Googie Gómez
@soulamami.bsky.social
Writer/editor/author. Recovered journalist. Displaced New Yorker. Cultural critic. Soulful cynic. Queer Blatina matriarch of an LBGTQ+ household. I contain multitudes. Hablo español. Parlo italiano. Aprendiendo portugués. Beyoncé hugged me once.
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Googie Gómez
@soulamami.bsky.social
· Sep 16
Finally got the 🎉! I’m in the Talented Tenth Percentile, bitches!
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It's as though every oligarch owned social platform is now for undermining any actual intelligence as their AI empowered armies of bots and influencers try to take control of our narrative so they can minority control our country.
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February 17, 2026 at 5:09 PM
It's as though every oligarch owned social platform is now for undermining any actual intelligence as their AI empowered armies of bots and influencers try to take control of our narrative so they can minority control our country.
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This is stunning, actually.
Colbert just broke down Brendan Carr’s attempt to silence his dissent after CBS used lawyers to prevent his interview with James Talarico, thanks to a new FCC rule put into place specifically for Trump.
You can watch Colbert’s full interview with James Talarico here: substack.com/profile/2357...
You can watch Colbert’s full interview with James Talarico here: substack.com/profile/2357...
February 17, 2026 at 5:14 PM
This is stunning, actually.
And yet Dems think they have to run to the middle to pander to the conservatives who will never vote for them. Look at this!!!
And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise
February 17, 2026 at 4:49 PM
And yet Dems think they have to run to the middle to pander to the conservatives who will never vote for them. Look at this!!!
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Also, Jesse Jackson loudly stood up for gay people at a very serious moment when hate and fear against us was at its peak in the AIDS crisis. This was a real risk but the right thing to do. And it’s a reason I despise modern Democrats who waffle and hedge on trans rights. BE MORE JESSE JACKSON ⭐
Jesse Jackson was an early and ardent supporter of gay rights. In fact, on July 17, 1984 at the DNC in San Fransisco, the first speech EVER at a national political convention calling for gay rights was delivered by none other than Rev. Jackson himself.
February 17, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Also, Jesse Jackson loudly stood up for gay people at a very serious moment when hate and fear against us was at its peak in the AIDS crisis. This was a real risk but the right thing to do. And it’s a reason I despise modern Democrats who waffle and hedge on trans rights. BE MORE JESSE JACKSON ⭐
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Jesse Jackson was an early and ardent supporter of gay rights. In fact, on July 17, 1984 at the DNC in San Fransisco, the first speech EVER at a national political convention calling for gay rights was delivered by none other than Rev. Jackson himself.
February 17, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Jesse Jackson was an early and ardent supporter of gay rights. In fact, on July 17, 1984 at the DNC in San Fransisco, the first speech EVER at a national political convention calling for gay rights was delivered by none other than Rev. Jackson himself.
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They do this in Chicago. They do this in LA. Nothing has changed. Just wolves picking off people away from the city herd.
“Homan’s announcement hasn’t yet translated to actual change. Audrey said the town saw an exceptional amount of ICE activity on Thursday, the day of Homan’s announcement.”
There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
February 17, 2026 at 4:34 PM
They do this in Chicago. They do this in LA. Nothing has changed. Just wolves picking off people away from the city herd.
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February 17, 2026 at 4:34 PM
This this this
“What’s really been stolen from me is who I am. People ask me why do you write? I tell them I write because I can’t not write. It’s what I identify as…it’s really why I wake up every day. So what they've stolen from me is the whole purpose of my life as a creative person."
@davidbaldacci.bsky.social
@davidbaldacci.bsky.social
David Baldacci says AI training felt like someone stealing his life’s work — 'this is the hill I’m going to die on'
The bestselling author runs a deeply personal and legal battle over copyright in the age of AI
www.techradar.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:13 PM
This this this
Colbert has zero fucks to give and I am here for it
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Colbert has zero fucks to give and I am here for it
I’m gonna think about this during my commute this morning. Too many damn red light cameras in DC anyway
I stop for every yellow light because that's a few more minutes that I'm not at the office
February 17, 2026 at 1:09 PM
I’m gonna think about this during my commute this morning. Too many damn red light cameras in DC anyway
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What lessons can we learn from the Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime show for educators? Hint: it's really about how we see our students and what we think we're seeing!
The Curriculum of Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl Halftime Show
"¿Esto lo que tu queria?" The scene with Bad Bunny in the Spike Lee-inspired Double Dolly shot was the wink to the audience that pulled his Super Bowl half-time show together. For those who haven't watched any of Lee's most prized cinematic works (Malcolm X, 25th Hour, Crooklyn, to name a few), the shot serves an important purpose. Rather than the more passive viewing of the film, the double dolly forces the viewer to sit with the protagonist's stream of consciousness.
thejosevilson.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:02 PM
What lessons can we learn from the Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime show for educators? Hint: it's really about how we see our students and what we think we're seeing!
Europe doing what the US is too chicken shit to deal with because all the CEOs are donors
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain said on Tuesday that his government will ask prosecutors to investigate the social media giants X, Meta and TikTok for allegedly spreading child sexual abuse material generated by A.I., the latest salvo in a Europe-wide effort to regulate big tech companies.
Spain to Investigate Social Media Giants, Escalating Trans-Atlantic Tech Dispute
The government wants prosecutors to investigate X, Meta and TikTok, adding to a growing clash between the U.S. and Europe over regulating social media.
nyti.ms
February 17, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Europe doing what the US is too chicken shit to deal with because all the CEOs are donors
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RIP Jesse Jackson (Jacob Lawrence's portrait of Jesse Jackson, created in 1970 for cover of Time magazine, now in collection of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery) npg.si.edu/object/npg_N...
February 17, 2026 at 11:24 AM
RIP Jesse Jackson (Jacob Lawrence's portrait of Jesse Jackson, created in 1970 for cover of Time magazine, now in collection of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery) npg.si.edu/object/npg_N...
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Paramount's censorship of this Colbert interview w/ Rep. James Talarico will get more people to watch than if it had aired on TV.
100K views on YouTube in just 2 hours. And counting...
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
100K views on YouTube in just 2 hours. And counting...
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
February 17, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Paramount's censorship of this Colbert interview w/ Rep. James Talarico will get more people to watch than if it had aired on TV.
100K views on YouTube in just 2 hours. And counting...
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
100K views on YouTube in just 2 hours. And counting...
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
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Lunar new year. Eclipse. Ramadan. Lent. All happening on (or around) the same day. Plus all the other astro action.
Whew. It is a new day. Reflection. a rebirth in the best ways. I hope.
Whew. It is a new day. Reflection. a rebirth in the best ways. I hope.
February 17, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Lunar new year. Eclipse. Ramadan. Lent. All happening on (or around) the same day. Plus all the other astro action.
Whew. It is a new day. Reflection. a rebirth in the best ways. I hope.
Whew. It is a new day. Reflection. a rebirth in the best ways. I hope.
Art is resistance
February 17, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Art is resistance
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In hindsight bro was 100% right
Email was the start of the slippery slope to the "always available" workforce, which turned into 24/7 hustle culture, which has now become manic obsession with AI squeezing every ounce of productivity from a workforce increasingly seen as disposable pawns
Email was the start of the slippery slope to the "always available" workforce, which turned into 24/7 hustle culture, which has now become manic obsession with AI squeezing every ounce of productivity from a workforce increasingly seen as disposable pawns
I rewatched You've Got Mail yesterday and the way Greg Kinnear's character is railing against technology ruining the world but the technology was email.
February 16, 2026 at 2:34 PM
In hindsight bro was 100% right
Email was the start of the slippery slope to the "always available" workforce, which turned into 24/7 hustle culture, which has now become manic obsession with AI squeezing every ounce of productivity from a workforce increasingly seen as disposable pawns
Email was the start of the slippery slope to the "always available" workforce, which turned into 24/7 hustle culture, which has now become manic obsession with AI squeezing every ounce of productivity from a workforce increasingly seen as disposable pawns
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I absolutely refuse to believe that the pheasant who regularly visits my mum and dad’s garden is real and has not in fact been crocheted.
April 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I absolutely refuse to believe that the pheasant who regularly visits my mum and dad’s garden is real and has not in fact been crocheted.
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February 17, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
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Happy Lunar New Year! 🧧
Happy Mardi Gras!!!
Happy New Moon…about 30 minutes ago!!
Happy Mardi Gras!!!
Happy New Moon…about 30 minutes ago!!
February 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Happy Lunar New Year! 🧧
Happy Mardi Gras!!!
Happy New Moon…about 30 minutes ago!!
Happy Mardi Gras!!!
Happy New Moon…about 30 minutes ago!!
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Jesse Jackson’s - Wattstax Music Festival Opening Speech (1972)
YouTube video by Nightloop
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February 17, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:53 AM
gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency