LotsToSay
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Gen X Gothamite who appreciates *thoughtful* commentary on issues 🤔. Journalism grad & armchair media critic, focused on misinformation & language manipulation 🤨. News, politics, dad jokes & cute animals in normal times. "JustAThought"@ old Twitter. 🌐🙏☮
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LotsToSay
@lotstosay.bsky.social
· Feb 11
Recycling this post from The Bad Place on co-opting "DEI" and "woke"
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Barbra’s remarks on the Kennedy Center: barbrastreisand.com/news/barbras...
September 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Barbra’s remarks on the Kennedy Center: barbrastreisand.com/news/barbras...
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I’m on a quiz show that only tapes 46 days a year and even I think this schedule is a little light.
House GOP leaders cancel votes on Thursday - sending lawmakers home later today until after the elections. That means the House can avoid a vote on the Hegseth impeachment plan from Rep. Thomas Massie R-KY.
September 16, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I’m on a quiz show that only tapes 46 days a year and even I think this schedule is a little light.
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True story.
BREAKING: Wyld Stallyns will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran
September 15, 2026 at 11:47 PM
True story.
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This fall, Hollywood’s villain is the tech billionaire—and Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Elizabeth Holmes are all getting the big-screen treatment
Hollywood’s Fall Villain Is the Tech Billionaire
Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Elizabeth Holmes all get the big-screen treatment as filmmakers examine these controversial characters (and Sam Bankman-Fried gets a small screen considerat...
www.vanityfair.com
September 15, 2026 at 4:23 PM
This fall, Hollywood’s villain is the tech billionaire—and Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Elizabeth Holmes are all getting the big-screen treatment
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Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, we want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible.
I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the EU.
And create a common prosperity and economic security space.
I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the EU.
And create a common prosperity and economic security space.
September 16, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, we want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible.
I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the EU.
And create a common prosperity and economic security space.
I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the EU.
And create a common prosperity and economic security space.
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Andrew Wakefield was stripped of his medical license over a fraudulent, now-retracted study that falsely claimed a link between autism and the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine.
RFK Jr. headlines sold-out anti-vaccine conference alongside Andrew Wakefield
The event is hosted by Kennedy's anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense.
arstechnica.com
September 15, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Andrew Wakefield was stripped of his medical license over a fraudulent, now-retracted study that falsely claimed a link between autism and the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine.
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September 15, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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RIP Bob Mackie. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/s...
September 14, 2026 at 4:42 PM
RIP Bob Mackie. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/s...
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Yes please. 🙏🏻
September 13, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Yes please. 🙏🏻
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If Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk all agree that we have to slow down - and now - something serious clearly happened with a frontier AI model.
Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here.
Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here.
September 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
If Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk all agree that we have to slow down - and now - something serious clearly happened with a frontier AI model.
Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here.
Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here.
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Christian Bale quietly dedicated roughly 17 years to developing a foster care village in Palmdale, California. The $20–22 million project was intentionally designed to keep siblings together in the foster system, providing them with family-style homes. It opened this week.
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September 12, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Christian Bale quietly dedicated roughly 17 years to developing a foster care village in Palmdale, California. The $20–22 million project was intentionally designed to keep siblings together in the foster system, providing them with family-style homes. It opened this week.
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mackenzie scott really seems like the only billionaire to figure out that you can be a literal hero to millions with a relative pittance
A $50 million gift will fund Native student scholarships for the next five years and create a permanent endowment to support Indigenous students for generations.
A $50 million gift from MacKenzie Scott is being dedicated entirely to Native students, with $10 million funding scholarships over the next five years and $40 million placed in a permanent endowment to support Native students for generations to come.
A $50 million gift from MacKenzie Scott is being dedicated entirely to Native students, with $10 million funding scholarships over the next five years and $40 million placed in a permanent endowment to support Native students for generations to come.
nativenewsonline.net
September 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
mackenzie scott really seems like the only billionaire to figure out that you can be a literal hero to millions with a relative pittance
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“We've reached the top” drawn by Pulitzer Prize winner Mike Luckovich of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on September 13, 2001
Thank you @mluckovich.bsky.social ❤️
@hcrichardson.bsky.social @katiecouric.bsky.social
Thank you @mluckovich.bsky.social ❤️
@hcrichardson.bsky.social @katiecouric.bsky.social
September 10, 2026 at 10:34 PM
“We've reached the top” drawn by Pulitzer Prize winner Mike Luckovich of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on September 13, 2001
Thank you @mluckovich.bsky.social ❤️
@hcrichardson.bsky.social @katiecouric.bsky.social
Thank you @mluckovich.bsky.social ❤️
@hcrichardson.bsky.social @katiecouric.bsky.social
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9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
September 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
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25 years ago. Utter devastation. New York rose up from the ashes, because that’s what New York always does and will always do. But the world changed forever from that point. It isn't enough to talk about peace. We must all work at it.
September 11, 2026 at 5:31 AM
25 years ago. Utter devastation. New York rose up from the ashes, because that’s what New York always does and will always do. But the world changed forever from that point. It isn't enough to talk about peace. We must all work at it.
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imagine being a menswear writer and having to go back to writing about this fall’s best socks after reading anthropic employees say AI might destroy humanity in a few years
September 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
imagine being a menswear writer and having to go back to writing about this fall’s best socks after reading anthropic employees say AI might destroy humanity in a few years
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Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
September 8, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
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Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...
September 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...
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When I said things couldn’t get dumber it wasn’t meant to be a dare
September 8, 2026 at 12:43 AM
When I said things couldn’t get dumber it wasn’t meant to be a dare
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60 years ago today, Star Trek asked us to imagine humanity becoming something better.
Not perfect. Better.
More curious. More compassionate. More willing to seek understanding instead of fear difference.
Six decades later, I'm still happily along for the ride. 🖖
#StarTrekDay
Not perfect. Better.
More curious. More compassionate. More willing to seek understanding instead of fear difference.
Six decades later, I'm still happily along for the ride. 🖖
#StarTrekDay
September 8, 2026 at 11:01 AM
60 years ago today, Star Trek asked us to imagine humanity becoming something better.
Not perfect. Better.
More curious. More compassionate. More willing to seek understanding instead of fear difference.
Six decades later, I'm still happily along for the ride. 🖖
#StarTrekDay
Not perfect. Better.
More curious. More compassionate. More willing to seek understanding instead of fear difference.
Six decades later, I'm still happily along for the ride. 🖖
#StarTrekDay
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September 7, 2026 at 5:24 AM
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ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote:
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote:
September 6, 2026 at 3:00 AM
ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote:
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote:
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Gloria Steinem. An unexpected life, an iconic life ✨
A trailblazer. A lifelong learner, thank you for inviting me and other librarians into your home to talk literacy. It was an honor to be seated next to courage.
Thank you for your fight, for your fierce. Rest in Love, Gloria Steinem 🩷
A trailblazer. A lifelong learner, thank you for inviting me and other librarians into your home to talk literacy. It was an honor to be seated next to courage.
Thank you for your fight, for your fierce. Rest in Love, Gloria Steinem 🩷
September 3, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Gloria Steinem. An unexpected life, an iconic life ✨
A trailblazer. A lifelong learner, thank you for inviting me and other librarians into your home to talk literacy. It was an honor to be seated next to courage.
Thank you for your fight, for your fierce. Rest in Love, Gloria Steinem 🩷
A trailblazer. A lifelong learner, thank you for inviting me and other librarians into your home to talk literacy. It was an honor to be seated next to courage.
Thank you for your fight, for your fierce. Rest in Love, Gloria Steinem 🩷
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The feminist movement was never a threat to men.
Secure men have always understood that. They stood beside women, fought for equality, and some proudly called themselves feminists too.
If women having equal power feels like oppression to you, feminism isn’t the problem.
Secure men have always understood that. They stood beside women, fought for equality, and some proudly called themselves feminists too.
If women having equal power feels like oppression to you, feminism isn’t the problem.
September 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
The feminist movement was never a threat to men.
Secure men have always understood that. They stood beside women, fought for equality, and some proudly called themselves feminists too.
If women having equal power feels like oppression to you, feminism isn’t the problem.
Secure men have always understood that. They stood beside women, fought for equality, and some proudly called themselves feminists too.
If women having equal power feels like oppression to you, feminism isn’t the problem.