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Josephine "beckbook.com" Riesman@josie.zone · 15h agoIf you see this, quote the energy you bring to bluesky.
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NBCTeacher, songwriter, whiner. Milwaukee partisan. Tea drinker. Butterscotch pudding was better when it came in metal cans. Classroom wish list: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/369RDIC5KTN60?ref_=wl_share https://linktr.ee/folkbum
Josephine "beckbook.com" Riesman@josie.zone · 15h agoThere is almost literally nothing more certain in life than that cracking down on a peaceful protest results in exponentially more harm to people and property than letting it play out, with open lines of communication and coordination between protest leaders and law enforcement.
Wendy Kloiber@wendykloiber.bsky.social · yesterdayI am always thinking about how Peg Lautenschlager took weeks and days and then hours of talking with the last Act 10 protesters who would not leave the Capitol when ordered and then marched out with them after they reached agreement. Someone else worked with her too; help me remember who that was.
It’s always a blessing when people outlive the prognosis. Keep fighting Mitch!
The Wisconsin gubernatorial election will be a test of whether bad posts from 2020 are more important than trying to overturn an election in 2020.
Just to be clear, I reported an exhaustive piece about the allegations against Max Miller on July 18. The New York Times published their story, without crediting me, on July 28. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller
Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
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The problem with students not writing as much as they used to is not that there is something intrinsically good about writing but rather that writing is a great way to productively offload one’s thinking for evaluation, reflection, and elaboration. Those are the processes we cannot lose.
South Park's Eric Cartman Writing
ALT: South Park's Eric Cartman Writing
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Nothing to send a person into a spiral quite like fighting the local health system's scheduling service to try to get an appointment with the good recommended therapist.
We are as far away today from Kylie’s “Loco-Motion” as Kylie was from the Andrews Sisters’ “I Wanna Be Loved.” hashtag-old-man-tweets
Albumism@albumism.com · last wk.Kylie Minogue released "The Loco-Motion" from her debut album 'Kylie' worldwide 38 years ago on July 28, 1988 | Watch the official video + listen to the album here: album.ink/Kylie88
one framing that would be useful is that a lot of the angst is driven by the fact that the presumptive GOP candidate is an election denier, not just a person with whom Dems have policy disagreements. The idea that Dem "electability" is the retaining wall of the republic is a real problem
This framing pisses me off. What happened is the third-place candidate dropped out because her campaign staff was Bad At Their Jobs, only to be replaced by the fourth-place candidate who had dropped out a week earlier. There is no "upheaval." The primary votes are exactly where they have been. 1/
In this effort to attain security, independence and privacy of course were suspect...
Do you think Elon typed “race” before traitor and backspaced it out, or knew enough to not type it and just think it?
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2w agoElon Musk, owner of X, has called the editor of the Economist "a traitor to the West, plain and simple" after her recent interview with him. He now argues that "anyone who opposes remigration is a traitor" Musk has been socialising violence since Aug25: "fight or die, that's what it comes down to"
I’ve said this out loud but I don’t think I’ve written it here: I have genuine anger that the current administration stole this from us. If we were celebrating America 250 with President Kamala Harris, I would have genuinely been into it. I might even have bought a flag. Fuck Trump for ruining it.
Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · last wk.It is amazing that the 250th anniversary of America was pretty much just not a thing. You could tell all the companies thought it would be, they had 250th ketchup and ice cream and energy drinks but all we got was a shit ass fair that no one went to
Duolingo n’est pas woke ce matin. Quelle dommage!
This is kind of an incredible website: Why your stuff stopped lasting, who profited, and what's still built right.
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YOU CAN'T GET COVID IF YOU DON'T TEST FOR IT
Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Pentagon is withholding causality and hit numbers. The CDC is withholding infection rates. The FDA is withholding information about food contamination. The EPA is withholding pollution and climate data. This corrupt administration is ALL about concealing the consequences of its incompetence.
I am sick today and feel awful, so trying this again. Hello! Teacher wishlist time! I teach high school science. I share most things with my department. There are some dream items on here I don’t expect to get, but anything helps, including shares! Thank you! www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
So far Spain is doing a 👏great job👏 passing the soccer ball to Argentina’s goalkeeper. They have earned this break!
Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.
How about a jet-lagged live posting while I read? Trying to read this because I keep getting tagged in posts about it, but the first paragraph already contains synthetic text (a quote from Claude). I will skip that bit and persevere... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Could AI be conscious?
Experts believe it’s at least possible. We urgently need a plan to navigate the ethical implications
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The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply