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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 2h

Exactly! Same with their parents. I wouldn't send a kid to a school in Texas right now because they're cracking down on free thinking from everyone

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 19h

It feels like it was written by someone who's delivered an extortion message before. They know it doesn't make sense but they don't care, because they're the ones holding metaphorical gun

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 19h

I'm hoping the General Assembly will pull out some sticks to discourage their board from making that move. And, Spanberger too, if she's elected.

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 20h

A big thanks to @mit.edu. Their saying NO to the compact will hopefully make it easier for smaller schools to say no as well. This is a collective action problem & MIT is signalling they're choosing cooperation over self interest. Too bad @columbiauniversity.bsky.social didn't do this earlier

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to @ggwash.org for letting me write this piece on Montgomery Co. as part of the Homelessness Crisis Reporting Project. In the DMV, Montgomery County saw the biggest numeric increase during this period. I look at how service providers like Shepherd's Table see the problem & are responding.

Services strive to respond to rising homelessness in Montgomery County

Montgomery County saw a 162% increase in its homeless population between 2021 and 2025. Changes to the SNAP program and the potential removal of Affordable Care Act subsidies could exacerbate problems...

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

“We should replace Bad Bunny with Lee Greenwood” is an also a perfect summation of the “deal” they’ve offered universities.

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 1d

How did this writer miss the Johnny Cash revival in the early aughts (the movie, the acoustic album, Roseanne talking abt him in interviews). Even if he was in diapers when it happened, all that stuff should have shown up in research.

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 1d

It will soon come ashore looking for the manager.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Subtropical Storm Karen forms far from land in the north Atlantic Ocean.

Tropical Storm Raymond, third system now off the coast of Mexico, forms in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Tropical Storm Raymond has formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the third system now off the western coast of Mexico. The U.S.

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 1d

Hot dogs with *ketchup*? Omfg 😱

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 1d

I am addicted and only half way through!

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 2d

Antifa man and his girlfriend.

A picture of the 2 main characters on the Korean show "Crashlanding onto you". Woman facing a man in a military uniform standing in front of a her and looking back towards the camera. Both have worried looks on their faces.

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 2d

This explains why the new Antifa HQ is 7 years behind schedule! 🏰

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 2d

She looks like a mech and I ❤️ her!

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 2d

Get out of my head! You are describing my high school AP history paper writing process minus the pancakes! I couldn't believe I could just buy it at the store

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 2d

Press conference for Prof. Dwayne Dixon's return to classes. Dixon, NC AAUP, AAUP UNC Chapel Hill, NC ACLU, and TranspaUNCy all delivered stinging criticisms of UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts and ringing affirmations of our Constitutional rights and academic freedom. When we fight, we win. @aaup.org

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 3d

So many university presidents seem to think they can fly under the radar without realizing that the maga goal is to take over the entire university sector. We are all in their sightline. No university can hide their way out of this.

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 3d

Attention university presidents and boards of trustees:

"Those who oppose authoritarianism have to play a different game, creating solidarity among an unwieldy coalition, which knows that if everyone holds together, they will surely succeed."

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 4d

We live in the stupidest of times.

Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector

On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 5d

They do. But damn do i miss having a hometown newspaper that wasn't bending the knee and firing experienced talent.

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 6d

Will Lewis is horrible but I always try to remind myself that Bezos hired him. The pair of them.

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 6d

@washingtonpost.com is having a Maoist style cultural revolution. Get rid of people w/ experience & seniority to push back & replace them w/ Will Lewis' London buddies & young people who don't know how newspapers should work & don't want to lose their 1st big gig. The result? A compliant newsroom.

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 6d

The state of the statute is the state of the man

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 7d

One of the things I noticed in the first trump presidency was just how many father-daughter relationships were strained to the breaking point, if not completely shattered. His legacy is destruction at just about every level.

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 7d

I feel for these kids. I’ve had to explain to several of my parents’ friends on FB that Kirk was a bigot who hurt people, and when JD Vance called me a soulless hack and I was getting death threats, you know who i didn’t hear a peep out of? My own parents.

Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 7d

Progressive students in the south have had to navigate “deeply uncomfortable” conversations with their conservative family members (after Charlie Kirk’s death), said John, a sophomore at Appalachian State University in North Carolina.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 7d

Yaay!

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