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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 5h

Putting a Democrat with a Nazi tattoo in the Senate normalizes Naziism in our federal politics for a long ass time.

All these recent stories about secret Nazi group chats? Anytime that happens going forward will be met with "But Platner."

It's not a purity test. Think through the consequences.

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sarken @sarken.bsky.social · 4h

Looked at Twitter because I wanted to know what was up with Chriska without having to watch a video, saw a tweet about how it was worth listening to Rahm about the shutdown, closed Twitter and threw my laptop into the river.

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WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 6h

What a fucking hill for Bernie Sanders to die on.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 6h

Bernie about Platner,

“In all due respect, all right, what I'm worried about, 50,000 Americans may die unnecessarily? And you're worried about a tattoo?"

When I asked about his comments about sexual assault, he said "Have you served four tours of duty?" I said "I have not."

Bernie: "Ok"

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sarken @sarken.bsky.social · 5h

That's so exciting! And the picture of Maybelle Blair and Mo'ne Davis at the top of the article is just 🥲

sarken @sarken.bsky.social · 7h

Well, I'm sure this baby in the subway incident will be an SVU episode by February. 😩

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Beth Dahlman @bethdahlman.bsky.social · 8h

I feel like you could fully fund the eventual restoration of the people's house by raffling off sledgehammer swings at the new ballroom.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

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sarken @sarken.bsky.social · 17h

I took my pool down over the weekend and found a worm about ten inches long under it.

...what, I thought we were sharing bait?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22h

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

The antidote to our polarized politics “is a creative, re-energized political center,” the Times editorial board writes.

Opinion | America Still Has a Political Center, and It’s the Key to Winning

The antidote to our polarized politics is a creative, re-energized political center.

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sarken @sarken.bsky.social · 17h

"They're not worth fixing, they're cheap crap." Okay, they're $150 crap I got on sale for $89, which isn't cheap to me, and I hadn't even worn them before the cat peed on them and put a big-ass bleached out spot in the leather. So yeah, a brand new shoe I can't replace is kind of worth fixing.

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krazykitkat.bsky.social @krazykitkat.bsky.social · 23h

Stop calling them AI, call them what they are: large language models. They are fancy word prediction. They don't do well with numbers.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

AI 'often gets figures wrong', financial adviser warns

When Georgina Doll was looking to buy a home, generative artificial intelligence was one of the sources she turned to for advice.

www.abc.net.au

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sarken @sarken.bsky.social · 19h

I have this $10/lb special cat food for my regurgitator and a week or so ago, Felix got into a pile of it that I had put out for her. Now he comes in at 4:00pm and 4:00am and throws a tantrum if there isn't a pile in that spot for him.

sarken @sarken.bsky.social · 20h

I can't believe stand-up comedians are still wasting my time with "getting canceled" jokes.

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April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 1d

You gotta imagine how weird it felt to drive that backhoe today just looking back at everybody going “you sure about this everybody’s sure about this?”

Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 1d

Behold: Republican permitting reform.

The White House photographed from the driveway between it and the Treasury building, with the facade of the East Wing gutted. I don’t think the caretakers of the property pulled all the proper permits before starting work!

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

I love that little chat button in the bottom of every screen that obscures UI elements you actually need and allows you to not talk to an actual person

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