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frannypak@frannypak.bsky.social |
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cultural heritage etc etc etc
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b-boy bouiebaisse
@jbouie.bsky.social
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roberts’ reasoning is fundamentally (lower-case “r”) anti-republican. i know we dunk on the framers here but roberts has issued a rebuke of the revolutionary assumption that concentrated, unaccountable power is a fundamental threat to liberty.
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bobby (frociaggine)
@bobbylewis.bsky.social
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the “some folks just need killing” thing out of north carolina reminds me of a third thing these annoying people are right about: as long as the republican bloodlust grows and their power is unbroken, every election probably will be the most important one of your life
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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Probably the best president we've had in a hundred years, and the dude SHOULD NOT have run again - he promised he wouldn't! This is suddenly a chance to change to a better horse and by goddess we need to take it
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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The thing is, we talk about a LOT of different prime ministers, so we're gonna need a name to clarify (and educate) so that one isn't going away sorry not sorryyyyy
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RHAvote
@rhavote.bsky.social
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Anybody want to match my $50 donation for @psabortionfund.bsky.social ? Today’s a good day to do something small to fight the despair!
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Jeff Lazarus
@jlazarus.bsky.social
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Robinson is hardly the only Republican using language like this. At this point it's pretty close to the official position of the party to call for their political opponents to be arrested, jailed, subject to military tribunal, beaten up, or killed. They're not being subtle about it.
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POLITICO Europe
@politico.eu
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Labour MP David Lammy has been appointed as the UK’s new foreign secretary.
🔗 trib.al/xy53lLW
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Charles Logan
@charleswlogan.bsky.social
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"[T]he fight against data centers and the generative AI tools they power is gearing up to be essential to determine who gets to chart our social and technological future." Fellow educators and students, let's develop a Luddite praxis and join this fight!
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Jim Zub
@jimzub.bsky.social
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This photo is pure 2024.
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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I care for my two disabled elderly parents, I see our abandonment as a people up close every day. I also hear from my 19 year old cleaner that she doesn't know why to vote for these people who strike her as disconnected and out of touch.
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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We definitely have a systemic problem with aging and the aged, as well as a personal one. Another true thing is that an enormous amount of our elected officials are over 70, because of incumbency, and it is not representative. Both things can be true.
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b-boy bouiebaisse
@jbouie.bsky.social
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we’re in danger
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Michael Hobbes
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social
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I like the coconut tree memes as much as everyone else but I do think we should all be on the same page about Harris's quote actually making sense when you realize she was telling a story about her mom and illustrating a point about education.
www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...
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Mark Harris
@markharris.bsky.social
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Reminder that "Everything will be fine if he can ace this interview!" is a bar set by the campaign, not by anyone outside of it or by objective reality.
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Taniel
@taniel.bsky.social
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Recapping: —Great night for far-right. Big surges all around France. Can win next week, but nothing certain. —Left bloc 2nd. But not great for them: stable since 2022, not what they need to win overall. —Macronists 3rd, will fall A LOT. But got just enough to still make many runoffs.
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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A normie in 3-4 states, max. They'd be really into this lol
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DANA STEVENS
@thehighsign.bsky.social
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Libraries forever, Mayor Eric Adams never
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Prisonculture
@prisonculture.bsky.social
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I hope more people will join in so that the fight can be pro-active rather than reactive. We need to fight for an expansive vision. A reminder to those who do that we are hosting a conversation on August 1, open to all! www.mobilize.us/runforsometh...
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Michael Tae Sweeney
@mtsw.bsky.social
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At the same time the Saudis gave Trump's son in law $2,000,000,000 and started making huge production cuts that spiked the price of oil under Biden! but hey that's not as interesting as Clinton's email server apparently bsky.app/profile/grud...
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Lili Saintcrow
@lilithsaintcrow.bsky.social
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"The scientific team’s findings concluded that whenever an apparently sick or injured chimp sought out a plant that wasn’t part of their normal diet, 90% of the time those plants were shown (after being analyzed in a lab) to have anti-bacterial properties..." www.dailygrail.com/2...
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Truth Axe
@truthaxe.bsky.social
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Idk if I'm stating the obvious, but justices never write/speak like this. She's telling the world this is a five-alarm fire and the coup is on.
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Nails Nathan
@chadstanton.bsky.social
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If I say “defund the police” and you say “oh people won’t like that” you should know I don’t give a shit what people would like, I’m fucking right. And I’m going to keep being right while the police keep fucking shit up until y’all realize this guy is fucking right.
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Nails Nathan
@chadstanton.bsky.social
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The case for abolition, UBI, universal housing and healthcare has the power of moral force. Couching these positions in the idea they’re actually secretly popular muddles the argument and elides the very real work that needs to be done in convincing people.
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Nails Nathan
@chadstanton.bsky.social
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In general, I think it’s important to remove the argument for leftist positions from the idea there’s an overlooked silent majority just waiting to support them if only for the machinations of the dastardly elite.
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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The way people think the intended audience of this oped is larger than one man.
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Jay Willis
@jaywillis.bsky.social
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One pretty clear dynamic on display this week is whose legal interests the Supreme Court cares about (corrupt politicians, hedge fund fraudsters, literal January 6 rioters) and whose it doesn’t (poor people) ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/grant...
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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This is bad though, because he's not winning.
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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It's aimed at precisely one person, the only one who can decide, and they know he reads it.
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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He's been trailing the whole race, and compared to a year ago he cannot campaign with the vigor the moment requires. Nobody who is undecided about whether to vote will be swayed by this editorial. The scale is nowhere near the Times, it's being held by my 19 yo neighbor who says "they're all old"
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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social
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SCOTUS: would it just be simpler if we just decided that “Chevron deference” means that we defer to Chevron
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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And I think Joe Biden is one of the best presidents we've like, ever had! But I'd pay actual dollars to see all the possible candidates under 50 on stage selling liberal policies to the country
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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I posted this before I read the room here and wow, way too many ppl think we can't have a different candidate! It is SO HARD to beat trump in the media attention ecosphere, I'd be overjoyed at a reason for a LOT of people to watch Democrats talk on TV!
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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It was so hard for me (never played the dark souls stuff) that I couldn't even really learn how to play? Which bummed me out because I really like an open world game and it's so beautiful.
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John Dellaporta
@johndellaporta.bsky.social
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A few years ago, Jon Lovett floated a theory that media treats Democrats like protagonists - to be challenged, accounted, and forced to be behave in growth-oriented ways - while the GOP are treated like antagonists - immutable, expected to disrupt, thematic obstacles. Thinking about that a lot.
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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I think a contested convention would be *great TV* and everyone would watch and have so much fun, I can't be the only one!
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Emily L. Hauser
@emilylhauser.bsky.social
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And as long as I'm here: Abortion is healthcare. But you do NOT have to be in crisis, healthcare or otherwise, to have the human right—the inalienable right, if you will—to autonomy in your person. The GOP's position is that 50% of Americans don't, in fact, have that right.
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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We all quit after three days and haven't talked about it since, it's just selection bias
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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oh...this will make me go back and try again, lol, I never found out about the blue laser!
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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When I have like...broccoli and rice and chicken with pepper and salt I sometimes like to yell that I AM THE WEALTHIEST MEDIEVAL KING IN ALL THE LAND!
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Kevin Morris
@kevintmorris.bsky.social
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Eleven years ago, SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act in #ShelbyCounty, arguing that "things have changed" since the 1960s. Today, we know that things have changed since this ruling: namely, that the turnout gap exploded in formerly-covered places 1/n
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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Helen Kennedy
@helenkennedy.bsky.social
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Caravans a-comin', folks.
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Maggie Astor
@maggieastor.bsky.social
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Excited to introduce a project I've been working on for a long time: a thorough comparison of Biden and Trump on the issues. "The stakes, not the odds," to borrow from Jay Rosen. The initial version has 6 topics, but I'll be adding more, as well as updating with new statements/policies. Gift link:
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Ed
@notdred.bsky.social
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I guess I’ve become sort of a science-hype debunker so as far as this goes, let me just say: it’s real. Really really real. You could soon get a shot every six months that would basically eliminate your chance of getting HIV. Taken a step further: we have the tools to eliminate HIV in our lifetime.
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Nic McConnell
@mcconnell.bsky.social
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Finally a way to become more disconnected from the people who matter to us
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Parker Molloy
@parkermolloy.com
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"Entire Town Experiences Brownout as AI Engine Works Overtime to Perfect Image of Three-Eyed, Four-Breasted Mermaid"
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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isn't it also just a violation of first amendment rights. and forcing you to show your face for facial recognition seems like a 4th amendment case, too.
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Jacob T. Levy
@jacobtlevy.bsky.social
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The Palestinian exception to academic freedom, a continuing series.
jewishinsider.com/2024/06/univ...
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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Congressional districts are also allocated by state, which undermines representation even beyond the Senate and EC. Like...Wyoming shouldn't even have a single district, but it can't go below 1 so it always will. States are antidemocratic.
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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I just fundamentally don't see how you can look at how states behave and come away thinking anything about it is good. For every safe haven state for us, there's five that are indistinguishable from religious fascism.
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frannypak
@frannypak.bsky.social
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Without states there is no Senate. It's actually the worst part, not even the electoral college.
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