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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 2h

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Steve Kenson ❌👑 @stevekenson.com · 2h

I'm going to vote. Of course I am. But when I get yet another slightly scolding Democratic fundraising email like "We checked our supporter records, and it looks like you haven’t chipped in yet this year!" I kind of want to flip the table. Like, no, I haven't, because AFFORDABILITY, fuckers!

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GeorgiaBlue @georgiablue.bsky.social · 19h

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Jacob Blackmon @jacobblackmon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here are the fastplay rules for the upcoming withes-on-brooms jousting game BROOMTILTING! Full rules will be available during the crowd funding campaign in October. #Tabletop #Gaming #RPG #RolePlayingGame mikelaff.itch.io/broomtilting...

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Steve Kenson ❌👑 @stevekenson.com · 29/09/2026

The most corrupt in U.S. history, Donald Trump has made a million dollars PER HOUR he has been President this term, more than twice the YEARLY salary he so "nobly" refuses.

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Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 29/09/2026

This is like a fucking SNL skit where studios keep making hockey shows instead of gay shows

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

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Steve Kenson ❌👑 @stevekenson.com · 29/09/2026

This whole thread means the America.gov AI will be shut down or "offline for maintenance" within a day or so.

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation. If asked to prosecute a former president today based on the same facts, I would do so regardless of whether that president was a Republican or a Democrat.

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Steve Kenson ❌👑 @stevekenson.com · 29/09/2026

If the so-called “defenders of women” on the right really cared about protecting them, their top agenda item would be banning fraternities on college campuses.

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Steve Kenson ❌👑 @stevekenson.com · 29/09/2026

There are more cisgender men accused of rape at Cornell than there are transgender athletes minding their own business playing college sports in the country.

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Steve Kenson ❌👑 @stevekenson.com · 29/09/2026

Speaker Johnson really making the case the MAGA-GOP can’t be allowed to control Congress for two more months, much less two more years like the past two.

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Lord Chris Hanrahan (He/Him) @chrishanrahan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This kinda 'optimisim' is what will get people complacent. Just go vote. Don't let the promise of a land slide keep you home assuming someone else has it covered for you.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026

Talking recently to family members of people snatched up and expelled to third countries by ICE, I learned: 1) All of those captured were in 287(g) jurisdictions; 2) None of the family members had known what 287(g) was and had erroneously thought people with no arrests were safe.

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Men, stop telling women you denounce sexual assault and start telling your male friends.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hard to imagine what that would be like

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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Homophobes are very grateful to the transphobes who pathed the way for this. The racists can’t wait to get their turn. It’s only a matter of time. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Christian 'discriminated' against in job retraction over LGBT views, court hears

Felix Ngole was rejected for a job after his potential employer discovered his views on homosexuality.

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Steve Kenson ❌👑 @stevekenson.com · 28/09/2026

Every time Trump says "the polls are fake" remember he's going to be shouting the same thing about our elections in a few weeks.

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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

holodeck dungeons and dragons

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've reported first-hand on steel mills in Korea, China, Japan, Illinois, and Mississippi. This is 100% not going to happen. Disagree? Bet me. (Though I'm against online betting. It's just not going to happen.)

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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Murderer: Everyone lay down! Everyone Else: *screaming* Me: *fatigued* hell yeah.

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Wendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

He is a bizarro-world president, doing it all bass-ackwards "Trump has an instinctive admiration for authoritarian leaders, a quasi-mystical belief in his own judgement of character, and a bone-deep commitment to never listening to a briefing. The result is diplomacy by dictatorial whim."

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Paul VX2: Back GRIDSHOCK on Gamefound @letsdamage.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The best interview I've done. If you've wondered what the deal with GRIDSHOCK Zero Edition really is, good news: these gentlemen did an excellent job of getting me to explain why I made it, what it's about, and what makes it worth backing. Huge thanks to the Effekt crew.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Pete Hegseth was obliterated last Saturday night. That doesn't mean he doesn't have to get obliterated again next Saturday night. Logic.

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Vic from Comic Books Beyond @comicbooksbeyond.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

JLA Avengers by @kurtbusiek.bsky.social and George Perez is a love letter to anyone who has ever read a DC or Marvel comic. We all love "who would win in a fight," but this more importantly asks "how can we coexist and work together to be better?" This book is the pure thesis of superhero stories.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

NEW from me: Over the last 4 years, America has lost more than 200k jobs in creative fields like publishing, film, TV, or graphic design. It's the worst stretch for arts jobs outside of recessions. How much is AI to blame? And can the arts' business model survive?🧵 www.apricitas.io/p/ai-and-the...

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AI and the Fall? of the Creative Class

America is Losing Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs in Media, Film & the Arts. How Much is AI to Blame?

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Sarah Kennedy @triceratops.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We are three days left! Thank you all for your support and I’m excited to write about hiver rat men! www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

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Eat The H.I.V.E. TTRPG

A Cyber Gutter Punk Eat the Reich Hack; where you unleash hell on the overlords of an unending miles high Mega-City

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

WHAT HAPPEN?

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David R. Slayton (He/Him) @drslayton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Long before you knew me, I was a poet. It's what brought me to Colorado. It's not a voice I use much anymore, but last night provided some inspiration:

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Steve Kenson ❌👑 @stevekenson.com · 27/09/2026

Anyway, it's a rainy Fall day, a hearty beef stew is on simmer, a rustic garlic loaf ready for the oven, one of my husbands is baking cookies, and I'm getting ready to run D&D for my husbands and a couple of friends this afternoon. May your Sunday be as good!

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David R. Slayton (He/Him) @drslayton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

But no, I have no interest in outsourcing my intellect to the plagarism machine that stole my work, is crippling minds, causing suicides and destroying our only habitat. I believe AI has no place in the arts. Period. I will not argue this. If you disagree feel free to block me.

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Steve Kenson ❌👑 @stevekenson.com · 27/09/2026

It's just a matter of time before Fetterman switches parties. The Democrats should write him off as a member of their caucus right now in terms of their future plans.

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Steve Kenson ❌👑 @stevekenson.com · 27/09/2026

This is a complete and total fear-mongering lie. There are literally NO surgical gender-affirming procedures being performed for minors, much less with "reckless abandon" and the effort adults have to go through for such procedures is staggering.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“It’s not pervert glasses, it’s a tiny fuzzy pervert you wear around your neck because you trapped him in a tiny pervert cage. It’s not weird. He likes the cage, if you know what I mean. Now come over here and let him have a good look at you.”

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'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's #StarTrekAdventures Saturday, and I'm watching TOS Trek for scenario seeds for @modiphius.bsky.social's fabulous Trek #TTRPG. Today an episode I had nostalgia for—"The Doomsday Machine"—only, re-watching, it has the "no choice but to give the mansion to the Misfits" problem, but still fun.

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STA Saturday — “The Doomsday Machine”

Hey all! It’s Saturday, and I’ve been revisiting TOS-era episodes of Star Trek every week in search of a scenario seed or two or three for Star Trek Adventures as put out by Modiphiu…

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Steve Kenson ❌👑 @stevekenson.com · 26/09/2026

In as much as one can make sense out of nonsense, this can be read as Trump rejecting exactly the deal that’s needed solely because it doesn’t agree with the narrative that he already won and is in complete control.

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Steve Kenson ❌👑 @stevekenson.com · 26/09/2026

Unfortunately, I hold the White House in contempt with roughly equal effect as this.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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Steve Kenson ❌👑 @stevekenson.com · 26/09/2026

"What are we doing tonight, Brain?" "The same thing we do every night, Pinky..."

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