Hail The Duke Baby

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Aspiring journalist, pre-hrt trans woman. Will infodump about Pokemon for no reason.

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The sum total of evidence here is 3 state level polls, a quote from David Axelrod and a quote from one (1) New Mexico voter www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/u...

Democrats Fear Safe Blue States Turning Purple as Biden Stays the Coursewww.nytimes.com Lingering worries about President Biden’s age could make Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Virginia competitive, party operatives believe.

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The alarms are blinking red. Trump's allies are plotting a second coup attempt right out in the open. We should fear a genteel January 6 with fewer riots and more lawsuits; the means may differ but the intent is the same.

While the Democratic Party decides which presidential candidate has the best chance to defeat Trump, the Republican Party focuses on making sure that the election doesn't matter. Plan accordingly. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/u...

Unbowed by Jan. 6 Charges, Republicans Pursue Plans to Contest a Trump Defeatwww.nytimes.com Mr. Trump’s allies are preparing to try to short-circuit the election system, if he does not win.

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Even more wild how many high profile Dems think that being 2 pts down in July gives them no shot at winning. Totally bizarre.

Its wild how AOC believing that elections are things you "organize to win" that involve more on running media management campaigns from DC, puts her out afield of so much of the establishment

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This is a massive problem in these airport books: Citation of studies that seem designed to be cited in airport books.

I'm sorry but this anecdote from Jon Haidt's book about how kids don't listen to music together anymore sounds fake as shit.

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I'm sorry but I'm blocking people who do this from now on. It's extremely obvious that I provide links to articles so people can double-check my work. Sending a handful of clicks to Bari Weiss's (subscription- and donor-funded) site does not meaningfully increase her revenue.

earnest question michael: why share the links to her bullshit which will only increase traffic and visibility?

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A reminder that @notalawyer.bsky.social and @michaelhobbes.bsky.social covered this weirdo's book on @ifbookspod.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3lWy...

lol, lmao

Hillbilly Elegyopen.spotify.com Listen to this episode from If Books Could Kill on Spotify. In 2016, J.D. Vance informally launched his political career with "Hillbilly Elegy," a memoir that blames the relative poverty of Appalachia...

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why are Democrats so divisive, they need to calm down their rhetoric about Republicans also, "Bill to arrest librarians filed for 2025 session" www.alreporter.com/2024/07/10/b...

Bill to arrest librarians filed for 2025 sessionwww.alreporter.com A bill that could have led to the arrest of librarians narrowly missed becoming law last session, but sponsors have already filed a follow-up.

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I don't know if this is the a term for it, but the flipside of a moral panic is a moral bandwagon: Elites are coalescing around the idea that there is something inherently good about the outdoors and prescribing exposure to nature as a cure for all kinds of societal challenges, especially for kids.

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we're living through a generational, life-changing technological revolution and it's getting almost zero attention compared to AI spambots

Some nice copy here …apparently California now has batteries roughly equivalent to 5 Diablo Canyons (in capacity, not run time…)

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As soon as we learned that Crooks was a registered Republican it was clear that the assassination attempt was going to be a two-day story.

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The fucked up thing is that you saw the right collectively getting ready to move if this guy was a leftist. It doesn’t matter if 10 maniacs in a row are rightwing and they just shrug and move on, they’re getting ready for the one time it’s not.

As soon as we learned that Crooks was a registered Republican it was clear that the assassination attempt was going to be a two-day story.

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We have a cover! Trans Biblical: New Approaches to Interpretation and Embodiment in Scripture Edited by Melissa Harl Sellew, Katy Valentine, and myself Coming Soon from Westminster John Knox Press!

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Trans women cannot be “male socialized” They do not and cannot have “male privilege”. They experience sexism as women so many more times over than cis women will ever understand.

my "male socialization" was being scared by a teacher so badly that I ruined relationships by how scared I was of women my "male socialization" was preferring the company of women but being too scared to talk to them my "male socialization" was being bullied relentlessly for years for being weird

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It is almost as if we need oversight over the judicial system.

An examination of more than 1,200 federal judges and state supreme court justices turned up dozens of judges who chose not to recuse when facing potential appearances of impropriety involving familial financial connections. www.propublica.org/article/judg...

Even When Big Cases Intersect With Their Families’ Interests, Many Judges Choose Not to Recusewww.propublica.org Ambiguous — and unenforced — recusal standards mean few checks and balances for top judges when cases involve their family members.

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Jerome Powell can become a legend here and lower interest rates every time Trump threatens him. This would be like the macroeconomic version of Trump getting fined every time he defames E Jean Carroll.

Donald Trump warns US Fed chair not to cut rates before the election https://www.ft.com/content/11bc931f-5c5e-4e3c-9ceb-9bdca25430ad

Donald Trump warns US Fed chair not to cut rates before the electionwww.ft.com Ex-president says he would let Jay Powell finish term at central bank if he was ‘doing the right thing’

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lmfao

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Huh… When you realize getting a fema check is kinda like being part of a class action lawsuit

i should be able to sue mother nature

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i know grindr has to be going CRAZY in Milwaukee right now

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Yes but this gave us, in the room, the visual of Trump slightly shimmying to Forgiato Blow's "Trump Trump Baby" and JD Vance standing completely still with his hands at his sides.

Wait, it's abnormal for the nominee to be sitting around watching every night of their own convention, right, it's like a time-reversed version of the dude who graduated last year hanging around the high school parking lot

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Man, I miss my grandma. She used to play Counterstrike. Not professionally, but still. Back in the day, it was hilarious seeing her react to trash-talkers. But she only got into it because she thought it was what I was into, and wanted to connect with family after her accident left her disabled.

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it's comforting that society has advanced so far that the folks who decided tattooing was for poor people in the early 2000s now have to specify they specifically hate face tattoos becuase too many of their friends and love ones are tattooed. I think bisexuality is next.

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Immediately after DeSantis accuses Democrats of trying to ban gas cars in his RNC speech, a pro-Trump rap video features a Cyber Truck EV decorated in a pro-Trump vinyl wrap. www.npr.org/2024/07/13/n...

Biden faces criticism over his gas car ban. But he doesn’t have onewww.npr.org Swing state voters are seeing ads warning them about a federal ban on their gas-powered vehicles. But there is no such ban, even as candidates campaign on it.

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✨NEW ART✨ A two-headed kaiju who loves willowware dishes and would do anything to protect their beloved plate! A really fun illustration commission for a friend I know through the Denton Water Project. It's going in her living room accompanying a willowware collection! #art #artistforhire

Check out all my rates for #artcommissions at ovaettr.gay/commissions I'd be really happy to take a few more slots like this full render full body illustration so I could finish covering July expenses and then start maybe approaching credit card debt. <3 I owe a lot! #helpsky #hireme

thats not what TRANSRACIAL MEANS. ITS FOR KIDS ADOPTED INTO DIFFERENT CULTURES THAN THEY WERE BORN IN. WORDS MEAN THINGS

“See, I ask people to argue for their right to exist and add ‘ai.’” Innovation!

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Not ever. This is a betrayal of the student teacher contract. Students should not have to guard themselves against being used as exemplars for the education of their peers. It is sickening and it demonstrates a disparity in the equitable management of your classroom and your curriculum.

Don’t do this.

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Christie: “Will Trump meet the moment?” Trump:

"We are all to blame for where we are today." No, we're not. One party is. Stop the gaslighting.

Opinion | Chris Christie: Will Trump Meet the Moment?www.nytimes.com The Republican nominee has the opportunity to rein in some of the worst rhetorical impulses of his party and point it in a new direction.

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$55 rent you heard it here first folks, and the president said it so no one can stop him

Jfc

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Me every time a creator I look up to follows me back:

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