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My curiosity winds through all the humanities, art, justice, STEM, & the natural world. I’m captivated by the stories we tell, the systems we shape, and am committed to alchemically weaving those threads into meaningful action. 🚫 DMs

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hypotyposeis.bsky.social @hypotyposeis.bsky.social · 16h

📚💙 #language Fascinating interview!

Ben Schott: An Unexpectedly Essential Guide to Language

his week’s Book Club podcast is Ben Schott. The author of the world- (or downstairs-loo-) conquering Schott’s Original Miscellany returns with Schott’s Significa, a deeply reported and constantly surp...

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: AOC giving Americans a tour of the Capitol as the Republican government is shut down

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

Oh. Election denier and right winger Pizzagate TPUSA hack Jack Posobiec appears to have voted illegally - living in Maryland but voting in Pennsylvania. From Jacqueline Sweet at @slate.com and @marisakabas.bsky.social at The Handbasket: slate.com/news-and-pol...

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

zohranfornyc.com/register

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hypotyposeis.bsky.social @hypotyposeis.bsky.social · 5d

New Mexico knows how to support people when needed!

NM Special session Updates- Sine Doe #nmpol #nmleg #nmtrue

TikTok video by PROGRESSNOWNM

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6d

Hero fighter pilot Amy McGrath -
Let's set the record straight.... There has always been ONE standard for combat, whether you're a man or woman. I'm sick of Pete Hegseth using this talking point to diminish women in the military. Here's the truth.

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Anthony's Spinning Circles here too! @circlesspinning.bsky.social · 6d

Didn’t know about this.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6d

Very Trump-era story.
1. The sword has no meaning for Charles, but matters for the Eisenhower Museum.
2. Illegal for the museum to give away US property!
3. Trump makes no distinction between personal/public property.
4. The person who did the right thing was fired.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out

www.nytimes.com

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hypotyposeis.bsky.social @hypotyposeis.bsky.social · 6d

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 6d

“Which raises the question: If Trump can’t tell the truth even when it counts most, with legal jeopardy on the line and lawyers there to help prepare him, is he able to apprehend the truth at all?”

“This is not normal for a functioning adult.”

Read this.