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Melu
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Late-in-life student, recovering politics nerd
Big city gal now living in rural Appalachia (she/her)
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niais.bsky.social
YOU DUMB FUCKS. THIS IS ME.

I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.

People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
December 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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adamcsharp.bsky.social
Does anyone know of any other examples of where a video synchs perfectly to other audio, like the This Is America video clip set to Call Me Maybe?
October 8, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Canada’s largest white nationalist network marching down Ottawa streets in front of our Parliamentary buildings.

Not great!
Image of Jeremy Mackenzie in front of CBC on sparks st in Ottawa, with masked members of his active club Second Sons behind him holding a banner that reads “CBC hates white people” Still from a video of the second sons active club members, masked, marching down sparks street in Ottawa in front of a building where parliamentary committee meetings are held Post from a top Diagolon and Second Sons member, Alex Vriend, on Telegram reads: “There was a dozen or so CBC employees frantically running around inside the building waving their arms over their heads like something out of a cartoon. Highly entertaining.” Post from Diagolon Leader Jeremy Mackenzie on telegram reads: “Telling CBC HQ to get fucked to their faces at their workplace while they stared fearfully, scurrying around in the windows was a high point of my year. Immense thanks and respect to the club, their supporters and families. I've carried this weight around for a long time and it was very satisfying and righteous to be able to physically point to those who are truly responsible for so much death of our people. You wanted our "comments", СВС. Soon the entire country will have them. They hate you. They hate me. Fuck the anti-white CBC.”
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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indivisible.org
This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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finchfrii.bsky.social
We hear a lot about boys getting radicalized online, and not enough about how to stop it.

This is good video with 5 specific things parents/adults can do:
September 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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rvbdrm.com
“Bernie was right.”

- Joy-Ann Reid
September 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys
September 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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indivisible.org
(below an image of Pedro Pascal) “I can't think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist.” - Pedro Pascal
September 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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phillewis.bsky.social
In a shocking on-air moment, a “Fox and Friends” co-host said homeless people suffering from mental health issues who refuse help should be killed
'Just Kill 'Em': Fox Host Makes Shocking Comment On Homeless People
"Fox and Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade made a jaw-dropping remark while discussing homelessness and mental health.
www.huffpost.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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espiers.bsky.social
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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miafarrow.bsky.social
World Health Organization (WHO) Director- warned today that Sudan/ Darfur is facing a catastrophic hunger crisis, with famine already confirmed in parts of the country.

“This year alone, over 770,000 children are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition,”

www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/wh...
WHO chief warns Sudan facing famine, calls for urgent humanitarian access to El-Fasher
Tedros Ghebreyesus says over 770,000 children expected to suffer severe acute malnutrition this year - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
September 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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blueskyfanatic.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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irenexu.bsky.social
Check out our new paper "Before the attempt: How people think and plan in suicide crises."

We characterized contemplation & planning in suicide crises, and identified factors that related to classification in the attempt group (vs. a plan-only group).

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Before the attempt: How people think and plan in suicide crises
Cognitive processes preceding suicidal attempts (SA) remain poorly understood, particularly in distinguishing those who act on suicidal thoughts from …
www.sciencedirect.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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atrupar.com
This story is fucking bonkers
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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dopestatistics.bsky.social
Here I made this for everyone I feel like it will be handy
Flow chart: Is this a bit? 1. No . -> log off. Get help. 2. Yes -> it sucks log off.
March 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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capitalb.bsky.social
Amid the uncertainty of the Trump era, a small group of Black women is stockpiling food and arming themselves to get ready for worst case scenarios. capitalbnews.org/black-women-...
Meet the Black Women Who Say Survivalism Is a Necessity, Not a Trend
Amid the uncertainty of the Trump era, a small group of Black women is stockpiling food and arming themselves to get ready for worst case scenarios.
capitalbnews.org
February 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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riotgrlerin.bsky.social
just over here photoshopping muppets onto the cover of elle magazine: thread
Beaker as Dua Lipa on the cover of Elle magazine.
February 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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theonion.com
Guy On Doomed Planet Mostly Concerned With Skin Color Of People In Movies
theonion.com/guy-on-...
Guy On Doomed Planet Mostly Concerned With Skin Color Of People In Movies
February 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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nicoleconlan.bsky.social
Seinfeld: The Congestion Pricing Episode
Jerry uses congestion pricing as an excuse to stop seeing a woman who lives downtown. She stages a protest in the street in front of City Hall to get him back. George refuses to pay the $9 and drives along a labyrinthine path to avoid the cameras, using side streets and driving through parking garages. It costs him $47. Forced to use the subway, Elaine discovers J. Peterman living on the F train and attempts to bring him back topside. Kramer and Newman use a mail truck to evade the toll. Soon, people who don’t want to pay the toll ask them for rides, and they oblige… for a fee. Jerry points out they’ve just created Bus 2.0. Kramer: This isn’t about making money. This is the resistance, Jerry!” Elaine convinces Peterman to come to the surface. They spot George coming out of a parking garage and ask him for a ride home. George agrees but refuses to pay the $9 — they’re going HIS way. Jerry is going to take the subway to a show, but Kramer convinces him that Bus 2.0 will be faster — “Now that the roads are clear, we can really open that baby up.” Jerry is running late so he agrees. They speed downtown to Jerry’s show downtown. Suddenly, Jerry’s ex-girlfriend leaps into the street holding a “down with congestion pricing!” sign. Kramer swerves to avoid her and plows right into George’s car, destroying both vehicles. Jerry’s girlfriend runs over to help. She tears up and thanks Jerry for coming to see her.
January 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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taralconley.com
i struggled with this episode bc the way richard reeves frames the problem, its as if educators, scholars, researchers, activists havent been working on issues concerning black boys for DECADES. i’m one of those people.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Why Men And Boys Are Struggling
Podcast Episode · On the Media · 11/20/2024 · 18m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:57 PM
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smashfizzle.bsky.social
I don’t think I have much call to decide who should die at any given moment, but I am fascinated by how we decide what kinds of killings count as murder and which don’t.
December 6, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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angryblacklady.blacksky.app
There are people who obviously still believe in the Democratic Party as an institution and that needs to stop.

In 6 weeks people are going to be yelling about kids in cages but are now ignoring that Biden has been building those cages for Trump for a year. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Revealed: Biden lays groundwork to expand immigration jails as Trump readies for office
In the past year, the Biden administration has extended contracts for private sector jails before Trump’s plan for mass deportations
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2024 at 1:09 PM