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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 12h

Been dreaming of this for a decade. 🙏🏽

kukuwa. @kukuwa.blacksky.app · 21h

@nhannahjones.bsky.social is opening a literary salon & bookstore two blocks away from me and I’m unwell 🤧🥹 #forusbyus

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Bookstore to Open in Former Macon Hardware Digs

Pulitzer-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones is teaming up with Bed-Vyne's owners to create a literary salon in the Bed Stuy building.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 20h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 13h

Let's take a deep dive into the pumpkin spice archives (because why not)

1. Pumpkin Spice Can Be Used Many Ways, 1965

Freeport (III.) Journal-Standard

Pg. 20

Wed., Feb. 24, 1965

Pumpkin Spice

Can Be Used

Many Ways

Pumpkin pie spice is a well-balanced mixture of ginger. cinnamon and cloves, and it is a blend that can be used for many other dishes.

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John W Buaas @johnwbuaas.bsky.social · 16h

If this isn't somebody's setting for their crime novel, it should be.

old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 17h

shindig, bossier city, louisiana, 1982

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Erin Vanderhoof @vanderhoofy.bsky.social · 17h

been thinking that i want to write a book about this but it is honestly too big of a problem to just write one lol. trying to narrow it down a bit

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · Dec 3

this old take is rattling around in my brain again.

twitter thread

ktb
@kevinbaker
Everyone goes on about "elite overproduction," but the basic reality of our system is that elites have given up on reproducing themselves. Our geriatric governing class is one symptom of that. There's no future for them, other than holding on to power until they die.
2:37 PM · May 1, 2022

ktb

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May 1, 2022
I've said this before, but the twenty-first century is nothing more than the longest clearance sale in history. The "new" has been completely dematerialized while our material past--the infrastructure our society runs on--is being stripped for parts by these people.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 17h

I'm so old, I remember when the US encouraged Nazis to emigrate only if they had substantial rocket engineering skills.

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Charlotte Canning @cmcanning.bsky.social · 22h

#NoKings

Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · Feb 19

"Let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America the law is King. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other."

-- Thomas Paine, "Common Sense"

Post on X from @WhiteHouse. "CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING! -- President Donald J. Trump." The post is accompanied by a mock Time Magazine cover, titled "Trump" and with a portrait of Trump wearing a crown against a backdrop of the New York skyline. The caption on the cover reads, "Long live the king."

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 1d

58 books you need to read (recommended by 42 writers, editors, and booksellers in honor of our 10th birthday!).

58 Books You Need to Read (Recommended by People Who Know)

In honor of Literary Hub’s tenth birthday, we asked over 200 authors, editors, booksellers, publishing professionals, and other literary luminaries to weigh in on a few questions about the pa…

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 21h

And look, I recognize academic discourse can be exhausting and self-referential.

But that’s bc there are circumstances where rigorously defining things like “what do we *actually* mean by intelligence” is important.

Otherwise you build intellectual sandcastles and think you’ve poured concrete.

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Zoo Atlanta @zooatl.bsky.social · 21h

We're delighted to announce the arrival of a Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, born to Cocoa and Nutella on October 12. Mama and baby are resting up in the sloths' indoor area, but we promise to keep the updates coming! (vid: Celyn F.)

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Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox @revdrmatthewfox.bsky.social · 21h

Matthew Fox questions #PeterThiel: "You are famous for saying, “I am #religiousbutnotspiritual.” Does that mean you want religious structure & hierarchy w/o its essence of #gratitude & change of heart & #compassionate consciousness twd the #commongood? #ThielAntichristTranscripts bit.ly/4n9JLOh

Questions Posed to Peter Thiel on His Recent Talks on the Antichrist - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox

I offer here questions arising from your recent four-part seminar. — What does capitalism do to the human soul? — What does unchecked capitalism do to society itself? Do only the rich survive? What ab...

dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.org

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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 20h

Jacksonville State University is hiring several new TT faculty in Creative Writing (Fiction), Medieval Literature, and Professional Writing! Feel free to message me if you have any questions!

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 20h

Once again, if the administration had a good story to tell on the law and facts, they would be telling it.

But they don’t, because these strikes are illegal.

And seems victims have all been civilians, because there is no armed conflict and no enemy combatants.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Members of Congress growing concerned over lack of information from administration about Venezuela strikes, sources say

Republicans and Democrats say the administration is failing to share basic information with Congress about the intelligence, rationale and goals of its war on drug trafficking.

www.nbcnews.com

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 22h

It's why shame isn't a functional social force for public people any more, because "the consequences of your own actions" is broadly understood to be the Woke Mind Virus and fighting against it is considered valiant

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 1d

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*

You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 1d

Sitges (2025) photograph by Anne Billson

Sunlight breaking through storm clouds over the Sitges town beach. In the foreground, two people sheltering beneath an umbrella walk past a Re-animator poster.

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John W Buaas @johnwbuaas.bsky.social · 1d

Here's hoping that Arendt doesn't mind the Banality of Birthday Wishes.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 2d

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 2d

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 2d

WHCA where u at?

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 2d

Reps for CNN, Reuters, The AP, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic and NPR all say that journalists from their newsrooms are not signing the new paperwork about Pentagon access. Newsmax says it doesn't intend to sign, either — a potentially significant sign of MAGA dissension.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 2d

extramural nonprofessional political speech. no freedom.

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John W Buaas @johnwbuaas.bsky.social · 2d

There's also this:

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John W Buaas @johnwbuaas.bsky.social · 2d

I thought that TPUSA had its finger on the pulse of Young America. This list, though, would suggest otherwise.