magdalene
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magdalene
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still not myrna loy
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There’s an old tumblr post about this phenomenon that goes “where do I see myself in five years? Replying to multi paragraph emails with ‘thanks! Sent from my iPhone’”
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I’ve been thinking lately why bother to reform the democrats when Working Families is great and doesn’t have the baggage?
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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We need a societal understanding that too much power is dangerous. Wealth taxes and trust busting are a matter of public safety. The rich and powerful are a threat to themselves and others.
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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"This could take down Democrats, too."

I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.

Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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I just want to mention that this was a New York Times reporter Epstein was talking to, and the NYT has never disclosed these emails or any photos conveyed.
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I want the stupid tariffs to go away for many reasons but most immediately it’s cramping my style for purchasing Christmas Treats from the UK
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In a lot of ways Pittsburgh splits the difference weather wise between Toronto and New York, and being slightly farther south, our earliest sunset is 4:53pm which is a big improvement over both
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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BREAKING: We won!

Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.

pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.

Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:

Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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schumer offering up an extremely reasonable and popular compromise only for senate republicans to answer "eat shit" while johnson puts the house on paid vacation for another week while critical supports start failing and fed workers run out of reserves is politics. this is how politics work.
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I find it hilarious that basically over the course of 3-4 videos in 2ish years @techconnectify.bsky.social has made me someone who has Opinions about Your Dishwashing Habits
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Hey everyone - I hate doing this but we had to have major emergency plumbing work done on the house we just moved into. The main pipe from upstairs to the basement was completely rusted out and filling the wall with water in several places. Any help infinitely appreciated
gofund.me/42cedbf8c
Donate to Plumbing Emergency Repair, organized by Lucas Barkley
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November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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people bitch about small talk, but small talk — and being able to shoot the shit with a stranger — is a key fucking social skill, and while i understand it doesn’t come naturally to everyone, it *is* one that’s useful and worth working on
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Readers in Arizona, Michigan, & Georgia!

Your senators have been getting a LOT of dedicated pressure to end the shutdown, without fixing healthcare.

If you have a minute, go ahead & give them a call!

Their job is to respond to constituents & they're mostly hearing from GOP voters rn.
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Oh look this is relevant again today
Todd Seavey and Helen Rittelmeyer on C-SPAN2 BookTV
YouTube video by C-SPAN
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Detergent pods and tablets for dishwashers only solve two actual problems:

1. Improving performance for those who always overdose and end up with residues
2. Helping those with mobility issues

Otherwise, the main thing they do is make sure "40 pods" will last you exactly 40 cycles and that's it.
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Obviously I’m biased but if you’re looking for sad songs for the end of the year may I suggest
Thy Tender Care
open.spotify.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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A vote for Mamdani isn’t just a vote to make NY better, it’s a vote to make Florida worse
November 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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It’s cool that Chuck Schumer, Kiersten Gillibrand, and Hakeem Jeffries just proved to every future dem that establishment approval is irrelevant tbh
Q: It's election day in NYC. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?

Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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genuinely beautiful that new york elected a muslim lefty mayor the same day that dick cheney died
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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BREAKING: All three PA Supreme Court Justices will RETAIN their seats!! www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Pennsylvania voters retain Supreme Court justices Dougherty, Donohue, Wecht
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
www.nbcnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM