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The “fun” thing about the kennedy center freakout is that conservatives have been carving out “creative” exceptions to anti discrimination laws so they can be bigots to ordinary people just trying to make a purchase, but if actual artists don’t want to perform for the god king they must be punished
December 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The “fun” thing about the kennedy center freakout is that conservatives have been carving out “creative” exceptions to anti discrimination laws so they can be bigots to ordinary people just trying to make a purchase, but if actual artists don’t want to perform for the god king they must be punished
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One more Heated Rivalry thought: As a journalist I have participated for literal DECADES in the "Will audiences ever accept a frankly sexual romance between two hot actors?" discussion. It has always been used as an imaginary gay benchmark: "We'll know we've won when the day comes that..." etc. >
December 27, 2025 at 4:03 AM
One more Heated Rivalry thought: As a journalist I have participated for literal DECADES in the "Will audiences ever accept a frankly sexual romance between two hot actors?" discussion. It has always been used as an imaginary gay benchmark: "We'll know we've won when the day comes that..." etc. >
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This feels, somehow, endstage.
Either his or ours.
Either his or ours.
Trump: "Trump RX dot gov. Trump RX dot gov. And I didn't name it that. Somebody named it that. And I guess they assumed that was--- did you name it Oz?"
Oz: "We all named it together"
Trump: "Ok. Well, I'm honored to have the name."
Oz: "We all named it together"
Trump: "Ok. Well, I'm honored to have the name."
December 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This feels, somehow, endstage.
Either his or ours.
Either his or ours.
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uh
December 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
uh
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Trump sounds like a maniac at some sort of demented open mic
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Trump sounds like a maniac at some sort of demented open mic
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NOW MERRY CHRISTMAS AND QUIT COMPLAINING
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
NOW MERRY CHRISTMAS AND QUIT COMPLAINING
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very weird feeling watching a seemingly coked out president yell at you for 20 minutes straight
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
very weird feeling watching a seemingly coked out president yell at you for 20 minutes straight
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That was one of the worst Trump speeches I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of them.
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
That was one of the worst Trump speeches I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of them.
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Basically Trump is trying to harangue America into believing that everything was horrible a year ago and perfect now, which Americans, capable of observing America, have already made clear they don't find convincing.
December 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Basically Trump is trying to harangue America into believing that everything was horrible a year ago and perfect now, which Americans, capable of observing America, have already made clear they don't find convincing.
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It is hard to overstate how critical @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is to climate science in the US and around the world. It's the beating heart of our field. Generations of scientists have trained there, and almost everyone I know relies on deep collaborations with NCAR scientists. It's end is unthinkable.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
It is hard to overstate how critical @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is to climate science in the US and around the world. It's the beating heart of our field. Generations of scientists have trained there, and almost everyone I know relies on deep collaborations with NCAR scientists. It's end is unthinkable.
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One of the great failures of contemporary political news coverage in a lot of media is the unspoken principle that no violation of norms or decency by Trump is really news, worthy of sustained attention, unless it also upsets people who love him. It isn't "not taking the bait"; it's sleepwalking.
December 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
One of the great failures of contemporary political news coverage in a lot of media is the unspoken principle that no violation of norms or decency by Trump is really news, worthy of sustained attention, unless it also upsets people who love him. It isn't "not taking the bait"; it's sleepwalking.
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This...should have been two separate emails.
December 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This...should have been two separate emails.
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HELL YEA
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order
A court ruled that Trump’s effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency dedicated to funding libraries, was unlawful.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
HELL YEA
@markharris.bsky.social eager to know your thoughts about Helen Shaw’s appointment
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
@markharris.bsky.social eager to know your thoughts about Helen Shaw’s appointment
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i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
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I don't wish this job on anyone, but someone should do a history of how Trump's social-media pronouncements get particularly rageful/hateful/insane on holiday weekends. Maybe there's something about being alone while others celebrate, or vague, in-and-out awareness that he's waning and hated, etc.
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I don't wish this job on anyone, but someone should do a history of how Trump's social-media pronouncements get particularly rageful/hateful/insane on holiday weekends. Maybe there's something about being alone while others celebrate, or vague, in-and-out awareness that he's waning and hated, etc.
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The fundamental thing to understand about this administration is the president is a grumpy retiree. He has no interest in working anymore. Which leads to him being pissed that he is getting asked a question, pissed he has to show up and work, the scheming viziers running the show, etc..
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The fundamental thing to understand about this administration is the president is a grumpy retiree. He has no interest in working anymore. Which leads to him being pissed that he is getting asked a question, pissed he has to show up and work, the scheming viziers running the show, etc..
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World AIDS Day was cofounded by an American journalist--James Bunn, a San Francisco reporter who was the first person at a local TV station to make the AIDS crisis his beat, in 1983. An administration that did not loathe the press, history, and knowledge itself might have considered honoring that.
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
World AIDS Day was cofounded by an American journalist--James Bunn, a San Francisco reporter who was the first person at a local TV station to make the AIDS crisis his beat, in 1983. An administration that did not loathe the press, history, and knowledge itself might have considered honoring that.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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The structure of Federalism and separation of powers is brilliant and worth preserving, but unfortunately it requires a critical mass of serious, well informed citizens to maintain. No power structure ever devised can resist a stampede of idiots.
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The structure of Federalism and separation of powers is brilliant and worth preserving, but unfortunately it requires a critical mass of serious, well informed citizens to maintain. No power structure ever devised can resist a stampede of idiots.
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to be clear, i also do not think it is necessarily true that adopting a laundry list of progressive positions is an instant win either. i think you have to do the work of discovering what it is that voters want in a direct and engaged way. and i think that voters want moral leadership.
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
to be clear, i also do not think it is necessarily true that adopting a laundry list of progressive positions is an instant win either. i think you have to do the work of discovering what it is that voters want in a direct and engaged way. and i think that voters want moral leadership.
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I got an actual "Your silence on this subject is deafening" message this AM, so, super-quick: Nobody here owes anyone commentary about anything. This is a public park. It's full of interesting people. We hang out here, make friends, and chat, and then we leave to do whatever it is we do. That's it!
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I got an actual "Your silence on this subject is deafening" message this AM, so, super-quick: Nobody here owes anyone commentary about anything. This is a public park. It's full of interesting people. We hang out here, make friends, and chat, and then we leave to do whatever it is we do. That's it!
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."