Barrista

Barrista

@onbluskysku.bsky.social

Lawyer, Pittsburgher, DSA, reader of too few books, enjoyer of too many jokes

2.8K followers1.4K following45.1K posts

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com

the idea that a city's social services should be paid for one-by-one by these insane discretionary deals on a development-by-development basis is just madness. it's such a tremendous drain on the general prosperity in return for ???

Within a decade this will likely be widely available and it’ll be a footnote that it wasn’t a normal treatment option in the past

SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)@covid19disease.bsky.social

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 25-year-old Argentinian biologist Pilar Ferrer has developed an injectable gel that helps repair damaged heart tissue after a heart attack

For no particular reason remembering the position paper I wrote in college under the Bolsonaro government about why America should withdraw cooperation from Brazil if he kept razing the Amazon

People will say we need a centrist to unite the country and then not go hard in the paint for Men’s Rights Activist AOC

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Campaigns have operated on the assumption that the worst someone can say is “no” and that is not really true

Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social

NEW: We asked readers if they've been drowning in political texts, calls, mailers and TV ads, and to share pics of what they're getting. Hooo boy, did we get responses! Some fumed its been "harassment." Some won't donate to Dem campaigns ever again. www.huffpost.com/entry/voters...

It is very literally that, hobos and rail riders during the depression were a prominent feature of life and culture. We had beatniks. This is not a new phenomenon

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social

It is not "conservative ideology" to note an undeniable fact that young men are opting out of work because being unemployed is no longer a miserable thing but a lifestyle.

Frozen and vegan foods, cough medicine, electric vehicles, school bullying, drinking water, online database navigation, cameras, energy-efficient appliances, bicycles, sex education, access to books, bedding, GMOs, medical imaging, batteries, the norm of fixing pets, and men's fashion options.

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

AOC: "What the Trump administration is doing in targeting trans people is to get everyone on board with supporting defunding their own civil rights ... understand that when they attack trans girls in sports, they're also attacking all women's ability to stand up against their abusers"

The Republican’s closing message being that that 12 year old was a liar when she talked about getting molested by her stepdad is laser targeted at the crucial voter demo of pedophile stepdads

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "Now the media and the Democrats in the state of Ohio are obsessed because Vivek Ramaswamy had the audacity to run a TV commercial which calls it out like it is and call Amy Acton a liar"

Going to work sick and the court staff needing to find an interpreter who speaks the dialect of Swahili spoken in the eastern portion of the DRC makes for one of the most days of all time

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Props to Allegheny County Council’s adoption of the parental leave ordinance this evening! A local government uniquely taking the lead on this kind of issue serves as a model for a starting point for truly taking care of workers and families.

Rich Lord@richelord.bsky.social

Paid parental leave just passed Allegheny County Council, and now goes to County Executive Sara Innamorato for signature. @ormorrison.bsky.social was on the scene www.publicsource.org/allegheny-county-paid-parental-leave-passes

There are ppl who are gonna clown on this guy Leopards-faces etc. etc. and you don't need to be his friend but also this is exactly what winning because your opponents are racist bigots looks like in practice

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Replying to @peark.es

Day 4 update from ncearly.peark.es shows an *incredibly* blue electorate versus early votes from 2018 and 2022. This can change with a Republican EDay surge but it will have to be very large...or EV trends will have to shift dramatically (and no sign of that with EV over 20% complete).

I personally think it's entertaining that if you wrote this out people would think it's an overindulgent scene from an Aaron Sorkin piece but it's just a real thing that happened

Schooley@schooley.bsky.social

Recognizing a bad faith plant in a town hall and politely but firmly gutting their gotcha like a fish is an underrated campaign skill.

I'm That ANTIFA Holly@imthatholly.bsky.social

😂 You haven't seen the complaint to say, so why do you lie? It was concerning enough to the party I sued, they asked how much I wanted, but it's primarily not money I'm asking for. If you knew law, you could determine that from just the caption of my complaint.

While it’s faced widespread criticism, The Reich’s fall fashion line seems to be a hit with some

Outspoken™️@out5p0ken.bsky.social

Mike Rogers’ wife is handing out $10 gas cards in Michigan while asking people to vote for her husband. Republicans made gas unaffordable. Now they’re offering $10 to keep them in power. #BlueWaveIn20Days

They’re totally right, which is why it’s critical Ukraine be given the means to win decisively circa Japan 1905

Jacobin@jacobinmag.bsky.social

After years of warnings that the war in Ukraine could spiral into a full-on Russia-Europe conflagration, the conflict has reached a point where this is a real possibliity. It’s a prospect that threatens not just European lives but the entire globe.

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Here's Cat Murphy, a student journalist with the University of Maryland's Capital News Service, refusing to honor Rep. Andy Harris's false claim that she could not legally record his comments in this public setting @merrillcollege.bsky.social @cnsmd.bsky.social

Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com

Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.

PIT catching strays here jesus

Zeddy@zeddary.bsky.social

If I can point to a structural issue in the 'men don't read' discourse it's that the smartphone replaced the paperback poli/mil thriller as a mass market fidget spinner for dudes 30 and up. Now you can get your Pittsburgh layover Walter Mitty-ish disposable action power fantasy from QAnon.

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Replying to @rincewind.run

everyone who thinks there's one neat trick should be sentenced to a full week of canvassing door to door in a middle income suburb

Really putting the special in special forces

Faytuks Network@faytuksnetwork.bsky.social

Special forces led by Blackwater founder and Trump ally Erik Prince suffered over twenty casualties after being ambushed in the Congo, with a popular former UFC fighter among the wounded - Reuters

Disclaimer that I am going on a road trip to campaign for the guy and I still think some of you need to get a daddy and work that shit out with them instead of whatever this is

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If enough people join using my link I get a GroundworkTM Labubu. And gentlemen, I want my Groundwork Labubu.

Kevin@reginageorgebush.bsky.social

I keep meaning to get more involved and hey the least I can do is piggyback and try to get my own followers to join because I said so act.dsausa.org/s/5577.o60V74