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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 7h

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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Gore Vidal Sassoon @jimmyjazz1968.bsky.social · 5h

Screenprinting to keep this live after LC deactivates (assume he's ok with that, if not let me know)

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investigationcone.bsky.social @investigationcone.bsky.social · 6h

Given how little they seem to respect oaths to defend the Constitution....

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investigationcone.bsky.social @investigationcone.bsky.social · 6h

And you get to sing the 3,4,and 5th verses of carols that never appear in commercial recordings! It's like "secret" bonus carols!

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investigationcone.bsky.social @investigationcone.bsky.social · 7h

Huh. Well I know who is directly responsible, and who should be held responsible.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 11h

New from 404 Media: the end of Windows 10 support is an e-waste disaster in the making. 400 million computers that cannot be upgraded to Windows 11 set to be cut off from receiving free security updates. Set to affect as many as 42% of all Windows computers worldwide.
www.404media.co/the-end-of-w...

The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making

In an example of egregious planned obsolescence, as many as 400 million computers will soon hit the waste stream.

www.404media.co

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 1d

Tuesday night football (all time central)

New Mexico State @ Liberty 6pm CBSSN
Arkansas State @ South Alabama 6:30pm ESPN2
FIU @ Western Kentucky 7pm ESPNU

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investigationcone.bsky.social @investigationcone.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yeah. I love the "College Football every night of the week" part of October!

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Remember they not only want to expand this but also decrease the regulations.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

www.cnn.com/interactive/...

Americans are losing millions to scammers at crypto ATMs. Here’s how companies profit

Companies often fail to refund money to victims and aggressively fight police to claw back scam money seized from machines.

www.cnn.com

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

This is insane

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Arthur Baron-Clément @arthur.baron-clement.com · 1d

Hello again #PortfolioDay
I'm a french illustrator specializing in landscapes and sceneries.
✉️ [email protected]
🔗 arthur.baron-clement.com/en/

Composite of 16 digital landscape paintings.

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Crimzon Ruze💢HOLOSTARS EN @crimzonruze.holostars.tv · 3d

100 weeks in and it's time for me to finally take a break. I'll still be around for collabs and few minor things, but I have a ton of life stuff to catch up on- so I'm treating myself to 1 day off and 6 days of catchup! See ya soon, nerds!

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investigationcone.bsky.social @investigationcone.bsky.social · 2d

That's last week's graphic. I did the same.

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Stan Kelly @kartoonistkelly.bsky.social · 2d

Finally! I’ve broken through the glass ceiling for old, white men hoping to work in animation.
Be sure to tune in. As I tell all my lovers, this might just be the best 20 seconds of your life.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

When authoritarians tell you they like authoritarianism, over and over and over and over and over again, believe them

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump on Egypt: "They have very little crime. Because they don't play games. That's why. Like we do in the United States with governors that have no idea what they're doing."

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 3d

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Arthur Baron-Clément @arthur.baron-clement.com · 2d

Old Station

Landscape digital painting of an old train station surrounded by nature. An old rusty railway leads there from the foreground.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Fright Club @frightya.bsky.social · 3d

Join #FrightClub and post along Sunday's double feature starting with The Return of the Living Dead (1985) at 10:00 PM ET. Available on Prime.

Then join us at 11:45 PM ET for Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988). Available on Tubi.

We're going to need more snacks

Poster for The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
They're back from the grave and ready to party

Poster for Return of the Living Dead Part II
Just when you thought it was safe to be dead

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investigationcone.bsky.social @investigationcone.bsky.social · 4d

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 4d

It's clearer by the day that Columbia making a deal with Trump in July was a catastrophe for higher education as a whole. It gave terrible people a bottomless appetite for extortion. The other eight universities must follow MIT's lead.

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

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Kashkabald | EN VTuber 🌻 @kashkabald.skillissue.moe · 4d

The Outfoxies now has rollback. I repeat, The Outfoxies now has rollback.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.

"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Ticky🏳️‍🌈 @drac.at · 5d

came up with a new meme let me know what you think

Image of John Madden’s face in an inscrutable smile-like expression with pixellated text “MADDENING” underneath.

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