Nora Shepard
@norashepard.bsky.social
Awkward bisexual lady just trying to survive this hellscape. Anti-racist. Anti-fascist. Pro-trans rights. Free Palestine. She/her.
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i don't throw around the word "hero" too often,
October 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
i don't throw around the word "hero" too often,
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Now that Kirk's killer seems to be caught, maybe the news could spare a moment's attention for the right wing, from the commentariat up to the GOP and president, whose immediate reaction was not mourning, but to seize the opportunity to try to incite violence against groups they hate
September 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Now that Kirk's killer seems to be caught, maybe the news could spare a moment's attention for the right wing, from the commentariat up to the GOP and president, whose immediate reaction was not mourning, but to seize the opportunity to try to incite violence against groups they hate
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like clockwork, the "solution" from both parties is always "censor social media and expand surveillance"
September 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
like clockwork, the "solution" from both parties is always "censor social media and expand surveillance"
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Institutional statements like this serve the same function as decrying “polarization.” They purport to diagnose the problem while studiously avoiding pointing out that the right bears much more blame for destroying norms and undermining any sense of mutual respect.
It's worth asking why every elite institution is issuing statements like this rather than pointing out the obvious fact that the institutional right commits and glorifies violence far more than the left. Is there a reason you feel you can't say that out loud?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
September 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Institutional statements like this serve the same function as decrying “polarization.” They purport to diagnose the problem while studiously avoiding pointing out that the right bears much more blame for destroying norms and undermining any sense of mutual respect.
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Too bad the GOP effectively criminalized studying how information moves online and news orgs laid off and demonized all the reporters who covered the burgeoning online accelerationist performative death cults. All of that work was somehow "censorship" that needed to be stopped. Now we're here.
September 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Too bad the GOP effectively criminalized studying how information moves online and news orgs laid off and demonized all the reporters who covered the burgeoning online accelerationist performative death cults. All of that work was somehow "censorship" that needed to be stopped. Now we're here.
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This is the line that Dems need to push. It can't be simply. "Political violence is bad" it MUST be "Political violence is bad and Trump and his ilk are responsible for creating conditions ripe for political violence"
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk:
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
September 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is the line that Dems need to push. It can't be simply. "Political violence is bad" it MUST be "Political violence is bad and Trump and his ilk are responsible for creating conditions ripe for political violence"
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How much did he make to help implement American fascism? Which is kidnapping and killing people at hyperspeed? People talk about him like they merely disagreed with his style, or like difference of opinion are strictly aesthetic. He profited off making the hate machine more deadly.
September 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
How much did he make to help implement American fascism? Which is kidnapping and killing people at hyperspeed? People talk about him like they merely disagreed with his style, or like difference of opinion are strictly aesthetic. He profited off making the hate machine more deadly.
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When Minnesota Democratic State Representative Melissa Hortman was murdered in her home by a gun toting MAGA maniac less than 90 days ago they said nothing. Trump even skipped her funeral and chose to play golf instead. He had the chance to condemn political violent and did not.
September 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
When Minnesota Democratic State Representative Melissa Hortman was murdered in her home by a gun toting MAGA maniac less than 90 days ago they said nothing. Trump even skipped her funeral and chose to play golf instead. He had the chance to condemn political violent and did not.
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For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
September 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
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do americans know that it's weird to make primary school children say an oath to their country's flag every morning
June 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
do americans know that it's weird to make primary school children say an oath to their country's flag every morning
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Zohran: Imagine living in a city where you can afford your rent, your groceries and even a meal at a restaurant now and then without much stress
Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops
Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops
June 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Zohran: Imagine living in a city where you can afford your rent, your groceries and even a meal at a restaurant now and then without much stress
Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops
Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops
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I need you guys to think long and hard what it would mean if porn gets banned.
But banning porn would remove the protections that came along with it, allowing for more abuse material and child porn with no recourse
All of that shit would be pushed underground
But banning porn would remove the protections that came along with it, allowing for more abuse material and child porn with no recourse
All of that shit would be pushed underground
May 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I need you guys to think long and hard what it would mean if porn gets banned.
But banning porn would remove the protections that came along with it, allowing for more abuse material and child porn with no recourse
All of that shit would be pushed underground
But banning porn would remove the protections that came along with it, allowing for more abuse material and child porn with no recourse
All of that shit would be pushed underground
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Trump needs the lab leak bc it distracts from his abysmal COVID response/makes him a victim.
Bhattacharya needs the lab leak to own the scientists who rejected his inhumane mass infection advocacy.
The political right needs the lab leak to distract from the consequences of their COVID minimizing.
Bhattacharya needs the lab leak to own the scientists who rejected his inhumane mass infection advocacy.
The political right needs the lab leak to distract from the consequences of their COVID minimizing.
“I Believe It”: Bhattacharya Pushes Lab Leak Conspiracy At Contentious NIH Town Hall As Staffers Walk Out
Dozens of staffers walked out when NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya promoted the unproven COVID origins story; others protested research cuts.
www.importantcontext.news
May 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Trump needs the lab leak bc it distracts from his abysmal COVID response/makes him a victim.
Bhattacharya needs the lab leak to own the scientists who rejected his inhumane mass infection advocacy.
The political right needs the lab leak to distract from the consequences of their COVID minimizing.
Bhattacharya needs the lab leak to own the scientists who rejected his inhumane mass infection advocacy.
The political right needs the lab leak to distract from the consequences of their COVID minimizing.
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Just a friendly reminder that our current Covid vaccines do not meaningfully prevent infection or transmission of Covid. Misleading the public about this fact led to massive distrust about vaccines and record vaccine hesitancy. It's SO crucial to make ppl aware of this fact to fight vax hesitancy
May 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Just a friendly reminder that our current Covid vaccines do not meaningfully prevent infection or transmission of Covid. Misleading the public about this fact led to massive distrust about vaccines and record vaccine hesitancy. It's SO crucial to make ppl aware of this fact to fight vax hesitancy
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Poisoning the air of a Black community for a fucking chatbot.
'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis
The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.
www.politico.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Poisoning the air of a Black community for a fucking chatbot.
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When my parents got married, their marriage was illegal in seven states. That’s how recent this shift is: my (still living) parents could not visit some states for the first four years of their marriage.
In the 1950s, polling on interracial marriage was at 4% approval in the United States. Loving v. Virginia is 1967. We hit an above 50% approval rating for the first time in the 1990s. In 2021, 94% of Americans approved of interracial marriage.
I say this for everyone who thinks that we just have to go along with what the public things: we don’t. The public can change their minds. They have in the past.
We can just do the right thing and then not end up looking like a horrific bigot in a handful of years.
We can just do the right thing and then not end up looking like a horrific bigot in a handful of years.
May 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
When my parents got married, their marriage was illegal in seven states. That’s how recent this shift is: my (still living) parents could not visit some states for the first four years of their marriage.
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In the 1950s, polling on interracial marriage was at 4% approval in the United States. Loving v. Virginia is 1967. We hit an above 50% approval rating for the first time in the 1990s. In 2021, 94% of Americans approved of interracial marriage.
I say this for everyone who thinks that we just have to go along with what the public things: we don’t. The public can change their minds. They have in the past.
We can just do the right thing and then not end up looking like a horrific bigot in a handful of years.
We can just do the right thing and then not end up looking like a horrific bigot in a handful of years.
May 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
In the 1950s, polling on interracial marriage was at 4% approval in the United States. Loving v. Virginia is 1967. We hit an above 50% approval rating for the first time in the 1990s. In 2021, 94% of Americans approved of interracial marriage.
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"first new single from The Ataris in 15 years"
May 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"first new single from The Ataris in 15 years"
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My daddy didn’t have a BC until the military gave him one.
This is because many Black people were born at HOME during Jim Crow apartheid b/c doctors didn’t allow Black people to go to or even become doctors.
Chris Rock spoke about his mama having to go to a veterinarian to get dental care
This is because many Black people were born at HOME during Jim Crow apartheid b/c doctors didn’t allow Black people to go to or even become doctors.
Chris Rock spoke about his mama having to go to a veterinarian to get dental care
Black woman born during segregation was never issued a birth certificate and can't get a Real ID.
May 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My daddy didn’t have a BC until the military gave him one.
This is because many Black people were born at HOME during Jim Crow apartheid b/c doctors didn’t allow Black people to go to or even become doctors.
Chris Rock spoke about his mama having to go to a veterinarian to get dental care
This is because many Black people were born at HOME during Jim Crow apartheid b/c doctors didn’t allow Black people to go to or even become doctors.
Chris Rock spoke about his mama having to go to a veterinarian to get dental care
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as always when i talk about firearms: you shouldn't consider buying a gun if you struggle with suicidal ideation. 100% of you should take a stop the bleed course and have an IFAK you can carry. find such courses here
www.stopthebleed.org/find-a-course/
www.stopthebleed.org/find-a-course/
April 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
as always when i talk about firearms: you shouldn't consider buying a gun if you struggle with suicidal ideation. 100% of you should take a stop the bleed course and have an IFAK you can carry. find such courses here
www.stopthebleed.org/find-a-course/
www.stopthebleed.org/find-a-course/
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This is really important. Do NOT use the AI summaries at the top of google searches. Ignore them. This is especially important if you don't have any prior knowledge about the topic, but also a good general rule.
Search sources, scrutinize them carefully and double-check with other sources.
Search sources, scrutinize them carefully and double-check with other sources.
Google’s AI Overviews will not only confirm that a gibberish idiom is a real saying, it will also tell you what it means and how it was derived -- often including reference links.
www.wired.com/story/google...
www.wired.com/story/google...
‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw
Google’s AI Overviews feature credible-sounding explanations for completely made-up idioms.
www.wired.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This is really important. Do NOT use the AI summaries at the top of google searches. Ignore them. This is especially important if you don't have any prior knowledge about the topic, but also a good general rule.
Search sources, scrutinize them carefully and double-check with other sources.
Search sources, scrutinize them carefully and double-check with other sources.
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Top notch Leopards/faces moment here from the managing director of Thiel Capital and the person who coined the term "Intellectual Dark Web." Yeah, so weird how much antisemitism there is on Musk's platform...real head scratcher there, my dude.
April 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Top notch Leopards/faces moment here from the managing director of Thiel Capital and the person who coined the term "Intellectual Dark Web." Yeah, so weird how much antisemitism there is on Musk's platform...real head scratcher there, my dude.