Abby Fitzpatrick
silentqueries.bsky.social
Abby Fitzpatrick
@silentqueries.bsky.social
Democratic socialist. Data nerd. Protect trans kids 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Can't think of a single perverse incentive here. Sounds great! Should definitely be partnering with news organizations!
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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No contract, no coffee.

We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The millionaires always threaten to leave, but then they don't 🙄
Do Millionaire Surtaxes Lead to Millionaire Exodus?
Assessing the Massachusetts millionaire’s tax three years on.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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I like that republicans keep calling mamdani a “literal communist” because they’ve been calling everyone to the left of william mckinley a communist for a hundred years and they need to distinguish
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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The rumors are true: scrolling through Zohran’s transition website and seeing that his co-chairs so far are eminently qualified women of color is a great way to feel like better things are possible
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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here is my favorite sign from today
October 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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The federal govt going after local schools for letting trans kids play sports (specifically trans girls). This is so ridiculous, these people got nothing better to do than worry about a minors' genitalia? Seriously?

www.courant.com/2025/06/03/f...
CT school system targeted by federal probe for transgender policy meeting tonight
Amid a federal investigation on transgender policy, Cromwell’s school board will talk with its attorney Tuesday night about how to proceed on an issue that could embroil more Connecticut scho…
www.courant.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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London is great. It’s like New York with whimsy. Possibly more Americans than in New York however.
May 19, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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At the 2025 #PENGala, @jennyboylan.bsky.social, author and president of PEN America’s board of trustees, spoke of explosive challenges to free expression emanating from Washington, rebuking the current administration for its campaign against programs that support diversity, equity and inclusion.
May 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
You know you need to be worried when they start putting this on your bank's home page.
May 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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I for one am having an extremely catastrophizing day...
April 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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This morning in WBUR Today: A new study shows the number of millionaires in Massachusetts has *grown* since the 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million took effect

Plus:
— What to know about the new Winthrop/Quincy ferry route
— Beacon Hill takes on the budget
www.wbur.org/news/2025/04... @wbur.org
Not fleeing: New report shows more wealthy residents in Mass., 2 years into 'millionaire's tax'
Despite previous concerns, Massachusetts' "millionaire's tax" hasn't seemed to deter high-earners from continuing to live here, according to a new study from the Institute for Policy Studies.
www.wbur.org
April 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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The last person to notice the building is on fire doesn't deserve a prize. Especially if he's been excusing arsonists for decades.
reeling about the prospect of having to apologize to david brooks
i am going to Lose My Fucking Mind if the seed crystal for an antifascist general strike ends up being david fucking brooks
April 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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It's the same thing, right? sojo.net/articles/jes...
Jesus Rode a Donkey. I Ride the Bus
How public transit helps me know — and love — my neighbors.
sojo.net
April 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.

A better world is possible.
Strong moment from AOC’s speech in Utah
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Similar to 99% of residential properties in Boston, this four-unit building, constructed in 1850 on a 3,782 sf lot, could not be built under today’s overly restrictive zoning regulations.

📍 Beacon Hill, Boston
April 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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🇨🇦 Face à Trump, l’élan patriote des Canadiens.

Entre guerre commerciale et menaces d’annexion, les offensives du président américain déclenchent un regain de fierté nationale chez les Canadiens, qui préfèrent regarder vers l’Europe.

L'édito d'Alexandra Schwartzbrod : bit.ly/3DUmQGc
March 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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It’s a tenet of right wing femininity that sexual and reproductive service to men earns women their place in the world. But it is a core belief of the right wing man that no woman, however compliant, has any claim on him that he must respect.
February 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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The right wing woman is not insincere in her politics, but she *is* tactical: she believes that sexual and reproductive service to right wing men will earn her their protection, affection, and material support. She is wrong.
February 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Important Gender Marker Update.

For all Gender Markers...

M stands for Menace
F stands for Fucking Menace

Thank is all!
February 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Men: Ugh I struggle to even finish a book anymore my attention span is so cooked

Women: It's called A Field of Fury & Roses and it's the prequel to A Palace of Thorns which I enjoyed almost as much as its sequel, A Maze of Mist & Fire. Each book is 800 pages of inter-species elven smut
February 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Legalize streetcar suburbs again. 🇺🇸
February 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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MAGAs, whose pastors have spent the past decade openly shilling for Trump from the pulpit, have the nerve to condemn a minister for preaching the words of Jesus from the pulpit.

Trump is their messiah.
January 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM