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stuart @stuartp.bsky.social · 10h

-citizen, do you know your Gestapo from your Sipo? Your SA from your SD? Your Waffen SS from your..

shahidkhan.bsky.social @shahidkhan.bsky.social · 8m

Bixi in Montreal adding trailers has been a great start too, but yeah bike share systems should add cargo bikes to their fleets, and make them available at docks near big box stores

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 1h

The professionally norms of legacy journalism make it totally ill-equipped to accurately describe present-day reality, example no. 34^10:

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 1h

New York Times reports that it is unclear whether having a federal agency accept money in excess of congressional appropriations "violates a law prohibiting federal agencies from accepting money in excess of congressional appropriations." I guess we'll never know!

The president said today that a donor had given the government $130 million to help pay troops during the government shutdown. He declined to name the donor, but described him as a “patriot” and a personal friend.

If evenly distributed, the money would pay only about $100 to each service member. But is not yet clear how the money will be used, or whether the donation violates a law prohibiting federal agencies from accepting money in excess of congressional appropriations.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 4h

it’s beyond comprehension that scenes like this have become routine in chicago.

masked soldiers are carelessly lobbing chemical weapons—that are banned from use during warfare—on random residential streets.

this is the third time feds have tear-gassed residents in chicago *this week!*

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5h

Video from witness here from the moment CBP gassed neighbors who had gathered outside after the kidnapping.

Agent rolls a canister at the crowd out of the window of their car as they reverse away from people with whistles and bikes.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 3h

No, Bernie, sending squads of goosestepping fascists to conduct mass raids and terrify entire communities is not "better." This is a godawful take and you should feel bad.

If you don’t have any borders, you don’t have a nation," Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with the Democratic Party, said on The Tim Dillon Show on Wednesday. "Trump did a better job. I don’t like Trump, but we should have a secure border. It ain’t that hard to do. Biden didn't do it."

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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · Apr 30

Auto loan debt recently surpassed student loans as the second-largest consumer debt category in the U.S., trailing mortgages. Americans owe a record $1.66 trillion in auto loan debt, up 20% since 2020.

The average monthly payment on a new car is now $754, up from $570 in 2019.

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Theodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social · 1d

It's clear from today's AP photos that Trump has entirely demolished the East Colonnade—added to the White House by Thomas Jefferson in 1805—and restored by Theodore Roosevelt in 1902.

The East Colonnade didn't occupy the footprint of the Trump "ballroom"—its demolition was completely unnecessary.

Diagrams showing the evolution of Thomas Jefferson's low east and west terrace colonnades from 1803 to 1819.
Both the east and west terrace colonnades were set half-underground to be visually subservient to the White House main building, and were inspired by Jefferson's similar design at Monticello.
From: McDonald, Travis, "The East and West Wings of the White House: History in Architecture and Building", White House History, White House Historical Association, No. 29, Summer 2011
Source: https://www.poplarforest.org/wp-content/uploads/white-house-wings-article.pdf

McKim Mead and White
White House, Theodore Roosevelt East Wing expansion and East Terrace Colonnade restoration (1902)
Detroit Photographic Co. (1904)
collection: Library of Congress

View of the now-demolished East Colonnade and Terrace which was first built by Thomas Jefferson in 1805 and restored by Theodore Roosevelt in 1902 looking towards the East Garden, designed by First Lady Edith Roosevelt, shortly after its completion. The East Garden is now called the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. (1904)
Collection. Library of Congress
Source: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/white-house-east-garden-1904

Views of Franklin D. Roosevelt's enlarged East Wing connected to the main body of the White House by the now-demolished East Colonnade and terrace which was first built by Thomas Jefferson in 1805 and restored by Theodore Roosevelt in 1902.

Photo credits: Aerial Views of the White House East Wing and colonnade from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) by Jack Boucher (1992) from the North-East (above) and South-East (below).

East Wing from the "East Garden" side in 1952, showing the gallery colonnade glassed in, and FDR's second floor added (Truman Library - Abbie Rowe)

East Colonnade from the now-destroyed Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks (2020)

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 3h

Some AI experts told me it looks like Grok's been given a restricted list of sources when talking about subjects where Elon wants it to give a specific answer. So I asked Grok to give me a list of researchers on cognition and heritability and it spit out total bigots and pseudo-scientific cranks

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 3h

Spirit Halloween now has a section devoted to Trump’s economic policies

Photo of Spirit Halloween, which has a tariff aisle including a sign that says “Tariff-ied,” t-shirts that say “once I was afraid now I’m tariffied,” and costumes of Trump’s tariff chart

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 4h

Dodger Stadium's parking lot is so big that it could fit an additional 10 Dodger Stadiums.

People think that families were displaced out of Chavez Ravine in the 50s in order to build the stadium, but it's technically more accurate to say that they were displaced to build the stadium's parking lots.

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Department of Shoe+ @shoe.bsky.social · 4h

We need a deprogramming effort aimed at rurals. Maybe like specials on Scratch Off tickets if you audit a higher ed course on critical race theory. I'm just spitballing.

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 5h

The memory of Harvey Milk remains a powerful rallying point for San Francisco Democrats. But based on his polling in this exurban Arkansas jet ski dealership, they might want to reconsider. My latest for The Argument.

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ceej @ceej.online · 5h

After a lengthy period of difficult reflection, I have reluctantly decided to endorse my own party’s nominee. Despite being overwhelmingly popular with voters, I will be extremely careful to frame my endorsement using bad faith language cribbed directly from their opponent’s attack ads

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 5h

This should be seen as what it is: a huge step towards ending free and fair elections.

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 @elizabethweill.bsky.social · 7h

Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey

WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...

www.justice.gov

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 6h

i've seen things you people wouldn't believe, etc

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shahidkhan.bsky.social @shahidkhan.bsky.social · 5h

$2bn convention center expansion too. White elephants

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 5h

This is what LA politicians would rather be doing instead of building housing near transit. Just a disgraceful failure of leadership.

Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 1d

LA is building a new $1.5 billion freeway into LAX.

The very same airport where we just spent $2 billion on the people mover — actually, more like $3 billion, plus another $900 million if you count Metro's investment in the LAX station; so let's just say $4 billion — to make cars go away

Air traffic control

The LAX-pressway must be stopped

www.torched.la

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shahidkhan.bsky.social @shahidkhan.bsky.social · 6h

Gives death penalty to all non-whites, regardless of maximum sentence applicable for the charge

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 8h

A civil attorney who Trump enthusiast Lindsey Halligan brought in to prosecute the Letitia James case screwed up his initial appearance and the court had to give him step-by-step instructions about how to save a PDF.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

So who’s the hater and who’s the waiter?

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 6h

“…taking a different approach.”?????

You guys.

Come the F on

Do better

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Waldo Jaquith, but Spooky @waldo.net · 10h

A president who can tear down 1/3 of the White House can tear down the entire White House. A president who can steal $230M from the treasury can steal $1T from the Treasury. We have both legalized and tolerated Trump’s crimes, so they will only get bigger.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 9h

Hard times create democrats

Democrats create good times

Good times create republicans

Republicans create hard times

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 14h

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

10/10 response, no notes

Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre

Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast)

Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."

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