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the best goddamn dancer in the american ballet academy // lauraolin.com
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Each year I take stock of what stuck with me most from the last 12 months. Not a "best of" list, but a "most resonant." Here's 2025's. buttondown.com/lauraolin/ar...
> 202: What resonated, 2025
Andrew Wyeth, Otherworld Hi hi, For an indeterminate number of years I’ve wrapped up each year not with a “best of” list but a slightly different way of...
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From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)

"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?

Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…

Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.

Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Every time I re-read Trump v. United States, it feels like getting hit in the head with a mallet.
February 6, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Olympic gold medalist of pee typography no question
Can we please acknowledge the, er, penmanship here
February 6, 2026 at 6:10 PM
We are in the media market for Mejía’s upset win in New Jersey and I think she was the only candidate we *didn’t* see a ton of TV advertisements from (most were the anti-Malinowski AIPAC stuff, Malinowski, and Way)
February 6, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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hallo, I am hiring again! - SF Digital Services is looking for a new Engineering Director careers.sf.gov/role/?id=374...

This reports directly to me, & I’m looking for a practical & flexible technical expert with excellent communication & coaching skills, who is excited to do both. More below...
Engineering Director - Digital Services (0932)
The Office of the City Administrator and its 25+ divisions and departments operate core internal and public-facing services in San Francisco.   The Office of the City Administrator’s Mission and Visio...
careers.sf.gov
February 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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USPS blue mailboxes are stamped with year of manufacture. This is one of the oldest ones I've seen in a while. I am lots of fun at parties.
February 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend.

They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
For people who say they’re still on X to “fight the good fight” etc - think it’s working?
Trump job approval rating by news platform

🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40

www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
February 6, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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"Twitter is cooking their brains" theory looking pretty strong
Trump job approval rating by news platform

🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40

www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
February 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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New in PN: Why Delia Ramirez thinks DHS needs to be dismantled

"We have to ask ourselves, fundamentally, why would we ever want to give them more money to keep doing what they’re doing?"
Why Delia Ramirez thinks DHS needs to be dismantled
"Why would we ever want to give them more money to keep doing what they’re doing?"
www.publicnotice.co
February 6, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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Death Camp For Cutie over here
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 AM
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Looking forward to deploying "Sir, that doesn't matter to me at all" in conversation
Life pro tip: if the judge is saying “sir” to you this much, you are already dead and buried
February 6, 2026 at 3:39 AM
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birds from the marcel schurman company, n.d.
October 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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One reason Minneapolis remains in the world's eye is we have one of the most robust & independent media ecosystems remaining in the country. You all need this...and more! @mprnews.org @startribune.com @sahanjournal.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com @minnpost.bsky.social @racketmn.com etc.
February 6, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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If you won’t say this, you should not hold public office
AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.
February 6, 2026 at 1:06 AM
“the scamble economy,” is this anything???
February 6, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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I’ve always said more popstars should duet with puppets, so Sabrina Carpenter and Kermit the Frog singing Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton’s ‘Island in a Stream’ as part of The Muppet Show’s latest special is perfect (to me). [instagram.com]
February 5, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane
February 5, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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I moved from Substack to Ghost a while ago and can vouch for Ghost's ease of use, and I'm exceptionally lazy about these things. Just in case you need another datapoint for your persuasion campaign.
February 5, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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I have this thread of people migrating off substack to various alternatives that I add to as I find more examples; it also covers costs and what authors make
I’ll drop a bunch here

bsky.app/profile/ricm...
Today I migrated my newsletter Cybercultural off Substack. I'm now using a custom website built with Eleventy, combined with an email delivery platform on Buttondown. Check out my blog post if you want to know more about why and how I did this migration. ricmac.org/2024/01/26/w...
February 5, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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We're all we've got. Best to spend time figuring out how to live into this truth.
February 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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i will never stop thinking about the intersection of epstein and the shitty media men list
February 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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This is a good start from Democratic leadership with demands that would halt the regime’s terror campaign and protect our communities.

But we need to know where Schumer and Jeffries stand on DHS funding levels. ICE and CBP are already flush with cash — what are Democrats going to do about that?
SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED ON REINING IN THE ABUSES OF ICE

Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country

Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed

We must rein in ICE

Here’s what we're demanding:
February 5, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I'm sure this will be fine and it's good that people are trying things but the sequence of words "Gen Z led progressive content hub" is quite cursed
February 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM