Spooky Anarchic Squid
@leahanelson.bsky.social
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Alabama, fines & fees, harm reduction, access to healthcare; kids, dogs, nature, culture. Jewish. Future founder, Center for the Study of Boring Minutiae. Actively fearful of the Mariana Trench.
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leahanelson.bsky.social
In a postage stamp of a town at the southernmost tip of Appalachia, a minister and self-described anarchosocialist operates Alabama's only Narcan vending machine. I wrote about his lifesaving work in this, my first piece for @oxfordamerican.bsky.social.
oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/the-o...
The Only Narcan Vending Machine In Alabama
oxfordamerican.org
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willwiles.bsky.social
Performatively reading in the cafe, but wearing white gloves so I'm still venerating the Book As Object, with a t-shirt saying "I know archivists don't wear gloves" so people know the gloves are performative.
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jamellebouie.net
we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.
Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
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mordecaimartin.net
I advise patience to myself
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gabrielmilland.bsky.social
"We're saving God."

Roll that phrase around your head. Consider the theological and cosmological implications.
atrupar.com
Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."
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noupside.bsky.social
I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?
Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.
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timothypmurphy.bsky.social
the buildup to this Jeffries bit in the piece is really well done, and manages to impart real depth to a standard no-comment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/m...
"I never did get to talk with Jeffries about Mamdani. Several phone calls to his team soon turned to voice mail messages that went unanswered. In October I told Jeffries’s staff that I would have to write that he avoided talking about Mamdani for months. There was still no response. Schumer and Gillibrand each declined an interview request."
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jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie
Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this
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mostlybree.kitrocha.com
SHARKS ON HOVERBOARDS BETTER BE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS
50501movement.bsky.social
The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.
leahanelson.bsky.social
I’ll say it. I don’t hate MTG’s mutation into a Ron Paul-esque figure. Since apparently we’re stuck with her I’d rather her be horrible 99% of the time and interesting 1% rather than 100% horrible with no upside.
thetnholler.bsky.social
“I don’t think those people are being served”

ICYMI — Marge says Trump is only serving his rich donors not regular folks, and his trade war is hurting American businesses.

(Spoiler: she is right)
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whstancil.bsky.social
ICE needs a legislative death sentence. We are allowed to abolish institutions when they become unaccountable beyond the point of reform, or when they become inextricably associated with corruption or abuse. In order for ICE’s leaders and agents to be held to account ICE itself must die.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.
Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.
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brianlyman.bsky.social
“One of them, Albert ‘Skip’ Caissie Jr., 78, said in a phone interview that he wasn’t aware that he was involved in a Supreme Court case.”
Who Are the Louisiana Voters Behind a Major Supreme Court Challenge?
www.nytimes.com
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brianlyman.bsky.social
The federal courts have degenerated into places for far-right charlatans to bypass democracy, and democratic reforms must start there.
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unraveledpress.com
They took entire families from their beds in the middle of the night.

None of us deserve peace.
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unraveledpress.com
Yes, you should be surprised and horrified by secret federal police running around our city kidnapping immigrants, crashing cars, launching chemical weapons and shooting and killing people. This is a thing you should be *perpetually* shocked by. We lose when we become numb to it.
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unraveledpress.com
Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now
leahanelson.bsky.social
Actually, Mama Cass singing Dream a Little Dream of Me, but since I thought that was the original for a long time I will say Yo La Tengo’s Friday I’m In Love

youtu.be/jJwTSTlpsak
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leahanelson.bsky.social
I mean brains are for real good at learning; I know my aunt and uncle’s number in Westchester County NY even though it’s been disconnected for years
leahanelson.bsky.social
Brains! Are good at learning!
radosh.bsky.social
A lot of people answering yes we memorized like 10 numbers of family and close friends but what's being noted less is that we didn't *try* it just happened naturally because we dialed them so often and no longer needed to look in our lil books
bleary.off-the-records.com
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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bleary.off-the-records.com
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?