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Writer, editor, reader, baseball fan, jigsaw puzzle fan, #postcardstovoters activist, travel partner of #Quirk. BlueSky's least competent lurker. Avatar: A hand holding the stem of an Amazonian water lily
Or maybe have some online comments on the network's website ready to read. "Kristen, user Martha489 says -- in the official forum for this CBS News article -- that she thinks we should kill every Iranian. Is that your own stance as well? Why haven't you disavowed him?" "Moving on. User Funky55.."
Just once I want a Democratic official to respond to "do you denounce this rando" by blinking slowly and saying "yeah, lots of people say dumb things, I guess. Can you explain to my constituents why they should give a damn?"
BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2h ago'don't care about shit people who don't hold any power say on podcasts' should be a universal rule tbh.
A batch of #PostcardsToVoters going in the mail for @anitaearls.bsky.social and @roycoopernc.bsky.social in North Carolina, Democrats who champion your voting rights!
My ancestors and my home tribe are pleased with me
right now, the best hegseth can hope for is to be remembered as a staggeringly incompetent defense secretary who gutted military leadership, tried to reimpose segregation in the highest ranks, and led the military to its worst strategic defeat in at least a generation.
The Battle to Save General Donahue From Hegseth’s Army Purge
Gen. Christopher T. Donahue’s vision for fighting future wars won him powerful supporters around the world. Could they save his career?
nytimes.com
Since 2005, PBS' #AntiquesRoadshow has been nominated for Outstanding Structured Reality Program every year. After 23 consecutive losses, the show finally won tonight. Guess voters got tired after multiple wins for #SharkTank and #QueerEye.
Hey my #antiquesroadshow friends! After 24 consecutive years of nominations @roadshowpbs.bsky.social , Antiques Roadshow WON an Emmy for Outstanding Structured Reality Program! Woo-hoo! www.thewrap.com/industry-new...
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show Dominates Night 1 of Creative Arts Emmys With 7 Wins
The first of two Creative Arts ceremonies will present awards in variety, reality and nonfiction categories
thewrap.com
If I may get on my soap box: No Kings is a tactic. It is not the strategy and no one involved in putting it on considers it sufficient on its own. It's a mass show of defiance that's also served as an onramp to the kind of local organizing work that's necessary to shift power
Amanda Becker@amandabecker.bsky.social · 3d agoI see on-the-ground evidence *on a daily basis* of how people's involvement in No Kings, Indivisible, 50501 has grown into ICE monitoring, flock camera protests, city council blowups over data centers and running for office. THAT was the point of No Kings, all along, from my perspective.
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
All of this. "...systemic public health problems (like respiratory viruses) require systemic solutions...Shared indoor air has been under the equivalent of a boil-water advisory since early 2020. The scandal is that six years in, boiling is still the plan."
Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 3d agoShared indoor air has been under the equivalent of a boil-water advisory since early 2020. Six years in, boiling is still the plan. On Taylorr Lorenz mask hate-mobs, what the behavior change evidence actually shows, and the winnable war for clean indoor air www.patreon.com/mattbc/posts...
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genuinely - this is something democrats across the country have badly struggled with given how biased the current set of media gatekeepers (both traditional and untraditional) are it sure helps that he's a generationally charismatic individual, but every other democrat should try to learn from him
Jeremy Pober@jpober.bsky.social · 2d agoThat Mamdani figured out how to get his message out in the 2020s better than any other dem isn't a scandal, it's part of his secret sauce!
but I am sorry, I simply cannot see building a press office that does effective social media outreach as a scandal in a world where explicit republican partisans control nearly every media outlet or social media site and are loud and up-front about how much of a thumb they’re putting on the scale
I think one reason Mamdani is using non-traditional media is because traditional media isn't covering substantive government stories The two reporters on this topic cover the Mamdani administration but mostly from the perspective of conflicts. Too much theater, not enough substance.
Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · 3d ago"Mr. Mamdani is a master of new media... But as mayor, he has also been able to use taxpayer funds to create a sprawling network of hundreds of friendly influencers to boost his priorities, provide positive depictions of his administration and enhance his popularity."
I've noticed I'm in at least two publications' starter packs of "our contributors" where I've never once contributed to them
Bluesky@bsky.app · 2d agoWe know not everyone wants to be featured in someone else's Starter Pack, so we're making it easier to opt out. Just open the Starter Pack, tap the three-dot icon at the top of the page, and select "Opt out of Starter Pack."
It's Janmashtami tomorrow! TIME FOR LIL ROLLY POLLY BABIES DRESSED AS KRISHNA 🥰
Preeti Chhibber@runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 2y agolater this week we'll be celebrating Krishna's birthday which mean it's my favorite time of year aka when people dress their babies up as baby Krishna and feed them butter a;lknsd;kfasnf
Adley Rutschman is the 2nd player since at least 1900 to change teams and homer multiple times in his first game against the former team in the same season, joining: Willis Otanez July 8, 1999, also against the O's (playing for the Blue Jays) h/t @EliasSports
the fact that the NBA was forced to investigate and punish its richest owner because of a scandal uncovered by an investigative journalist… shoutout to pablo torre! journalism is so important!!!
i love that this has had literally no impact on my day lol
MacRumors.com@macrumors.bsky.social · 3d agoChatGPT, Claude, and Grok Are Down
i always find it stark how there are never any even slightly right-wing figures who will ultimately be remembered this way. the closest they can ever get is reagan and that only works if you sand the edges off. there's no mlk or steinem of the right.
Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · 3d agogloria steinem will be remembered with a fondness that rush limbaugh and dick cheney will not
As we elders, our daughters, and our granddaughters continue the fight for power, equality, and respect, we hold you in our hearts with love and gratitude. Rest in peace and power, Gloria Steinem. 🤍
Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
nytimes.com
In things I didn't expect this morning, but feel lucky to see: I'm watching a Black woman naval officer being promoted to Captain from my apartment window, and this has to be one of the coolest things I've seen.
Once again, Roberts wants to have his cake & eat it, too. He wants to be seen a neutral arbitrator outside the political sphere without allowing evidence that would permanently shatter that illusion to come to light. He wants to be seen as a public servant while eschewing all attendant requirements.
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 4d agoknowing what the Supreme Court is doing and how the Court really works is a pre-req for holding the Court accountable John Roberts literally wants justices to take that knowledge to their graves so that he can bury the prospect of accountability along with them ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
I am sad for all the talented students who assured me it was a clear path to a better life for them as they discarded study plans they loved and studied coding instead.
ceej@ceej.online · 4d ago“learn to code” looking pretty silly in retrospect
I want to ride the everyone mocks Seth Moulton train until the end of the line
Ed Markey not only proudly stood beside the trans community but campaigned on trans equality as a central issue of importance to his candidacy. He's now on track to win by 35+ points against an opponent nearly half his age.
