Oxygen Is Metal
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Low-trust societies are so expensive, I swear.
To bare my chest, my spouse and I just navigated two years of fighting for IDEA accommodations for our older kiddo whose dyslexia and decoding skills deficits were so pronounced that, in 3rd grade, their reading test scores were <1st percentile.
To bare my chest, my spouse and I just navigated two years of fighting for IDEA accommodations for our older kiddo whose dyslexia and decoding skills deficits were so pronounced that, in 3rd grade, their reading test scores were <1st percentile.
This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
My kids go to a "rich" public school. My daughter is 7 and cannot read; she is a sweet, caring, intelligent child, but if you spend a moment with her it is clear that she has ADHD an order of magnitude more serious than what you think of when you hear "ADHD." Anybody questioning her IEP can fuck off
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Low-trust societies are so expensive, I swear.
To bare my chest, my spouse and I just navigated two years of fighting for IDEA accommodations for our older kiddo whose dyslexia and decoding skills deficits were so pronounced that, in 3rd grade, their reading test scores were <1st percentile.
To bare my chest, my spouse and I just navigated two years of fighting for IDEA accommodations for our older kiddo whose dyslexia and decoding skills deficits were so pronounced that, in 3rd grade, their reading test scores were <1st percentile.
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Hey @chrismurphyct.bsky.social, you talk a good game about fighting back against MAGA, so why are you teaming up with MAGA folks to require intrusive, privacy destroying surveillance that can and will be abused by those you keep warning us about?
The GUARD Act may look like a child-safety bill, but in practice it’s an age-gating mandate that could impose a mass censorship and surveillance regime on nearly every public-facing AI chatbot. Tell Congress to oppose the GUARD Act today. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
A Surveillance Mandate Disguised As Child Safety: Why the GUARD Act
A new bill sponsored by Sen. Hawley (D-MO), Sen. Blumenthal (D-CT), Sen. Britt (R-AL), Sen. Warner (D-VA), and Sen. Murphy (D-CT) would require AI chatbots to verify all users’ ages, prohibit minors
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November 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Hey @chrismurphyct.bsky.social, you talk a good game about fighting back against MAGA, so why are you teaming up with MAGA folks to require intrusive, privacy destroying surveillance that can and will be abused by those you keep warning us about?
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Inside a Cello
Charles Brooks Photography
Charles Brooks Photography
October 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Inside a Cello
Charles Brooks Photography
Charles Brooks Photography
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"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
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sad for New York to reject him when his catholic, and in some ways jewish, mother survived 9/11 then died of cancer soon after moving to the city in 2003, a tragedy he was forced to relive in 2016 when his mother died of cancer. his only crime? a few fake charities and also every other type of fraud
Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
October 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
sad for New York to reject him when his catholic, and in some ways jewish, mother survived 9/11 then died of cancer soon after moving to the city in 2003, a tragedy he was forced to relive in 2016 when his mother died of cancer. his only crime? a few fake charities and also every other type of fraud
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Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy
steady.page
October 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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The reason we're releasing this in theatres is because it's incredibly fun to watch in a room full of people. People lose their minds at it. We want people to watch it together.
So! Do you run or know somebody who runs an indie theatre?
If so, contact us, and we'll let you screen it for free.
So! Do you run or know somebody who runs an indie theatre?
If so, contact us, and we'll let you screen it for free.
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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BREAKING: Chicken Pox caused by Vicks Vap-o-Rub: White House
BREAKING: Astigmatism caused by chewable vitamins and parental failure to invest in Trump Coin: NIH
BREAKING: Havana Syndrome caused by component of Tito’s: CIA
BREAKING: Red hair caused by potato consumption: Marine Corps
BREAKING: Astigmatism caused by chewable vitamins and parental failure to invest in Trump Coin: NIH
BREAKING: Havana Syndrome caused by component of Tito’s: CIA
BREAKING: Red hair caused by potato consumption: Marine Corps
September 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BREAKING: Chicken Pox caused by Vicks Vap-o-Rub: White House
BREAKING: Astigmatism caused by chewable vitamins and parental failure to invest in Trump Coin: NIH
BREAKING: Havana Syndrome caused by component of Tito’s: CIA
BREAKING: Red hair caused by potato consumption: Marine Corps
BREAKING: Astigmatism caused by chewable vitamins and parental failure to invest in Trump Coin: NIH
BREAKING: Havana Syndrome caused by component of Tito’s: CIA
BREAKING: Red hair caused by potato consumption: Marine Corps
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Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago
September 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago
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Please check this out! I am thrilled to have work included in this collection! It's also really fun to browse thru the books.
Thank you so much to Robert Bolick for collecting my 1st dragonscale book and for this lovely record of it!
Please check this out! I am thrilled to have work included in this collection! It's also really fun to browse thru the books.
Thank you so much to Robert Bolick for collecting my 1st dragonscale book and for this lovely record of it!
Books On Books – Barbara Hocker
Watercourse I (2022) Watercourse I (2022) Barbara Hocker Scroll in variant dragon scale binding. L152 cm (variable) x W12 cm. 64 panels. Unique. Acquired from the artist, 10 February 2024. Photos: …
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August 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
books-on-books.com/2025/08/05/b...
Please check this out! I am thrilled to have work included in this collection! It's also really fun to browse thru the books.
Thank you so much to Robert Bolick for collecting my 1st dragonscale book and for this lovely record of it!
Please check this out! I am thrilled to have work included in this collection! It's also really fun to browse thru the books.
Thank you so much to Robert Bolick for collecting my 1st dragonscale book and for this lovely record of it!
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Eyeopening walkthrough of DC by this creator. If you aren’t in DC, worth a watch all the way to the end—
August 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Eyeopening walkthrough of DC by this creator. If you aren’t in DC, worth a watch all the way to the end—
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Society says, "It's OK to take your phone out and look at it while walking." But, does society know the consequences???
July 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Society says, "It's OK to take your phone out and look at it while walking." But, does society know the consequences???
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Shut the Senate down now
Shut it the fuck down
No collaborating with fascists
Shut it the fuck down
No collaborating with fascists
Schumer stopped the Senate to announce that this happened, in the middle of debate on a bill where Democrats were collaborating with Republicans on crypto legislation.
How you can compartmentalize these two things is beyond me.
How you can compartmentalize these two things is beyond me.
Another video of Senator Padilla’s violent arrest at DHS Sec Noem’s press conference in LA. You can see him thrown to the ground by FBI agents and handcuffed.
(video shared by Padilla’s staff with Elex Michaelson of Fox LA and posted on X)
(video shared by Padilla’s staff with Elex Michaelson of Fox LA and posted on X)
June 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Shut the Senate down now
Shut it the fuck down
No collaborating with fascists
Shut it the fuck down
No collaborating with fascists
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It’s the same with “I just think kids should be assessed before they transition.”
*Every* compromise position in this ‘debate’ is already the reality. You cannot forge a middle ground between people who are responding to the world as it is and people who are constantly lying.
*Every* compromise position in this ‘debate’ is already the reality. You cannot forge a middle ground between people who are responding to the world as it is and people who are constantly lying.
June 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It’s the same with “I just think kids should be assessed before they transition.”
*Every* compromise position in this ‘debate’ is already the reality. You cannot forge a middle ground between people who are responding to the world as it is and people who are constantly lying.
*Every* compromise position in this ‘debate’ is already the reality. You cannot forge a middle ground between people who are responding to the world as it is and people who are constantly lying.
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I’m so excited to announce that my book was published today! The book retells the life of Charles Sumner, an abolitionist senator who co-framed the Reconstruction Amendments. I wrote this book with my blood, sweat & tears as a student at Yale Law School. (1/x)
June 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I’m so excited to announce that my book was published today! The book retells the life of Charles Sumner, an abolitionist senator who co-framed the Reconstruction Amendments. I wrote this book with my blood, sweat & tears as a student at Yale Law School. (1/x)
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If you are obsessed with putting some sort of religious rule in public school classrooms (an issue in Texas right now) why not the golden rule rather than the commandments, which are not even that useful?
May 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If you are obsessed with putting some sort of religious rule in public school classrooms (an issue in Texas right now) why not the golden rule rather than the commandments, which are not even that useful?
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I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?
May 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?