Claire Philpott
@lokiincharge.bsky.social
Lover of books, dogs, and travel.
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Don’t engage with lies. Instead, “Cause a Pause” in the misinformed person’s thinking. Online, share the truth; offline, listen and empathize to understand their source of misinformation. #TruthBrigade #DisinfoBuster
Join the Truth Brigade
dlvr.it
September 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Don’t engage with lies. Instead, “Cause a Pause” in the misinformed person’s thinking. Online, share the truth; offline, listen and empathize to understand their source of misinformation. #TruthBrigade #DisinfoBuster
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Been a busy year in the data mines.📊 Just published my mid-year roundup: 29 data visualizations on the state of US democracy, tracking everything from judicial resistance to billionaire influence to why Dems have a mobilization crisis, not a moderation problem.
All charts free to use:
All charts free to use:
On Data and Democracy (Mid-Year Roundup): Charting the Assault on American Democracy and A Path Forward
A narrative of a democracy in the balance, told through 29 data visualizations.
open.substack.com
July 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Been a busy year in the data mines.📊 Just published my mid-year roundup: 29 data visualizations on the state of US democracy, tracking everything from judicial resistance to billionaire influence to why Dems have a mobilization crisis, not a moderation problem.
All charts free to use:
All charts free to use:
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Today proves that Republicans were serious about one promise: to cut taxes for the wealthy. All the rest was bullshit.
July 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Today proves that Republicans were serious about one promise: to cut taxes for the wealthy. All the rest was bullshit.
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These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
March 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
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This is an excellent, in-depth analysis of what is happening now and how to understand it from our country's leading scholars on authoritarianism.
Take the time.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Take the time.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is an excellent, in-depth analysis of what is happening now and how to understand it from our country's leading scholars on authoritarianism.
Take the time.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Take the time.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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He just signed an executive order to withdraw from WHO with bird flu on the verge of exploding and RFK Jr. probably taking over HHS….so what could possibly go wrong?
a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
He just signed an executive order to withdraw from WHO with bird flu on the verge of exploding and RFK Jr. probably taking over HHS….so what could possibly go wrong?
OFFS - this is not going to end well
Trump is withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization. Here’s the order: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
WITHDRAWING THE UNITED STATES FROM THE WORLDHEALTH ORGANIZATION – The White House
WITHDRAWING THE UNITED STATES FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
OFFS - this is not going to end well
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Do not obey in advance
January 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Do not obey in advance
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Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
January 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
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Jon Stewart nails it: Republicans want Californians to suffer for partisan politics—but only when blue states are hurting. California pays more in federal taxes than 30 red states combined, but they won’t admit it.
SAY IT PLAIN: They’ll punish California because they think it’s the leader of woke!
SAY IT PLAIN: They’ll punish California because they think it’s the leader of woke!
January 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Jon Stewart nails it: Republicans want Californians to suffer for partisan politics—but only when blue states are hurting. California pays more in federal taxes than 30 red states combined, but they won’t admit it.
SAY IT PLAIN: They’ll punish California because they think it’s the leader of woke!
SAY IT PLAIN: They’ll punish California because they think it’s the leader of woke!
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While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
January 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
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Former President Jimmy Carter has died at age 100.
What a life.
What a legacy.
Thank you, Mr. President.
What a life.
What a legacy.
Thank you, Mr. President.
December 29, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Former President Jimmy Carter has died at age 100.
What a life.
What a legacy.
Thank you, Mr. President.
What a life.
What a legacy.
Thank you, Mr. President.
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I spent time this morning going through my starter pack. It is at its limit of 150 people, so I may create a second one soon. In the meantime, I made hard decisions about which accounts to include -- favoring independent media and active users.
I hope you enjoy and find helpful.
go.bsky.app/JSLScTv
I hope you enjoy and find helpful.
go.bsky.app/JSLScTv
December 29, 2024 at 3:49 PM
I spent time this morning going through my starter pack. It is at its limit of 150 people, so I may create a second one soon. In the meantime, I made hard decisions about which accounts to include -- favoring independent media and active users.
I hope you enjoy and find helpful.
go.bsky.app/JSLScTv
I hope you enjoy and find helpful.
go.bsky.app/JSLScTv
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Surround yourself with the kind of people who read banned books.
December 13, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Surround yourself with the kind of people who read banned books.
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the transphobes are all coming here now that we have left Twitter because they need someone to harass and abuse. without that they have nothing to connect or drive them. nothing to feel like they are pushing back against.
They need us. we don't need them. don't give them a moment of your time.
They need us. we don't need them. don't give them a moment of your time.
PSA:
Do not engage with anonymous accounts who do nothing but post transphobic harassment in trans women's replies.
Do not simply block and move on either, report them.
This site purports to have a functioning moderation system; use it.
Do not engage with anonymous accounts who do nothing but post transphobic harassment in trans women's replies.
Do not simply block and move on either, report them.
This site purports to have a functioning moderation system; use it.
November 30, 2024 at 12:49 PM
the transphobes are all coming here now that we have left Twitter because they need someone to harass and abuse. without that they have nothing to connect or drive them. nothing to feel like they are pushing back against.
They need us. we don't need them. don't give them a moment of your time.
They need us. we don't need them. don't give them a moment of your time.
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Did you know BlueSky only has 20 employees?
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to those 20 warriors (who are working 24/7 to keep up with the incredible growth) for giving us a space to share.
We escaped hell to be here.
Thank you, @bsky.app & Jay Graber CEO (not a billionaire)
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to those 20 warriors (who are working 24/7 to keep up with the incredible growth) for giving us a space to share.
We escaped hell to be here.
Thank you, @bsky.app & Jay Graber CEO (not a billionaire)
November 26, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Did you know BlueSky only has 20 employees?
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to those 20 warriors (who are working 24/7 to keep up with the incredible growth) for giving us a space to share.
We escaped hell to be here.
Thank you, @bsky.app & Jay Graber CEO (not a billionaire)
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to those 20 warriors (who are working 24/7 to keep up with the incredible growth) for giving us a space to share.
We escaped hell to be here.
Thank you, @bsky.app & Jay Graber CEO (not a billionaire)
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People have been puzzling over Scott Bessent's claim that tariffs can't be inflationary — which is, by the way, completely different from Trump's claim that foreigners will pay. The thing is, there is a kind of model here — one that is clear, consistent, and totally false 1/
November 26, 2024 at 1:23 PM
People have been puzzling over Scott Bessent's claim that tariffs can't be inflationary — which is, by the way, completely different from Trump's claim that foreigners will pay. The thing is, there is a kind of model here — one that is clear, consistent, and totally false 1/
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Vaccination saves lives. Period.
November 14, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Vaccination saves lives. Period.
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This site feels like twitter when twitter was fun and weird and cool.
November 12, 2024 at 1:35 PM
This site feels like twitter when twitter was fun and weird and cool.
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Do yourself a favor and get a public library card‼️
Then sign up for an app called Libby where you can borrow thousands of audiobooks!
Your library card supports your local community, while it gives you access to resources and tools to get educated 📖💡
Then sign up for an app called Libby where you can borrow thousands of audiobooks!
Your library card supports your local community, while it gives you access to resources and tools to get educated 📖💡
November 11, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Do yourself a favor and get a public library card‼️
Then sign up for an app called Libby where you can borrow thousands of audiobooks!
Your library card supports your local community, while it gives you access to resources and tools to get educated 📖💡
Then sign up for an app called Libby where you can borrow thousands of audiobooks!
Your library card supports your local community, while it gives you access to resources and tools to get educated 📖💡
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