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David Mack
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It deserves a subtitle: “So Let’s Turn Out the Lights”
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David Mack
@davidmack.bsky.social
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It deserves a subtitle: “So Let’s Turn Out the Lights”
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Costa Samaras
@costasamaras.bsky.social
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They want to take away overtime pay “How many hours did you work this week?” “60” “Well well well looks like we only need you for 20 hours next week, so no OT, sorry about that”
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Phil Lewis
@phillewis.bsky.social
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has introduced impeachment articles against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito
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Stephen Wolf
@stephenwolf.bsky.social
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A reminder that if Trump wins & purges the civil service to replace it with loyalists as planned, all sorts of govt data will become totally untrustworthy. The House GOP is already trying to rig the census to screw Democrats in redistricting after Trump's first-term attempt failed
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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc)
@shengokai.bsky.social
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See also: "we didn't have all these genders and sexualities when I was a kid!" Yeah, we actually did: we just locked them in asylums (true), tried to electrocute them into straightness (true), or murdered them for living authentically (also true).
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Shiv Ramdas
@nameshiv.bsky.social
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Project 2025 will ban sunday sportsball and beer is a message with really serious legs, there is a whole genre of Americans who will put up with basically anything except no football sunday
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
@theradr.bsky.social
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WE ARE THE ONES WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR there is no daddy potus magic there is no special counsel daddy magic If someone is going to make change it is us. A sustained grassroots effort that lasts years. All of us. This is the only way out.
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Melissa Gira Grant
@melissagiragrant.com
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Project 2025 includes the call to “outlaw” porn. If you want to understand what they mean by that? Look to what these groups are already fighting “porn,” and their connections to anti-gender movements outside the US. I start that analysis here:
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Ken Burnside
@kenburnside.bsky.social
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It's a ratfucking. I'm saddened that the Democrats are amplifying it.
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Lord Chris Hanrahan (He/Him)
@chrishanrahan.bsky.social
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This is just 2024's version of 'Hillary's emails!' bullshit. It worked once, so here we are again.
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David Mack
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Yup. I just got the highest Con Ed gas/electric bill I’ve ever seen in my life. And I have every reason to think the next two will be worse.
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Mr Dr Bae
@dallas-taylor.bsky.social
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I wonder if it's because he's been the most consequentially progressive president since LBJ or maybe FDR. Or maybe 'centrist' just means always having a finger out to see which way the wind's blowing.
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David Slack
@slack2thefuture.bsky.social
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My point isn’t that Biden’s the be all end all. It’s that literally anyone is better than Trump. If they swap him out, I’m fine with that. I’d even vote for Gavin Shithead Newsom who I actively despise. But the surest way to lose is accepting “Biden old” as disqualifying while “Trump Hitler” is not
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Popehat
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George. George. Look, you were amazing in Out of Sight, and as a fellow guy who married a much smarter woman I am generally in favor of you, but do you think you could have made up your mind about this before you got on stage a couple of weeks ago to fundraise for him?
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Matt Wallace
@mattfnwallace.bsky.social
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David Zaslav, and everyone like him, would quite literally feed you and your family thru a machine that converted you all into a cheap fuel source if it were legal for him to do so or even just required paying a small fine.
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Critical Nostalgia
@highway62.bsky.social
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*long sharp exhale* Incisive and ruthless (without being cruel.) Has much to say about several other things besides just the NYT Book Review as institution. Worth your time.
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Jessica Pishko
@jesspish.bsky.social
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Here's exactly why this matters: the GOP knows that the country is quickly becoming more diverse. Democracy -- allowing more people to vote -- means that they are out of office. Being anti-democracy is a fancy way of saying you would like the return of John C. Calhoun.
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Tikkun Olamunist - ירמל גרױס
@tikkunolamunist.bsky.social
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Republicans know that if they had to play fair, the Republican Party would no longer be a viable party. Which means they're no longer a party that deserves to exist.
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Marisa Kabas
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i made this shareable version of my one sentence project 2025 summary so it can be easily shared across platforms. feel free to repost.
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Shiv Ramdas
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Gonna keep banging this drum- it was always on the cards after he came out as the most pro labour president of the 21st century, and probably my lifetime. Of course the corporate shill wing of the party want him gone and of course the leftmost part of it recognise how good he's been for their causes
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Taniel
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Something people are sleeping on: One of the 4 state justices who voted to make abortion illegal in Iowa in late June, David May, is up for retention this fall.
This was a 4-3 decision.
One of 3 states in which justices who upheld bans this year are up: boltsmag.org/your-state-b...
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Joshua J. Friedman
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The GOP push to destabilize the 2024 election has already begun, with lawsuits filed in a host of states around familiar Trump talking points: mail-in ballots, supposed voter-registration fraud, etc. “This is how you build a story that enables political interference in the post-election process." 🎁
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE
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deadly serious, if you can convince small business owners that the republicans intend to pass a law that tells them they *cannot* operate on sunday, the party implodes *overfuckingnight*
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FreeSpirit
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Gotta love the Philadelphia Tribune. Wow!!
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Bryn Robinson, PhD
@brynphd.bsky.social
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“It is possible-given absolute control over the media and the police-to rewrite the memories of hundreds of millions of people, if you have a generation to accomplish it in.” - Carl Sagan, “The Demon-Haunted World” He tried to warn us. 🥺🧪
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@jeanjeanie.bsky.social
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The evil. It burns.
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David Mack
@davidmack.bsky.social
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Cold-calling strangers is beyond my social-anxiety threshold. I donate cash or do postcards. But third-party voters need to understand they’ll be on the block, too, if Trump wins. Moral purity isn’t a defense against Gestapo.
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David Mack
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There’s no excuse for not voting or voting third party. Neither will help stop Trump & Project 2025. The only thing that will is voting for Biden in November. Don't do it for Joe. If he loses, he'll move to France. Do it for the millions who can't escape: www.salon.com/2024/07/02/d...
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David Mack
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Time for some GOOD NEWS: The official English-subtitled 4K Ultra-HD Blu-Ray of #GODZILLA MINUS ONE and HD Blu-ray of GODZILLA -1.0/-COLOR is now available for pre-order!
I've already pre-ordered my copy because — well, I mean, C'MON.
godzilla.com/products/god...
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David Mack
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Ah, OBX. My wife and I love it there. By the look of the beach and stairs, I'm guessing you’re north of Kitty Hawk? Southern Shores or Duck or Corolla?
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John Chu
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I've sold a novel to Tor Books! Title to come. Thank you to @ericshowers.bsky.social and @jengunnels.bsky.social for believing in it. I'm eternally grateful to @annvandermeer.bsky.social for editing the story it's based on, which you can read at @reactorsff.bsky.social
reactormag.com/hold-time-vi...
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Kevin M. Kruse
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Josh (garik16)
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I mean, it’s a legitimate question to ask. It’s also legitimate to note that certain parts of the media- particularly the New York Times - are invested in this narrative to such a disproportionate extent that it’s hard to see it as anything other than bad faith and harmful to the country
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Julia S.
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look, the answer to “crops will rot in the fields” after mass deportation is “chain gangs from for-profit prisons” they’re just not showing that card right now
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Faine Greenwood
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I also would really like to see legacy US media avoid re-electing Donald Trump for its own good - because it seems like too many of the people behind legacy US media don’t really grasp that they’re near the top of a Trump dictatorship hit list.
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David Mack
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Congrats, John! That’s great news. 🙂
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Ken Burnside
@kenburnside.bsky.social
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If you need a positive reason to vote for Biden, keeping Lina Khan in her job, or, y'know, giving her a few billion more dollars to hire lawyers, is a good one. She's trying to undo the Bork Doctrine, which had a 38 year headstart, and lots of corporate money behind it.
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INTERZONE
@interzone.press
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I’m looking forward to this essay on Vonda McIntyre by Una McCormack, and to the other essays in this collection. I spot @vallescurarule.bsky.social and @davidmack.bsky.social on the ToC, and also the intriguingly titled ‘A Coda on Coda’ by Caroline-Isabelle Caron (the ST:Coda novels are awesome).
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WildGorillaMan
@wildgorillaman.bsky.social
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You had me at “exceedingly dry in-jokes for recherché subcultures”
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Ada Palmer
@adapalmer.bsky.social
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We would all prefer the structural engineer who would make the building fireproof, but I’m still going to vote for the fireman over the fire.
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Kelly Barnhill
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Please note the wildly incorrect polling in France. No matter what the cacophony of pundits keep saying, polls are not predictive, and are never the end of the story. Organizing, volunteering, engaging in conversation, and direct action are effective tools. Let's use them here too.
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David Mack
@davidmack.bsky.social
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My sweet Winifred stayed still long enough for me to snag a rare closeup:
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Kate Elliott
@kateelliottsff.bsky.social
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The crisis is in your own board room, of your own making. Now write as many articles about the GOP's Project 2025, Trump's criminal convictions, his incoherent ranting in his public speeches, and the whole Epstein pedophilia ring, not to mention the prospect of replacing the president with a king.
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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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So voting is better than *not* voting when it comes to getting what you want? Huh.
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David Mack
@davidmack.bsky.social
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We obliterated your argument. Go back to school, you ignorant fuck.
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David Mack
@davidmack.bsky.social
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This one statement, “you're helping trump win by voting for the piece of shit Biden”, tells me all I need to know. Voting for Biden helps *Trump* win? Sit down, Ace, and leave these matters to the grown-ups.
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David Mack
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You don’t understand what a logical fallacy is. Or how voting works. Or game theory. I really hope you don’t live in a swing state.
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David Mack
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You’d better hope we succeed without you, because if we fail, you’ll go down with the rest of us. That said, if we succeed despite the lack of your saintly aid, I’ll expect you to kiss my fucking ass for saving yours, you lazy, selfish, entitled piece of shit.
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Brendel
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Things seem bleak but it’s probably a bad sign for Republicans that people have started mentioning their actual goals and political blueprint and their response is “how fucking dare you??”
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David Mack
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Joe Biden has been the most successful and effective center-left president since FDR. The fact YOU can’t see that tells me you’re don’t understand how politics or government really work, you’re dumb enough to believe conspiracy theories, and you’d rather huff your own farts than make hard choices.
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