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Sometimes, if you don't understand something, it's because the explanation sucks.

Like how people try to explain general relativity with shitty analogies.

Anyway, my point is to keep asking your questions, because people need to know the go-to explanations for general relativity are crap.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 4h

Imagine being this bad at running a government

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 2h

Sunrise is good but definitely not a rom-com. And screwballs arent realist. I thought you were going to say The Apartment or When Harry Met Sally.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 22h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Jay Ulfelder @jayulfelder.bsky.social · 1d

"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."

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 2d

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 2d

"Her father ordered ramen like all men did..."

Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 3d

I know a lot of you hated The Tortured Poets Department because, I dunno, sad and depressed Taylor Swift isn't your jam.

Whereas, I love the fact that she took this Oscar-winning Marisa Tomei monologue from MY COUSIN VINNY and turned it into a double-album.

a man sits on a porch talking to a woman with the words " my biological clock is ticking like this " above him

ALT: a man sits on a porch talking to a woman with the words " my biological clock is ticking like this " above him

media.tenor.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 4d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 4d

Here’s video of the incident

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 4d

Context: TX Republicans still haven't found children who died in the floods over the summer.

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 4d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 4d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 4d

Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest

Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)

Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 4d

And the utility of calling things dogwhistles.

Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 4d

It's interesting how quickly people anchor meaning to her more ambiguous songs, though. The game of hiding and seeking for autobiographical elements invites this sort of confidence I think. But there's clearly a lot more going on in her lyrics.

Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 4d

Wild. I read the "Wi$h Li$t" one as everyone wanting to emulate her man/family because they're cool and hot. Not sure I see anything white supremacist in the other two, though like I said before, I think most of the songs -- especially Cancelled -- are written in character.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4d

I’m sorry but the fact that this is not everywhere is kind of malpractice

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5d

THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST

Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time.

Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense.
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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 5d

I should check that out. Caryl Flinn many years ago gave an epic paper at MaMI on the history of yodelling to contextualize the shift from ironic to non-ironic yodelling in cinema. Kinda became obsessed after that.
youtu.be/cxUa2QCuq9M?...

Blue Yodel No. 2 by Jimmie Rodgers (1928)

YouTube video by Jimmie Rodgers

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 5d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 5d

Why is no one talking about how Taylor Swift yodels unironically in "Fate of Ophelia," and it sounds amazing.

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