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Jamie Etheridge @lescribbler.bsky.social · 1d

Amen to that 🙏🏻

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d

The GOP-drawn map shifts more Republican voters into a Democratic-held battleground district, positioning the party to potentially gain another U.S. House seat in 2026.

NC Senate passes a new voting map to flip another seat in Congress to the GOP • NC Newsline

NC Republicans move on their plan for a new congressional map that will add another GOP seat, as President Trump requested.

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Jamie Etheridge @lescribbler.bsky.social · 2d

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What I Wish I Had Known About Germany Earlier

A German newspaper commissioned an article from me but then refused to publish it.

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TechnicallyOwen @technicallyowen.bsky.social · 16d

Not exactly unheard of food stamps for example have a 76% return frac.org/programs/sup...

It's almost as if giving people money to spend on goods rather than tax cuts for billionaires is very good for the economy

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19d

History repeats.

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Hope Henderson @hoperhenderson.bsky.social · Sep 6

Max Ritvo – my favorite from The Final Voicemails

AFTERNOON
When I was about to die my body lit up
like when I leave my house without my wallet.
What am I missing? I ask, patting my chest pocket.
And I am missing everything living that won't come with me into this sunny afternoon
my body lights up for life
like all the wishes being granted in a fountain at the same instant—
all the coins burning the fountain dry—
and I give my breath to a small, bird-shaped pipe.
In the distance, behind several voices haggling, I hear a sound like heads clicking together. Like a game of pool played with people by machines.

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Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social · Aug 27

Every GOP accusation is a confession

Justin Parmenter @justinparmenter.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Recently appointed Republican NC county elections chair accused of putting cocaine, MDMA in granddaughters' ice cream #ncpol

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NC county elections chair accused of putting cocaine, MDMA in granddaughters' ice cream

The chairman of the Surry County Board of Elections was charged after Wilmington police said they found evidence he placed illegal narcotics in his granddaughters' ice cream.

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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · Aug 22

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

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Jamie Etheridge @lescribbler.bsky.social · Aug 11

I did nothing but walk & read this weekend. Walked several miles, exploring the green belt and nearby neighborhoods & then bought 2 books from my local bookstore. The world is a horroshow right now and some days I need just to escape #weekendgoals

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Jamie Etheridge @lescribbler.bsky.social · Aug 7

Rereading H is for Hawk and how sad & tragic that White could not take his own advice.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Aug 3

"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."

The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit

Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women

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Sonya Huber @sonyahuber.bsky.social · Jul 31

„Divine previously left little doubt, referr[ed] to abortion providers as killers of “pre-born babies” and railing against insurers for covering what he falsely calls “abortifacients,” like hormonal birth control.“

Alex Aronson @alexaronson.bsky.social · Jul 31

I wrote today in @slate.com about the anti-abortion movement's quiet but devastating implementation of its Project 2025 agenda.

"If Democrats think the battle ended with Dobbs, they’re making the same mistake that allowed that catastrophe in the first place."

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American Abortion Policy Will End Up in the Hands of This 34-Year-Old Trump Appointee

Last week, the Republican-controlled Senate handed Trump nominee Josh Divine a lifetime seat on the federal bench.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · Jul 31

That demon tried to leap out of him

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · Jul 31

Today marks 4 years since poet Galal El-Behairy should have been released from prison. Despite finishing an unjust 3-year sentence for his writing in 2021, he remains unlawfully detained in Egypt.

Our joint letter urging Egypt’s Ambassador to the U.S. Motaz Zahran to act: pen.org/joint-letter...

Photo of Galal El-Behairy at a microphone with a quote from a joint letter from PEN America and 10 human rights organizations the Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. Motaz Zahran urging him to raise our concerns about the detention of poet and PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award honoree Galal El-Behairy with relevant authorities in Cairo. The quote reads: "Silencing a poet for his words not only stifles individual creativity, but also weakens the broader human rights principles."

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · Jul 21

New fiction today from Jen Conley.
Head over to Reckon to read: "The First True Love of Eddie Callahan"
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Jamie Etheridge @lescribbler.bsky.social · Jul 16

Wins like this need to be broadcast far and wide in this country. There are effective alternatives to just jailing people. We have a way forward. Let’s strip it as much as possible of the politics and foster real & positive change for communities.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · Jul 16

1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS

Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows

How did the city do it?

Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue

The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year

This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.

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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · Jul 11

THEM: What do you do?
ME: I'm a writer.
THEM: Have you written anything I might have read?
ME: I don't know. What kind of books do you read?
THEM: Oh, I don't read.
ME: Well, then I guess the answer to your question is no.

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Herman Lambers @herman61.bsky.social · Jul 7

We are in the middle of it.

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Brevity / Dinty W. Moore @dintywmoore.bsky.social · Jul 4

“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." ~ James Baldwin

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jul 3

Some people are working on gathering at the Capitol steps to show support for Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York. If you can’t be there in person, you can still show your support from wherever you are.

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · Jun 30

Currently reading BAD COMPANY by Megan Greenwell and it is as good a read as you may have seen or heard.

The sections about private equity killing local journalism and news is related---and a through line-–to our public education and public library destabilization and dismantling.

Book cover for Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream―An Exposé of Private Equity's Devastating Impact on American Lives, Communities, and the Economy by Megan Greenwell.

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Brevity / Dinty W. Moore @dintywmoore.bsky.social · Jul 1

“I think the hardest part about writing is writing." ~ Nora Ephron

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Tye Dye Terrapin @tyedyedterrapin.bsky.social · Jun 28

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Peace @dogsmile.bsky.social · Jun 25

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