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@nicbrewer.bsky.social
She/her. Kansas City. Public librarian. Loves travel & science & biking & crocheting & pool time & art & F1 & current events. Fan of fact-checking. And democracy.
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Braver than like 90% of reporters for no reason at all.
this is the correct way to react to anything the president says-
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Braver than like 90% of reporters for no reason at all.
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Cards Against Humanity made a rather large donation to support libraries 📚
That is so punk rock
That is so punk rock
ALA Explains the Donation: Creative Fundraising Effort Benefiting the American Library Association Supports Efforts to Address Censorship and Protect the Right to Read
Longtime supporter of libraries, Cards Against Humanity (CAH), organized a creative way to support the American Library Association.
www.ala.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Cards Against Humanity made a rather large donation to support libraries 📚
That is so punk rock
That is so punk rock
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People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best
Thank you @paulgp.com
Thank you @paulgp.com
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best
Thank you @paulgp.com
Thank you @paulgp.com
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this is excellent three-dimensional chess. every good politician knows that the average person loves it when you openly care more about senate procedure than their lives.
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
this is excellent three-dimensional chess. every good politician knows that the average person loves it when you openly care more about senate procedure than their lives.
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@shaheen.senate.gov has her platinum level fantastic healthcare, but she threw millions of Americans under the bus.
This move tonight has to be made to backfire on the GOP and these Senate Dems. I'm sorry we have to fight on 2 fronts at once, America. But these are the cards we've been dealt.
This move tonight has to be made to backfire on the GOP and these Senate Dems. I'm sorry we have to fight on 2 fronts at once, America. But these are the cards we've been dealt.
Reporter: If they block ACA subsidies, will you vote against government funding in January?
Shaheen: That’s certainly an option
Shaheen: That’s certainly an option
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
@shaheen.senate.gov has her platinum level fantastic healthcare, but she threw millions of Americans under the bus.
This move tonight has to be made to backfire on the GOP and these Senate Dems. I'm sorry we have to fight on 2 fronts at once, America. But these are the cards we've been dealt.
This move tonight has to be made to backfire on the GOP and these Senate Dems. I'm sorry we have to fight on 2 fronts at once, America. But these are the cards we've been dealt.
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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Democratic organizers did our fucking part. We gave Democrats a clean sweep on Tuesday so Chuck Schumer have leverage to negotiate.
Instead, either because of malice or sheer fucking incompetence, he is letting his caucus fold like fucking cowards.
Instead, either because of malice or sheer fucking incompetence, he is letting his caucus fold like fucking cowards.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Democratic organizers did our fucking part. We gave Democrats a clean sweep on Tuesday so Chuck Schumer have leverage to negotiate.
Instead, either because of malice or sheer fucking incompetence, he is letting his caucus fold like fucking cowards.
Instead, either because of malice or sheer fucking incompetence, he is letting his caucus fold like fucking cowards.
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This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
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Sidewalks shouldn’t stop for side streets, pass it on
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Sidewalks shouldn’t stop for side streets, pass it on
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I have to imagine far-right Catholics are really struggling with the fact that they can now hear this stuff in English directly from the pope.
“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I have to imagine far-right Catholics are really struggling with the fact that they can now hear this stuff in English directly from the pope.
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Suicidal for centrists to be begging for moderation when now would be a great time to pass some big, ambitious policies and remind people why Democrats are better than Republicans.
Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Suicidal for centrists to be begging for moderation when now would be a great time to pass some big, ambitious policies and remind people why Democrats are better than Republicans.
Yes, please.
When turning right, "attention is focused on oncoming traffic from their left — not on people walking across the street or waiting in the bike lane on their right. With their attention elsewhere, drivers are more likely to turn into people outside of cars who have the pedestrian signal to cross.”
Banning Right Turns on Red: Lessons From Atlanta
How road safety activists passed a law that could make roads much safer.
www.planetizen.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yes, please.
This is a real job ad I just saw on Indeed
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is a real job ad I just saw on Indeed
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shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
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.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump
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Seattle No Kings from the monorail
October 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Seattle No Kings from the monorail
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I'll leave you from Portland with one last video of the @unpresidentedbrass.bsky.social, the unofficial house band of #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I'll leave you from Portland with one last video of the @unpresidentedbrass.bsky.social, the unofficial house band of #NoKings
I love this so much
Y’all here is a fun fact: Portland has a brand new volunteer organization called “operation inflation” that allows people to borrow inflatable costumes for protests. They just started a couple weeks ago and have like a 160 costume library (and counting because people keep donating).
OPERATION INFLATION
www.operationinflation.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I love this so much
Yes, IDAHO
October 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Yes, IDAHO
Holy moly that's a lot of people
October 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Holy moly that's a lot of people
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Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective
Portland does not own the patent on inflatable animal costume protests, come on people
October 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective
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This is it exactly.
For a century, we've had too many dudes at the table designing our infrastructure. The result is a hostile environment built for people who are "comfortable being uncomfortable," which leaves almost everyone else behind.
For a century, we've had too many dudes at the table designing our infrastructure. The result is a hostile environment built for people who are "comfortable being uncomfortable," which leaves almost everyone else behind.
At a transportation research conference that is still probably about 90% dudes. We miss so much in planning and engineering our communities when everyone in the room has similar experiences of how people interact with you in public space.
October 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is it exactly.
For a century, we've had too many dudes at the table designing our infrastructure. The result is a hostile environment built for people who are "comfortable being uncomfortable," which leaves almost everyone else behind.
For a century, we've had too many dudes at the table designing our infrastructure. The result is a hostile environment built for people who are "comfortable being uncomfortable," which leaves almost everyone else behind.
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my genuine theory is that dems know once they admit to a little of the fascism they have to admit to all of it and they are trying to avoid that at all costs
is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”
October 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
my genuine theory is that dems know once they admit to a little of the fascism they have to admit to all of it and they are trying to avoid that at all costs
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I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us
October 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us