@mackenziecrampton.bsky.social
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I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
Tell Students the Truth About American History
We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.
www.theatlantic.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
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“The idea that all of this happened because, like, twelve professors at Berkeley used “Latinx” on their syllabi is just detached from reality, from my point of view.”
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social In full form www.thedriftmag.com/politics-is-...
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social In full form www.thedriftmag.com/politics-is-...
www.thedriftmag.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
“The idea that all of this happened because, like, twelve professors at Berkeley used “Latinx” on their syllabi is just detached from reality, from my point of view.”
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social In full form www.thedriftmag.com/politics-is-...
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social In full form www.thedriftmag.com/politics-is-...
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a thought i have reading @clintsmithiii.bsky.social’s wonderful piece is that one reason the administration wants to erase any mention of the worst of our past is because it is intent on recapitulating those atrocities www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.
www.theatlantic.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
a thought i have reading @clintsmithiii.bsky.social’s wonderful piece is that one reason the administration wants to erase any mention of the worst of our past is because it is intent on recapitulating those atrocities www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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No Kings includes Draft Kings
June 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
No Kings includes Draft Kings
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The path to the end of Roe V. Wade was paved with abortion providers being killed, and clinics being bombed and set on fire.
I'm a believer in nonviolent resistance for moral reasons, and I think it can be incredibly powerful when well-planned and sustained, but don't tell me violence doesn't work. The people successfully rolling back my rights were sending bomb threats to children's hospitals.
June 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The path to the end of Roe V. Wade was paved with abortion providers being killed, and clinics being bombed and set on fire.
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LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
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Skateboarding? Check.
Urban Planning? Check.
Referring to not one but TWO skaters as "Dr."? Check.
Aside from video games and Bosch, this story I wrote, on how skateboarding revived an urban plaza in San Francisco, hits all my buttons.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/b...
Urban Planning? Check.
Referring to not one but TWO skaters as "Dr."? Check.
Aside from video games and Bosch, this story I wrote, on how skateboarding revived an urban plaza in San Francisco, hits all my buttons.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/b...
A San Francisco Plaza Was Down and Out. Then Skaters Moved In.
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Skateboarding? Check.
Urban Planning? Check.
Referring to not one but TWO skaters as "Dr."? Check.
Aside from video games and Bosch, this story I wrote, on how skateboarding revived an urban plaza in San Francisco, hits all my buttons.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/b...
Urban Planning? Check.
Referring to not one but TWO skaters as "Dr."? Check.
Aside from video games and Bosch, this story I wrote, on how skateboarding revived an urban plaza in San Francisco, hits all my buttons.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/b...
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who deserves to die
by One of the Comfortable
loloverruled.substack.com
May 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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"Flatten the curve" is maybe the most successful slogan of the last 10 years and conveys a relatively complicated idea! The difference is that the media helped explain and operationalize its underlying message. With "Defund the police" the media did the opposite.
"Medicare for all" also requires explanation! So does "I like Ike" and "Black Lives Matter" and "Think globally, act locally" and every other political slogan ever
I am begging everyone to not confuse a clear and broadly popular slogan with one that needed a footnote and a paragraph of explanation.
April 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"Flatten the curve" is maybe the most successful slogan of the last 10 years and conveys a relatively complicated idea! The difference is that the media helped explain and operationalize its underlying message. With "Defund the police" the media did the opposite.
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my endorsement for any democratic presidential candidate who promises to send the entire DOGE team to prison
This is insane and everyone involved needs to be sued into oblivion and then go directly to jail
April 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
my endorsement for any democratic presidential candidate who promises to send the entire DOGE team to prison
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🚨 Pike Place Market banning most vehicle traffic in test run.
Pike Place Market banning most vehicle traffic in test run
Regular traffic on Pike Place will be cut off, with certain exceptions. The goal of restricting cars is to improve Market access and safety for pedestrians.
www.seattletimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🚨 Pike Place Market banning most vehicle traffic in test run.
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Worth noting (since the right-winger who wrote this article didn't) that Idaho has an income tax. A pre-pandemic study found that if WA adopted Idaho's tax system, we'd have literally double the amount of revenue for the state budget that we have now.
Businesses leave Washington for Idaho amid tax hike concerns
A report reveals Idaho as the top choice for firms relocating from Washington due to rising tax burdens.
mynorthwest.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Worth noting (since the right-winger who wrote this article didn't) that Idaho has an income tax. A pre-pandemic study found that if WA adopted Idaho's tax system, we'd have literally double the amount of revenue for the state budget that we have now.
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i do think it's worth mentioning — and i expect it *will* be mentioned in court — that there's an obvious logical disconnect between "we want you to build more megaprisons for our citizens" and "we have no control over who you imprison or release".
April 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
i do think it's worth mentioning — and i expect it *will* be mentioned in court — that there's an obvious logical disconnect between "we want you to build more megaprisons for our citizens" and "we have no control over who you imprison or release".
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1) Do something autocratic
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
April 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
1) Do something autocratic
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
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Yes. If these people gave a shit about "bringing good jobs back to America," they would be fighting to improve the quality of the jobs we already have. There's nothing inherent to the work of a taxi driver or waitress that has to be less secure than a 1950s factory worker.
April 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Yes. If these people gave a shit about "bringing good jobs back to America," they would be fighting to improve the quality of the jobs we already have. There's nothing inherent to the work of a taxi driver or waitress that has to be less secure than a 1950s factory worker.
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
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one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
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Ranking the last 10 Best Picture winners, why not (as I do every year)
1. Parasite
2. Moonlight
3. Oppenheimer
4. Spotlight
5. Everything? Everywhere? ALL AT ONCE???
6. Anora
7. The Shape of Water
8. Nomadland
9. CODA
10. Green Book
I basically at least LIKE all of these but Green Book.
1. Parasite
2. Moonlight
3. Oppenheimer
4. Spotlight
5. Everything? Everywhere? ALL AT ONCE???
6. Anora
7. The Shape of Water
8. Nomadland
9. CODA
10. Green Book
I basically at least LIKE all of these but Green Book.
March 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Ranking the last 10 Best Picture winners, why not (as I do every year)
1. Parasite
2. Moonlight
3. Oppenheimer
4. Spotlight
5. Everything? Everywhere? ALL AT ONCE???
6. Anora
7. The Shape of Water
8. Nomadland
9. CODA
10. Green Book
I basically at least LIKE all of these but Green Book.
1. Parasite
2. Moonlight
3. Oppenheimer
4. Spotlight
5. Everything? Everywhere? ALL AT ONCE???
6. Anora
7. The Shape of Water
8. Nomadland
9. CODA
10. Green Book
I basically at least LIKE all of these but Green Book.
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as much as I've enjoyed a few of the recent Oscar ceremonies (and many of the winners) we're never recreating that lightning in a bottle collective euphoria of PARASITE running the oscars in 2020, we'll be chasing that high for decades
March 3, 2025 at 5:13 AM
as much as I've enjoyed a few of the recent Oscar ceremonies (and many of the winners) we're never recreating that lightning in a bottle collective euphoria of PARASITE running the oscars in 2020, we'll be chasing that high for decades
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IF TRANS ISSUES ARE SO INCONSEQUENTIAL DOES SOMEONE ON THE NYT MASTHEAD WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY SPENT THREE YEARS RUNNING A1 “INVESTIGATIONS” INTO SAFE AND EFFECTIVE MEDICAL CARE AND THE LANGUAGE CHOICES OF NON-PROFITS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS????
Of course the NYT sees the "DEI" stuff positively & is neutral on anti-trans discrimination
March 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
IF TRANS ISSUES ARE SO INCONSEQUENTIAL DOES SOMEONE ON THE NYT MASTHEAD WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY SPENT THREE YEARS RUNNING A1 “INVESTIGATIONS” INTO SAFE AND EFFECTIVE MEDICAL CARE AND THE LANGUAGE CHOICES OF NON-PROFITS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS????