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tismejanie.bsky.social @tismejanie.bsky.social · Nov 15

www.wired.com/story/the-wi...

a woman applying makeup with the words you stay ready you ain 't got to get ready below her

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · Sep 4

Mercy. He was one of the greatest designers in the world.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Sep 4

MILAN (AP) — Giorgio Armani, a stalwart of Milan ready-to-wear who revolutionized fashion with unstructured looks, has died at 91.

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Turner Classic Movies @tcmtv.bsky.social · Sep 4

Throughout two nights, on 9/5 and 9/12, author and film historian Donald Bogle will join TCM host Ben Mankiewicz to present 10 riveting films that explore interracial relationships on screen and examine how cultural attitudes have shifted over the years.

It begins at 8pm ET with ISLAND IN THE SUN.

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Dan Vock @danvock.bsky.social · Sep 3

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately

"This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore.
A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong.
And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want."
Hannah Arendt
German historian and philosopher
(1906 - 1975)

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tismejanie.bsky.social @tismejanie.bsky.social · Aug 25

TAYLOR!! thank you for this

a woman is crying and holding a tissue in her hand with the words thank you written on it .

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taylor crumpton @taylorcrumpton.bsky.social · Aug 25

I wrote about America's favorite couple, NicOlandria, specifically Olandria for @thebarbedwire.com. I went in-depth about racial fetishization and colorism that Black women experience in the pursuit of love, and interracial dating in the South. #LoveIslandUSA

thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/25/n...

Nicolandria’s Love Is a Balm for Black Women from the South

Maybe seeing this 24-year-old white man love his Black partner out loud, with devotion, can heal some of our old wounds.

thebarbedwire.com

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · Aug 25

If you think the attack on the Fed's Lisa Cook has nothing to do with you, you're wrong — any one of us may be next paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...

We Are All Lisa Cook

Nobody is safe from weaponized government

paulkrugman.substack.com

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Mar 1

“To the sum total of my life belongs the insight that there is no complete hopelessness.”

Willy Brandt

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · Aug 22

Mississippi's new social media age-verification law has now forced BlueSky to block Mississippi IP addresses.

Our Mississippi Free Press team is now urgently having to grapple with what that means for our audience—and for press freedom.

My new editorial:

Ed Note | State Law Compels BlueSky to Block Mississippi IPs

Ashton Pittman writes about how Mississippi’s social media age-verification law prompted BlueSky to block access to Mississippi IP addresses.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · Aug 22

In 2023 the Mass. SJC held that a conflict of interest can arise when a defense attorney expresses bigotry against persons of their client's faith or race. law.justia.com/cases/massac...

Worth thinking about.

steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · Aug 22

A North Texas lawyer notorious for his involvement with far-right extremist groups — and his legal representation of members of white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups — is working as a court appointed attorney in Denton County.

My latest for @thebarbedwire.com.

thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/22/c...

Need a Court-Appointed Lawyer in North Texas? You Might Get One With a White Nationalist Tattoo.

Jason Lee Van Dyke — one-time leader of the Proud Boys and sender of racist tweets — is a court appointed attorney in Denton County.

thebarbedwire.com

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · Aug 22

today a UN body announced famine is in Gaza. this oped from New Disabled South connects US funding of Israel's starvation campaign to Trump's BBB cutting SNAP as fundamentally American.

"The U.S. allegedly has no money to feed its children or the world’s children, but has plenty of money for war."

From Famine in Gaza to Trump Cutting SNAP, Child Hunger is An American Pastime

"At home and abroad, the U.S. government is participating in starving people, particularly children, and calling it policy."

www.teenvogue.com

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tismejanie.bsky.social @tismejanie.bsky.social · Aug 22

they're moving them to aurora, co apparently

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 22

MIAMI HERALD: “A federal judge on Thursday barred DeSantis and Trump from bringing new detainees to Alligator Alcatraz and demanded the state close out operations at the immigration detention facility within 60 days…” www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · Aug 22

There have been some very scathing dissents over the years, but I can't think of one where the accusation is so bluntly made that the majority is a bunch of partisan hacks who are politically subservient to a president.

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Aug 21

May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.

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tismejanie.bsky.social @tismejanie.bsky.social · Aug 21

"A judge would not award her attorneys fees because he ruled that her team did not act "in good faith."[7]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey...

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Public Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · Aug 21

@natpurser.bsky.social explains the FCC’s low-income support program, Lifeline, and highlights an upcoming opportunity to reform the Universal Service Fund to deliver more affordable internet services. To learn more, visit publicknowledge.org

#internet #inflation #technology #fcc #education

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AEFP @aefpweb.bsky.social · Aug 21

Join the AEFP Policymakers & Practitioners Community Group for an interactive forum on Teacher Shortages & Vacancies in K-12 schools on Thursday, August 28th, from 1-2 EDT! Register today aefpweb.org/ev_calen...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 21

any historians (legal or otherwise) in the DC area want to be a special guest in one of my sessions for this? politics.georgetown.edu/2025/08/21/m...

Meet the Fall 2025 GU Politics Fellows - Institute of Politics and Public Service

We are so excited to announce the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) 10th Anniversary Fellows Class: our Fall 2025 Fellows. Over the past decade, GU Politics has brought...

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DeathNerd Killer @daphnek.bsky.social · Aug 21

FTC sending letters to tech companies saying not to compromise encryption (great!) and framing encryption-busting mandates as part of the "foreign censorship" threat.

(The latter is a complicated and nuanced issue for serious people. From this FTC, it's BS posturing.)

www.ftc.gov/system/files...

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ACLU @aclu.org · Aug 21

BREAKING: We're filing a petition for the immediate release of Mario Guevara, a journalist who is being detained by ICE because of his reporting on law enforcement activity.

The First Amendment is clear: Journalists cannot be detained for doing their jobs.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Aug 21

This is nazi logic. The Nazis would redistribute the confiscated property of Jews to the German populace as an incentive to support their mass deportation to concentration camps.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 20

JD Vance: "As we've kicked illegal aliens out of our country, you actually see housing costs start to level off."

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Aug 21

"Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war

Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000

www.theguardian.com

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tismejanie.bsky.social @tismejanie.bsky.social · Aug 21

climate impacts of gemini from google services.google.com/fh/files/mis...

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tismejanie.bsky.social @tismejanie.bsky.social · Aug 21

what is "surface traveller"

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · Aug 21

In a quick escalation, six Republican-led states are set to send hundreds of their own National Guard members to D.C. to address “out-of-control” crime despite police data indicating otherwise. Over 2,000 troops are expected to soon be in the district.

Red States Rush to Send Troops for Trump’s D.C. Crackdown