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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 10d

The Coates-Klein debate (and meta-debate) just reinforces my belief that we elevated the wrong MLK passage.

Not the optimistic “content of their character” I Have A Dream speech.

But the “white moderate … [who] advises the Negro to wait for a ‘more convenient season’” Letter From Birmingham Jail.

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 12d

One Battle After Another is on one hell of a press tour. Guess I know what me and the hubs are doing later today

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 12d

Peace with the treadmill is my answer. Mileage suffers some.

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 13d

Thinking of Assata.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16d

I'll continue to be "I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win"-posting, so figure I should address this point that seems to come up every so often

Q: "is it still 'winning' if only *some* good things happen in the near term instead of total planetary eco socialist revolution?"

A: yes

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 16d

Don't tell me boycotts don't work

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16d

New: Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return on Tuesday

"We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday."

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 17d

Let's go spooky season! 💙📚
"The Bewitching" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
#BookSky

Picture of a book in front of a coffee bar and my café au lait on the side

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Aaron Blackshear @aaronblackshear.bsky.social · 20d

No impostor syndrome, no fear of not being good enough. Go do that thing you want to do, secure in the knowledge that absolute morons are all around us

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20d

Fed Gov Stephen Miran: "If you close that border and you have negative net migration - & there's been reports thus far that 1.5 million migrants have left the US just in the first half of the year -- that's gonna have a very disinflationary effect. And so I'm expecting quite a lot of disinflation."

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 20d

Ooh, I'm definitely looking into this!

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 20d

Very telling

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 21d

I didn't know people signed up for protests ever. I mean, if you want to put your name/email on something, you have petitions for that, right... right?

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 21d

I don't understand the pushback you're getting here

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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 21d

This is the real reason Jimmy Kimmel is being taken off the air.

Brian Stelter: "Nexstar already owns lots of TV stations. It wants to merge with Tegna, which owns lots of other stations. In order to do that, it needs Brandon Carr, the FCC Chair's, permission."

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 21d

Suddenly, I feel like I haven't bought enough books.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 22d

For years, I've tried to tell y'all what cops know, and what criminal justice reformers know, about how murders really get solved.

Look at how massive the manhunt for both Luigi Mangioni and Tyler Robinson were. Then look at how they were actually caught. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Two phone calls.

Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · Dec 7

Because cop shows have been lying to you all these years. CSI is a lie. Even Agatha Christie, Poirot, Columbo, all lies. That's not how murders get solved.

How murders really get solved: someone tells the cops everything: the killer, the motive, the weapon. All the CSI is just to verify the story.🤷🏿‍♂️

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 22d

DO NOT RSVP FOR A PROTEST, ESPECIALLY NOW. SERIOUSLY.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 23d

We need your help to make October 18 the biggest peaceful protest of the year. Please spread the word, register your local event as soon as you can, and start RSVPing for the local protests to help build momentum: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 22d

"Not today"

Wrecked @wrecked9n76e.bsky.social · 22d

Karina Villa protecting her constituents by literally running ICE off the streets in West Chicago and yelling to residents to stay inside their homes.

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 25d

And now I am relaxed.

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 26d

That's Meleys

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 26d

😂 that checks out

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 26d

Not too much, they definitely make noise but aren't really loud

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 26d

On another note, my backyard chickens, aka the city girls, are doing great. This is Syrax.

Picture of my chicken Syrax, a gold and white, puffy faced, Easter Egger chicken

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 27d

Oh no.

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 27d

BREAKING: Multiple HBCUs reportedly received threats, prompting lockdowns and heightened security

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MrsBundrige @mrsbundrige.bsky.social · 28d

Black people……

Take care.

Know you’re being gaslit

You heard what you heard.

You saw what you saw.

Your feelings are valid.

The hypocrisy is maddening.

Insulate yourself from it as best you can.

♥️

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 28d

Black folks - Now would be a great time to make the jump over to Blacksky.

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