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2024 election results mega thread for reference. It will be updated as more studies of the 2024 election become available. Includes some comparisons to the 2020 election as well to help illustrate some points about the real world impacts of the electoral college and how Harris did vs Biden.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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Meanwhile, on twitter, did you know that Mary Shelley never could have written Frankenstein (which is about magnets as you know) because her boyfriend was really into magnets?
In fact, when you think about it, that's why women in general don't write great literature (chicks aren't into magnets).
In fact, when you think about it, that's why women in general don't write great literature (chicks aren't into magnets).
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Meanwhile, on twitter, did you know that Mary Shelley never could have written Frankenstein (which is about magnets as you know) because her boyfriend was really into magnets?
In fact, when you think about it, that's why women in general don't write great literature (chicks aren't into magnets).
In fact, when you think about it, that's why women in general don't write great literature (chicks aren't into magnets).
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To tip the balance of power in the NYS Assembly from neoliberal Center to progressive Left, we must win ~7 more primaries.
IMO, our best pick-up opportunity within NYC this cycle lies in AD-54, where @cct4nyc.bsky.social is running to replace Dilan.
Friends, please follow and support Christian🙏
IMO, our best pick-up opportunity within NYC this cycle lies in AD-54, where @cct4nyc.bsky.social is running to replace Dilan.
Friends, please follow and support Christian🙏
Thank you, Brooklyn! You helped us beat our day one fundraising goal in less than 24 hours. Together, we raised over $26,000 in donations free of fossil fuel, real estate, pro-genocide, and corporate money.
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
To tip the balance of power in the NYS Assembly from neoliberal Center to progressive Left, we must win ~7 more primaries.
IMO, our best pick-up opportunity within NYC this cycle lies in AD-54, where @cct4nyc.bsky.social is running to replace Dilan.
Friends, please follow and support Christian🙏
IMO, our best pick-up opportunity within NYC this cycle lies in AD-54, where @cct4nyc.bsky.social is running to replace Dilan.
Friends, please follow and support Christian🙏
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Authoritarian governments are not new to this country. If you want to know what comes next should resistance fail, look to the history of Black resistance in the South.
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Nov. 13, 1957 | Texas Officials Threaten and Jail NAACP Officers for Not Disclosing Members
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Authoritarian governments are not new to this country. If you want to know what comes next should resistance fail, look to the history of Black resistance in the South.
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
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It's actually worse than this - Prescott tried to argue that the BBC had inappropriately hidden the fact that a Trans woman in pro wrestling had been part of storylines where she "won" trophies against other women - a fictional sport he treated as if it was real.
It was instructive to see that the Prescott memo argued at one point for completely the opposite: that enabling trans voices even as counterbalance to GC dogma is not legitimate, based on a spurious analogy with maternity care.
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It's actually worse than this - Prescott tried to argue that the BBC had inappropriately hidden the fact that a Trans woman in pro wrestling had been part of storylines where she "won" trophies against other women - a fictional sport he treated as if it was real.
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painful but funny reply further down
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
painful but funny reply further down
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the man lived in a cave with his wife, was vegetarian, AND SPOKE OUT CLEARLY against slavery and called for its IMMEDIATE END. Again, your ancestors knew what was what if Benjamin Lay did.
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
the man lived in a cave with his wife, was vegetarian, AND SPOKE OUT CLEARLY against slavery and called for its IMMEDIATE END. Again, your ancestors knew what was what if Benjamin Lay did.
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So looking at the actual SF chronicle article, the only place this song is accruing notice is on Spotify, which is easily gamed by bots. If I were an AI proponent who desperately needed to boost the validity of my investment, this is exactly what I’d do.
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
So looking at the actual SF chronicle article, the only place this song is accruing notice is on Spotify, which is easily gamed by bots. If I were an AI proponent who desperately needed to boost the validity of my investment, this is exactly what I’d do.
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Benjamin Lay was out there THROWING FAKE BLOOD on Quakers in the damn EARLY 1700s because HE KNEW that enslaving Africans was a SIN, INHUMANE and should end IMMEDIATELY.
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Benjamin Lay was out there THROWING FAKE BLOOD on Quakers in the damn EARLY 1700s because HE KNEW that enslaving Africans was a SIN, INHUMANE and should end IMMEDIATELY.
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On the one hand Bluesky leadership digitally disappearing people from their platform is just one platform but on the other hand digitally disappearing people with no explanation is fucked up and scary from a platform that has millions of users
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
On the one hand Bluesky leadership digitally disappearing people from their platform is just one platform but on the other hand digitally disappearing people with no explanation is fucked up and scary from a platform that has millions of users
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i know why kids today cant read, and it's a simple barrier to entry problem:
when i was younger, words were printed clearly so anyone could see them.
now that i'm old they print all the words blurry on purpose so you need special glasses to see them.
when i was younger, words were printed clearly so anyone could see them.
now that i'm old they print all the words blurry on purpose so you need special glasses to see them.
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
i know why kids today cant read, and it's a simple barrier to entry problem:
when i was younger, words were printed clearly so anyone could see them.
now that i'm old they print all the words blurry on purpose so you need special glasses to see them.
when i was younger, words were printed clearly so anyone could see them.
now that i'm old they print all the words blurry on purpose so you need special glasses to see them.
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“All we want is everything” is out today! Congrats to @sorayachemaly.bsky.social, and thank you so much for this advance copy! This is absolutely the book for this moment—available wherever you buy books!
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“All we want is everything” is out today! Congrats to @sorayachemaly.bsky.social, and thank you so much for this advance copy! This is absolutely the book for this moment—available wherever you buy books!
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My latest AI feature dives into a nebulous movement of people sharing esoteric codes, manifestos, glyphs, diagrams, and poetry generated with chatbots, all of it based around theories of AI sentience and mysterious metaphors about spirals.
This Spiral-Obsessed AI 'Cult' Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots
A patchwork of internet communities is devoted to the project of ‘awakening’ more digital companions through arcane and enigmatic prompts.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My latest AI feature dives into a nebulous movement of people sharing esoteric codes, manifestos, glyphs, diagrams, and poetry generated with chatbots, all of it based around theories of AI sentience and mysterious metaphors about spirals.
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Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
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Just a reminder that Julian literally has said he thinks people are making what he did "retroactively problematic" because he didn't know at the time that the woman was a SA survivor. As in, it's okay to do this shit otherwise.
(btw once he found out he still refused to apologize)
(btw once he found out he still refused to apologize)
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Just a reminder that Julian literally has said he thinks people are making what he did "retroactively problematic" because he didn't know at the time that the woman was a SA survivor. As in, it's okay to do this shit otherwise.
(btw once he found out he still refused to apologize)
(btw once he found out he still refused to apologize)
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I hadn't realized that Durbin has been the Democratic whip since 2005 (!!). That's just too long to be in that position (or any leadership position), his caucus should vote him out (the resulting Aaron Sorkin movie will have him receiving the news on a blue slip)
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I hadn't realized that Durbin has been the Democratic whip since 2005 (!!). That's just too long to be in that position (or any leadership position), his caucus should vote him out (the resulting Aaron Sorkin movie will have him receiving the news on a blue slip)
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It’s bigger than you think.
The Far Right Hits The BBC
The assault on free media gathers pace
chadbourn.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It’s bigger than you think.
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In memory of:
Ola Rasmi Suleiman Barhoum / علا رسمي سليمان برهوم
Age: 19
We will not forget you.
Ola Rasmi Suleiman Barhoum / علا رسمي سليمان برهوم
Age: 19
We will not forget you.
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In memory of:
Ola Rasmi Suleiman Barhoum / علا رسمي سليمان برهوم
Age: 19
We will not forget you.
Ola Rasmi Suleiman Barhoum / علا رسمي سليمان برهوم
Age: 19
We will not forget you.
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Starbucks workers this Thursday 11/13 are starting a long strike to win a first union contract
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Starbucks workers this Thursday 11/13 are starting a long strike to win a first union contract
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
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I realize that it's part of the governor's strategy to keep the National Guard at bay, but facilitating a violent, occupying force to keep another arm of the occupation at bay is not the only strategy, and it's one worthy of critique. Also, all state charges against protesters should be dropped NOW.
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I realize that it's part of the governor's strategy to keep the National Guard at bay, but facilitating a violent, occupying force to keep another arm of the occupation at bay is not the only strategy, and it's one worthy of critique. Also, all state charges against protesters should be dropped NOW.
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Alderman Sigcho-Lopez was right to call out Pritzker today about the state police arresting protesters. Pritzker responded that the state police are protecting protesters, and that just isn't true. State cops have arrested and brutalized protesters to facilitate ICE operations. That's reality.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Alderman Sigcho-Lopez was right to call out Pritzker today about the state police arresting protesters. Pritzker responded that the state police are protecting protesters, and that just isn't true. State cops have arrested and brutalized protesters to facilitate ICE operations. That's reality.
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THREAD. One of the most damning flaws in the worldviews of essentially every pundit on MSNBC, columnist in the New York Times, peddler of "Abundance," and consultant for Democrats is that they downplay or ignore the repressive power of the punishment bureaucracy and associated industries.
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
THREAD. One of the most damning flaws in the worldviews of essentially every pundit on MSNBC, columnist in the New York Times, peddler of "Abundance," and consultant for Democrats is that they downplay or ignore the repressive power of the punishment bureaucracy and associated industries.
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Never forget lives were taken in the fight for labor rights in this country. And that most of the early labor struggles were led by anarchists and socialists.
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Never forget lives were taken in the fight for labor rights in this country. And that most of the early labor struggles were led by anarchists and socialists.
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btw, I just looked at the (terrible) doordash document. it tries to hide it, but it shows inflation; for example restaurants are about 9% more expensive than last year
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
btw, I just looked at the (terrible) doordash document. it tries to hide it, but it shows inflation; for example restaurants are about 9% more expensive than last year
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So does this mean content discussing authoritarianism is not allowed on Bluesky, and accounts can be banned for that?
Because that’s what it sounds like.
Because that’s what it sounds like.
False attribution. If a person is suspended it is because of their identity? Could it not be because of their content? I wrote about it here aaron.leaflet.pub/3m52nqqmk322v
Moderating With Humans, For Humans - Trust Issues
aaron.leaflet.pub
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
So does this mean content discussing authoritarianism is not allowed on Bluesky, and accounts can be banned for that?
Because that’s what it sounds like.
Because that’s what it sounds like.