Monteiro

Monteiro

@monteiro.bsky.social

I paint. I used to do other things. I might do them again. He/him. Protect trans kids! “One of our generation's most moving writers.” —some Bsky rando

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avril
@sego.li

FIELDER: do you understand why this clip is funny? HOLMES: they're all trying to find the guy who did this, but they can't find him. FIELDER: do you know which guy did this? HOLMES: FIELDER: HOLMES: FIELDER: HOLMES: no... they can't figure out which guy did this.

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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social

The Grand Old Rape Party

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

Monteiro
@monteiro.bsky.social

ZEEE-RO. ZED. NIL. NADA.

Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick@shimminykricket.blacksky.app

Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf

Monteiro
@monteiro.bsky.social

I think one (of the many) reasons people find Nathan Fielder so “cringe” is because we’re no longer expecting interviewers to ask follow-up questions. When Fielder asks the obvious follow-up question it feels like a violation.

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jabberwoCKY
@ckyonwords.bsky.social

This is one of two essays I read this morning about friendships and reasons that they end. Both have given me cause for reflection on my own life experiences and relationships. This one in particular felt like it was written for me.

Monteiro@monteiro.bsky.social

Happy Saturday, your afternoon read is about letting friendships die and punching cops. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...

buttondown.comHow to lose friendsIs it worth it to be friends with someone when you know you are going to do all the work?

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Core Thoughts
@corethoughts.bsky.social

"And we walk the Earth with love in our hearts. We extend it to others, and they extend their love to us. Embellishing both our lives, and that is beautiful. Somewhere out there, there is someone waiting for a new friend." 😭

Monteiro@monteiro.bsky.social

Happy Saturday, your afternoon read is about letting friendships die and punching cops. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...

buttondown.comHow to lose friendsIs it worth it to be friends with someone when you know you are going to do all the work?

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Tressie McMillan Cottom
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social

Right, so, male influencers are being sent out to tell Black people that resisting data centers is wrong actually because people don't understand how to really measure their water use. It’s an appeal to scientific expertise intended to intimidate Black people.

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KetAnthropic JoshAI
@ketanjoshi.co

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

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Sherrilyn Ifill
@sifill.bsky.social

So many choices. “A young man.” OR “A longtime Republican operative” “A former aide to Republican Senator Josh Hawley” “A young man with deep ties to Republican candidates” But, “a young man.” We see you @wsj.com.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com

A young man asked Abdul-El Sayed if he would disavow the Muslim Brotherhood. The tense exchange has turned into a highlight for the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan. Here’s what happened.

on.wsj.comHow an Abdul El-Sayed Opponent Handed Him a Campaign HighlightHow an Abdul El-Sayed Opponent Handed Him a Campaign Highlight

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jamelle
@jamellebouie.net

it is the same exact thing as demanding that black candidates for office “disavow farrakhan,” which happened quite a bit in the 90s and 2000s

James Goodwin@jamesgoodwin.bsky.social

El-Sayed is going to forced to disavow the Muslim Brotherhood at least a dozen times more before the midterms. The point is clearly not the answer. The point is the question. It's basically push-polling.

Monteiro
@monteiro.bsky.social

When you spout your tepid VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO bullshit who I hear is that you’re more than willing to throw immigrants and trans people under the bus for a few votes, and yeah… no.

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Paul F. Tompkins
@pftompkins.bsky.social

Replying to @pftompkins.bsky.social

Now is the time to care about everyone, not “once we win” The time to care about everyone is always always always now

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@mayor.nyc.gov

This week, we opened 385 new affordable homes in Brooklyn. We’ll soon grow the Innovative Urban Village to 2,000 affordable homes, child care, jobs, a grocery store and a performing arts center. That’s what it looks like to build a city without pricing out the working class.

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Pavel
@spavel.bsky.social

Pro tip for the people sharing anti-AI slop posts that are themselves AI generated: you are part of the problem

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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

thehandbasket.co'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist tiesThomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.

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Ezra Levin ❌👑
@ezralevin.bsky.social

❗❗❗Mark Zuckerberg's meta just suspended the No Kings Instagram account. I just rushed back from my local No Kings to jump on this. Bottom line, would be helpful for all pro-No Kings folks to elevate the issue and help us get the word out about No Kings today. The Nerd Reich strikes again.

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Phil Lewis
@phillewis.bsky.social

Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...

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A.R. Moxon
@juliusgoat.bsky.social

Replying to @juliusgoat.bsky.social

"I suppose you could say that insisting on the rights of all people is issuing a "political purity test." But this ignores the fact that those who refuse to enter the tent unless you push other people out of the tent are *also* issuing a political purity test." www.the-reframe.com/winning-the-...

the-reframe.comWinning the MiddleWhat makes for a purity test? What makes for a big tent? Unpacking the apparently pragmatic demand that we Speak Low about fascists to beat fascism.
Monteiro
@monteiro.bsky.social

The Senior Senator from AIPAC will not be delivering a message at this time.

Truthout@truthout.org

Chuck Schumer — one of the most powerful Democrats in the country — has not issued statements to the press or through his social media channels about the administration’s attack on Ilhan Omar, which critics have described as a five alarm fire for the state of democracy in the U.S.

truthout.orgChuck Schumer Hasn’t Said a Word About Trump’s Attempt to Deport Ilhan OmarEthics lawyers say the raid violated the Hatch Act. Schumer has been silent.

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RedruM
@dorsalstream.bsky.social

Beautiful and true. It's going to be hard, but you're going to be ok. And you're going to be constantly surprised, by yourself as much as anyone.

Monteiro@monteiro.bsky.social

This week’s newsletter is about being afraid of children. At least being afraid of having children. Which I get. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...

buttondown.comHow to stop being afraid of childrenMy spouse and I are going to start trying to have kids soon, but I’m scared of all the ways our lives will change. How do I let go of that fear?