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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 45m

states and political structures and such are there to serve humanity, not the other way around. nationalism is a lie and should be rejected. we need to be pretty clear about this.

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 46m

Here's the thing. I am a lucky person and pay a fair bit in taxes. I can think of no better use for my tax dollars than feeding children, because I think all people are equally deserving of basic humanity.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 53m

good point for sure

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 2h

@himself.bsky.social talking sense, as usual. Notably: “The administration would have played its cards differently if it had a stronger hand.”

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

www.nytimes.com

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 3h

this is sort of where i'm at. i caught the tail end of Lee Greenwood at the RNC in between interviews, and I've heard Bad Bunny mainly on the Peloton app. The fact that Transatlanticism and Antics are both over 20 years old is kinda my entire personality.

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 3h

variety.com/2025/music/n...

House Speaker Johnson Calls Bad Bunny at Super Bowl ‘a Terrible Decision,’ Says It Should’ve Been Someone With ‘a Broader Audience’ — Like Lee Greenwood

House Speaker Mike Johnson says it is 'a terrible decision' to book Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl, saying Lee Greenwood would have been a better pick.

variety.com

Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 3h

he's the "I'm Proud to be an American" guy

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 4h

this is an important warning for Gen X and millennials (and borderline cases like myself): some boomerism may be a life cycle effect. Be wary.

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 4h

not the point, but Mike Johnson saying that they should have had Lee Greenwood instead of Bad Bunny is the most boomer-ass shit on the planet, and Mike Johnson is *solidly* Gen X (b. 1972)

Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 4h

1. Trump Culture War quote.
2. Johnson CW quote.
3. *Imagined* Schumer CW quote.
4. “These culture wars get sillier by the day.”

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Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 1d

See also: people who say we must "restore trust in higher ed"

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

I keep waiting for the powers that be in media to grasp the concept of bad faith, realize how often "restore trust in news" and similar statements mean "stop doing journalism, lie more in ways I like," come from people ideologically committed to destroying trust in news, and can never be satisfied.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

I too am keen to "restore trust in news" by turning a major broadcast network into a 24/7 slurry of right wing culture war propaganda and engagement trolling

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 1d

it would rock to renegotiate the deal between universities and the federal government if we had an administration that believed in either

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 1d

my contribution to the pop culture here is "this job would be great without the fucking customers"

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 1d

unless you're a woman running for president, in which case you did everything wrong. 2016 and 2024 have radicalized me in ways I'm still contending with

Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think losing an election is immoral, or means you should never run again. even if you're a candidate I don't much like with positions I'm not excited about. people lose elections all the time, and often for reasons that don't have much to do with them personally.

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 1d

not trying to ignore you, just busy this AM. thanks for reading!

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