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Tom K @gctom.bsky.social · 18m

The way this shitstain talks about his own mother

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 52m

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 55m

Thou canst consume; but I can then be ashes.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Tom K @gctom.bsky.social · 42m

I remember Googs when he played for the bullets. Here he is against grand-Ma-Ma

Tom Gugliotta grabbing a rebound over Larry Johnson

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Tom K @gctom.bsky.social · 2h

While “let the people touch the stove” the shutdown hurts some of the most vulnerable people in our country. The Dems are in a terrible position. Along with the rest of us.

The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 2h

I’ve wondered this myself, and about what happens when the shutdown gets into the phase where it starts to have real bite on real people and democrats care and republicans don’t.

Kelly Jelly 🪼 @kellybdevoe.bsky.social · 2h

What if Mike Johnson just kind of…refuses to bring the House back in session

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h

the position of the administration it seems is that it is illegal discrimination and divisive racism for historically excluded groups to organize on that basis to improve their position. it’s basically just a genteel version of david duke’s complaint that there wasn’t a NAACP for white people

Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 12h

I know it is beside the point because this administration simply wants resegregation but conferences for Black professional associations have always been open to everyone. Typically, the started as a response to white exclusion, and did not replicate that.

Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 12h

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 12h

I know it is beside the point because this administration simply wants resegregation but conferences for Black professional associations have always been open to everyone. Typically, the started as a response to white exclusion, and did not replicate that.

Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 12h

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · May 28

'Democracy being on the ballot' in a two party system suggests the only way to preserve democracy is for one party to win every election, forever — or until the other one somehow rededicates itself to democracy.

Folks, as if I need to say it, that's a democracy on its deathbed

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · May 28

Agree substantively, but it suggests something that's become clearer to me in the last few days: the absolute non-negotiability of multi-partyism as the key remedy for the US's present authoritarian slide.

There is no stable escape from where we are that doesn't break up the existing parties.

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · May 28

One Real Problems party, folks. If the policy problem you care about is not some version of “people I hate are insufficiently subjugated”, there is one (1) game in town. Yes, even basic good-government stuff. Yes, even things that would be in the self-interest of GOP constituencies like businesses.

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Tom K @gctom.bsky.social · 1d

How much of CCSS shift to focus on “harder” texts was really just to prepare students for NCLB-mandated testing prep? Teaching novels and state required testing don’t necessarily go together. Often they can be opposed in the primary grades at least.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

in making this the central message of the superman movie, james gunn has "gotten me" in a way no other film director has. honestly. the last few months i feel like someone who found a religious faith back when i was a kid, who has been trying to explain it to people without success, and gunn got it

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Mercedes Sheldon @mercedessheldon.bsky.social · 1d

Fab editorial by @umnenglish.bsky.social faculty.
"Majoring in English is by no means a bad investment of a student’s time and tuition dollars. ... While graduates with English degrees may start out earning less than peers in other fields, they out-earn them in the second half of their careers."

Counterpoint | Actually, English majors are thriving at the University of Minnesota

"As the chair of the English department, past English chair, and assistant dean of curriculum and instruction at the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities, we often find reports of the demise of ...

www.startribune.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

- It is legal to organize and fund protest.
- That someone organizes and funds promotion of a protest does not mean most, some, or any protesters are paid.
- Even if all protesters are paid, that is also legal
- It is good to oppose kings and fascism
- That's not what what "begs the question" means

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 1d

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Tom K @gctom.bsky.social · 1d

Well at least they both could agree that farming is “real work” whatever that means

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Alexia 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇲🇽👩🏻‍💻 @thealexiaelise.com · 2d

That’s a long winded way of saying they have the reasoning of a 12 year old.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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Sophie Anderson @sophieanderson.bsky.social · 1d

Sparkly paperbacks of #TheSnowGirl hit shelves soon & there is a pre-order gift of a gorgeous Melissa Castrillon print❄️ Simply send proof of purchase, from any retailer, to [email protected]🙏 Signed, dedicated copy available from @samreadbookseller.bsky.social & @bookendscarlisle.bsky.social💙

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Tom K @gctom.bsky.social · 2d

I met some alpacas today that suffer from low flow showerheads

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 2d

What’s important about the OK Governor’s statement is that it’s irrefutable with the fantastical lying that frames the WH talking points. Absent those, there’s no argument that even exists.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

Q: "The Republican governor of Oklahoma...said 'We believe in a federalist system...Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma.'...What's your response?"

Vance: "I'd say to Governor Stitt... Illinois is a different case from Chicago."

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Brett Handley @physicsmrh.bsky.social · 2d

"But observing others is critically important work, and giving feedback is a privilege. We have a professional and ethical duty to take it seriously, and the least we can do for our colleagues is to put in the hard yards to be ready to deliver it."

Adam Boxer @adamboxereducation.bsky.social · 2d

NEW POST

The Radiologist

Hope you enjoy it and please share if you can 🙏🙏

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 3d

It’s no wonder that Trump has such a twisted view of war and sacrifice. And the utility of bribes.

Donald was seven years old, and his father was brought before a U.S. Senate committee investigating abuses in a housing program for war veterans and middle class families. President Eisenhower had been outraged to learn of the bribes that developers paid to bureaucrats and of the alleged profiteering practiced by Trump and others. Ike called them "sons of bitches."
As federal investigators had discovered, the elder Trump had collected an extra $1.7 million in rent-equivalent to $15 million today-before beginning to pay back his low-cost government loan. He was able to do this because a bureaucrat named Clyde Powell approved the paperwork.
Powell, who had never been paid more than a modest government salary, had mysteriously amassed a small fortune. (While it was clear Powell accepted bribes, the sources were never officially identified.) In addition to collecting the extra rent, Trump paid himself a substantial architect's fee. And he charged inflated rents based on an estimate of construction costs that was far greater than what he actually spent. All of this was legal, even if it did victimize taxpayers, veterans, and other renters.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 3d

America's collapse in one swath of the NYT homepage

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3d

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 3d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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