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david ghoul-bitz @davidgolbitz.bsky.social · 8h

This is definitely someone who never built props and sets for a high school musical.

david ghoul-bitz @davidgolbitz.bsky.social · 8h

I mean, neither do Jews.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9h

I'm not a West Wing obsessed lib or anything but the more I see pictures of this the more fucked up I think it is. It's like he cut off one of the hands of the Lincoln memorial with an angle grinder so he could add a big gun to it.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10h

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

www.wsj.com

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 8h

Lovely @shteyngart.bsky.social piece about the tactical frivolity of No Kings: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...

Opinion | The Rise of the Inflatable Chicken Resistance

www.nytimes.com

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Braddington @bradwhipple.bsky.social · 14h

whelp, I’ll be thinking about the Steven Soderbergh movie about Ben Solo until the day I die, I guess. we could’ve had it all.

apnews.com/article/adam...

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david ghoul-bitz @davidgolbitz.bsky.social · 21h

This putz 🙄

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

When do you think Trump and Republicans will realize they drove up No Kings protest attendance by calling it a “hate America rally”?

She nails it🔥

“I am a patriot and I will not… let anyone tell me that I am not here because I love my country.”

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david ghoul-bitz @davidgolbitz.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats to both of you, and Joe Hill, and the whole cast and crew. I can't wait to see it.

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Bjørn Larssen (he/him) @bjornlarssen.com · 1d

“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”

Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”

Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...

www.stereogum.com

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 2d

Spectacular robbery of the French crown jewels at the Louvre today: three masked men climbed a ladder, broke a window, lifted nine priceless pieces from the Apollo gallery, got away on motorbikes. No one hurt.
Reportedly the most famous piece in the room, the 140 carat Regent diamond, was not taken.

The Crown jewel of France and the Apollo Gallery of the Louvre

The ornate Apollo gallery of the palace. Delacroix did some of the ceiling

A fire truck style ladder leaning against the facade

LOUVRE
Tickets
X
Sunday 19 October:
The Musée du Louvre will remain closed today for exceptional reasons. All reservations for today's date will be reimbursed.
We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 1d

With alt text.

Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters

Camila @camilapress
FULL REPORT: Colombian public media reports that a U.S. military strike on a boat on September 15—the second attack on a vessel by the U.S. in the Caribbean that we're aware of—was a Colombian boat and was in Colombian territorial waters.
At least one of the three victims extrajudicially killed in the strike was Colombian lifelong fisherman Alejandro Carranza. Alejandro's identity is confirmed by his cousin.
The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure.
EN VIVO SANTA MARTA - EXCLUSIVO
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EN DIRECTO
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15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2025 LANCHA FUE BOMBARDEADA@*
7:53 PM • 18 Oct 25 • 395K Views

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david ghoul-bitz @davidgolbitz.bsky.social · 1d

See also: enshittification

fae⁷ @onthistangent.bsky.social · 2d

I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭

david ghoul-bitz @davidgolbitz.bsky.social · 1d

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 1d

No one explains this stuff better than Jonathan.

Read and it understand the context for what will be the GOP’s first successful attempt since 2009 to uninsure millions (in a group of Americans who are actually very likely to vote).

Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · 1d

Conservatives ask: Why do we need to subsidize ACA plans so heavily?

It’s a fair question!

Part of the answer here, in my latest for @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/actual-hum...

The Actual Human Beings Caught in the Shutdown Vise

There’s a reason so many people need help paying for their health insurance.

www.thebulwark.com

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andy™ @andylevy.net · 2d

four dicks

three cops taking away a handcuffed woman who is dressed in a penis costume

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 2d

George Soros : wait there were how many protestors?

Aide : over 7 million sir

George Soros : i am never gonna financially recover from this

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 2d

I joined the "human banner" at San Francisco's Ocean Beach. This flag was at the center. It was a gorgeous day with enormous waves. #nokings

The image is taken from an angle, and you can see the ocean tilting 30 degrees in the distance, with a huge crowd in front of it. In the foreground, you can see the giant American flag that is being held up by hundreds of protesters clustered around its edges.

This is the human banner from the air. It's sign made from masses of people standing together to form letters. It reads "No Kings Yes on 50." There is an American flag in the middle and a thick border around the banner. (Prop 50 is a California state proposition to gerrymander the state to create more blue districts, in order to combat the Texas law that gerrymanders their state to create more red districts.)

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings Coalition says two million more people protested today than in June. Nearly 7 million total.

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david ghoul-bitz @davidgolbitz.bsky.social · 2d

T-Rex came out to the Fremont No Kings rally.

A person wearing an inflatable T-Rex costume holding a small American flag.

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Frettie Fingers @frettie.bsky.social · 2d

#nokings
Portland frog brigade

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 2d

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”