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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 18h

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Casket For My Tears @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 12h

I bought a scary game (Reveil) a while ago and decided to save it for Halloween time but now I'm being a big baby about it and pausing every few minutes.

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Casket For My Tears @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 14h

Happy birthday!

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 20h

Oh what’s that? They will depreciate at roughly 3 times the rate previously touted and require constant replacement and 2-3x the revenue to match initial expenditure?

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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Casket For My Tears @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 17h

She's honestly an angel

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io9 @io9dotcom.bsky.social · 1d

NYCC 2025: The Vampire Lestat New Teaser

The show formerly known as 'Interview With the Vampire' returns with a new focus in season three that leans a lot more rock n' roll.

gizmodo.com

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Casket For My Tears @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 1d

Everything, toasted, scallion cream cheese.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d

LMAOOOOO

A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Taking money from those who took money from Saudi Arabia would impact perception of the org’s independence.

www.vulture.com

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Casket For My Tears @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 2d

Love!!

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Casket For My Tears @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 2d

Masked at comic con! Love to see it!!

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

Ready for you, New York Comic Con! Artist Alley L25!

Greg Pak selfie in the NYCC Artist Alley standing in front of his table. Banners for The Princess Who Saved Herself, Return to Planet Hulk, and Mech Cadet Yu behind him.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make unemployment benefits available to workers who are on strike.

www.unionprogress.com/2025/10/09/p...

Pa. House approves bill opening unemployment benefits to striking workers - Pittsburgh Union Progress

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would make unemployment compensation benefits available to workers who go on strike in the commonwealth. The sponsors of the leg...

www.unionprogress.com

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Casket For My Tears @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 2d

Too real

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Casket For My Tears @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 3d

TL;DR, they banged.

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Casket For My Tears @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 3d

It seems like a no-brainer to me!

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Don Montrey @donmontrey.bsky.social · 3d

A good reporter would have pounced on that comment.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 3d

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Yesterday, Stephen Miller had one of the most terrifying Freudian slips I've ever heard.

He claimed Trump has plenary authority (absolute power)—before cutting himself off.

Today, Trump said Governor Pritzker and Mayor Johnson should be *jailed*.

This is how authoritarian regimes talk. (1/3)

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Casket For My Tears @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 3d

I'm begging authors of series to give us "previously ons" at the start of the next book.

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Casket For My Tears @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 4d

I like the convenience of digital video games but I really miss lending games to friends and vice versa.

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 4d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4d

I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 6d

I do not wish to learn about the "protocols" of the social media site I am on. I just want to make lil jokes with my friends and not see nazis. Why is this so hard for anyone who makes a social media site to understand

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Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ @aaronrosspowell.com · 5d

As the people who insist otherwise try to burn the country, it's important to affirm that immigrants, from everywhere, are awesome, and America is better the more immigrants we have. You have to be just empty and vapid and unimaginably small to reject that.

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 6d

Listen. If you didn't want to be seen as the Twitter escape pod, you shouldn't have deliberately fostered a community of people so united by their contempt for arbitrary authority and love of absolute free speech that they were willing to abandon a platform they'd been using for 15 years

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 6d

i resent that during a time of rising fascism, i have to ALSO worry about whether the owners of this website are going to tank it out of peeve

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