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Feminist. Writer. Camper. Pythoner. Neurospicy. From an Actual Small Town. Unironically described as 'feisty.' Will yell about baseball, football, comfort tv, food, and various other distractions.

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the surprise knock @everythingis42.bsky.social · Nov 11

All of my heroines have resting bitch face.

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the surprise knock @everythingis42.bsky.social · 58m

Wild. Complete misuse of tax dollars, of course.

the surprise knock @everythingis42.bsky.social · 1h

This is really suspicious to me, because I've never seen THAT nice of a government car used for street work like this.
That's the kind of car the head of an office might be assigned to drive around, and even for that purpose a Grand Wagoneer is nicer than I've seen in use.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1h

This is insane. I feel like I’m going insane when I’m watching this. Not just the fact that it’s clearly their fault, but the way a heavily-armed squad of masked thugs immediately jumps into the street and brutalizes the woman they just hit, despite having no idea who she is.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16h

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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local blogger @fergoe.blacksky.app · 1h

Peoole in this country are addicted to bias confirmation and have astonishingly poor media literacy so naturally we are barreling down a pretty dark path when AI can put out clearly fake shit and have people be like "Well it's not THAT far from being real!" Hoo boy we are in some trouble right now

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 12h

it is so important to have this over here to repost when we need it

Justin Klugh @justinklugh.bsky.social · Nov 10

JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

This is AI.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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the surprise knock @everythingis42.bsky.social · 16h

I swear to you that right now the chyron on Fox News says NOBEL COMMITTEE SNUBS TRUMP

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onion person @junlper.beer · 20h

setting aside the fact that they just don’t know what jokes are, this gives a big insight into the mind of white nationalists. they are deeply paranoid about the idea of being percieved as anything other than Epic Stoics

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a fishwife @lintoinette.bsky.social · 23h

It’s not just people that get illegally fired. Those of us in government are tired of being treated like subhumans and many are looking to leave. I don’t think people realize how bad it is.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 1d

I wasn't great at chemistry. It still amazes me this works.

Iron air batteries.

Will this be the tech that wins out? I have no idea but iron and air are cheap and we've got more than enough.

SRP and ESS Announce New 50 MWh Long Duration Energy Storage Pilot Project

Salt River Project (SRP), a not-for-profit public power utility serving the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, and ESS (NYSE: GWH), a leading manufacturer of iron flow long duration energy storage (LD...

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the surprise knock @everythingis42.bsky.social · 1d

pretty preeeeeetty cool that Congress gets paid to do this shit while I DON'T get paid to do my job

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 1d

UNREAL

Democratic Whip Notice: The House GOP Leadership have made the following change to the House Floor schedule:

Members are advised that votes are no longer expected in the House on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

Pending Senate action on FY26 Funding, Members will receive 48 hours' notice prior to any potential votes in the House. Further information regarding the Floor schedule will be provided as soon as it becomes available.

This is a change from the House GOP Leadership's previously announced schedule.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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the surprise knock @everythingis42.bsky.social · 1d

one of my fave bsky habits is scrolling through the replies to a funny post and blocking the humorless scolds who feel the need to vomit their opinions into public view 💙

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago is safe, beautiful and vibrant. In fact, it was just voted the best big city in America for the ninth year in a row. If the jaw dropping images you’ve seen recently on TV or social media make it look like a war zone, that’s on Donald Trump. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

Fearless journalists & vigilant residents tell Chicago's story

The abuses of federal power are far worse here in Chicago. Don't look away.

open.substack.com

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the surprise knock @everythingis42.bsky.social · 1d

mmm, so the casting of protestors as terrorists continues apace. great.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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perfect knight @shiningknightx.bsky.social · 1d

"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

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the surprise knock @everythingis42.bsky.social · 1d

shutdown update: we've now hit missed paycheck #1

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly it was like

This just in: The prize went to a democracy activist, not the guy murdering random people in the Caribbean Sea

[Touches earpiece]

The democracy activist says they're glad the guy murdered random people in the Caribbean Sea. Now they're dedicating the prize to the murder guy.

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 1d

whoops!

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

Premium: The AI Bubble's promises are impossible. NVIDIA's customers are running out of money, GPUs die in 3-5 years, most 1GW data centers will never get built, and OpenAI's Abilene data center doesn't won't have the power it needs before 2028 - if it ever does.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-bubbl...

The AI Bubble's Impossible Promises

Readers: I’ve done a very generous “free” portion of this newsletter, but I do recommend paying for premium to get the in-depth analysis underpinning the intro. That being said, I want as many people ...

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Ben Silverstein ❌👑 @bensilverstein.bsky.social · 1d

From the Nobel Committee today:

“Democracy depends on people who refuse to stay silent, who dare to step forward despite grave risk, and who remind us that freedom must never be taken for granted, but must always be defended – with words, with courage and with determination.”

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