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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 5h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 3h

There are hundreds of members of Congress who refuse to even acknowledge that a genocide is taking place, and they all have public town halls you can protest at.

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 3h

She has culpability, and at the same time, heckling her and not Biden, Vance, Trump, or any of the dozens of Congresspeople who continue to support Israel is a telling choice.

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 1d

“YOUR LEGACY WILL ALWAYS BE GENOCIDE”

Last night, multiple protestors called out former Vice President Kamala Harris during her book tour stop in D.C.

Kamala Harris says she isn’t the president, but she was vice president while bombs rained on Gaza and got $5 MILLION from AIPAC

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 7h

There’s no more hope

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 7h

He already wants the FCC to “look into” NBC and revoke their broadcast license. So I can see him ramping up the pressure with this deadline.com/2025/10/trum...

Mary @marybadthings.com · 7h

PATHETIC

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 13h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 19h

For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.

If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 18h

They don’t make ‘em like this anymore

Breakdown (feat. Krayzie Bone & Wish Bone)

open.spotify.com

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 19h

I’m so grateful I grew up in the 90s when we had some sanging ass R&B ladies.

Been listening to Mariah and Whitney all evening.

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 1d

Lemme go watch The First Wives Club 💔

Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 1d

Diane Keaton (1946–2025)

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Being mad at Ms Rachel is a pretty good tell that you're just mad that people care about Palestine at all— many such cases actually but in that context these people will die mad because people will always care

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Heatherface Wixson @thehorrorchick.bsky.social · 1d

This one hurts a lot. RIP Diane Keaton.

I don’t even know what else to say.

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 1d

NOT DIANE KEATON 💔

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 1d

I’ve become obsessed with a 1.5 legged Dachshund named Matilda (she’s living with people who run an organization for disabled dogs)

Mary @marybadthings.com · 1d

The deadline for people to file their taxes after receiving an extension, is Wednesday.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

The IRS is laying off people during the shutdown, even though it was rehiring staff it previously fired because it was so shorthanded.
This one stands out because firing IRS employees costs the government money, since they bring in about $6-8 for every dollar spent on tax enforcement

IRS Halts Layoff Plans, Begins Rehiring Amid Staffing Shortages
The agency is attempting to rebuild its workforce and restore public confidence.

Treasury Department: Treasury cut 1,446 employees on Friday. Two Internal Revenue Service employees confirmed layoffs were taking place at the tax agency, which has already shed more than 25,000 employees. One employee who was laid off was working Friday and exempt from shutdown furloughs.

Mary @marybadthings.com · 1d

Handsome! And I also now feel old as hell 😂

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 1d

WTF?! Looks like it’s time to boycott Netflix, too.

Hinchcliffe’s star has only risen. In March, fewer than two months after Trump’s second inauguration, Netflix announced a deal with Hinchcliffe to air four comedy specials. The terms of the deal have not been made public, but Hinchcliffe Trumpishly told fellow entertainers, “You’ve never heard of anything like it before” and hinted at a payday comparable to his friend and collaborator Joe Rogan’s $250 million Spotify contract. Now in its twelfth year, Kill Tony has nearly 2.4 million subscribers on YouTube and is currently the platform’s third-ranked podcast. Kam Patterson, a twenty-six-year-old former Foot Locker employee who first appeared on Kill Tony in 2023 and has since emerged as the show’s biggest homegrown star, was recently cast on this season of Saturday Night Live.

Mary @marybadthings.com · 1d

😂

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 2d

This is….. WILD AF

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 2d

“Real Housewives of Potomac” star Wendy Osefo and her husband, Eddie Osefo, were arrested Thursday in Maryland after being indicted by a grand jury for allegedly falsely reporting a home burglary and theft.

'Real Housewives of Potomac' star Wendy Osefo and her husband arrested on fraud charges

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office said the couple fraudulently reported a burglary and theft at their Maryland home.

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 2d

👀

Mary @marybadthings.com · 2d

Does she not realize how many people work there and how long it will take to go through all of those memos?

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the full memo.

Mary @marybadthings.com · 2d

I want to be surprised, but...

Mary @marybadthings.com · 2d

So now one of my professors is telling us that our news reporting assignment is due by Sunday night, even though it was never assigned to us? And there’s nowhere to submit it on our online platform?

Mary @marybadthings.com · 2d

Are you fucking kidding me? 🤦🏾‍♀️

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 2d

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 2d

Lord, help me get through this semester 🙏🏾

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