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Clay Hensley
@clayhensley.bsky.social
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Posts about #globaled/#intled/#highered, & #intlstudent mobility, + art, democracy, sports. Views my own.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h
This was done to the White House, a federal property, by a man who wanted protesters who spray painted a wall arrested for "destruction of federal property."
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 6h
If you had told me in college that Nate Silver, one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2009, would eventually be reduced to cursing me and a coauthor out on a podcast and writing a whole angry article about us, I woulda been like damn, poor guy, sending love and support
On the Edge Nate Silver Nate Silver @NateSilver538 X.com This seems like a rationalization for doing obviously sloppy work because LOL nothing matters and then not responding to good-faith criticism about it (see next tweet for what I'm talking about). * Jake M. Grumbach @JakeMGrumbach•1d There is *so much* uncertainty in politics that many different kinds of arguments are valid. Pundits and consultants have done a brilliant power move in using quantitative analysis to make their arguments seem "scientifically proven" and portray those wh... 3:00 PM • 10/26/25 • 55K Views 6 172 30 6
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 4h
If I were a betting man—like Nate is—I’d put my money on Grumbach and Bonica every time. Bonica is famously a very modest guy, so he won’t say this, but it’s wild he still has to explain basic stats to people who think they’re his equals and then they still speak w/ such certainty. Just crazy stuff.
jakemgrumbach.bsky.social Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 6h
If you had told me in college that Nate Silver, one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2009, would eventually be reduced to cursing me and a coauthor out on a podcast and writing a whole angry article about us, I woulda been like damn, poor guy, sending love and support
On the Edge Nate Silver Nate Silver @NateSilver538 X.com This seems like a rationalization for doing obviously sloppy work because LOL nothing matters and then not responding to good-faith criticism about it (see next tweet for what I'm talking about). * Jake M. Grumbach @JakeMGrumbach•1d There is *so much* uncertainty in politics that many different kinds of arguments are valid. Pundits and consultants have done a brilliant power move in using quantitative analysis to make their arguments seem "scientifically proven" and portray those wh... 3:00 PM • 10/26/25 • 55K Views 6 172 30 6
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h
This is not “America First”
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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 5h
Trump gave $40billion to Argentina and it had no positive effect. Basically set it on fire.
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h
This is not “America First”
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h
Good evening from Queens.

New York is not for sale.
Wide shot of a packed stadium.
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 5h
Rent free in her head, holy shit he broke her
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Jacob Weindling @jakeweindling.bsky.social · 5h
Nuclear grade cringe
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h
This is Olivia Reingold trying to get back at John Oliver for the blistering takedown they did of the Free Press.

It’s actually worse than you’re thinking.
A young woman in the middle of a psychotic episode that she’s live-streaming for some reason
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5h
Stop trying to sweeten the deal, Andrew. I'm already voting for Zohran!
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h
Zohran and Governor Hochul holding hands above their heads on stage.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 5h
If you can, give to your local food bank or one in an area that will be particularly hard hit.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 2d
Timely feature by Moustafa Bouyami on how Muslim New Yorkers built political power amid the Islamophobic backlash to 9/11

“The left was one of the only places that was generally open, receptive and supportive of Muslim communities since 9/11… Nobody else stood with us against our repression.”
From scapegoats to city hall: how New York Muslims built power and shaped Zohran Mamdani
Muslim New Yorkers have steadily become a political force amid post-9/11 Islamophobic sentiment. Mamdani is their most accomplished expression
www.theguardian.com
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 2d
There are now approximately as many Muslim voters in NYC as there are Jewish voters. How much of the mayoral campaign coverage and debate has focused on Muslim residents’ sense of safety?
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 7h
How I spent the afternoon:

At a very inspiring "teach-in" on the National Mall. www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/events/a-his...

But I didn't know those soldiers were behind me!

Let's hope this movement spreads as rapidly as the teach-ins long ago.
musicologyduck.bsky.social Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 10h
the National Guard wondering why @jfallows.bsky.social is standing on a park bench
Three soldiers walking behind a gray haired man standing on a bench on the National Mall
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 6h
As always the most boneheaded take comes from Ross Douhat, who never fails to jam whatever issue is happening into the exact same reductive tune, huffing and puffing on the laziest sousaphone around: Why Trump’s East Wing Demolition Needed to Happen www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...
Opinion | Why Trump’s East Wing Demolition Needed to Happen
www.nytimes.com
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h
We're live from Forest Hills Stadium.
NEW YORK IS NOT FOR SALE
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6h
"Politics can be a team sport for building the New York of our dreams. That’s what Zohran is building. That’s what all of us are building." - @bradlander.bsky.social
Comptroller Brad Lander at the podium at the rally.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h
Together, we'll stand up to an authoritarian federal government and deliver a city we can afford.

Thank you Governor Hochul, Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Carl Heastie.
Governor Kathy Hochul Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins Speaker Carl Heastie
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h
@aoc.bsky.social takes the stage
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h
Getting ready to rally at Forest Hills Stadium.

@ us in your pics and videos 🙂
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 7h
Characterizing the technically alive half of a skunk pancaked on the road as increasingly mercurial in the hopes that the barely breathing skid mark rises to the stature of the office
My tweet from 2019: Trump: (chunk of brain falling out of left ear) the washington post is a russian asset, all blacks are racist (vomits more brain chunk on shoe) NYT: Like a Valkyrie Headstrong Into a Tempest, a President's Pirouette Endures a Gambit's Self-Test New York Times: NEWS ANALYSIS Trump, Long Erratic on the World Stage, Reaches a New Level Whether because of his increasingly mercurial approach or despite it, President Trump has won some foreign policy victories in his second term. The question now is whether he can build on his record.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h
My mom was "increasingly mercurial" in the final months of her life, when the dementia became especially pronounced.
mattnegrin.bsky.social Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 7h
Characterizing the technically alive half of a skunk pancaked on the road as increasingly mercurial in the hopes that the barely breathing skid mark rises to the stature of the office
My tweet from 2019: Trump: (chunk of brain falling out of left ear) the washington post is a russian asset, all blacks are racist (vomits more brain chunk on shoe) NYT: Like a Valkyrie Headstrong Into a Tempest, a President's Pirouette Endures a Gambit's Self-Test New York Times: NEWS ANALYSIS Trump, Long Erratic on the World Stage, Reaches a New Level Whether because of his increasingly mercurial approach or despite it, President Trump has won some foreign policy victories in his second term. The question now is whether he can build on his record.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h
“.. This is what happens when you don’t have any grounding positions in a high-stakes international negotiation. You get a constant spiral of strange, changing positions.”

@sangernyt.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...
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