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Red Durkin

@daedsider.bsky.social

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bookseller, book buyer, book scout, bookstore owner, horror & rare book collector. I don't read; it's my terrible secret, please don't tell anybody A transgender or something. She/Her, but just to annoy you. Psalms 109:8

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · Jun 9

Don't let the Earth being a 13 septillion pound rock that's home to billions of people where objectively and subjectively important things happen literally all day, every day distract you from the fact that it's actually an elaborate psy-op where only one truly important thing happens at a time.

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 8m

Literally the first sentence: Ah, yes, "antihero" and "antichrist," those famous synonyms.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 36m

1) I once again take this opportunity to remind you: to keep its basic functioning, society has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

2) is...is it happening?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2h

There's one huge difference between the 2025 Portland protests & the ones in 2020. Today, the ~100 anti-fascist protesters at the ICE facility are sandwiched between the feds who have MAGA-friendly media embedded w/ them, and ~15 MAGA-friendly content creators/counter-protesters out in the crowd.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2h

As President Trump tries to send the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, conservative influencers are working to support his claim that the city is burning with viral clips from one block. https://wapo.st/4q5HM0n

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 1h

What wisdom do you think you're imparting, exactly?

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 9h

Perfect posting from Tim Heidecker, 24 hours apart.

What an incredible experience, getting to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. I left feeling grateful and humbled by his majesty's generosity. I'll never forget this memorial experience and all the fun we had. Hope to do it again soon.

upon further reflection, there is a small part of me that feels I sent the wrong message, regarding the Riyahd Comedy Festival last night. While, I do think it's important for comedy to have the opportunity to thrive in all parts of the globe, there are some aspects of The Royal Highness, King Salmon and his leadership in the region that i don't agree with entirely, but it's a different culture when it comes to freedom and rights and I gotta respect that we are all different and have different values. My manager is now investigating the possibility of donating some of my fee to a charity for Vetrans of War.

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 2h

I wouldn't bet my house on it

Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 18h

The chef kiss of illiteracy here is that it has, in fact, sold a million copies, possibly upwards of 2 million.

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 19h

It’s all happening on x dot com where I do my banking

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 19h

Hollywood will draw the obvious conclusion: Gotta show that whole Leto face on the next poster!

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 1d

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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sadvil 😎 @sadvil.bsky.social · 20h

A great weekend to share Jeff Bridges making a perfect joke

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 4d

"Make cities safe and fun for kids to run around and play in" is a pretty good guiding light for urban planning

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 4d

“In a city once choked with cars and infamous for its traffic snarls, Paris has pulled off a remarkable turnaround…the French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

A victory for FAST leadership.

Paris Pedals to the Top: How the City of Light Became Europe’s Best for Young Cyclists

The French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently

momentummag.com

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 20h

At this point the only thing any old chud needs to impersonate a federal agent is a fitted baseball cap, a gaiter, and at least one sleeve of the worst tribal tattoos you've ever seen in your fucking life.

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 23h

ICE is an armed gang, and they’re only going to get worse. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | The Chicago raids send a worrying signal about the ideal ICE agents in Trump's America

The agency is on a hiring spree. But we know what that kind of breakneck expansion of the workforce can result in because we’ve seen it before.

www.msnbc.com

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 20h

"How do we sell our Tron sequel in 2025? Two words: Jared. Leto."

- Someone who is, inexplicably, employed

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 21h

I've got 12 copies on order for my store!

Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 21h

There may be some things the New York Times loves more than laundering the worst imaginable right-wing influencers into the liberal mindscape, but there aren't many.

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

Spending your time talking to someone who wants to relitigate slavery is definitely a choice you can make

Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

www.nytimes.com

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 21h

"Illinois State Police" on the shoulder there. Didn't realize all the "If you want to hurt my people, you'll have to go through me" talk was meant in a, like, "by appointment with my office," sort of way.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 21h

Again today, local police outside Broadview just aggressively arrested more protesters. Tough to tell exactly how many, but looks like 3-4 people were just detained.

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 21h

Trump straight up murdering people in the Caribbean and the NYT writes this

The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 22h

"Missing Boy Found" is certainly one way to report this story, but it makes it sound like the kid fell down a well.

"Federal Government Kidnaps Minor, Holds Him Without Notifying His Parents for a Week" would be more accurate.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 22h

Is it okay to start making fun of this kid yet or... ?

Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 22h

Barron Ready to Assume His Role as Another Trump Failson

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 23h

Brother, you had an entire space where you could have used words to describe yourself like an adult with interesting qualities and you chose instead to fill it with emojis.

Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 1d

"... the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths," is cherry-picked from "[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths." And, again, no corresponding rise in the overall NUMBER incidents would need explanation.

Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 1d

Fun Fact: an overdose is also a medical emergency.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 1d

More distracted pedestrians would get hit more often. They're not. I'm not sure what other point you're trying to make.

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Lilah Sturges @lilahsturges.com · 1d

This made me cry real tears.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 1d

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

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