I know we are chalking the success of some leftist candidates almost entirely to the DSA. However, it seems like the more common theme is that these are candidates with organizing experience?
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Student success w/ a HigherEd perspective. Associate Director T&L & Student Success at UoM Library & Academic Lead for Student Success. Constantly tilting at windmills. Often seen reading, riding & running about. NTF/CATE/PFHEA, data and pedagogy obsessed
I grew up hearing about how there used to be days when you couldn’t see Mount Baldy (basically directly in eyeline over LA Basin) because the smog was so bad.
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 4h agoAir quality. I grew up in the Los Angeles basin in the 70s and 80s and remember having to stay inside because the smog was so bad - Stage 2 smog alerts, they were called. Apparently they haven't had one of those since 1988. Haven't had a stage one smog alert since 2003.
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
goooood morning it’s another day of weird orange sun and early breezes, so we made our loop sharing snacks with crows, and we even got yelled at by a spicy little chihuahua - so yes, absolutely: Lucy Loved That Walk
Mike from Florida (he’s not) is an amazing cheap shot and I love it very much. welcome to Detroit motherfucker
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h agoEl-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"
Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.
Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed
Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...
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Every Child A Changeling by Samantha Pellegrino "I sat up on one arm and peered into her crib. She was gone. In her place was wrapped a sallow, horned little boy." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
Something about EHRC Guidance/Supreme Court Ruling I've been thinking about is how slow and incremental this implementation's been because we've been so vocally resistive, generating the political hesitancy from the Govt + Commission, but that also has increased the waiting-uncertainty of it all
Drawing created by Danielle Koren, c.1979, in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital where she was compelled to live. This drawing on scrap paper is very small, found among Edward Adamson’s files of personal correspondence which contain many cards & letters from individuals sent after release
In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname
Pubic Service Announcement The Vagina Museum is trans inclusive. Always has been, always will be. Today the new EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect. Let us be clear, the guidance changes nothing about how we operate.
EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect today so remember to be an absolute pain in the arse to any service provider who is trying to actively enforce it.
@manchestermill.bsky.social "There's gold in them there hills!" The Manchester Mill shows there IS a future for #localjournalism, if the cards are played right | Manchester Mill | 4 August 2026: manchestermill.co.uk/meet-the-mill/
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Finally, one with questions I can answer
Mo 🌸📚@moplayspoke.bsky.social · 2d ago1 like = 1 book question 📚💙
i really have no patience whatsoever for people who are scared of muslims having elected office
It’s funny because we do this thing where Black voters are pathologized, literally, every election cycle.
brent sewer socialist🚰🌹@therealbrent.bsky.social · 15h agoSo El-Sayed is doing better with Black voters and worse with white voters than most people imagined? That’ll be fun for The Discourse.
Since we're talking about Michigan tonight, here's my 2nd favorite shot when I rolled on through last year.
I was moved to read Samantha Morton talk about getting fired from the Spike Jonze movie Her in this piece. She was on the set when I was there reporting a story--her work as the voice was done live, and her commitment to what she was doing on the film was extraordinary. deadline.com/2026/08/sama...
Samantha Morton On Why She "Hasn't Worked For A Year" Since 'The Odyssey' & Why She Was "Sad" & "Hurt" After Getting "Fired" From 'Her'
Samantha Morton is opening up about not working after filming Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.
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the whole 'nothing has gotten better' discourse is of course fucking stupid in a million ways, but I just wanted to note that average dog lifespan in the United States has increased by two years since 2000.
Medicine. Medicine has grown by leaps and bounds. You cannot introduce vaccines that crater cancer rates, cure AIDS, and cure sickle cell, and then tell me things have only gotten worse. Also: Food. To a HUGE degree. I eat what I once considered rare treats every day, now.
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h agoFood, 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.
In MI-08, an R+1 district with a Dem incumbent, the GOP candidate Trump endorsed is losing by double digits to a guy who'd dropped out last month.
In 1986, contracting HIV meant you were going to die, usually slowly, painfully, and alone. Now it's a chronic illness like hypertension. In 1986, gay and lesbian couples couldn't have their relationships legally recognized and had to adopt elaborate legal workarounds.
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h agoFood, 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.
death to the phoenix metaphor by Kiki Em "survival is a fungus" Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
my favorite fact i've dug up working on my venture capital book this summer is all the data we have about venture capital activity in the 1970s comes from two guys, both named Stanley (the second bought the first's company after he died), who were *very* friendly with the nascent VC community
Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · yesterday"History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts" I remain astounded by how loud and wrong people are about what history actually is.
