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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 2h

SpongeBob, Patrick, Pikachu, Cookie Monster and more all on scene at the Portland ICE facility.

Probably around 100 give or take total right now.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

it'd be funny if Trump II gave us the rebirth of the social gospel and a woke Great Awakening

☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 1d

I have friends (of christ) everywhere

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Chanting, "we are the body of Christ! The body of Christ will be free!"

This crowd has swelled considerably. Few hundred here now.

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ianbobmorris.bsky.social @ianbobmorris.bsky.social · 1h

The culture was more mono in the 90s

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 8h

Not an AI pusher but I am extremely optimistic they will fail to make AI more conservative friendly in the way they want just look at what happened with Grok.

Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 11h

Genuine question: for those enthusiastically pushing AI tools into every part of our education system—what checks/guardrails are there around algorithmic biases like this?

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 16h

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

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ianbobmorris.bsky.social @ianbobmorris.bsky.social · 1h

Waffles

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 1h

The Microsoft office suite has to support every file that has ever been created under any version in its entire history because sometimes the creators of business critical processes refuse to adapt (and have also left the company / this earth)

Furloughed Balzac Asimov (trick or treat?)👨‍🦯 @balzac-asimov.bsky.social · 2h

As the custodian of several Excel workbooks made by the person who was doing my job 4 people ago, some of which I only partially understand, I just screamed.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 5h

If James visits the home regularly then it is available to her for personal use, which means it is not a “rental investment property” as defined by the mortgage rider…and therefore negates the central claim of the indictment

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11h

NYT reports that Letitia James’s great niece lives in the home that is the subject of the indictment.

The niece reportedly testified before a *different* grand jury, telling them that she had lived there for many years without paying rent. James visits regularly.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Letitia James
Indictment
Read the Indictment
Timeline of Conflict
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But in June, IMs. Thompson testified to a grand
jury in Norfolk that she had lived in the house for years and that she did not pay rent, a person familiar with her testimony said. She was not asked to testify again, and the grand jury that voted to indict Ms. James was not seated in Norfolk, but in Alexandria.
The specter of Mr. Trump's revenge campaign has so far overshadowed the facts of the case, given how he has pushed for Ms. James's punishment. For years, he has railed against her on social media, calling her a "crook" and
"corrunt" Last month. he also appointed Ms.

for a peaceful life after years of turbulence in several cities.
The family, Nakia Thompson and her children, have lived at the address ever since, according to two people familiar with the home, and until this week, the plan for a more lacid existence had largely gone as expected. Several times a year, the people said, a great-aunt who had purchased the house in 2020 with Ms.
Thompson in mind would come for an extended stay.
This week, with the filing of court papers some 200 miles north, the plan came to an abrupt end.
The great-aunt - Letitia James, the New York attorney general - was indicted by President Trump's Justice Department. The yellow house,

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Sasho Todorov @sashotodorov.bsky.social · 1h

And the whole failure point is that the system had a ton of backstops built in against demagoguery, but none of them work if the people in said backstops all decide to surrender all of their personal power to the king.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 12h

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

www.nbcnews.com

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 10h

So the Dems need to be clear again that any FMer carrying out direction to implement mil paychecks in the absence of appropriations will be subject to anti-deficiency act criminal penalties, because to be clear even with the reconciliation slush fund BS there is no way to legally so this, period

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2h

Bad Bunny went from bagging groceries recording music on SoundCloud to being one of the most streamed artists in the world. He embodies the entrepreneurial spirit of Latinos that Republicans say should make them natural conservatives. Instead they are crashing out on him.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 2h

Beckett would be so pleased. 75 years on and he's still alienating the bourgeoisie. couldn't ask for a better review.

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 3d

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.

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ianbobmorris.bsky.social @ianbobmorris.bsky.social · 2h

I have watched 2 seasons of it

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3h

This government is a well-oiled machine that’s definitely not suffering from internal power struggles hastily papered over as technical mistakes

The employees "were sent incorrect
notifications, which was fixed last night and this morning with a technical correction," a senior administration official said. "Any correction has already been remedied."

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Michael Paulauski♨️ @mike10010100.com · 3h

I mean, R&D budget is the thing being targeted. Arguably that could damage defense contractors. They might have standing.

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 3h

This is coming to mind right now as the president goes to unconstitutionally appropriate and spend funds during a shutdown, a thing he absolutely cannot do, but which I imagine the courts will say that no one - save perhaps congress, collectively - has standing to sue to block.

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🌻The Killing of a Sacred Snep🪐 @fm-synth.bsky.social · 3h

It's interesting that even in 1936, almost a century ago Robert E. Howard examined feminist thought through Conan- whom would never hurt a woman and expressed no desire to.

Despite being friends with Lovecraft, Howard's progressiveness is what appeals to me most.

www.gutenberg.org/files/32759/...

"Then be on your way," she advised. "I have other plans."

"Don't be a fool!" He showed irritation for the first time. "You can't keep on wandering through this forest."

"I can if I choose."

"But what do you intend doing?"

"That's none of your affair," she snapped.

"Yes, it is," he answered calmly. "Do you think I've followed you this far, to turn around and ride off empty-handed? Be sensible, wench. I'm not going to harm you."

He stepped toward her, and she sprang back, whipping out her sword.

"Keep back, you barbarian dog! I'll spit you like a roast pig!"

He halted, reluctantly, and demanded: "Do you want me to take that toy away from you and spank you with it?"

"Words! Nothing but words!" she mocked, lights like the gleam of the sun on blue water dancing in her reckless eyes.

He knew it was the truth. No living man could disarm Valeria of the Brotherhood with his bare hands. He scowled, his sensations a tangle of conflicting emotions. He was angry, yet he was amused and filled with admiration for her spirit. He burned with eagerness to seize that splendid figure and crush it in his iron arms, yet he greatly desired not to hurt the girl. He was torn between a desire to shake her soundly, and a desire to caress her. He knew if he came any nearer her sword would be sheathed in his heart. He had seen Valeria kill too many men in border forays and tavern brawls to have any illusions about her. He knew she was as quick and ferocious as a tigress. He could draw his broadsword and disarm her, beat the blade out of her hand, but the thought of drawing a sword on a woman, even without intent of injury, was extremely repugnant to him.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 3h

We need a Senator Emeritus role where they still get to go to events and feel important but that gives them a graceful retirement route

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 7h

It always looks silly from these guys but this basic logic where the most marginalized people are actually elites representing “the machine” is also the shared understanding people running newsrooms and universities believe as well.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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ianbobmorris.bsky.social @ianbobmorris.bsky.social · 4h

Because "everyone is wearing air filters" is a good shorthand for dystopia

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ianbobmorris.bsky.social @ianbobmorris.bsky.social · 4h

Why would anyone watch captain planet if it was not on when nothing else that you wanted to watch was on

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Amber @risettemd.bsky.social · 4h

Tron Ares is a Nine Inch Nails album with a pack-in movie.

Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 4h

Okay but they should probably keep making TRON movies as vehicles for cool auteur soundtracks

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 4h

Entire way of experiencing movies that zoomers will never remember, that people my age barely remember, where you watched something because it was on. Feels like there is an entire genre of movie that was meant to be seen in that format. You couldn’t make Swordfish (2001) today.

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 4h

"the average east coast city is more annoying than us" factoid is actually just statistical error. The average east coast city is normal, New York City, the home to every pundit and podcaster in the US who publish 69,420 articles a day about their city, is an outlier and should not have been counted

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ianbobmorris.bsky.social @ianbobmorris.bsky.social · 4h

When i go to conventions I wear an elastomeric respirator and consider it cosplay

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Dark and Wondrous - it's in the trees! it's coming! @darkandwondrous.bsky.social · 10d

As October begins, we contemplate how the sea wind had its way with this now-fungal saint.

scary sea-weathered saint on the church near Hartlepool headland (body of saint is heavily eroded down to a veined or boxwork-like underlying structure of the stone, which looks like weird branching fungus).

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