Brian Spears

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Senior Poetry Editor at The Rumpus, author of A Witness in Exile (Louisiana Literature Press, 2011) and Another Poem to Love https://brian-spears.com I also crochet stuff.

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Henry Williams

Also, and I don’t mean to shout here, IT’S FUCKING JULY. Sorry

Just want to add, somewhere between 5 and 7 of those areas can be considered red or mostly red states and then think about how many times Trump talked about denying benefits or programs to states that didn’t vote for him.

ICYMI: The Biden Administration announced $504 million in funding to twelve tech hubs across the country, including locations in: * Colorado * Montana * Indiana * Illinois * Nevada * New York * New Hampshire * South Carolina * Ohio * Florida * Oklahoma * Wisconsin Full details in the link.

Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Investment in Twelve Regional Technology Hubs, Creating Good-paying Jobs and Driving Economic Opportunity and Innovation in Communities Across the Cou...www.whitehouse.gov Regional Tech Hubs will strengthen American leadership in industries of the future, create jobs, and spur economic growth in all of America Today, the Biden-Harris Administration will announce funding...

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Jay Schiavone

This is what I was thinking, at least for the last 10-15 years or so. Why wait around and hope that your favorite video comes on when you can just stream it?

I agree with this but also I’m full Luddite on this subject and would recommend against anything but a physical drivers license/state ID card. If you’re going to have the digital ID though, you need to be aware of this.

What this article leaves out is that if you hand your unlocked phone to a police officer, they can legally search it. Unless companies develop a method that allows you to show officers insurance cards and driver license without unlocking the rest of your phone, don't. www.zdnet.com/article/digi...

This state is introducing digital driver's licenses. Here's what you need to knowwww.zdnet.com Your physical wallet is being replaced piece by piece. Here's what you need to know about using digital IDs.

Just because Spelling Bee don’t believe in them don’t mean they ain’t real

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Marisa Kabas

They provide almost 2/3 of the electricity in Iowa now and a lot of them are built here too. I see the blades being towed down the highway all the time. They’re wild looking and I love them.

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Jessica Smith

Also, I’d like more people to acknowledge that so long as Biden wants to be the nominee, he’s the nominee. There’s no mechanism to push him out against his will right now.

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Jessica Smith

At this point I haven’t seen anyone definitively show that any replacement would appear on the ballots of all the states. I want to see that instead of speculating who’d be the best replacement (I agree with you on that).

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cagey ratfish 🐟🐈‍⬛🎨🏳️‍⚧️

Ace of Bass

It’s important to understand that the benefit here is $40 per child per month. It’s not much money at all even if every single child in the country were getting it.

The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

Got a sentence yesterday in Duolingo that read “Quién es la candidata a la presidencia?” and I muttered to myself “I don’t need this from you too buddy.”

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Boston Tom Levenson

Iowa’s governor Kim Reynolds said, when she refused the program, that “an EBT card does nothing to promote nutrition at a time when childhood obesity has become an epidemic.” The benefit was $40 per month per child. www.iowapublicradio.org/state-govern...

Iowa declines to join summer food aid program for kidswww.iowapublicradio.org Gov. Kim Reynolds has declined to join the Summer EBT program, which would give Iowa families about $40 per month in the summer for each child who is eligible for free or reduced-price school lunch to...

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J. Neas

Or Primus. Had loads of people swear to me it was Primus.

It was not that long ago that I learned Istanbul not Constantinople from They Might Be Giants was a cover and I will always ride for The Bangles version of Hazy Shade of Winter

Other than Hurt by Johnny Cash and any version of The Sound of Silence, what are your favorite cover versions of famous songs?

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Molly Knight

Some states, like Iowa, don’t have a way for voters to put referendums on the ballot. I believe that’s the case for Indiana as well.

I cannot explain why the person who wrote this wants heat with Scorpios but it’s coming. www.tastingtable.com/1615209/cand...

The Candy You Are, Based On Your Zodiac Sign - Tasting Tablewww.tastingtable.com Find out what candy you are based on your astrology sign. And don't worry -- we cover all 12 signs.

This piece is very much tongue-in-cheek but it would be good to see some coverage from major newspapers and cable news outlets showing just how linked Trump and Project 2025 are, despite his lies to the contrary. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/troubling-...

Troubling Signs of Cognitive Decline as Trump Struggles to Recognize Closest Aidesdonmoynihan.substack.com "I know nothing about Project 2025" statement triggers new concerns about his fitness to serve

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Hannah Cohen

I will never stop being grateful that my current relationship began before social media was invented.

Make a band more vegetable Broccoli Rabe Zombie

Make a band more vegetable Fine Young Cabbages

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Premee Mohamed

Fine Young Cannabis?

None of y’all know shit*, and neither do I. *this can apply to nearly any** subject **it applies to one subject more than others right now tho

Repost with a tweet you still think about

reskeet with a tweet you still think about

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Nikki Wallschlaeger

That reminds me, in tone at least, of the materials my high school Civics teacher had “rescued” so we could use them in class.

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Benjamin Dreyer

And pence, so two of them is the step too far?

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Daniel M. Ford

Having really only one connection to my wider family means if something happens to her, everything is silent afterward. And I have thought about that a lot at times.

Much as I hope some NY Times editorial page people are having a really bad day today, I kind of doubt they are.

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Pestilence

I’d throw in Judges chapters 19 and 20 for good measure.

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Don Moynihan

That’s some Bari Weiss quality editing there

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Don Moynihan

One of my favorite things I’ve ever crocheted was this sweater for a friend who became a citizen earlier this year. She wore it to the ceremony and to celebrate later that night. I started making it with my tongue in my cheek, but she legitimately loves it and what it represents to her.

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Alexander Chee

I do agree that he, specifically, shouldn’t vote.