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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 6h

What now playboy

Cubs infielder Matt Shaw defends missing game to attend Charlie Kirk's memorial service

"Whatever backlash comes is OK," Shaw told reporters after he missed the Cubs' game Sunday against the Cincinnati Reds to attend Kirk's service in Arizona.

www.nbcnews.com

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 7h

today in "predicted by 30 Rock"

Edie Falco on 30 Rock:
I MISSED THE VOTE ON A BILL TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL WHALE TORTURE.

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 1d

People think the first thing Gutenberg printed was the Bible. This is false. The first things he printed were a political prophecy, propaganda about the Turks’ threat to Christendom, & a popular school text. If you want a parallel to AI, that’s it: making $ from conspiracies, racism, & school slop.

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 1d

really nice piece on this btw from @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...

"The Printing Press Democratized Knowledge": When Slogans Masquerade as History — Sonja Drimmer

The phrase is said so frequently it seems, like the mechanism it celebrates, to mechanically replicate itself.  It's become a favorite catchphrase among tech boosters of any sort (see my post on...

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John, emo baseball leftist @johnald90.bsky.social · 7h

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strawberry garfield @bbburgerrr.bsky.social · 7h

extremely neutral in this cubs-brewers matchup but it should still go to 16 innings

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strawberry garfield @bbburgerrr.bsky.social · 7h

making mujadara for dinner that’s 75% crispy onions

crispy fried onions draining on some paper towels

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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 10h

"There is a passive, enormous [New York Times] readership that ... will shrug at Thomas Friedman calling Palestinians animals, that will accept columnist Ephrat Livni as she rubs her hands gleefully at the murder of real journalists in their tents."

Prism @prismreports.org · 2d

The destruction of Gaza has taken place alongside the surge in AI, an industry that props up an empire of lies that constantly pushes mediocre, propagandistic content into a vast market that’s aching to receive its products. Avik Jain Chatlani’s new op-ed critiques the accelerated end of language.

The end of language

The destruction of Gaza has taken place alongside the surge in AI, an industry that props up an empire of lies that constantly pushes mediocre, propagandistic content into a vast market that’s aching to receive its products

prismreports.org

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strawberry garfield @bbburgerrr.bsky.social · 9h

eating alone at bars is simply goated

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strawberry garfield @bbburgerrr.bsky.social · 10h

our little wood stove is so much more efficient than our propane wall heaters sometimes we gotta open the windows to keep the temp normal

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strawberry garfield @bbburgerrr.bsky.social · 10h

lol classic, happens to bucky all the time after wrestling with sundog

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strawberry garfield @bbburgerrr.bsky.social · 10h

it does thank you 🥹

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strawberry garfield @bbburgerrr.bsky.social · 10h

just saw a pic of a pittie stabbed to death by some absolute psycho so i’m kinda spiraling!

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 10h

Incredible things are happening in the self-awareness and political literacy spaces

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. Nevadans have a front row seat to.. Trump’s transformation of the U.S. economy from a free market to a command economy, complete with the ability for Trump to manipulate the market.. in favor of his own investments, .. friends or family.”

@lasvegassun.bsky.social
lasvegassun.com/news/2025/oc...

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PISS_SHITTER @amiyatzin.bsky.social · 1d

so glad she finally got her Nobel Peace Prize

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strawberry garfield @bbburgerrr.bsky.social · 10h

feels like autumn :)

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 11h

It’s all happening on x dot com where I do my banking

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 11h

Fan who ran on the field at Norway-Israel game today.

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Emma Baccellieri @emmabaccellieri.bsky.social · 12h

At their lowest point this year, Becky Hammon had Aces’ players start doing their own scouting reports and putting together practice plans. She thought it would be temporary. It helped them turn everything around: www.si.com/wnba/aces-lo...

“Sometimes you kind of get used to just the coaches doing all the work, trying to motivate people, giving stories, the speeches, everything,” said Loyd, also new to the team this season. “It hits different when it comes from your team. It’s personal ... People are getting more vulnerable in the locker room, opening up, and I think that’s when we all just opened up to each other a little more. We kind of just used that as a bonding mechanism, and it allowed us to just really buy into everyone’s story, with a lot of stuff to hold ourselves accountable on and be more vocal and take some ownership.”

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strawberry garfield @bbburgerrr.bsky.social · 12h

ask me how i know!

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strawberry garfield @bbburgerrr.bsky.social · 12h

if you’re in a pretty rural, low population county like i am, turns out sometimes all you need to do to get a seat if there’s a vacant one is just submit an application online lol

Dylan Flesch @dylanflesch.bsky.social · 2d

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strawberry garfield @bbburgerrr.bsky.social · 12h

gavin newsom vs mtg might actually kill me

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Future of Music Coalition @futureofmusic.bsky.social · 14h

Works out to roughly $19,656 USD per enrolled musician at a cost of about $7.43 per Irish citizen. In contrast, the US Govt spends only about 59 cents per citizen on the entire national endowment for the arts (across all artistic disciplines).

DJ Mag @djmag.com · 1d

Ireland’s government is pressing ahead with plans to permanently implement a basic income scheme that will support 2,000+ artists, creative workers and musicians in 2026

djmag.com/news/ireland...

Ireland’s basic income scheme for artists to be made permanent in 2026

The scheme aims to support 2,000 artists and creative workers, paying each successful applicant €325 a week

djmag.com

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 12h

RIP Diane Keaton, you were the last "straight but vaguely masculine" actress that was legal... thank you for your service to Our Kind

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strawberry garfield @bbburgerrr.bsky.social · 12h

feels appropriate that she died at a time of year when we can all pay tribute by wearing turtlenecks and large felt hats

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Video shows rescuers pulling a Palestinian boy from the rubble of his home in Gaza City. Israeli forces attacked the house on Thursday after the approval of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

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