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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 9h

I think I’d have more tolerance for a nailbiter if it hadn’t ended so stupidly and if it wasn’t 2025

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 10h

this is the most pollen ive ever seen on a single bug, shes having the time of her life

photo of a bee covered all-over with bright orange pollen.

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Matty! @mattythemouse.bsky.social · 11h

No, but for real, remember how Obama picked up a Republican healthcare plan, and Republicans called him socialist for it? Remember how Obama deported more people than Trump and Republicans are still like “Democrats are for open borders!”

power to the people on the streets ✊🏼 @strivingally.bsky.social · 1d

Dems need to understand this.

Not a single criticism Republicans level at them is ever made in good faith.

Therefore it’s impossible to compromise, placate them, or gain their respect.

They hate you for existing & they’ll call you communist extremists regardless of how hard you reach out to them.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

“They’re all Antifa now”

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 9h

Unofficial list of Dems opposing the NDAA passage here:

Baldwin
Booker
Cantwell
Duckworth
Durbin
Kim
Markey
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Padilla
Paul
Sanders
Schatz
Schiff
Smith
Van Hollen
Warren
Welch
Wyden

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 9h

The Senate has just passed the military NDAA containing 2 anti-trans provisions: a surgery ban using federal funds (dependents too), and a sports ban on military academy spaces.

This will be the STARTING point for negotiations with the House, which has even worse provisions.

Only 20 Dems opposed.

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 9h

(“Sucked and was no fun” = I was extremely tense for most of the time with very few moments of genuine hope or excitement)

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 9h

Whole game sucked and was no fun and then it ended like that, feels about right for this garbage fucking year

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 9h

Welp

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 9h

Jesus that was like a brainstorming session for finding the worst possible way to lose

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 9h

Truly some goofy ass endings to sports lately

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nat / bird king cosplay 🔜 GICOF @birdking.bsky.social · 10h

he lives here now
#nier

fake landlord text exchange

landlord: "It is clear in the lease: no skeletons allowed in the apt. Sorry"

(photo of emil from nier replicant looking very cute sitting in my apartment)

landlord: "OK I will make an exception because he looks very polite"

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 9h

Welp

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10h

When prices were going up under Biden there was a constant deluge of news stories about it because the media did not like Biden and wanted him to lose. Under Trump there is not a constant deluge of news stories about coffee prices because they like Trump and want him to win

delrayser @delrayser.bsky.social · 10h

everything is on fire these days, sure, but how is it that 50% of all news stories are not about how I just spent $20 on a bag of store brand coffee at fucking costco

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 9h

alright how about there’s no foul territory but everyone in attendance is an eligible fielder

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 9h

I strongly suspect that trump thinks basically everyone in trump states is a loyalist and everyone in blue states is an enemy.

which sounds ridiculous, but he is really that ignorant and uncurious.

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 12h

From a strategic perspective, I'm struck by how the Trump administration seems to view its strategy as using 'red states' to hold down 'blue states' but the actual gap between Illinois and Texas is fairly small - IL is D+6, TX is R+6 or so. These aren't even 55/45 states, they're both 53/47 states.

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Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 10h

It was a glaring departure even in the moment. Right or wrong, the story of Biden's political career was generally to place himself in the center of wherever the party was moving ideologically. But on I/P, his own worldview was so rigid that he stubbornly stayed the course as the party moved away

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 11h

We talk a lot about AIPAC and “the Israel lobby” but when it came to Israel, Biden had a genuine ideological commitment to the “hug Bibi” strategy even as others in his party didn’t like it.

Andrew Exum @exum.bsky.social · 12h

This week has confirmed my suspicion that Biden’s Middle East policies will look worse, and will be even more embarrassing for Democrats, with the passage of time.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

practically a requirement for this administration to be a sex pest

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Minnesotan Kaiju @whisperingpines.bsky.social · 10h

I don't understand what their goal is. It seems to be this idea that they're going to develop behind the scenes tech that bluesky will be a part of a larger ecosystem of apps. Maybe I misunderstanding this but you have to make a good restaurant before you franchise

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Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 10h

me watching bluesky execs piss everyone off & waste hours of time putting out fires instead of staying diplomatic & monetizing via a subscription model:

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 13h

You know how there’s been this big push towards encouraging older people to do puzzles, cognitive games, and to learn new things to keep them from succumbing to dementia?

Wonder where that’s gonna go with the rise of “outsource your cognitive functions to AI, it’ll be convenient” culture

SteveIsDamaged @steveisdamages.bsky.social · 13h

Cognition is like strength. Use is required to not just gain, but maintain. The more thinking and cognitive work we offload, the duller we become as a result.

It's like deciding you'll use a mobility scooter without need and then figuring out a year later that you can no longer walk.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18h

Trump's dictatorship is time for making moral choices

I talked to the top climate scientist, Penn's Michael Mann, about his great new book - and why he sacrificed a key university post in order to keep speaking the truth against anti-science lies

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/scie...

Science is under siege. How Penn’s top climate scientist is fighting back | Will Bunch

Michael E. Mann's new book, and the sacrifice this Penn scientist made to fight the war against climate disinformation.

www.inquirer.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 15h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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C.A. Pinkham @eyepatchguy.bsky.social · 14h

I’m not kidding when I say these weird ass costumes and antics are actually an extremely effective tactic from a media standpoint bc when enough people do them, the media can’t fully scrub them out

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 15h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 11h

Can't even give away their blood money.

Vulture @vulture.com · 11h

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

www.vulture.com

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 11h

The truth is, these are not very bright guys

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 12h

From a strategic perspective, I'm struck by how the Trump administration seems to view its strategy as using 'red states' to hold down 'blue states' but the actual gap between Illinois and Texas is fairly small - IL is D+6, TX is R+6 or so. These aren't even 55/45 states, they're both 53/47 states.

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