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Amanda Hayes@mandalee.bsky.social |
128 followers 97 following 708 posts
Archaeologist, lover of dogs and coffee. Obstreperous AND unruly. Black is my happy colour.
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gertrudious
@erinchristinebell.bsky.social
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"exposing how $77 million in federal welfare funds went to athletes, cronies and pet projects, she and her editor... Sued for defamation by the state’s former governor"
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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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Four months ago, the Economist thought the country was being run pretty well.
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George Penney
@georgepenney.bsky.social
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Presenting Lord Vertical the second newest species of Neighbour's Cat in our garden. Brain support cat to Lady Oblong the Destroyer (see previous post). Starer through our windows. Olympic level chonky floof. Maximum scaredy cat.
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Stone Cold Jane Austen 🏳️⚧
@charliejane.bsky.social
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ICMYI I wrote about the importance of being a citizen archivist. We've seen so much incredible art and writing from marginalized people, and we need to preserve it in the face of a huge, well-funded backlash.
This is something concrete you personally can do!
buttondown.email/charliejane/...
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Robert Ellingsworth
@by1959.bsky.social
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It's Entirely up to Us.
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lowtax speedrun enjoyer
@rickywlmsbong.bsky.social
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jacob rees-mogg has to lose while standing next to a guy wearing a baked beans-themed balaclava
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b-boy bouiebaisse
@jbouie.bsky.social
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just watched 74 people speaking at least a dozen different languages become american citizens in a ceremony at monticello, where the speakers were themselves children of immigrants. inspiring stuff and a vivid illustration of what reactionaries want to snuff out
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Greg Pak
@gregpak.bsky.social
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Lotta irony in British folks voting to kick out the Tories on the Fourth of July, three days after the Supreme Court made the US presidency a monarchy. That being said, kick out those Tories, friends.
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ONeillJones
@oneilljones.com
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A job I was looking forward to just fell through because I requested a very basic “please don’t feed my work into the AI garbage chute pls” clause in the contract That was apparently against company policy and non-negotiable If anyone needs a book cover I have an opening in my schedule
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Amanda Hayes
@mandalee.bsky.social
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omg
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N. K. Jemisin
@nkjemisin.bsky.social
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Isn't it interesting that they're trying to frame themselves as initiating *that* war instead of the Civil War? Wannabe Confederates still don't like being called what they are. Probably because it reminds them they lost the first time.
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Nick Hedley
@nickhedley.bsky.social
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Fossil fuels made up less than a third of the EU’s electricity mix in 2023 as renewables advanced
theprogressplaybook.com/2024/06/28/f...
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Adam Sharp
@adamcsharp.bsky.social
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Ten shows about the Tories’ time in power: 10. Meal or No Meal 9. Mock the Weak 8. Never Mind the Buzzwords 7. Whose Lie is it Anyway? 6. Who Wants to Be a Billionaire? 5. Last of the Summer Wine and Cheese 4. White Line of Duty 3. Faulty Powers 2. Have I Got an Excuse for You? 1. 8 Out of 10 Prats
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Katie Mack
@astrokatie.com
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I kinda feel like now that the Supreme Court has declared it legal for a president to straight-up murder people they don't like, it's probably even more important to not elect people who seem extremely inclined to murder people they don't like
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🤖 AP Breaking News (unofficial)
@ap-bot.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Advocates submit double the amount of signatures needed to put a constitutional right to abortion on the ballot in Arizona.
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Seth A Quimby-Big dumb monkey
@teamquimby.bsky.social
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My memory isn’t great, but my mom said I had Irish Alzheimer’s. I forget everything but the grudge.
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Barbara Costa
@babslc.bsky.social
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Meaningless anecdote, but my teen was watching the video clips getting sent around among The Kids. His reaction: Biden did sound kinda old, but old people sound old? Trump sounds “nutso”.
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Katie Mack
@astrokatie.com
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Keeping Trump out of the White House isn’t the only thing that needs doing and it isn’t enough to solve all problems facing the country & world but if it isn’t done then all those problems get exponentially worse in ways I don’t even know how to express and it scares me when people pretend otherwise
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Charlie Stross
@cstross.bsky.social
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Other reasons to be glad I (already) voted against the Tories: having to cough up for private medicine profit-taking in order to get COVID booster shots for self & spouse prior to worldcon. Thanks guys, writes the diabetic guy in a high-risk category who's NOT ELIGIBLE for a booster on the NHS.
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Kashana
@kashana.bsky.social
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They need a new self help book for companies called “how to solve all your problems by giving up on that product no one wants.”
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Jenkins’ Emporium
@jenkinsemporium.bsky.social
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At Jenkins’ Emporium, we believe every bite of chocolate should delight your senses and contribute to a better world. Proudly made in Kingston upon Thames, England, we source our chocolate ethically and sustainably, supporting both people and the planet. 🌱🍫
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Will Weldon
@oldmanweldon.bsky.social
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Joanne Harris
@joannechocolat.bsky.social
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Man outside a cafe in Bath, having breakfast. Gets up to shoo seagulls away. Leaves his table for just the half-second required for another seagull to steal his croissant. Man chases the croissant thief; another seagull steals his toast. Raucous laughter from all the gulls.
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Kaitlin Has Had Enough
@gothamgirlblue.com
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The United States has always been a democracy for some and a brutal authoritarian regime for others, and the effort to expand it to democracy for all has led to a 70+ year backlash culminating in SCOTUS claiming that kings are totes cool and also judges are the ones to coronate them
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iucounu
@iucounu.bsky.social
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these Tory election leaflets are becoming increasingly desperate I feel
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Amanda Hayes
@mandalee.bsky.social
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Ohhhh those are Kelly's work 🥲 I love that she's still a part of that community in some way...she loved it so. Well done, Andrew 🥰
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@jgour.bsky.social
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If the six FedSoc SCOTUS jack-originalists were alive in 1776, five of them would have been Tories and have fled to Canada or England. The other one would have been owned and sold among white men, something he continues to be and seems to enjoy.
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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa
@benspky.bsky.social
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You know what I hear makes voters think you're spry and youthful? Taking executive action against a lawless court! Maybe Biden should give it a try.
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Amanda Hayes
@mandalee.bsky.social
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No, only the modern Democratic party seems to do that
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Taniel
@taniel.bsky.social
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THE sentence of the day: A Macronist incumbent in the Marseille region came in 3rd in her seat. She just dropped out to support the left. She said, about why she's maneuvering to block the far-right: "Defeats happen, but you can never recover from dishonor."
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Jonathan Cohn
@jonathancohn.bsky.social
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Glad to see some members of Congress taking the issue seriously.
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Vince Mpls
@vincempls.bsky.social
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March 23 1933, the Enabling Act becomes law in Germany, giving the chief executive power enforce his own laws without checks and balances. The passing of the Act marked the formal transition from democratic republic to totalitarian dictatorship. 6 months later, it was a 1 party state.
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Col. Boozy Badger
@boozybadger.bsky.social
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“You’re a lawyer! What does this mean, really?” Man, I don’t fucking know. In the last week an entire area of law I studied was more or less rendered entirely moot and now there’s one specific guy in the whole country who may be able to do anything he wants without recourse. This is kind of new.
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Popehat
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/8 At any rate, congratulations to the Federalist Society for an achievement beyond the reach of the British, outside the grasp of bloody civil war, impossible to Nazis and Soviets and terrorists: defeating the American idea.
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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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Jonathan Ladd
@jonmladd.bsky.social
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The 14th Amendment says if you were involved in an insurrection you can't be president. SCOTUS said they won't allow anyone to enforce that because of reasons they made up. The Constitution doesn't say the president is immune from criminal law. SCOTUS decided he is because of reasons they made up.
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Kameron Hurley
@kameronhurley.bsky.social
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Great time to contribute to this delightful effort
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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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Not making any threats here, just thinking out loud as a historian — do they people brazenly pushing for impunity for the wealthy elites not know what traditionally comes next?
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Shiv Ramdas
@nameshiv.bsky.social
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every time I see someone complain about unions I think about how unions were the consensus alternative to the previous system of burning the factory owner alive inside his house
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Shiv Ramdas
@nameshiv.bsky.social
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Incredible how all it took was a black guy winning 2 elections and they collectively decided that they didn't want to do democracy anymore
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Flying Pace
@flyingpace.bsky.social
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It's been that way for years. And the Court just handed the President the means to do it: just do it. Don't wait on legislation. Appoint new justices and have the military escort them to their seats. Call it an official act as Commander-in-Chief, an emergency measure to thwart a judicial coup.
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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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I've seen enough -- this is the most radical, dangerous, arrogant, out-of-control Supreme Court in American history, and it needs to be treated as such.
open.substack.com/pub/kevinmkr...
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geoffrey
@parsnip.bsky.social
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in less than four years of a white christian nationalist supermajority, the illegitimate supreme court has rewritten the balance of power between the branches of the federal government and the people they ostensibly represent, empowering first themselves, and second their patrons
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Amanda Hayes
@mandalee.bsky.social
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Then I'd say it's Biden's moral duty to, say, order the Secret Service to perform a hit on the orange menace. Just to test the principle.
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@mjk4mj.bsky.social
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Murdoch is racist trash. Bezos chose a Murdoch bootlicker to run The Washington Post.
Goldman Sachs says eff you to the racist Wall Street Journal.
"... Goldman Sachs backs Black women: ‘Our commitment is strong’" www.theguardian.com/business/art...
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Kashana
@kashana.bsky.social
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Normal people: enjoying their Sunday The WSJ: we gotta send out the push alert that says fuck the minorities.
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Peter
@peterdutoit.com
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“Unprecedented barely covers it.” — Sam Lillo
#Beryl
#ClimateCrisis
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United Farm Workers
@ufw.bsky.social
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Jesus's worked in Salinas CAs fields since 1973, harvesting celery, lettuce, and more. I've earned enough to raise my family with this work. "It was hard in the early days when we had to hunch over using a short handle hoe. Thanks to Cesar Chavez it was outlawed." #WeFeedYou
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Amanda Hayes
@mandalee.bsky.social
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Also see Stan, the perfect shaggy-faced sofa companion
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