The primary was an Odyssey, but the Maine Dems have returned to Troy. Troy Jackson: a 5th-generation logger, who has worked as a union organizer and president of the Maine Senate. We will be working with @swingbluealliance.org to send in person canvassers to Maine. Sign up here:

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It's official - Troy Jackson, 5th generation Mainer, logger, former state Senate President and progressive from deep red Aroostook, is the new Maine Democratic Senate nominee! **We need your help now...

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You can only say "It is easy to show up where everyone already agrees with you" if you have never been to a Democratic Party committee meeting

Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 3d ago

I really hate Elissa Slotkin's patronizing "my theory of the case is that what works in the middle of the country will work on the coasts, but not the other way around" shit. It's one of her canned lines that she uses in her eventual attempt to run for president.

I am eternally annoyed that there's no find-and-replace in Microsoft OneNote, but today I learned that there's no *find* in the New Outlook email editor. A rich, wysiwig text editor, in 2026, with no Find feature. Incredible stuff. support.microsoft.com/en-us/access...

Fascinating 🧵

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · last wk.

You may recall the case where Lynne Freeman sued Tracy Wolff for writing a YA set in Alaska where the male lead was hot and broody, just like in Freeman's book. This litigation went on for three years before a judge finally read both books and said there was zero infringement.

People are dragging this post but she's actually correct. 51% of Republicans (and 67% of all registered voters) supported Kamala Harris's views in 2024. Democrats are the policy mainstream. But raw issue preferences aren't how many people choose. They choose by what they see in media.

Jessica Tarlov@jessicatarlov.bsky.social · last wk.

Your average Republican is pro-IVF, skeptical of six week heartbeat bills, against deporting productive, law-abiding immigrants, and for gay marriage.

Some of you follow that guy. If you agree with him, pls unfollow me. Same for anyone who doesn't see what's so awful about this take

Lol, it's "extreme" to not drive a giant SUV around to the grocery store and to drop your kids off at school. Anyway, this is a great reminder that e-bikes are an incredibly powerful tool for replacing car trips. People aren't going from acoustic to e-bike, they're going from car to e-bike.

The Boston LOL 💜 🚲 ⚡@thebostonlol.bsky.social · 2w ago

The clownery for clicks. Or maybe starting a new moral panic 😮‍💨 @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social

If an area has more demand for car parking than it has spaces, making it easier to travel to & from that area using public & active transport is not only cheaper, more equitable & more sustainable than adding/preserving parking spaces; it's also far more likely to actually fix the parking problem.

Such a great movie

Roxana Hadadi@roxana-hadadi.bsky.social · 2w ago

perfect movie about our eternally bad America

If you're in Massachusetts, and you have some capacity to help, www.lucemass.org could use your assistance

Project Salt Box@projectsaltbox.com · 2w ago

ICE posted an RFI for over 1,000 "surge parking" spaces in 14 cities across the nation. While the posting doesn't state a specific time, it could indicate increased presence in those cities in the near future. sam.gov/workspace/co...

99 Problematic Business Partners? 99 Problems but a social conscience ain't one? Not my best work, but this is a great article

Joel D. Anderson@joelanderson.bsky.social · 2w ago

Jay-Z promised 2026 would be a year of "all offense." I took a stab at figuring out what that really means. www.theringer.com/2026/07/23/m...

Join us in a 24hr vigil at the MA Statehouse to honor Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero, and others killed by ICE. Help us support communities impacted by immigration enforcement, affirm our collective power to grieve, organize, and demand justice, and demand ICE OUT!

Fascinating and thorough

@laperry2.bsky.social · 2w ago

www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-cookw...

Whats worse... A single Democratic loss in a statewide race to a right-wing governor? Or a Democratic Party win in Ohio that uses transphobia to get there, teaching dems across the country that this is a new acceptable tactic? The latter results in no party left to fight for us.

RoxyDog@roxydog.bsky.social · 2w ago

I understand your disappointment but why do you want to undermine the Democrat in this race? You think Ramaswamy will have your back? These purity tests are what gave us trump and his Supreme Court.

Good-running-country stuff right here

paris martineau@paris.nyc · 3w ago

Given the lack of details provided by Taylor Farms thus far, Consumer Reports' food safety experts are advising folks in the 27 states implicated by the recall to discard ALL iceberg lettuce until we know more about where the parasite-linked products ended up www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

1. In major news, the Ohio Dem Party has banned the Progressive Caucus from criticizing candidate for Gov. Amy Acton's transphobia. It has now applied more pressure to quiet criticism of anti-trans politics than it has on its own nominee to stop embracing them. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Ohio Dem Party Has Banned Criticism Of Gov. Candidate Amy Acton Calling Trans Girls “Boys”

The Progressive Caucus says it was forced to take down its post.

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My 10th grade English teacher had us read Louis L'Amour, explaining that it was bad, formulaic, non-literary fiction. But it was widely read, and it's valuable to analyze all kinds of texts. She really pushed us to be better readers and writers - just an excellent teacher.

Laura Seay@texasinafrica.bsky.social · 2w ago

My 12th grade English teacher gave a brilliant piece of advice on our last day of school. She suggested that we read a book we had hated at some point in our education & see what we thought about it now. I try to do that every few years. It's amazing how age & perspective change opinions.

OpenAI (unprofitable) is burning investor cash to prop up Oracle (down 35% with debt at nearly “junk” status) while Anthropic (profitable but possibly because of sweetheart deals on compute) is doing the same for SpaceX (no earnings, PE ratio ♾️) — have I got all this right?

Age verification in Canada when I try to use Bluesky messaging 😐 Massachusetts legislators are considering this kind of restriction.

The Mayor has called a meeting of the city council, Monday, July 27 at 6:30pm, to continue his full court press to (a) accept a state grant to buy body worn cameras (b) get the surveillance technology impact report approved so (c) he can give the cops a raise. There will be a public hearing. 1/?

BRB running out of my house shouting "Root Cause! Taylor Farms Lettuce!" over and over

Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer.com · 3w ago

Cyclospora Linked to Taylor Farms Lettuce Sent to Taco Bell. Gift link: nyti.ms/4vGiNCl

"A similar scene appears in an account called ChubbyKnots" Excuse me, called what now? This is what the AI bubble is subsidising. Not productivity. An even lower barrier for entry to scammers than social media had already set.

nicole froio@nicolefroio.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Over the weekend, my investigation on dropshipping digital blackface scams was published by @theverge.com: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Didn't realize that Dr. Bronner's soap was cool like that, but I'll take it

Not really the point but... X has a "House GOP" icon after MiJo's blue check? Why?

Connor Ewing@cmewing.bsky.social · 3w ago

Completely—and utterly irresponsibly—unhinged.

Oh wait Graham died after returning from Ukraine and was supposed to about it on TV this morning?? Has he been tested for polonium?

I tell you what, even by my standards this is a lot of soccer

“The two-child system of the post-[WWI] era is obsolete; the German people have transitioned to a one-, indeed, to a no-child system.” Reich Minister of the Interior Wilhelm Frick, June 1933

BillThePony@billthepony.bsky.social · 4w ago

I don't know how many times i can warn people: "Fertility/population panic is fascist propaganda" They keep making it so clear ....

Character MATTERS. Someone cannot just have the correct whitepaper collection and slogans on their site. These people will have power over you. These people will be making decisions that impact us all. Do they indicate that they can be trusted with that power? That matters just as much.

With just over four months until the midterms, we are organizing to elect Democratic candidates in states near and far. Join us to plan both phone banks and in-person canvassing. We’ll do some of this planning at our chapter meeting on July 14 and then meet again in August. RSVP:

Indivisible Somerville Campaign Team Meeting · Indivisible Somerville

Join Indivisible Somerville in working to create a Blue Wave in 2026. With less than five months until Mid Terms, we are starting to organize our neighbors to elect Democratic candidates in states ne...

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