Thomas Fortenberry
@thomasfortenberry.bsky.social
Author, editor, historian. Bibliophile.
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Let it be true.
Tell those new "brave" House members to oust the Speaker and get back to doing their jobs. They can resign after seeing the impeachment process through and attempting to redeem themselves for their abject cowardice.
Tell those new "brave" House members to oust the Speaker and get back to doing their jobs. They can resign after seeing the impeachment process through and attempting to redeem themselves for their abject cowardice.
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Let it be true.
Tell those new "brave" House members to oust the Speaker and get back to doing their jobs. They can resign after seeing the impeachment process through and attempting to redeem themselves for their abject cowardice.
Tell those new "brave" House members to oust the Speaker and get back to doing their jobs. They can resign after seeing the impeachment process through and attempting to redeem themselves for their abject cowardice.
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Please support bookshops.
Independent bookshops.
They are so wonderful. Yes you pay a little more.
But I think of it as paying for the experience.
The experience of browsing.
And that oh-so-important bookshop smell. 🖖
Fu** big corporations.
Independent bookshops.
They are so wonderful. Yes you pay a little more.
But I think of it as paying for the experience.
The experience of browsing.
And that oh-so-important bookshop smell. 🖖
Fu** big corporations.
November 16, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Please support bookshops.
Independent bookshops.
They are so wonderful. Yes you pay a little more.
But I think of it as paying for the experience.
The experience of browsing.
And that oh-so-important bookshop smell. 🖖
Fu** big corporations.
Independent bookshops.
They are so wonderful. Yes you pay a little more.
But I think of it as paying for the experience.
The experience of browsing.
And that oh-so-important bookshop smell. 🖖
Fu** big corporations.
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For chemist Kris Hansen, 3M was a family affair; her father was a creator of the company’s N95 face masks.
Yet, after she found 3M’s forever chemicals in human blood, the company repeatedly doubted her work and stopped her research on the chemicals.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Yet, after she found 3M’s forever chemicals in human blood, the company repeatedly doubted her work and stopped her research on the chemicals.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles…
propub.li
November 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM
For chemist Kris Hansen, 3M was a family affair; her father was a creator of the company’s N95 face masks.
Yet, after she found 3M’s forever chemicals in human blood, the company repeatedly doubted her work and stopped her research on the chemicals.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Yet, after she found 3M’s forever chemicals in human blood, the company repeatedly doubted her work and stopped her research on the chemicals.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
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Have crowds actually changed—or is it simply that the words we use to describe them have altered over time? @adamgopnik.bsky.social writes about how crowds persist as historical agents and have become a field of study.
What’s the Difference Between a Rampaging Mob and a Righteous Protest?
From the French Revolution to January 6th, crowds have been heroized and vilified. Now they’re a field of study.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Have crowds actually changed—or is it simply that the words we use to describe them have altered over time? @adamgopnik.bsky.social writes about how crowds persist as historical agents and have become a field of study.
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At night, Toni Morrison worked on her novels. By day, she was the first Black female senior-editor at Random House. She championed a fresh generation of authors, @clintsmithiii.bsky.social writes. A new book chronicles her time as an editor:
How Toni Morrison Changed Publishing
At night, she worked on her novels. By day, as an editor at Random House, she championed a new generation of writers.
bit.ly
June 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
At night, Toni Morrison worked on her novels. By day, she was the first Black female senior-editor at Random House. She championed a fresh generation of authors, @clintsmithiii.bsky.social writes. A new book chronicles her time as an editor:
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Republican state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud.
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
azmirror.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Republican state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud.
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"So when I say the real poverty line is $140,000, I’m being conservative."
in which the Chief Strategist and Portfolio Manager for Simplify Asset Management discovers how anachronistic & damaging “the poverty line” metric is in the USA— www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"So when I say the real poverty line is $140,000, I’m being conservative."
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Once you make it acceptable to have unqualified idiots in serious roles, you’re going to encourage more of that. Unless the executive branch gets some real job qualification minimums we are going to see this trend continue
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Once you make it acceptable to have unqualified idiots in serious roles, you’re going to encourage more of that. Unless the executive branch gets some real job qualification minimums we are going to see this trend continue
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Yup
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Yup
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"The account MAGANationX, with nearly 400,000 followers and a bio reading “Patriot Voice for We The People”, is actually operated from eastern Europe"
This has been going on for at least a decade
Anyone on X is supporting this.
#TheAlliedForces
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This has been going on for at least a decade
Anyone on X is supporting this.
#TheAlliedForces
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Many prominent Maga personalities on X are based outside US, new tool reveals
Users posing as rightwing Americans are operating internationally, per the platform’s transparency feature
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"The account MAGANationX, with nearly 400,000 followers and a bio reading “Patriot Voice for We The People”, is actually operated from eastern Europe"
This has been going on for at least a decade
Anyone on X is supporting this.
#TheAlliedForces
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This has been going on for at least a decade
Anyone on X is supporting this.
#TheAlliedForces
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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When the Trump regime tells you that GDP is growing exponentially understand they are full of shit. GDP increase is being driven by the AI closed loop that will collapse on itself. GDP is 0.1% w/out AI. Like trade deficit lies. Trump policies are killing real economy
share.google/j0S1oCN55qi6...
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Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune
Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?
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November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
When the Trump regime tells you that GDP is growing exponentially understand they are full of shit. GDP increase is being driven by the AI closed loop that will collapse on itself. GDP is 0.1% w/out AI. Like trade deficit lies. Trump policies are killing real economy
share.google/j0S1oCN55qi6...
share.google/j0S1oCN55qi6...
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The question answers itself.
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The question answers itself.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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This is the last of the "assaults" from September 27 that NDIL dismissed, a day where Greg Bovino was deliberately promising a "shitshow."
Basically they knocked over a 70-year old guy and then accused him of assault.
Basically they knocked over a 70-year old guy and then accused him of assault.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuentes, in dismissing Midway Blitz-related charges against Dana Briggs last week, said he was lifting restrictions on relevant video.
Today he made the video available through the clerk's office at no cost to the public. Here's the first.
Today he made the video available through the clerk's office at no cost to the public. Here's the first.
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This is the last of the "assaults" from September 27 that NDIL dismissed, a day where Greg Bovino was deliberately promising a "shitshow."
Basically they knocked over a 70-year old guy and then accused him of assault.
Basically they knocked over a 70-year old guy and then accused him of assault.
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“When no career prosecutor - would seek an indictment of James Comey, Trump hastily installed a member of the White House staff as the “acting” US Attorney. That appointment was invalid, and everything that Lindsey Halligan did while masquerading as US Attorney is null and void, ab initio.”
We must all be Mark Kelly.
November 25, 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
“When no career prosecutor - would seek an indictment of James Comey, Trump hastily installed a member of the White House staff as the “acting” US Attorney. That appointment was invalid, and everything that Lindsey Halligan did while masquerading as US Attorney is null and void, ab initio.”
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Shouldn’t Musk Rat be sued into oblivion to get our money back? I mean WTF?!
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Shouldn’t Musk Rat be sued into oblivion to get our money back? I mean WTF?!
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
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The depth of dishonor, lies, cruelty, destruction & unconstitutional acts of POTUS, VP, AG, GOP Senate, Speaker, GOP House + cruel MINIONS is bottomless & Epstein
#WeThePeople must #DefendScience #DefendTheTruth
#DefendTheConstitution🇺🇸 #ProtectTheRuleofLaw🇺🇸 #ProtectTheBillofRights🇺🇸#ProtectDemocracy🇺🇸
#WeThePeople must #DefendScience #DefendTheTruth
#DefendTheConstitution🇺🇸 #ProtectTheRuleofLaw🇺🇸 #ProtectTheBillofRights🇺🇸#ProtectDemocracy🇺🇸
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The depth of dishonor, lies, cruelty, destruction & unconstitutional acts of POTUS, VP, AG, GOP Senate, Speaker, GOP House + cruel MINIONS is bottomless & Epstein
#WeThePeople must #DefendScience #DefendTheTruth
#DefendTheConstitution🇺🇸 #ProtectTheRuleofLaw🇺🇸 #ProtectTheBillofRights🇺🇸#ProtectDemocracy🇺🇸
#WeThePeople must #DefendScience #DefendTheTruth
#DefendTheConstitution🇺🇸 #ProtectTheRuleofLaw🇺🇸 #ProtectTheBillofRights🇺🇸#ProtectDemocracy🇺🇸
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Saying Trump's administration has not given illegal orders. I disagree, blowing up boats and murdering people in the boats Without Due Process is an illegal order. The military kidnapping Americans off the streets, is an illegal order. Tear gas Halloween children is an illegal order. Traitors below
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Saying Trump's administration has not given illegal orders. I disagree, blowing up boats and murdering people in the boats Without Due Process is an illegal order. The military kidnapping Americans off the streets, is an illegal order. Tear gas Halloween children is an illegal order. Traitors below
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