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Naomi 🐺 @naomiwolf.bsky.social · 18h

there's like a 90% chance I was just dismissed from a jury pool after delighting the lawyers with stories about all the emails I get for author Naomi Wolf. good things really can come from being associated with that terrible woman.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20h

As another Jewish woman in the industry, I can clear this up: It's due to her being an asshole.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 20h

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social · 3d

iconic

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 3d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 3d

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 4d

Appears the Trump admin’s reduction in force has hit housing hard this evening.

Reports that all CDFI fund staff have been let go. HUD appears to have lost 442 staff.

Yet another federal cut that will make providing affordable housing in the US all the more challenging.

Reports that all staff of CDFI Fund have been let go

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The Onion @theonion.com · 4d

Tyra Banks Releases Hot Ice Cream https://theonion.com/tyra-banks-releases-hot-ice-cream/

“Of course a skinny person thinks they invented drinking ice cream.”

Ross Humphrey, Municipality Namer

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 6d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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🦞Lobstaman🦞 @lobstaman.bsky.social · 5d

Folks, if you hire Grahams, you’re getting a metric ton of musical knowledge. It’s an added benefit.

Sean Graham @grahams.bsky.social · 5d

I've apparently reached "Figure out IPV6 for my network" levels of unemployment.

So if you need a software engineering manager or something else vaguely me-shaped, hit me up.

grahams.github.io/verifyme/re...

grahams.github.io

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Naomi 🐺 @naomiwolf.bsky.social · 5d

i literally wrote every single paper i had in college the night before it was due. i graduated summa cum laude.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 6d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Naomi 🐺 @naomiwolf.bsky.social · 6d

what a bummer!

Kate Hinds @katehinds.bsky.social · 6d

AAAAAHHHHH www.curbed.com/article/rei-...

The Soho REI Is Closing

The outdoor chain’s flagship, its only store in the city, will shut down late next year.

www.curbed.com

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 7d

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Naomi 🐺 @naomiwolf.bsky.social · 7d

anyone in nyc have suggestions for things to do with an 11- and 14-year old on monday (10/13)? preferably in brooklyn, but i'll consider manhattan for something truly worthwhile.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7d

After everybody went nuts over it in theaters last week, we decided we wanted Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile out there as soon as possible.

We're releasing it this Thursday, and we've made it free for everybody.

All we ask is that you watch it, hopefully on a TV, next to as many people as you can.

The Onion @theonion.com · 7d

Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person.

Watch Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile at Thursday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT.

Only at The Onion on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 7d

I understand that they gave somebody 150 million to be the new boss of CBS. I just want to say, if these people are ever looking to do more novel things with their money, for 150 million dollars I will write an album every day for a year. I'll do it, too. try me

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8d

this is the jacket's breast pocket lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square

Stephen Miller in a gray suit, white shirt, and gray tie.

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Kate Hinds @katehinds.bsky.social · 9d

News you can use: NYC ballot questions, explained www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/06/b... via @thecity.nyc

Your Guide to NYC’s Ballot Questions for 2025

Voters will weigh in on housing reforms, a change to election years and an Olympic Sports Complex in upstate New York.

www.thecity.nyc

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Naomi 🐺 @naomiwolf.bsky.social · 9d

a mysterious package was sent to my old address from random house & when I went to get it, it turned out to be stickers promoting this upcoming book! it's not out yet but I'm already #3 on line at the library! and served as a good reminder to update my address on patreon 😅

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9d

reading this book in october on a beach day in new york city really drives (pun intended) the point of this book home.

congrats @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social !

the book Life After Cars by Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, photographed on the beach

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Naomi 🐺 @naomiwolf.bsky.social · 10d

I've been in a shitty mood all week, but a shiny new citibike dock was just installed directly across the street from my place, and maybe there is still some good in the world.

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Naomi 🐺 @naomiwolf.bsky.social · 11d

one of my small personal joys was accurately predicting when i'd need my next book, and now i can't do that anymore! tragedy!

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Naomi 🐺 @naomiwolf.bsky.social · 11d

everything is terrible right now but a small thing really driving me nuts is that you can no longer schedule a date to deliver a book later on Libby. there is either suspend or unsuspend and i hate this.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 13d

Man is really on the good shit. He woke up and was like “these tunnels are unconstitutional under the 14th amendment because they’re black”

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 13d

OMB Director Russell Voight says that US DOT will announce that the federal government is "pausing" funding for both Gateway and the Second Avenue Subway because of "unconstitutional DEI principles" -- x.com/russvought/s...

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Naomi 🐺 @naomiwolf.bsky.social · 14d

oh no! I left my headphones at work. now I just have to exist in the world? listening to other people's nonsense? nightmare.

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