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דרכיה דרכי נועם וכל נתיבותיה שלום
(That means please don't be mean)
#mission #values
Barb, she/her
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Today I learned…

When people write "let's goooo," they mean "let's go" and not "let's goo" 😬 🤦🏻‍♀️
February 18, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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My hot take on Taiwan is that I wish we would fully commit to the defense of Taiwan and also that saying that out loud may be an absolute disaster especially with this President.

Also you should visit sometime, it's nice.
February 18, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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Hardly an attitude unique to America of course, this refusal to comprehend its actions + their casual relationship to the actions of others. Russians love acting surprised at how eastern Europeans rush to NATO, Israelis love acting surprised that Levantine Arabs might court Iranian or Turkish money.
February 17, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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I don't think Raffaello and Raffaella Santonastaso were reading Hillbilly fucking Elegy when they fled the Mezzogiorno. I think they were just poor and optimistic, like millions before them and millions after them.
February 15, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I'm gonna be limiting my bluesky usage to 20 minutes a day I this
February 15, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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Sorry but my favorite example of this was making the brain surgeon head of HUD. Just an all timer giveaway
They think of “urban” as synonymous with Black and that explains a good deal of the invalidation of urban spaces as “real America”
February 15, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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there’s a strong case to be made that the sitcom is the greatest invention of the 20th century
February 15, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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happy valentimes
February 15, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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if I had known to do this when I was 25 I would have had an extra like....$35k in retirement savings 😵‍💫 which now isn't compounding 😔
February 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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Ladies, this Valentine's Day we are learning financial independence from MEN.

If your job has a 401k, contribute to it to *at least* the employer match. Free money, lower taxes! Start now!!
February 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur
Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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sometimes you'll learn that, like, Napoleon did legal reforms which are the basis for many countries legal systems today. with slavery you learn that men would rape people and enslave their own children
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I just bought so much soap. Possibly unnecessarily
February 15, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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i’ll end this little brainstorm by just asking what it is, exactly, that the MAGA right likes about the United States, since it explicitly rejects those things that make this nation distinctive — its pluralism, its revolutionary heritage and egalitarian aspirations, and its republican institutions
February 15, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Am I a Maggie Rogers fan?
February 15, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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[girl who has toured Oberlin voice] Ohio is a great place to be trans!
February 15, 2026 at 1:58 AM
We're watching My Big Fat Greek Wedding
February 15, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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Only one of these weddings was queer, absolutely insufficient. In woke 2 there will be NO cishet weddings.
Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies. 
 
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York. 
 
 Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
February 14, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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valentine's day isn't just for couples, it's also a day to celebrate love. for instance, i would love it if housing prices came down.
February 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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so a fun fact about me is that if you take me out to dinner with a Big Deal Scholar, the chances that I will discuss the fiqh of whether squirting breaks your wudu' are apparently very high...

I love myself idc
February 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Rubio has a personal interest in saying nice(ish) things to Europe; the Trump administration as a whole has a strong interest in Europe not acting on the rupture the White House has created. None of this means an actual change of direction in US foreign policy.
February 14, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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It's been clear for the whole of the last year (and before) that the Trump administration is focused on developing economic ties with Russia; supporting Russia's full rehabilitation; forcing Ukraine's capitulation; and preventing NATO/EU states acting as spoilers.
February 14, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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I am by no means a class first — let alone class only — leftist, but the older I get the more I think that the way you disrupt a lot of sexual violence and exploitation, including Epstein type shit, is by raising the floor with a massive social safety net and lowering the ceiling with taxes.
February 14, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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On the flip side, the people most vulnerable to exploitation are poor people. So many stories of trafficking are just poor people who are forced into sex work by family members or partners. The 17 yo who was abused by Matt Gaetz was… a poor teenager who turned to sex work to make money.
February 14, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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And realistically, power imbalances and financial insecurity are at the root of a lot of sexual exploitation. The Epstein story is a story of social circle where people were so wealthy and powerful that they could evade most accountability. No one should be rich enough to own an island!!!
February 14, 2026 at 2:03 PM