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Christy Yovara
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Who’s your pick to replace Schumer as Senate Minority Leader?
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Thank you New York! Thank you Virginia! Thank you Pennsylvania! Thank you New Jersey!

Most of all, thank you Black folks, AGAIN!
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Saw one like this at the protest and fell in love so I looked it up. Thank you, Gwen!
gwenckatz.bsky.social Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · Oct 18
I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"
October 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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One of the best things I've done for my mental health is to mute or turn off anything where he is speaking. I will see enough of it in print, I don't need to hear it.
September 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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I went to Ezra Klein‘s profile to unfollow him and am happy to report that I wasn’t following him to begin with.
September 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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This is inspiring. Thanks, JJ's dad!
l8tebloomer25.bsky.social 🥀L8te_Bloomer_JJ! @l8tebloomer25.bsky.social · Sep 8
"Losses are launching pads."

~My dad
September 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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May I be even a fraction as strong as E. Jean Carroll in the face of tyranny.
September 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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I see what you dead there, WSJ, you tease.
Screenshot of Apple’s top news on 9/2/25 before the “big announcement” press conference. Headline says “Trump’s September is filled with tough deadlines.” Poster has highlighted “dead.”
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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I stan Julia Stewart.
askaubry.com AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @askaubry.com · Sep 1
Julia Stewart on the ex Applebee's CEO: delicious.
IHOP Applebee's She Was Passed Over for a Promotion to CEO. So She Acquired the Company and Took Over the Role Anyway. Julia Stewart, 70, a longtime restaurant group chief executive and serial entrepreneur, was passed over for a promotion - and then got the ultimate revenge. "So I went out and pretty much started with a new team, the best that I could possibly find. And to this day, most of them are good friends. But what we did was pretty remarkable," she said about her team at Applebee's. After around three years, she had managed to reshape the company and turn it successful. That led to a meeting with the former CEO and chair where she got some life-changing news. "I go in with my little graph, right? And I've got the chart going in the right direction. Stock has doubled. Life is good. Everything is going very well. I couldn't be more proud of the team. And I said, 'So I'm thinking it's about time to be CEO,'" she recalled. Continuing, Stewart said, "And he's very reflective; he stops for a minute. I'm sure it was 10 seconds. It felt like a minute and a half. And he says, 'No.' And I thought he meant, 'No, not today.' And I laughed and said, 'Well, no. I'm not suggesting today but perhaps for something you want me to showcase. Perhaps you want me to She asked why, and he told her that he "[didn't] have to have an answer." Asked how she replied, Stewart explained that she took a step back because she didn't want to react while angry. "I said, 'I'm going to excuse myself. I'm going go home early, and I'm going to reflect on this conversation, which is the only thing I could think of. And I came back the next day and said, You know, I've thought about it, and I think you're holding me accountable for everything. But you're not giving me the title so I'm going to go ahead and leave,'" she claimed. "And he said, 'Well, no. You can't leave. If you leave the stock will tank.'" Ultimately, the pair reached an agreement where Stewart "would stay for a couple months" to figure out a way to transition the team without causing financial ruin. to Afterwards, she wound up taking the job at IHOP, and she spent "a good five years" working to turn the company around. "When I got there, it hadn't had comparable growth," she said, adding that it was "really struggling" and lacked "brand image." After they were successful, she realized that they should buy another brand to continue growing. "I went to the board of directors and said, 'We probably need to look for an acquisition because if we don't find one, we're going to be ripe for takeover. But I promise you, I will be thorough and thoughtful, myself and the team, about looking for something that's going to be a wow,'" she said. As she was conducting research, she realized that Applebee's could be "really interesting." "Now, obviously, ultimately, you don't borrow $2.3 billion for revenge. You just don't do that," Stewart said. "But we did borrow $2.3 billion. We did buy Applebee's." After it was made official, she said that she called the CEO and chair of Applebee's said tha
September 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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It’s an attempted coup. Call it that. Don’t stop calling it that. It’s not just a distraction, and we still want the Epstein files.
August 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Waiting impatiently for the transition from “DO YOU CONDEMN HAMAS!? WELL, DO YOU!?” to “Do you condemn Israel’s genocide of Palestinians!? Well, do you?!” This seems the more logical question. Why are we here?! Of course we disagree with kidnapping and murder. It does not excuse genocide.
August 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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The Mamdani news brought me unexpected amounts of joy this morning. Then I saw this and my despair came back. We cannot wait for elections to solve the current plethora of crises.
aaronblack.bsky.social Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · Jun 25
People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
June 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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So it’s the US and Israel against the world now, eh? I’m sure this will be fine.
June 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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This is a small, partial relief. I continue to be pleasantly surprised at how the courts are holding us together.
maxkozlov.bsky.social Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jun 17
After ruling the NIH grant cuts were illegal yesterday, Judge Young, a Reagan appointee on the bench since 1985, ended the hearing with a blistering 15-minute speech.

I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵
Judge rules against NIH grant cuts — and calls them discriminatory
The decision means that the US biomedical agency has to restore funding to hundreds of research projects, but the government will likely appeal.
www.nature.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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4-year-old as the toilet started filling randomly: We should call a plunger. They would know what to do to fix our toilet.
May 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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I think about this a lot on my 45 - 60 minute commute to preschool every day and how quality of life is impacted by what transportation is available to you. I’d rather we improve public transit for everyone who needs and wants it than live closer in (although that would be nice too.)
gwensnyder.bsky.social Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · May 22
OF COURSE cars suck, but so many white anti-car urbanists are folks with no concept of how existing public transit infrastructure makes it all but impossible to navigate the city safely with kids UNLESS you have a car.

ESPECIALLY if you aren't in a wealthy neighborhood.

And guess who that impacts.
May 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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I mean, that’s one way to label Biden’s cancer diagnosis… Seems a bit insensitive though.
May 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Happy New Pope day, to those who celebrate.
May 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Would it be too pretentious to change my style to “Jedi robes” at this point in my life? They look comfy yet stylish, and come with pockets. What else could I ask for?

#MaytheFourthBeWithYou
#StarWarsDay
May 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Come on Canada, let’s GOOOOOOOOOO!
a red white and blue canadian flag with a maple leaf
Alt: a red and white canadian flag with a maple leaf billowing in the breeze
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April 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Unintended consequences of embracing mediocre tech - the death of the planet.
Happy Earth Day! #earthday
pot8um.bsky.social potatum @pot8um.bsky.social · Apr 22
Generative AI is melting our only planet.

Don’t use it.

ChatGPT wastes 10x the amount of water as Google.

And last year, Google was in talks to purchase 8 nuclear reactors in order to power their own AI.

This is not sustainable.

Stop using it today. It’s literal Earth Day.
April 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Evergreen until AT LEAST 2026.
fredtaming.bsky.social fredesque @fredtaming.bsky.social · Apr 14
not to be an alarmist, but has anyone suggested that Somebody Should Do Something yet?
April 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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This just reinforces my theory that the stock market is all pretend.
April 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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I have really mixed feelings about this but there is so much truth in it. We all do what we need to/can at max level for as long as we can.
blackamazon.bsky.social 🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · Apr 5
Dear white folks.. you may feel a way about it but uh yall might have to keep the protests

Because if they don’t send cops to yours?

this is a great way to build momentum
April 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Thank you @booker.senate.gov for fighting for all of us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK...
LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM