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"Tweaker" is an interesting persona to adopt. Future of the dem party!
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (one of 7 Democrats who just voted to fund DHS) defends her stance.
Argues funding for ICE "is not the question." Instead, Senate Democrats have leverage for various demands.
"I think they could negotiate to replace Noem with someone that doesn't skirt the filibuster."
Argues funding for ICE "is not the question." Instead, Senate Democrats have leverage for various demands.
"I think they could negotiate to replace Noem with someone that doesn't skirt the filibuster."
January 29, 2026 at 5:19 AM
"Tweaker" is an interesting persona to adopt. Future of the dem party!
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So it's decided: Every documentary will begin with the subject getting miked in a sit-down interview, idle chit-chat with the offscreen director, and then cutting to the title card after they ask, "Have we started?"
January 28, 2026 at 5:41 PM
So it's decided: Every documentary will begin with the subject getting miked in a sit-down interview, idle chit-chat with the offscreen director, and then cutting to the title card after they ask, "Have we started?"
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bumper sticker seen in south minneapolis: “SUCKING COCK AND KICKING ICE OFF THE BLOCK”
January 29, 2026 at 4:23 AM
bumper sticker seen in south minneapolis: “SUCKING COCK AND KICKING ICE OFF THE BLOCK”
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You might have a problem in that you're on Bluesky, the social network for Former Gifted Kids. Everyone here is just assumed to be a genius who has somehow managed to fuck up their life anyway. Post on Threads and everyone will think you're thick.
January 29, 2026 at 2:19 AM
You might have a problem in that you're on Bluesky, the social network for Former Gifted Kids. Everyone here is just assumed to be a genius who has somehow managed to fuck up their life anyway. Post on Threads and everyone will think you're thick.
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If you're from outside MN and feel weird about sending a "Hope you're okay!" text to someone here, don't. Haven't talked since high school? Ex-coworker from 6 years ago? Already sent one a week ago? Doesn't matter.
Every time I get one it's a big relief that people are paying attention.
Every time I get one it's a big relief that people are paying attention.
January 29, 2026 at 12:34 AM
If you're from outside MN and feel weird about sending a "Hope you're okay!" text to someone here, don't. Haven't talked since high school? Ex-coworker from 6 years ago? Already sent one a week ago? Doesn't matter.
Every time I get one it's a big relief that people are paying attention.
Every time I get one it's a big relief that people are paying attention.
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The fact that Vance and Miller - the most powerful members of the administration - are publicly socially intermeshed with open and unapologetic Nazis is the Chekhov’s gun of Trump’s second term, even if the press have refuse to acknowledge.
Now it’s shooting us in the face.
Now it’s shooting us in the face.
January 29, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The fact that Vance and Miller - the most powerful members of the administration - are publicly socially intermeshed with open and unapologetic Nazis is the Chekhov’s gun of Trump’s second term, even if the press have refuse to acknowledge.
Now it’s shooting us in the face.
Now it’s shooting us in the face.
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I think the Democratic establishment severely underestimates the extent to which the younger half of the electorate would cheerfully send Bill Clinton to Gitmo ourselves
June 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I think the Democratic establishment severely underestimates the extent to which the younger half of the electorate would cheerfully send Bill Clinton to Gitmo ourselves
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These discussions always bring me back to a remarkable passage in which artist Zoe Leonard recounts what David Wojnarowicz said to her about the importance of embracing beauty in difficult times, which I think is worth a read right now (from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social's book "Orwell's Roses")
June 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
These discussions always bring me back to a remarkable passage in which artist Zoe Leonard recounts what David Wojnarowicz said to her about the importance of embracing beauty in difficult times, which I think is worth a read right now (from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social's book "Orwell's Roses")
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Or - and hear me out - you could buy literally anything else
Meta just announced Oakley smart glasses. They start at $399, and they'll be available later this summer www.theverge.com/news/690133/...
June 21, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Or - and hear me out - you could buy literally anything else
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The day we realize not only that all forms of oppression are connected but *how* they’re connected is a day that unlocks untold possibilities.
I am begging people to realize you can care about multiple things and believe in the liberation of multiple groups of people at the same time.
Being for liberation for all isn't contradictory. It's intersectional.
Being for liberation for all isn't contradictory. It's intersectional.
June 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The day we realize not only that all forms of oppression are connected but *how* they’re connected is a day that unlocks untold possibilities.
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Mainstream gatekeepers don’t get the work we’re doing =/= the work we’re doing is not worthwhile
(Repeats into the mirror)
(Repeats into the mirror)
June 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Mainstream gatekeepers don’t get the work we’re doing =/= the work we’re doing is not worthwhile
(Repeats into the mirror)
(Repeats into the mirror)
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It never stops being funny to me that a man with the charisma of damp cardboard forces his multi-billion dollar company to feature him in all marketing
Meta just announced Oakley smart glasses. They start at $399, and they'll be available later this summer www.theverge.com/news/690133/...
June 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It never stops being funny to me that a man with the charisma of damp cardboard forces his multi-billion dollar company to feature him in all marketing
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Being Black was first miracle of my life. Being queer was the second. Glory to everyone who has gotten to behold me. But glory to everyone most high to me and everyone I’ve held.
June 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Being Black was first miracle of my life. Being queer was the second. Glory to everyone who has gotten to behold me. But glory to everyone most high to me and everyone I’ve held.
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“Hi yes I am a white supremacist and I am going to take my country back and I am too scared to ride the bus”
June 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“Hi yes I am a white supremacist and I am going to take my country back and I am too scared to ride the bus”
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i’m kind of a sucker for Warhammer lore when i need something mindless to play in the background
but i want some angry nerd who has some passionate but questionable opinions to read a handcrafted 4 hour script at me
i don’t need a ChatGPT essay read in a flat generated soulless voice
but i want some angry nerd who has some passionate but questionable opinions to read a handcrafted 4 hour script at me
i don’t need a ChatGPT essay read in a flat generated soulless voice
June 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
i’m kind of a sucker for Warhammer lore when i need something mindless to play in the background
but i want some angry nerd who has some passionate but questionable opinions to read a handcrafted 4 hour script at me
i don’t need a ChatGPT essay read in a flat generated soulless voice
but i want some angry nerd who has some passionate but questionable opinions to read a handcrafted 4 hour script at me
i don’t need a ChatGPT essay read in a flat generated soulless voice
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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
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For the absolute last time: I *never* said I thought E.T. dressed in the wig and the dress was sexy, I said *I could see why people would think that*
June 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
For the absolute last time: I *never* said I thought E.T. dressed in the wig and the dress was sexy, I said *I could see why people would think that*
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I told the mushrooms what you did, good luck trying to benefit from the mycorrhizal network this summer you bastard
June 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I told the mushrooms what you did, good luck trying to benefit from the mycorrhizal network this summer you bastard
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me: haha how could anyone be so gullible that they'd buy magic beans
tech industry: the next big thing is a Money Algorithm that you run on a billion GPUs all at once to get Even Richer. Venture capital has given us infinity money for this concept. We have no business model.
me: ah.
tech industry: the next big thing is a Money Algorithm that you run on a billion GPUs all at once to get Even Richer. Venture capital has given us infinity money for this concept. We have no business model.
me: ah.
June 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
me: haha how could anyone be so gullible that they'd buy magic beans
tech industry: the next big thing is a Money Algorithm that you run on a billion GPUs all at once to get Even Richer. Venture capital has given us infinity money for this concept. We have no business model.
me: ah.
tech industry: the next big thing is a Money Algorithm that you run on a billion GPUs all at once to get Even Richer. Venture capital has given us infinity money for this concept. We have no business model.
me: ah.
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is it banana tell me it's banana
June 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
is it banana tell me it's banana
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Every time! There is zero benefit to caving, every time!
So far, Columbia has gotten back exactly 0% of its withheld funds, despite its willingness to "negotiate" with the Trump Administration.
In a head-spinning pair of announcements on Wednesday, the National Institutes of Health told staff that it would lift its monthslong freeze on all research funding to Columbia University — then reversed its reversal, emails show.
New from me: www.chronicle.com/article/colu...
New from me: www.chronicle.com/article/colu...
June 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Every time! There is zero benefit to caving, every time!
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🦋 WELCOME TO BLUESKY! I recommend exploring our custom feeds, which are a little like hashtags but more interesting. We have them for academic and professional subjects, sports, cities, hobbies (e.g., gardening, baking), and many more. Search them in the sidebar under Feeds. 🧵
October 17, 2024 at 3:36 AM
🦋 WELCOME TO BLUESKY! I recommend exploring our custom feeds, which are a little like hashtags but more interesting. We have them for academic and professional subjects, sports, cities, hobbies (e.g., gardening, baking), and many more. Search them in the sidebar under Feeds. 🧵
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One thing the right gets that Democrats understood a lot more in the W. era is that you preach to the choir, not to win the choir over, so that the choir goes out into the world to spread the gospel.
I think his target audience is more moderate liberals than actual conservatives. And I do think he does some good there, like in his pieces on trans issues in particular, of giving people facts in an easily digestible format to tip them to the correct side of things
June 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
One thing the right gets that Democrats understood a lot more in the W. era is that you preach to the choir, not to win the choir over, so that the choir goes out into the world to spread the gospel.