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Julia
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Minneapolitan, knitter, librarian
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iamajuliac.bsky.social
Deep breathing and repeatedly rereading this post.
dynarski.bsky.social Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · Nov 5
Gentle reminder that in 2020 it took …

2 days to count the votes in Michigan and Wisconsin

5 days to count the votes in Pennsylvania

2 weeks to call the winner in Georgia

😬

[gift link courtesy of my employer]

wapo.st/3CeRNE2
November 6, 2024 at 12:32 AM
iamajuliac.bsky.social
Long voting lines are the “kid pays off classmates’ lunch debit via lemonade stand” — Not Actually an Unalloyed Good.
stephenwolf.bsky.social Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · Nov 3
It's great that turnout here seems high, but a long line is also a sign of voter suppression because Ohio's GOP limited early voting to just 1 site per county regardless of population.

Franklin County's 1.3 million people (heavily Dem) & Vinton County's 12,000 people (heavily GOP) each get 1 site
Tweet from Ohio reporter Karen Kasler with a short video embedded of voters waiting in line to vote early. The text says, "Last day of early voting in Ohio and the line at the Franklin County Board of Elections is insane - it’s backed around itself multiple times. I have been covering early voting since Ohio started it in 2005 and I’ve never seen anything close to this"
November 4, 2024 at 1:57 AM
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imrustyokay.bsky.social
Oh hey, in case you need some good news, the population decline of honeybees has actually reversed: fortune.com/2024/04/03/h...
Hobbyist beekeepers are buzzing after reversing America’s critical bee shortage in just 5 years
Tax breaks for beekeepers and the country’s need for pollinators help explain the busier hives—but climate change still threatens colony collapse.
fortune.com
November 2, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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newsjennifer.bsky.social
This is some more incredible work by @propublica.org focusing on the dire consequences of a Trump win. This is the information voters are craving, not the latest poll results. Be sure to read & share. This stuff is important. It's also really good journalism.
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
November 2, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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katestarbird.bsky.social
The vast majority of election rumors are not based on fabricated evidence, but upon misinterpretations and mischaracterizations... when people view the events of th election through a lens of suspicion, or what we call the "rigged election" frame. The headline of this article makes a good example.
November 2, 2024 at 8:09 PM
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durrell.bsky.social
It’s not too late. If you live in:
California
Colorado
Connecticut
D.C.
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Utah
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
YOU can register AND vote on #ElectionDay
November 2, 2024 at 4:45 PM
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shoshana.bsky.social
I really want to survive. It kept me closeted for so long. It's left me fearful of the upcoming election.

If you're debating whether to vote or who to vote for, I'd ask that you please vote for Harris…because I want to survive and thrive.
Reddit post. It has a picture of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, 1993. The men in black represent members who died from AIDS (the vast majority of the chorus) and the men in white are the few surviving members. It says "Not all of us will have 'survived worse' hateful regimes. Not all of us will survive the next one. Vote. Don't give up on the rest of us while we still have a chance."
October 28, 2024 at 12:47 AM
iamajuliac.bsky.social
This is a Lina Khan stan account. Good stuff.
October 17, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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emmaelie.bsky.social
Today, Oct. 7, 2024, is the last day to register to vote in Nov's general election for the following states: AZ, AR, FL, GA, IN, KY, MS, TN, TX

Visit vote.gov to register, update, or check your voter registration status 👇
Register to vote in your state | Vote.gov
Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.
vote.gov
October 7, 2024 at 11:35 AM
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keithpille.bsky.social
Gonna go observe all the spinach pies

In the spanopticon
September 19, 2024 at 2:13 AM
iamajuliac.bsky.social
I'm number 263,213! I'm number 263,213!
September 17, 2024 at 3:15 AM
iamajuliac.bsky.social
@tmdub.bsky.social this is for you
yolobirder.bsky.social YOLOBirder @yolobirder.bsky.social · Sep 1
Wren Diagram
September 1, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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thefarce.org
Bizarre as hell that this just never gets mentioned.

wapo.st/3MiSeia
August 26, 2024 at 9:43 AM
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gonebabygone.bsky.social
I think “hey assholes, Gus Walz is disabled” is missing the forest for the trees because it grants the premise that in other circumstances boys shouldn’t be crying for joy which is dumb misanthropic bullshit
August 22, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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zenmuppet.bsky.social
Cue me trotting out the stats again: over 300,000 people work in US libraries. We are in every state. Coal mining, by contrast, employs less than 50,000 people across a few states. Politicians don't promote libraries because nobody gets rich off owning them but we are everywhere.
August 22, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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josie.zone
Full text of the speech that Georgia State Rep. Ruwa Romman — a Palestinian American and Democrat — hopes to give at the DNC tonight, if they’ll let her

The text moved me to tears, just reading it

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
My name is Ruwa Romman, and I'm honored to be the first Palestinian elected to public office in the great state of Georgia and the first Palestinian to ever speak at the Democratic National Convention. My story begins in a small village near Jerusalem, called Suba, where my dad's family is from. My mom's roots trace back to Al Khalil, or Hebron. My parents, born in Jordan, brought us to Georgia when I was eight, where I now live with my wonderful husband and our sweet pets. Growing up, my grandfather and I shared a special bond. He was my partner in mischief-whether it was sneaking me sweets from the bodega or slipping a $20 into my pocket with that familiar wink and smile. He was my rock, but he passed away a few years ago, never seeing Suba or any part of Palestine again. Not a day goes by that I don't miss him. This past year has been especially hard. As we've been moral witnesses to the massacres in Gaza, I've thought of him, wondering if this was the pain he knew too well. When we But in this pain, I've also witnessed something profound— a beautiful, multifaith, multiracial, and multigenerational coalition rising from despair within our Democratic Party. For 320 days, we've stood together, demanding to enforce our laws on friend and foe alike to reach a ceasefire, end the killing of Palestinians, free all the Israeli and Palestinian hostages, and to begin the difficult work of building a path to collective peace and safety. That's why we are here-members of this Democratic Party committed to equal rights and dignity for all. What we do here echoes around the world. They'll say this is how it's always been, that nothing can change. But remember Fannie Lou Hamer-shunned for her courage, yet she paved the way for an integrated Democratic Party. Her legacy lives on, and it's her example we follow. But we can't do it alone. This historic moment is full of promise, but only if we stand together. Our party's greatest strength has always been our ability to unite. Some Let's commit to each other, to electing Vice President Harris and defeating Donald Trump who uses my identity as a Palestinian as a slur. Let's fight for the policies long overdue-from restoring access to abortions to ensuring a living wage, to demanding an end to reckless war and a ceasefire in Gaza. To those who doubt us, to the cynics and the naysayers, I say, yes we can-yes we can be a Democratic Party that prioritizes funding our schools and hospitals, not for endless wars. That fights for an America that belongs to all of us—Black, brown, and white, Jews and Palestinians, all of us, like my grandfather taught me, together.
August 22, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social
What I hear over and over from people who work in helping people get out of cults and extremist groups is that if your loved one/friend is in one, you can’t argue them out of it. You can’t save them. You can only make it clear that you’ll be there if they decide on their own to leave
courtneymilan.com Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · Aug 21
One of the things I feel very hard from Barack Obama is the notion that everyone can be saved.

And—I want to make a distinction here—I do think that some people can change.

But they’ve got to save themselves.
August 21, 2024 at 4:22 AM
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nkalamb.bsky.social
Imane Khelif is the people’s champion.
J.K. Rowling has deleted 27 tweets since being named in a lawsuit brought by Olympic Women’s Boxing Gold Medalist Imane Khelif. Rowling has also not tweeted in 13 days.
August 21, 2024 at 12:26 AM
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dbrauer.net
Respect for Minnesota’s 10 delegates who voted “present.” They fought on principle.
August 21, 2024 at 1:14 AM
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dreamsofpdx.bsky.social
I see no lies.
A screenshot from a different social media platform. [Icon: penguin with a pink hat] User br.stahl "What is it about Tim Walz that has so triggered the right?" Reply by [Icon: b/w photo of a female presenting person with a hat] User gbrockell "He exposes how easy it would be for a straight white man to be decent."
August 19, 2024 at 7:32 PM
iamajuliac.bsky.social
What a shame this Walz VP pick has come so close to the State Fair crop art deadline (Aug 7) and drop off day (Aug 18)! I'm sure they would've created some bangers!
August 6, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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lollardfish.bsky.social
The key thing about the VP pick I think is not whether Walz will have any impact on the election or impact on a Harris Administration, but that the Harris team is listening to labor over management.
August 6, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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ru.fo
 
A poster styled like the Obama “Hope” poster by Shepard Fairey, but with tater-tot hotdish and the caption “HOTDISH”.
August 6, 2024 at 4:22 PM