Mary (she/her)

Mary (she/her)

@magickenslady.bsky.social

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Brandon Friedman
@brandonfriedman.bsky.social

Never attribute to malice what you can attribute to laziness. As someone who spent a decade in political communications and corporate PR, the straight answer is that either she or her reps reached out to the NYT and offered to provide quotes. And lazy reporters gratefully accepted the offer.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Also, I'd love to know how two different stories -- each written by three reporters, with no overlap in the authors -- managed to find Jolene Riessen and make her the stand-in for apolitical Iowa farmers.

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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo
@originalist.bsky.social

Replying to @bababooie42.bsky.social

While “police kidnap de blasio’s daughter and issue veiled threat demanding mayor authorize specific tactics” blip in the press! NYPD "Adams's protective detail kidnapped an Italian crypto investor and brought him to gangsters who sexually tortured him for his password" "forced him to smoke crack"

cnn.comDetective assigned to NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ security detail allegedly dropped off victim in crypto kidnapping case, sources say | CNNA New York City Police detective assigned to Mayor Eric Adams’ security detail will be questioned in relation to a bizarre crypto currency kidnapping and torture plot after he allegedly delivered the ...
NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo@originalist.bsky.social

"All of NYPD's worst misconduct officers are paid about $200,000 a year with substantiated serial abuse records" "We Planted Evidence, Framed Innocent People" "9 Cops Show up to Hospital to Threaten NYPD's Teen Rape Victim" "NYC has shelled out $384M in 5 years to settle NYPD suits" $11B a year:

old.reddit.comThings that make you go huh 🤔 Chico spends 48.7% of it’s budget on the Police Department. By comparison, NYC spends 7.7%, Los Angeles 25.5% and Chicago comes in high at 37%.Posted in r/ChicoCA by u/StandUpChico • 823 points and 490 comments

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mtsw
@mtsw.bsky.social

Politico wrote up Zohran playing basketball with the uncovering-a-big-scandal tone the same day the NYTimes wrote up "credible allegation that The President of the United States raped a woman" as a political strategy story. Broken media in a nutshell

Chris Sommerfeldt@c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social

New: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a group of his friends have been secretly using the NYPD Police Academy’s gymnasium in Queens to play pickup basketball — scrambling some operations at the facility. w/ @grahamrayman.bsky.social & Joe Anuta www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

politico.comMamdani is using NYPD gym to host pickup basketball games with friendsThe choice of location has scrambled NYPD training operations, angering a police union and a Republican lawmaker.

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Katelyn Burns
@katelynburns.com

Hannah Barnes once published a paper in the British Medical Journal with some fake scandal about trans kids and then the next day published an "exclusive" in the BBC saying that the "BMJ found a big scandal". Her source was her own report but she never disclosed that she also wrote the BMJ paper.

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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social

I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.

Chris Ingraham@cingraham.bsky.social

Kavanaugh stops in action: ICE tackled a non-verbal kid near his school, left him with injuries requiring surgery, and then left the scene when they realized he wasn't the person they were looking for www.independent.com/2026/10/23/i...

independent.comICE Detains Special Needs Student, U.S. Citizen Near Santa Maria High SchoolRapid Response volunteers witnessed the student being tackled and left with injuries requiring surgery.

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Michael
@michaelkstahl.bsky.social

Replying to @thebulwark.com

The United States Of America went 125 years without birth certificates until the Census Bureau was created in 1902. This is one more thing about which they are entirely uneducated.

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Bluegal Fran Langum #NoKings
@bluegal.bsky.social

Remember when Trump “sent investigators to Hawaii” to “find” Obama’s birth certificate?

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Rally speaker: "Mike Rogers is an American. Abdul has a birth certificate. The birth certificate says he's a citizen of America. You know what? a birth certificate doesn't make you an American."

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RevDaniel
@revdaniel.bsky.social

Trump’s entire candidacy for president was based on Obama being a black president. The GOP has been campaigning exclusively on bigotry since 2016.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

This is just pure racism. Republicans objectively are campaigning on little more than bigotry.

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David Waldman
@kagrox.bsky.social

We may just be headed for the New Dark Ages, ruled by bandit warlords.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social

This administration is just a Mad Libs filled in by the dumbest human beings on the planet. www.wsj.com/opinion/vikt...

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@janprobst.bsky.social
@janprobst.bsky.social

Rural folks have been warning about this impending disaster since HR 1 was originally proposed, hisses Sam the rural health advoCATe. It is time for folks with opposable thumbs to *do* something. #PowerOfRuralCats www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/medi...

beckershospitalreview.comMedicaid cuts put 300+ rural hospitals at risk of closure: AHAMedicaid cuts put 300 rural hospitals at risk of closure, threatening care for 16 million rural Americans and increasing uncompensated costs by $20…

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shauna
@goldengateblond.bsky.social

someone doing what they’ve already done before? why that’s MADNESS

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BASH: The worry is that we end up in a situation where President Trump tries to overturn the election and the result of that could be like what we saw after January 6-- BLANCHE: Stop it! You gotta stop it with that! That's crazy BASH: This is a president who has a history

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Daniel J. Willis
@bayareadata.press

If you told me this was literally a Dril tweet I would completely believe you.

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social

this guy was one of the dopes who thought They Really Had Something There with the fake talarico story and this tweet will live in meme’dom like a dril tweet forever

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Christopher Street Project
@christopherstreet.bsky.social

Turek’s stance is cruel, electorally misguided, and out of step with his own party. Most swing-seat Democrats *have* stood with us, but keeping the trans community’s trust requires Democrats—and, at a minimum, LGBTQ+ organizations—to call this bullshit out.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com

Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.

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NewsCurrentNow
@newscurrentnow.com

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong led the entire crowd in a loud, unmissable 'F*** Donald Trump chant at their show, electrifying the venue. Moments like that hit hard and are impossible to ignore.🔥🔥

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Governor JB Pritzker
@govpritzker.illinois.gov

Absolutely disgusting, but what can we expect from an adjudicated rapist and a congenital liar?

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Q: Amy Acton's stepfather was indicted for rape. Now that you know all that, sir, do you change your mind about the ad? Trump: No. I don't care

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victoria scott
@victoriascott.bsky.social

Sorry man this guy’s gotta lose I don’t care who the fuck he’s running against. If these loudly anti-trans Dems don’t lose, it’s going to take us thirty years to get back the rights we’ve lost in the past five.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com

Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.

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ESG Hound
@esghound.com

the nominally left wing party in the UK speed running anti LGBTQ legislation and implementation more effectively than anything Trump/MAGA has been able to pull off is a huge bummer, man

Leicester Gazette@leicestergazette.leicester.news

Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

leicester.newsBBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move* * * This story was published by **The Leicester Gazette** : a local, independent newspaper about Leicestershire. 1,000 people have already joined our community. Just use those buttons below to download our app and **sign up for free**. * * * Astrophysics student Samuel Carlier and History student Emmeline Hague-Wright were shocked to find that their LGBTQ+ pride pins had been edited out of their University Challenge appearance earlier this year. The episode, initially scheduled for BBC Two on 24 August, was delayed twice before airing on 7 September 2026. The pins showed the progressive LGBTQ+ pride flag, the bisexual pride flag and a rainbow feather. Speaking to the Leicester Gazette, Sam said: “Living in a liberal democracy and having the state broadcaster tell you ‘we’re editing how you look’, seems very Orwellian.” Sam described the choice to remove the pins before broadcast as “weird” and “absurd”. He said: “[Censoring] that seemed weird. If I had worn a rainbow shirt, would they have censored that? If the idea is to keep things impartial, where is that line in the sand?” A side by-side image of Sam wearing the pin and with it having been digitally removed. Photograph: supplied Sam contacted the BBC to try to understand why his pins had been edited out. He told the Gazette: “The BBC people said they’d ring me, and I chased them, they just said go to the complaints website and file a complaint there, that’s what I did.” Since then, Sam hasn’t had a response from the BBC as to why his pins were removed. After the episode had aired, Sam noted that his shirt ‘melted’ into itself occasionally, as a result of the editing. Photograph: supplied ## Students believe the decision was made following online transphobia Emmeline was also shocked when she found out that the feather pin she wore was due to be removed from the episode she was in. It was understood by Emmeline that there was online transphobia in response to previous episode of University Challenge, and she had been contacted by the BBC, anticipating support from the broadcaster. When the BBC contacted her, instead of an offer of support, she was told her pin was going to be removed. “At first it was mostly confusion,” she said. “I heard that they had received a lot of nastiness online from people and I thought they were going to call me to say ‘we have support services if needed,’ and that wasn't what I got at all.” Instead, Emmeline was notified that the episodes were going to be delayed. “It was out of left field, I was confused for a while,” she said. “This entire delay has been because of a feather and two badges on a teammate that were basically impossible [for viewers] to see.” Emmeline had expressed her frustrations with the repeated delays from the BBC, spanning from mid-July to early-September. She said: “We were announced on the website and then delayed again, and then announced on the website a second time, and delayed even further. Speaking about the removal, she said: “It takes a lot of time” she said. “Making it [the edit] look good would be even more expensive and time-consuming. It seems like drastically a lot of effort.” ## Join the conversation Our app is more than just a way to keep up – it's a gateway to award-winning journalism and the local community. __Want to support our work?__ Click here for membership__.__ ## Wider criticism on LGBTQ+ support The pins Sam wore during the episode. Photograph: supplied According to leading LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall UK, two in five LGBTQ+ students will hide their identities at university for fear of discrimination. Stonewall has reported that more than 36 per cent of trans students have received hostile conduct from university staff due to their gender identity. Reflecting on the digital removal of the pins, Sam spoke about how disheartening the choice was. He said: “There was maybe like a span of eight years where someone could be uncontroversially out in the open queer – now that’s gone again.” he said. The BBC has also been widely criticised for ‘an attack on the LGBTQ+ community’ by pulling its involvement with the popular show, RuPaul's Drag Race. The broadcaster pulled its involvement in September following “significant financial pressures” as the reason for axing their involvement. The criticism follows another recent controversial edit by the BBC. On its hit show, Strictly Come Dancing, a decision was made to edit out ‘Protect the Dolls’ from contestant Bethany Antonia’s T-shirt. It’s a slogan which has become widely used to support the rights of trans women. The BBC defended their decision, saying the changes were made to meet editorial guidelines. It comes as the LGBTQ+ community has faced challenges amid an increasingly less tolerant political climate. ## What the BBC had to say When we asked them about editing out the pins worn by Leicester’s University Challenge team, a BBC spokesperson said: “In line with our editorial guidelines, we advise that no badges, flags, and emblems or symbols are worn or visible during filming, along with clothing with obvious branding or slogans. If such items are not removed for any reason then a decision is made between the programme makers and the BBC regarding any edits to the programme.” The BBC said the delays to the episode were unrelated to the decision to edit out the pins. A spokesperson for ITV Studios said: “University Challenge is an entertainment quiz show and is made in accordance with the BBC Editorial Guidelines requirements for impartiality.” The University of Leicester refused to comment on the matter. * * * **Before you go…** We’ve recently surpassed 1,000 subscribers, which is amazing considering we’re a small team on a shoestring budget. Now, we’re ready for the next stage of the Leicester Gazette. **Download our new app and get all of our journalism anytime, anywhere.** The app connects with **Bluesky** , **Mastodon** and **Threads** , giving you access to a network of around 60 million people. It’s a safer, more meaningful alternative to mainstream social media – owned by the community. * * *

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@GottaLaff
@gottalaff.bsky.social

They mess with everything, including US elections, with Trump's and Musk's help.

Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social

A new excuse dropped for the Starlink/Starshield throttling in Ukraine: "Ukraine hacked the terminals." Promoted by all the bots and paid pro-russian influencers, supported by their fever dreams and zero evidence whatsoever.

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shauna
@goldengateblond.bsky.social

all of this has always been about getting back at the uppity women who wouldn’t fuck them

@amybisinthewoods.bsky.social 🍄🍄‍🟫@amybdogsandfungi.bsky.social

“Palantir cofounder and CEO Alex Karp states ‘AI will undermine the influence of highly educated, often female voters and give it to working class men. We have feminine energy running our cities and our courts,’ he complained.”

futurism.comCEO of Palantir Says AI Will Seize Power Away From College-Educated WomenPalantir CEO Alex Karp said AI would disrupt "humanities trained" and "Democratic voters" who are largely women.

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Eric Lipton NYT
@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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Bryan Toporek
@btoporek.bsky.social

We better hear about this 10x as much as we heard about Hunter Biden's stupid laptop.

Vanity Fair@vanityfair.com

Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations—Including More Than $700 Million In Transfers

vanityfair.comThe Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed More Than $700 Million in TransfersAn exclusive excerpt from ‘Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East’ examines how bank accounts linked the president’s son-in-law—and former sen...

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AltWatcher
@altwatcher.bsky.social

As we approach the midterms, remember that the Alt National Park Service is a merch sales operation claiming without evidence to be a group of federal employees, and is not a genuine source of news about elections of any kind. Please get your election info from a local, reputable source.

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Oliver Willis
@owillis.bsky.social

The coup that installed George W Bush continues

memeorandum@memeorandum.com

Supreme Court Allows Blanket Ban on Student IDs at Polls in New Hampshire (Abbie VanSickle/New York Times) Main Link | memeorandum Permalink

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David Waldman
@kagrox.bsky.social

The survival imperative that drives migration will inevitably either have to be accepted, or met with murder.

Noah Shachtman@noahshachtman.bsky.social

Jesus Christ. Trump's Pentagon is putting the pain ray on the southern border. This was a weapon yanked from Iraq ... for being too inhumane. www.laserwars.net/p/military-h...

laserwars.netPulse #016: The US Military’s Notorious ‘Heat Ray’ Is Headed for the BorderPersonally, I simply would not do this.

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adrian
@crawf34.bsky.social
NBC News@nbcnews.com

A Florida man was found dead in his home during a welfare check in July 2022. Weeks later, one of the officers who discovered his body moved into the home and spent years impersonating him, according to investigators.

nbcnews.toOfficer who found man dead in Florida home allegedly moved in, renovated and assumed his identity for yearsBrian Louis Sguros, 35, had responded to the Lauderhill home in July 2022 for a welfare check.

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digby
@digby56.bsky.social

Again. This is the second time he's implied she's an alcoholuc. He really is like Dick Nixon, right down to the no holds barred rat-fucking and dirty tricks.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance smears Amy Acton: "I happen to think that the people of Ohio see through that fraudulent activity for exactly what it is. Somebody said alcohol. You can say it. I can't."

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ESG Hound
@esghound.com

Replying to @esghound.com

this article is absolute garbage and this man is a menace lines like "He prefers taking back roads because he can easily pull off if he feels a vertigo attack coming on" just barfed out with no further discussion on this man being a sociopathic freak