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Bryan Duff @bryanevansduff.bsky.social · 16h

I am not but this sounds like every 65+ year old in Chicago that I spend time with. When pressed, they only really ever liked Jim Thompson, no one else.

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Bryan Duff @bryanevansduff.bsky.social · 1d

it sucks feeling like my home, Chicago, the greatest city of all time, has been besieged by a horde of racist uncles for years and now they are finally breaching the city walls and when they get here they'll be like "oh it wasnt that bad BUT WE FIXED IT FOR YOU and also the irish were slaves, too"

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Bryan Duff @bryanevansduff.bsky.social · 1d

when someone mentions SIX FLAGS, I cut them off and say "all I need is one flag, brother" because that's something I heard someone in my hometown say during the Iraq War and I've used it as a bit ever since. I guarantee you that guy has voted for Trump 3x and claims never to have supported that war.

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Bryan Duff @bryanevansduff.bsky.social · 1d

can you give some some feedback on a creative project? Best case, what I wrote is already fine and didn't need your help and worst case I go psycho and let whatever you saw destroy our friendship and my self-esteem

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Bryan Duff @bryanevansduff.bsky.social · 1d

ROSS DOUTHAT: My guest today will spend an hour talking about how slavery was not that bad, and I will mostly agree with him for some reason. welcome to “Interesting Times.”

GUEST: These are "interesting times", indeed.

(DOUTHAT laughs uncontrollably, even though he's heard this a 5,000 times)

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Bryan Duff @bryanevansduff.bsky.social · 1d

"So you're the little lady who made this great war."

Bryan Duff @bryanevansduff.bsky.social · 2d

my uncle sent me a racist article and i wrote back with a very thoughtful and measured response that I was really proud of so then I sent a follow-up that said "at grandma’s funeral I'm going to beat your ass."

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d

In some ways this is the government now

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I'm sick and tired of seeing these thugs terrorize big events and am worried that they will try to interrupt Limp Bizkit's set. My gf (F19) and I (M31) are going to our first Lollapalooza and are concerned about the growing threat around the city

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Adam H Johnson @ahjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about the Bari Weiss take over of CBS News as part of a broader trend away from the pretense of liberal institutionalism into a genuinely post-reality tabloidism, marked by AI slop, unsophisticated Trumpian-Likudite propaganda and consolidation of traditional and social media.

The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 2d

The tabloid-ification of CBS News is a marked escalation in our trend towards AI-driven confectionary reality: by @ahjohnson.bsky.social

Bari Weiss and the post-liberal media order

The tabloid-ification of CBS News is a marked escalation in our trend towards AI-driven confectionary reality.

therealnews.com

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Bryan Duff @bryanevansduff.bsky.social · 2d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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haunted mentions @makeitsnow.bsky.social · 2d

antiwoke guy who wants to change the recycle bin on his computer back to the trash can

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Spooky HalLewien Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 2d

For me it's

Borat 2 text meme, a screenshot from an iPhone of a series of texts readin:

[OneDrive] tonite 👀
[OneDrive] tonight queen??
[OneDrive] tonite 👀

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Bryan Duff @bryanevansduff.bsky.social · 2d

"Hey....so .... about that membership we didn't offer you before ... turns out we actually have an opening!" - the Big Ten hearing about this:
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

Former player donates $50M to Stanford football

The Stanford football program received a $50 million gift from a former player, the school announced Wednesday, marking a significant donation as it attempts to revive the fortunes of the program unde...

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Bryan Duff @bryanevansduff.bsky.social · 2d

Far-right influencers on a NYTimes podcast vs Far-right influencers on their own podcast

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Bryan Duff @bryanevansduff.bsky.social · 3d

Hey I know we hate cars, but if you drive in Chicago, you COULD start a group with 10 or so friends who pledge to never pay for parking, then if one of you gets a ticket, you all pay the fines for that person, and those funds go to the city and not a hedge fund.
sites.google.com/view/pccchic...

ParkingCounterCultureChicago

Absentee billionaires own the contract for Chicago parking meters. This contract is BAD FOR EVERYONE. (Except of course the investors. They get $600M a year. Watch below to get really angry.) or JO...

sites.google.com

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Bryan Duff @bryanevansduff.bsky.social · 4d

after the first viewing i got "planet of the apes" vibes

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 4d

Thread that went a bit insane now has a link to my publish story at the end of it (and here: www.economist.com/united-state...)

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 4d

used a metaphor involving Ulysses S. Grant in a work meeting and someone said "is this because you turned 40" and I have been defeated like the confederates at vicksburg

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 5d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Bryan Duff @bryanevansduff.bsky.social · 5d

Step 1: That's not real!
Step 2: OK it's real but it's taken out of context
Step 3: Sure the context confirms it but you know what? I am glad it's happening
Step 4: It's never going to happen to ME, just the people I don't like.
Step 5: I can't believe this is happening to me.

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Alicia Kraft @aliciakraft.bsky.social · 6d

Post-credit scene for Aliens where Ripley and Newt wake up from cryo sleep in like 20 years or whatever and the giant xenomorph is sitting on a folding chair reading a magazine. "Oh hey you're awake! HISSSSSS"

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Bryan Duff @bryanevansduff.bsky.social · 6d

I love when a college football coach is wearing a t-shirt for some charity cause, like BEAT CANCER, and then they show him on the sideline just absolutely cussing up a storm.

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Bryan Duff @bryanevansduff.bsky.social · 7d

I see that, I wish I would have phrased my post more specifically to call out his sycophants for parroting everything about him, even his garbage disposal messaging style

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Bryan Duff @bryanevansduff.bsky.social · 7d

ugh this sucks because I JUST perfected my impression

alex (˙𐃷˙) pizza/tacos/bats/dingers 🍕🌮🦇⚾ 🏳️‍🌈🐻 @batsdingersatk.bsky.social · 8d

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