Hope.
@perchesinthesoul.bsky.social
Always curious, learning, and questioning. Wearing my heart on my sleeve since the Reagan era.
Be kind.
Interests: journalism, finance, history, geopolitics
Loves: reading, gardening, laughing, exploring, dogs, good music
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Be kind.
Interests: journalism, finance, history, geopolitics
Loves: reading, gardening, laughing, exploring, dogs, good music
☮️❤️🌎
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I'm sure Republicans are scheduling several months of hearings on this very important development
RFK Jr. reportedly sent nearly $800,000 in taxpayer money to a research project tied to the Russian plague lab.
October 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I'm sure Republicans are scheduling several months of hearings on this very important development
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It’s really remarkable to me that 10 years into this people feel compelled to “clarify” Trump’s homicidal and often genocidal fantasies. It is deranged for the president to daydream about American cities in states he hates getting blown up. Full stop.
October 8, 2026 at 3:23 AM
It’s really remarkable to me that 10 years into this people feel compelled to “clarify” Trump’s homicidal and often genocidal fantasies. It is deranged for the president to daydream about American cities in states he hates getting blown up. Full stop.
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Thou shalt tear down this rapist crime syndicate in November and if they cheat we hit the street.
October 7, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Thou shalt tear down this rapist crime syndicate in November and if they cheat we hit the street.
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Yesterday, after a russian strike on an apartment building in the Zhytomyr region, residents rescued not only themselves, but also their beloved pets.
Cats and dogs were carried out, held tight, comforted, and never let go of. Because pets are part of the family, and you don't leave family behind💛
Cats and dogs were carried out, held tight, comforted, and never let go of. Because pets are part of the family, and you don't leave family behind💛
October 7, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Yesterday, after a russian strike on an apartment building in the Zhytomyr region, residents rescued not only themselves, but also their beloved pets.
Cats and dogs were carried out, held tight, comforted, and never let go of. Because pets are part of the family, and you don't leave family behind💛
Cats and dogs were carried out, held tight, comforted, and never let go of. Because pets are part of the family, and you don't leave family behind💛
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Hello, beautiful: paidforby.info
Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
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October 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Hello, beautiful: paidforby.info
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"AI and digital surveillance reversed the American consumer model. We grew up with people constantly trying to sell us stuff. Now they're trying to sell us *to* stuff. We are the things being purchased. Our data, our lives."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koos...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koos...
Expert Explains to Sam Altman Why He Sucks (feat. Sarah Kendzior)
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
www.youtube.com
October 7, 2026 at 12:50 PM
"AI and digital surveillance reversed the American consumer model. We grew up with people constantly trying to sell us stuff. Now they're trying to sell us *to* stuff. We are the things being purchased. Our data, our lives."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koos...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koos...
So basically, Musk still has his grubby mitts all over our government—NDS is just trying to be more subtle about it because people hate Elon.
One of the most important jobs after the government flips: holding these people accountable.
One of the most important jobs after the government flips: holding these people accountable.
The National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.
A Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government Workers
The National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.
buff.ly
October 7, 2026 at 12:28 PM
So basically, Musk still has his grubby mitts all over our government—NDS is just trying to be more subtle about it because people hate Elon.
One of the most important jobs after the government flips: holding these people accountable.
One of the most important jobs after the government flips: holding these people accountable.
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a little louder for the cheap seats in the back
October 6, 2026 at 9:57 PM
a little louder for the cheap seats in the back
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Like it or not this what Maine Guys actually sound like. Might sound like shit to you, but this is a Meryl Streep-level performance for guys from Maine with this voice and personality.
SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list
TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
October 7, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Like it or not this what Maine Guys actually sound like. Might sound like shit to you, but this is a Meryl Streep-level performance for guys from Maine with this voice and personality.
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the tech industry is about to invent books
October 6, 2026 at 11:09 PM
the tech industry is about to invent books
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DNC Releases Preemptive Autopsy Into Why They Lost Midterms https://theonion.com/dnc-releases-preemptive-autopsy-into-why-they-lost-midterms/
October 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
DNC Releases Preemptive Autopsy Into Why They Lost Midterms https://theonion.com/dnc-releases-preemptive-autopsy-into-why-they-lost-midterms/
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Our language has been completely warped by Big Tech's algorithms, from a generation that's grown up saying "unalive", to the way everyone's censored themselves talking about the Cornell rapists. It's time to fight back against billionaire control of free speech. www.anildash.com/2026/10/06/k...
We are going to kill “unalive” - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
October 6, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Our language has been completely warped by Big Tech's algorithms, from a generation that's grown up saying "unalive", to the way everyone's censored themselves talking about the Cornell rapists. It's time to fight back against billionaire control of free speech. www.anildash.com/2026/10/06/k...
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ProPublica has made a database of all the incidents they could find where ICE detained citizens. Important work. This kind of data is too often hidden and lost.
12/ We spent months compiling every case we could find of immigration agents detaining Americans.
We did it because the government hasn't.
And now, we're sharing every one of those cases with you.
Explore our database: propub.li/4egbSK2
We did it because the government hasn't.
And now, we're sharing every one of those cases with you.
Explore our database: propub.li/4egbSK2
October 6, 2026 at 12:46 PM
ProPublica has made a database of all the incidents they could find where ICE detained citizens. Important work. This kind of data is too often hidden and lost.
I think it’s officially time to ditch the “land of the free” propaganda and replace it with “land of the tech fascism.”
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a database run on Palantir software, newly unsealed court filings say.
www.wired.com
October 6, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I think it’s officially time to ditch the “land of the free” propaganda and replace it with “land of the tech fascism.”
Heard this song this morning, and it reminded me how much I love Chris Cornell. Such an incredible talent gone way too early. Hope his tortured soul finally found some peace.
Say Hello 2 Heaven (25th Anniversary Mix)
YouTube video by Temple Of The Dog - Topic
m.youtube.com
October 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Heard this song this morning, and it reminded me how much I love Chris Cornell. Such an incredible talent gone way too early. Hope his tortured soul finally found some peace.
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If leading Democrats were close with Yarvin, then there would be multiple news cycles about how they refuse to denounce him.
But Yarvin is only friends with the MAGA Vice President, so crickets…
But Yarvin is only friends with the MAGA Vice President, so crickets…
Curtis Yarvin, a major influence on Vice President JD Vance, is openly fantasizing about Hitler again.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right.
October 6, 2026 at 11:21 AM
If leading Democrats were close with Yarvin, then there would be multiple news cycles about how they refuse to denounce him.
But Yarvin is only friends with the MAGA Vice President, so crickets…
But Yarvin is only friends with the MAGA Vice President, so crickets…
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dennis hastert and jim bakker in the same day feels like an apology for dolly and tim curry
October 6, 2026 at 3:22 AM
dennis hastert and jim bakker in the same day feels like an apology for dolly and tim curry
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Yes, the White House sometimes serves as a branch Kremlin press office, which would be humiliating for anyone who had the slightest hint of patriotism or for that matter personal dignity.
This proves only two things.
The Ukrainian campaign against Russian refineries is causing serious damage.
Putin has asked Trump to help him out and the US president obliged.
The Ukrainian campaign against Russian refineries is causing serious damage.
Putin has asked Trump to help him out and the US president obliged.
October 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Yes, the White House sometimes serves as a branch Kremlin press office, which would be humiliating for anyone who had the slightest hint of patriotism or for that matter personal dignity.
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Working on a story about this and hoping to speak to USA Today journalists or journalists at other Gannett to better understand the editorial process. Anonymity granted. Contact info in bio.
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of.
What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
October 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Working on a story about this and hoping to speak to USA Today journalists or journalists at other Gannett to better understand the editorial process. Anonymity granted. Contact info in bio.
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I was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late.
In the aftermath of the Cornell rape case, @espiers.bsky.social reflects on her own experiences with sexual assault, and how our current models of consent-based sex education may not be enough.
My Rape, the Cornell Case—and Why We Need Better Approaches to Teaching How Consent Works
I tried to process the experience of being raped by disassociating. We have to show our kids a better way
www.thenation.com
October 5, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late.
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"Grief is excessive; so is revolution. It is a defiant ‘yes’ when the rest of the world would say no. It is a refusal of the foreclosing of our time, an overflowing of humanity into the places that it is forbidden. We will not be machines anymore." - Sarah Jaffe -
Letterpress prints of "From the Ashes" by Sarah Jaffe — radical emprints
About the words: These two letterpress prints are excerpts from Sarah Jaffe's beautiful & timely new book From the Ashes: Grief & Revolution in a World on Fire. This is one of the most ...
www.radicalemprints.com
October 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
"Grief is excessive; so is revolution. It is a defiant ‘yes’ when the rest of the world would say no. It is a refusal of the foreclosing of our time, an overflowing of humanity into the places that it is forbidden. We will not be machines anymore." - Sarah Jaffe -
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Bellingcat has become aware of an individual contacting people via Telegram and WhatsApp from a UK number, naming themselves "Antony Kevin", claiming to work for Bellingcat, and asking for assistance recruiting journalists and analysts working on Syria, in particular Damascus and Idlib.
October 5, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Bellingcat has become aware of an individual contacting people via Telegram and WhatsApp from a UK number, naming themselves "Antony Kevin", claiming to work for Bellingcat, and asking for assistance recruiting journalists and analysts working on Syria, in particular Damascus and Idlib.
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Translation: Sociopath elitist tech fascists who think they’re creating God and believe democracy is the enemy want us to finance our own demise to let them take over the world.
www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
October 5, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Translation: Sociopath elitist tech fascists who think they’re creating God and believe democracy is the enemy want us to finance our own demise to let them take over the world.
www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Some thoughts from May 2021 — and an article to go with it. This nightmare was preventable. They didn’t want to stop it.
Article: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-public-f...
Article: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-public-f...
October 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Some thoughts from May 2021 — and an article to go with it. This nightmare was preventable. They didn’t want to stop it.
Article: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-public-f...
Article: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-public-f...
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The Russia Plague:
October 4, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The Russia Plague: