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@thalkowski.bsky.social
Researcher studying language-in-use in clinical (and other) settings. Views my own. #emca #ConversationAnalysis #ethnomethodololgy https://sites.google.com/view/thalkowski/home
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And now you all understand why Schumer made that offer publicly. They all knew this was going to be the GOP response. It's making them own the shutdown even more, just as air travel cuts are being made.
REPUBLICANS REJECT DEMOCRATS' OFFER TO END SHUTDOWN: GOP AIDE
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Sad, but that’s the reality in the U.S.
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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This blood is on your hands, Elon.
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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"Republicans are keeping the government closed, starving kids, and making you miss your Thanksgiving flights because they want your healthcare costs to go through the roof" is actually a pretty effective message for Democrats
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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For months, certain right-wing pollsters on here have accused me of rigging my POTUS approval average against Trump. They say I weight pollsters like YouGov too highly and am "bat shit insane"

Avg bias of right-leaning firms in 2025 gov: 8 pts pro-R (2x 2024 POTUS err)
YouGov avg error: 1pt
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Northern lights tonight, central WI.
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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On four separate occasions, Donald Trump lied about the outcome of the 2020 election. Not once did O’Donnell correct him. None of these lies made it into the final broadcast. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/60-m...
60 Minutes Obeys in Advance
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Celebrated my next trip around the sun with a nice track workout.
November 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”
November 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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ProPublica had a whole piece on 170 U.S. citizens detained or arrested. Link in replies.
October 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."

REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."

FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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The print version of @theonion.com is worth every dime.
October 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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you know this is the kind of picture premise that begs for ai. good on tim onion for sending a photographer out to capture a real picture instead.
RFK Jr. Greets Trick-Or-Treaters With Big Bowl Of Ape Glands https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-greets-trick-or-treaters-with-big-bowl-of-ape-glands/
October 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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What did you think we meant by the phrase "dead language?"
Remember today that some ghosts may just be trying to speak to you in Latin.
October 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Video: bsky.app/profile/atru...
KFF affirmed the 114 percent increase in a Quick Look article yesterday: www.kff.org/.../aca-insu...
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Narrator: The foundation did not retract that. And Dr. Oz is a disgraceful liar.
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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NEW: How ICE mistakenly deported Alejandro Juarez to Mexico.

Alejandro was detained in NYC, put on the wrong ICE plane and sent to Mexico.

He never saw a judge, no deportation order - a likely violation of law.

W/ @haleaziz.bsky.social:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
How a Former Trump Golf Club Worker Was Mistakenly Deported to Mexico
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
October 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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This is moving in the wrong direction for the GOP.
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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This is such a crying shame, and so short-sighted. But there it is.
For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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When we ask for something big—time, effort, money—do we hedge against rejection or assume success? With @gio-rossi.bsky.social & Tanya Stivers, we find that people are incurably optimistic, even though big requests often meet resistance. Published open access in @socquarterly.bsky.social. #EMCA
Incurable Optimism about Getting What We Want: Anticipating Success in Everyday Requests
When asking for something significant from another person, speakers not only set the tilt of the question toward the affirmative or negative but also display an optimistic or pessimistic stance tow...
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM