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VirginiaMonster - ghost of owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · Jan 9

Give me Leverage-style Dem comms teams:
- the policy wonk
- the storyteller
- the salesperson
- the CONSIZER (yeah okay the editor, and no that’s not a word)

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RELEASE EPSTEIN FILES Fella 🇺🇦 🇺🇸📎 @thehillshaveayes.bsky.social · 36m

www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...

Jeffrey Epstein's Harvard Connections Show How Money Can Distort Research

Letting the rich pay for science that interests them is a bad idea—even if they aren’t convicted sex offenders

www.scientificamerican.com

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VirginiaMonster - ghost of owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 21m

it's me, I'm the giant baby

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Stonekettle @stonekettle.bsky.social · 24m

Anthony Scaramucci lasted longer than Trump's Middle East peace plan.

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VirginiaMonster - ghost of owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 23m

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carrot soup with tahini and crisped chickpeas

An unboring carrot soup with a lemony tahini swirl, smoky spices, and crispy chickpeas as croutons that’s vegan and magical.

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 2h

his name is Andrew Boozary and his project is a breath of fresh air. Dunn House combines affordable housing with medical care and it has resulted in better health outcomes for unhoused people and reduced pressure on ERs

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Toronto ER costs, visits by frequent patients reduced with new housing model | CBC News

The Dunn House, a long-term housing project with easy access to healthcare, is helping 48 of Toronto's most-frequent visitors to the ER. The program has greatly reduced the number of hospital visits and costs, said one doctor.

www.cbc.ca

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VirginiaMonster - ghost of owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 38m

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 3h

When you are pure of heart no amount of earnestness is Cringe. When you are a malevolent little freak no amount of sarcasm is enough to make you cool

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 4h

Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness

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VirginiaMonster - ghost of owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks for this thoughtful explanation

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Kira Curious @kikicurious.bsky.social · 5h

Great thread on why protests matter. Now let it motivate you to GET BUSY!!

A few suggestions will follow.

Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 19h

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 20h

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

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PodCastle @podcastle.org · 4h

Announcement: PodCastle Is Trialling a Six Month Submissions Window!! We will open in November and close in April. See our announcement on the website for details. All our usual Submissions Guidelines still apply.

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Announcement: PodCastle Is Trialling a Six Month Submissions Window - PodCastle

Greetings, writers of fantasy fiction! We at PodCastle are due to open back up to general submissions in November. When we do, instead of our usual one month open period, we plan to open for six month...

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GONZO the Ghoastly 👻 @gonzo.bsky.social · 21h

In case yu need reminding

Orange and white cat looking at you as an orange cat sleeps in a window basket behind him. Text reads "our enemies are cowards and we are going to defeat them."

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 4h

Good thread with excellent info

onekade @onekade.bsky.social · 8h

Major props to the organizers of the Boston No Kings event yesterday. There were tens of thousands of people and it went off without a hitch. Some things I particularly want to highlight:

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 8h

Petro objected to the US bombing a Columbian fishing vessel that had the emergency beacon on because they were broken down, that we subsequently bombed. One Columbian fisherman survived the attack.

This is the official US response to Petro's comments.

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 1d

Every protest has every kind of sign.

But I’ve been to a lot of these and the balance of this one was notably more proudly antifascist, bold, biting, and directed towards accountability.

People don’t just want things saved — they want the bad guys to face consequences.

(Plus dinosaurs)

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VirginiaMonster - ghost of owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 8h

a lovely idea!

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 1d

Okay new idea for a library service: leave a hobby take a hobby. When people get bored with a hobby they can come and leave their supplies and books and half-finished things, and exchange them for someone else’s supplies and books and half-finished things. Hobby swap.

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Jason Wells @jfwellspdx.bsky.social · 21h

Seen on r/quilting (of which I am a proud member)

A quilt with an inflatable frog and RESIST at the bottom.

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VirginiaMonster - ghost of owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 9h

I got this last year & it was WONDERFUL, highly recommended

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Houston Public Media @houstonpublicmedia.bsky.social · 21h

Thousands of people protested in downtown Houston on Saturday afternoon as part of the nationwide "No Kings" protests taking place across the United States.

Thousands march in downtown Houston during another ‘No Kings’ protest

Protesters descended on Houston City Hall as part of the nationwide demonstration against President Donald Trump. Though dozens of law enforcement officers stood by, no arrests appeared to have been made.

www.houstonpublicmedia.org

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Mike "looking for research fellowship" Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social · 21h

Telling moment: I was walking back from the rally, but a couple miles from it, carrying nothing but my gigantic American flag. An eight year old on his bike sees me with it and yells "No Kings!!" with absolute conviction.

My friends, they have lost the flag.