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Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social · 4h

New study finds Democrats represent public opinion better than Republicans: "the quality of statehouse democracy, here meaning the dynamic relationship between opinion and policy, is substantially weakened by Republican Party control of state government."

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

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Clark Kent @clarkfromearthx.bsky.social · 20h

The most radical thing you can do today is believe that a stranger is capable of goodness. Act on that belief. Hold a door. Listen. Assume the best before assuming the worst.

That small act is a crack in the foundation of cynicism. #RadicalOptimism

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 4h

I’ve one more book to go before that one, and I can’t wait!

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 1d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 14h

Tearing headlong through @paulcornell.bsky.social's Lychford books, one right after the other, is exactly what my soul needed.

Much better world-ending threats than the ones real life is pushing out right now. #BookSky

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 21h

Taurus: You will have the opportunity to exact a terrible vengeance. Take it. Treat yourself.

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 16h

Excellent analytical piece on the incredibly dumb moment we find ourselves in, by @sarahjeong.bsky.social

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 21h

The Frog is the best thing to happen to American politics all year, but the fact that politics has devolved into Posting is ultimately a bad thing.

www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 16h

someone on the Internet who really wants to convince you to shine lasers at manned aircraft as a protest tactic “because they did it in Chile in 2019” is either:

1. a fascist fed, or,

2. so terminally stupid that they have become functionally indistinguishable from one

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puff 🐇😈 @incupuff.bsky.social · Apr 27

please support ur friends making creative shit in this cruel world. u have no idea how much a kind comment can mean to an artist when every website just tries to make you focus on the numbers

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 1d

I just watched it this week! You are not alone and aaaaaarrrrgghhhh it’s so good!!!

It was the movie that several other summer blockbusters were trying to be.

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 1d

I HAVE A SWEATER READY AND EVERYTHING!

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 1d

Great thread, and Ra explains both the symbolism and the significance better than I would have.

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

It's always good to see priests who still remember there are *seven* Catholic social principles. Also, that noise you hear is the USCCB screeching to the Vatican and getting back nothing, lol

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 1d

This.

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

It's been really, really nice seeing the Catholic social justice tradition in the US feel like it's empowered to spread its wings again without risking censure after a long time of being suppressed by US Catholic leadership, and it's exactly what I was hoping for from Pope Bob.

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, that tracks. Sigh.

Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 1d

Never be sorry you helped us keep the bar afloat!

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t care if it’s cringe, suck it up and put on the fucking frog suit

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 2d

Old men talking about college girls is never not creepy.

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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 2d

YOU ARE A TRUE WARRIOR. I AM PROUD OF YOU.

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 2d

She has a bright future with CONTROL!

a man in a suit and tie is holding something in his hands

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding something in his hands

media.tenor.com

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 2d

Soju is making me swear-y tonight

Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 2d

Listen, kittens. I know, with every fiber of my being, that I was put on this earth to make shit and be happy for other people.

And I’m getting real fucking tired of all the things trying to get in the way of that.

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 2d

Speaking to the Universe, we all deserve this

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 2d

OMG YES PLEASE

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 2d

After Waiting For Godot Alex Winter & Keanu Reeves should remake Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 2d

I spent an extra $50 today to get a version of Office w/o Copilot.

It's an old-fashioned download and didn't come with a lot of other stuff, but it was AI-free, and that mattered more.

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