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where is fancy bread? in the bakery of course. polisci and urban planning with a splash of stats. ⛸️✡️🇵🇭🏳️‍🌈 he/him
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Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.

www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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As the Trump administration clumsily moves toward an unnecessary and irresponsible and narcissistic war with Venezuela, I want to take a brief moment to offer this sentiment to those who voted for him over VP Harris because they believed it would keep us out of unnecessary wars:

FUCK. YOU.
November 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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top notch mascottin'
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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“Santa is secular”

Santa:
Saint Nick was based on Nicholas, bishop of Bari, an early Christian saint who gave gifts to people in secret, usually as a way to have done a good deed. The name Santa clause is a bastardization of Sinterklaas, a Germanic form of Saint Nick. It’s very Christian.
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.

It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.

Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Remember last year when we said we would drop The Tribune's paywall if we raised enough money to support the transition to free? About that… 😁
The Salt Lake Tribune will drop its paywall next year, CEO tells donors at NewsMakers gala
After years of requiring people to pay for online news content, The Tribune announced an upcoming change during its 2025 annual NewsMakers Gala.
www.sltrib.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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I guess my punishment for enjoying the Mamdani posts so much yesterday is that today I log on and roughly every other post is the craziest shit I ever seen in my life
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Trump & ICE are doing nothing to keep us safe.

And our immigrant neighbors are being criminalized without due process.

Deeply relieved that many of these families have been reunited with their loved ones — a testament to what's possible when we stand up for our neighbors.
More than half of the Allston Car Wash workers arrested by ICE freed by immigration judge
Six of the nine Allston Car Wash workers recently detained by ICE have been granted bail, as a Chelmsford immigration judge ordered three more workers to be freed on Thursday.
www.wbur.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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this is a stunning piece of data journalism/art/whatever.
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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we gotta keep hammering over and over again just how fucking unpopular this guy is with every institution and every person in a position of power

people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Last night's Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil was a moving gathering that provided space to honor and remember loved ones lost to anti-trans violence, rhetoric, and injustice.

Boston remains dedicated to protecting our trans neighbors and everyone’s right to live joyously and authentically.
November 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Hadley Wickham made a GenZ version of dplyr 😂

hadley.github.io/genzplyr/
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.

In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
Insanity
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Tell @wearehighered.bsky.social about what's happening on YOUR campus with the attacks on higher ed.

We hear a lot about the elite campuses but what about the rest?

And we hear when schools do egregious things, but not so much about where things are better.

www.wearehighered.org/campus-tracker
Campus Tracker — We Are Higher Ed
www.wearehighered.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:

u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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This tendency to frame the weakness of our party as some tedious debate over leftists vs. center-left vs. moderates is ridiculous to me. This is his caucus, and he failed to lead them in this moment. ACA coverage is now lost for millions of Americans. That's all that matters. We need new leadership.
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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US senators will say anything. "Standing up to donald trump gave him more power." No it didn't. That isn't true.
This is what bullies want you to think, and it's why they get stronger
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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To be clear: the deal they voted on to move forward last night still needs to be formally voted on in the Senate and House. If the eight are your senators, they should be hearing from you this morning!
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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The contrast could hardly be sharper. My friends and neighbors, armed only with whistles and voices, spend their weekend fighting off heavily-armed paramilitary goons. Meanwhile, these jagoffs capitulate, but not before securing another $1 billion for their own security.
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM