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@bryanbradford.bsky.social
Mustelids, native plants, scones, leftist | Spouse of @sarifordham | Arkansas→Virginia→Minnesota→California→New York (Upstate)
No Kings in DeWitt, NY with @sarifordham.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
No Kings in DeWitt, NY with @sarifordham.bsky.social
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books should have an anti-acknowledgements section where the author talks shit about all the people who fucked them over while they were trying to write the thing. not bc I personally want to write one but bc I love gossip
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
books should have an anti-acknowledgements section where the author talks shit about all the people who fucked them over while they were trying to write the thing. not bc I personally want to write one but bc I love gossip
@sarifordham.bsky.social has a fun little reprint essay today in Short Reads. Just a couple of minutes of delight to freshen your day.
www.short-reads.org/in-grover-cl...
www.short-reads.org/in-grover-cl...
In Grover Cleveland’s Childhood Home
by Sari Fordham | We’ll be us, but more fascinating.
www.short-reads.org
September 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
@sarifordham.bsky.social has a fun little reprint essay today in Short Reads. Just a couple of minutes of delight to freshen your day.
www.short-reads.org/in-grover-cl...
www.short-reads.org/in-grover-cl...
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Tomorrow's my birthday. Here's my wish list.
Like any good wish list, I have some big asks and some small ones.
Like any good wish list, I have some big asks and some small ones.
10 Things I Wish You'd Do for the Environment
1.
coolitclimateaction.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Tomorrow's my birthday. Here's my wish list.
Like any good wish list, I have some big asks and some small ones.
Like any good wish list, I have some big asks and some small ones.
All those MAGAs who ran out and bought a Tesla after Trump's White House lawn car sale are now out there slapping "I bought it before Elon went crazy" stickers on their cars.
June 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
All those MAGAs who ran out and bought a Tesla after Trump's White House lawn car sale are now out there slapping "I bought it before Elon went crazy" stickers on their cars.
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PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
I think he sits like this just to trip me out.
April 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I think he sits like this just to trip me out.
The Whim-a-nomics program at Wharton must be top-notch.
April 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The Whim-a-nomics program at Wharton must be top-notch.
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Tariffs will be lifted on penguins who agree to be completely white.
by Stephen Miller
by Stephen Miller
April 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Tariffs will be lifted on penguins who agree to be completely white.
by Stephen Miller
by Stephen Miller
This is the most romantic thing Trump has ever said in his life.
Trump: “We need Greenland…We have to have Greenland. It’s not a question of ‘do you think we can do without it?’ We can’t.”
March 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This is the most romantic thing Trump has ever said in his life.
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in all seriousness: one of the most important philosophical questions of our time
It does seem to be getting out of hand.
How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?
How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?
March 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
in all seriousness: one of the most important philosophical questions of our time
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Txt STOP to opt out of updates on war plans
March 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Txt STOP to opt out of updates on war plans
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Dr. Frankenstein mutters platitudes to sooth himself as he watches his monster marauding.
NEW STATEMENT FROM CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS:
"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."
"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."
March 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Dr. Frankenstein mutters platitudes to sooth himself as he watches his monster marauding.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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Republicans: [hands giant piece of their constitutional authority and dignity to Trump]
Trump: [cackling, starts to walk off]
A DOOR SLAMS OPEN. The DEMOCRATS are standing tall in the door, their shadows cast long and defiant.
Chuck Schumer: STOP!
Trump: ?
Schumer: you forgot this piece
Trump: [cackling, starts to walk off]
A DOOR SLAMS OPEN. The DEMOCRATS are standing tall in the door, their shadows cast long and defiant.
Chuck Schumer: STOP!
Trump: ?
Schumer: you forgot this piece
March 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Republicans: [hands giant piece of their constitutional authority and dignity to Trump]
Trump: [cackling, starts to walk off]
A DOOR SLAMS OPEN. The DEMOCRATS are standing tall in the door, their shadows cast long and defiant.
Chuck Schumer: STOP!
Trump: ?
Schumer: you forgot this piece
Trump: [cackling, starts to walk off]
A DOOR SLAMS OPEN. The DEMOCRATS are standing tall in the door, their shadows cast long and defiant.
Chuck Schumer: STOP!
Trump: ?
Schumer: you forgot this piece
New York voter here. Looking forward to see who will step forward to primary @schumer.senate.gov should he run in 2028.
apnews.com/article/shut...
apnews.com/article/shut...
Schumer signals support for considering the GOP spending plan, as shutdown deadline nears
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is signaling he’s ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led spending bill to prevent a midnight Friday government shutdown.
apnews.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
New York voter here. Looking forward to see who will step forward to primary @schumer.senate.gov should he run in 2028.
apnews.com/article/shut...
apnews.com/article/shut...
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If Gillibrand can't figure out how to help her members message who is actually at fault for the shutdown during campaign season, then maybe she shouldn't be the DSCC chair.
3. Gillibrand is right—Republicans plan on making it very, very painful for Democrats if there is a shutdown, and Gillibrand is now overseeing the DSCC, which means she’s responsible for all the Senate Democratic candidates running in this cycle.
March 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
If Gillibrand can't figure out how to help her members message who is actually at fault for the shutdown during campaign season, then maybe she shouldn't be the DSCC chair.
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🧵Censor, purge, defund - how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science & universities.
This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods.
I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration.
1/16
This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods.
I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration.
1/16
March 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🧵Censor, purge, defund - how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science & universities.
This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods.
I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration.
1/16
This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods.
I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration.
1/16
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pretty good content here.
March 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
pretty good content here.
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The thing about swastikas spray painted on the side of a cybertruck is there’s a 50/50 chance the owner did it.
February 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The thing about swastikas spray painted on the side of a cybertruck is there’s a 50/50 chance the owner did it.
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All we’re asking is that you treat the Republicans at least as harshly as a staffer who got a coffee order wrong.
Giving an unelected billionaire unfettered access to personal taxpayer data—including Social Security numbers and bank account information—is unacceptable and a complete breach of privacy for hundreds of millions of Americans.
February 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
All we’re asking is that you treat the Republicans at least as harshly as a staffer who got a coffee order wrong.
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Dying in a hideous plane crash because the world’s most racist and unlovable nerds couldn’t handle a 45 minute HR training.
February 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Dying in a hideous plane crash because the world’s most racist and unlovable nerds couldn’t handle a 45 minute HR training.