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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 8h

My belief is that Kamala would have won last year if they’d let Tim Walz keep calling Vance and Trump “weird.” But the professional Dem consultant class closed off the one attack that actually resonated with voters.

Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 8h

Endlessly attacking Trump as depraved and support for him as a form of moral failure actually made people stop supporting him. Shame and disgust are very powerful weapons.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 8h

This is amazing, headcanon 100% accepted (see comments for details)

Luke Seaber @thelong1930s.bsky.social · 17h

Lord Peter Wimsey is the narrative voice of The Waste Land.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 21h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 7h

“This is, simply put, bullshit.” - @chrisgeidner.bsky.social

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Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings

Justice Barrett wrote nothing in the racial profiling shadow docket ruling, but had something to say on Fox News Sunday. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.

www.lawdork.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 8h

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 7h

So many similarities to GOP candidate Nixon dispatching Kissinger to sabotage LBJ's Vietnam talks, initiating a horrendous Cambodian bombing campaign after winning the 1968 election - only to sign essentially the same deal in 1973 that LBJ had put together 5 years earlier.
t.co/joY390u4V0

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 7h

This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement.

At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 9h

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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Lisa Rowe 🏳️‍🌈💖💜💙 @txvoodoo.bsky.social · 4h

Read this.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8h

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

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Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 7h

Precisely the person Justice Kavanaugh said would not be inconvenienced.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h

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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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 7h

THERE IS NO FUCKING PEACE DEAL!!!

IT'S A FUCKING CEASE FIRE!!!!

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Lisa Rowe 🏳️‍🌈💖💜💙 @txvoodoo.bsky.social · 4h

Though I haven't watched MTV in years, this makes me sad. I was watching as it began with "Video Killed the Radio Star".

And I worked for MTV Latino in the 90s.

"MTV is Shutting Down Its Last Music Channels, Marking the End of an Era"
cordcuttersnews.com/mtv-is-shutt...

MTV is Shutting Down Its Last Music Channels, Marking the End of an Era | Cord Cutters News

Paramount Global has delivered a devastating blow to music fans worldwide, announcing the permanent shutdown of five iconic MTV music channels by December 31, 2025 according to the BBC. For 44 years, ...

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 8d

The blurred, sheer edges of this mid #1950s Lanvin Castillo dress give it an illusory quality. It is mirage-like, one spin and it might disappear in a cloud of lilac, ruffles and all @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Three quarter view of a lilac coloured chiffon strapless evening dress with a fitted bodice and full skirt. The back of the skirt uas a ruffled panel like a bustle style

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 7d

So much of the design of this early #1930s dress is about a trick of the eye - the trompe l’oeil - created in the illusion of pleats from the placement of the beadwork that covers the entire garment. Designed by Jean Patou it shimmers in pink and gold #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Beaded detail of a pink 1930s evening dress by Jean Patou. The photograph focuses on the gold beaded belt and the illusion of pleats

Full length view of the sleeveless pink and gold beaded evening dress with trompe l’oeil pleats and scoop neckline

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 7d

I am enjoying the new book published by the National Trust looking at 100 of their UK textile treasures. It includes the famous beetle wing dress designed by Alice Comyns-Carr and worn by Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth in the 1880s and immortalised by John Singer Sargent on canvas #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A mannequin posed in a long green medieval style dress with long hanging sleeves and a gold belt

A portrait by Sargent of Ellen Terry wearing the green dress posed holding a crown above her head

The book cover of 100 Things to Wear by the National Trust

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 6d

Exaggerated proportions were never the preserve only of distant history. The big ole sleeve, super charged pussy bow and golden sparkle slacks are were designed by Norman Norell in the early #1970s. It just needs the Farrah Fawcett flick and some oversized shades @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A mannequin posing in a gold evening ensemble by Norman Norell. It consists of a gold blouse with billowing long sleeves and a giant pussy bow at the neck. The blouse is tucked into gold sequin trousers

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 4d

Such languor infuses this late #1930s court presentation gown. It was designed by Madeleine Vionnet & worn by Ms Potter Palmer. I imagine her gliding towards the monarch for her presentation dropping a slow curtsey & drifting off in search of a martini @chicagomuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Side view of a silver grey chiffon sleeveless evening dress with silver embellishment at the wait and shoulders and a long train

Detail of the back of the silver grey chiffon dress showing the silver embellishment along the shoulder straps

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Lisa Rowe 🏳️‍🌈💖💜💙 @txvoodoo.bsky.social · 5h

I could see Doris Day wearing this

Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 1d

As if an encrusted silver dress was not already a lot, it has a scarlet satin coat with a matching silver lining. There is an occasion here of which I can only imagine. Late #1950s Arnold Scaasi @mfaboston.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A mannequin in a dramatic pose wearing a sleeveless silver embellished dress with a red bow over the right hip. It has a matching cot of red satin lined with the silver embellished fabric

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 5d

Today I return to work after my surgical interlude so what better than a trig & trim #1890s tailormade for professional inspiration. This is an eye catching skirt suit combining sharply constructed blue with some soutache trim & a playful touch of velvet. Wish me luck! #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A close up view of the bodies of a mid 1890s blue wool tailormade skirt suit. It has green braid trim and velvet collar

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LaurenCDeutsch @laurencdeutsch.bsky.social · 4d

The next exhibit I went to was Paul Poiret: Fashion is a Feast. This was a major exhibit, a rare accumulation of Poiret's works, which made this an exhibition of a lifetime- one of the main reasons I went to Paris this summer. One of the first gowns I saw that stunned me to

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LaurenCDeutsch @laurencdeutsch.bsky.social · 1d

Of the thousands of dresses I have seen and posted about, this is one of those that has stayed with me since I first saw it online. Way before I knew who Paul Poiret was, I knew this dress because of its fabric, made by Raoul Dufy. Dufy was a frequent collaborator of Poiret. He was

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 13h

This is an early Balmain, dating to 1948, a form fitting red wool dress that focuses on line rather than embellishment. Where Balmain’s later collections would feature exquisite embroidery and beadwork, this is a different approach altogether. I like it though #tuhuraotagomuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Three quarter view of a form fitting red wool dress with long sleeves and a turn down collar with three quarter button fastening. It has a high low hem

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 7h

You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 23h

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 6h

Growing list of airport authorities who are refusing to play the Kristi Noem video for travelers that blames Democrats for the shutdown:

Portland International Airport
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Niagara Falls International Airport

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · Nov 10

White evangelicals will literally burn down a country instead of go to therapy to deal with the fact that they've been asked to respect other people.

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Lisa Rowe 🏳️‍🌈💖💜💙 @txvoodoo.bsky.social · 10h

LaCenzo + cross = anti-Semitic character?

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h

if i had a dime for every rhonda lacenzo i knew in hebrew school

tweet from The Persian Jewess ~ @persianjewess
In a disgusting display, @nbcsn| creates an antisemitic caricature of a Jewish woman, and mocks concerns about Zohran Mamdani's pro-jihadist views.
Meanwhile, just today Zohran Mamdani's wife posted a tribute to a Hamas terrorist on her IG Stories.

it's screencap from an SNL sketch with a character named RHONDA LaCENZO

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Lisa Rowe 🏳️‍🌈💖💜💙 @txvoodoo.bsky.social · 10h

In Philly, it's the Acme (pronounced Ac-a-me)

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