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Dropped Mike
@rebrafsim.bsky.social
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rock: oh fuck I’m covered with paper tell my wife I love her
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Sandra Newman@sannewman.bsky.social |
3153 followers 1211 following 721 posts
Writer (Julia, The Heavens, The Men, How Not to Write a Novel, etc.) she/they
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Dropped Mike
@rebrafsim.bsky.social
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rock: oh fuck I’m covered with paper tell my wife I love her
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Lydia Polgreen
@polgreen.bsky.social
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CNN poll post debate finds that Harris outperforms every other Democratic contender *including* Biden. www.cnn.com/2024/07/02/p...
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lanyardigan
@lanyardigan.bsky.social
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(re: microplastics) Scientists, as usual: SOMEBODY CHECK THE BALLS AND PENIS
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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what if all the microplastics are coming from the balls
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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The bottom line is that the left wing is not failing because the people doing the work are stupid or corrupt, but because there aren't enough people doing the work and they don't have enough resources.
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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One reason this bothers me is that, if you're not actively involved yourself, you have little grasp of why things are done the way they are. E.g., people often snipe at activists for not doing things they've actually tried, which didn't work and that's why you've never heard about them.
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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Pretty tired at this point of hearing from people who will find fault with every tactic anyone tries for fighting back politically (any protest is misjudged somehow, while all electoral strategies are deluded or corrupt) but you never, ever hear the person mention having done anything themselves.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE
@golikehellmachine.com
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i think it's really important that everyone understands that you, shitposter, reading this now: you have a much better understanding of what happens to people who do favors for donald trump than at least six elite-educated supreme court justices, and probably all nine of them.
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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Today I met a Boston terrier named Mushroom, so I guess in the fascist dystopia to come, there will still be a Boston terrier named Mushroom.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE
@golikehellmachine.com
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this is where dems not having the same kind of billionaire donor class with money to burn really hurts us, and i think there's a deeply unpleasant conversation to be had with, say, marc cuban about what he wants in exchange for signing a large check addressed to the "fuck john roberts society"
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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I mean, if Sotomayor's opinion is that a president can legally order the assassination of his opponents, doesn't that imply that he can order the assassination of any one of us?
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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Does this mean it might be legal for Trump to order soldiers to kill immigrants or protesters? Is there a means of stopping him, other than the military not obeying those orders? I'm finding it hard to follow the legal logic of any of this.
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Radley Balko
@radleybalko.bsky.social
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My first read: If a president commits crimes unrelated to him being the most powerful person in the world, he can be prosecuted. But if explicitly uses his powers to commit crimes, he is at least presumptively, and probably absolutely immune from prosecution. I mean, holy shit.
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Jaime N. Christley
@rohmersimpson.bsky.social
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fuck load up on your physical media if you can. torrent like a madman if you can't. streaming isn't coming to save the day. behave like you got a hot tip about plans to burn the Library of Alexandria.
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Catherine Mayer
@mayeroflondon.bsky.social
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Well, that was meta. Walking along, listening to an audiobook as research for a new book, and found myself agreeing with a passage. Just as I stopped to note it down, the author attributed the quote…to me
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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir)
@nora.zone
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it's fucked up that in the united states there are so many jobs that require tips to make a living wage. like baristas and supreme court justices
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Paul Duane
@paulduane.bsky.social
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I think the reason Philip K Dick is still the predominant SF writer of the last century is, he was the only one who foresaw a future where everything would be boring, inconvenient and dehumanising, and where the only way you can win is to somehow refuse to give up your humanity.
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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this is how the debate should have been conducted
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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I had drinks with an editor in corporate publishing after her first compulsory "Let AI write your emails!" training. She was like, "Can't I just … write emails?" Nine months later, I asked if her team ever used AI, and she said no one's found any use for it at all, but the trainings will not stop.
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e.w. niedermeyer
@niedermeyer.io
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Wondering why Cybertrucks are allowed on the road? Because this is literally how auto safety regulations works in the US. Every vehicle is assumed compliant until proven otherwise by underpaid bureaucrats, at public expense
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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I think it varies by person. In my experience, a lot of activists are doing a few different things at once, and finding all of them frustrating.
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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I think often people protest because it's the only thing they can do, not because it's a useful thing to do. But it's also always hard to tell if protest is working. It may be part of the reason there are headlines. No real way to be sure.
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Lupita Nihongo
@otsumamiboy.bsky.social
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Giving a cop the mugshot treatment because he arrested a rich person who was guilty and acting like that’s totally normal should be a moment that open’s people’s eyes to the jig.
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Bill Corbett
@billcorbett.bsky.social
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Prince was an absolute musical genius but a terrible dove impressionist
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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If I were a climate protester, I would simply protest at Exxon headquarters and *not* be ignored by the media.
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Mirthless Laughter
@mirthlesslaughter.bsky.social
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Of the plums thou didst buy to break thy fast And laid in ice until the morrow I presently have made repast, I must confess with sorrow. I beg of thee thy wrath to stay; Forgive me for my boldness. Good were they, and sweet were they, And stung my teeth with coldness.
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Robin Marty
@robinmarty.bsky.social
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Any donation to this link today will go directly to Diamonds for Doulas to compensate them for all of this loss… givebutter.com/WAWCclinic
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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Yeah, but they would never ever do that, while if they are just given a date and time to show up, there's some chance they can be shamed into it
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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We need a system where, when someone criticises a protest for being done the wrong way, they're asked how the protest should have been done, and when they answer, they're automatically signed up for weekly email reminders to participate in just such a protest
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fredesque
@fredtaming.bsky.social
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[leonard cohen hallelujah voice] cowabunga
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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Ah! Good point!
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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We need a system where, when someone criticises a protest for being done the wrong way, they're asked how the protest should have been done, and when they answer, they're automatically signed up for weekly email reminders to participate in just such a protest
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Lloyd Shepherd
@lloydshepherd.com
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‘That is said to be Gofannon,’ said the Abbot. ‘The god of blacksmiths.’
‘In a church?’ Ted said.
‘Well, if that surprises you, look at this.’
Latest episode of AFTER LONDON is out now. Subscribe here lloyd-shepherd.ghost.io
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Yell In a War
@jelenawoehr.bsky.social
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the planet is on fire and people can’t afford air conditioning, surely this is the time to come up with a technology nobody asked for and nobody wants then dedicate all the electricity to maintaining it
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Thom Beckett
@thombeckett.com
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So UK Special Forces vetoed applications from Afghan commandos they’d fought alongside (potentially) because they were worried they the Afghan troops could give evidence against them in the ongoing investigation that Special Forces regularly killed unarmed civilians then planted evidence.
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Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸
@belalugosisdad.bsky.social
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No we don't! You can't just say this in your headline and then not quote a single archaeologist in the article!
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mave
@mave.bsky.social
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Good question. I’ll have to run that by my hot air balloon concierge
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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I think Big Therapy is keeping this from us, since it obviously would render all other forms of therapy obsolete
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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I need to spend about a year as a Labrador retriever to recover from all this
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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tried to dispute a credit card bill, but they'd replaced the customer service with an AI chatbot that couldn't understand "My bill is wrong" no matter how I phrased it, so instead of helping me, it just kept thanking me, saying my futile attempts to get my money back were "helping me to learn"
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Emily 404 Not Found
@emilyatlast.bsky.social
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My goodness. This article should be required reading.
"You cannot claim that your preferred definition of a term is the “real” one if other people use it differently, because vocabulary is not handed down from on high on stone tablets."
@2damntrans.bsky.social you might enjoy this?
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Gregory Norminton
@gregorynorminton.bsky.social
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As for action on climate since 2015: Insulation rates down 98% >1.6m new homes built to low standards Onshore wind/solar growth crashed
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Alexandra Merideth Erin [she/her] - in my Brain Damage arc
@alexandraerin.com
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"Your AI girlfriends are neither girls nor friends." is not even the second most barbed point in that string
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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Oh, this is very good news for my dream shark friend
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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I don't think this can be it
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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he must have but I don't know what it was
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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
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I dreamed I had a pet shark I did my acrobatic swim routine with, but he lost all his top teeth because he kept trying to eat the bottom of the pool, and he kept looking at me all sad and toothless like, "Mommy, where's my teeth?"
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Nick Harkaway
@harkaway.bsky.social
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So not only do I not want AI, I cannot sell my work if it intrudes into my workflow. Apple, Microsoft etc please note.
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