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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No health care, no deal.
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As the owner of an independent bookstore, I must ask all of y'all to do the opposite of this forever and ever, amen.
I am not allowed to buy more books until I read the ones I already own
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
As the owner of an independent bookstore, I must ask all of y'all to do the opposite of this forever and ever, amen.
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“I saw someone coming toward me through the twilight on the road ahead, a skinny man in a glowing white shirt, and dread rushed into me.” New short fiction by Lauren Groff: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/10/mother-of-men-fiction-lauren-groff
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“I saw someone coming toward me through the twilight on the road ahead, a skinny man in a glowing white shirt, and dread rushed into me.” New short fiction by Lauren Groff: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/10/mother-of-men-fiction-lauren-groff
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Women should have jobs, but Ross Douthat shouldn’t.
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Women should have jobs, but Ross Douthat shouldn’t.
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Did Knee-Jerk Contrarianism Ruin the New York Times?
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Did Knee-Jerk Contrarianism Ruin the New York Times?
I hope the centrists learned a hard lesson last night. No more reaching across the aisle to people who have been spitting in our faces for decades. Run young people, run socialists, run on actionable ideas that seek to make our lives better.
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I hope the centrists learned a hard lesson last night. No more reaching across the aisle to people who have been spitting in our faces for decades. Run young people, run socialists, run on actionable ideas that seek to make our lives better.
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I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
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The Pentagon has failed seven audits in a row and the DoD has confirmed nearly $11 billion in fraud in just 7 years. But the concern is the poorest Americans abusing the average $342 monthly alotment. foxbaltimore.com/news/nation-...
November 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Pentagon has failed seven audits in a row and the DoD has confirmed nearly $11 billion in fraud in just 7 years. But the concern is the poorest Americans abusing the average $342 monthly alotment. foxbaltimore.com/news/nation-...
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GOP: I can't believe Dems are trying to stop us from taking away your healthcare. Just for that, no food for you.
October 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
GOP: I can't believe Dems are trying to stop us from taking away your healthcare. Just for that, no food for you.
If you’re still a Republican or a billionaire after all this, I’m sorry to say that you’re absolutely going to hell.
Don’t yell at me. Take it up with Jesus Christ. They’re his rules.
Don’t yell at me. Take it up with Jesus Christ. They’re his rules.
October 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
If you’re still a Republican or a billionaire after all this, I’m sorry to say that you’re absolutely going to hell.
Don’t yell at me. Take it up with Jesus Christ. They’re his rules.
Don’t yell at me. Take it up with Jesus Christ. They’re his rules.
16 million children rely on SNAP benefits. Republicans are literally stealing the food out of babies’ mouths.
October 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
16 million children rely on SNAP benefits. Republicans are literally stealing the food out of babies’ mouths.
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The firings and SNAP failures are just a reminder that Republicans are willing to let people starve so they can continue to deny people healthcare.
October 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The firings and SNAP failures are just a reminder that Republicans are willing to let people starve so they can continue to deny people healthcare.
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Straight up plagiarism can ALSO help you beat writer’s block!
Love when a CEO undermines the work that their company produces www.theguardian.com/business/202...
AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief
Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Straight up plagiarism can ALSO help you beat writer’s block!
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Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.
October 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.
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the flaw in the touch-the-stove plan was, always, the lack of endgame. It gets exhausting to repeat it, but you cannot strong-arm a party that likes it when the government is shut down.
I understand this in a very narrow sense from AFGE, but in the slightly longer than extremely short term, it’s fucking stupid as hell.
Democratic Ally Turns On The Party Over Government Shutdown
Nearly four weeks into the shutdown, hundreds of thousands of workers are furloughed and missing paychecks.
www.huffpost.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
the flaw in the touch-the-stove plan was, always, the lack of endgame. It gets exhausting to repeat it, but you cannot strong-arm a party that likes it when the government is shut down.
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Well this sure feels on the nose www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Well this sure feels on the nose www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Been wrong before but demolishing part of the White House while prices rise, the government is shut down, and health premiums are about to go through the roof? Might break through
October 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Been wrong before but demolishing part of the White House while prices rise, the government is shut down, and health premiums are about to go through the roof? Might break through
If a bunch of Republicans like the ones on the NYT Editorial board want Dems to move center-wise, that’s exactly what we should NOT be doing.
I just did a jump scare and @joshgondelman.bsky.social asked me what was wrong.
Behold:
Behold:
October 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
If a bunch of Republicans like the ones on the NYT Editorial board want Dems to move center-wise, that’s exactly what we should NOT be doing.
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For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
October 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
Stop using AI. Stop using it NOW.
Wrote for @thenation.com about how we're all gonna drown in hot oceans because we are air conditioning slop bots 💫
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
AI Is Going to Kill Everyone You Love. The Surprise Is How.
It’s not hostile super robots you should worry about—it’s the heat they’ll generate.
www.thenation.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Stop using AI. Stop using it NOW.
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To become dependent on ChapGPT is to evacuate yourself from your own life.
YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.
YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.
October 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
To become dependent on ChapGPT is to evacuate yourself from your own life.
YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.
YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.
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Made a pilgrimage to @thelynxbooks.bsky.social to be in conversation with @legroff.bsky.social about Fonseca and it was all amazing! She’s a #penelopefitzgerald fan!
October 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Made a pilgrimage to @thelynxbooks.bsky.social to be in conversation with @legroff.bsky.social about Fonseca and it was all amazing! She’s a #penelopefitzgerald fan!
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Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math
October 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math
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The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.
October 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.