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Dumb Runner @dumbrunner.bsky.social · 22m

In Multibillion-Dollar Deal, Strava Acquires Users’ Eternal Souls — Mark Remy's DumbRunner.com

Company’s motives and plans remain unclear.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 5h

To say it one more time: For news on Harvard-v-MAGA, follow @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social one of many student papers really "meeting the moment."

Example from yesterday: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

And www.thecrimson.com/article/2025... plus www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

A Majority of Frozen Federal Funding Has Been Restored, Harvard Says | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard has now received payments on the majority of funding that it lost since the Trump administration froze its access to federal grants this spring, the University notified faculty this month.

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Dumb Runner @dumbrunner.bsky.social · 40m

You know that instead of sharing a screen grab of a screen grab of a headline, you can share a link to the actual reporting ... right?

Republican who introduced Trump derangement syndrome bill arrested for soliciting a minor

Minnesota state senator Justin Eichorn allegedly traveled to meet a 17-year-old he thought he’d met online, but was instead a cop posing as minor

www.theguardian.com

Dumb Runner @dumbrunner.bsky.social · 45m

I'll never understand why certain accounts post "news" in the form of plain text with no attribution, as if they're breaking news themselves rather than repeating someone else's reporting.

Here:

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 2h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Dumb Runner @dumbrunner.bsky.social · 1h

Hey, at least it's not Tylenol.

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

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Dumb Runner @dumbrunner.bsky.social · 1h

I don't follow.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 3h

I think one of the biggest cleavages in our society that no one talks about is the division between those that think powerful people must be held to a higher standard than non-powerful people and those who think powerful people should be flattered and sucked up to.

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Dumb Runner @dumbrunner.bsky.social · 2h

Everything Going Well in Days Leading Up to Marathon, Local Runner Says—a Little TOO Well — Mark Remy's DumbRunner.com

Eerie calm leaves man deeply unsettled.

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

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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Dumb Runner @dumbrunner.bsky.social · 3h

New Signs Will Alert Drivers to Intersections Where They Really Do Need to Stop — Mark Remy's DumbRunner.com

“Really Red” traffic light may be next, officials say.

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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 20h

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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Elizabeth Ammon @elizabethammon.bsky.social · 4h

I have plenty of theories that might answer this question.

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Dumb Runner @dumbrunner.bsky.social · 4h

#WednesdayMotivation

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 18h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 18h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 21h

Debbie Brockman, the WGN producer who was violently detained by Border Patrol agents in Chicago while on her way to work, has hired a law firm and "intends to pursue all legal avenues" over her arrest -- which resulted in no charges.

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Statement on Behalf of Debbie Brockman, WGN Employee Assaulted by Federal Agents | People's Law Office

Debbie Brockman, the WGN employee who was physically attacked and arrested in Chicago, Illinois by federal agents on October 10, 2025, would like to

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Dumb Runner @dumbrunner.bsky.social · 16h

This IS the most threatening thing yet from Portland. Think about that for a minute.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 18h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...