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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 46m

Baron gets a nepoxecutive gig I'm declaring here and now that will officially end the broad gentleman's agreement that he's spared the mass dunking we reserve for his older cryptofash cokehead siblings.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14h

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 2h

It’s this multiple times a day

They don't even bother to lie badly anymore.
I suppose that's the final humiliation.

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Chris Laporte @laportereporte.bsky.social · 2h

you know the rules, whatever it was Popeye's deemed you unworthy of it

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Chris Laporte @laportereporte.bsky.social · 5h

when he looks out into the GameDay crowd and sees the frogs

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Chris Laporte @laportereporte.bsky.social · 5h

meanwhile here's Herbstreit thinking about how close he is to Portland

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 14h

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 14h

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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Chris Laporte @laportereporte.bsky.social · 14h

They'd answer

two men in suits are sitting at a table holding cups of coffee

ALT: two men in suits are sitting at a table holding cups of coffee

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Chris Laporte @laportereporte.bsky.social · 14h

THE ONE INNING IS NIGH

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Chris Laporte @laportereporte.bsky.social · 15h

old hand injury flared up at a bad time

Chekov screaming after he gets burned in the first Star Trek movie

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Chris Laporte @laportereporte.bsky.social · 15h

once again bringing this over from the other place for posterity

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Chris Laporte @laportereporte.bsky.social · 15h

I'm sparking debate with my claim that Rick Pitino is the actual Antichrist and not just the Basketball Antichrist, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 21h

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sparking debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

Here’s what the science actually says:

RFK Jr. linked circumcision and Tylenol to autism. Here’s what scientists say.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparks debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h

These guys have gotten incredibly rich by fleecing the government with subpar tech that was designed for rentseeking rather than performance. A smart Dem agenda item would be to build internal tech capacity. The fact that it would punish these guys is just a silver lining.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 18h

Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

the final boss of "imagine if obama did it"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Chris Laporte @laportereporte.bsky.social · 1d

Remember that scene in Major Payne where Damon Wayans breaks a guy's thumb to distract him from a different injury?

That's kind of what the Eagles and Phillies are doing for one another tonight

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Chris Laporte @laportereporte.bsky.social · 1d

well that's one way to lose

Chris Laporte @laportereporte.bsky.social · 1d

also y'all know you have a character on there twice, right

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Chris Laporte @laportereporte.bsky.social · 1d

THE CHOPPER DISRESPECT

The 50 Greatest Star Wars Characters Of All Time

From Ahsoka Tano to Darth Vader to Grogu, Empire ranks the greatest Star Wars characters of all time, from every era of the saga. Read the full list.

www.empireonline.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

If this stuff would end up on the news it would absolutely motivate voters. Plenty of people who don't give a shit about politics would absolutely give af about this.