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Maxwell

@themaxwell.bsky.social
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He/him. Living in Texas. Love games, art, and human rights. Husband and father, feeling deep anxiety about supporting my family through the coming years.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🔥 @anandwrites.bsky.social on Bill Maher: “Cities are unfairly labeled. A large % of (LGBTQ youth) homeless who end up in cities were failed in other parts of 🇺🇸 . Many families choose a verse in a Book over their child… cities are holding a lot of people you failed to love & take care of.”
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Texas, the voter registration deadline is coming up next week. If you live in Texas and want to vote, be sure to check that you are registered properly — even if you you think you did what you had to. A statewide database to check: goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
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DPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to counties
Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I love this woman. If only her words could reach all human ears. A must watch till the end, Speaker-Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and antiglobalization author. #WomeninLeadership IG: @maturedgirl
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
FRIENDLY DAILY REMINDER!! Check your voter registration, Texans! And check it often. Please don't wait until it's too late! Come on, Texas! Let's quit being such an embarrassment to the country! Deadline is October 5. Go to VoteTexas.gov.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This actually is a big deal, not just because it hides the critical decision making of the Supreme Court in mystery, but because it hides larger phenomena too. Quick thread:
nytimes.com
How the Supreme Court Locks Away Its Own History (Gift Article)
After Justice Scalia died, the justices held private negotiations about locking away their papers. We may not see the ultimate record of the Roberts court for decades.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026
They disinvented the VCR. You might think that the reason we don't have VCRs anymore is because VCRs were supplanted by DVDs, PVRs and streaming, but that's not the case. They had it in for the VCR from the very start, and they never stopped trying to kill it. Eventually, they succeeded. 1/
A 1960s family living room in which a mom, dad and two kids are mesmerized by a cabinet-style TV. The image has been altered. The TV has an early 1990s VCR atop it. The TV screen is displaying a cross-sectioned human head with brains and spine on display. A huge fist has materialized in the room, with bloody spiked knuckle-dusters, smashing into the VCR. The oil painting over the sofa has been replaced with a pulp image of a male head, its cranium removed and replaced by a dome. Inside the dome is a red eight-segment VCR clock, displaying 12:00. The background in the painting is a tangle of cassette tape. The whole image's colors have been boosted, giving it an overexposed look.
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 25/08/2026
It is not up to the president what the Kennedy Center is called. It is not up to the president what the Department of Defense is called. It is not up to the president what the Gulf of Mexico is called. It is not up to the president what Lake Ontario is called.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/08/2026
here is the thing. if you tell me that you believe that race is a biological category and that it is a guide to the objective superiority and inferiority of groups of people, i am not calling you a racist to *insult* you, i am calling you a racist because it best describes your beliefs.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
There's a certain kind of pundit who is so desperate to Have Said Something that they don't even care if what they're saying is fart sounds
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 16/08/2026
your Tesla supports mass child death
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
If all income in excess of $400,000 were subject to the Social Security payroll tax, Social Security’s solvency would be guaranteed forever. We could also expand Social Security benefits. There’s no reason even to consider reducing Social Security benefits or raising the age of eligibility.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 10/08/2026
We need to protect Social Security for the next generation.
The Social Security payroll tax is capped at $184,500 in income. So if you're a nurse or construction worker, you pay Social Security on 100% of your income. But if you're a lawyer raking in millions, you only pay Social Security on a tiny fraction of your income. That is not right.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
this name shit would be the perfect time for obama and/or mamdani to do a hit for el-sayed. "we've heard a lot of people attacking dr el-sayed over his name. well, for eight years they called me PRESIDENT hussein obama. and i'm MAYOR mamdani. so maybe its time for SENATOR el-sayed."
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
The Campaign to Force Genital Exams on Girl Athletes Soon Washington State could require sex-verification tests for those playing sports in schools.
Portrait of Andrea González-Ramírez
By Andrea González-Ramírez, a senior writer for The Cut who covers systems of power. Those physicals, Maria explains, are usually perfunctory: “Like, Are you walking normally? Are you lightheaded? I have never had to take any clothes off. I’ve never felt uncomfortable or violated.” If IL26-638 were to pass and Maria were still in school, she says she would likely drop out of her team. (We’re withholding Maria’s real name to protect her privacy.) “I honestly don’t know if I would be able to do these tests,” she adds. “It would also make me question, If I do it, are all my teammates going to too? Or would I just play with the three or four girls who are willing to or have access to do it?”
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It is funny that this person thinks “immigrants defended the union while native born whites sought to destroy it in the name of slavery” is an argument against immigrants being Americans. This is precisely the point, nothing about being born here makes you better bsky.app/profile/aphc...
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
112 children are imprisoned at Dilley. The youngest child imprisoned at Dilley is 2 months old. None have committed any crime. Private investors make money for each new child taken into Dilley. We need to #ShutDownDilley and end family detention.
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Your doctor should decide what care you need - not a dude behind a desk or worse, an AI robot. It's time to ban prior authorization.
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404 Media @404media.co · 28/07/2026
After laying out his “plan” for the officials before him, he revealed that it was all satire in protest of Flock. “I would never do this to you,” he said to the council. “Could I? Probably. But I wouldn't because it's wrong.“ Read @samleecole.bsky.social story: www.404media.co/casa-grande-...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
BREAKING NYT: Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states "based solely" on whether they backed Trump in the 2024 election.
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
Universal childcare needs to be truly universal. Today, we took a huge step toward this vision with a $67.5 million investment in high-quality Special Education programs — coming to all five boroughs this fall.
We’re investing $67.5 M to bring more special-ed pre-k to schools across NYC. For the first time, young children with disabilities won’t have to leave their neighborhood schools to access specialized Pre-K. Instead, nationally recognized special education programs will meet students where they are, at their local schools.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
For too long, many young children with disabilities had to travel across the city to get the education they deserve. Now, they won't have to.  This is just the beginning. Our administration won't stop until every child has what they need to grow.
Mayor Mamdani greets a student. We’re investing in the staff that make inclusive Special Ed programs possible.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
"A group of Meta employees is suing the social-media company over how it carried out layoffs this spring, alleging that it used AI that disproportionately cut workers with disabilities or on protected leave."
wsj.com
Meta Workers Accuse It of Using AI to Conduct Discriminatory Layoffs
A lawsuit alleged the company relied on AI that disproportionately targeted workers with disabilities or who were on medical or parental leave.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Officers shooting a man, running away from law enforcement, who is not a target of law enforcement, and who poses no threat to law enforcement, is murder. Federal officers do not have the power to commit summary executions because they are aggrieved.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 13/07/2026
This is the link to make a comment about the proposed OMB rule change. This rule change does many things, most most centrally it effectively moves the power of the purse from the legislative to the executive branch. www.regulations.gov/document/OMB... This is incredibly dangerous.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 10/07/2026
This is a BIG red flag. Ahead of the midterms, Donald Trump FIRED all members of the independent Election Assistance Commission—people confirmed unanimously by the Senate to make sure we have free and fair elections. We can't let Trump rig the next election.
bostonglobe.com
Trump administration fires members of independent election group - The Boston Globe
The move comes as President Trump seeks to cast doubt on the outcome of the upcoming midterms and impose control over how ballots are counted.
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rule4080.bsky.social @rule4080.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
They want us in chains. We are not in chains. Because we said fuck that shit.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
and this isn't just some random evil racist congressman. he's the majority whip, the third most powerful member of the house! this *is* the party.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security on 100% of their income. A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security on less than 1% of their income. Instead of raising the retirement age, we should scrap the Social Security tax cap.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Three years ago tomorrow, I very nervously gave this speech. I knew my career as a TV journalist was dunzo, cooked, filleted, kaput the morning I wrote it. (Thanks to Kat insisting I go for it anyway.) The end is awfully prescient at this exact second, though. Big ups to Scott Pelley for fighting.
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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
No, Gov. Abbott. Texas barbeque is not about the sauce. Sincerely, Texans. (P.S. We’re tired of the culture war distractions.)
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TK (Takashi DY) Kozai @bioniclab.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
🪼 Your tax dollars paid a scientist to squeeze jellyfish through cheesecloth. Osamu Shimomura processed tens of thousands on an NSF grant to understand why they glow. He found a protein that glowed green under UV light. Called it "green protein." Nobody cared. For decades.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I found the Epstein files hard to read, including one in which a NYC law-firm managing partner asked about granting – and revoking – visas. That led @elizaorlins.bsky.social and me to share a moment of candor at the end about our feelings towards ICE... (1/2)
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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“Texans can’t afford brisket under this administration”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"Talarico is a vegan." "Paxton pardoned a pedophile." "Uh, well, Talarico says God is nonbinary or something?" "Paxton pardoned a pedophile." "Um, Talarico is, uh, low T?" "Paxton pardoned a pedophile." "Talarico is going to institute sharia law!" "Paxton pardoned a pedophile."
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Ken Paxton’s ”corruption is also making Texans less safe. Just this week, Ken Paxton released Adam Hoffman — a self-admitted child sex abuser — from jail after one of Paxton’s wealthy lawyer friends got involved in the case.” jamestalarico.substack.com/p/meet-our-o...
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Meet our opponent: Ken Paxton
He is the most corrupt politician in America, and it isn’t even close.
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
A reader/skeptic asked me to spell out my procedural hardball philosophy, and why we should assume it won’t accelerate us along our trajectory toward fascism. I answered at extraordinary and ponderous length, but this is probably the crux. www.offmessage.net/p/republican...
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 28/05/2026
Bluesky isn't a bubble or an echo chamber, it's a garden. You plant some seeds and pull some weeds, you tend to it with care, and you make it into a space that pleases you when you come to sit in it a while. Other people can plant and tend to their own gardens, if they like. This garden is yours.
A colorful riot of tulips and other flowers.
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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A simple bill: all candidates for federal office and nominees to federal appointments must be audited by the IRS, and the tax records must be made public.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I would like Democrats to come out and say that anyone receiving assets from this new slush fund, or profiting any of the other corrupt acts from this candidate, will have 100% of their assets seized the first chance we get. Even if they get pardoned.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I used "smooth-brained" as a dig until a father of a boy with lissencephaly -- the medical term for the condition -- wrote me an incredibly patient note to explain what his son had to deal with. This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
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Finally, a Smooth-Brained Wuthering Heights
Emerald Fennell’s Emily Brontë adaptation is brave enough to just be about two messy bitches.
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I was interviewed by Pitt’s University Times about my new book Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States (a.co/d/0fJS2Dc3). Give it a read! www.utimes.pitt.edu/news/public-...
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Public Health professor’s ‘Coverage Denied’ book dives into health insurance quagmire
Miranda Yaver reflects on subtle barriers to coverage, potential of U.K. private-payer model.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Good morning! This is fascism!
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I feel confident that this man has no idea what the women in his house do.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/05/2026
Rep. Stansbury: "This administration is choosing to not investigate the crimes that are in these files. The administration is choosing to release the names of survivors and not perpetrators…The administration is trying to gaslight the American people."
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onion person @junlper.beer · 11/05/2026
important thing to note here is dr oz cites a current american replacement rate of 1.5, which is not true. the american replacement level in 2025 was 1.79. interestingly, the white replacement rate is in fact at 1.5 though
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
There will be many Democrats who argue that undoing all of Trump's tacky, trashy monuments to himself — from the reflecting pool to the arch to ballroom, etc. — will be "too costly" or a "distraction." Resist this way of thinking. All of it needs to be changed back.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 11/05/2026
Sean Duffy’s reality series is getting slammed for all of the obvious reasons, but don’t look past the fact that his show is being sponsored by companies his department oversees and regulates. In other words, it’s not just a political mess, it’s also an ethical one. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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The problem(s) with the transportation secretary’s tone-deaf reality series
Sean Duffy’s return to reality programming isn’t just a political mess; it also raises unavoidable ethical questions.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
If the Supreme Court is concerned about its declining public legitimacy and thinks too many Americans are calling the Supreme Court illegitimate, the majority could try not issuing bad faith rulings that illegitimately distort law in pursuit of undemocratic partisan power. That’s always an option.
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