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athense.bsky.social
@athense.bsky.social
Art historian, twin, cardamom enthusiast. All opinions are my own. RT ≠ endorsement.
no no no
February 5, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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sooo many political strategist types continue to act like it’s ridiculous (or counterproductive) to name that Trump obviously wants to subvert the 2028 election and stay in power. meanwhile, NYT is scratching its chin noting no one seems to be gearing up to enter a Republican primary
February 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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Read this whole astonishing document. it should be taught as an object lesson in what volunteering to assist a fascist government does to your mind, body, and soul.
February 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires.

I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
February 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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watch us, bitch
This is an absolute threat. “You’re not going to stop ICE. You’re not going to stop Border Patrol.”

Said with the cool casual tone of a sociopath.
February 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM
love love love
In this week's edition of: "I didn't know one could protest in so many ways:"

More than 60 Drummers 🥁 coordinated throughout downtown Minneapolis to play on different street corners and share a unified message that they want ICE out of their city. 🪘🙌🏻

I love their laugh at the end. 😍
February 4, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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me finally owning a home in a walkable neighborhood when im too old to walk
February 3, 2026 at 3:31 AM
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Judge Bars Further Changes to George Washington’s Philadelphia House
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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Explain to me why I’m standing in front of my childrens’ schools in subzero weather trying to make sure none of their classmates are kidnapped by armed, masked goons then.
Corey Lewandowski: "I was really gonna go to the Super Bowl, but then Bad Bunny showed up. Listen -- anybody who is an American has nothing to worry about. It's the rapists and the murderers and the sex traffickers and child pedophiles who are in this country who need to be worried."
February 2, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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Muslim university students were arrested and expelled for protesting genocide. Let's see if college Republicans get even a slap on the wrist for advocating extrajudicial killings.
February 2, 2026 at 4:56 AM
i mean duh
The woke scolds are trying to make this about racism. But Musk is right. It's about historical and scientific integrity. When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white. It's just science.
Elon Musk claims Christopher Nolan has lost ‘integrity’ over The Odyssey casting
Lupita Nyong’o is reportedly set to play Helen of Troy in Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of Homer’s epic poem
www.independent.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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dark times ahead. but we are going to win
Meeting in solidarity with Haitians in Springfield, Ohio now - over 600 people and still growing.
February 2, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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Whenever you see a story about how liberals aren't making their conservative peers feel welcome enough, this is who they're talking about.
February 2, 2026 at 5:20 AM
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Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)
February 1, 2026 at 7:26 PM
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social killing it out here today
In this Ohio diner, the clap is what you do after every high school football game. But they do know this: it’s not surprising that a guy whose operating systems are always getting viruses contracted an STD from a prostitute.
February 1, 2026 at 2:41 PM
holy god what is this blackshirt shit?
Written about this before but the administration's housing policy is centered around abducting people with the theory that it will lower demand and also that people will just move into homes and apartments presumably still full the victims' belongings. Which is nuts
straight up Gestapo shit
January 31, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."

Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
January 31, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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The best satire cleaves closely to the truth.
January 31, 2026 at 6:46 PM
No amount of training or body cams or whatever can reform this
January 31, 2026 at 6:07 PM
re-watching this to revel in Catherine O'Hara's genius
January 31, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Great summary of Dem leadership right now: "We’re going to pass more laws [to tell them] to follow the laws that they’re ignoring. Give us $20."
leftist infighting again (suggesting the Democrats do something beyond passing laws calling on the authoritarian to follow the laws)
January 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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i think this is exactly right. fascism is the Death Drive as ideology. it's why the catastrophic end of the Nazi Party does not deter people from worshipping Nazis. that the Nazis destroyed Germany along with the rest of Europe is part of the appeal.
disturbingly plausible
January 30, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I couldn't go today, but so glad so many of my fellow citizens could and did
momentary exception to not posting to amplify how beautiful & powerful this Providence protest is #ICEout
January 30, 2026 at 11:43 PM