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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 1h

That was sort of my understanding - interested in how the incentives to comply work.

Of course as another commenter said, light social shaming can be effective. :)

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 2h

But light public shaming can be so useful! Thanks you!

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 2h

I love this!

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 3h

Me too!

(I’m still trying to get a British pollster on the show so I can ask them what this is like)

a group of women are standing around a table talking to each other . one of the women is wearing a pink shirt .

ALT: a group of women are standing around a table talking to each other . one of the women is wearing a pink shirt .

media.tenor.com

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 3h

My understanding is that in the UK there is at least a British Polling Society requirement to do this within 3 days of first publishing anything about the results (and it may be a regulatory requirement, but I’m still trying to figure that out).

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 6h

If Dems barely eke out a win in the Senate, Fetterman will leave the party.

He may have to leave the party to get reelected, too.

And don’t think he won’t switch from D to R.

Manchin would’ve if he’d thought it would help.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 16h

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 6h

My uncle has always been convinced that the west side of Brooklyn was not, in essence, Portland-on-the-East-River, but with less hiking.

To him it was the mob, gangs, violence, pavement, graffiti. Burned out urban desolation.

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 7h

People who live in big cities and have MAGA relatives in rural and suburban areas are getting deja vu, that's for sure.

We've all had conversations with relatives who insist they know better than us what our cities are like. That we must be deluded not to see the constant riots and muggings.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 14h

Actually girlfriend of of one of founders of antifa: Hedy Lamarr who literally had to flee the Nazis and created the tech behind WiFi. Also the image that inspired Snow White. Look it all up. 👇🏾

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 16h

Oh here we go!!

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 16h

I remember - I am almost certain - Peter Courtney describing the building in the background of this photo as a “mausoleum with a bowling trophy on top.”

(It’s the Oregon Capitol Building)

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 18h

What is antifa, the ‘terrorist’ group targeted by Donald Trump? on.ft.com/47hkb5e

What is antifa, the ‘terrorist’ group targeted by Donald Trump?

The White House says there is a ‘leftwing terror threat’ that could destroy the US but the data may show otherwise

on.ft.com

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 16h

God love @theguardian.com
“Trump to visit Walter Reed for ‘routine yearly checkup’, the second since April”

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 18h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 18h

incredibly, bleakly funny that trump is going after christopher wray, who spent his entire tenure at the fbi with his head down desperately trying to avoid trump's attention and did nothing to protect the bureau from trump's attacks www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Other prosecutors are investigating former CIA director John Brennan, another prominent Trump critic, and former FBI director Christopher Wray, who was originally appointed by Trump but enraged conservatives who came to believe he had wielded the bureau’s powers against them. Former officials have received subpoenas in recent days in the Wray inquiry, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 18h

Just split screen this nonsense with a live feed from the streets of Portland

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 19h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 18h

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 17h

A black and white photo of Yulia Apollonovna Schucht, wife of Antonio Gramsci who was a founding member and one-time leader of the Italian Communist Party. A vocal critic of Benito Mussolini and fascism, he was imprisoned in 1926, and remained in prison until shortly before his death in 1937.

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 20h

oh that's lovely

Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 22h

Electricians who don’t want to label their work just make life a little more dangerous, no?

Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 22h

Meanwhile, after having a pool heat pump, a sprinkler system, a solar roof, and a set of heat pumps installed … the directory is 65% wrong.

Also super crowded given that at least two of those circuits should have been disconnected when the heat pumps for the house were installed.

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 22h

Today’s nemesis is mundane but it is this: a circuit breaker directory that accepts no form of ink without smearing it all over me and it, rendering it illegible, and therefore pointless.

I’ve tried 3 kinds of pens. Now my hand is covered in ink.

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 1d

@schumer.senate.gov shows a little spine and what's the result?

Republicans are in disarray. archive.is/rBTos

Republicans are in disarray one week into the shutdown
President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are straining to project a united front against Democrats.
From left, John Thune, John Barrasso, Mike Johnson and Shelley Moore Capito emerge from a Senate Republican Conference luncheon at the U.S. Capitol.
Thune (left) and Johnson (second from right) have generally sought to keep the focus on Senate Democrats. Trump and his deputies have had different ideas. | Francis Chung/POLITICO
By Dasha Burns and Jordain Carney
10/07/2025 07:06 PM EDT

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 1d

Which really pisses me off, by the way. It’s time for hard ball and a lot of people think everything is still normal.

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 1d

But also, I have serious doubts that redistricting will pass.

I think too many Californians will perceive it as unfair/icky.

I’m not on the ground but I assume there’s a ton of anti-advertising in the state.

Always remember: No blue/red state is as blue/red as you think.

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