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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 3m

"The best defense against this weapon is solidarity among groups who disagree ferociously on many questions, but who agree on the need to keep America democratic and rebuild institutions and social connections to make democracy more robust. "

Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 19m

@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.

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Erika Swyler @erikaswyler.bsky.social · 5m

I really loved this collection!

Josh Denslow @joshdenslow.bsky.social · 7m

Free shipping today at @bookshop.org which means that yes now is a perfect time to pick up MAGIC CAN'T SAVE US!

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Magic Can't Save Us: Eighteen Tales of Likely Failure

Eighteen Tales of Likely Failure

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 9m

the thing about sunk cost fallacy is that it's a fallacy

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 15m

I like to publish my posts in the middle of the night for maximum reach. But this is what I’ve been up to and how I think the pieces connect.

Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 9h

What a wild year to be trying to think about networks and what they do to our brains. Thank you for coming along with me.

www.wrecka.ge/a-year-into-...

A year into the wreckage and salvage

It’s coming up on been a year, somehow, since I started this website/micro-studio/space to think in. What a wild choice that was, setting out in October of 2024, eyes on the horizon! We’d hoped things...

www.wrecka.ge

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 2h

Bridging my current life in Chicago and my past life in D.C., I argue today at @newrepublic.com that Democrats should ~never~ vote to fund this government. Make John Thune blow up Senate rules and Republicans wholly own the U.S. extra-military military doing war crimes against us, funded by us.

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

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Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 37m

If you're a student or early career journalist or writer in the region, please pitch! Would love to help support your work. There's info in the pitch guide & pitching via the form is the best way to go. (If you let me know you've pitched, I can flag it to the team. Happy to brainstorm ideas, too!)

Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 12d

Student + early career journalists in Appalachia (or young folks who want to write): pitch 100 Days! Looking for stories w/ angles on young people, related to education & what's happening on campuses, politics, life & identity, & more. Rates start at $150 for opinion, $200-$400 for reporting.

100 Days in Appalachia's Call for Pitches

100 Days in Appalachia began as an experimental pop-up publication, designed to candidly narrate the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency from within the heart of a region dubbed “Trump Country...

www.100daysinappalachia.com

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

It's clear by now that the Democrats won't press this case as aggressively as it needs to be pressed, and the media won't do that unless they have Democrats' quotes to use as a springboard either.

They won't do this work, so it's even more important that we circulate these stories ourselves.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1h

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1h

Remember this when they tell you that arts degrees are worthless.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1h

Trump got him there. Republican lawmakers and judges got him there.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1h

If you don’t believe it’s possible, then we’ve lost forever and should just give up. I don’t have that option.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1h

many different kinds of things motivate people to vote, and I would continue to argue that the strong majority did not believe they were voting for priest being shot in the street. I believed it, but they didn’t. So the question is how do we get them to believe it now?

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1h

many different kinds of things motivate people to vote, and I would continue to argue that the strong majority did not believe they were voting for priest being shot in the street. I believed it, but they didn’t. So the question is instead of being smug, how do we get them to believe it now?

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1h

This is the thread where we’re blaming Republicans. Let’s blame Democrats for things in a different thread.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1h

Hey great do you have a Time Machine? Or are you just being a smug told-you-so guy?

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1h

I don’t know.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1h

Why are your healthcare costs higher?
Why is your electricity bill tripled?
Why is everything you buy so much more expensive?
Why are your neighbors gone?
Why can’t your mom get a cancer treatment?

Republicans.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1h

In general, we win by making sure that as bad things happen, and bad things are happening in lot of different ways, people know that they are happening and that they need to blame republicans.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1h

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 13h

It’s not too late for the Bluesky admins to say - yeah, ok, a permanent ban was an overreaction. Times are tough. Let’s try again. They could do it right now.