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Britt

@desqatarian.bsky.social

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Attorney, creator, and idealist. So much to learn, so little time. Tempt me with a good time: digital civil rights, futurism with a positive twist, mutual aid, anything history or science-related, deeply-invested brainiacs, drawing, & yapping

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Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve purchased a Walkman and a bunch of cassettes.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 2d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 1d

Dr. Phil’s weird and new dog whistle media venture, Merit Street, is already in bankruptcy. Turns out all of the people involved were too interested in cutting corners and lining their own pockets to build a successful enterprise. It’s an interesting playbook.

slate.com/business/202...

How Dr. Phil Blew It

When he signed off his talk show in 2023, he pivoted to MAGA politics. It’s not working so well for him.

slate.com

Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 2d

I’m starting a rumor that Ann Coulter is descended from the racist historian Ellis Merton Coulter, second line.

Sister named Lucy Ann Coulter? 😂

lol

Dr. Ellis Merton Coulter (1890 -
1981)

Also Known As:
"Murton"
Birthdate:
July 20, 1890
Birthplace:
Newton, Catawba County, NC, United
States
Death:
July 05, 1981 (90)
Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, United
States
Place of Burial:
Connelly Springs, Burke County, NC,
United States
Immediate Family:
Son of John Ellis Coulter and Lucy Ann
Coulter
Brother of Alvin Augustus Coulter ;
Beulah Belle Goodman ; Clyde David
Franklin Coulter, Sr. ; Louisa Elvira
Blalock / Teas ; Ray Daniel Coulter and 2 others

Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 2d

brooklynrail.org/2025/05/art_...

Flashpoint! Protest Photography in Print, 1950–Present | The Brooklyn Rail

This book challenges the aura that has grown around photo books through their canonization in anthologies and instead returns them to objects of circulation and activism rather than marketplace relics...

brooklynrail.org

Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 2d

This book is *really* good:

10x10photobooks.org/flashpoint-b...

Flashpoint! Protest Photography in Print, 1950-Present – 10×10 Photobooks

10x10photobooks.org

Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 2d

I have never understood this! Maybe bc the people who survived Oregon Trail were like, beasts? Forged and fjorded?

Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 2d

Ooooh I bite, historian

Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 2d

Positional embedding. Laypeople. Luxury bedding. Comfortable position. Fuzzy blankets. Cozy time.

Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 2d

Right. I must be a liepeople. Or a standpeople.

Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 4d

I saw Air perform last night in a beautiful theater

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Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 4d

I really thing I have a form of very minor trauma from forgetting to defrost things as a kid

There is just no faking a proper defrost

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 4d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 4d

Can you do a course on the McCarthy era instead? 😇

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Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 4d

That is so chilling.

Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 4d

You said “barge-in bitch” and I can’t stop crying 😭

Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 4d

I swear the meatballs in my fridge scream in the night

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Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 4d

Pepe went woke

Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 4d

I have a lot of feedback on my poor search terms

Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 4d

I want to ask what you’re doing with floppy disk cases, but I think the answer will just lead to more questions. How much time do you have?

Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 6d

We support you!!!!

Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 6d

Cold chills

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 She fights back. ✊🏼

Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 6d

Look, I’m all for questioning the artificial fragrances and how they could be ruining us. To that end, I have long since evolved from Glade and only recently—like in the last year or so—parted ways with febreeze.

But I’m not trying to waft around in French onion soup. Like come on.

Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 6d

Wait, tell me more. If you want. I’m not knowledgeable and I want to hear you out.

Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 6d

Damnit I meant HHS