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Abbie Coughman

@thelexingtonkid.bsky.social

1.9K followers 1.3K following 770 posts

Agnostic atheist, INTP (I understand the MBTI is largely considered bunk), genderqueer, ailurophile (cat lover), animal lover, pro-Black, pro-Indigenous, feminist, pro-LGBTQIA, multiply neurodivergent, DISABLED & ON SSDI, polyJAMorous, leftist, & cat dad!

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Danielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 18h

Once more, for old times’ sake

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Rue Morgue Magazine @ruemorguemag.bsky.social · 1d

On this day in Horror/Sci-Fi History, THEY LIVE was released in 1988.

A man with a skull face in a business suit is talking into a microphone with a sign behind him saying obey.

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Abbie Coughman @thelexingtonkid.bsky.social · 12h

#adhd #neurodivergence #neurodivergent #emotionaldysregulation

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 17h

Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969

Totals by Candidate
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani
1012850
50.32%
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Curtis A. Sliwa
144123
7.16% |
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Irene Estrada
2575
0.13% |
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Eric L. Adams
6182
0.31%|
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Joseph Hernandez
1228
0.06%
16
Andrew M. Cuomo
837398
41.61%
17
Jim Walden
2128
0.11% |
18
WRITE-IN
6163
0.31% |

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 1d

This is Her Royal Highness. She is the sweetest lady with the cutest little grinchy face! She was found as a pregnant stray, and when her own kitten didn't make it she very lovingly raised some orphaned kittens as her own. Adoptable in Burlington, VT! www.hsccvt.org/Cats#sl_embe...

Photo of a black and white shorthaired cat with green eyes lying on a plush light blue blanket. Her face has an adorable little grinchy expression.

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Abbie Coughman @thelexingtonkid.bsky.social · 14h

#friends #philosophy #aristotle

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#drugs #drugwar

Abbie Coughman @thelexingtonkid.bsky.social · 14h

#raccoon #animals #purring #raccoons

Abbie Coughman @thelexingtonkid.bsky.social · 15h

Forgive me for taking you at your word. It’s not like there’s not a plethora of stupid people literally believing many inane things.

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#mamdani #democraticsocialism #bluewave #democrats

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EDC 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇫🇷🇩🇪🇳🇴🇫🇮🇸🇪 @simplyedc.bsky.social · 23h

Covered Bridge #Photography

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Abbie Coughman @thelexingtonkid.bsky.social · 17h

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Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 19h

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

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Brian Taylor @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social · 1d

Good piece. Research on Russian law enforcement shows this.

"Repressive actions are often born not as a direct realization of Putin’s commands but as the result of individuals striving to show that they are doing their job."

Note Bondarev doesn't let Putin off the hook.

Don't Blame Putin Alone for Russia's Misdeeds – It's the System - The Moscow Times

Opinion | There is an idea firmly rooted among the politically active segment of Russian society — both inside the country and among emigres — that the Russian state as something absolutely personalis...

www.themoscowtimes.com

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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 19h

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

There is a distinct possibility that some people are too stupid to participate in a democracy

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Abbie Coughman @thelexingtonkid.bsky.social · 19h

More of a falsehood or generalization, at best, rather than a rule.

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#democrats #progressiives #liberals #leftwing #leftists

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#functionalilliteracy #literacy #readingliteracy #reading #readingcomprehension

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.

A SSRS/CNN poll showing 61% people think Trump has gone too far using the power of the presidency and 57% think he's gone too far deporting immigrants.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

"exododus"

The New York Post: Come for the shameless propaganda, stay for the embarrassing illiteracy.

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 2d

...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 2d

dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?

great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com

Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People

“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”

www.teenvogue.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

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