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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 14h

The Pope was right to condemn this.

NPR @npr.org · 20h

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch. n.pr/48przga

Every moment pops in the nuclear thriller 'A House of Dynamite'

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15h

Walked into a Canadian Tire and no longer know what holiday season we’re celebrating anymore

Grim Reaper plays heavy metal guitar next to a display of Christmas trees

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 15h

The argument that we’re not allowed to call these people Nazis wears a little thin once we’ve arrived at such direct Anne Frank parallels.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 18h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 16h

You can stiff a contractor after they’ve done the remodel, but you can’t stiff the military before you’ve fully instituted martial law. Classic mistake.

Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 16h

“If the crew already hates you, then they won’t work for free.”

Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 16h

“I wonder if he’s going to walk out to the Destiny’s Chi- Yay, he did!”

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 16h

At least in the sense of “the real Lynyrd Skynyrd understood what it takes to conquer every major American city in a way that you amateurs never will,” is I guess what I was getting at here.

Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 17h

Sometimes I genuinely think that we’re basically dealing with a Hitler cover band, if that makes sense.

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Nemanja Protic @nemanjabb.bsky.social · 16h

youtu.be/IjofqXTkjgo?...

James Acaster issues a wrestling challenge

YouTube video by ChortleUK

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 16h

Muting “I think you meant to say,” “It’s almost,” “And you’re surprised” and “You misspelled” might catch some false positives, but I’m growing increasingly willing to risk it.

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Sarah Kurchak @fodderfigure.bsky.social · 17h

For this:

watch.clashofthecomics.live

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 16h

Ed Gamble out here reminding me that I knew a kid in grade school who decided that his flag football name ought to be Chris “The Parker” Parker.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 17h

Sometimes I genuinely think that we’re basically dealing with a Hitler cover band, if that makes sense.

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Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 17h

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 17h

Well, it’s a good thing that Hegseth and Trump took the time to make those speeches last week that famously got the military on board with their agenda and didn’t at all embarrass the nation itself on the world stage.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18h

The US military stops getting paid from next week.

White House has, for now, ruled out legislative fix for military pay

Over 1 million military paychecks could go unfulfilled on Oct. 15.

www.politico.com

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 17h

I’m sorry, James Acaster’s full what name?

Sarah Kurchak @fodderfigure.bsky.social · 17h

I love that James Acaster's full wrestling name is James 'James Acaster' Acaster.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 17h

“Since the dawn of time, the greatest question that mankind has grappled with has been the meaning of life itself. Now, finally, we are on the verge of conquering the question by stripping life of all meaning.”

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 17h

“We’re finally on the cusp of creating entire feature films by nobody, that mean nothing, for an audience of one.”

Why, though?

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 17h

Whenever some tech bro celebrates a technology that “removes the barrier” of creative expression or skill, and “democratizes” the process of creating units of content, I think about self-driving cars that don’t even need people as passengers.

“What if we could do this in a way that meant nothing?”

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 17h

TikTok came around at a time when I’d already correctly decided I was too old and too textual for Snapchat. I said “No, thanks, but have fun,” and I didn’t give it a second thought.

I certainly didn’t sit around waiting for a non-human alternative to genuine joy and creative expression.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 17h

Most people on TikTok aren’t talented singers, dancers, performers or editors. A lot of them just do their own thing, at an amateur level, for the sheer creative human joy of doing so, as we should all be free to do.

It’s not like they make you audition before they let you install the app.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 17h

I know this isn’t the point, but there is no such thing as a person who always wanted to post on TikTok but was never able to because the “singing and dancing” standard was simply too high and exclusive.

Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 18h

I give you: my billionaire former boss clapping his hands in delight at what has been better described as "Cocomelon for adults"

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 18h

“And another thing: Eric didn’t fail. Please don’t put in the newspaper that Eric failed.”

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 18h

Not to put on my strategic comms hat about it, but in general, if the vast majority of voters think that Eric failed, and you’re trying to make the case that Eric didn’t fail, don’t say “Stop saying Eric failed” on camera. Especially if you’re Eric.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 18h

“Eric got indicted on federal charges of bribery, fraud, and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations” admittedly isn’t a very “creative” way of saying he failed, but I think it’s still pretty noteworthy.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 18h

"What is it going to take before you drop your hate and say, 'Listen, the guy did the job!' I'm not running anymore, so you no longer have to do this whole charade. I turned the city around, folks—come on! ... Stop coming up with all of these creative ways of saying 'Eric failed.' Eric didn't fail."

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 18h

That’s what I mean, though. I see “Are We the Baddies?” thrown around because ICE agents wear masks and won’t identify themselves, for example. And it’s funny, but it takes away from the point that they do those things specifically because they know that what they’re doing is wrong.

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