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Emily @emdem29.bsky.social · 7d

Yes! And, please donate money - not goods. The food banks know what items are needed and often get special discounts from food merchants.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 10d

This.

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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 14d

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 14d

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 23d

We regret to inform you that the Nobel Peace Prize is antifa.

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Emily @emdem29.bsky.social · Oct 3

Any suggestions for where/how I can get those news updates each day?

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · Oct 2

Get really into dinosaurs. That's my recommendation for a happier life. Each day, I get news like "Look at this big freak that used roam the Earth!" or "Ya know the big freak you already loved? Fossils show it was even more freakish!" and it's a blessing every time.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · Sep 25

If they had the capacity to do this, it would be really bad. And they probably will try to do a couple of high profile examples to make you think they *do* have the capacity. But like a lot of stuff, this is a memo designed to get you to voluntarily stop doing stuff they don’t like.

Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · Sep 25

Uhhh, folks? This is real bad.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence

NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

www.whitehouse.gov

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Sep 25

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.

• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin

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Emily @emdem29.bsky.social · Sep 23

Yeaahhhh I decided* it was a good decision to change meds during the first month of my internship

(*my doctor strongly recommended, and she was correct, but boy did it suck for two weeks)

Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Sep 23

Chronically ill life is trying to work through medication changes but struggle bussing.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Sep 23

Chronically ill life is trying to work through medication changes but struggle bussing.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Sep 10

Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.

Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.

We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.

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robotdharma.bsky.social @robotdharma.bsky.social · Aug 29

universes beyond my budget

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Emily @emdem29.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Justification isn’t only about individual forgiveness but about God reclaiming the whole cosmos. The disciple participates in that cosmic project, living in such a way that others taste freedom"

Clint (progressive pastor in the South) @clintschnekloth.substack.com · Aug 28

open.substack.com/pub/clintsch...

The Freedom of Disciples of the Crucified Nazarene Under Rising Fascism

A friend asked me to explain this short quote from Ernst Käsemann that I posted the other day:

open.substack.com

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Aug 21

Corrupting economic statistics will change our economic reality. Here's how:

Tariffs raise prices. Social Security is indexed to inflation. If Trump tells a partisan BLS head to downplay inflation, seniors' social security checks won't keep up.

Rigged stats = stolen benefits.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · Aug 13

I hate it when weak-minded media such as the Washington Post say that DC crime is dramatically down but "many residents still do not feel safe." They're talking about an *information problem* more than a crime problem. Right-wing propagandists don't want anyone to feel safe.

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · Aug 12

The Washington Post editorial board: 1+1=5

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · Aug 11

Crime rates in all three cities have gone down, and in Baltimore at astounding levels, in part by treating crime as a public health crisis, rather than a "need more cops" crisis. popular.info/p/the-secret...

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Emily @emdem29.bsky.social · Aug 7

This is heartbreaking, both as a someone who directly benefited from NIH research and as someone who served at the Clinical Center as a chaplain during 2023.

Rachana Pradhan @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social · Aug 7

The number of people receiving treatment at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center — which cares for patients with rare or life-threatening diseases — has tumbled under the second Trump administration. My story based on interviews w/workers and gov’t docs kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Patient Numbers at NIH Hospital Have Plummeted Under Trump, Jeopardizing Care - KFF Health News

The renowned research hospital that cares for people with rare or life-threatening diseases has been pummeled by an employee exodus and the gutting of research, both driven by the Trump administration...

kffhealthnews.org

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Emily @emdem29.bsky.social · Aug 6

The God I serve is ENTIRELY unconcerned about what we do or do not "deserve" (and less about what we think we/others deserve). God is concerned with abundance for ALL, with justice and mercy *in spite of* what we deserve. Some Christians would do well to remember this most basic tenet of the faith.

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National Disability Rights Network @ndrnadvocates.bsky.social · Aug 6

When Medicaid gets cut, families pay the price.

This story from @usatoday.com shows what’s at stake for parents caring for children with disabilities—loss of therapy, home-based care, and the ability to keep their kids at home.

They don't need Medicaid. But their kids do.

"If we get to a place where we're no longer eligible, I can start a timer on how much longer Emma will be alive," Stacy Staggs said.

www.usatoday.com

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Emily @emdem29.bsky.social · Jul 29

I'm prepping for my sermon Sunday and one of the commentaries noted (paraphrased) that PEOPLE seem super concerned with fairness but in this Luke 12 text, Jesus doesn't. That just hit me anew reading this headline. What is "fair," really? Are we making "fairness" an idol?

Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · Jul 28

Buttigieg said parents have legitimate concerns.

To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.

www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...

Pete Buttigieg weighs in on ‘fairness’ of transgender kids playing girls’ sports

He said he rejected blanket policies about trans participation in sports.

www.advocate.com

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · Jul 23

because he tried to cover it up, it's sexual, and so the political media is capable of recognizing it as a story in a way that it can't acts of open cruelty and evil against the poor or vulnerable

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · Jul 23

Kind of amazing how of all the unpopular initiatives in the Trump administration (cuts to Medicaid, ICE raids, THE TARIFFS), he got Biden'd on the Epstein stuff.

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Spice8Rack (Marxist) @spice8rack.bsky.social · Jul 19

🗣️ "In the ongoing privatization of education... The arts are often first on the chopping block. Their supports primarily occupy a defensive position, justifying art in its utility to the economy... They double down & reinforce the same processes that defund art in the first place." 🔥

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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · Jul 18

“Johns Hopkins has not merely preserved its discriminatory DEI framework — it has entrenched, expanded and openly celebrated it as a cornerstone of its institutional identity,”

www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...

Conservative group files complaint against Hopkins medical school

America First Legal is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to launch a formal investigation into diversity policies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

www.thebaltimorebanner.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Jul 16

A reminder that the Fox News Cinematic Universe only focuses on black officials when they can tear them down.

They used to mock Baltimore's Brandon Scott as a "DEI mayor" but now that homicide rates have plummeted they're just pretending he doesn't exist.

hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · Jul 16

For everyone who has ever asked, on seeing my Baltimore homicide charts, "How did they do that?"

The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year

This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.

popular.info

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Jul 14

Happy Shark Awareness Day!

I want people to be aware of 5 things:

1 Sharks are awesome

2 Sharks are not a threat to your safety

3 Sharks are ecologically important

4 Sharks are highly threatened

5 We can still save them- but it matters what we do, don’t reinvent the wheel, follow experts!

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