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Lover of art and people. Political watcher and doer. Descendant of Sapelo. Auntie of Adrianna. Dog mom of Phineas McGee. Principal @ kscadvocacy.com

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Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · Oct 9

You have to love people in need more than you hate the other side, even when the other side is full of malice. You have to want progress more than you want vindication of a world view or the intoxication of self-righteousness. Otherwise, it's not activism--just ego.

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Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 1h

It feels especially gross for Marilyn Monroe, a woman whose life and image never seemed to be fully her own, to be the example used here.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 1h

Fuck you right in your ear, @gqmagazine.bsky.social ...

GQ @gqmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Is hard-right streamer Nick Fuentes winning over women on the left? Writer Katherine Dee investigates www.gq.com/story/nick-f...

Is Nick Fuentes Winning Over Women on the Left?

There are the Tumblr “Nickstorians” and sincere fanfics. But are young, liberal, possibly irony-poisoned women fetishizing or even falling for the hard-right streamer with the “groyper” following? Wri...

www.gq.com

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Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 1h

I feel like a trove like this gets "revealed" at least once a year.

Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 2h

"They referred to Black people as monkeys and 'the watermelon people' and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery."

‘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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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

Trump controls the White House, the Supreme Court and Congress. The only thing he doesn't control is public opinion. That's why the Trump regime is so worried about this coming Saturday's "No Kings" protests – so worried that it's blatantly lying about "No Kings" and showing itself to be pro-king.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 22h

Imagine getting to be the demon in hell assigned to Trump's case...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d

North Carolina still does not have a state budget:

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: North Carolina Republicans announce plans to vote on a new U.S. House map as a nationwide redistricting battle unfolds.

North Carolina GOP announce plans to vote on new House map amid nationwide redistricting battle

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders say they will vote next week on redrawing the state’s U.S.

bit.ly

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Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 23h

Listened to this thinking, I'm glad Maron never went to video but this is the one episode I wish I could see...

Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 23h

When it comes to people who believe in democracy and pluralism, we can argue, compromise, live to fight another day, etc. That's why we can all be friends with Bill Kristol now. But when it comes to fascists, you simply have to outnumber and out organize them because they will not be convinced.

Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 23h

Nothing Ramaswamy says matters because he is definitionally illegitimate and can only be here at all by the grace of the white men who he is challenging by seeking power over them. Pandering to that delusion, as Klein advises, gains you nothing, as Ramaswamy is about to learn for the 2nd time.

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Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 23h

because none of the people here are particularly interested in finding common ground, and they certainly don't believe in democracy. What they've learned from Charlie Kirk and the organization he built is that the only value worth respecting is that of deference to white Christian men.

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Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 23h

being vulnerable and respectful as he tries to find common ground with a room full of ppl who are showing him contempt. There's some value to that if the people you're talking to are interested--either out of principle or necessity--in finding common ground with you. But Ramaswamy is doomed to fail

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Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 23h

Contemplating this clip in the context of the mythologizing of Charlie Kirk and how Ezra Klein and other erstwhile pro-democracy liberals have completely lost the fucking plot. What Ramaswamy is doing here is what Klein and others are pretending Kirk was doing--

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 3d

Vivek Ramaswamy goes to a Turning Point USA event in Ohio and quickly finds out that he is not on the team.

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Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 1d

Last day in Rome, got bad news, was sitting in the park, moping. The guy renting segues to tourists offered me a free hour and ofc I went into "♀️ traveling alone" hi alert. He laughed, "Americans are so suspicious! You looked sad, I like to make ppl happy!" And for 1 lovely hr I forgot my troubles.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 1d

I think this would feel less unrealistic if young people could also imagine keypads (or, god forbid, rotary phones). The act of dialing a number every time you called someone put it in your head. As a kid, I thought of address books as something for old people who could no longer remember things.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

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?

Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 1d

Not at all surprised. Gemini is constantly appearing offering to summarize my Google drive or help me "refine" a 2 sentence email. It's basically turned Google suite into the worst pop-up-riddled local news site you've ever seen.

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

boost your user satisfaction and growth with this one weird trick (removing the shit everyone hates that you added for no reason)

r/SaaS
u/soasme
I deleted ALL AI features... and user growth went UP.

Everyone's busy adding Al to everything.
I did the same for indie10k.com but it didn't work.
I removed all of fancy Al stuff - Al coach, Al growth ideas, Al "personalized" advice - everything.
Guess what?
I see more registered users and higher retention.
That actually make me wonder why now i have one page with one button, without all that Al thingy, but it does better?
Here's my question:
Is Al feature actually helping SaaS grow?

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

me after attending a protest

Jeff Goldblum running out of a store with a bunch of shopping bags in his hand. He's dressed fashionably in a tan jacket, black shirt, gray trousers, and black loafers.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

“… we weren’t shocked when #IndigenousPeoplesDay was erased at the federal level. But we’re also not deterred. We’ve always had to fight to be seen. And we’ve never needed permission to celebrate ourselves.” nativenewsonline.net/opinion/we-r...

We're Still Here: Why It's Still a Good Day to Be Indigenous

Opinion. It’s a good day to be Indigenous.

nativenewsonline.net

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d

You can just share my video from me instead of sharing a screen recording of my video from a content farm account that isn’t on the scene btw.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

Conservatives have built their own social media platforms, Trump has his own Twitter alternative, his allies are buying major social media platforms to weaponize for their propaganda and influence and we’re still arguing if having a left-leaning social media platform is a bad thing

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Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 2d

It turns out the "Democrat agencies" are the ones working to cure diseases and support children with disabilities...

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 2d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Mohammed Jameel🤍🍀 @ytrrew.bsky.social · 4d

My baby girl has chest fractures, and it saddens me to see her fading day by day. We desperately need help—every donation, no matter how small, could save her life. Support us.🙏😢
gofund.me/4f2edf6d

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Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 2d

Have to say, the fact that the Pope is from Chicago really feels like Providence

Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 2d

Look, this is what Catholicism does so well. Yes girl, BRING OUT THE MONSTRANCE. MAKE THEM SAY IT IN FRONT OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. Martin Luther could *never*. He failed to predict the Trump Presidency and also is directly implecated. I am so serious.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d

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.”

Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 2d

Thiel answers the question, "What if Howard Hughes had access to social media?"

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2d

Multi billionaire conducts months of historical and theological research into the Antichrist. Discovers, shockingly, that one thing the Antichrist would definitely do is tax billionaires. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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He believes the Armageddon will be ushered in by an antichrist-type figure who cultivates a fear of existential threats such as climate change, Al and nuclear war to amass inordinate power. The idea is this figure will convince people to do everything they can to avoid something like a third world war, including accepting a one-world order charged with protecting everyone from the apocalypse that implements a complete restriction of technological progress. In his mind, this is already happening. Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: "It's become quite difficult to hide one's money."

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 2d

Remember self-care. Sprinkle some joy in with the doom scrollin' and whatnot. I love you and there's absolutely nothin' you can do about it.

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 2d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 7d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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