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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 6h

The executive is usurping a core Article I function, this should be treated with the same amount of alarm as if he declared he's disbanding Congress, because that's functionally what he's doing/done

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Alex Kwanten @sportzagato.bsky.social · 7h

Took a walk at Shilshole Marina for the first time in ages and, as in the past, the car spotting did not disappoint. A🧵:

First up, a Mitsubishi Diamante, a Merc W116, an Isuzu Trooper and an '08 Mitsubishi Eclipse.

#WeirdCarBS

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Dennie Edwards @dennieedwards.bsky.social · 8h

This is SO stupid and pointless (and illegal). While we’re at it, why don’t we just empty out the whole Smithsonian and put everything back where it “rightfully” belongs?

The Strange Saga of the Great Texas Space Shuttle Heist

Texas lawmakers want to move the Smithsonian’s retired space shuttle to Houston. It’s “a vanity project that is apt to destroy a near-priceless American treasure,” one historian says

www.scientificamerican.com

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Joe Ligo @joeligo.bsky.social · 8h

Door handle design peaked in 1968.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 9h

The evidence-based conclusion is that impeachment cannot work because of a design failure. This might be a fatal flaw.

Is This What ‘Late-Stage Democracy’ Looks Like?

What if the Constitution *is* a suicide pact?

www.thebulwark.com

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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 8h

Your everyday 8-6-2 double play

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 9h

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

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Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 1d

This is my family’s cemetery. Generations of us are here. DHS thugs attacked the workers who laid my father to rest and tend to his gravesite. i dont know whether to cry or yell. I hope these DHS thugs find no peace in this life and the next.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

ICE attacks cemetery workers trying to help a man in the Des Plaines river www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMUmUjPs/

Caught on camera… ICE agents clash with suburban cemetery workers trying to help man in Des Plaines River… #wgn9 #ice #operationmidwayblitz #immigration

TikTok video by WGN9Chicago

www.tiktok.com

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 9h

As someone who was charged with menacing with a deadly weapon a week before her 13th birthday, I would like to send a hearty fuck you to anyone who thinks a child can be a hardened criminal.

Also juvenile records are supposed to be confidential.

Also Tricia McLaughlin lies all the time.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11h

This is the response I received from ICE when I inquired about the 13-year-old they abducted from Everett, Mass. on Friday:

Good afternoon, Marisa.
Please see the below from DHS on the 13-year-old alien.
Please feel free to direct any questions to them.
Respectfully,
James

Tricia McLaughlin
@TriciaOhio • 6h
S...
Here are the facts: he posed a public safety threat with an extensive rap sheet including violent assault with a dangerous weapon, battery, breaking and entering, destruction of property.
He was in possession of a firearm and 5-7 inch knife when arrested.

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PMC Vanguardist @tylerboschert.bsky.social · 16h

we tried Woke Détente and it failed, we tried Woke Containment and it failed

it is time for Woke Rollback and the Thiels and Yarvins and Orbáns of the world are not ready for it

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 18h

we have to be willing to just fuck with foreign governments in order to promote pro-democracy forces and harm pro-authoritarian forces in those countries

*that's* our actual interest, not whatever faff natsec heads preach about "the rules based order"

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 9h

Tired: the cia is an agent of covert regime change abroad and that’s bad

Wired: the cia is an agent of covert regime change abroad and that’s not only good but essential to democracy

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 18h

we have to be willing to just fuck with foreign governments in order to promote pro-democracy forces and harm pro-authoritarian forces in those countries

*that's* our actual interest, not whatever faff natsec heads preach about "the rules based order"

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 9h

We lost sight of the idea politics is something that you do, not just electoralism or numbers fuckstein wonkism

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 18h

The siren call of electoral strategy and analysis partially crowded out work on things like law, organizational resistance, and protest. I blame myself, too

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 11h

I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about it (either out of self-preservation or the distractions inherent in our cursed information environment) but man:

It’s humiliating to live in the hegemon that built the current global order as a bunch of illiterate pissbabies smash it to pieces.

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Rick Kane @paintingsurfer.bsky.social · 11h

Read this post outloud and then let it sink in. The Trump administration's cuts to the NWS are now apparent and endangering life and property. This could have been prevented but here we are.

Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 15h

A massive storm that brought a record storm surge to Alaska was poorly forecast, and “this is one of the clearest possible examples to date where missing upper air soundings due to NWS constraints may have led to a degraded forecast.”

Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 15h

Sunday a massive storm surge event from the remnants of Typhoon Halong caused catastrophic damage in remote western Alaska. Thanks to @alaskawx.bsky.social for his help with this deep dive, including the forecast challenges in an area dealing with reduced NWS upper air soundings
tinyurl.com/4ycxaez9

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Waldo Jaquith, but Spooky @waldo.net · 1d

The Supreme Court is so illegitimate that cases are often about fictional matters with plaintiffs who have been harmed in no way, now to the point where they are not aware that they are plaintiffs in a Supreme Court case.

Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 1d

“One of them, Albert ‘Skip’ Caissie Jr., 78, said in a phone interview that he wasn’t aware that he was involved in a Supreme Court case.”

Who Are the Louisiana Voters Behind a Major Supreme Court Challenge?

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Burns @mrburnsns.bsky.social · 12h

Fuck concern. My money for a dem that actually starts talking about real life-altering consequences for feds that behave like this when the regime changes.

Saikat for Congress @saikatforcongress.bsky.social · 17h

If you are an American citizen, you should be very concerned about what ICE is doing.

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Simon @bauxoffice.bsky.social · 14h

Not bad.

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Andrew Burns @mrburnsns.bsky.social · 14h

what the Navy doesn't want you to know

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.bsky.social · 14h

Love having a photographer 😝
Had to run to Serres but admittedly no race track visit, womp womp

My light blue 1991 BMW E36 316i sedan parked asswards into a sidewalk with plenty of space between the parked Mk1 Fiat Punto and older Hyundai i30 next to it.

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Normal Cr02 Metal @normal-cr02-metal.bsky.social · 14h

WHO wants to watch a few mins of 1976 Yorkdale parking lot b-roll?

youtube.com/watch?v=iTn_...

Yorkdale Shopping Centre in 1976

YouTube video by Old Toronto Series

youtube.com

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Josh is "here" @realracingroots.bsky.social · 1d

New blog post - It's time to get rolling on the retrospective of some of the very best racing games of the last 25 years.

If it wasn't for my one game per franchise/license rule, these four games would be there. 🏁💀🏁

powerhouse-takahashi.ghost.io/brgof25-the-...

BRGoF25 - The Honorable Mentions - PH Takahashi

Both this game and the game it got one-upped by left nothing on the table when it comes to expressing the racing condition it wanted to express.

powerhouse-takahashi.ghost.io

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Nial @vintageracer.bsky.social · 20h

My last wheel-to-wheel race in '25 is coming up in a few weeks @ Summit Point, West Virginia.
Here's some cars from this event on a previous year.
1- Ford Pinto
2- Elva Courier Coupe
3- Volvo PV 544
4- Lola T70

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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 15h

Actual Alaskan journalist in western AK right now.

Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 15h

Good morning from Bethel. I was here to cover a few cultural events, and am now covering the Western Alaska storm - damage, rescue and recovery efforts.

What questions do you have?

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TakuroSpirit @takurospirit.bsky.social · 15h

Pretty sure that's green, dude.

(Route 66 museum in Elk City OK)

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Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 15h

this was an episode of Seinfeld

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