Ellen Thompson
@reallymrst.bsky.social
Still just happy to be here. EMAW. Social studies educator. Voting rights, y’all.
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Wrote a really important post.
The Only Good Shows Ever On Television
I was reading a list in Variety, one of those lunch break lists where you’re chewing your sandwich and see some faces you recognize and some words underneath that make you think “huh, that’s wrong” an...
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February 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Wrote a really important post.
Called my representative and senators today. Actually spoke to live humans. Felt better for just having them note my opinion.
February 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Called my representative and senators today. Actually spoke to live humans. Felt better for just having them note my opinion.
Why did he fall down?
January 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Why did he fall down?
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
January 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
Unexpected road trip + new release from library = Oathbreakers @lollardfish.bsky.social
December 15, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Unexpected road trip + new release from library = Oathbreakers @lollardfish.bsky.social
EMAW. Photo credit Zelie Thompson.
October 27, 2024 at 12:30 AM
EMAW. Photo credit Zelie Thompson.
Four hours of GOTV lit drops at local businesses yesterday definitely boosted my optimism. Early voting starts tomorrow in TX, y’all. Make it count!
October 20, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Four hours of GOTV lit drops at local businesses yesterday definitely boosted my optimism. Early voting starts tomorrow in TX, y’all. Make it count!
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Political scientists know how to measure the quality of democracies. Unquestionably, 'Accepting election loss' is more fundamental to the quality of a state than civil liberties, which have nuances and conditions.
Also punishing the insurrectionists isn't censorship. It's law enforcement.
Also punishing the insurrectionists isn't censorship. It's law enforcement.
October 2, 2024 at 4:09 AM
Political scientists know how to measure the quality of democracies. Unquestionably, 'Accepting election loss' is more fundamental to the quality of a state than civil liberties, which have nuances and conditions.
Also punishing the insurrectionists isn't censorship. It's law enforcement.
Also punishing the insurrectionists isn't censorship. It's law enforcement.
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend.
September 13, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend.
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I'm a literal journalist who has lived through a lot of history.
The way you "send a message" is through organizing, protesting, voting in primaries, advocating, donating, not donating, etc.
What you do on presidential-election day is CHOOSE WHO WILL BE IN POWER. It's not for messaging.
The way you "send a message" is through organizing, protesting, voting in primaries, advocating, donating, not donating, etc.
What you do on presidential-election day is CHOOSE WHO WILL BE IN POWER. It's not for messaging.
April 13, 2024 at 8:01 PM
I'm a literal journalist who has lived through a lot of history.
The way you "send a message" is through organizing, protesting, voting in primaries, advocating, donating, not donating, etc.
What you do on presidential-election day is CHOOSE WHO WILL BE IN POWER. It's not for messaging.
The way you "send a message" is through organizing, protesting, voting in primaries, advocating, donating, not donating, etc.
What you do on presidential-election day is CHOOSE WHO WILL BE IN POWER. It's not for messaging.
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Excited to share my new publication at Political Behavior on Americans who identify as rural but don't live in rural areas. Such 'non-rural rural identifiers' hold similar group-based affect, values, & political tendencies as those living in rural areas. (1/3) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Feeling Out of Place: Who Are the Non-Rural Rural Identifiers, and Are They Unique Politically? - Political Behavior
Previous work suggests rural identity often stems from direct experience living in a rural area, and that categorical group membership occurs before social identification. Puzzlingly, however, some U....
link.springer.com
February 18, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Excited to share my new publication at Political Behavior on Americans who identify as rural but don't live in rural areas. Such 'non-rural rural identifiers' hold similar group-based affect, values, & political tendencies as those living in rural areas. (1/3) link.springer.com/article/10.1...