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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 10h

I'm just sad that Mariners fans' excitement seems to be coming at the expense of Canadians this time.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14h

lol can you *imagine* the kind of stuff in JD Vance group chats. (i mean, yes very easily)

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 11h

Like, I get why it's happening. I just don't trust it.

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 12h

It truly appears that the desire to say this sort of stuff without being socially ostracized and so on has been a main driver of one side of our politics from the "anti-PC" 1990s all the way through the "anti-woke" / "anti-DEI" present.

A true political juggernaut, this desire certain people have.

Politico @politico.com · 21h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 11h

Something deeply unnerving about seeing non-Washingtonians post about the Mariners

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 13h

They just won't stop

Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 15h

say what you will about janet mills's age, but as a politician she's truly unstoppable, by which i mean i've replied STOP three times today to identical fundraising pitches for her, each apparently coming from a different number/superPAC/whatever, but the messages keep coming in

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 13h

Why do I feel like this is the key to understanding Everything

mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 14h

the Crystal Serenity

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 15h

Someone left a Roca (Almond) on my desk?!

mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 15h

💀

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 16h

oh good

The Verge @theverge.com · 21h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 17h

How many times do I have to reply STOP to fundraising texts from Janet Mills today? So far it's been at least four.

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you for anticipating my first and biggest question

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 23h

Watching people being brutalized by the state, secure in the knowledge that I'm safe because I don't do anything wrong. And the best part? The state can't suddenly and arbitrarily redefine what "wrong" means

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 1d

Literally listening to the episode right now and this is very annoying

mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 1d

🫡

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, it needs to go further than this.

We need to confront the fact that democracy and wealth hoarding cannot coexist. Allowing people to amass the resources of a small state/country allows them to act as such, which is inimical to a shared society of “one person, one vote.”

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

For my newsletter today, I wrote about the American police state and how Democrats are going to have to kill it if they have any hope of rebuilding from the authoritarian Trump regime. www.burnsnotice.com/democrats-mu...

Democrats Must Kill Their Inner Cops

Who needs the National Guard when your state troopers are perfectly willing to crack protester skulls all on their own? Listen, Illinois governor JB Pritzker is not perfect, but he's my guy. Or at le...

www.burnsnotice.com

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 1d

Good.

But, uh, Seattle Times? Does the video "raise questions" about the Hatch Act? Or does it violate the Hatch Act?

Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

Sea-Tac Airport won't air Kristi Noem's miserable propaganda, and that's a good thing.

Donald Trump is not a king, and dog killer Kristi Noem can't just force our airports to break the law on her behalf.

Sea-Tac won’t air Noem video blaming shutdown on Democrats

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport won’t broadcast a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem saying Democrats caused the federal government shutdown.

www.seattletimes.com

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 1d

"Too evil for 15th century Spain" is a hell of an epitaph

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 1d

Someone should tell Harrell that Tacoma is laughing at him

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 1d

haha YIKES

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 1d

The interesting thing about studying the humanities is it doesn’t necessarily give you answers, but it can teach you to learn to live without them.

To live with others, to live with human frailty, and to explore rather than attempt to escape yourself.

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Down Here For Your Soul @bombsfall.bsky.social · 2d

If the US can ever vomit this stupid era out we're gonna need widespread all-ages education on basic facts like when you'd see old billboards or MST3k shorts advertising the concept of hand washing or being good. Stop Using Gasoline To Wash Clothes. Springs Are Ubiquitous & Essential To Modern Life

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