Flock cameras by the Fairfax County Police Department."
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Fairfax County board suspends Flock camera installations, as criticism grows in N. Va. | FFXnow
Amid a growing national backlash to automated license plate readers (ALPRs), Fairfax County leaders want to take a closer look at their partnership with Flock Safety, the country's leading provider of...
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Stephanie A. @smdalbrig.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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