Lydy

Lydy

@lydy.bsky.social

Sff, knitting, cats, sleep tech, e-bike devotee, permanently confused about time and space. No one let go of anyone's hand. No gods, no masters, no bed time! she/her

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Boo!-per Lund
@cooperlund.online

Replying to @cooperlund.online

It’s just insane to me that the widespread stereotype is that liberals are the ones who look down on people when JD Vance is this openly contemptuous of the intellect of his constituents

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Megan Wachspress
@meganwachspress.bsky.social

Lot of folks (self included) expressing despair that despite aggressive prosecuting fascists ("doing everything right") Brazil was still going to get Bolsonaro-ed and the fact this guy gtfo-ed as quickly as he did should be a big signal for the AOC DOJ to go *hard* in 2029.

George Pearkes@peark.es

Aw nuts *BOLSONARO EN ROUTE TO THE US, FOLHA REPORTS CITING ALLIES

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David M. Perry
@lollardfish.bsky.social

We don’t need to go back to the invention of algebra … thread

Adam Rutherford@adamrutherford.bsky.social

Michael Atiyah 🇪🇬: Fields Medal 1966 (also Abel Prize 2004), for K-theory. Ahmed Zewail 🇪🇬: Nobel for Chemistry 1999, for his work on femtochemistry. Omar M. Yaghi 🇯🇴: Wolf Prize 2018, Nobel for Chemistry 2025, for his work on reticular chemistry Naguib Mahfouz 🇪🇬: Nobel for literature 1988

Lydy
@lydy.bsky.social

Oh, lord, he's not wrong. When I moved to Minneapolis from Iowa City in 1986, practically the first thing I did was sit down with the Yellow Pages and look at restaurant listings.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social

a 25 year old could not comprehend how bad the dining options were in the median American town in 1996

Lydy
@lydy.bsky.social

At the time, Iowa City had hamburgers, pizza, an Italian restaurant whose chief claim was cloth tablecloths, a bad Mexican restaurant, two bad Cantonese restaurants, a very expensive steak restaurant, and a very good ice cream parlor (run by the Transcendental Meditation people.)

Lydy
@lydy.bsky.social

It is incredibly condescending to assume that "the common man" doesn't clearly distinguish between different types of spaces, and want different aesthetics for those different spaces. Your average Joe doesn't want the Oval Office to look like a chain restaurant, even if they love said restaurant.

SlacktivistFred@slacktivistfred.bsky.social

No no no — if you REALLY want to show that Obama’s mockery of the gaudily gilded Oval Office was elitist, then what you, the red-blooded, white-skinned, Real American common folk need to do is start gluing “golden” gewgaws to every wall of your homes too. THAT would prove your point.

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Lydy
@lydy.bsky.social

One more quick gloss. The anti-missile defense that Rick Redfern is referring to is the initiative called Star Wars, which was sold to congress as a complete defense against nuclear ICBMs, and which never passed a single test without cheating.

Lydy
@lydy.bsky.social

A lot of very strange things came from this initiative, some of them quite good, and all the good things were entirely unintended. Also, it was _shockingly_ expensive, and probably destabilized the markets.

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Micah
@rincewind.run

bring back shame for being a huge fucking racist in public

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social

i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.

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Ghostly Bree
@mostlybree.kitrocha.com

This is something we get accused of surprisingly often and all I can say is: yes. Good. I am here to destroy the hopes and dreams of husbands who don't think they have to add value to their wife's life.

Robin Marty @robinmarty.com

"For married women, it gives unrealistic expectations of sex, often leading to disappointment in our marriages...For unmarried women, these books will do nothing but give you unrealistic expectations for when you do get married."

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Mo Ryan
@moryan.bsky.social

Here's a direct link to House Dem's Judiciary Cmte report. The executive summary begins: "A growing body of evidence demonstrates that Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s." democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

Per a new report from House Democrats, Trump's DOJ is withholding evidence of his ties to Epstein and slow-walking the complete release of the Epstein files. It's time to end the cover-up and expose the truth. Remember this when you cast your ballot. www.ms.now/news/house-j...

ms.nowHouse Judiciary Democrats release 50-page report on Trump’s alleged involvement in Epstein filesThe report — issued just eight days before the election — makes multiple, uncorroborated allegations against the president while also detailing discrepancies in his statements about Epstein.
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Lydy
@lydy.bsky.social

I dunno, man. Can we please _stop_ falling for this bullshit? Like before I die? That sure would be nice!

Lydy
@lydy.bsky.social

(I would also like to note the irony of the "Fuck your Feelings" crowd being the same people who want to make public policy based entirely on vibes, not any actual facts.)

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Lydy
@lydy.bsky.social

This has been the bait and switch game that the Rs have been playing for my entire adult life. Right now, it's a trans in a bathroom, rather than a bear in the woods. Does this person threaten you? Is there any danger to you in any way?

Lydy
@lydy.bsky.social

Nevermind. What matters is how you feel about this. And because you feel a way, that means that you must give them all the power to assuage this fear that they have ginned up.

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Lydy
@lydy.bsky.social

The thing that actually matters is how you feel about the bear. The structure of the ad also tells you that you should _absolutely_ be afraid of the bear. And based on that fear, which may or may not have any basis in fact, you should now spent a huge amount of money protecting yourself.

Lydy
@lydy.bsky.social

The really interesting thing about this ad is that it does not make an argument. It presents a thing to be afraid of (and in case you missed the allusion, the bear in this case is the USSR). It then goes on to say that it doesn't matter, really, if the bear exists, much less if it is dangerous.

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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social

The only reason I can think of for this news not being absolutely everywhere is that large media orgs don’t want to be seen as putting their thumbs on the scales a week before election day. And that’s cowardly as shit.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Lydy
@lydy.bsky.social

LOL moment today: Peggy Flanagan (who is great and for whom I voted) has posted on her FB page as part of her campaign, a Truth by DJT supporting her opponent. Ballsy move, and one more reason why we need to elect Peggy. There are a lot of other reasons, but this is a good one.

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Andy Craig
@andycraig.bsky.social

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social

it feels truly insane that it’s not

Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

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Matt Brown
@mattbrown.bsky.social
Samantha Brennan@samanthabrennan.bsky.social

A new survey of 1,000 American adults found that the strongest supporters of transgender sports bans are not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women. www.helenwebberley.com/news/transge...

helenwebberley.comAre transgender sports bans really about protecting women? | Dr Helen WebberleyThe data says no. Those most hostile to women are most in favour of banning trans athletes.

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Elizabeth Spiers
@espiers.bsky.social

I think the lesson from Lula is not never talk about the opposition; it's articulate a positive vision that's basically, We Can Just Do Things. That's why Mamdani-ism is so popular - voters have an intrinsic sense that their electeds have agency they're not using

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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social

Replying to @marisakabas.bsky.social

A serial rapist was elected twice as President, a fact we don't reckon with nearly enough. Now one of two major political parties has been molded in his image, run for and by violent sexual abusers who hate women.

Lydy
@lydy.bsky.social

The gaslighting is notable, but I'm obsessed by his hand gestures. What is this thing with palms out, fingers splayed and slightly curled as if he were about to grab a pair of boobs? The other gestures look stiff, rehearsed, and slightly mechanical.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "Gas prices are too high ... they skyrocket every time some tinpot dictator decides to throw a tantrum"

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Truthout
@truthout.org

The House Judiciary Committee Democrats have released a report containing testimony from 11 women regarding allegations of sexual assault, including a new rape allegation, against President Trump in relation to Jeffrey Epstein that the lawmakers say has been deliberately covered up by the DOJ.

buff.lyNew Evidence Allegedly Ties Trump to 11 Sexual Assaults Related to EpsteinA new report notes several patterns of conduct that Trump and Epstein shared in recruiting victims.

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John Wiswell
@wiswell.bsky.social

Replying to @wiswell.bsky.social

This is what they've done.

Holly Brewer@earlymodjustice.bsky.social

“Several conservative organizations …— including the Heritage Foundation and American Moment — have pressed White House counsel to either prepare pardons or put in place funding for the legal fees necessary to defend junior staffers from criminal and congressional probes or potential lawsuits.”

washingtonsun.comWhite House Is Weighing Mass Pardons for Junior StaffConservative groups influential with the Trump administration have pressed for the preemptive acts of clemency.
Lydy
@lydy.bsky.social

This is the reason I really hate the trend of removing fast food restaurants from hospitals. Most of the people eating at the hospital restaurant are not patients, they are family and friends. Often, people under a lot of stress. A familiar place means they don't have to use executive function

rahaeli@rahaeli.bsky.social

It's one of those places you go when your plane just dropped you in a new-to-you area, you're starving, and you don't want to make the effort to find a local place, the same way as Applebees/Friday's/Red Lobster/Olive Garden/etc. Its appeal is that you know exactly what you're getting.

Lydy
@lydy.bsky.social

The thing is, you may or may not like McDonald's, but you know what your order is. If your grandmother might not make it, you've been up for 24 hours, and you have spent most of that time crying, you don't want an unfamiliar menu and more decisions. You want enough calories to not faint.