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Jesús Montero @monterojesus.bsky.social · 4h

Just heard. Terrible news.

Erin Overbey @erinoverbey.bsky.social · 4h

Saleh Al-Ja'afrawi, one of the last remaining Palestinian journalists in Gaza, was murdered by Israeli-affiliated gangs in Gaza city today. In a conflict that regularly dehumanized not only Palestinians at large but esp Palestinian men, Al-Ja'afrawi represented the best of humanity. rip💔🕊️

X post from October 2023: Palestinian journalist plays with a little baby boy who survived an Israeli airstrike, Gaza.

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Erin Overbey @erinoverbey.bsky.social · 4h

Saleh Al-Ja'afrawi, one of the last remaining Palestinian journalists in Gaza, was murdered by Israeli-affiliated gangs in Gaza city today. In a conflict that regularly dehumanized not only Palestinians at large but esp Palestinian men, Al-Ja'afrawi represented the best of humanity. rip💔🕊️

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Gabriela Mijangos 🍉 @gabmijangos.bsky.social · 7h

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Erin Overbey @erinoverbey.bsky.social · 21h

“i’ve always loved independent women, outspoken women, eccentric women, funny women, flawed women.

when someone says about a woman, ‘i’m sorry, that’s just wrong,’ i tend to think she must be doing something right”

rip diane keaton💔🕊️ (1946-2025)

Photograph of Diane Keaton by Norman Seeff

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Erin Overbey @erinoverbey.bsky.social · 6h

🎬💔

Erin Overbey @erinoverbey.bsky.social · 6h

yes👆👆

Erin Overbey @erinoverbey.bsky.social · 7h

jennifer’s body
wadjda
europa europa
beau travail
awakenings
frozen
proof
sleepless in seattle
love & basketball🏀
bend it like beckham
still the water
the connection
winter’s bone
barbie
when i saw you
fish tank
harlan county, usa

amomg so many others…🎬

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Erin Overbey @erinoverbey.bsky.social · 7h

mississippi masala
outrage
fast times at ridgemont high🎸
things behind the sun
cleo from 5 to 7
eve’s bayou
jeanne dielman
shrek
billy madison
the babadook
the heartbreak kid
clueless
the ascent
past lives
we need to talk about kevin
walking and talking
coda
promising young woman…

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Erin Overbey @erinoverbey.bsky.social · 8h

is this a trick question?

american psycho
daughters of the dust
the virgin suicides
the piano
boys don’t cry
aftersun
portrait of a lady on fire
nomadland
orlando
wayne’s world🤘
party girl
monster
my brilliant career
paris is burning
desperately seeking susan
lost in translation….

X post: Name a great film directed by a woman…

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Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo Calls on U.S. Bishops to stand up for migrants rights
my latest...

Opinion | Why Pope Leo gathered more than 100 Latino Catholics at the Vatican this week

The pope met this week with a group of more than 100 Latino Catholics from the National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry.

www.msnbc.com

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

Palestinian orphans in Gaza marching with photos of their dead parents

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 11h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

bit.ly

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Erin Overbey @erinoverbey.bsky.social · 21h

“i’ve always loved independent women, outspoken women, eccentric women, funny women, flawed women.

when someone says about a woman, ‘i’m sorry, that’s just wrong,’ i tend to think she must be doing something right”

rip diane keaton💔🕊️ (1946-2025)

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 1d

RIP Diane Keaton 🙏

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 2d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Cathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 1d

Not the first time a tyrant has been plagued by frogs.

Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 2d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1d

It is difficult for me to express how disastrous this is.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

This story is NUTS

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

Look, I've never skeeted about this before but when I was at NYT I was involved in a sexual harassment thing. I was not the person lodging the complaint (nor was I the harasser). I was a corroborating witness let's say. Anyway, NYT did the right thing and fired the harasser.

BUT

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

Look, I've never skeeted about this before but when I was at NYT I was involved in a sexual harassment thing. I was not the person lodging the complaint (nor was I the harasser). I was a corroborating witness let's say. Anyway, NYT did the right thing and fired the harasser.

BUT

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

Yes, because NYT is a fascist institution

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Douthat is laundering hard core white Christian supremacy into the mainstream, with the NYT's blessing.

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

Ross Douthat treats this guy like they're having some deep conversation about the relationship of Christianity and the government, but the dude is a garden-variety dull, shallow, hateful, worthless bigot with nothing interesting to say, just endless riffs on "God hates everything/everyone I do."

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Douthat is laundering hard core white Christian supremacy into the mainstream, with the NYT's blessing.

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

Ross Douthat treats this guy like they're having some deep conversation about the relationship of Christianity and the government, but the dude is a garden-variety dull, shallow, hateful, worthless bigot with nothing interesting to say, just endless riffs on "God hates everything/everyone I do."

Douthat: So that’s the first purpose of your political project, for America to stop making God angry.

Wilson: Yes. And most people think that when they are confronted with that project, they think that we want to get our tentacles into everything and start controlling everything. I actually think we need limited government. The government should be significantly smaller than it is, and we need to curtail a lot of the busybodyness that we have. That’s why I would call myself a theocratic libertarian. There is a true libertarian element in this, and yet, the transcendent grounding for what we’re talking about means that we acknowledge the authority of God.

We have racked up quite a body count of awful crimes, and I believe the only way out is for us to repent and turn to Christ. This would be things like no more Pride parades, no more drag queen story hours, no more abortion on demand, no more legalized same-sex unions — all of that, done. That’s the repentance part.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 2d

Spending your time talking to someone who wants to relitigate slavery is definitely a choice you can make

Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 1d

A diseased population is easier to control

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Erin Overbey @erinoverbey.bsky.social · 3d

the group & people most deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize this year are the Palestinian journalists in Gaza, who kept courageously telling the world the truth no matter the cost #nobelpeaceprize @nobelprize.bsky.social

Illustration of some of the Palestinian journalists in Gaza

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