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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 2d

A surprisingly hopeful perspective from a reporter who asked random folks on the east coast how they were doing, learned we’re all having a really bad time, and chose to highlight the shared humanity in that.

Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 12d

"We’re traveling nearly 2,000 miles on I-95 from Miami to Maine, and pausing at virtually every rest stop. Our project is simple and vast at once: to ask fellow travelers where they’re headed, and where they think America is going too."

New from @atavist.com.

magazine.atavist.com/2025/america...

I’ve Gone to Look for America - The Atavist Magazine

Conversations and revelations about an ailing nation along Interstate 95.

magazine.atavist.com

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Zoya Teirstein @zteirstein.bsky.social · 2d

Big huge thanks to @seywarddarby.bsky.social for this thoughtful summary of my recent piece on valley fever for the @longreads.com newsletter. Full piece is here: grist.org/health/valle...

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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 3d

a thing i've been thinking about a lot is how, when i started researching my book (2016), "antifa" was the bogeyman of neo-nazis. now it's the bogeyman of the white house. the math here isn't hard to do.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7d

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 7d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 9d

oh i believe it. i was legit laughing.

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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 9d

lol leigh

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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 9d

lol

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9d

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 9d

wtaf

Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 10d

Shelters that house unaccompanied minors are bracing for "Freaky Friday," the start of an ICE operation that will first issue letters to children, seeking to pressure them to return to the countries they've fled in exchange for a cash payment. If they decline, their parents will be targeted by ICE.

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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 11d

honestly at this point i'm more likely to donate to democratic candidates if they pledge to stop texting me forever.

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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 12d

oh my god?

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 12d

Trump has announced “TrumpRx” — a new “direct-to-consumer website where Americans can buy medicine at discounted prices.”

www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/p...

Trump announces ‘TrumpRx’ site for discounted drugs and deal with Pfizer to lower prices | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday a multipronged effort aimed at lowering drug costs in the United States, including the creation of a “TrumpRx” direct-to-consumer website where Americans ca...

www.cnn.com

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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 12d

Feels like a good day to re-up this great profile of the buffoon running the Pentagon.

nymag.com/intelligence...

Pete Hegseth Is Playing Secretary

As he sends troops into L.A. and prepares for war, his Pentagon is beset by infighting over leaks, drugs, and socks. How long will Trump stand by him?

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 12d

To explain:

At the start of his opinion, Judge Young includes an anonymous note received by his chambers, which reads “Trump has pardons and tanks..what do you have?”

Responding to the note, Young says we have our “magnificent Constitution” and “here’s how that works out in a specific case —“

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 12d

Omg. I’ve never seen anything like this in a judicial opinion:

Case 1:25-cv-10685-WGY Document 261
Filed 09/30/25
Page 1 of 161
Post card dated June 19, 2025
(On file in Chambers)
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TRUMP HAS PARDONS
AND TANKS..
WHAT DO
You
HAVE?
Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous, Alone, I have nothing but my
sense of duty.
Together, We the People of the
United States -- you and me --have our magnificent Constitution.
Here's how that works out in a
specific case --
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS -- HARVARD FACULTY CHAPTER, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS AT NEW
YORK UNIVERSITY, RUTGERS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS-AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, and
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION,
Plaintiffs,
)
CIVIL ACTION NO.
25-10685-WGY
v.
MARCO RUBIO, in his official capacity as Secretary of State, and the DEPARTMENT OF STATE, KRISTI NOEM, in her official
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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 12d

Did they not take PE classes with teachers who didn't give a F and just put on this trilogy instead of making kids run the mile?

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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 12d

"We’re traveling nearly 2,000 miles on I-95 from Miami to Maine, and pausing at virtually every rest stop. Our project is simple and vast at once: to ask fellow travelers where they’re headed, and where they think America is going too."

New from @atavist.com.

magazine.atavist.com/2025/america...

I’ve Gone to Look for America - The Atavist Magazine

Conversations and revelations about an ailing nation along Interstate 95.

magazine.atavist.com

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 12d

Over a two-year period, prosecutors across 16 states charged more than 400 people with pregnancy-related crimes, with most of the charges originating in states with near or total abortion bans, according to a new report released Tuesday.

New study finds more than 400 pregnancy-related prosecutions after Roe's fall

Most of the cases involved allegations of substance use during pregnancy, a nonprofit legal group found.

www.nbcnews.com

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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 19d

o rly

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 19d

Apple TV+ has indefinitely delayed the release of their new TV show ‘THE SAVANT’, starring Jessica Chastain.

The series follows an undercover investigator who infiltrates hate groups online to detect & prevent domestic extremists before they act.

(Source: Deadline)

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19d

Sharing for this strong opening graf.

“President Trump, a slumlord at heart, is quietly halting enforcement of the Fair Housing Act...”

newrepublic.com/post/200749/...

Whistleblowers Sound Alarm on Trump’s Assault on Fair Housing Act

The Trump administration is eroding enforcement of the landmark civil rights law, claiming it’s DEI nonsense.

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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 24d

nah.

Alex Koppelman @alexkoppelman.bsky.social · 24d

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: Pentagon leaders are considering a recruiting campaign centered around Charlie Kirk. Possible slogans discussed include "Charlie has awakened a generation of warriors" and there's talk of using TPUSA chapters as recruitment centers. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 24d

Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From

LONDON—Claiming that he recognized the member of the royal family, but his memory was hazy, President Donald Trump has spent his entire trip to the U.K. trying to figure out where he knows Prince Andr...

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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 25d

today in the death cult running our country.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26d

CDC committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of hepatitis B shots at birth or delaying them. The vaccine is credited by public health experts with nearly eliminating maternal transmission of the disease in the U.S.

RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Committee Likely to Target Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns

Committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of the shots at birth or delaying them until later in childhood.

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 25d

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI

Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 26d

what very smart person is writing a very smart essay about the national crisis of confidence we're witnessing right now? people on the left AND the right insisting that a legal document is fabricated, but for the exact opposite reasons?

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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 26d

"The most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."

THIS.

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

www.vanityfair.com

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Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 26d

to put it very mildly: yikes.

Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 27d

Thomas Rousseau, leader of white nationalist Patriot Front, spoke at a vigil for Charlie Kirk in Fort Worth, Texas over the weekend. This is the first time I'm aware of that Rousseau and his loyalists did not attend a rally wearing Patriot Front's trademark uniform. They feel emboldened. 1/3

Leader of Patriot Front Thomas Rousseau talks to a group of MAGA activists at a vigil for Charlie Kirk over the weekend

Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 26d

Ignorant question but why does the charging document include reproduced text exchanges instead of images of the actual exchanges?