This narrative about "Black voters" is becoming the new version of "Democrats are out of touch with the white working class." Based on partial truths, it has rapidly turned into a ready-made story that is pasted onto situations where it barely captures what is actually taking place.

Air travel has gotten a lot better over the last 40 years once you realize that inflation-adjusted airfares are a lot cheaper now and compare what you’re getting for your money instead of comparing 1986 Y to 2026 Y. And I know you’re comparing Y products because you can’t seriously think J is worse.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 20h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

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This is rough but I think it talks about a lot of what is missing from the Cunningham/WNBA discourse. Namely, that trans people are not hypothetical thought experiments. They are real people who are being genocided by our government & any coverage that doesn't center that reality misses the mark.

the answer is always to disavow it

Would you let the Proud Boys march in and sit courtside?

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i'm starting to think people might be sick of democrats who view voters' will as a kind of cute larp unrelated to whatever they, the real protagonists of reality, do in the district

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I'm just gonna say: it somewhat baffles me that people who are understandably skeptical of opaque LLMs as legitimate sources of information will suddenly go full on "the computer KNOWS" when they are using opaque tools to "detect" AI. The computer does not know.

Susanna Kearsley@susannakearsley.bsky.social · yesterday

❤️ Gillian Green, publisher at Tor Bramble, told The Bookseller: “HM Wolfe has confirmed that Daggermouth was written entirely without AI. We stand behind our author, and we do not recognise third-party AI detection tools as a fair or reliable measure of authenticity when used on their own.”

"don't make enough money" is a fig leaf All those degree programs--social work, art, etc.--have disproportionately female student bodies. This is designed to make it harder for women to attend college--college education being a key factor in women's autonomy from men & left-leaning voting pattern.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

on Sophie Cunningham and a trans controversy that doesn't involve any actual trans people: defector.com/the-right-ha...

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And while all of this is going on, DNC’s consultants are still saying the only way to win is to be more like the unpopular party.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · yesterday

As Fox News polling shows serious slippage for Trump in unexpected places, a Democratic strategist ponders whether his party can pull off miracles in Texas and other red states. trib.al/PwBzW3P

The message "they want to inspect your daughter's genitals" would be astoundingly effective. Which is also why conservative Democrats who want to cave won't say it. In general, they would rather lose and be comfortable than win and have to push hard.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d ago

Insane that democrats keep trying to cave on this issue rather than amplifying the fact that it’s being spearheaded by bigots and freaks

The devastation is unimaginable. I moved here 3 years ago knowing Spokane would be my home. I can’t explain how horrific this is. “It’s like a war zone,” people told me.

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there's various pretenses that patriarchy sometimes upholds in order to make the degraded role look more appealing or "honored"--e.g. the madonna archetype--but like. it's a wink-nudge smokescreen for what they actually believe, which is that you are subhuman sexual property and so are your children

Trump’s war on "gender ideology" and diversity is hurting San Francisco Asian Women’s Shelter’s ability to help victims — many of whom can’t get help anywhere else. It’s already cost them nearly $500,000.

This domestic violence shelter was told it no longer aligns with the Trump administration’s priorities

Trump’s war on ‘gender ideology’ and diversity is hurting San Francisco Asian Women’s Shelter's ability to help victims — many of whom can’t get help anywhere else. It’s already cost them nearly $500,...

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The wildfires in the Pacific NW are incredibly sad and devastating. We have to face the fact that a warming climate is unsustainable. As you can see, fires in the Pacific NW are getting much larger in recent decades. The largest fires (100K acres+) have increased by 10-15X since the 1980s. 1/

l love when a white journalist reporting on “concerns of lack of diversity” in DSA fumbles the name of the Latina elected official he interviews for the article. My name is Moreno, not Morales.

Isaac Dovere@isaacdovere.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW from me: What happened as the Democratic Socialists of America spent a rainy weekend in Chicago preparing their next steps for taking over the Democratic Party, taking down capitalism and longterm moves like abolishing the presidency: www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...

Higher education is not predominantly vocational training. Please stop pretending that its sole value is economic mobility.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

I await with bated breath the moment when the nation notices that this dehumanizing moral panic is entirely focused on trans *women* & begins to consider the ideology of male supremacism that is its foundation.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

We’re about to be reminded again that a frighteningly large proportion of the U.S. population do not believe in the germ theory of disease and are happy to say so publicly

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d ago

Wonder will Alex Berenson now change his health reporting? Or will start pushing a "died with" rather than "died from" framing?

In addition to stating the obvious, that trans people should be welcomed into sports, Cheryl goes on to say that the men who hold girls and women down are the cis men in charge. Even a shout out to the lack of the ERA 🔥 #loslynx #wnba

Running the country like a business seems to be playing out exactly as predicted. Next, we'll have venture capital buying up individual federal agencies and running them into the ground for tax write-offs.

Corey Johnson@coreygjohnson.bsky.social · 2d ago

🧵Alert: The backstory on this story may interest you. Or it may bore you. Either way, here it goes. I first asked the FCC for Chairman Brendan Carr's 2025 financial report on June 24.

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Actually the answer is a firm YES! We absolutely can make AR glasses that are not for perverts. Google Glass were designed for it, to stand out and be obvious, as an example. The reason they are build for perverts now, is because that's the intent of the manufacturer. By pervs for pervs, lets 🧵

Coach Jerry (referee 🔵)@gopher33j.bsky.social · 3d ago

The answer is no - The only acceptable use for enhanced glasses would be if they could somehow give blind people sight again. Like Jordy

this woman is singlehandedly making her league, its fans, and her fellow players the latest right wing obsession and deserves every one of these boos

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Sophie Cunningham is getting booed every time she touches the ball here in Minneapolis

remember how Riley Gaines’ swimming coach raped a bunch of her teammates? then when her career path became TV Nazi she defended him and he claimed he was being targeted for standing up against trans women in sports? anyway she cares deeply about women and girls being safe.

I feel like broadcasters being able to get players’ names right is a reasonable expectation.