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eva (scary) @eva.town · 13h

things you don’t want to hear from a virologist

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 14h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 14h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · 12h

Honestly yes like who wants to see the Dodgers win again (no one)

Stephen 🇵🇸 @tgk.bsky.social · 12h

Mariners vs Blue Jays is going to be so much fucking fun omg. Just cancel the National League and make that the World Series.

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Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · 12h

Prayers for my husband, who is from Mariners country but chose this year to adopt *my* wretched team.

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Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · 12h

HELL YEAH MARINERS (Mets would have gone out looking)

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Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · 18h

The cat alarm is particularly helpful when the sun starts setting earlier and you lose your own internal clock (but don't worry, theirs hasn't changed at all).

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Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · 18h

The best thing about having cats is that you always know when it's 6 p.m. (and feeding time). They simply WILL NOT let you forget.

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Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · 19h

Yes, just as the Democrats did when they won the majority five years ago

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · 1d

Was a thousand dollars to fly direct to Salt Lake for Thanksgiving. Nightmare.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · 2d

Can’t wait to have a stroke and become a trad wife

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

FOX: Do you think Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

FETTERMAN: If this sticks. I think the whole point of having a Nobel Peace Prize is for ending wars and promoting peace. And if he brings the Ukrainian war to its end, I will be the Democrat leading the committee for his Nobel Prize Peace.

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

just met a woman at a party & asked her what she did for work. could barely understand her because she was so soft spoken & had an accent so i just nodded a bunch.

“she’s in culture,” her friend said.

i finally realised that i was talking to
ANNA DELVEY

I ASKED ANNA DELVEY WHAT SHE DID FOR WORK

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Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · 2d

But did Godot ever show up

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 2d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · 3d

Met like half my friends tbh

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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No true bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 3d

I think there are still shared norms we can appeal to when we talk to the marginal MAGA voter. But there really are no shared norms left with the core of the movement.

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Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · 3d

It’s so true

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Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · 3d

This is fundamentally the root of Jewish commitment to liberalism, and why the people who want to throw that out to protect an ethnostate are selling our birthright for a bowl of shitty porridge.

Drow Paweł Włodkowic 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 3d

It is not possible to guarantee safety for a minority group except through a multicultural society. This is a basic fact of hard reality. Wise up, Steve.

Stephen Daisley @stephendaisley.bsky.social · 4d

The Manchester synagogue attack is a story of mass immigration and multiculturalism. We must bring an end to both.

My latest for the @thespectator1828.bsky.social.

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