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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 1d

And the Joker’s secret Ha-Hacienda was under Arkham Asylum! His padded cell doubled as an elevator to get to it!

The Joker takes his padded-cell elevator down to his secret hideout.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

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newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

Spending your time talking to someone who wants to relitigate slavery is definitely a choice you can make

Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

www.nytimes.com

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

It's dangerous to say, but since it is true, it's more dangerous to not say: The Supreme Court of the United States is not a legitimate body. It's been deliberately and systematically captured by ideologues on behalf of an anti-Constitutional project, and its extremist members have been bribed.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 1d

I just remembered that back in the 70s the Joker used to call his hideout/home base the Ha-Hacienda.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

and the Hamlet cast we see doing their thing in the background should all be other actors super famous for being in other things with Keanu Reeves

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 1d

After Waiting For Godot Alex Winter & Keanu Reeves should remake Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 1d

After Waiting For Godot Alex Winter & Keanu Reeves should remake Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

When Cynthia Nixon ran for governor her bagel order was a city-wide scandal for WEEKS

They called it her Howard Dean scream.

(plain cream cheese, lox, tomatoes, red onion, and capers on a cinnamon raisin bagel)

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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 1d

On a what now

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 2d

melmoth the wanderer absolutely slaps. we've got a sinister manor, a cursed painting, an evil dying miser, a gentle young idiot hero and a sinister irish witch in chapter 1

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

okay so if Pepe is chaotic evil and Portland frog is chaotic good, where are our other frogs

Kermit is lawful good obviously

I think Frog and Toad are true neutral. they do them and that’s it

Michigan J. Frog is chaotic neutral

Tiana, Naveen and Keroppi I’m uncertain

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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 1d

I get a neutral good vibe from Keroppi. Also from Frogger, albeit in a different way.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 3d

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 3d

The acting CDC Director has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health. Trump has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health.

Both are calling to make the MMR vaccine into 3 separate shots, which makes absolutely no scientific or public health sense.

Acting CDC boss wants to break up MMR vaccine into three shots

Jim O’Neill joins President Donald Trump’s call for three distinct measles, mumps and rubella shots, claiming a separation would ‘reduce the risk of side effects’ and ‘maximize parental choice’

www.independent.co.uk

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 3d

a thing to keep in mind, moving forward, is that if you're ditching this shithole, don't tell us about it on social media until you're safely on the other side

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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 2d

Actually, Frankenberry is the cereal. General Mills is the monster.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d

Was a mistake to drop the "weird" attack

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 2d

Being a bigot gotta be exhausting, man. Damn near all art is closed to you. And the art that is acceptable is still perversely obsessed with what you hate (ex: minstrelsy).

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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 2d

Is Shapiro required to peddle AI as part of his job? Is it a word from our sponsor situation?

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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 3d

That’s wild! It’s so close to here, relatively speaking, but I had no idea.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d

Step 1 of the plan:

Turn the justice system into a political witch hunt operation that punishes critics for free speech and immunizes loyalists for actual criminality.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Karissa Bell @karissabe.bsky.social · 3d

“She plays to an audience of 200 people,” one Hollywood executive with ties to Weiss told Variety. “It just happens to be that audience is made up of people like Jeff Bezos and Bill Ackman. The superrich f------ love her.”

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 4d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 3d

132 This is such a clever premise. A present-day true crime podcast investigates the disappearance of a marine biologist and her whales back in 1986. Cox interweaves that story with two separate adventures of the Enterprise crew, one mid-TOS and one movie-era, all connecting eventually. #booksky

Book cover: Star Trek: Lost to Eternity by Greg Cox

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