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My name is Tucker Favreau. I'm a 34 year-old Army Veteran running as a Democratic Candidate for US Senate in Maine. Attached is my rather simple announcement video. Please share if you are looking for more options in Maine to replace Susan Collins! And support Medicare for All! #maine #mepolitics
Tucker for Maine - US Senate Announcement
YouTube video by Tucker For Maine
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes the reason is colonialism
August 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Last book that I reread, River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay

Last book that I read for the first time, Hemlock Bay by Martin Edwards
August 23, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Bangkok, Kyoto, Manila, NYC, Saint Petersburg
If you could get a crib in any five cities (five cribs) of your choice in the world, which would you choose?

Me: Philly, NYC, LA, Chicago, Atlanta
August 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
“It gets better” and a hug
"Avoid that PhD."

I wouldn't have listened.
August 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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My take on "peak woke" discourse is always the same: that the people condemning "wokeness" were always a bigger problem than the things they were criticizing.

I think the Trump administration has basically vindicated my anti-anti-wokeness.
July 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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This isn’t the female gaze. This is the male gaze. It’s men who are obsessed with the physicality of other men. Women, in the main, would much rather see a man who looks like he’d make himself a stack of buttered toast and let you steal a slice
July 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Boris Akunin
Andrea Camilleri
Dick Francis
P.D. James
Guy Gavriel Kay
Keigo Higashino
Alexander McCall Smith
Ellis Peters
Brandon Sanderson
P.G. Wodehouse
Ten writers by whom I've read more than five books (not fair, because there are far too many to choose from!):

H G Wells
Ursula Le Guin
J R R Tolkien
Mike Carey
David Gemmell
Stephen Donaldson
Julian May
Anne McCaffrey
Weis and Hickman
Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
Ten writers by whom I've read more than five books:

Ben Aaronovitch
JRR Tolkien
PG Wodehouse
Ursula Le Guin
James S. A. Corey (technically 2 people)
Sue Townsend
N. K. Jemisin
John Wyndham
Mick Herron
Terry Pratchett
July 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
“It is striking how often those who jokingly advocate dehumanisation and violence appear to act on these impulses….Dominant powers have for centuries used clowns to express their deepest, most unmentionable urges. Humorous suggestions of violence reveal and embolden real desires.”
How does the right tear down progressive societies? It starts with a joke | George Monbiot
Whether it’s bloodshed at Glastonbury or starving people on benefits, their ‘irony poisoning’ seeps obscene ideas into the range of the possible, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
“The Republican party was merely the first institution to accept authoritarianism because it was the first institution Trump targeted.

“We now see that most institutions are weak in the face of authoritarianism.”
How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement
AOC, solidarity, and people power.
www.thebulwark.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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23andMe has declared bankruptcy! If you're one of their 11 million customers, now's the time to delete your personal data—your genetic information could be at risk! #23andMe

www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/t...
Genetic testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy | CNN Business
Gene testing firm 23andMe said on Sunday it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in order to facilitate its sale, after years of struggling to find a sustainable business model.
www.cnn.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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And with growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.
How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To
Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.
www.wired.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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As the Trump administration continues to expand America’s digital surveillance machine, here’s a guide on protecting yourself from government surveillance—from encryption to your location data.
The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...
www.wired.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Katz believes that it is only through boys and men holding themselves accountable for their behaviour that violence against women can end.”
‘This moment is medieval’: Jackson Katz on misogyny, the manosphere – and why men must oppose Trumpism
The result of the US election unleashed a ferocious feminist backlash, he says, and makes his 40-year struggle to end violence against women more urgent than ever
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
“I belong to feminism,” Lewis says. And so do I.
‘It’s a scary time’: Sophie Lewis on the ‘enemy feminisms’ that enable the far right
In a new book the scholar traces a line from reactionary tendencies in history to anti-trans feminists today
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:07 AM
“We portray motherhood as this beautiful calling, and for some women it is. But that doesn’t change the fact that the calling comes with some real costs.”
Prolapse, tearing, pain: a urogynecologist on what you should know before giving birth
Dr Jocelyn Fitzgerald, who specializes in disorders of the pelvic floor, is ‘begging women to learn’ the physical risks and changes that accompany childbirth
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
www.eff.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM