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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 4h

"Reproductive freedom should be sacrosanct" and "we should tax women who refuse to breed" are not in fact mutually compatible statements.

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 5h

My most controversial take on this is probably that while I think reproductive freedom should be sacrosanct, I don’t really have any problem with additional taxes on (high income) childless people. Someone gotta pay into the pensions!

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 4h

Can't wait for this!

Angela Frederick @angelafrederick.bsky.social · 4h

I'm thrilled to share my book is now available for preorder!

Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster
NYU Press
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Use code NYUAU30 for 30% off

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Disabled Power

A call to place disability at the center of climate and disaster responsesEvery disaster is a disability disaster, argues Angela Frederick. Disabled Power te...

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 1d

I guess the uncertainty about "Need A Ride" might've just gotten a bit more clarified. Damn.

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 1d

New at No Fences Review: it's time to Turn It Up with new recommendations from @cantkill.bsky.social and me. Maia Sharp, Marshall Crenshaw, Cardi B, Joe Ely, and more. Plus a bunch of great reading recs. Please share and subscribe!

Turn It Up - 10/07/25

Earworms, obsessions, recommendations

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 5d

New at No Fences Review: perhaps it's no surprise that "Everybody Hurts" has made a recent resurgence. I talk about five fantastic recent versions of it, and what songs like this do for us now or any time. Please share and subscribe. (w/@cantkill.bsky.social)

Everybody Hurts

Charles on 5 new versions of the R.E.M. classic

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 4d

Israel is piling crime on top of crime on top of crime.

No wonder it is determined to bring down the entire edifice of international humanitarian law - it's the only hope of protecting itself from consequences.

Btw: the allegations are significantly worse than bedbugs.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian. According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 5d

Appreciated this whole review, but your paragraph on "CANCELLED!" is particularly spot-on.

Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 5d

Did Ras Trent write that?

Ras Trent

YouTube video by thelonelyisland

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 5d

Propose to the Pop Conference! Such a great theme and committee.

Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 5d

It may be Tay Day (again) but it's also Pop Conference Day of Engagement! The great @danyelsmith.bsky.social is our leader this year so you wanna be there!! Weird link but here's the call 5bad542b-805c-4b1e-a8a3-7347d2520a14.usrfiles.com/ugd/5bad54_d...

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Rhonda Mawhood Lee @rhondamawhoodlee.bsky.social · 5d

"So hold on.
You're not alone.
Now it's time to sing along."
My friend @charleshughes2.bsky.social with a beautiful reflection on covers of #EverybodyHurts.
It resonates with me as a #survivor of #suicide (among other things) and as just a human in this world.
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Everybody Hurts

Charles on 5 new versions of the R.E.M. classic

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you so much, my friend. It makes me happy and grateful to know that this resonated. ❤️

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 5d

New at No Fences Review: perhaps it's no surprise that "Everybody Hurts" has made a recent resurgence. I talk about five fantastic recent versions of it, and what songs like this do for us now or any time. Please share and subscribe. (w/@cantkill.bsky.social)

Everybody Hurts

Charles on 5 new versions of the R.E.M. classic

nofencesreview.substack.com

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HANGMAN PAGE @hangmanpage.bsky.social · 6d

fuck ice airing commercials during dynamite, let em know:

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HBO Max | Feedback

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 6d

Song of the year, I reckon.

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David Cantwell @cantkill.bsky.social · 9d

Gathered a few thoughts and lots of links about/by Kaleb Horton, an old soul and fantastic writer who died young over the weekend.

Kaleb Horton

David with a few words in memory of the writer and photographer

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 9d

New at No Fences Review: @cantkill.bsky.social pays tribute to Kaleb Horton, a wonderful writer who died over the weekend. He left us way, way too soon. Please share and subscribe.

Kaleb Horton

David with a few words in memory of the writer and photographer

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 12d

"You’ll build a ramp for trash cans before you’ll build one for people?"
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Restaurant Owner Shocked to Learn that Disabled People Have Standards and Would Rather Not Enter by the Dumpster in the Back

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 14d

Utterly predictable in its overwhelming obnoxiousness.

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 14d

Ric Grenell, Kennedy Center president, organized a claque of Republicans to heckle a musician critical of Trump. It's like junior high school
www.washingtonian.com/2025/09/23/l...

Log Cabin Republicans Disrupted Yasmin Williams’s Kennedy Center Performance - Washingtonian

Staffers say center president Ric Grenell's office set aside passes for the group, which booed and heckled the musician.

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 14d

Don't miss it!

Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 15d

v good mail day, get those preorders in @jonbern.bsky.social www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jonat...

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 15d

“The long history of trying to ‘cure’ or eliminate autism has been a history of terrible abuse and dangerous sham treatments."

I spoke to @autisticadvocacy.org's Greg Robinson and @drstevenkapp.bsky.social about the awful autism presser yesterday. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Disgust, horror, and "elimination": Trump and RFK Jr.'s eugenicist autism conference

The most striking omission from Monday's White House pageant: autistic people.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15d

This is an absolutely terrific piece from @texastribune.org and reinforces my belief that the best coverage of right-wing cancelations occur at the local level, after years of the national media focusing on threats from the left.
www.texastribune.org/2025/09/19/t...

How a secret recording of a gender identity lecture upended Texas A&M

Officials have struggled to detail the exact reasons for the A&M professor’s termination, citing a technical issue with her course description. Faculty say the move was politically motivated.

www.texastribune.org

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Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 15d

Amanda Shires spent an afternoon introducing me to Lubbock and a small portion of those very fun hours is now chronicled in Texas Monthly ahead of her new album :) gift link: www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...

Amanda Shires Tells Her Side of the Story After Divorce From Jason Isbell: “I'm Not Scared”

After a marriage in the spotlight ended in brutal divorce, the singer-songwriter-fiddler is telling her story, her way.

www.texasmonthly.com

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Yuh-Line Niou @yuhline.bsky.social · 15d

Beyond dangerous to let these guys keep doing this.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 15d

BREAKING: President Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.

Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence

President Donald Trump is using the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence.

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Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 16d

i wrote about cardi b settling several scores www.vulture.com/article/revi...

Cardi B Gets the Best Revenge

Messy, unguarded, and vicious, Am I the Drama? is just like the rapper.

www.vulture.com

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 16d

New at No Fences Review: @cantkill.bsky.social & I return with more Turn It Up recs. New stuff from Kali Uchis & Ravyn Lenae, a Sonny Curtis tribute, meditations on the state of the nation with Martha Wainwright, The Clash, and Big K.R.I.T, and more. Plus reading recs. Please share & subscribe.

Turn It Up - 9/22/2025

Earworms, obsessions, recommendations

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