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Erika Braverman
@erikafrommurica.bsky.social
Take my tea the colour of He-Man. Mom/mum. Searching for the perfect binge-watch. Leeds 🇬🇧 via Chicago 🇺🇸. Northwestern Wildcat.
My son cannot do an American accent AT ALL. He's auditioning for a role in the Yr 6 leavers play which requires 'an exaggerated American accent'. Me being a massive Mea Culpa fan he hears @michaelcohen212.bsky.social a lot so I said 'pretend you're Michael Cohen'. And he NAILED IT.
May 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story.

@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
April 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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PLEASE SHARE

U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk.

jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
DOGE Privacy Act Requests
U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (...
jamieraskin.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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We can upload 3 minute videos now.

YOU KNOW THE RULE
March 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Bluesky is truly having an incredible run as Threads' head of product
November 27, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Top Thanksgiving tip for my fellow expats in the UK. Save your Nando's rewards, get to that sweet Red level and trade it in on Thanksgiving day for a whole bird. You'll thank me next year!
November 28, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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There’s an awesome feature on @moderation.bsky.app specifically for combatting against this farming behavior, now!

(h/t @thatcoreyhall.com)
November 20, 2024 at 5:03 AM
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Is he 100% sure he wanted to buy a shoot which just happened to help him avoid inheritance tax, or did he possibly want to avoid inheritance tax which just happened to come with a shoot? 🤔
Jeremy Clarkson being held to account by the glorious @vicderbyshire.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
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Musk’s own AI identifies him as a major dissemination of misinformation online
November 15, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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Bluesky has grown by over 3M people in the last week — welcome!

With every wave of growth naturally comes an increase in moderation reports. Here’s a status report on how the Trust & Safety team is handling it:
November 15, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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These people are so close
December 29, 2023 at 10:25 PM
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Academic friends - we're looking to recruit a couple of temporary research posts working at Doncaster Royal Infirmary for a project to evaluate the impact of dedicated Alcohol Care Teams in hospitals

Would suit a PhD student looking for clinical research experience

jobs.hull.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Vacancy at the University of Hull: TSS Research Assistant
We are seeking up to two temporary Research Assistants to join the ProACTIVE research team, which is examining the impact and effectiveness of Alcohol Care Teams in England. This is an exciting opport...
jobs.hull.ac.uk
November 14, 2024 at 1:40 PM
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My plea to reporters is to not call it the Department of Government Efficiency. It is not a Department. It is almost certainly going to a Federal Advisory Committee, and it is very important that reporters accurately convey that Vivek and Elon are working on an advisory committee.
November 13, 2024 at 1:19 AM
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November 12, 2024 at 7:36 PM
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Okay, one more random tip for newbies: if someone quote-skeets (yes, they're called skeets, shut up) you in a way to dunk on your or annoy you, you can "detach" your skeet from the quote, so that it no longer shows.

This is also useful in ending brigading attacks.
November 12, 2024 at 11:23 PM
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Chicago Blue Sky! If you make it to my shows this Fri/Sat at the Comedy Plex in Oak Park because of this app, let me know! Tickets here: lauriekilmartin.com/tour-dates
Tour Dates — LAURIE KILMARTIN
lauriekilmartin.com
November 12, 2024 at 4:14 AM
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Goodreads is owned by Amazon & there is an AMAZING alternative‼️

The StoryGraph is a black women-owned competitor to GoodReads with better UI in my opinion.
When you sign up you can even transfer your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph!
November 12, 2024 at 1:59 PM
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Turns out, it wasn’t Twitter/X we loved, it was each other.

I can’t wait to see that platform collapse.
November 10, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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this will save lives
November 9, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Sally Webster speaks for a nation

(if you don't know this legend but she looks a bit familiar, her real-life daughter was Daphne from s1 of Bridgerton)
November 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM
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Improve your weekend. Block some Nazis.
An ode to blocking
This is another invitation to join Bluesky and avoid those intrusive thoughts coming from outside of our brain My brain keeps messing with me. What am I supposed to do with the thought, “If Taylor ...
iknowhowmuchyoucare.com
November 9, 2024 at 10:59 PM
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The slow trickle of MAGA folks over here underscores how much their experience of online is entirely dependent on people getting mad at them. It also underscores how even they, given the option, would rather not hang out with themselves either.
November 9, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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Science friends in the U.S.: we have two months to make sure data, code, and websites are saved somewhere securely. This isn't going to be pretty.
November 6, 2024 at 12:11 PM
The one silver lining from all of this is that seeing pics of what everyone is stress/grief-eating is giving me some really good meal ideas
November 6, 2024 at 11:53 PM