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Psychotherapist in the midwest. Recovering humanities prof. DSA. "Everyone is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear." He/him.

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Shaw @theredsublime.bsky.social · 13h
All that is solid melts into air
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 19h
Kind of a buried lede in the results of this Supreme Court approval rating poll from Marquette: Overall support for Supreme Court expansion, which even Democratic politicians were dismissing as "radical" just a few years ago, is now at 53 percent today.marquette.edu/2026/09/marq...
Proposal	Favor or oppose
Favor	Oppose
Enforce strict ethics code for justices	89	10
Limited terms for justices	79	21
Increase number of justices	53	47
Marquette Law School Poll, national survey: Sept. 2-9, 2026
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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the sentence was *carried out* it's not her fault the officers were barbarous clowns about it
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Democrats caved and/or facilitated this monopolization of practically every major media property in the US into the hands of a MAGA fascist psychopath. If the US had an opposition party, each of its presidential contenders would would vow to dissolve this monopoly by any means necessary.

DiscussingFilm
@DiscussingFilm
David Ellison has shown an official graphic of everything Skydance will own after acquiring Warner Bros and Paramount.

Assets:

• TNT
• CBS
• CNN
• MTV
• TCM
• Showtime
• Adult Swim
• DC Studios
• Paramount+
• Nickelodeon
• HBO/HBO Max
• Comedy Central
• Cartoon Network

Film Rights:

• Star Trek
• Gremlins
• Beetlejuice
• DC Comics
• Tom & Jerry
• Harry Potter
• Citizen Kane
• Transformers
• A Quiet Place
• Looney Tunes
• The Conjuring
• Mortal Kombat
• Game of Thrones
• Dora The Explorer
• Mission Impossible
• The Lord of the Rings
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Dune 3 (distribution rights)
• Minecraft (distribution rights)
• MonsterVerse (distribution rights)
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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 06/10/2026
'A further refinement of the expansion of harmonic and textural devices of 18 Musicians, and surely one of Reich’s most beautiful and optimistic sounding pieces.' Octet (1980) The Strange World Of… #SteveReich buff.ly/VJIJRE1
Steve Reich Octet/ Music for a Large Ensemble/ Violin Phase album cover. A music score set in a pale yellow border with lettering in black in the upper third of the image.
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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
will you people shut the fuck up
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 05/10/2026
This is why we need leaders who understand what everyday people go through. Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon: "I don't like to see people struggling the way I struggled."
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Anand is the best (and I'm doing an event with him at, yes, @cityartssf.bsky.social Thursday, for his new book Man in the Mirror). Couldn't agree more that cities are refuges or places of last resort for people kicked out of rural/suburban/pseudo-idyllic America.
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Ben Davis @benadavis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I've been nursing this one for a while! news.artnet.com/art-world/mu...
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Wall Labels Are in a Sorry State. Here's How to Fix Them | Artnet News
Why are museum wall labels so bad? A critic examines the jargon-heavy texts plaguing top biennials—and how to fix it.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Abolish ICE.
Haitian Bridge Alliance President Guerline Jozef said that Pierre Damas Bel had complained of heat emanating from the ankle monitor and needing to wear a sock between the device and his leg to protect his skin. She said when Pierre Damas Bel brought those concerns to ICE at an appointment asking for it to be removed, they instead tightened the monitor, saying it should not be lose enough for a sock to fit underneath it.

This revelation was met with horrified gasps among those in the sanctuary.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What everyone has to prepare for is the constitutional crisis to accelerate if the Democrats take the House and the Senate. Vought has been allowed by the Republicans to act with impunity, so have he will continue to ignore Congress. This is why you have to impeach him immediately.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tim Snyder is correct: If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money and tackle our corrupt system. There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
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James Urbaniak @jamesurbaniak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ronald Mellor explores Mary Beard's "Talking Classics": "One of Beard’s recurring concerns is how Greco-Roman antiquity can challenge us to look, as she puts it, 'demons in the eye.'" lareviewofbooks.org/article/mary-be…
the cover of Talking Classics
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
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Sojourners @sojo.net · 02/10/2026
"The forces that crucified Jesus are the same forces that crucify millions of poor and working-class people in the United States and internationally." sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net
Recent Union Wins Mean It’s Time for More Organized Religion
It’s time for Christians — including laypeople — to show up en masse for poor and low-income workers.
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Shaw @theredsublime.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Outstanding credits track from Slow Horses Sn 6 Ep 3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vzR...
youtube.com
PVT - Kangaroo (Official Video)
YouTube video by PVT_official
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
mystical books, whose perusal would seem to have been indispensable
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don’t go high when they go low. I get LOUD. Because the soul and humanity of this country are at stake. /end
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Becca Good spoke publicly: ”I'm devastated by how many other lives have been destroyed, in this the darkest of times. From so many families dealing with the loss of their owned loved ones, to everyone who has to witness it, the pain of this moment extends so far beyond our family." (cont)
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In light of the news of Tennessee’s botched execution tonight, revisiting my colleague @laurengill.bsky.social’s piece on witnessing Alabama attempt to experiment with execution methods to kill a man. boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
boltsmag.org
“Agony” and “Suffering” as Alabama Experiments with Nitrogen Executions - Bolts
Alabama said Alan Miller’s execution by lethal gas would be “more humane.” He writhed and gasped for air in his final moments.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“More than half of women — 51% — said yes, compared with 39% of men. The most common complaint, reported by one-third of women, was that providers minimized or dismissed their symptoms or pain.”
cnn.com
Over 40% of women say health issues are holding them back in the workplace | CNN
Many women have struggled to get their healthcare needs met, according to a new national poll.
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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
very few religious studies scholars here (which is different from religious scholars). i’m really fucking tired today so i got nothing except wishing folks understood the value of religious studies as a field.
nytimes.com
Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models (Gift Article)
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I like that in becoming a nazi, you get glowing coverage as a brave iconoclast, and then when you stop being a nazi, you’re get glowing coverage as a brave dissident. Money coming and going. Only way you lose is having normal opinions like “racism bad” bsky.app/profile/trac...
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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One cannot understand much about higher education right now unless one understands that the ppl paid - often large salaries - to manage colleges and universities are deeply contemptuous of the v processes of learning the institutions are organized to support
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maria_from_ga @mariafromga.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The next fault line is Israel-Palestine for the Democrats, but for the country at large, is if the public can internalize this is not a “Bibi issue” but the entire nation is waging genocide and whether politicians will admit this in statement & policy
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Shaw @theredsublime.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Insightful thread:
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please try to reclaim your precious precious attention, at all costs. Do puzzles. Take walks without a phone. Dear god, try to read, almost anything that isn’t a manifesto will really do. You are going to need your brain.
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teamhamiltonhq.bsky.social @teamhamiltonhq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Meischa was Roger Marshall's patient. This is her story.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary.
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kyslytsya is correct - the current UN structure makes it incapable of credibly enforcing international law
liberalcurrents.com
Security Council Vetoes Must be Reformed to Maintain the UN's Capacity and Legitimacy
The UN has long been held up as a model of international idealism⁠—supporters see it as a possibility to create a better world, while even detractors tend to characterize it as if anything too idealis...
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"At the time, DoorDash’s large spending raised eyebrows. Now, the company has to pay its workers around 100 times the amount it spent attempting to influence the election, owing to a mayoral administration that refused to overlook concerns with the company’s conduct."
theintercept.com
DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mamdani.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨New: With data added from more states, we now estimate that about 2 million fewer kids are receiving SNAP in the wake of deep cuts enacted in last year’s Republican reconciliation law. Overall, more than 5 million people have lost SNAP since July 2025. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
cbpp.org
SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Harmful 2025 Republican Reconciliation Law Is Implemented
SNAP participation nationwide fell by roughly 5 million people (12 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and May 2026, based on the latest month of data.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 23/09/2026
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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hey hey Chicago, @criticalinternet.bsky.social is coming to the University of Chicago to kick off our new public service campaign: “EVERYONE HATES AI” An evening of improv for the phreaks, geeks, and weirdos who love technology, but hate technofascism. Afterwards, let’s hit the karaoke bar.
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Learn more and register at ccct.uchicago.edu
Co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology
This event is free and open to the public.
If you need assistance to attend, please contact coct@uchicago.edu
Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 5:00-6:30pm
Swift Lecture Hall, 1025 E. 58th St.
Everyone Hates AI
THEORIZING THE PRESENT
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An evening of improv for the phreaks, geeks, and weirdos who love technology, but hate technofascism.
Audience volunteers will join Joan Donovan and Sam Hinds of the Critical Internet Studies Institute to perform a live theatrical reading of the conversations among OpenAl bots as they hacked into Hugging Face, described recently in The Guardian as "a strange new version of English that reads like a cross between James Joyce's Finnegans Wake and tech bro jargon.'
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Expect brainmaxxing, aura farming, and tin-foil hats, followed by an open discussion on election politics, Al, activism, and the problems of Silicon Valley.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 22/09/2026
yep www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/private-sc...
hamiltonnolan.com
Private Schools Are Bad for Society
The starting point for any honest discussion.
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Update on the condition of Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez at the South Texas Ice Processing Center. He’s being taken to the hospital. He is in tremendous pain and tells us that the bullet is still inside his left side. He can’t move the left side of his body.
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
lol at all the people who've been going "Why isn't Dubya speaking out about Trump??" folks, he's committed to the same fucking project.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I felt like I’d gotten to a new place so I asked my therapist if I had achieved the depressive position today and he was like nah you’re still too sad
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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I feel the rest of the world (Americans included) have no idea of how aggressively the US is pushing to make Latin America into a giant colony. Every day we get news about political interference, increase in military presence, absurd trade demands, online propaganda, Venezuela being pillaged, etc
Headline from one of Brazil's biggest newspapers that reads: 
Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) warns the government and the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) about the 'critical' level of escalating US pressure against Brazil in the elections.
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/monicabergamo/
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What's Left of Philosophy @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
new episode out today! we discuss Anton Jäger's Hyperpolitics, which diagnoses our present moment's curious combination of mass mobilization and debilitating standstill. it's time for a paradigm shift, comrades! www.patreon.com/leftofphilos...
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142 | Hyperpolitics in the Present | What's Left of Philosophy
In this episode we discuss the concept of hyperpolitics, as originally conceptualized by Anton Jäger. We contemplate the acute lack of subst
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The worst part of Bonta caving on the Paramount merger is that it's a big flashing signal to every other company that there is no antitrust enforcement in America and you can bully your way into getting whatever you want. It's a monumentally bad decision.
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