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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 46m

Eric Trump is legally prohibited from operating a charity in the state of New York because he stole money from children with cancer

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 1h

People are literally making bank by providing weekly boxes with all the meal planning and prep done for us because we're too tired to muster up the executive function to make a decent meal.

We absolutely don't have the spoons to come up with the plot of a movie we want to watch.

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Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 1h

It is disgusting and disappointing that you posted this.

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Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 1h

Follow up question I wish they'd ask.

Does he know that shooting people in the head with pepper balls is against he manufacturer's instructions and carries a very real risk of permanent injury and even death?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16h

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 2h

A professor had to flee the country last week after receiving death threats for his work on antifa. I spoke with historian @mark-bray.bsky.social about his experience being targeted by the far-right and what the history of fascism can teach us about this moment.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

He studies fascism. Is he now living through it?

After death threats for his work on antifascism, a Rutgers University professor fled the United States. "It's too late for preventative antifascism," he said. "I think we're in a new era."

www.motherjones.com

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Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 1h

Great article! I like that y'all made clear the origins of the word and where it has been used.

I think we need to practice writing antifascist everytime they say antifa. The same way they've turned it into Democrat Party instead of Democratic Party.

Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 2h

And Bondi’s making a gun registry.

Irony died long ago.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4h

"So we read with interest yesterday the news that two Nobel-winning MIT economists are decamping for the University of Zurich next year.

MAGA may be fine with this. But we liked it when America was a magnet for Nobel laureates, not a place they wanted to flee."

www.thebulwark.com/p/is-he-lyin...

Is He Lying or Crazy? Does It Matter?

Living in the world the president dreams up.

www.thebulwark.com

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Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 6h

Trauma is disruptive.

The pandemic created how many orphans?

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 21h

Illinois State Rep Norma Hernandez (D): "Just days ago, we saw a 15-year-old U.S. citizen from North Lake aggressively detained even though she just had undergone kidney surgery and needed medical care. After that attack provoked by ICE, she had to return to the hospital."

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Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 12h

I really want to re-read the Pern books.

I'm pretty sure I should not re-read the Pern books. As a young girl that had just read Thomas Covenant, Pern was perfect. Empowering even.

I will now go stuff cotton in my ears and rewatch LOTR extended edition.

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Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 12h

If you are illiterate and your parents are illiterate, no one really takes the time to standardize the spelling of your name. She put an X on the line when she got married.

Twin seven-year-olds in the 1880 census. Adalula and Idelula
Rendered Arduler and Iedotiler

Census worker and illiterate people who added phantom R sounds to vowels. I'm sure this was happening on ships manifests too.

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Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 12h

My ancestors in the 1800s had their names changed due to their own illiteracy.

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Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 13h

Even right now we force Asian people to be surname last.

Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 13h

Teargas is an abortifacient.

We need to make a bigger deal about it. There's a slew of people only staying with the party because of abortion.

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Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 13h

How do fictional matters establish venue?

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 16h

Recently re-read Friday, and once you get past the gang rape as character building plot point, he has some interesting things to say about what happens when we live in a corporate oligarchy and the corporations go to war via proxies.

Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sorry

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Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 1d

If you've muted terms like theatlantic.com to protect your peace of mind. Nope.

Here's a sweet dog worried about how long his friend is going to be gone in that car.

Bearded collie looking forlornly out the front window of a log cabin.

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

Still dying at Flanagan accidentally writing one true sentence in her blog through her own illiteracy

Screenshot of text:

Not now but soon enough, there will be major stories about The Free Press being the creation of three female founders who constructed a hugely successful digital business out of whole cloth.

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

Please nobody tell professional writer praising professional journalists Caitlin Flanagan what "out of whole cloth" means

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Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 1d

I went with Option C. Canceling my subscription to the magazine I used to love and muting theatlantic.com so I see less Nazi-apologist nonsense.

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