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@darlinginmyway.bsky.social
soul of a southerner. patience of a new yorker. acab. she/her
There’s so very much wrong with the NYT, but what even is the point of this article? Gen Z is going to “cringe” themselves right out of enjoying life’s best things cause they’re too concerned with how that might look. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/m...
‘The Holiday’: A Festive Cocktail, Equal Parts Charm and Cringe
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
There’s so very much wrong with the NYT, but what even is the point of this article? Gen Z is going to “cringe” themselves right out of enjoying life’s best things cause they’re too concerned with how that might look. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/m...
GOD IS REAL
Jonathan Bailey photographed by Jason Hetherington for People Magazine’s 2025 Sexiest Man Alive Issue
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
GOD IS REAL
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Some key takeaways based on an array of public polls from September through now:
Trump’s immigration approval remains underwater
ICE and its family separation agenda are deeply unpopular
By a 3:1 margin, Americans want legal status for undocumented immigrants over mass deportation 👇🏽
Trump’s immigration approval remains underwater
ICE and its family separation agenda are deeply unpopular
By a 3:1 margin, Americans want legal status for undocumented immigrants over mass deportation 👇🏽
Donald Trump’s signature issue is collapsing under its own cruelty. 📉
New from @tusk81.bsky.social: "Beyond growing dissatisfied with Trump’s mass deportation agenda, Americans also want humane solutions for long-settled immigrants who call this country home"
New from @tusk81.bsky.social: "Beyond growing dissatisfied with Trump’s mass deportation agenda, Americans also want humane solutions for long-settled immigrants who call this country home"
Trump Is Flailing On His Signature Issue
Continued polling reveals that Americans are only getting more horrified at mass deportation and want humane solutions for long-settled immigrant contributors.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Some key takeaways based on an array of public polls from September through now:
Trump’s immigration approval remains underwater
ICE and its family separation agenda are deeply unpopular
By a 3:1 margin, Americans want legal status for undocumented immigrants over mass deportation 👇🏽
Trump’s immigration approval remains underwater
ICE and its family separation agenda are deeply unpopular
By a 3:1 margin, Americans want legal status for undocumented immigrants over mass deportation 👇🏽
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Here's the full story. I translated it from Spanish.
Murió el inmigrante que regresó a Costa Rica en estado crítico tras 8 meses bajo custodia de ICE | CNN
Randall Gamboa, el costarricense de 52 años que estuvo bajo custodia del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) de EE. UU. por ocho meses y fue devuelto a Costa Rica en estado delicado, mu...
cnnespanol.cnn.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Here's the full story. I translated it from Spanish.
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🧵This horrific story is being reported all over Latin America, but not the US.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
🧵This horrific story is being reported all over Latin America, but not the US.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
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Read her book!! On Repentance and Repair. Crucial, helpful, incredibly readable. I quoted it extensively and Burn It Down & interviewed @theradr.bsky.social
because people need to understand that repentance is not a one-off/soundbite, it’s a *process* with the community and centering those harmed 👊🏻
because people need to understand that repentance is not a one-off/soundbite, it’s a *process* with the community and centering those harmed 👊🏻
Look, I absolutely believe in the ability of people to grow and redeem themselves for their earlier misadventures and even plain awful shit they did, but you need to *do the work*. There is no redemption without repentance, to paraphrase my good friend Rabbi @theradr.bsky.social.(also read her book)
October 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Read her book!! On Repentance and Repair. Crucial, helpful, incredibly readable. I quoted it extensively and Burn It Down & interviewed @theradr.bsky.social
because people need to understand that repentance is not a one-off/soundbite, it’s a *process* with the community and centering those harmed 👊🏻
because people need to understand that repentance is not a one-off/soundbite, it’s a *process* with the community and centering those harmed 👊🏻
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Read HER book!! BURN IT DOWN is crucial all the more in this age when people seem to have amnesia about why patriarchy is, like, bad and stuff
Read her book!! On Repentance and Repair. Crucial, helpful, incredibly readable. I quoted it extensively and Burn It Down & interviewed @theradr.bsky.social
because people need to understand that repentance is not a one-off/soundbite, it’s a *process* with the community and centering those harmed 👊🏻
because people need to understand that repentance is not a one-off/soundbite, it’s a *process* with the community and centering those harmed 👊🏻
Look, I absolutely believe in the ability of people to grow and redeem themselves for their earlier misadventures and even plain awful shit they did, but you need to *do the work*. There is no redemption without repentance, to paraphrase my good friend Rabbi @theradr.bsky.social.(also read her book)
October 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Read HER book!! BURN IT DOWN is crucial all the more in this age when people seem to have amnesia about why patriarchy is, like, bad and stuff
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this is what we could have
October 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
this is what we could have
I’d like to pay an artist to do some illustrations for me if possible. Would love some recommendations, please! #romancelandia
October 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I’d like to pay an artist to do some illustrations for me if possible. Would love some recommendations, please! #romancelandia
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Israeli soldiers were filmed dragging and forcing two young Palestinian children to the ground, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
October 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Israeli soldiers were filmed dragging and forcing two young Palestinian children to the ground, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
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Hope folks feel less alone today, that people join with others to take further and deeper actions, and that everyone fights like hell to protect those most vulnerable to this regime.
October 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Hope folks feel less alone today, that people join with others to take further and deeper actions, and that everyone fights like hell to protect those most vulnerable to this regime.
I honestly cannot stand Amanda Seales wagging her finger at people who left their house while sitting on her couch. That’s not coalition building, that’s leftist bullshit.
October 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I honestly cannot stand Amanda Seales wagging her finger at people who left their house while sitting on her couch. That’s not coalition building, that’s leftist bullshit.
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I am going to cyberbully the United States government
October 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I am going to cyberbully the United States government
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One more note. Someone a lot smarter than me made a similar point in The NY Times this morning. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social argued against democrats trying to run to the middle. It hasn’t worked. Try doing the things suggested by more progressive and populist people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
Opinion | There Is No Trump Without the South
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
One more note. Someone a lot smarter than me made a similar point in The NY Times this morning. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social argued against democrats trying to run to the middle. It hasn’t worked. Try doing the things suggested by more progressive and populist people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
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Excellent points from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social and @jamellebouie.net throughout this conversation. I especially liked the observation that Trumpism speaks to a "franchised version of white Southern rurality" that one can find throughout the country.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
Opinion | There Is No Trump Without the South
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Excellent points from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social and @jamellebouie.net throughout this conversation. I especially liked the observation that Trumpism speaks to a "franchised version of white Southern rurality" that one can find throughout the country.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
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Still more on the South and labor:
"Southern politicians go out to the rest of the world and say to them: Our labor is easier to control than the labor is in California. Our labor pool is difficult to unionize in the American South, and this is the deal we’lll make with you."
"Southern politicians go out to the rest of the world and say to them: Our labor is easier to control than the labor is in California. Our labor pool is difficult to unionize in the American South, and this is the deal we’lll make with you."
October 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Still more on the South and labor:
"Southern politicians go out to the rest of the world and say to them: Our labor is easier to control than the labor is in California. Our labor pool is difficult to unionize in the American South, and this is the deal we’lll make with you."
"Southern politicians go out to the rest of the world and say to them: Our labor is easier to control than the labor is in California. Our labor pool is difficult to unionize in the American South, and this is the deal we’lll make with you."
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this has been a great feed. support local nonprofit news!
October 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
this has been a great feed. support local nonprofit news!
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New in PN: Osita Nwanevu on the imperative for a new American founding
"To get to deeper systemic changes, we have to adopt a rhetoric and messaging about democracy that's more galvanizing than what was offered in this last election, when it was just about institutional defense."
"To get to deeper systemic changes, we have to adopt a rhetoric and messaging about democracy that's more galvanizing than what was offered in this last election, when it was just about institutional defense."
“We need to conceive of democracy as something more revolutionary”
Osita Nwanevu on the imperative for a new American founding.
www.publicnotice.co
October 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
New in PN: Osita Nwanevu on the imperative for a new American founding
"To get to deeper systemic changes, we have to adopt a rhetoric and messaging about democracy that's more galvanizing than what was offered in this last election, when it was just about institutional defense."
"To get to deeper systemic changes, we have to adopt a rhetoric and messaging about democracy that's more galvanizing than what was offered in this last election, when it was just about institutional defense."
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remote work is like birth control or UBI atp where there’s overwhelming research consensus they improve quality of life for people they apply to, yet access is impeded or blocked by the ruling class because the thought of marginalized ppl having rich full lives makes steam come out their ears
2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.
My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.
My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.
October 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
remote work is like birth control or UBI atp where there’s overwhelming research consensus they improve quality of life for people they apply to, yet access is impeded or blocked by the ruling class because the thought of marginalized ppl having rich full lives makes steam come out their ears
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Just one dude. People who promised us the system would contain Trump, also believe one dem socialist mayor will topple one of the powerful cities in the world
October 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Just one dude. People who promised us the system would contain Trump, also believe one dem socialist mayor will topple one of the powerful cities in the world
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1 not convinced that what got leaked in those chats is evidence of new radicalization. These are just the grandkids of the ppl who thought of lynchings as a family picnic day
2 annoyed that by pretending it's new, we now have ppl waxing nostalgic for the old gop as if they weren't also bigoted af
2 annoyed that by pretending it's new, we now have ppl waxing nostalgic for the old gop as if they weren't also bigoted af
October 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
1 not convinced that what got leaked in those chats is evidence of new radicalization. These are just the grandkids of the ppl who thought of lynchings as a family picnic day
2 annoyed that by pretending it's new, we now have ppl waxing nostalgic for the old gop as if they weren't also bigoted af
2 annoyed that by pretending it's new, we now have ppl waxing nostalgic for the old gop as if they weren't also bigoted af
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So has the Charlie Kirk Show now become state-run media?
JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."
October 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
So has the Charlie Kirk Show now become state-run media?
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Thirty-one years ago, there was a slave auction reenacted at Colonial Williamsburg.
Some thought it powerful, many thought it insulting.
This summer, I traveled to Williamsburg myself to see how the country’s largest living history museum today tells the story of Black life at America’s founding.
Some thought it powerful, many thought it insulting.
This summer, I traveled to Williamsburg myself to see how the country’s largest living history museum today tells the story of Black life at America’s founding.
What Is Colonial Williamsburg For?
Telling the full story of the town’s past is an easy way to make a lot of people mad.
www.theatlantic.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thirty-one years ago, there was a slave auction reenacted at Colonial Williamsburg.
Some thought it powerful, many thought it insulting.
This summer, I traveled to Williamsburg myself to see how the country’s largest living history museum today tells the story of Black life at America’s founding.
Some thought it powerful, many thought it insulting.
This summer, I traveled to Williamsburg myself to see how the country’s largest living history museum today tells the story of Black life at America’s founding.
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Sotomayor: "race is *always* a part of redistricting efforts."
Thank you. See, the Republicans are trying to gaslight people by suggesting they're for "no race in gerrymandering." That's just not true. Race is ALWAYS a factor when you're drawing a map.
Thank you. See, the Republicans are trying to gaslight people by suggesting they're for "no race in gerrymandering." That's just not true. Race is ALWAYS a factor when you're drawing a map.
October 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Sotomayor: "race is *always* a part of redistricting efforts."
Thank you. See, the Republicans are trying to gaslight people by suggesting they're for "no race in gerrymandering." That's just not true. Race is ALWAYS a factor when you're drawing a map.
Thank you. See, the Republicans are trying to gaslight people by suggesting they're for "no race in gerrymandering." That's just not true. Race is ALWAYS a factor when you're drawing a map.
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Unreal stuff from the guy who is unflinchingly loyal to the Insurrectionist-in-Chief - you know, the President who pardoned the January 6 insurrectionists and wants to mandate “Ashli Babbitt: Blood Martyr” as a new national mythos.
I know we're not surprised - but let us not forget to be shocked.
I know we're not surprised - but let us not forget to be shocked.
Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."
October 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Unreal stuff from the guy who is unflinchingly loyal to the Insurrectionist-in-Chief - you know, the President who pardoned the January 6 insurrectionists and wants to mandate “Ashli Babbitt: Blood Martyr” as a new national mythos.
I know we're not surprised - but let us not forget to be shocked.
I know we're not surprised - but let us not forget to be shocked.