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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 8m

Seattle: we’re the most educated and least religious city in the country

Also Seattle: so there’s this baseball salmon mascot who has never won a race right?

Always sunny in Philadelphia Conspiracy meme

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ellenahzulu.bsky.social @ellenahzulu.bsky.social · 1m

Just need some slugs, salamanders, beavers, ducks, dancing clams, salmon and big trees to show up.

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ellenahzulu.bsky.social @ellenahzulu.bsky.social · 4m

Americans don't have long historical shared memories. We're in a constant hamster wheel state of revitalization, replacement, etc. We move quite a bit due to economic necessity. So we're constantly displaced as well. He's showing the "pride of place" of being a NYer & that's awesome.

ellenahzulu.bsky.social @ellenahzulu.bsky.social · 10m

The more people use it ,the more flaws & fakes and problems will be embedded & exponentially shared as "the truth" and "reality".

This AI shit is intended to destroy our sense of reality.

Stop using it. Don't use it. Not even for a joke.

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ellenahzulu.bsky.social @ellenahzulu.bsky.social · 30m

These spots are so incredibly effective bcz. they provide a narrative that informs, educates & weaves together the past, the present & the future, inviting people to step up & take part in creating the ongoing story of NYC & its people.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 1d

Vance is back in Indiana today, personally pressuring GOP lawmakers to ignore their conscience and enact an extreme gerrymandering plan. The fact that they have to send in the VP tells us something important and encouraging: political pressure against this plan is working, even in deep red places.

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ellenahzulu.bsky.social @ellenahzulu.bsky.social · 33m

Please for the love of God stop using AI.

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ellenahzulu.bsky.social @ellenahzulu.bsky.social · 34m

DJT's bday & day of the Army parade in DC he insisted on (June 14) was the day of the last massive nationwide protest.

It's also the day that the RW nutjob killed Melissa Hortman, her husband & their dog & then shot John & Yvette Hoffman.

The GOP pols squealing about ANTIFAOMG are disgusting.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 48m

To summarize. If Trump wanted to send Ukraine Tomahawks, he could right now. If Trump wanted to sanction Russia, he could right now. If Trump
wanted to seriously bolster Ukrainian air defense against Russia drones/missiles, he could right now. But he’s not, so he doesn’t want to.

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Adam B. Vary @adambvary.bsky.social · 14h

I wish I was surprised that Deadline claims it asked questions that were actually asked by me and other journalists at this James Gunn press conference. No one from Deadline even *submitted questions* for it (and I know, because I moderated). This is just brazen and sad.

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 16h

The U.S. is on the verge of starting a war on behalf of this year’s recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize to overthrow the incumbent regime and install her as the head of government.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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ellenahzulu.bsky.social @ellenahzulu.bsky.social · 36m

Is the Nobel award a precursor to DJT admin invading Venezuela?

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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 42m

CONSISTENT IN HER ARROGANCE: Gov. Sanders disenfranchises 30,000 people in N. Little Rock/Sherwood by holding open vacant House seat until June, ignoring clear deadline in state law. She's also holding open Senate seat in River Valley to help push through her Franklin Co. prison.
#Arkansas

Governor again ignores state law, schedules special election for House vacancy 100 days past deadline - Arkansas Times

The special election to fill Rep. Carlton Wing's seat in the state House of Representatives will take place on June 9, 2026.

buff.ly

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ellenahzulu.bsky.social @ellenahzulu.bsky.social · 42m

I hope citizens chalk rainbows around things that need fixing like potholes, sidewalks, traffic signs, etc.

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 1d

During his speech in Lubbock this week, Ken Paxton told the audience he didn't have any money when he faced impeachment. But he became a multimillionaire on a $150K salary, and @wsj.com got Paxton's tax returns and other financial documents that show how.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive | How Ken Paxton, a Rising MAGA Star, Got Rich as a Texas Politician

The state’s attorney general, who is vying to be the GOP nominee for a U.S. Senate seat, became a multimillionaire as a public official.

www.wsj.com

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ellenahzulu.bsky.social @ellenahzulu.bsky.social · 44m

You did just fine.

ellenahzulu.bsky.social @ellenahzulu.bsky.social · 46m

Congress should outlaw shadow dockets. The SC justices should be required to fully explain all of their decisions. It's not like they are overwhelmed and underfunded. They have highly competent staff as well. It's doable if we make them do it.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1h

The prosecution of Tish James is the product of a broken system that allows lawless billionaires to rule alongside corrupt politicians.

It’s as much a story of New York City as Washington, D.C.

But it's here in New York where a new era of politics will be born.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 2h

Same in higher ed. Admins have bent over backwards to welcome gaslighters and hate mongers who degrade education and endanger our campuses.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

The conventions of political reporting today are not well equipped to handle this concerted use of pretexts for instrumental purposes and the bottomless bad faith they employ. Grasping the industrial-scale deception at the core of MAGA politics is essential. 6/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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ellenahzulu.bsky.social @ellenahzulu.bsky.social · 50m

DJT's bday & day of the Army parade in DC he insisted on (June 14) was the day of the last massive nationwide protest.

It's also the day that the RW nutjob killed Melissa Hortman, her husband & their dog & then shot John & Yvette Hoffman.

The GOP pols squealing about ANTIFAOMG are disgusting.

ellenahzulu.bsky.social @ellenahzulu.bsky.social · 51m

Needs more slugs, salamanders, ducks, beavers & big trees.

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Dona Dickinson @donadickinson.bsky.social · 2h

Trump is using presidential power and his platform to do a giant pump and dump- hollowing out our country and taking its wealth.
Bond villain level stuff.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

Imagine that

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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 1h

If you store 10,000 lbs of butane in a tank, size of the vessel below, you're subject to ongoing, exhaustive process safety management requirements

But you can store, process & mix millions of pounds of gunpowder, solid chlorine, and ammonium nitrate and be subject to only a fraction of these reqs

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ellenahzulu.bsky.social @ellenahzulu.bsky.social · 54m

DJT's bday & day of the Army parade in DC he insisted on (June 14) was the day of the last massive nationwide protest.

It's also the day that the RW nutjob killed Melissa Hortman, her husband & their dog & then shot John & Yvette Hoffman.

The GOP pols squealing about ANTIFAOMG are disgusting.

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