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jen see @iamjensee.bsky.social · 9h

This @davidjroth.bsky.social joint @flaminghydra.com is the kind of culture writing I love. It’s about One Battle After Another and the film serves as a starting point for a bunch of interesting ideas.

If you like good writing on the internet, Flaming Hydra is pretty great, actually.

Struggle cinema

David Roth on 'One Battle After Another'

flaminghydra.com

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🏳️‍🌈 Mother Of Exiles 🏳️‍⚧️ @dragynwing.bsky.social · 13h

When the fucking around happens for such an extended period of time, it feels like the finding out will never happen. But when it does, boy does it hit. I hope this snowball keeps rolling.

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Tory Wegerski @producertory.bsky.social · 13h

I'm about as lapsed a Catholic as one can be, but it's genuinely heartening to see the leader of the church speak like this.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 13h

The brains of a significant portion of the U.S. population, including the President of the United States of America and other people in positions of power, are completely cooked.

Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 2d

The Woke Act

Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 2d

👀👂🏻

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 2d

All criticism and all peaceful protest, and any opposition to rising totalitarianism, is considered terrorism -- that's the formal MAGA policy. Journalists are enemies of the people, and Dems, liberals, and Leftist are terrorists now.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 2d

This shows statehood got the most votes. Am I missing something?

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 2d

Re: the ridiculous Bad Bunny Super Bowl backlash, Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory and its citizens have repeatedly voted in favor of statehood. Without statehood they have no representation in Congress.

Puerto Ricans vote symbolically–again–in favor of becoming U.S. state

Last week, Puerto Ricans on the U.S. territory headed to the polls and voted in favor of becoming a state. While Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, they cannot vote for president, but did voice their op...

www.nbcmiami.com

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 3d

the portland chicken explains

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

here to discuss the field mouse question, please welcome three different kinds of owl

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 3d

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 3d

We’re not afraid of you.

Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 3d

Unless…? www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMAdjY9C/

#taylorswift #swifty #swifties #taylor #thelifeofashowgirl

TikTok video by JJ 🧡

www.tiktok.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 3d

“We Are Elated by the Gaza Ceasefire News. Now, the World Must Hold Israel to Account for 2 Years of Genocide”

In an emotional essay for Zeteo, former Palestinian negotiator Diana Buttu reacts to the ceasefire announcement, what it means for Palestinians, and what still worries her.
Your #mustread:

We Are Elated by the Gaza Ceasefire News. Now, the World Must Hold Israel to Account for 2 Years of Genocide

In an emotional essay, former Palestinian negotiator Diana Buttu reacts to the ceasefire announcement, what it means for Palestinians, and what still worries her.

zeteo.com

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 3d

I am stunned. Trump’s own antifa round table draws a parallel between antifa and the resistance to the actual Nazi regime.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4d

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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A Monster Mullins in Texas @amullinstx.bsky.social · 4d

There isn’t a national antifa organization, but if you wanted to create one, sending your Sardaukar to subdue all the major cities would be a great way to kick it off.

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 4d

“From a purely practical perspective, Democrats will need to move left to repair the damage done by centrists if they want to win contested elections.”

Centrists Shrank the Democratic Tent. Only the Left Can Expand It.

Motivated by their personal agenda, establishment Democrats pushed voters away in 2024. To repair that damage, the party needs a left-wing agenda.

open.substack.com

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 4d

omg this headline

Is Taylor Swift's New Album Bad Enough To Trigger Class Consciousness?

"The world is burning down, but your new album’s out and you won’t let us forget that there’s a new limited edition at Target."

www.huffpost.com

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 5d

I cannot believe how frequently some of you skeet

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Detroit Metro Times @metrotimes.com · 5d

A Republican state lawmaker leading a campaign to ban pornography in Michigan appears to have had an account on a pornographic hook-up website, according to records obtained by Metro Times.

Michigan Republican pushing pornography ban linked to porn site, records show - Detroit Metro Times

A Republican state lawmaker leading a campaign to ban pornography in Michigan appears to have had an account on a pornographic hook-up website that promised users they could “find sex” and “get laid t...

www.metrotimes.com

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 5d

“The springing up of these multi-million-dollar groups is not evidence of the [establishment]’s strength but of its weakness.”

Breaking up the monopoly on reality

the struggle between the center & the border

cracksinpomo.substack.com

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 6d

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 6d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 6d

A @metrotimes.com cover story from 2019:

Is Trump a fascist?

The F-word

www.metrotimes.com

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