Laura Scalzo
@laurascalzo.bsky.social
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Laura Scalzo
@laurascalzo.bsky.social
· Dec 2
Okay—since I haven’t given it the full mention here. Recent novel was out in May ‘23 from @regalhouse.bsky.social (Yay badass Indie publishers).
Playlist corresponds to the chapters. Just about.
Playlist corresponds to the chapters. Just about.
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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Live with Haudenosaunee chair Leo Nolan on heritage, lacrosse and the looming Olympic question:
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Live with Haudenosaunee chair Leo Nolan on heritage, lacrosse and the looming Olympic question:
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@edgeofsports.bsky.social @thenation.com Deep, deep dive with greats Dave Zirin and lax maven Vin Intondi. Listen up:
www.thenation.com/podcast/soci...
www.thenation.com/podcast/soci...
How Lacrosse and Boxing Explain the USA
On the latest episode of Edge of Sports.
www.thenation.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
@edgeofsports.bsky.social @thenation.com Deep, deep dive with greats Dave Zirin and lax maven Vin Intondi. Listen up:
www.thenation.com/podcast/soci...
www.thenation.com/podcast/soci...
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NEWS: U.S. Senate advances bill to reopen the federal government in a 60-40 vote.
Dems who votes yes:
🔵 Catherine Cortez Masto
🔵 Dick Durbin
🔵 John Fetterman
🔵 Maggie Hassan
🔵 Tim Kaine
🔵 Angus King
🔵 Jackie Rosen
🔵 Jeanne Shaheen
Republicans who voted no:
🔴 Rand Paul
Dems who votes yes:
🔵 Catherine Cortez Masto
🔵 Dick Durbin
🔵 John Fetterman
🔵 Maggie Hassan
🔵 Tim Kaine
🔵 Angus King
🔵 Jackie Rosen
🔵 Jeanne Shaheen
Republicans who voted no:
🔴 Rand Paul
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Not JCO’s biggest fan but she got this right. 💯
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Not JCO’s biggest fan but she got this right. 💯
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Well, you're in your little room
And you're working on something good
But if it's really good
You're gonna need a bigger room
And when you're in the bigger room
You might not know what to do
You might have to think of how you got started
Sitting in your little room
- The White Stripes
And you're working on something good
But if it's really good
You're gonna need a bigger room
And when you're in the bigger room
You might not know what to do
You might have to think of how you got started
Sitting in your little room
- The White Stripes
OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Well, you're in your little room
And you're working on something good
But if it's really good
You're gonna need a bigger room
And when you're in the bigger room
You might not know what to do
You might have to think of how you got started
Sitting in your little room
- The White Stripes
And you're working on something good
But if it's really good
You're gonna need a bigger room
And when you're in the bigger room
You might not know what to do
You might have to think of how you got started
Sitting in your little room
- The White Stripes
Got to hang with my pal @carolleonnig.bsky.social and her coauthor Aaron Davis and hear them talk about their new book, INJUSTICE. Plus a cookie! Gratitude to these journos doing the heavy lift needed to keep our democracy alive—cannot wait to read this one.
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Got to hang with my pal @carolleonnig.bsky.social and her coauthor Aaron Davis and hear them talk about their new book, INJUSTICE. Plus a cookie! Gratitude to these journos doing the heavy lift needed to keep our democracy alive—cannot wait to read this one.
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here's something cool: the son of the letter carrier on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (McFeely) is a real letter carrier for the USPS and he's our letter carrier and he's awesome
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
here's something cool: the son of the letter carrier on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (McFeely) is a real letter carrier for the USPS and he's our letter carrier and he's awesome
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The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
I’m aiming for one new thing a day.
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I’m aiming for one new thing a day.
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BRING BACK HERMAN MELVILLE AND NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE BECAUSE WE NEED THEIR TAKES ON THIS
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
BRING BACK HERMAN MELVILLE AND NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE BECAUSE WE NEED THEIR TAKES ON THIS
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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I’m proudly disenfranchising 700,000 of my friends* and neighbors in the city where I live.
*Everyone here hates him
*Everyone here hates him
Trump: "They're gonna make DC a state and they're gonna make Puerto Rico a state. So now they pick up two states, four senators. They're gonna pick up electoral votes. It's gonna be a very, very bad situation. Now, if we do what I'm saying, they'll most likely never obtain power."
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I’m proudly disenfranchising 700,000 of my friends* and neighbors in the city where I live.
*Everyone here hates him
*Everyone here hates him
I wish everyone talked as rapidly as John King. I really do.
November 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I wish everyone talked as rapidly as John King. I really do.
A living wage is the story.
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A living wage is the story.
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Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
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one of you on here coined “importance-washing”, I forget who, and it’s kind of an awkward term but it does capture a real thing: you can just think people are lame and dislike their vibe. that’s allowed. it doesn’t have to be anything bigger than that.
November 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
one of you on here coined “importance-washing”, I forget who, and it’s kind of an awkward term but it does capture a real thing: you can just think people are lame and dislike their vibe. that’s allowed. it doesn’t have to be anything bigger than that.
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This is literally Nazi shit. This is what the Nazis did. If you support this, you are a Nazi, and if that makes you upset, then STOP BEING A FUCKING NAZI
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is literally Nazi shit. This is what the Nazis did. If you support this, you are a Nazi, and if that makes you upset, then STOP BEING A FUCKING NAZI
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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“Dive In” by Andre Kertesz
October 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“Dive In” by Andre Kertesz
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Note: This is me — I asked this question.
You’ll hear me say “yes you have” here — because Johnson was already *directly asked* about one of these instances (when the Presbyterian minister was shot in the head with a pepper ball) in one of earlier shutdown press conferences.
You’ll hear me say “yes you have” here — because Johnson was already *directly asked* about one of these instances (when the Presbyterian minister was shot in the head with a pepper ball) in one of earlier shutdown press conferences.
Q: Just last week a minister was shot directly in the face with a pepper round by a DHS agent that left his face bloodied. Are you concerned that this is a religious freedom issue?
MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos
MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Note: This is me — I asked this question.
You’ll hear me say “yes you have” here — because Johnson was already *directly asked* about one of these instances (when the Presbyterian minister was shot in the head with a pepper ball) in one of earlier shutdown press conferences.
You’ll hear me say “yes you have” here — because Johnson was already *directly asked* about one of these instances (when the Presbyterian minister was shot in the head with a pepper ball) in one of earlier shutdown press conferences.
I live in NW DC — just now and for the second time a formation of fighter jets flew over the house. Loud and low. I’ve never seen anything like this before.
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I live in NW DC — just now and for the second time a formation of fighter jets flew over the house. Loud and low. I’ve never seen anything like this before.
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If you have home plate seats at the World Series and they catch your ass dinking around on your phone back there a big claw game thing should come down and pluck you up and out by the head.
October 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If you have home plate seats at the World Series and they catch your ass dinking around on your phone back there a big claw game thing should come down and pluck you up and out by the head.