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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 1d

I love this game. I would pick tarot deck advent calendar, but the question made me realize we need pasta advent calendars.

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Sweet Daniel @dansheehan.bsky.social · 1d

I think it’s cool that the body gives you a brief window to go to bed early and if you miss it you are wide awake until 2am, I think whatever that’s for is probably worth it

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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 1d

I will defend Beaker with my life.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.

Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d

I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.

In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”

And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.

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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 1d

What is it with our worst presidents and fucking over air traffic controllers?

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Brandi's Hypothetical Chicken Spot 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 2d

Much like SNAP, people really do not know how many of your freelance peers are on Medicaid or the subsidized tier vs ACA.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 2d

For everyone who has endured smug post-election advice pieces for the Democrats, here are a few pointers for Republicans.

the-camelopard.ghost.io/some-friendl...

Some Friendly Post-Election Advice for Republicans

You don't deserve it, but you're getting it. Hello, GOP politicians! I know this one still stings. And it should. Pain is an important warning sign, and you have blown past dozens of others. Since...

the-camelopard.ghost.io

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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 2d

Good question

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2d

Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.

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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 2d

For everyone who has endured smug post-election advice pieces for the Democrats, here are a few pointers for Republicans.

the-camelopard.ghost.io/some-friendl...

Some Friendly Post-Election Advice for Republicans

You don't deserve it, but you're getting it. Hello, GOP politicians! I know this one still stings. And it should. Pain is an important warning sign, and you have blown past dozens of others. Since...

the-camelopard.ghost.io

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.

Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again.

An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next.

Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.

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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 3d

Tonight I saw Rebecca Sohn perform her Shirley Lamé solo show of all duets, accompanied by the wonderful TJ Shanoff.

She was brilliant and hilarious. It's such a fun show, and it makes me insane that she doesn't have a television special so more people can see it.

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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 3d

Mmmmmaybe.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 5d

“My male colleague is loudly and publicly declaring that he shouldn’t have to work with women” seems like the kind of thing that New York City’s very robust workplace civil rights law might have something to say about lol

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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 4d

Outstanding gif

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 4d

DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Targets Van Nuys and Panorama City, Snatching Street Vendors, Pedestrians, and Day Laborers Again

Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-n...

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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 4d

I want movies to do well and I want creative people to dive in and take big risks.

And so I will not type out the name of the movie that I saw and thoroughly disliked this evening.

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@juliailse @juliailse01.bsky.social · 4d

This - 'shame the public, celebrate personal responsibility, and leave production systems untouched'.

It's crazy that individuals and local government have ended up shouldering industry responsibility for a system designed to enable plastic packaging

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How the plastics industry shifted responsibility for recycling onto you, the consumer

Only 9% of plastics ever made have been recycled. Clever industry campaigns have shifted the costs of their own waste onto consumers.

theconversation.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 4d

HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 4d

#BREAKING: The Trump administration is asking #SCOTUS for an immediate “administrative” stay of a Rhode Island district judge’s order that is otherwise requiring it to resume the distribution of SNAP benefits from other funding sources no later than the end of today.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 4d

This company shouldn't exist.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”

That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”

@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 5d

Bari Weiss Has Been Getting Much More Attention Than Me and I Did Not Care for It

by Ross Douthat

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass

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Rick Healey, piecing it together @twotothefifth.bsky.social · 4d

Look, are you suggesting that my new That's a Spicy Meatball sandwich, featuring extra ghost pepper marinara, would be for anything other than eating?

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