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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 13h

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 12h

#OtD 14 Oct 1977 anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant was "pied" by Thom Higgins, a gay rights activist. She then began praying and burst into tears. Following a boycott, she lost her job as brand ambassador for Florida orange juice. More LGBT+ history here: workingclasshistory.com/tag/lgbtq/

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 14h

I unironically think we should return to #subway tokens for transit.

They can be any price, they don't expire.

There is no technological failure mode for them, sensors can reject counterfeit slugs.

You can give them to people who need them, and if designed well, make nice collectables.

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Alex Kwanten @sportzagato.bsky.social · 1d

Beetles are always well represented, and some of these cars have been at the Marina for years, like the red MGB. I haven't seen this #Chrysler300M before though. Definitely a forgotten machine these days.

That concludes tonight's car show!

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Alex Kwanten @sportzagato.bsky.social · 1d

As usual, there were lots of vans young and old, including this dazzle camo Vanagon. Also a very down-at the heel FD RX-7 and a truly broken Toyota Tacoma.

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Alex Kwanten @sportzagato.bsky.social · 1d

These wheels are ... a choice ... but any late Corvair Coupe looks great.

1966 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa Coupe taillights

1966 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa Coupe, with a Nissan "Hardbody" pickup in the distance.

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Alex Kwanten @sportzagato.bsky.social · 1d

These days every #Honda CRX is considered sporty, but this is the CRX "HF," which was the ultra-miserly economy version. It did up to 46 mpg combined. The flush headlights mean it's an '86 or '87 mk1.

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Alex Kwanten @sportzagato.bsky.social · 1d

A 1993-94 #Saab 9000CSE, Imola Red, I think.

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Alex Kwanten @sportzagato.bsky.social · 1d

Took a walk at Shilshole Marina for the first time in ages and, as in the past, the car spotting did not disappoint. A🧵:

First up, a Mitsubishi Diamante, a Merc W116, an Isuzu Trooper and an '08 Mitsubishi Eclipse.

#WeirdCarBS

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Alex Kain @tdcpresents.bsky.social · 3d

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Alex Kwanten @sportzagato.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans have been talking about "repeal and replace" since JANUARY OF 2011. By 2015, they'd voted to repeal it 67 times. That was ten years ago.

In all that time, they have presented no plan as to what they would do to "replace" it. Because they have no plan — and never will.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

REPORTER: Do you support repealing Obamacare and what's your healthcare plan?

MIKE JOHNSON: We worked on repealing and replacing Obamacare back in 2017. I still have PTSD from the experience. We know that American healthcare needs dramatic reform. We have lots of ideas.

(So, no plan)

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Alex Kwanten @sportzagato.bsky.social · 1d

Really leaning into the "break things" part of Silicon Valley's "Move fast and break things" motto.

Breaking Defense @breakingdefense.com · 1d

Driscoll vows Silicon Valley model is the future for the Army
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/10/driscoll-vows-silicon-valley-model-is-the-future-for-the-army/

Driscoll vows Silicon Valley model is the future for the Army

At AUSA 2025, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll took aim at traditional primes, saying the future Army will “break down barriers until we measure acquisitions not in years and billions, but months and thousands."

breakingdefense.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

maybe it's called the free press bc you get what you pay for

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Alex Kwanten @sportzagato.bsky.social · 1d

Ever since it was made official, I've thought it was sadly funny that most of the people I know in the Automotive media world put more effort into sourcing and fact checking stories about Mitsubishi Outlanders and Dacia Dusters than the Free Press, and now CBS News, puts into any of its work.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

2/ Also: It's MAMDANI.

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports
The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.Oct 10, 2025

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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Alex Kwanten @sportzagato.bsky.social · 1d

John Oliver does it again.

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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june 🧛‍♀️ @juneever.green · 1d

Marisa Tomei as Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny (1992).

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Alex Kwanten @sportzagato.bsky.social · 2d

Spied in the wild: a mint #Suzuki X-90. Showroom fresh, really, even if every old car can look dreamy in the rain.

#WierdCarBS #SuzukiX90

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 2d

no quarter given lmao

Matt Stoller & @matthewstoller • 2h
UPS had seven months of warning about the de minimis change, but is still taking packages w/o getting required customs info & is making tariff charge errors.
Nice use of passive voice though!

derek guy
@dieworkwear • 2h
i apologize using a passive voice. i was not born in london to a wealthy bank executive, sent to an exclusive private prep school in new hampshire, and then studied at harvard before larping as a champion of the people. you have to work with my low upbringing.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 2d

There is no insurrection in Portland unless you consider an uptick of people wearing inflatable frog costumes an insurrection.

No one is falling for this absurd propaganda, and there is NO justification for deploying our troops against peaceful American citizens.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 2d

Said it a thousand times, but the fact that the general public does not understand the difference between an opinion writer and a reporter is a real fucking problem.

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Alex Kwanten @sportzagato.bsky.social · 2d

In case you don't know about Harold Washington:

Harold (1997) - This American Life

The story of Harold Washington and the white backlash that was set off when he became Chicago's first Black mayor.

www.thisamericanlife.org

Alex Kwanten @sportzagato.bsky.social · 2d

Or northern cities, for that matter, as in Harold Washington vs. Bernie Epton in Chicago.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Finally realized what the freakout over Mamdani becoming mayor reminded me of, and it's the freakout over the first black mayors in southern cities.

New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS:

"Too Young to Die"

As the seemingly endless NYC mayoral campaign enters its final weeks, the howls of the Democratic establishment in the city are only getting louder. They've really convinced themselves that the elect...

campaign-trails.ghost.io

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