Claudia Putnam

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Lit writer: poetry collection @mooncitypress, CNF @splitlippress, novella from neutral zones press https://claudiaputnam.com

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Laura Routh

I think so. And you can probably just sign in on the app and go read it on your app. But it was just steps and I didn't want to have steps. I just wanted to read the article. I'm sorry grumpy but I'm just so sick of having to jump through hoops for various things. Nothing to do with you.

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The electric grid probably can’t take it.

Breaking News: Elon Musk said he would move the offices of X and SpaceX to Texas from California in protest of a law designed to protect transgender children.

Elon Musk Says He Will Move X and SpaceX Headquarters to Texaswww.nytimes.com The social media and rocket companies are headquartered in California, which the billionaire criticized for its recent transgender legislation.

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Laura Routh

Well I think you're fine if you don't already have substack as an app on your phone, but once you do you're kind of stuck.

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Hilarious takedown of JD Vance from comedian Trae Crowder, who got a visit from Vance at one of his shows. "He came to my show, we hung out afterwards at the bar, drank beers, all we talked about was the existential threat we agreed Donald Trump posed to this country" www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eMM...

Liberal Redneck - JD Vance Ain't Itwww.youtube.com Bank better at www.climatefirstbank.com/traeI actually know ol Vance a tiny little bit. Not a fan, really, believe it or not. Also, see me live: www.traecrow...

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Laura Routh

Sounds good, but now I have to sign into a substack app and I'm not into it.

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Sarah Posner

"polling data"

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Just a reminder: Trump inherited the lowest homicide rate of any president in 50 years. He was the first president in 30 years to leave office with a higher homicide rate than when he entered. And the rate has dropped every year since he left. www.foxnews.com/video/635815...

RNC day 2 to focus on crime and safety as victims' families speak out | Fox News Videowww.foxnews.com Erin Rachwal, who lost her son to fentanyl poisoning and Sheri and Aaron Sparks, who lost their son in the Waukesha parade attack, on the need to hold criminals accountable and stop the influx of illi...

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My first reaction to this was “wait, that must have been some other labor leader named Sean O’Brien?” My second reaction is “fucking hell.”

Dumbass. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/you-patsy

You Patsywww.hamiltonnolan.com We don't have time for this bullshit.

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So honored and excited to have a new piece up in wonderful @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social , one of my all-time favorite limags! Hope you will give it a read. 💙

"We signed We shook We paid We owned We sowed We sought We booked We thought We knew We learned We packed We moved We patched We nailed We roofed We aimed We shot We fought" New fiction: "Cracks" by Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/fish/cracks

Cracks | matchbookwww.matchbooklitmag.com

I suppose national drama will never let up enough for me to slip in an announcement that I'll have a poem in the next issue of the gorgeous and extremely professional Slippery Elm Journal.

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Jan Rosenow

I don't know. Maybe I'm not using mine right. But I'm living in a house in a temperate climate and when it's cold it doesn't seem like it does the greatest job. And when I talk to other people about it they say the same thing. It just takes the edge off. That's all.

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I know we know about JD Vance, but he's also working to make divorces harder to obtain, and says that people in "violent" marriages should stay married and not get divorced. So.

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The alpha wolf is a myth, and a lone wolf is just dispersing from its family of origin to join a new group for breeding purposes 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-t...

Is the Alpha Wolf Idea a Myth?www.scientificamerican.com The idea that wolf packs are led by a merciless dictator, or alpha wolf, comes from old studies of captive wolves. In the wild, wolf packs are simply families

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Helen Kennedy

THe New Republic story from about a week ago says the pragmatic donors think he's a malleable pile of inexperienced mush (and that's a bad thing) while the ideologues and techbro donors think he's a malleable pile of inexperienced mush (and that's a good thing)

Trump’s Donors Really, Really Hate J.D. Vancenewrepublic.com A new report reveals how Donald Trump’s donors are fighting about the possibility of Senator J.D. Vance becoming Trump’s running mate.

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Is there an explanation for why political journalists are so horny for a Trump win catalysed by an assassination attempt

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Ketan Joshi

The photographer who took that picture said every other picture he took showed Trump looking scared. Interesting editorial choice that negates the idea of simply reporting what happened

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Rising seas wiped out an entire US species for the first time. Scientists say it’s a sign of things to come | CNNwww.cnn.com The species’ population collapsed at an alarming rate over the last 10 years, starved by a salty sea swallowing its homeland.

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Vance was Heritage's pick so don't forget about Project 2025, which proceeds apace

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“What is most exceptional about the Americans is not the voluminous record of their violence but their extraordinary ability in the face of that record to persuade themselves that they are among the best behaved and best regulated of peoples.” - Richard Hofstadter, American Violence, 1970 🗃️

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James[topher]

I like how they will pretty much without question adopt babies roughly the size of their own. Not everyone does that. If you're trying to rehab baby geese you can go up to a mom with some babies and she will spread her wings like what the hell are you doing with them and take them away.

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Recently, I read one of the first dystopian novels-- PUBLISHED in 1937-- Before Austria was annexed. Before Kristallnacht. Before WWII. 12 years before Orwell would pen 1984. Set 600 years in the future Third Reich Empire. This book has a lot, I think, to teach us about Project 2025 and Trump.

On Authoritarianismwww.lifeisasacredtext.com Or: What Year 600 of the Reich Taught Me About Project 2025

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Seattle friends! Know how the city has been planting saplings to replace trees that have died from heat/drought/age? The city does not actually water them regularly! In this dry heat, a lot of them are dying. Gator bags say they need 15 gal/week. If you see one in distress on your street, adopt it.

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Do not obey in advance.

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Saeed Jones

Huge congrats!! And lucky them.

Love it when they visit; always sad for seal, tho.

Happy World Orca Day! "Celebrated annually on July 14, this day provides an opportunity for scientists, conservationists, and the general public to unite in their shared interest and appreciation for these incredible creatures." www.earth.com/news/world-o... #Orcas #WorldOrcaDay

World Orca Day: The crucial role of the ocean's apex predator - Earth.comwww.earth.com The central aim of World Orca Day is to raise awareness about the essential role that orcas play in the marine environment

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I feel so bad for people in Houston, man

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Important to remember that threats of political violence and intimidation does not just affect elected officials. Other public officials - teachers, librarians, judges, election officials, public health officers - are seeing more threats. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-future...

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isaac

I was in a session with a few credit rating agencies like Moody's and the message from the panel was clear: the ratings agencies will punish local, municipal utilities who are responsive to their constituents' demands to keep their bills low. The financial industry is holding our lives hostage.

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Getting increasingly pissed off by various politicians "distraught" today. This is America, where every day we wonder if this when someone we love gets mowed down by a shooter. Pretending to be shocked just shows you don't get it. Trump has a Secret Service detail to protect him. My kids don't.

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Lost in the ongoing Trumpapalooza is the excellent news that a malaria vaccination developed at Oxford Univ. over the last 30 years and costing only £3 per shot is being unrolled in malaria-prone countries. If it fulfills its promise, this will make an enormous difference to so many lives.