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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 1h

Just noticed that Barron is wearing cufflinks in this photo lol

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16h

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 1h

When the government engages in cosplay, perhaps more absurd cosplay can win

sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 3h

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 2h

One big difference between Bluesky and pre-Musk Twitter is no one here debates what exactly the sluttiest thing a man can do is.

Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 3h

I need to start putting phrases like "I cannot emphasize enough" into my posts to get them to go viral.

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 3h

And on Christmas!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

a russ vought special

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 4h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 5h

"Among the last actions by former President Joe Biden before leaving the Oval Office was commuting the death sentences of 37 convicted murderers.

Hours after President Trump took over, he ordered the life sentences of these men be made, in effect, a living hell."

www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Biden Spared 37 Killers From Execution. Trump Ordered Up a Lifetime of Torment.

Even America’s harshest federal prison, where inmates spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement, was too good, one official said. “I’ve got no problem with gruel.”

www.wsj.com

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 6h

"Swift’s aesthetic of flawlessness...is becoming the most dated thing about her. A scrappier, more chaotic vibe has fully supplanted the over-filtered perfection of the mid-aughts. Swift might approximate mess, but real heads can tell—she’s got it under control."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Why Does Taylor Swift Think She’s Cursed?

“The Life of a Showgirl,” the artist’s new album, is full of cringey sexual innuendo, millennial perfectionism, and an obsession with her haters that wears thin.

www.newyorker.com

Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 6h

IDEA FOR THE NEXT DEM PRESIDENT: A Digital Consumer Protection Bureau. Require every company with more than 10,000 users to state in plain English how their algorithm works and the ways it manipulates consumers.

Thought prompted by this piece www.thecut.com/article/how-...

The Controversial Hinge Hack Going Viral

Women have figured out how to free hot guys from ‘rose jail’ and get first dates.

www.thecut.com

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 8h

“Document the scenes of horror, now, and broadcast them on TV channels to the whole world,” a commander from Gaza City called Abu al-Baraa told operatives in the area of Kibbutz Sa’ad. “Slaughter them. End the children of Israel.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/w...

A Memo in a Bunker, Intercepted Communications and Hamas’s Oct. 7 Plans

www.nytimes.com

Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 19h

More disgusting propaganda from the New York Crimes

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 20h

Is Trump just describing what he's seeing on Fox or are his aides purposefully showing him videos from 2020 and telling him they're new? I think Miller would do the latter.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 1d

You've probably seen the photos of the "Arc de Trump," spotted in the Oval Office.

Now read our story behind the models — and how initial plans for a temporary, triumphal arch have given way to Trump's desire to build a permanent monument.

Scoopy details at @washingtonpost.com:

Trump eyes a triumphal arch to mark America’s 250th anniversary

The arch would be constructed across from the Lincoln Memorial, on a small patch of federal land currently occupied by a traffic circle.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Drumpf is looking particularly waxen these days

Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 1d

We did it Don

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
a.
Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 1d

"Believe it or not, Hamas was not ready to agree to Gaza becoming a protectorate under the management of Viceroy Tony Blair in October 2024 or January 2025" www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/the-...

The Deal? - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Most any discussion of Israel-Palestine in the United States these days boils down to intra-coalitional warfare. Unsurprisingly, the ceasefire that began yesterday is being weaponized for conflict wit...

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 1d

Really struck by how brilliant a protesting tactic this is not just in terms of optics, but as a form of both privacy protection and discouragement of violence.

It masks your face and has to give pause to anyone thinking about beating you up.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 1d

In 100 years historians will discover that American life tipped over into insanity after the concentration of microplastic particles in the average person's blood reached a certain critical level

Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 1d

"Netanyahu played into Trump’s hands by putting himself entirely in Trump’s hands ... Netanyahu had no lever left to pull. He had no Trump or Republicans to undermine the president the way he did with Joe Biden." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Opinion | Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Harder Parts to Come

www.nytimes.com

Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 1d

Trump also failed to win a MacArthur "Genius Grant"— tough day for him.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: For her work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key figure in unifying Venezuela's political opposition.

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 1d

If the Gaza war is, inshallah, truly over, think how many people I can unmute on instagram... 🙏✌️☮️

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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