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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...
texastribune.org
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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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I agree. Folks aren’t remembering history. Some of it is that the mask/hood was still mostly on the GOP when they were growing up. The veneer of fiscal conservatism (which was always about preventing public money going to non-whites) let them think it wasn’t just the white nationalism at play.
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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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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s genuinely depressing how much suffering has been caused by affluent assholes failing to understand evolution. “Survival of the fittest” is eugenics agitprop that doesn’t even describe evolutionary process. That’s not how it works. Even if it were, what a terrible way to live your life.
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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
He’d be disappointed, but that guy was a bit of an asshole.
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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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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The way he rolls into “maybe they haven’t found the right partner” while referring to 15-19 year olds not getting pregnant. That man stinks of unacceptable views about age of consent laws.
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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
** stares in suffering through 40+ years of the religious right in America **
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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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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I think it’s the isolating effect of treating everything as an attempt to infiltrate. We shut ourselves off from outside input we don’t already recognize.
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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Is there anything genuinely good that came from DMCA? I’ve only heard it in context of ways corporations abuse or exploit consumers and throttle competition.
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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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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The 3 laws of robotics seem really necessary these days. We can’t rely on just a kill switch. There need to be preventative guardrails to certain behaviors that trigger a kill automatically when violated.
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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Yep. Not every charismatic, level-headed leader needs to be running for president. We need leaders in the senate and the house, too. We need people to legislate.
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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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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The things I want optimized or automated are the bullshit bits that surround the thing I love doing. Automate laundry and dishwashers. Let me do the reading and writing and thinking and exploring.
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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
And the plane flew with the Air Force One call sign in a deliberate deception to imperil them further
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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It’s easy to discredit the evidence when you just ignore all evidence that contradicts your grift. Also, a lot of folks who grew up without diagnosis have developed comprehensive masking techniques. Also, a lot of folks rightly fear being diagnosed and put on a list for reasons known/unknown.
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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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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I’m sure someone pointed out that current law prohibits our government from selling weapons to governments engaged in genocide. Even “defensive weapons” An arms embargo on Israel would be complying with existing law.
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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
They did look at Biden and Obama. For years. They found nothing criminal. If you want to change the law to make it harder to abuse political power, I’m for it. How about we at least don’t make it worse right now? How about we say no to Blanche right now? How about we remove trump right fucking now?
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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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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I don’t need either one. Piker and Carville have about the same level of relevance to what makes the establishment Dems or the Democratic Socialists successful. No one would notice if both of them shut up forever.
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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Of all the horrors of COVID, lockdown wasn’t one for me. I hated so much of that time, but isolation with my family was never a source of grief.
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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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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Trump’s shitty crew is going to steal all that shitty gold as soon as he dies or gets removed
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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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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If my insurance carrier can deny coverage (which effectively denies treatment) without suing my doctor for malpractice, then the carrier fails the common definition of health insurance. It becomes a racketeering scheme.
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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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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It’s almost like those weren’t communist regimes but just masquerading under the label. Stalinism is a much more apt description of those cults of personality sitting atop governmental structures.
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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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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
First, I haven’t seen any instance when the vehicle has actually been “weaponized” as ICE claims. Second, if you think vehicles are weapons, the vehicle stops put your “officers” near the weapons instead of avoiding them. Third, I prefer ICE “officers” buried any day over civilians murdered.
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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Trading stocks isn’t a business. It doesn’t produce anything and doesn’t employ anyone. I support disincentivizing candidates who would put their business interests on par or ahead of the public interest. Be a successful little business owner or stock trader if you want. Stay out of government.
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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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Maxwell @themaxwell.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A machine cannot be held accountable so a machine must never make decisions for humans.
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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.
regulations.gov
Regulations.gov
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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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