Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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Does Russian make it any easier though? There are so many different monikers
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I took an entire semester of Russian literature, and this is so true it hurts
Best part of Russian novels is that you’re never quite sure if a new name is a new character vs a character you already know being addressed by their barber instead of their mom
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I have been pretty vocal that replacing Biden at this point is an extremely risky and knee-jerk thing to do. That said, if this is truly how Democratic leadership feels, then Biden needs to be replaced immediately. No questions about it.
A senior House Democrat says efforts to replace Biden at the top of the ticket have stopped because, β€œWe've all resigned ourselves to a second Trump presidency."
Trump rally shooting upends congressional Democrats' crisis over Biden's candidacywww.axios.com Rep. Dean Phillips said it would be "unpatriotic and unprincipled" to focus on anything besides the shooting.
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She really said, β€œRetire, bitch.” (The β€œbitch” isn’t stated but is strongly implied.”
A senior House Democrat says efforts to replace Biden at the top of the ticket have stopped because, β€œWe've all resigned ourselves to a second Trump presidency."
Trump rally shooting upends congressional Democrats' crisis over Biden's candidacywww.axios.com Rep. Dean Phillips said it would be "unpatriotic and unprincipled" to focus on anything besides the shooting.
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Don't make me tap the sign.
One more thing: it's extremely telling that there are very few Black trans people weighing in on this incident, on either side. (not none! but very few!) It's probably worth taking a moment to reflect on why there are so few Black trans people on Bluesky.
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Bluesky used to have a much larger set of. Black voices on here, and it's not just that the site grew. Many of those people *left*, and they were quite explicit about their reasons for leaving this site.
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sorry, that wasn't meant as a correction, just that it resonated with me in an additional way! ❀️ bookmarking the post to read later :-)
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If a Democrat is not willing to spell out that this election is a fight between democracy and authoritarianism, you have to wonder if they're even worth voting for.
Counterpoint: it is though.
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What use is an "ally" who will just roll over at the first sign of conflict?
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I will match donations to any bail fund listed here, up to $25/person and $200 total. Reply with a screenshot of your donation, and I will make a donation corresponding to the total of eligible donations by July 23rd.
today's my birthday and also Bastille Day so don't forget to tear down your local symbols of brutal injustice and/or donate to a bail fund www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-dire...
National Bail Fund Network β€” Community Justice Exchangewww.communityjusticeexchange.org
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Rules: - must show reasonable proof of donation - the $25/person matching cap is to encourage multiple participants - feel free to donate more - depending on the distribution, I may make the matching donation to a different fund, but still from that list
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That last one is partly b/c of the logistics of bail funds: e.g. funds sometimes close donations temporarily if they are at capacity. Also, I would be thrilled if 200 people participate at $1 each but in that case I'm not going to sit and match each individually, lol- I'll make an aggregate donation
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"Hi folks" or "hi everyone" is IMO the best actual substitute for "ladies and gentleman" in that it appropriately matches (approximately) the right formality level. Most other stuff ends up cutesier or sillier, which is fine if that's what you want in a situation, but it's not the same connotation
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Wow, I love this poem. As a sidenote, it's labeled Eve, but it feels thematically Lilith to me.
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OH:: "My daughter-in-law isn't Indian, but she is a doctor"
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the "violence shook this previously peaceful white christian nationalist rally railing against the vermin tainting the blood of the country" stories are going to destroy me
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This is absolutely malpractice.
"the Biden campaign said it was pausing all messaging to supporters and working to pull down all of its television ads as quickly as possible, the campaign said." I know these people are incompetent jackasses but "let's just let Trump speak unopposed" is borderline deliberate sabotage
Biden says 'everybody must condemn' attack on Trump, hopes to speak with ex-president soonapnews.com President Joe Biden says β€œeverybody must condemn” the suspected assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
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well I'm about to go off the grid for a lot longer than that so
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From a Biden campaign official: β€œThe Biden campaign is pausing all outbound communications and working to pull down our television ads as quickly as possible.” β€” Matt Viser, WaPo
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Democrats are perpetually concerned with an appearance of "civility" that their opponents would never show them, and that neither the media nor voters will materially reward them for
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