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Emma Steiner
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democracy researcher. fan of voting rights, birds, ancient rome. dc via texas. "have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them."
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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 13h
Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?

Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.

Here are the key take-aways 🧵

arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
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Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social · 21h
NEW: National Guard troops deployed in Washington, DC, will remain mobilized in the city at least through February 2026. Hegseth extended their orders on Monday. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/29/p...
Exclusive: National Guard orders in DC extended through February 2026 | CNN Politics
National Guard troops deployed in Washington, DC will remain mobilized in the city at least through February 2026, according to people familiar with the Guard’s orders.
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Emma Steiner @emmasteiner.bsky.social · 1d
44 BC coded
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Emma Steiner @emmasteiner.bsky.social · 1d
Wow, you're so right.
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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 2d
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
The original Far Side Cow Tools Cartoon by Gary Larson. A cow stands on its hind legs behind a table, staring blankly at the viewer from behind its heavy brow ridge. On the table are four crudely made tools: a lump, a lump with an offset crooked handle, a long stick with hooked prongs at the end, and a crude handsaw with irregular teeth. In the background a barn sits on a hill. Caption reads, "Cow tools."
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Python Software Foundation @python.org · 3d
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3d
i once again would like to express some alarm and concern at the sheer pace of Nazi-related news updates
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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 5d
❗️SNAP Emergency❗️

All the people we work with & many others in our community will be impacted by the withholding of SNAP benefits in November.

Help us distribute more funds for food to our community:

C*shApp: $RemoraHouseDC
Givebutter: givebutter.com/remorahouse

Love & solidarity!
Flyer with a light teal background. In the top right and bottom left corner is an image of two hands holding one another. The bottom right corner has the Remora House logo. Emergency SNAP Fund. On November 1, the federal government will withhold funding for food from millions of people. GOAL: $2,500. Help us get food and money for folks losing SNAP benefits: Givebutter: givebutter.com/remorahouse. CashApp: $RemoraHouseDC. Flyer with a light teal background. In the top right and bottom left corner is an image of two hands holding one another. The bottom right corner has the Remora House logo. Image on the flyer says: Emergency SNAP Fund. This money will go towards: Providing an extra $150 for the 17 people we provide monthly stipends. Emergency distributions of $150 to 10 at-risk community members. Creating a temporary emergency fund for mutual aid orgs & outreach folks to support their folks impacted by the government shutdown. GOAL: $2,500. Givebutter: givebutter.com/remorahouse. CashApp: $RemoraHouseDC.
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Emma Steiner @emmasteiner.bsky.social · 4d
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Emma Steiner @emmasteiner.bsky.social · 4d
looking up flights to Charlotte
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ghoul-chujung 👻 @gochujung.bsky.social · 5d
You can donate to the Chicago Street Vendor Relief Fund to help buy out a local street vendor’s cart for the day. They’ve partnered with a bike patrol / cycling solidarity group, which rides around buying out the inventory then distributing the food at homeless & unhoused encampments & shelters.
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 6d
NEW: The Justice Department says it plans to monitor polling sites at six locations in California and New Jersey ahead of the Nov. 4 general election for "transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law"
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
At this time, the Department will monitor the following jurisdictions: Passaic County, New Jersey Kern County, California Riverside County, California Fresno County, California Orange County, California Los Angeles County, California
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 6d
JUST IN: Judge Emil Bove's dissent to 3rd Cir denying en banc in case striking PA mail-in ballot dating rule. Bove mocks impact: 'For a voter with a functioning pen, sufficient ink & average hand dexterity, this should take less than five seconds.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 8d
34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.

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Known Lethal U.S. Attacks on Civilian Vessels in the Caribbean Total reported killed: 34 people Notification Date Number Reported Killed Approximate Location Notification URL September 2, 2025 11 “in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility” (later revealed as between Sucre, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago) View September 15, 2025 3 “in International Waters… in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility”; Colombian president claimed it was a fishing boat in Colombian waters View September 19, 2025 3 “in international waters… in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” near the Dominican Republic View October 3, 2025 4 “in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela” View October 14, 2025 6 “in International Waters… just off the Coast of Venezuela” View October 16, 2025 2; 2 reported survivors “in the Caribbean” View October 17, 2025 3 “in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” View October 21, 2025 2 “in the Eastern Pacific” View
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 7d
New poll: UNH finds that November’s ballot measure in Maine that would greatly restrict mail voting, and impose voter ID, is *very* tight.

It’s 49% no, 48% yes. scholars.unh.edu/survey_cente...

One of the most suspenseful elections on November 4.
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 8d
There is no difference between Trump destroying the East Wing and using a wrecking ball on the Washington Monument or Smithsonian. Just because he (temporarily) lives there doesn't give him the right to demolish the White House without Congressional approval.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
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Emma Steiner @emmasteiner.bsky.social · 9d
Hm. I have five so far and it was actually pretty easy not to get a Nazi tattoo
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Emma Steiner @emmasteiner.bsky.social · 9d
you've been training years for this
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 9d
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here." Anna Bower Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.
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Jesse Coleman @jessebcoleman.bsky.social · 11d
The processed food industry is beating back RFK jr-aligned nutrition policies with the help of Trump’s political machine. Big soda mobilized lobbyists, paid influencer campaigns and pink slime outlets to stop food dye and soda limits in states like Arizona. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside the Republican network behind big soda’s bid to pit Maga against Maha
A Guardian investigation finds the US soda and snack-food industries, threatened by RFK Jr’s movement to change Americans’ eating habits, have turned to a group of well-connected strategists, shadowy ...
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Jessica Huseman @jessicahuseman.bsky.social · 13d
In the same way this was not remotely possible for Democrats to do in 2020, it is not remotely possible for Republicans to do this now.
gregglade.bsky.social A rezistenței @gregglade.bsky.social · 13d
It’s not how the company functions that is the issue. It is how much more easy it is to insert malicious code into the next software update to do something crazy like ensure the vote count favors the Republican by just outside the automatic recount vote trigger in every swing state.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 14d
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer. @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 15d
Early Signs from Oral Argument in Callais Suggest that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is in Real Trouble electionlawblog.org?p=152536
Early Signs from Oral Argument in Callais Suggest that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is in Real Trouble #ELB
As I explained back in August, the Supreme Court reached and and in the most opaque way on a late Friday afternoon in mid-summer, the Court turned a ho-hum racial gerrymandering case where the court h...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16d
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 21d
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca
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