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Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
September 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
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Imagine that we are roommates. You ask me to restock the toilet paper. To prove that I did so, I show you the receipt.
The next morning, when you are in need of toilet paper, you find that the drawer is empty. This is because I have invented a new innovative method that I call Lean Shopping.
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The next morning, when you are in need of toilet paper, you find that the drawer is empty. This is because I have invented a new innovative method that I call Lean Shopping.
1/
September 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Imagine that we are roommates. You ask me to restock the toilet paper. To prove that I did so, I show you the receipt.
The next morning, when you are in need of toilet paper, you find that the drawer is empty. This is because I have invented a new innovative method that I call Lean Shopping.
1/
The next morning, when you are in need of toilet paper, you find that the drawer is empty. This is because I have invented a new innovative method that I call Lean Shopping.
1/
Started prefacing every answer to "How are you" with "Adjusted for emotional inflation," and will not be stopping anytime soon
May 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Started prefacing every answer to "How are you" with "Adjusted for emotional inflation," and will not be stopping anytime soon
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Reminder: the First Amendment protects everyone who resides in our country. It doesn't matter if you have a green card or a visa or if you're undocumented. The Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that any person residing in the United States, regardless of status, is entitled to 1A protections.
March 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Reminder: the First Amendment protects everyone who resides in our country. It doesn't matter if you have a green card or a visa or if you're undocumented. The Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that any person residing in the United States, regardless of status, is entitled to 1A protections.
Marco was one of the first people I re-followed when I migrated over here, and it's because of threads like this
So. I think it's important to share news about what's happening. But I'm trying to square that with the other reality that it contributes to doomscrolling.
I think we need to start putting these things into context and talking about what we are learning or what we should take away from it.
I think we need to start putting these things into context and talking about what we are learning or what we should take away from it.
NEW—After a day of uncertainty on where agents took Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk, she appears to be in a Louisiana facility.
1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.
1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.
March 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Marco was one of the first people I re-followed when I migrated over here, and it's because of threads like this
If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky.
March 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky.
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being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
March 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
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There's a #LunarEclipse tonight! If you're in the dark region here, and if you have a view of the Moon at the right time, you'll see the eclipse. Check www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/luna... for more info and timings for the eclipse in your location. (Here on the East Coast, totality peaks around 3am.)
March 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
There's a #LunarEclipse tonight! If you're in the dark region here, and if you have a view of the Moon at the right time, you'll see the eclipse. Check www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/luna... for more info and timings for the eclipse in your location. (Here on the East Coast, totality peaks around 3am.)
@theathletic.bsky.social Calling interference on these two random lines 😘
March 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
@theathletic.bsky.social Calling interference on these two random lines 😘
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The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
restoredcdc.org
March 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
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Picard morality tip: The moment you consider yourself morally superior to someone due to your genetics is the moment you prove you are not.
January 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Picard morality tip: The moment you consider yourself morally superior to someone due to your genetics is the moment you prove you are not.
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Many Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:
February 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Many Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:
@davidsteinberg.bsky.social Are you the David Steinberg who wrote today's NYT crossword, by any chance?
(The U thing was fun)
(The U thing was fun)
February 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
@davidsteinberg.bsky.social Are you the David Steinberg who wrote today's NYT crossword, by any chance?
(The U thing was fun)
(The U thing was fun)
My dragon? Little.
My youth? Sonic.
My horse?
Crazy.
Crazy.
February 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
My dragon? Little.
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I do not believe in any tech product where the devs want us to view it with some form of religious awe, a divine gift redefining human experience and bequeathing knowledge unto us humble land apes. I believe in a tech product where the devs are like “this is handy for planning breakfasts”
February 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I do not believe in any tech product where the devs want us to view it with some form of religious awe, a divine gift redefining human experience and bequeathing knowledge unto us humble land apes. I believe in a tech product where the devs are like “this is handy for planning breakfasts”
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Another free idea for the @democrats.org:
Set up a website that archives pre-Trump government resources/websites and keeps them updated with new, reliable info. Every time this trash happens, point people to THAT website.
Don't just whine. ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE. You have ENORMOUS power.
Set up a website that archives pre-Trump government resources/websites and keeps them updated with new, reliable info. Every time this trash happens, point people to THAT website.
Don't just whine. ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE. You have ENORMOUS power.
This move to try to erase transgender people from the Stonewall Monument is cruel, pathetic, and historically inaccurate.
Trans New Yorkers played a critical role in the events at Stonewall and in the movement for equality that it inspired.
apnews.com/article/ston...
Trans New Yorkers played a critical role in the events at Stonewall and in the movement for equality that it inspired.
apnews.com/article/ston...
US Park Service erases the word 'transgender' from website commemorating Stonewall riot
References to transgender people have been removed from a National Park Service website for the Stonewall National Monument.
apnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Another free idea for the @democrats.org:
Set up a website that archives pre-Trump government resources/websites and keeps them updated with new, reliable info. Every time this trash happens, point people to THAT website.
Don't just whine. ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE. You have ENORMOUS power.
Set up a website that archives pre-Trump government resources/websites and keeps them updated with new, reliable info. Every time this trash happens, point people to THAT website.
Don't just whine. ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE. You have ENORMOUS power.
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the greatest crime the world has ever committed is removing the ability to be bored. we are Notified, we are Pinged, we are Buzzed, but we may not contemplate quietly in that infinite plane of nothing. only when you can concentrate on nothing can you draw from the well of the infinite
February 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
the greatest crime the world has ever committed is removing the ability to be bored. we are Notified, we are Pinged, we are Buzzed, but we may not contemplate quietly in that infinite plane of nothing. only when you can concentrate on nothing can you draw from the well of the infinite
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Overcoming the incentive to dunk on “users” behavior is an important element in maturing your security understanding. You have a set of levers to pull. Human nature is not one of them. Deal with that or be a righteous failure.
July 10, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Overcoming the incentive to dunk on “users” behavior is an important element in maturing your security understanding. You have a set of levers to pull. Human nature is not one of them. Deal with that or be a righteous failure.
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Do you ever think about how we’ve all been taught that “no one should be poor, hungry, or homeless” is somehow an extreme radical ideology when it’s actually just basic human empathy?
A basic article of faith among so many centrists is that there is something inherently virtuous about centrism and something inherently bad about “extremism”, regardless of the content of those positions, and that should be challenged at every goddamn turn
The party’s radical, abolitionist wing was morally correct, thank you very much.
June 20, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Do you ever think about how we’ve all been taught that “no one should be poor, hungry, or homeless” is somehow an extreme radical ideology when it’s actually just basic human empathy?
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You’re not the only one who feels like you’re losing your mind. Everyone I talk to has said this to me. This world is taking a toll on all of us, even those who are trying not to pay attention. Let this connect you to other people in solidarity rather than isolate you.
December 5, 2023 at 9:44 PM
You’re not the only one who feels like you’re losing your mind. Everyone I talk to has said this to me. This world is taking a toll on all of us, even those who are trying not to pay attention. Let this connect you to other people in solidarity rather than isolate you.
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just heard back from the infinite monkeys factory. they said you’re no shakespeare an infinite number of times
March 29, 2024 at 4:07 PM
just heard back from the infinite monkeys factory. they said you’re no shakespeare an infinite number of times
I just want to make nice things so people can experience a little joy between the horrors, you know?
March 30, 2024 at 3:36 AM
I just want to make nice things so people can experience a little joy between the horrors, you know?
So basically the design team was like
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According to Russian media, the Moscow Polytechnic Institute has unveiled this "Tesla-killer" made-in-Russia electric vehicle, to be produced by Russian automaker Avtotor by 2025.
December 20, 2023 at 10:43 PM
So basically the design team was like
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