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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 5h

Hard to find a more obvious example of the journalism adage “If someone says it’s raining outside and someone else says it isn’t, your job is not to quote them both, your job is to go outside.”

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 7h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Manny Suazo @smokyburnout.bsky.social · 19h

topical

a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

ALT: a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

media.tenor.com

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Christopher Dole @chrisdole86.bsky.social · 20h

Joker's gonna get Nigel-ed. It's happening, baby.

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Christopher Dole @chrisdole86.bsky.social · 21h

Scott Snyder looked at Geoff Johns' big gambit of crossing Watchmen over with DC and deemed it cowardly, unambitious, and overly serious

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Christopher Dole @chrisdole86.bsky.social · 21h

I think so, yeah. This is some truly wild shit.

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Christopher Dole @chrisdole86.bsky.social · 21h

Tired: Superman's gonna fight Homelander

Wired: Superman's gonna fight Annabelle

Inspired: Superman's gonna fight Samantha from Beneath The Trees Nobody Sees (truly, this last inclusion has me giggling like a maniac, what a wild and incredibly comics-specific choice)

Scott Snyder (NYCC Booth #H-44) @ssnyder1835.bsky.social · 21h

New challengers are approaching DC K.O. this February...

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Christopher Dole @chrisdole86.bsky.social · 22h

Ooh I like guarantees and that sounds like a guarantee you can take to the bank

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 23h

Not surprised by this. Frogs can lay up to 5,000 eggs at a time. There will be more frogs

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 1d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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rowan kaiser @rowan.monster · 1d

I'd really appreciate if writers these days took a look at their characters doing therapyspeak and whether that's appropriate for their work and their world.

By "therapyspeak" I mean speaking like this: "This is the emotion I'm feeling, and feeling that emotion makes me want to act in a way"

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Christopher Dole @chrisdole86.bsky.social · 1d

"Loved Tenet, Chris. Wish I'd had that time tech when breaking the Bat."

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 1d

Would I could find a fine frog!

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Christopher Dole @chrisdole86.bsky.social · 1d

Babs Tarr drawing Dinah Lance again is a real "Good Things Can Still Exist In This World" moment

AIPT @aiptcomics.com · 1d

We're at the Gotham City panel at #NYCC. Announced: Sirens: Love Hurts. The girls are real; they fight and get pissed off, talk about each other behind their backs, but they're still all friends. The book has something for everybody. It will make you want to go party and get married.
#NYCC #comicsky

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Christopher Dole @chrisdole86.bsky.social · 1d

a kitten standing on its hind legs on a carpet

ALT: a kitten standing on its hind legs on a carpet

media.tenor.com

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

"'You have to admit, AI is here to stay.' Well, no, I don’t. Not unless you say what you actually mean. What’s the claim you’re making? Herpes is here to stay too, but you probably wouldn’t brag about it."

Tyler @electriceden92.bsky.social · 1d

@davidgerard.co.uk already had the best piece on this pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/10/a...

‘AI is here to stay’ — is it, though? What do you mean, ‘stay’?

When some huge and stupid public chatbot disaster hits the news, the AI pumpers will Kramer into the mentions to say stuff like “you have to admit, AI is here to stay.” Well, no, I don’t. Not unles…

pivot-to-ai.com

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 1d

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 2d

I would like to get to a place where consigning 14 million people to death isn’t described as “DOGE didn’t do much.”

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

Did DOGE save us $2 trillion?

“Not even close. .. Total spending excluding interest rose $220 billion, or 4%, for the entire fiscal year.” 🤡

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/tari...

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 4d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 4d

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Meghan Fitzmartin @megfitz89.bsky.social · 3d

💗 Happy Mary Sue Day 🧛🏻‍♀️

This is a love letter to fandom, to those who stay up late reading fic, who still argue for your favorite ship, who found themselves in stories.

Art: @lisasterle.bsky.social
Colors: @dearbhlala.bsky.social + @angienessyo.bsky.social
Letters: @longtalljodie.com

The Mary Sue issue 1 covers next to a large, well deserved beer.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 3d

Never before in American history has one state's military force been deployed in another state over its objection.

I say never because the Civil War involved states whose governments legally ceased to exist, their offices vacated by constructive resignation, with no legitimate governors to object.

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 4d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Chris Conroy @conroyforreal.bsky.social · 4d

LA Taco is member-supported through memberships and donations. I give, and if you live in LA, you should, too.

Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 4d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Christopher Dole @chrisdole86.bsky.social · 4d

"And lo," the Prophet spake, "Stop. For it be hammer time."

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Christopher Dole @chrisdole86.bsky.social · 4d

The Tron Ares premiere is happening around the corner and if you go outside you can hear NIN blasting from Hollywood Blvd.

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Christopher Dole @chrisdole86.bsky.social · 4d

Big fragile egomaniac freaks

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Christopher Dole @chrisdole86.bsky.social · 4d

I am almost ready to put money on Bari coming out tomorrow on CBS Evening News as 'the new head of CBS News" to bloviate about the October 7th anniversary and make it all about herself

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 4d

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”

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