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Sparky Clarkson
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oh mighty shai-hulud, keeper of balance bless the maker and his water bless the coming and going of him may his passing delete your account
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 3h
I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...
American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming
The Frog is owning the president.
www.theverge.com
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kim-mn.bsky.social @kim-mn.bsky.social · 3h
IMLS’s new team decided that nearly all of the $14.1 million allocated to the Nat'l Leadership Grants for Libraries(in 2025) is going to 1 recipient, the U.S. Semiquincentennial Co.

So instead of our taxes going to support our libraries, we're paying for a UFC fight on the white house lawn.
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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 8h
It's October 2025 and the federal government is shut down.

So what's currently going on at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)? Well, a lot of money seems to be "missing," among other things.

buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The Current State of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (October 2025 Edition)
Grant money that should be going to library projects is going to state-sponsored propaganda, among other IMLS updates.
buttondown.com
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wizardry variants kib @kib.bsky.social · 6h
One typo? That's plausible for a human.

This all the time? Nah.

When you start seeing it on dozens of different accounts? Obvious at that point.

When they start replying to each other? lmao
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 6h
The autocrat's toadies destroy functioning governance and launch crisis after crisis in order to create a nation that runs on patronage in which he's the only one able to do anything for anyone.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h
Imagine that
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JS @jsplaceholder.bsky.social · 3h
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h
I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.
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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 4h
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 4h
If this was happening in any other country you'd have journalists and analysts discussing risks of state failure
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Kathryn Salamander @transsalamander.bsky.social · 5h
Jenny Nicholson tweet continues to not miss
@JennyENicholson How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor 9:09am - 9/9/2025 180K Views
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jam @socialistboat.dad · 9h
Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet It's really funny that The Art of War is treated as this like alpha male book when it's clearly meant to be read by ancient Chinese failsons because it's all "please don't forget you have to feed your troops" and "if someone asks if you're going to attack them consider lying about it" April 23, 2024 at 1:28 AM © Everybody can reply 486 reposts 45 quotes 1.9K likes 4 saves
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h
a russ vought special
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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 4h
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 5h
guards ignore—but are trained—that withdrawal is a life threatening condition, and ignoring someone in withdrawal is both deliberate and indifferent

the fact that they were *wrong* about this person’s emergency doesn’t make their conduct any less deliberate or indifferent
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6h
A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours
KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment
Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.
www.kare11.com
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Sparky Clarkson @sparkyclarkson.bsky.social · 4h
ultra combo of nobody cares about tron and nobody likes jared leto
culturecrave.co
Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 4h
‘Tron: Ares’ grossed $14.3M in the film’s domestic opening day

That’s less than ‘Morbius’
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sparkyclarkson.bsky.social
Sparky Clarkson @sparkyclarkson.bsky.social · 17h
The MAGA crew has proven especially susceptible to AI manipulation. Don't pretend for a minute that means *you're* immune.
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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 17h
this video is AI generated. the reporter has three arms and people in the background phase in and out of each other, and it comes from an AI sharing account

be cautious with what you share these days, friends
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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 17h
this video is AI generated. the reporter has three arms and people in the background phase in and out of each other, and it comes from an AI sharing account

be cautious with what you share these days, friends
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sparkyclarkson.bsky.social
Sparky Clarkson @sparkyclarkson.bsky.social · 17h
avoiding deaths due to preventable disease is "democrat oriented", therefore "republican oriented" is...
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 18h
You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 19h
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20h
These guys have gotten incredibly rich by fleecing the government with subpar tech that was designed for rentseeking rather than performance. A smart Dem agenda item would be to build internal tech capacity. The fact that it would punish these guys is just a silver lining.
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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 20h
Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 18h
Future Forward, the biggest Harris-aligned campaign, spent nearly $700 million on TV ads.

But TV ads have been shown to have almost zero effect just one week after they air, even w/no opposition ads.

The more ads you see, the less effective they are. isps.yale.edu/research/pub...
Inside the Secretive $700 Million Ad-Testing Factory for Kamala Harris
www.nytimes.com
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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 18h
illegal and dangerous
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 19h
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 21h
That sound you hear is plaintiff lawyers popping champagne corks and DOJ lawyers groaning.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d
A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 1d
“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”
Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money
Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.
www.liberalcurrents.com
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d
Oh, does it benefit the US to provide aid to foreign countries? That would have been good to know back in January and February.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸
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elvoira @m01r4.bsky.social · 1d
if someone 21 years younger than janet mills has never written a cover letter before, how do you talk to janet mills about being a recent college grad and not knowing how to get a job?
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1d
And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.
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