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Deontological Warfare But She's A Skeleton Or Something @clockworklady.bsky.social · 1d

If I wrote an article about how Johnny Cash seemed uncool I would just look at what I wrote and then walk into jail or the sun, maybe both.

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 1d

wtaf are you talking about

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Was a mistake to drop the "weird" attack

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 1d

Kriss Kristofferson took such good care of Sinead O Connor and I love him for it

And I’m also always amused by the Flanderization of Willie Nelson because he’s

Just been a pain the collective ass of people for years

Because he’s SO pleasant and a cornerstone of country and such a n OG hippie

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Pat Gallen @patgallen.bsky.social · 1d

“Don’t Try Harder, Trust Harder.”

That should be on a T-shirt by 6pm.

Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 1d

There was no big speech to make. The manager just asked his players not to think of the enormity of it all. “Don’t try harder. Trust harder.”

Then, with one swing, they remembered. The Phillies are still alive: www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna pick some up after my allergy shots, lol

Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 1d

Something tells me Fallon didn't hear the song before she played it live, lol

Sam Raimi & The Midnight Sons @rochardscott.bsky.social · 1d

“They pose in Christmas cards with guns as big as all their children

They say that Jesus is the way but then they gave him a white face

So they don't have to pray to
someone they deem lesser than them

The South will not rise again
Til it's paid for every sin”

Hayley Williams: True Believer | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yeah. Great response from DC, and exactly what every major publisher should be saying.

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

DC Comics won’t support generative AI: ‘not now, not ever’

“People have an instinctive reaction to what feels authentic.”

buff.ly

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 1d

It worked! When I fell asleep, it was still just 3-1. Gonna have to knock myself out for the next one 😂

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 2d

I am nearly in my final form as a transplant- I accidentally slip into the local pronunciation sometimes. It’s pretty jarring when followed by “y’all,” lol.

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 2d

This is renewal-of-the-vows level.

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 2d

It’s not falling asleep that’s the problem. I need to *stay* asleep 😭

Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 2d

Hot? That’s just climate change + a city built on a swamp.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "You can go and eat at the restaurants. The restaurants are booming. They were closing one after another and now they're booming, they're opening. Nobody has ever seen a transformation like they have in Washington DC. It's as hot as it can get."

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 2d

I am continuing my pattern of half-paying attention, which was (somewhat) working the other night. If I fall asleep during the game, they might have good vibes through the next game, too, lol

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 2d

This post is incredibly timely, given my presentation to our grad students tonight (in which I talked about my own traumas from past copy editing work). Everyone out there, respect your editors! They aren’t the enemy!

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d

As a fact checker, I’ve had writers berate me so intensely over suggesting they make changes to *factual errors* in their pieces that I have been *reduced to tears* and y’all my name is not on this story I’m literally here to SAVE YOU from public humiliation and lawsuits.

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 2d

GLORY!!!!!!!!!

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Emily Pitts Donahoe @empittsdonahoe.bsky.social · 2d

Only one week left to apply for the Center for Grading Reform's Alternative Grading Institute! This two-day, hands-on, virtual experience offers opportunities to connect grading with your values and design an alt grading system for one of your courses. www.centerforgradingreform.org/alternative-...

Alternative Grading Institute

www.centerforgradingreform.org

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 3d

Actually an atheist, but I sure as hell will pray for Dolly.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 3d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 3d

Baseball and... poetry? Here's how the National Baseball Poetry Festival came about and how founder Steven Biondolillo sees it growing in future years.

www.thefanfiles.com/articles/the-national-baseball-poetry-festival

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 3d

That makes so much sense. I really, really wish we could move away from our national obsession with cars....not just because I genuinely hate driving on I-95.

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 3d

Related: the reason I *still* don't know how to ride a bike is because the street I grew up on is so curvy and dangerous, with deep ditches. I fell down one of those ditches when I was learning to ride, and I *still* can't bring myself to try again.

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 3d

Yes! It's so frustrating and stressful. That's like where I grew up, too. Whenever I go back to my dad's house, I find myself so antsy and on edge because I have to drive ten minutes to get to *anywhere* safe to walk, with sidewalks or a path.

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 3d

Continue your brain-washing! Walking to work is amazing, and everyone should have the opportunity to do it if they want to ❤️ (Or riding public transit, which I did during my PhD program.)

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 3d

Ooh, yes, please! I would read the heck out of that.

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 3d

I will be very interested to see what happens with this - a lot of students in my classes really like his music/consider themselves fans.

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