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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 1h

Depending on traffic, these are all closer to O'Hare than the Loop is.

Jesse Walker @notjessewalker.bsky.social · 2h

The White House's "Chicago is in chaos" video "is littered with outdated footage highlighting drug busts, arrests and deportation raids in other states, including Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska"

White House's Chicago 'chaos' video uses footage from other cities

A dramatic voiceover video shared by the White House and US President Donald Trump claims to show immigration agents responding to the "mess" in Chicago as the Republican seeks to justify deploying Na...

uk.news.yahoo.com

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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · 1h

Still stunned by D’Angelo’s departure. Grateful for the brilliant musical legacy he bequeathed to us. I thought it worth re-posting this meditation on black music and black mortality. www.newyorker.com/news/daily-c...

Hip-Hop at Fifty: An Elegy

A generation is still dying younger than it should—this time, of “natural causes.”

www.newyorker.com

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Liquid Jade @liquidjade.bsky.social · 16h

Only Republicans get to wish death on Americans.
— Marco Rubio, probably

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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Liquid Jade @liquidjade.bsky.social · 16h

Making pasta sauce from scratch is not my forte.

Liquid Jade @liquidjade.bsky.social · 20h

Reminder: the “free market” doesn’t work for insurance because you pre-pay for services with your premiums and insurance companies bank the most profit by denying coverage.

Denial of coverage is part of their business model.

American Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · 21h

Rep. Scott Perry is saying the quiet part out loud, Republicans won’t fund health care because they want to return to the days when insurance companies could label pregnancy a pre-existing condition and deny you health care.

Liquid Jade @liquidjade.bsky.social · 20h

Drive through literally sounded like the adults in a Peanuts cartoon:

a group of peanuts characters are dancing and playing instruments

ALT: a group of peanuts characters are dancing and playing instruments

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 21h

I guess this is a good time to remind everyone of why there is virtually no federal oversight into the supplements business... And yea, it's because of a single Senator, Orrin Hatch -- www.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/u...

www.npr.org/sections/hea...

Support Is Mutual for Senator and Utah Industry (Published 2011)

www.nytimes.com

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Liquid Jade @liquidjade.bsky.social · 21h

I have heat again.

Still have the fucking mercury switch thermostat. My system is too basic for anything post-1980.

Liquid Jade @liquidjade.bsky.social · 21h

That’s 3.4 million people. It works out to an average pay of $1,100 per employee per week, or $27/hr.

It also includes housing & food allowances and danger pay.

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Liquid Jade @liquidjade.bsky.social · 21h

If you ever wondered what the mission statement for a funeral home looks like:

We believe in creating certainty through the uncertainty of life’s end and we do it by living our values-leading with compassion, building trust, and nurturing community so no one walks this journey alone.

Liquid Jade @liquidjade.bsky.social · 22h

Surely dudes who balk at a 0.1% increase in the marginal tax rate are down with a $3.7 billion/week tax.

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Liquid Jade @liquidjade.bsky.social · 22h

The DoD’s weekly payroll is roughly $3.7 billion.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Liquid Jade @liquidjade.bsky.social · 22h

Private militaries worked extremely well for the Romans. It’s why they had a civil war every time an emperor died and there was no clear successor.

It’s a Top 5 reason why the Roman Empire fell.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Liquid Jade @liquidjade.bsky.social · 22h

Also, let me be known that Monroe was curvier than this and favored orange lipstick, not red.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Liquid Jade @liquidjade.bsky.social · 22h

And putting dead actors in canceled TV shows.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 23h

It is at least *interesting* that the people making this supposedly world-changing technology think its most profitable use cases are: social media videos and sexting.

Liquid Jade @liquidjade.bsky.social · 22h

Yes, don’t catch your turkey neck wattle into your tie.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 23h

when you tie a tie, try to put in a dimple, like so

a black and white photo of a man in a pinstripe worsted suit, white shirt, and textured necktie. the tie has a nice dimple under the knot.

a photo of donald trump upside down. there is also a nice dimple on his red tie

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Liquid Jade @liquidjade.bsky.social · 23h

If you get meals from #Factor, good luck with reporting that you received the wrong order.

After 5 times telling them “everything was wrong”’and having them ask, “what was missing,” I had to do the condescending, “what part of ‘everything’ is unclear?”