Cortney
@cmdouce.bsky.social
Doing my best, interested in others
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February 17, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Readers, I did not share
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This teenager saved his neighbor's dog from drowning in a freezing pond. This is Bernard. His family contacted emergency services right away, but high school senior Hugh Pinneo got to Bernard first. Hugh said he's "just glad I acted that day and saved the dog's life." We are too. 12/10 for all
February 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
This teenager saved his neighbor's dog from drowning in a freezing pond. This is Bernard. His family contacted emergency services right away, but high school senior Hugh Pinneo got to Bernard first. Hugh said he's "just glad I acted that day and saved the dog's life." We are too. 12/10 for all
Chappell Roan Leaves Wasserman Agency After Founder Appears in Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
So billionaires become billionaires by lying, cheating, and stealing. That tracks.
February 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM
So billionaires become billionaires by lying, cheating, and stealing. That tracks.
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
I just packed bbq wings and 7-layer dip for my daughter’s lunch tomorrow.
February 9, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I just packed bbq wings and 7-layer dip for my daughter’s lunch tomorrow.
Green Day was fun. I loved hearing the stadium sing along to American Idiot.
February 8, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Green Day was fun. I loved hearing the stadium sing along to American Idiot.
I didn’t know that Puerto Rican Sign Language - as well as Hawaiian Sign Language - are considered endangered. Great article about another barrier that’ll be broken tonight. Sending all the good vibes to the interpreter.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/a...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/a...
Bad Bunny’s Sign Language Interpreter Will Make Super Bowl History, Too
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:21 PM
I didn’t know that Puerto Rican Sign Language - as well as Hawaiian Sign Language - are considered endangered. Great article about another barrier that’ll be broken tonight. Sending all the good vibes to the interpreter.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/a...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/a...
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“Your mountainish inhumanity”
We’re doing this to ourselves
We’re doing this to ourselves
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:59 PM
“Your mountainish inhumanity”
We’re doing this to ourselves
We’re doing this to ourselves
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I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
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One of the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of the Iranian drama “It Was Just an Accident” has been arrested in Tehran just weeks before the Academy Awards.
Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Iranian drama 'It Was Just an Accident' arrested in Tehran
One of the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of the Iranian drama “It Was Just an Accident” has been arrested in Tehran just weeks before the Academy Awards.
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February 2, 2026 at 12:00 AM
One of the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of the Iranian drama “It Was Just an Accident” has been arrested in Tehran just weeks before the Academy Awards.
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A whistleblower trapped inside a “pig butchering” scam compound gave WIRED a vast trove of its internal materials—including 4,200 pages of messages that lay out its operations in unprecedented detail.
Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforce
A whistleblower trapped inside a “pig butchering” scam compound gave WIRED a vast trove of its internal materials—including 4,200 pages of messages that lay out its operations in unprecedented detail.
wrd.cm
February 2, 2026 at 12:05 AM
A whistleblower trapped inside a “pig butchering” scam compound gave WIRED a vast trove of its internal materials—including 4,200 pages of messages that lay out its operations in unprecedented detail.
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About activism, June Jordan said, “You do something, rather than nothing… You do whatever you can. You reach beyond yourself in your imagination, and in your wish for understanding, and for change. You admit the limitations of individual perspectives. You trust somebody else. You do not turn away.”
February 2, 2026 at 12:25 AM
About activism, June Jordan said, “You do something, rather than nothing… You do whatever you can. You reach beyond yourself in your imagination, and in your wish for understanding, and for change. You admit the limitations of individual perspectives. You trust somebody else. You do not turn away.”
Book club reading for January was Salman Rushdie’s memoire, Knife, about the aftermath of the brutal knife attack that blinded him in one eye, among other injuries. A beautiful account for anyone processing and laying claim to their own traumatic experience.
February 1, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Book club reading for January was Salman Rushdie’s memoire, Knife, about the aftermath of the brutal knife attack that blinded him in one eye, among other injuries. A beautiful account for anyone processing and laying claim to their own traumatic experience.
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A one-day slowdown is irritating. A one-month slump is terrifying.
With support for abolishing ICE growing and a bipartisan backlash prompting Trump to at least feign a more conciliatory approach in Minnesota, this is the moment to exert pressure. bit.ly/4aoo0an
With support for abolishing ICE growing and a bipartisan backlash prompting Trump to at least feign a more conciliatory approach in Minnesota, this is the moment to exert pressure. bit.ly/4aoo0an
January 30, 2026 at 6:19 PM
A one-day slowdown is irritating. A one-month slump is terrifying.
With support for abolishing ICE growing and a bipartisan backlash prompting Trump to at least feign a more conciliatory approach in Minnesota, this is the moment to exert pressure. bit.ly/4aoo0an
With support for abolishing ICE growing and a bipartisan backlash prompting Trump to at least feign a more conciliatory approach in Minnesota, this is the moment to exert pressure. bit.ly/4aoo0an
A friend of mine shared this. It’s sobering to realize how few companies have such deep reach into my life and wallet. I doubt I can go cold turkey on all of these, but I am going to ‘limit the love’ and start cutting ties. (Amazon got my boot last year already!) www.resistandunsubscribe.com
Resist and Unsubscribe
www.resistandunsubscribe.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:29 PM
A friend of mine shared this. It’s sobering to realize how few companies have such deep reach into my life and wallet. I doubt I can go cold turkey on all of these, but I am going to ‘limit the love’ and start cutting ties. (Amazon got my boot last year already!) www.resistandunsubscribe.com
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Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
Gift article
Demonstrators Flood Minneapolis Streets as Hundreds of Businesses Close to Protest ICE
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Gift article
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I want the world to listen.
What russia is doing now by attacking Ukraine’s energy and heating infrastructure in the middle of winter is an attempt to break us, to make us give up and to erase us as a nation.
But no.
We stand.
It’s cold. It’s dark.
We are not heroes.
We stand.
What russia is doing now by attacking Ukraine’s energy and heating infrastructure in the middle of winter is an attempt to break us, to make us give up and to erase us as a nation.
But no.
We stand.
It’s cold. It’s dark.
We are not heroes.
We stand.
January 20, 2026 at 6:49 PM
I want the world to listen.
What russia is doing now by attacking Ukraine’s energy and heating infrastructure in the middle of winter is an attempt to break us, to make us give up and to erase us as a nation.
But no.
We stand.
It’s cold. It’s dark.
We are not heroes.
We stand.
What russia is doing now by attacking Ukraine’s energy and heating infrastructure in the middle of winter is an attempt to break us, to make us give up and to erase us as a nation.
But no.
We stand.
It’s cold. It’s dark.
We are not heroes.
We stand.
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Schools bombed. Football fields destroyed. Swimming pools damaged.
Ukraine’s children are losing the spaces meant for learning, play, and safety.
Read our investigation ⬇️
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
Ukraine’s children are losing the spaces meant for learning, play, and safety.
Read our investigation ⬇️
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
How Russia’s Invasion is Impacting Ukraine’s Youth - bellingcat
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukrainian educational facilities and spaces used by children have been damaged in air strikes or closed because of them.
www.bellingcat.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Schools bombed. Football fields destroyed. Swimming pools damaged.
Ukraine’s children are losing the spaces meant for learning, play, and safety.
Read our investigation ⬇️
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
Ukraine’s children are losing the spaces meant for learning, play, and safety.
Read our investigation ⬇️
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
Took my 19yo to see Anaconda tonight and we laughed and laughed. It was such a fun movie and I’m glad I didn’t read the reviews before I saw it. We had a great time.
December 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Took my 19yo to see Anaconda tonight and we laughed and laughed. It was such a fun movie and I’m glad I didn’t read the reviews before I saw it. We had a great time.
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Dear listeners,
When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song.
Not as escape — as evidence.
Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds.
If hope is hiding, it often hums first.
When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song.
Not as escape — as evidence.
Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds.
If hope is hiding, it often hums first.
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Dear listeners,
When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song.
Not as escape — as evidence.
Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds.
If hope is hiding, it often hums first.
When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song.
Not as escape — as evidence.
Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds.
If hope is hiding, it often hums first.