Liz Wolfson
@lizwolfson.bsky.social
Occasionally writes about creative culture, mostly talks Pelicans and WNBA basketball.
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ZION POSTERS WEMBY TO START THE GAME
October 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
ZION POSTERS WEMBY TO START THE GAME
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Liveskeeting the MO special session on redistricting:
State Rep. Smith, Dem from St. Louis area, is tearing it up. She said she is willing to wait for demographic data and has invoked how Missouri joined the United States.
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State Rep. Smith, Dem from St. Louis area, is tearing it up. She said she is willing to wait for demographic data and has invoked how Missouri joined the United States.
sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00325/Harmon...
sg001-harmony.sliq.net
September 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Liveskeeting the MO special session on redistricting:
State Rep. Smith, Dem from St. Louis area, is tearing it up. She said she is willing to wait for demographic data and has invoked how Missouri joined the United States.
sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00325/Harmon...
State Rep. Smith, Dem from St. Louis area, is tearing it up. She said she is willing to wait for demographic data and has invoked how Missouri joined the United States.
sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00325/Harmon...
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About 3/4 of Jewish Americans voted for Harris in 2024.
Most care more about America than they do about any foreign country.
More of them are anti-Netanyahu than pro-.
It really sucks to use Jewish Americans as political props for things most of them don't even agree with.
Most care more about America than they do about any foreign country.
More of them are anti-Netanyahu than pro-.
It really sucks to use Jewish Americans as political props for things most of them don't even agree with.
July 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
About 3/4 of Jewish Americans voted for Harris in 2024.
Most care more about America than they do about any foreign country.
More of them are anti-Netanyahu than pro-.
It really sucks to use Jewish Americans as political props for things most of them don't even agree with.
Most care more about America than they do about any foreign country.
More of them are anti-Netanyahu than pro-.
It really sucks to use Jewish Americans as political props for things most of them don't even agree with.
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At a comedy show, Mahmoud Khalil told Zohran Mamdani, “I am excited about the possibility of raising my son in a city where you are mayor.” It was a stunning moment, Hanif Abdurraqib writes.
Zohran Mamdani and Mahmoud Khalil Are In on the Joke
What it feels like to laugh when the world expects you to disappear.
www.newyorker.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
At a comedy show, Mahmoud Khalil told Zohran Mamdani, “I am excited about the possibility of raising my son in a city where you are mayor.” It was a stunning moment, Hanif Abdurraqib writes.
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Cognitive behavioral therapy is one of the preferred methods for treating trauma-induced anxiety among undocumented immigrants and their families. But after the recent ICE raids, mental-health-care providers are modifying their approaches.
What Therapists Treating Immigrants Hear
Some mental-health-care providers are trying new approaches to treat patients whose worst fears have come true.
www.newyorker.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Cognitive behavioral therapy is one of the preferred methods for treating trauma-induced anxiety among undocumented immigrants and their families. But after the recent ICE raids, mental-health-care providers are modifying their approaches.
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Thinking today about how rich conservatives throw their money at 500 different people doing whatever they want and if 10 payoff they consider it money well spent while rich liberals will make you complete a 35 page proposal to hope to get $15k for certain prescribed activities.
July 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Thinking today about how rich conservatives throw their money at 500 different people doing whatever they want and if 10 payoff they consider it money well spent while rich liberals will make you complete a 35 page proposal to hope to get $15k for certain prescribed activities.
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This is a bad day for America, but this is nonetheless a huge win for trans people and I think it’s incumbent on us to celebrate McBride’s work here. This Matters
July 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This is a bad day for America, but this is nonetheless a huge win for trans people and I think it’s incumbent on us to celebrate McBride’s work here. This Matters
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Tonight I'm texting Nancy Pelosi and asking HER for $5
June 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Tonight I'm texting Nancy Pelosi and asking HER for $5
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Casey Means, Trump’s pick for Surgeon General, owns a company that sells a wearable device for monitoring glucose in people who don’t need to monitor their glucose.
RFK Jr: "My vision that is every American is wearing a wearable within four years."
June 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Casey Means, Trump’s pick for Surgeon General, owns a company that sells a wearable device for monitoring glucose in people who don’t need to monitor their glucose.
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it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
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The people start chanting “no more wars” — and this is in Tulsa, OK. I don’t think the media is going to be able to manufacture consent as easily for this one.
Bernie Sanders did in fact find out about the attack on Iran during his speech in Tulsa. This is that gut wrenching moment when he stopped his speech and announced Trump’s post then informed the audience that we are now at war with Iran. Sanders made clear it’s unconstitutional.
June 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The people start chanting “no more wars” — and this is in Tulsa, OK. I don’t think the media is going to be able to manufacture consent as easily for this one.
This is brutal. This would never be tolerated in a men’s pro league! Sky need new ownership STAT.
June 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is brutal. This would never be tolerated in a men’s pro league! Sky need new ownership STAT.
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the cost of 10 refurbished TI-83s
Texas Instruments plans to spend $60B+ on US semiconductor plants, including two new factories in Texas, and says its long-term spending plan remains unchanged (Bloomberg)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
June 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
the cost of 10 refurbished TI-83s
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Angel Reese with 11 points, 13 rebounds, and 11 assists today logged her first WNBA triple-double.
She is the 2nd-youngest player to record a triple-double in the WNBA, behind only Caitlin Clark.
u.acrossthetimeline.com/stat-cxBjx
She is the 2nd-youngest player to record a triple-double in the WNBA, behind only Caitlin Clark.
u.acrossthetimeline.com/stat-cxBjx
June 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Angel Reese with 11 points, 13 rebounds, and 11 assists today logged her first WNBA triple-double.
She is the 2nd-youngest player to record a triple-double in the WNBA, behind only Caitlin Clark.
u.acrossthetimeline.com/stat-cxBjx
She is the 2nd-youngest player to record a triple-double in the WNBA, behind only Caitlin Clark.
u.acrossthetimeline.com/stat-cxBjx
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The violence reported is that two people drove their cars into protesters.
Millions of people show up to thousands of anti-Trump demonstrations across the US, while violence in Virginia and San Francisco reported at ‘No Kings’ protests
Follow live updates:
Follow live updates:
Mass protests against Trump under way across US but violence and threats thwart some rallies – live
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The violence reported is that two people drove their cars into protesters.
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no draft kings (really, i think online gambling is a terrible scam)
June 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
no draft kings (really, i think online gambling is a terrible scam)
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The Justice Department is dropping police reform agreements with Louisville and Minneapolis, which came after the killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd
Justice Department to drop police reform agreements with Louisville, Minneapolis
The Justice Department said Wednesday it is moving to drop police reform agreements reached with the cities of Louisville, Kentucky, and Minneapolis.
abcnews.go.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Justice Department is dropping police reform agreements with Louisville and Minneapolis, which came after the killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd
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This is your regular reminder that Stephen Miller's first Fox News appearance was making victim-blaming comments during the Duke lacrosse case. (He was a Duke student at the time.)
All of the villains in our government have sexual violence in their origin story. All of them.
All of the villains in our government have sexual violence in their origin story. All of them.
May 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This is your regular reminder that Stephen Miller's first Fox News appearance was making victim-blaming comments during the Duke lacrosse case. (He was a Duke student at the time.)
All of the villains in our government have sexual violence in their origin story. All of them.
All of the villains in our government have sexual violence in their origin story. All of them.
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Confirmed as a bomb.
"It has been identified as a bomb that was either in or near the car." – Mayor of Palm Springs.
"It has been identified as a bomb that was either in or near the car." – Mayor of Palm Springs.
Bomb explodes near California reproductive health facility, killing one, mayor says reut.rs/4ksey8o
Bomb explodes near California reproductive health facility, killing one, mayor says
A bomb exploded near a reproductive health facility in Palm Springs, California, resulting in the death of one person, Mayor Ron DeHarte told Reuters on Saturday.
reut.rs
May 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Confirmed as a bomb.
"It has been identified as a bomb that was either in or near the car." – Mayor of Palm Springs.
"It has been identified as a bomb that was either in or near the car." – Mayor of Palm Springs.
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The NBA and WNBA teams from the same city have won the lottery at the same time only once before, per @benpickman.bsky.social.
In 2003, the Cleveland Rockers selected LaToya Thomas No. 1 overall while the Cavaliers took LeBron James.
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
In 2003, the Cleveland Rockers selected LaToya Thomas No. 1 overall while the Cavaliers took LeBron James.
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
Flagg and Bueckers head to Dallas
It sure seems like the lottery luck from the WNBA's Dallas Wings rubbed off on the Mavericks tonight. The Wings won the 2025 WNBA Draft Lottery back in November, and obtained the rights to select UCon...
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The NBA and WNBA teams from the same city have won the lottery at the same time only once before, per @benpickman.bsky.social.
In 2003, the Cleveland Rockers selected LaToya Thomas No. 1 overall while the Cavaliers took LeBron James.
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
In 2003, the Cleveland Rockers selected LaToya Thomas No. 1 overall while the Cavaliers took LeBron James.
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
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I already cancelled my WaPo subscription so.... maybe cancel yours if you still have one?
WashPo [10 May 25] -- Shocking endorsement by WashPo Editorial Board of 400-page anti-trans HHS attack on pediatric care: "careful and thorough... makes a legitimate case...clear and careful language... greater emphasis on psychotherapy in treating gender dysphoric youth." @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Opinion | Good questions about transgender care
The authors of a new HHS report make a case against pediatric gender transition.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I already cancelled my WaPo subscription so.... maybe cancel yours if you still have one?
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“Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is belching smog-forming pollution into an area of South Memphis that already leads the state in emergency department visits for asthma.”
Poisoning the air of a Black community for a fucking chatbot.
'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis
The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.
www.politico.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is belching smog-forming pollution into an area of South Memphis that already leads the state in emergency department visits for asthma.”
Exactly this
During the Jim Crow era, many White Americans felt free to call Black Americans the N-word and many Americans did not feel free to call attention to racism. This is the “freedom of speech” certain Americans want again.
May 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Exactly this
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So Pope Leo has "Creole of color roots from New Orleans." Every scholar of race in America knows what that means.
Under the "one drop rule,"* the world now has its first Black pope. 😄 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Under the "one drop rule,"* the world now has its first Black pope. 😄 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Apparently the Cardinals watched Conclave and Sinners before they voted.
May 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
So Pope Leo has "Creole of color roots from New Orleans." Every scholar of race in America knows what that means.
Under the "one drop rule,"* the world now has its first Black pope. 😄 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Under the "one drop rule,"* the world now has its first Black pope. 😄 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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As long as we’re talking about elephants: Undocumented immigration is primarily driven by American companies hiring undocumented workers so they can pay them below the legal minimum wage. They then pass some of that illegal savings on to everyone in our economy. “Illegals” make everything cost less.
Allow me to address the elephant in the room: The decades-long outsourcing of domestic manufacturing to China was not an insidious Chinese conspiracy for dominance but the greedy strategy of the American ruling class to explode its profit margins by exploiting global inequality.
May 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
As long as we’re talking about elephants: Undocumented immigration is primarily driven by American companies hiring undocumented workers so they can pay them below the legal minimum wage. They then pass some of that illegal savings on to everyone in our economy. “Illegals” make everything cost less.