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elizabeth dutton

@elizabethdutton.bsky.social

California supremacist co-host of Ridiculous Crime podcast I wrote a book called Driftwood long ago

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Charlie Warzel@cwarzel.bsky.social · 2d ago

Today feels like a good day to repost this. Not a single day goes by that I don't think about this comment and increasingly I think it is the skeleton key to a politics that many people are desperate for.

Charlie Warzel@cwarzel.bsky.social · last mo.

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have. What does “truth to pain” mean? It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it. I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability. And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live. She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
elizabeth dutton@elizabethdutton.bsky.social · 2w ago

::deep breath:: [to self]: I will not get a visit from the Secret Service … I will not get a visit from the Secret Service … I will not get a visit from the Secret Service … I will not get a visit from the Secret Service … I will not get a visit from the Secret Service …

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump: "Ramaswamy put up a very powerful Ad about a mother saying that her daughter, Acton, is a liar, and much worse. The Press is trying to get him to 'take down the Ad.' Frankly, anybody whose mother spoke about daughter that way would normally lead to the daughter being precluded from serving"

Trump: "Vivek Ramaswamy put up a very powerful Ad about a mother saying that her daughter, Amy Acton, who is running for Governor of Ohio, is a liar, and much worse. The Press, in a concerted and well coordinated attack, is trying to get Vivek Ramaswamy to 'take down the Ad.' Frankly, anybody whose mother spoke about a daughter in that way would normally lead to the daughter being precluded from serving in Office"
Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 3w ago

This is inspiring in the way that kids running a lemonade stand to pay for their friend's chemotherapy is inspiring: the kids are amazing but they should never have to do this. if this inspires you at all, let it inspire you to create a real right to vote so they can just vote on campus.

Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 3w ago

These are students from HBCU North Carolina A&T marching back to their campus after voting early together The Guilford County Board of Elections removed their on-campus polling site ❤️❤️

Barbara Waxer 🌈 @barbara-waxer.bsky.social · 3w ago

When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

elizabeth dutton@elizabethdutton.bsky.social · 3w ago

My eccentric family made me feel normal. But in 5th grade, I got literally surrounded by mean girls one day at recess. They listed off all the weird things about me that made them hate me (their words). The things that explained why I hung out alone at recess…

Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social · 3w ago

QUESTION OF THE DAY: This sounds like a joke question, but it isn’t. If it doesn’t apply to you, fine. But it’s a serious question with different levels of meaning. And I am genuinely curious. When did you first realize you were weird?