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Professional dilettante. Erstwhile hippie. Cranky old crone. Posting silly stuff at blort.meepzorp.com since 2001. Mefite. BLM. TLM. Denizen of MA.

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Kevin 💙💛's avatar Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social
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What trans people need to do immediately is get a passport in case you need to travel abroad for healthcare.

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I would not be surprised. He needs to shore up the muscle. Plus the DeVos money.

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Avian Face-Tool's avatar Avian Face-Tool @beakmoo.bsky.social
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This might be the funniest thing I've ever read.

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PlanetCarnival's avatar PlanetCarnival @planetcarnival.bsky.social
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The melody is older than Bach. The lyrics are by Paul Simon. But Boutte's version best captures the mood of this bittersweet day. 🇺🇸😧🇺🇸😡🇺🇸✊🏻🇺🇸 🎵 I don't know a soul who's not been battered I don't have a friend who feels at ease I don't know a dream that's not been shattered Or driven to its knees🎶

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Greg Olear's avatar Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social
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Congratulations to Donald Trump, who became a Kremlin property on the Fourth of July 1987, when he took his first trip to Moscow. Here's to 37 years of Russian ownership, Donald!

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So happy to see you here, my wonderfully creative friend!

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Steve Silberman's avatar Steve Silberman @stevesilberman.bsky.social
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"But just think of the RATINGS!" shrieks the clammy-handed up-and-coming executive at one of the conglomerates that now owns the news industry. "Trump shouting 'YOU'RE FIRED' as the firing squad takes aim at Jack Smith - *that's* must-see TV!" www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/u...

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scott⚡️mccloud's avatar scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social
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As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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i was just going to make a post about this. if trump decides you are an enemy of the state or a “threat to national security” and has you deported, citizenship or not, there’s nothing you can do to get home. he has full legal power to render you stateless.

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The Fig Economy's avatar The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social
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Like this shit isn’t what we “need to hear.” It’s doing a he said she said on the abetting of open fascism and the weaponization of our government by a criminal while saying those fears are just claims that liberals made.

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Arizona abortion-rights supporters on Wednesday turned in more than double the signatures needed to put the issue on November’s ballot in the key swing state.

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Helen Kennedy's avatar Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social
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You'd think having the electorate learn a worm ate part of your brain and then died in there and was never removed would be the end of this. But no.

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madamjujujive's avatar madamjujujive @madamjujujive.bsky.social
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This is really a bad year for dogs owned by politicians.

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madamjujujive's avatar madamjujujive @madamjujujive.bsky.social
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Maybe we could stop with the national forced birth mania and work harder to keep kids alive once they are actually born? Just a thought.

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Rachel Deering's avatar Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social
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C13th Persian manuscript, [Morgan, MS M.500].

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Coach Finstock's avatar Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social
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If you needed a handy infographic on just how much journalistic malpractice is going on at everyone's favorite publications

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Jeffrey Vagle's avatar Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me
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madamjujujive's avatar madamjujujive @madamjujujive.bsky.social
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When we look back, today will feel more consequential than J6. Might not lend itself to dramatic footage, but it’s certainly been effective. Decades and billions led up to this day. I remember my mom talking about the John Birchers 50 years ago

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Steve Silberman's avatar Steve Silberman @stevesilberman.bsky.social
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It's too bad the 2nd Amendment dudes who swore they'd be the undauntable defenders of our democracy against attack by a brutal monarch turned out to be too busy denouncing rainbow plushies at Target.

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madamjujujive's avatar madamjujujive @madamjujujive.bsky.social
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Well, there’s that, too. All ideas have merit when brainstorming.

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Iron Spike's avatar Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social
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You're entitled to your despair. But understand that when you catastrophize on social media, you risk spreading learned helplessness. Which is exactly what fascists want, for people to lie down and cry.

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Larry Wolfarth's avatar Larry Wolfarth @infoshaman.bsky.social
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Most people I see don't understand the Supreme Court just damaged our lives. (Folks are busy, & NPR's favorite Court stories were about the fancy robes & RBG's birthday.) Dems need a 2-3 sentence elevator speech that describes what the Court did, the effect on your life, & how Dems will fight it.

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madamjujujive's avatar madamjujujive @madamjujujive.bsky.social
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Has anyone been suggesting how Biden could best deploy his newly won immunity power? I suggest he exile Donald and his family to Russia for life.

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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SCOTUS is telling us that it has completely signed on to the project of a second Trump administration, which is establishing an elected autocracy.

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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trump just called for liz cheney to be prosecuted for treason which, according to john roberts, is an official act and would not be subject to criminal sanction

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James Downie's avatar James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social
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Sotomayor's dissent is chilling: "When [the president]...orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune."

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GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ SciComm at Forbes's avatar GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ SciComm at Forbes @grrlscientist.bsky.social
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wow: in the past 10 days, the corrupt supreme court has ruled that the president can commit #crimes without punishment, #bribery is legal, that agencies have no authority & that the #homeless can be imprisoned for the crime of being homeless

#fascism #scotus

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madamjujujive's avatar madamjujujive @madamjujujive.bsky.social
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Me too, Helen! Never forget, never forgive, What a terrible year 2k was - we had the "Brooks Brothers riots." the republicans have always been lawless.

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Until we have a fresh visual today, this will help get you in the mood ;-)

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Zoë Moss's avatar Zoë Moss @zoemoss.bsky.social
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IT'S HERE! The most important video you can watch today! I'm not biased or anything just because I did boards on it and am extremely proud and excited to be working with the best people around (@jellybox.bsky.social), but also because I believe we should make some important and good changes!!!

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Citizen.Coping's avatar Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social
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Family Group, 1950
Oil on canvas
Charles Alston (1907-1977)

Born in North Carolina and raised in Harlem, Charles Alston returned in 1938 to tour the American South and document the homes of Black families he met. Angularity gives this family a regal, monumental, and modern quality.

#BlackSky#Art

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Aubrey Gilleran's avatar Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social
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That “Black jobs” seems to be the main thing from the debate to go actually viral on social media should give certain columnists some pause about their pulse on the campaign.

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Adam Serwer's avatar Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social
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Both the “black jobs” remark and using palestinian as a slur are hopefully clarifying as to actual Trump’s ideology and worldview, in contrast with the imaginary trump some people have built up in their heads as the memory of his administration has receded

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ArtButMakeItSports's avatar ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social
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Personages with Star, by Joan Miró, 1933, 📸 by @inafassb

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social
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my favorite Bible story is the one where Jesus has all the homeless people rounded up and arrested, and then he and Sam Alito go jetting off on Leonard Leo's private plane for a luxury fishing vacation

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madamjujujive's avatar madamjujujive @madamjujujive.bsky.social
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Ah, everyone loves @kelliebob.bsky.social so not surprised if she’s a people hub. I haven’t really been active on mefi in ages but still lurk a bit as there are many people I like there. Bluesky seems to be taking shape, but I still miss the bad old place.

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madamjujujive's avatar madamjujujive @madamjujujive.bsky.social
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I thought you were! Handles aren’t always consistent from one platform to another so it’s hard to know. But imo there is nothing “merely” about you!

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madamjujujive's avatar madamjujujive @madamjujujive.bsky.social
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How cool! I missed your monkeys too, glad you had this experience!

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madamjujujive's avatar madamjujujive @madamjujujive.bsky.social
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That should be the first thing that you tell people when you meet them. I’ve been following you on social media for about 10 years and I never heard this before!

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