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I write code and occasionally it works.
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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 19h
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 19h
BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 15h
No, what’s stupid is thinking “bowitdabowdabangdabangbittybittychowackdabingdabowdowdabitty” is a song lyric, and also you’re a rich kid cosplaying as a hillbilly go back to your gated community, Robert
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h
Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h
Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h
A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 16h
ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.
ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.
A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 19h
JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.
Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse
In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.
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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 17h
Not the point here, but I also hate how everybody latches into the same advertising format because it works once. I see ads for “the Duolingo” of coding, of history, of sex, of religion…and I’m sure there a dozen other lousy apps making the same pitch. Be original!
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 1d
”im addicted to this Buddhism game” —things someone who is good at buddhism would say???
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Drew @hopsandsmoke.bsky.social · 1d
Right, the outrage is all that matters to him (and the entirety of the right wing)
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Tim A. @flipperpa.bsky.social · 1d
ISPs cry, “listing every fee we make up and charge our customers is too hard”, and Brendan Carr and Trump agree, screwing ALL of us. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
ISPs created so many fees that FCC will kill requirement to list them all
ISPs complained about Biden-era rule, said listing every fee was too hard.
arstechnica.com
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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d
9th Circuit just made anti-SLAPP laws (like the good ones in California and Nevada) a lot less effective. This is going to lead to a ton of suppressed speech. Stupid and dangerous. Especially now.

We need a federal anti-SLAPP law now. And we won't get one.

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 1d
From the bad old site, in response to pro-immigration commentary from Cato scholars. I wonder whether there's something dangerous in letting presidents just arbitrarily declare one or another group to be a terrorist organization -- nah, I suppose that's alarmist.
Four tweets from X, text: [user] Sep 20 The CATO Institute should be labeled as a domestic terrorist organization. [user] Sep 20 Replying to @AlexNowrasteh Trump's next EO needs to be declaring the CATO Institute a terrorist organization. [user] · Sep 19 The next group that @realDonaldTrump needs to designate as a terrorist organization is the Cato Institute [user] · Sep 19 Replying to @David_J_Bier we are going to designate the CATO Institute as a terrorist organization next. Tweets from X, text: " [user] · 11h Replying to @David_J_Bier The Cato Institute should be declared a terrorist organization. [user] · 11h President Trump needs to declare Cato institute domestic terror organization Quote The Alex Nowrasteh @AlexNowrasteh · Oct 8 Americans would be slightly more pro-immigration if they knew how hard it is to come here legally."
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Drew @hopsandsmoke.bsky.social · 1d
B1G weed?
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d
Lmao
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d
I give shit to Jeffries (and Schumer) when they suck, so it’s also important to recognize when they’re doing it right.

This is doing it right. More of this, indeed. *Everyone* involved in the corruption of this administration MUST face consequences for their actions.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d
This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."
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Drew @hopsandsmoke.bsky.social · 1d
I guess @actioncookbook.com needs to up his game
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WellActuary @wellactuary.bsky.social · 1d
THEY HAD A PEDIATRIC CANCER PATIENT WHO WAS TREATED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA ANNOUNCE GAMES AT KINNICK STADIUM, THAT'S EMOTIONAL TERRORISM
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 2d
It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case
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Drew @hopsandsmoke.bsky.social · 2d
Louisville
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
Drew @hopsandsmoke.bsky.social · 2d
[hammers the space bar to see how long it takes Bill to actually leave]
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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 2d
Drew @hopsandsmoke.bsky.social · 2d
Tired: SEC speed
Wired: ACC speed
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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 2d
One of the fastest Votes Of Confidence in history
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Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 2d
On the other site.
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Drew @hopsandsmoke.bsky.social · 2d
Makes sense. It was worth a guess!
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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 2d
"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
An image of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, twirling on an alpine meadow in a long Austrian skirt, next to an image of Christopher Plummer as Georg Von Trapp in the same movie, tearing a Nazi flag in half.
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Drew @hopsandsmoke.bsky.social · 2d
Whether any other schools have pending @homefield.bsky.social jogger deals?
Drew @hopsandsmoke.bsky.social · 2d
What about video assets produced by Disney that the school owns the copyright to? (Not sure how the contract law would work but it seems like something an enterprising athletic department would invent to try to do an end run around this very scenario)
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Drew @hopsandsmoke.bsky.social · 2d
"I'm sorry but post-modernism mostly sucks" -- @peatandpastry.bsky.social after I read this review to her
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Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 2d
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way. What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money. Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight. To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.