Luke’s American Revolution

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CEO, @outinnatsec.bsky.social I Homosexual Professional/Professional Homosexual 🏳️‍🌈 I cask-strength gay I Talks about books, comic books, policy, and whatever else I wanna get up to

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I make a hefty annual contribution to the gay Mormon Underground Railroad for a reason.

Honestly I feel deflated seeing the response to “depiction of white Christian nationalism ascendant” be cracks about inbreeding, or glee at concentrating these people in rural communities so they can eat their own

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Explained in FOCUS why a France with a NFP majority might not be such an easy partner for Berlin, either. amp.focus.de/experts/euro...

If we work together, we can defeat fascists

JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise: —Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!) —Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well. —No bloc close to majority. Follow this 🧵 for results and more:

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Saw this on mastodon and it is fantastic. AI in medicine

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This is also part of how the actual differences between parties are hidden/undermined. If the federal gov actually passes policies/funding to feed your family and your GOP governor refuses it on your behalf, you're not getting it. Who did what can feel pretty irrelevant. Your kids are still hungry.

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.

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Since I never had kids, here is my family recipe for sweet lokshen kugel. If you want to make it the way I do, use dried cherries or blueberries instead of raisins and add cardamom to taste. I also made it with dried cranberries and nutmeg for Thanksgiving once. www.tumblr.com/atalantapend... 🍽️

But what's fun about this is that means you put your own spin on it and tweak it to your liking and now you've left your mark on the culture and there's a little bit of you going into the traditions of future generations and if that's not the most Jewish thing ever then I don't know what is.

My family’s recipe for lokshen kugel!www.tumblr.com -copy-pasted from my mom- This will make about 12 good pieces. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Spray an oven proof pan - 9X11 or 13 pyrex or something like that with Pam 1/2 lb wide noodles (cook a…

“Abortion wins elections.” - Rebecca Traister

There's already data on this. Abortion on the ballot increases Democratic turnout and helps elect Democrats.

Abortion issue is boosting Biden’s advantages in the suburbswww.nbcnews.com The state Supreme Court election in Wisconsin is only the latest example of how abortion is driving election results since the Dobbs decision.

Dope

Campaign news has overshadowed this. For all those who missed it: the administration announced $1 billion to help communities be more resilient to climate change/natural hazards. www.dhs.gov/news/2024/07...

President Biden Announces $1 Billion in Project Selections to Make Communities More Resilient to Climate Change and Natural Hazards Through His Investing in America Agenda | Homeland Securitywww.dhs.gov President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell today announced the 656 project selections for $1 billion in clim...

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There's already data on this. Abortion on the ballot increases Democratic turnout and helps elect Democrats.

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Read this, share this widely

I will bang this drum forever: in THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 Milton Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary Germans after WW2 to learn how fascism took hold. There was never a moment when everyone woke up:

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Ellsworth Kelly, Colors for a Large Wall, 1951 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135955

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Dunno why I just rewatched it but the dual testimony before the Jan 6 committee of former Trump staff Sarah Matthews & Matt Pottinger is jarring, in that all of Sarah’s testimony makes you think she genuinely felt bad about the riot while it is clear Matt’s takeaway was this looks bad on my resume

Not great, fam.

A new law in #Idaho allows anyone to complain about any book being "harmful to minors" and libraries have to remove to from public access. This the ultimate in book banning. It is burning 🔥 access to books. #FreedomToRead localnews8.com/news/2024/07...

New library legislation sparks outrage and protests from Idaho Democrats - Local News 8localnews8.com POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI)—Idaho Democrats have launched a statewide day of protests in response to the new library bill that went into effect Monday morning. Protestors have gathered outside of librarie...

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“I hope they assemble you with your butt on backwards” is my new curse.

Let us never forget: Kansas City has a Tyrannosaurus model that was assembled with it's butt on backwards. Wife for scale

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I’m know it’s not Pride anymore but I’m still trying to educate myself: any of my queer moots recognize this acronym? Thanks!

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When every single national media outlet is speaking in lockstep with Republican talking points about a candidate for president, that is a fundamental, societal level problem with bad implications for the future of democracy in the US. That people discount that is deeply disappointing.

I focus 90% of my criticism on media ethics and leadership because that is the foundation of how we establish a shared reality. Writing off media effects as immaterial or irrelevant, as if people form opinions about events outside their personal experience without mediation, is deeply ignorant.

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People complained that Chengdu zoo was letting their clouded leopard get fat, their expert explained "This cat is like thirty years old, that's twice as old clouded leopards GET, and he's just had major surgery. Making him lose weight would do WAY more harm, just let him have this."

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Barnett Newman, Canto VII, 1963 https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1114789

With the return of the heat dome to Washington, I'm reverting to my summer childhood hobby of absolutely CRUSHING the BookIt Program. Rereading "On Stranger Tides" after "Our Flag Means Death" is an absolute trip.

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Only in Boston, baby.

They might be Green Onion Giants

They Might Be Green Giants

Make a band more vegetable Mixed Greens Day

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A hill I will die on: all white-collar crimes are violent crimes. It's just that the violence is removed from the perpetrator because the perpetrator is wealthy.

Holy. Shit. They're literally saying Trump's felonies aren't that bad compared to the "real felonies". Bear in mind, they're ignoring J6 and "gimme 12000 votes" call and the stolen docs. We joke, but this is literally Newsmax copy.

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Today in 1962, Leonard Nimoy and his then-wife Sandra Zober Nimoy sent this telegram to President John F. Kennedy urging him to end atmospheric nuclear testing for the sake of children and the environment, most likely in response to news reports about an imminent, high-altitude US nuclear test.

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Inspired by @amandamarcotte.bsky.social to write something this morning on Heritage and Project 2025 medium.com/3streams/if-...

If it’s not Heritage, who is planning Trump’s transitionmedium.com The former President need to clarify who’s in charge

But think of the quarterly shareholder earnings!

Rare event! Competing heat domes in the Southeast and Southwest US crank out two huge all-time record highs. Palm Springs 124 and Raleigh=Durham 106 with a heat index of 118! Las Vegas is forecast to break their all-time high this weekend and even Death Valley may come close.

are we allowed to observe that a meaningful proportion of the Biden Old pundit freakout is white men getting up in their feelings about aging and losing their virility?

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you are not crazy, this is an entirely true statement that many, many more people need to print out, tape up to their mirror, and ground themselves with every morning. it is fucking JULY. everybody needs to pop an edible and calm the fuck down.

Am I fucking crazy, or has this been one shitty debate performance, followed by a week plus of story after story about "panic" etc? No new evidence that he's unable to do it, just constant "people are saying"?

The officer, when he realized what Trump had done, got noticeably emotional and upset, feeling that the President had harmed and betrayed "his trans brothers and sisters in arms."

When Trump tweeted out what became the transgender military ban with a 17-minute gap between tweets, I was on the phone with someone on the JCS. During the lag, we debated if we'd feel it if he nuked North Korea.

Bravo, folks!

THEY DID IT!!