Stringlady
@afmmurphy.bsky.social
NYC to CNY (with a brief stop in NC) and making a new life.
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What's totally crazy is the press could write these stories exactly with this wording and make it a headline but they don't
If the biggest donor to the DCCC/DNC ran a website where you could use AI to take women's clothes off I feel like there'd be a demand for Dems to give the money back.
January 5, 2026 at 11:23 PM
What's totally crazy is the press could write these stories exactly with this wording and make it a headline but they don't
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Let's break the Internet with this today.....
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Let's break the Internet with this today.....
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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Well 2026 got to being 2026 in a big damn hurry didn't it
January 3, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Well 2026 got to being 2026 in a big damn hurry didn't it
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"[I]nternational law wasn't built to protect the good, but to restrain the powerful. That's why it prohibits force almost w/o exception: not because it ignores injustice, but because it knows that if each country decides whom to "liberate" by force, the world reverts to the law of the strongest."
Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
January 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
"[I]nternational law wasn't built to protect the good, but to restrain the powerful. That's why it prohibits force almost w/o exception: not because it ignores injustice, but because it knows that if each country decides whom to "liberate" by force, the world reverts to the law of the strongest."
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It's striking that progressives like Tim Walz and Zohran Mamdani evoke the middle American attitude that, "Yes, we can fix these social problems because we're Americans and it's the right thing to do!" While the "America first" right only emulates failed and failing nation-states elsewhere.
January 1, 2026 at 10:52 PM
It's striking that progressives like Tim Walz and Zohran Mamdani evoke the middle American attitude that, "Yes, we can fix these social problems because we're Americans and it's the right thing to do!" While the "America first" right only emulates failed and failing nation-states elsewhere.
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AI sloppers (is that a term?) crying that their prompts are being stolen is more beautiful than anything AI could produce
December 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
AI sloppers (is that a term?) crying that their prompts are being stolen is more beautiful than anything AI could produce
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“Then they shouldn’t have voted for this!”
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Hurricane Helene. Not one has been approved.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved.
More than a year after applying for a federal buyout, many North Carolina homeowners have heard almost nothing definitive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“Then they shouldn’t have voted for this!”
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
Actually, what this also confirms is that SAG already did that strike and won protection for its members. (Initially, at least, about video games.)
We need to be proactive.
We need to be proactive.
This quote is rich and verbatim confirms that Iger and Disney literally don’t see artists as creatives or creators.
December 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Actually, what this also confirms is that SAG already did that strike and won protection for its members. (Initially, at least, about video games.)
We need to be proactive.
We need to be proactive.
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It's International Anti-Corruption Day.
Some of Trump’s most blatant acts of corruption are well-known by now—the crypto coin; the pardons for friends and donors.
Less known are a series of corrupt policy moves that are raising costs for you and your family.
Some examples ⬇️
Some of Trump’s most blatant acts of corruption are well-known by now—the crypto coin; the pardons for friends and donors.
Less known are a series of corrupt policy moves that are raising costs for you and your family.
Some examples ⬇️
December 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It's International Anti-Corruption Day.
Some of Trump’s most blatant acts of corruption are well-known by now—the crypto coin; the pardons for friends and donors.
Less known are a series of corrupt policy moves that are raising costs for you and your family.
Some examples ⬇️
Some of Trump’s most blatant acts of corruption are well-known by now—the crypto coin; the pardons for friends and donors.
Less known are a series of corrupt policy moves that are raising costs for you and your family.
Some examples ⬇️
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Yf thou knowest, thou knowest.
December 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Yf thou knowest, thou knowest.
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It's astounding to contemplate that for tens of millions of Americans, what was traumatic about the COVID-19 pandemic wasn't the millions of illnesses and deaths; it was that they were being told what to do.
I'm convinced that that's what this bullshit is about.
I'm convinced that that's what this bullshit is about.
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It's astounding to contemplate that for tens of millions of Americans, what was traumatic about the COVID-19 pandemic wasn't the millions of illnesses and deaths; it was that they were being told what to do.
I'm convinced that that's what this bullshit is about.
I'm convinced that that's what this bullshit is about.
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Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
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Want to support striking workers?
✅Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge! We'll send you updates and calls to action: nocontractnocoffee.org
✅Tell your friends and family to NOT BUY STARBUCKS (and that includes gift cards!)
✅Consider supporting our strike fund! sbworkersunited.org
✅Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge! We'll send you updates and calls to action: nocontractnocoffee.org
✅Tell your friends and family to NOT BUY STARBUCKS (and that includes gift cards!)
✅Consider supporting our strike fund! sbworkersunited.org
No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
nocontractnocoffee.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Want to support striking workers?
✅Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge! We'll send you updates and calls to action: nocontractnocoffee.org
✅Tell your friends and family to NOT BUY STARBUCKS (and that includes gift cards!)
✅Consider supporting our strike fund! sbworkersunited.org
✅Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge! We'll send you updates and calls to action: nocontractnocoffee.org
✅Tell your friends and family to NOT BUY STARBUCKS (and that includes gift cards!)
✅Consider supporting our strike fund! sbworkersunited.org
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Your Black Friday reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Your Black Friday reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
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Here are the particulars!
It’s the busiest shopping period of the year, so we’re hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Here are the particulars!
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the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
The state universities, and the Land Grant ones.
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
November 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The state universities, and the Land Grant ones.
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Say hello to our striking baristas in Buffalo, NY! 11 days into our national ULP strike and we're only getting stronger 💪
RT if you stand with baristas and won't buy Starbucks while workers are on ULP strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
RT if you stand with baristas and won't buy Starbucks while workers are on ULP strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Say hello to our striking baristas in Buffalo, NY! 11 days into our national ULP strike and we're only getting stronger 💪
RT if you stand with baristas and won't buy Starbucks while workers are on ULP strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
RT if you stand with baristas and won't buy Starbucks while workers are on ULP strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
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That's the whole point of the cost of living crisis: if you have a full-time job, you shouldn't have to be constantly worried about the specter of homelessness.
And that's the whole crux of the "is the economy good or bad?" question: if the companies are doing well, then why aren't employees?
And that's the whole crux of the "is the economy good or bad?" question: if the companies are doing well, then why aren't employees?
November 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
That's the whole point of the cost of living crisis: if you have a full-time job, you shouldn't have to be constantly worried about the specter of homelessness.
And that's the whole crux of the "is the economy good or bad?" question: if the companies are doing well, then why aren't employees?
And that's the whole crux of the "is the economy good or bad?" question: if the companies are doing well, then why aren't employees?
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Professor Noah Feldman was my classmate twice over. He is one of the more brilliant minds I have ever encountered. I love how he lays it plain here.
November 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Professor Noah Feldman was my classmate twice over. He is one of the more brilliant minds I have ever encountered. I love how he lays it plain here.
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
Because nothing says Freedom of Religion like raiding a church during Mass in Advent- or better yet, on Christmas!
"Agencies within the DHS, including ICE and CBP, intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Because nothing says Freedom of Religion like raiding a church during Mass in Advent- or better yet, on Christmas!
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