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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 20h

"anthropomorphic"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Rep. Pat Harrigan: "This No Kings rally -- that's the blue hair, anthropomorphic experiment that's gonna happen up here in Washington DC."

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 19h

Not a poli sci major or a political strategist, but it seems like incessantly hyping your opponents' rallies several days in advance might not be the wisest move

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Lisa McClain refers to No Kings as "the I Hate America rally"

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20h

"And yet Táíwò’s own position misses something fundamental about the world we now inhabit. Shame does not operate in a vacuum...today, the sturdy ground that once formed shame’s foundation has collapsed."

Helpful response by @eric-reinhart.com in @newrepublic.com

newrepublic.com/article/2015...

Why Shame No Longer Works in American Politics

While it once played a role in binding society, shame has lost its power—and so have the liberal tools that depend on it.

newrepublic.com

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Loren King @lorenking.org · 20h

It's a challenging swim, to be sure. longswims.com/events/round...

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Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · 21h

"I'm Jennan, freshman, and I believe in public healthcare."

"WE NEED TO PUT A STOP TO CAMPUS MARXISM!!"

"I'm Ryan, 6th year, and I like Nazis."

"Time for eveeyone to calm down, kids will be kids."

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 21h

For our cities, police and any other voices of authority.

Just want to get ahead of the kid shaming content that's coming this Halloween. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

4 kids in halloween costumes Road safety is your responsibility not theirs

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Loren King @lorenking.org · 1d

"if Mokyr’s work is right, then we aren’t going to have a strong economy if we let our colleges and universities go to seed."

I've long thought that related economic work on agglomeration and dynamic information externalities was really at root about the critical role of universities in innovation.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Loren King @lorenking.org · 1d

Damn.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

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The Deliverator @deliverator.bsky.social · 1d

Leaded gas has also done so so so much damage to the world

Study on childhood lead levels by mcfarland hauer and reuben, 2022

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 2d

What does a Nobel Prize on ‘innovation-driven economic growth’ actually reward?

A historian’s perspective on how to deal with the Nobel frenzy

beatricecherrier.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Loren King @lorenking.org · 1d

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Loren King @lorenking.org · 1d

I'm a slave to Strava 🫣

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Loren King @lorenking.org · 2d

I was a wreck 🥶😖 thanks for the swim!! 🏊🏼‍♀️✊

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 2d

The carbon tax paid c.80% of citizens more than it cost us. Only the wealthiest polluters were out of pocket. Cancelling it expressly benefits the wealthy while impoverishing the rest of us.

Plus, we need more robust climate policy, not less of it.

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Bring on the $1000 carbon price

Once you understand why, you might prefer $10,000

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

World falling far behind deforestation goals with farms and fires driving loss, report says reut.rs/4oD0oU3

World falling far behind deforestation goals with farms and fires driving loss, report says

The world is falling far behind a global goal to reverse deforestation by 2030, with losses being largely driven by agricultural expansion and forest fires, according to the 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment.

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction. n.pr/4oh42lZ

3 share Nobel Prize in Economics for work on technology, growth and creative destruction

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3d

This shit about “Bari Weiss is a feminist girlboss” is actually the logical conclusion of allowing DEI to be a substitute for actual structural change to end white supremacy and patriarchy

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Loren King @lorenking.org · 3d

No, just smarter than you, is all.

Loren King @lorenking.org · 3d

a man and woman are looking at each other in a crowded room

ALT: a man and woman are looking at each other in a crowded room

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 4d

I'm not pro-Hamas. I'm not 'antifa' (other than thinking fascism is in fact, bad). I dont hate America. I've spent my career supporting the U.S. military.

But I'll be out on the 18th, because I support our Constitution, our freedoms, and the rule of law 🇺🇸

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 4d

Once again, everything is Trudeau's fault here. Almost nothing about provincial culpability with international students (especially in Ontario, which got a single passing mention), nothing about the provinces' responsibilities about housing or healthcare. Nope, this was all Trudeau.

How Canada got immigration right for so long – and then got it very, very wrong

Canadian immigration was stable, popular and uncontroversial. But a series of changes after 2015 broke the national consensus, and the system

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 5d

It’s the Portland way.

LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4d

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 4d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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