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Susan Barrett Price

@madinpursuit.bsky.social

Writer. Author of KITTY'S PEOPLE: Irish Family Saga about the Rise of a Generous Woman (2022), HEADLONG: Over the Edge in Pakistan and China (2018), TRIBE OF THE BREAKAWAY BEADS: Book of Exits and Fresh Starts (2011), and 2 thrillers. www.MadinPursuit.com

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Here's audio of my conversation with @howardstern.com about @jimmykimmel.com, Stephen Colbert, the First Amendment, and Howard's history with the FCC: on.soundcloud.com/fSsupm8wrLlZ...

24.09.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Bravo!

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Live Demo, Good Luck | TWiT.TV Is strapping notifications to your face the next frontier, or just tech gone too far? Dive into a lively, sometimes skeptical discussion on Meta's AR glasses, social media's

This Week in Tech with @leolaporte.me, @devindra.bsky.social, @padresj.bsky.social, & Nicholas De Leon explores whether Meta's AR glasses represent the future or tech overreach! Plus, TikTok's uncertain fate & iPhone Air reviews. twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1050

24.09.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Intelligent Machines | Artificial Intelligence Podcast & Future Computing News | TWiT | TWiT.TV Meet the AI pioneers, inventors, and innovators who are about to disrupt every aspect of modern life. Join Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

The week’s biggest AI storiesβ€”clearly explained. Intelligent Machines with Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis & Paris Martineau. 🎧

09.09.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Electric cars in 1891, France and America

Electric cars in 1891, France and America

I am preserving history and culture for a time, after the apocalypse, when we need to reflect and rebuild. And writing is good for my brain. THE ELECTRIC CAR 1891: FRANCE VS AMERICA. madinpursuit.com/collections/...

07.08.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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These photos now have me reading the 1970 classic Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Tactics of the 19th-century U.S. government feel eerily resonant with today's headlines. #photographs #NativeAmerican #vintagephotos madinpursuit.com/collections/...

20.07.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, I finally burrowed my way into the TWIT.TV site and found it.

21.05.2025 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm a club member but can't find this on the Discord. Was it just live? Where can I find a recording?

20.05.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There are a lot of *interesting* hot takes on Pope Leo XIV.

Many of them are bemoaning an "American Pope" b/c of Trump.

I understand. I feel you.

But PLEASE... take a moment to look at the man's history.

He is NOT the American that Trump & Vance wanted as Pope.

08.05.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 178    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 1

My shoreline.

15.04.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been listening regularly since the beginning. Best wishes for the years to come.

03.04.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Using generative AI to transform my husband into a wizard was both amazing and disturbing.

Using generative AI to transform my husband into a wizard was both amazing and disturbing.

Wondering how we engage with the world yet rise above the current horror show. Reading, thinking, writing it out. #socialtheory #philosophy #ai #enchantment madinpursuit.com/Journal2025/...

29.03.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It Is Long Past Time For Democrats To Start Pounding The Impeachment Drum The big deal today is Democrats’ threatened capitulation to the GOP on the continuing resolution to keep the government openβ€”but entirely on Trump’s terms, no matter who it bankrupts (h…

I think I'm going to post this every day.

It doesn't have to work today. It doesn't even need to be filed. But it's time to get Trump on the ropes and build the support needed to remove him from office.

Before it's too late.

www.techdirt.com/2025/03/13/i...

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Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille UniversitΓ© ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille UniversitΓ© In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...

Dear US colleagues,
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...

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Little Colorado River Gorge, Arizona, 2010

Little Colorado River Gorge, Arizona, 2010

Here's the current plan for keeping my most precious photos safe, in case something catastrophic happens to my Dropbox account. #photography madinpursuit.com/Journal2025/...

08.03.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Me braving the coffee shop.

Me braving the coffee shop.

I'm slowly figuring out life as a singleton. Many of my friends and family are solo women now, but I haven't yet had this conversation with them. Maybe you'll get a chuckle out of my coffee-shop challenge. Or maybe you'll have some advice. #amwriting #introvert madinpursuit.com/Journal2025/...

02.03.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congress: Save Medicaid Now Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.

The House could vote next week on drastic cuts to Medicaid that would gut critical programs that protect the civil rights and dignity of millions of Americans β€” including people with disabilities.

Contact your member of Congress: No cuts to Medicaid.

22.02.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5496    πŸ” 2924    πŸ’¬ 142    πŸ“Œ 203
Resist List

They want us to think we’re alone. We are not.
The Resistance is Everywhere.
Hopescroll through stories of people’s noncooperation against Trump’s coup.
Jump to databases of noncooperation or trackers of ligitation and impact.
Follow our social media accounts to stay updated.

Resist List They want us to think we’re alone. We are not. The Resistance is Everywhere. Hopescroll through stories of people’s noncooperation against Trump’s coup. Jump to databases of noncooperation or trackers of ligitation and impact. Follow our social media accounts to stay updated.

THE RESIST LIST IS HERE.

Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.

20.02.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1200    πŸ” 485    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 33
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Wokeness Is Not to Blame for Trump How a misdiagnosis of the 2024 election has calcified into self-defeating conventional wisdom.

Wrote about the morally vacuous, strategically unsound (and also wrong!) anti-β€œwoke”diagnosis everyone’s still sticking with, even in the midst of civil rights apocalypse.

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WaPo quote: β€œA Washington Post review of Kennedy's public appearances found he also promoted these centers as particularly beneficial for
Black youth.
"Every Black kid is now just standard put on Adderall, on SSRIs, benzos which are known to induce violence and those kids are going to have a chance to go somewhere and get re-parented, to live in a community where there'll be no cellphones, no screens. You'll actually have to talk to people," Kennedy said in a June 2024 episode of the 19Keys online show”

WaPo quote: β€œA Washington Post review of Kennedy's public appearances found he also promoted these centers as particularly beneficial for Black youth. "Every Black kid is now just standard put on Adderall, on SSRIs, benzos which are known to induce violence and those kids are going to have a chance to go somewhere and get re-parented, to live in a community where there'll be no cellphones, no screens. You'll actually have to talk to people," Kennedy said in a June 2024 episode of the 19Keys online show”

Even the most disturbing RFK Jr. headline always manages to have a detail inside creepier than you could have imagined. I’m sorry, did you just say Black kids should have a chance to get β€œre-parented”???? Gift link wapo.st/4hW2xGI

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Young man in love with a beautiful automaton.

Young man in love with a beautiful automaton.

With arctic temps and a wild wind roaring, it's a good morning to think about horror stories. #amwriting madinpursuit.com/Journal2025/...

17.02.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe we better get a refresher course in Jim Crow laws and the old "separate but equal" philosophy. 😭

15.02.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, let's use the correct term. It's a return to segregation. Maybe we should remind ourselves about Jim Crow laws.

15.02.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have these people no shame?

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Missouri's AG Andrew Bailey is suing Starbucks, arguing that its workforce is too "female" and "non-white" and as a result Missouri consumers β€œpay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services" because its workforce is "less qualified"

This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.

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It seems like a great opportunity for India, Brasil, Canada, Mexico, and other smart nations to build up their research infrastructure with the U.S.'s rejects.

14.02.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Bricolage of Features | TWiT.TV Apple pushes out iOS and iPad 18.3.1 to fix a security flaw. Could the iPhone SE 4 be released soon, possibly after this episode of MBW goes out? A bug has re-enabled Apple

Powerbeats Pro 2 are here! 🎧 @LeoLaporte.me @ihnatko.bsky.social @snell.zone & Alex Lindsay discuss Apple’s new earbuds with heart rate monitoring on MacBreak Weekly 959. Thoughts? πŸπŸ‘‡
For more, check out MacBreak Weekly: https://twit.tv/mbw/959
https://youtu.be/lGZiRGS6P2A

14.02.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NEW: The Trump/Musk war on USAID & foreign aid has halted family planning/reproductive health programs round the world. That means more unintended pregnancies and...more abortions. One estimate: More than a million "unsafe" abortions in the coming months.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.

Our full tracker of the DOGE folks, with new additions, is here: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

A @propublica.org team effort: @chrisbing.bsky.social, @shaw.al, Avi Asher-Schapiro, @justinelliott.bsky.social, @andykroll.bsky.social, @kirstenberg.bsky.social + more

11.02.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 319    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 15

We need to banish the phrase "claimed without evidence" from journalism. Because 100% of the time it means "This public figure told this lie, but my news organization's conventions prevent me from saying it's a lie, even though it's an obvious lie."

Calling a lie a lie ought to be the convention.

10.02.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1192    πŸ” 277    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 15

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