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Dennis B. Hooper @dennisbhooper.bsky.social · 1d

June, 1993. I exhale loudly and pat my brow. The desert is punishingly hot but we’ve had a magnificent expedition so far. Specimens we never could have imagined, and the best possible team. Yet nothing makes me happier than the chance to share my work with my son. He’s struggling a bit at school, being bullied over his weight and so forth, and trying out a new, more combative personality. It’s not totally working, if I’m being honest, but I’m glad he’s asserting himself. In any case, science requires confidence, and Dr. Grant, our team leader, will make a marvelous role model. But wait, what’s this? I look over and see Dr. Grant giving some personal attention to my son! And he appears to be showing him a dinosaur claw! Incredible! I can already tell that this is going to be one of the best weeks of my son’s life

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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 5h

Seriously, how is this “pressure?” is there a memo we all don’t know about where the White House says that all these people will get hired back if Democrats vote to end the shutdown? Because if that’s the case, several people should be in prison right now.

wkow27news.bsky.social @wkow27news.bsky.social · 5h

The White House budget office announced Friday that mass layoffs of federal workers have begun, a move by President Donald Trump's administration aimed at increasing pressure on Democratic lawmakers amid the ongoing government shutdown.

Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown

Mass firings of federal workers have begun. That was the announcement Friday from the White House as Republicans worked to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers to end the government

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 6h

For his first big-budget film, the director Benny Safdie took an unusual approach to the sports biopic—by capturing a winner on a losing streak. Safdie talks with David Sims about “The Smashing Machine” and his uncomfortable portrait of a man in decline: https://theatln.tc/KdteqLFr

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 7h

folks, youre not going to believe this but ive been reading revelations and the only way to keep the 7 seals secured and stave off the antichrist is to give me all your money

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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David Cooper @davidbcooper.bsky.social · Nov 30

Moe-dern Art, Day 30: Salv-Moe-tor Dali

#simpsons #TheSimpsons #moevember #moedernart

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David Cho @chodavid.bsky.social · 17h

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 17h

the densest man in media strikes again

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 18h

I think this person should not be welcome in polite society

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 21h

But you shouldn't be too surprised when they say stuff like this:

"You were better off being a Black person in Charleston, S.C., in 1850, when they had an operating slave market than being conceived as a Black baby in New York City or Baltimore today."

I don’t want to take any guidance at all from the secular society around us. And the reason I don’t is they killed 60 million babies. I don’t want to hear any more lectures from these people about slavery. You were better off being a Black person in Charleston, S.C., in 1850, when they had an operating slave market than being conceived as a Black baby in New York City or Baltimore today.

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Matt Patches @misterpatches.bsky.social · 18h

Love browsing the Apple TV interface with my kids

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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 22h

Had my first salted Vietnamese coffee yesterday and woo doogie that is an ELITE beverage

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 21h

Ed "Big Balls" Coristine is able to immiserate millions because his dad owns this popcorn company. Get it out of your pantry now!

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 1d

they’re the most feckless and decadent people alive and very often their primary motivation is boredom-induced vanity, which is about as firm a foundation as a trampoline.

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 1d

rightist plutocrats are doing politics. liberal plutocrats are doing charity. it’s an entirely different mindset.

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 1d

it has a lot to do with incentives.

to rightwing plutocrats, a D admin is an intolerable threat to their wealth & power, so writing blank checks for agitprop makes sense and is in fact honorable self-defense.

to their lib counterparts such a thing would be gauche, a social capital-negative

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 1d

this has been a periodic complaint for decades and I'm curious what is standing in the way of fixing it

Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 1d

It's basically impossible to earn a living as an independent commentator on the left.

By contrast, Fox and its imitators *constantly* elevate new voices and encourage people to get involved.

They pool their resources. They recycle their dollars and keep them in-network. They crowdfund like crazy.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 1d

Fairyland "recognizes that whatever situation you grew up in is the one that feels normal to you, even though it seems abnormal to others—and that there is no such thing as normal, only behavior that’s sanctioned by the dominant culture and behavior that isn’t." www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fair...

Fairyland movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

An honest, real movie about people living big lives during tumultuous times.

www.rogerebert.com

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

The tech billionaire and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel says the antichrist is ... Greta Thunberg www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

News: I have obtained full transcripts of Peter Thiel's Secret Antichrist Lectures (as have multiple other journalists).

They were supposed to be embargoed until 9 a.m. tomorrow, but Reuters has a story up. (They may have gotten them from a different source)

www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...

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Henry Bushnell @henrybushnell.bsky.social · 1d

FIFA sold them the "Right To Buy" 2026 World Cup tickets.

Now, some fans feel "taken advantage of," "pissed," "ripped off."

Story on the uproar surrounding a first-of-its-kind World Cup scheme, RTBs, @theathletic.com:

www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

Fans bought the ‘right to buy’ 2026 World Cup tickets. Now they feel ‘ripped off’

Fans were left disgruntled as details of the connection between FIFA collectibles and World Cup game tickets emerged

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Stephen Whitty @stephenwhitty.bsky.social · 1d

How did a little festival in a Jersey suburb grow into a 10-day cinema celebration full of stars, Oscar hopefuls and refreshingly offbeat discoveries? Let the artistic director of Montclair Film explain. www.njarts.net/now-in-its-1...

Now in its 14th year, Montclair Film Festival continues to thrive

An interview with artistic director Tom Hall.

www.njarts.net

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Dan Devine @yourmandevine.bsky.social · 1d

Really enjoyed @jessedavidfox.bsky.social's chat with @jayjurden.bsky.social about the whole Riyadh Comedy Festival thing, the spot where pocket-watching meets principle, etc.: open.spotify.com/episode/2Frz...

Comedians Won't Forget Who Performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival Soon (with Jay Jurden)

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

Peter Thiel is such a devoutly unhinged liar that mentally or morally normal human beings have real trouble grasping that he never, ever means a single thing he says, so it's helpful when he throws in one that's so blatant as to give the whole game away www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...