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MeToo, BLM, Occupy and other left wing social movements of the last few decades were on the right track, but did not go nearly far enough. And since they got the full backlash anyway they should have pushed even further left.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
MeToo, BLM, Occupy and other left wing social movements of the last few decades were on the right track, but did not go nearly far enough. And since they got the full backlash anyway they should have pushed even further left.
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It’s good but what MA is doing is playground stuff compared to post WWII tax rates. We need to retvrn.
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
It’s good but what MA is doing is playground stuff compared to post WWII tax rates. We need to retvrn.
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More (51%) non-Orthodox rabbinical students are queer or trans (LGBTQ) than NOT, according to a new survey.
12% are nonbinary (58% women, 30% men)
16% are Jews by choice
12% ID as a race other than white.
12% are nonbinary (58% women, 30% men)
16% are Jews by choice
12% ID as a race other than white.
What the first major study of the US rabbinate reveals - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The rabbinate is older, happier and more diverse than previously known, according to the study.
www.jta.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
More (51%) non-Orthodox rabbinical students are queer or trans (LGBTQ) than NOT, according to a new survey.
12% are nonbinary (58% women, 30% men)
16% are Jews by choice
12% ID as a race other than white.
12% are nonbinary (58% women, 30% men)
16% are Jews by choice
12% ID as a race other than white.
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NEW: Energy industry pads key lawmaker’s campaign coffers as major bill advances
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Energy industry pads key lawmaker’s campaign coffers as major bill advances - CommonWealth Beacon
Cusack's legislation would lower the amount of renewable energy the utilities would be required to purchase and cut the state’s energy efficiency initiative, which is funded through the utilities’...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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trying to navigate the fine line between reading enough Epstein emails to be able to follow current affairs but not so many that my soul feels stained by cursed knowledge about the human experience until my dying days
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
trying to navigate the fine line between reading enough Epstein emails to be able to follow current affairs but not so many that my soul feels stained by cursed knowledge about the human experience until my dying days
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It's another layer of national degradation and moral decline to see the political media treat child rape like just another horserace issue.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It's another layer of national degradation and moral decline to see the political media treat child rape like just another horserace issue.
Metal
"Gripping a chainsaw as it roared to life, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu" was also my original lead for Election Night coverage in Boston
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Metal
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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
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
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
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
@gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social they’re singing your song!!!!!
November 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
@gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social they’re singing your song!!!!!
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Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
You make fun but what IS a magnet
Elderly President claims no one knows what a magnet is. Totally normal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
You make fun but what IS a magnet
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I don’t say things like this about judges often, but if you’re criticizing KBJ on appellate procedure, you better have some kind of qualifications beyond just being a poster
If you can’t count to five, please don’t jump into my replies telling me how you could have handled this better than Justice Jackson.
November 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I don’t say things like this about judges often, but if you’re criticizing KBJ on appellate procedure, you better have some kind of qualifications beyond just being a poster
I’m just saying MoveOn is calling for Schumer to resign and can finally use its name again. Time to MoveOn from Schumer.
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I’m just saying MoveOn is calling for Schumer to resign and can finally use its name again. Time to MoveOn from Schumer.
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It is hard to come up with a better analogy for whiteness than preferring the AI simulacra of your supposed authentic art form to whatever a Black woman from your art form’s cultural geography might make.
As long as it's not Beyonce country music fans are fine with this development
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It is hard to come up with a better analogy for whiteness than preferring the AI simulacra of your supposed authentic art form to whatever a Black woman from your art form’s cultural geography might make.
Check out @us.theconversation.com then
I'm desperate for experts again. For actual journalist and critics. Simply having a phone and access to social media doesn't make you knowledgable on certain topics.
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Check out @us.theconversation.com then
I think this undersells how good Mamdani is at reframing questions and staying in message.
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 1:46 PM
I think this undersells how good Mamdani is at reframing questions and staying in message.
Markey has a dilemma. The longer he doesn’t call for Schumer to resign, the more Moulton can drag him for not calling for the resignation.
But if he does call for Schumer’s resignation, Moulton says “see?” And gets to claim he pressured Markey, reinforcing the main argument of Moulton’s campaign.
But if he does call for Schumer’s resignation, Moulton says “see?” And gets to claim he pressured Markey, reinforcing the main argument of Moulton’s campaign.
Unless they call for Schumer to resign they are complicit
Yup. I said this earlier today, but it was only a guess. Thanks for confirming it. It is no coincidence that of the 8 who came forward to do this, none of them are running in 2026. But they ran cover for some who are.
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Markey has a dilemma. The longer he doesn’t call for Schumer to resign, the more Moulton can drag him for not calling for the resignation.
But if he does call for Schumer’s resignation, Moulton says “see?” And gets to claim he pressured Markey, reinforcing the main argument of Moulton’s campaign.
But if he does call for Schumer’s resignation, Moulton says “see?” And gets to claim he pressured Markey, reinforcing the main argument of Moulton’s campaign.
I know the changed the password since it became public. When I’m next in Paris I’m gonna try “Louvre123” and “L0uvre” as the passwords…
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I know the changed the password since it became public. When I’m next in Paris I’m gonna try “Louvre123” and “L0uvre” as the passwords…
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A week, they couldn't even let us feel hopeful and optimistic for a single week!
We JUST awarded and co-signed their current strategy 5 days ago!
We JUST awarded and co-signed their current strategy 5 days ago!
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
A week, they couldn't even let us feel hopeful and optimistic for a single week!
We JUST awarded and co-signed their current strategy 5 days ago!
We JUST awarded and co-signed their current strategy 5 days ago!
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We just launched the biggest primary program in Indivisible’s history. Help us (literally) send Schumer and the surrender caucus a message. open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...
Democratic leaders failed us again. Time to get some new leaders.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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I am so sick of Democrats caving.
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I am so sick of Democrats caving.
I know it’s stupid and irrational, and a tax on people who don’t understand statistics, but I’ve started to buy lottery tickets on the regular. I can’t explain it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I know it’s stupid and irrational, and a tax on people who don’t understand statistics, but I’ve started to buy lottery tickets on the regular. I can’t explain it.
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See the film and my update on the ongoing, pointless, man-made loss of life here: bsky.app/profile/agaw...
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
See the film and my update on the ongoing, pointless, man-made loss of life here: bsky.app/profile/agaw...
Promise?
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Promise?