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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

most people don't want politics that hurt other people. we just want a long overcoat like david bowie and affordable housing

David Bowie in Japan. He's waling up some steps while wearing a long black coat and smoking a cigarette.

David Bowie in Japan. He's standing in front of a train while wearing a long light-colored coat.

David Bowie in Japan. He's riding a subway car while wearing a long dark-colored coat.

David Bowie in Japan. He's walking away from a train while wearing a long black coat, gray checked scarf, charcoal trousers, and black shoes.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 2d

For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 3d

I found it pretty charming to learn that after Roger Taney died, sitting lawmakers called his death a "victory for liberty and the Constitution," suggested that he was probably burning in hell, and joked (?) that they'd rather hang him in effigy than do literally anything to honor his memory

Roger Taney’s Contemporaries Hated Him As Much As You Probably Do

Ordinarily, members of Congress do not publicly suggest that recently deceased Supreme Court justices are burning in hell. But Roger Taney was no ordinary Supreme Court justice.

ballsandstrikes.substack.com

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 3d

Well, as a historian, I generally object to me or my students using tech that cannot distinguish between historical fact or fiction but is being pushed down my gullet as "revolutionary"; and my students are unfortunately using to cheat at assignments, but I guess other than that...sure?

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 3d

There are basically only two positions in the debate about AI.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.

Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.

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Liz Tracey @liztracey.bsky.social · 3d

Please read this thread.

Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 3d

I think it is about time that Democrats started familiarizing themselves with Lincoln’s response to Dred Scott instead of accepting the tacit premise that whatever a bare majority of the Supreme Court decides, dictates our constitutional fate

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 3d

Segregationists spoke of the “long civil rights movement” as the “Second Reconstruction” and for inspiration turned to the Redemptionists, who declared war on the first Reconstruction and after many decades of legal and extralegal efforts Installed
Jim Crow regimes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

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TinkeringTailorTom-Dread is no longer Existential @tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social · 3d

What's the best one liner in movie history?

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 3d

If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 4d

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 4d

"No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”
-Article 1, Section 8, US Constitution

Not a "norm" violation. A legal and constitutional violation.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Leavitt: "President Trump had to tap into tariff revenue to get WIC money out the door for vulnerable women, infants, and children/"

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Mockingbird, MPH, CHES @amockingbird.bsky.social · 4d

Someone in the San Diego area please go get this sweet weird little guy.

San Diego Humane Society @sdhumane.bsky.social · 4d

Hollow's (#963464) fang-tastic smile has us grinning from ear to ear, and we hope it does the same for you! Oh, and did we mention he's available for adoption at our Oceanside campus?

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 5d

NHANES runs mobile clinics that travel the country measuring height, weight, & blood pressure while collecting blood and urine samples. These samples are our only national source for tracking everything from blood sugar to hormones, heavy metals, and more.

The entire operation has been eliminated.

Kevin C Klatt, PhD, RD @kcklatt.bsky.social · 6d

Everyone across biomedicine should be very loud about this so this team's RIF status gets reversed. Nhanes has been key for tracking obesity & diabetes rates, identifying high blood lead levels in kids in the 70s, tracking progress on cholesterol lowering, guiding nutrient fortification programs etc

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Kevin C Klatt, PhD, RD @kcklatt.bsky.social · 6d

Everyone across biomedicine should be very loud about this so this team's RIF status gets reversed. Nhanes has been key for tracking obesity & diabetes rates, identifying high blood lead levels in kids in the 70s, tracking progress on cholesterol lowering, guiding nutrient fortification programs etc

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 6d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 6d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5d

This is not morally or legally different than lining up two dozen men and shooting them in the face.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 7d

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 6d

reminded me it’s been ages since I heard someone use the verb “flaunt” with such contempt (in part because her heirs have settled on “groom” instead)

Kyle Thomas @kylehemingway.com · 6d

Happy Anita Bryant Pie Day to all who celebrate.

Anita Bryant's Pie to the Face - www.NBCUniversalArchives.com

YouTube video by NBCUniversal Archives

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Bookshelfie @bookshelfie.bsky.social · 6d

#booksky

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7d

You gotta give ‘em hop.

A tweet from the Anonymous account says, “Make sure the dude in the frog costume in Portland knows he's an icon.” The image is a stylized poster of a frog wearing a stars-and-stripes scarf with the word “HOP” below, in the style of the Obama “HOPE” poster.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 7d

Old CBS would’ve probably spelled the guy’s name right, too.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 7d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · 7d

I love when people discover that everything they've ever eaten is just brassica wearing a funny mustache disguise

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 7d

i'm sorry WHAT

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Jonathon Booth @jboothhistory.bsky.social · 7d

This is a good idea. Especially if the list contains links to footage etc to be used in courts and at hearings

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 9d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Reverend Jesus "🐸" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 10d

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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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 11d

Question: Have you given any more thought to suspending habeas corpus?

Trump: Suspending who?

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 12d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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