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analog soul.
capturing the authentic, in-between, artistic, beautiful love + joy. the perfectly imperfect.
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capturing the authentic, in-between, artistic, beautiful love + joy. the perfectly imperfect.
🧿🧡🌈🌊🌱
April 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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As you may know, I have a new book coming out in August. If you’d like to pre-order it, without co-funding Jeff Bezos’s next mansion, I recommend purchasing it today for Independent Bookstore Day.
bookshop.org
April 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
As you may know, I have a new book coming out in August. If you’d like to pre-order it, without co-funding Jeff Bezos’s next mansion, I recommend purchasing it today for Independent Bookstore Day.
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When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll be highlighting the advocates and everyday Americans from across the country whose stories helped make the Affordable Care Act a reality. Take a listen to some of those stories:
March 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll be highlighting the advocates and everyday Americans from across the country whose stories helped make the Affordable Care Act a reality. Take a listen to some of those stories:
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limited run of @jay.bsky.team's SXSW shirt — get one before it sells out!
March 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
limited run of @jay.bsky.team's SXSW shirt — get one before it sells out!
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While Bluesky looks like other social apps on the surface, it’s actually quite different. It’s an open network.
I blogged about it here:
I blogged about it here:
Benefits of an open network
emilyliu.me
November 24, 2024 at 11:53 PM
While Bluesky looks like other social apps on the surface, it’s actually quite different. It’s an open network.
I blogged about it here:
I blogged about it here:
@ljhofman.bsky.social hey hey! Welcome!
February 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
@ljhofman.bsky.social hey hey! Welcome!
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Hey it turns out we're getting rid of the CIA.
"The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities, including targeting drug cartels."
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
"The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities, including targeting drug cartels."
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
The CIA Is About to Get a Trump Makeover
The spy agency’s workforce received a buyout-style offer on Tuesday.
www.wsj.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Hey it turns out we're getting rid of the CIA.
"The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities, including targeting drug cartels."
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
"The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities, including targeting drug cartels."
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Government officials and leaders: Be like James Dennehy.
February 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Government officials and leaders: Be like James Dennehy.
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Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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ISO more platforms that aren’t afraid to share history
TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky
#StateMediaCensorship
#StateMediaCensorship
January 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
ISO more platforms that aren’t afraid to share history
Flashback is my new Wordle
January 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Flashback is my new Wordle
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Taking responsibility for your own actions.
Two Capitol Rioters Go Viral After Refusing Trump Pardon: 'I Broke The Law'
This is what integrity looks like.
www.comicsands.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Taking responsibility for your own actions.
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Papers are fake. 🤬
Right out of the gate they are detaining U.S. citizens and saying their “papers”are fake. It was always a lie.
January 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Papers are fake. 🤬
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Wrote this in 2020, about the Chinese plan to take over UN institutions, starting with WHO
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
How China Outsmarted the Trump Administration
While the U.S. is distracted, China is rewriting the rules of the global order.
www.theatlantic.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Wrote this in 2020, about the Chinese plan to take over UN institutions, starting with WHO
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
#democrat on meta is BLOCKED for supposed sensitive content, yet #republican #j6hostages and #january6 are unblocked. Wtf
January 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
#democrat on meta is BLOCKED for supposed sensitive content, yet #republican #j6hostages and #january6 are unblocked. Wtf
www.simon-bailly.com
“Keep your eye on the donut, not the hole.” DL
“Keep your eye on the donut, not the hole.” DL
January 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
www.simon-bailly.com
“Keep your eye on the donut, not the hole.” DL
“Keep your eye on the donut, not the hole.” DL
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techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/b... yeah sure ill use blueskinstagram
Exclusive: Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
More good news for those looking to exit Meta's social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a
techcrunch.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/b... yeah sure ill use blueskinstagram
Grateful for the ceasefire + the efforts the Biden administration and his team have made to get here…knowing the path hasn’t been perfect + disheartened at our part in the atrocities. My cousin +fam, directly affected by the war, sent me this awhile ago. Well worth a watch:
www.israelismfilm.com
www.israelismfilm.com
About | Israelism
When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns. They join a movement of young American Jews battling the old guard to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel, revealing a deepening generational divide over modern Jewish identity.
www.israelismfilm.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Grateful for the ceasefire + the efforts the Biden administration and his team have made to get here…knowing the path hasn’t been perfect + disheartened at our part in the atrocities. My cousin +fam, directly affected by the war, sent me this awhile ago. Well worth a watch:
www.israelismfilm.com
www.israelismfilm.com
Winter in Saugatuck. That decisive moment 💛
January 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Winter in Saugatuck. That decisive moment 💛
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Jen Rubin leaves The Washington Post to join Norm Eisen in starting a new media publication and venture called "The Contrarian."
January 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Jen Rubin leaves The Washington Post to join Norm Eisen in starting a new media publication and venture called "The Contrarian."
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Axing the Latin excellence scheme: a classic mistake I Letters
Axing the Latin excellence scheme: a classic mistake I Letters
Senior academics call for a government rethink on scrapping the Latin excellence programme
We are representatives of university departments offering classical studies and of learned societies concerned with classics nationally and internationally, and we…
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Axing the Latin excellence scheme: a classic mistake I Letters