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Alexandra Lange @langealexandra.bsky.social · 4h

The latest from mallworld courtesy @cmonstah.bsky.social: An update on Rick Caruso's faux urbanism, post fire @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social nyra.nyc/articles/mal...

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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 15h

This is frightening -> "The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the journal that reports on health trends and emerging infectious threats, was also laid off. "

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 16h

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 17h

That’s Twitter.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 17h

We need something like a “Fascistpedia” to keep track of those who collaborated with the regime.

Later, they'll be scurrying to hide their cowardice and moral rot.

A permanent record will guarantee enduring shame.

Let’s give them their own museum.

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 23h

Not that he was seriously in the running, but you know what I mean.

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 23h

There is a poetic justice that Trump lost the Nobel to a Latina, from Venezuela no less.

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 1d

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 1d

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 1d

Early in the year I was contracted to do a series for WaPo about the aesthetics of the Trump administration. That project was just cancelled.

You can read my final column — about Confederate monuments and Charlie Kirk — in my newsletter.

Thanks for reading!

buttondown.com/cmonstah/arc...

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 1d

profrogteering

The Birds The Turtles and The Beast @turtlebee.bsky.social · 1d

The Frog Costume has gone from $25 to almost $40 on amazon over the last week. There's an army brewing.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Family says Border Patrol agents shot and killed their dog after being given permission to search the house for undocumented immigrants.

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El Paso family claims Border Patrol killed their dog during search, CBP reviewing incident

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says they are reviewing a "use of force incident" in El Paso, after a family says a Border Patrol agent unjustifiably shot...

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 1d

And so it begins.

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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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 1d

Sherman is a metaphor for everything. He is also adorable and would clearly just like to hang out in a small pit

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 1d

Thursday inspo:

apnews.com/article/peru...

Peru's Congress votes to initiate impeachment trial of President Boluarte

Peru’s Congress has voted to initiate an impeachment trial of President Dina Boluarte, hours after a shooting at a concert in the capital inflamed anger over crime gripping the South American nation.

apnews.com

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 1d

I appreciate the fact that the left is taking frogs back as a symbol from the right.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 2d

They wouldn't talk to me so there was no asking lol

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 2d

PS The Caruso organization refused to tell me where the water for their fountains comes from.

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 2d

"It’s a stunning vision of our inequitable, climate-challenged future: Wander around the area today and you’ll find a neighborhood reduced to ashes as Lululemon still stands."

I spent the summer hanging out at Rick Caruso's malls as he allegedly mulls a gubernatorial run:
nyra.nyc/articles/mal...

A color photograph shows a fountain with bronze female figure atop a pedastal before anodyne chain stores like Blue Mercury and Planet Beauty.

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 2d

He’s a star on Tiktok

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 2d

If ICE lays a finger on Portland Frog we ride at dawn.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8ASw7nT/

#frog

TikTok video by Glass Bottom Niche

www.tiktok.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 2d

The stunning lack of qualifications he has for this job....

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 2d

Nooooo!

ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: I wrote about Dallas City Hall. Designed by I.M. Pei, it's an incredible feat of architecture that was meant to embody progressivism and a new start after the JFK assassination. At the end of the month, city leaders could vote to tear it down: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

One of Texas' architectural masterpieces could soon face demolition

The building was designed by foundational architect I.M. Pei.

www.chron.com

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