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surrealjones.bsky.social @surrealjones.bsky.social · 3h

Surely subprime numbers are worse?

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Chrissy Wiley @chrissyone.bsky.social · 12h

Never give up hop 🐸

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 10h

I think, in the long term, historians will view the executive branch seizing unilateral control of the power of the purse as the the inevitable result of decades of legislative dysfunction.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12h

Trump says he’s ordered Hegseth to pay the troops during the government shutdown.

“We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS.”

Trump: Chuck Schumer recently said, "Every day gets better" during their Radical Left Shutdown. I DISAGREE! If nothing is done, because of
"Leader" Chuck Schumer and the Democrats, our Brave Troops will miss the paychecks they are rightfully due on October 15th. That is why I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th. We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS. I will not allow the Democrats to hold our Military, and the entire Security of our Nation, HOSTAGE, with their dangerous Government Shutdown. The Radical Left Democrats should OPEN THE GOVERNMENT, and then we can work together to address Healthcare, and many other things that they want to destroy. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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10/11/25, 10:35 AM

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Karthik Sankaran @rajakorman.bsky.social · 17h

The Uncanny Valet

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 18h

our economy is currently being propped up by the promise of billions of fully autonomous robot butlers coming in a year or so

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surrealjones.bsky.social @surrealjones.bsky.social · 8h

The actual bottleneck is downstream from med school, in residency slots.

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 10h

this is… i… i think sarah’s article has genuinely unlocked all of 2025

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surrealjones.bsky.social @surrealjones.bsky.social · 8h

Need dome-shaped butter to fit in the Butterdome.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 9h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 16h

Of all the news in this NYT survey of sitting federal judges - incl 47 of them think the SCt is mishandling its emergency docket - maybe the biggest is that 65 sitting fed judges (37D, 28R), folks circumspect for a living, responded to a NYT survey. Stunning. And a sign that something is very wrong.

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 4d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Brent M. Diskin @diskin.bsky.social · 3d

I Support Our Troupes

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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 11h

DEVASTATED to learn that we keep losing at olympic curling because all of our coaches got poached

NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 11h

"Today, there are around one thousand curling clubs across Canada, from Stephenville, NL, to Whitehorse, YT, and there are more active curlers than in any other country." - @ccoates.bsky.social

niche-canada.org/2024/02/21/b...

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surrealjones.bsky.social @surrealjones.bsky.social · 11h

"If SCOTUS declines to give us a new rule that we're supposed to apply now, we're going to apply the old one that they told us how to use.", even.

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surrealjones.bsky.social @surrealjones.bsky.social · 11h

One circuit per state. Might as well harmonize law across multi-district states, but otherwise, gotta have a big pool of circuit court judges to draw randomly from for handing further appeals.

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surrealjones.bsky.social @surrealjones.bsky.social · 11h

Yep, (re)assigning SCOTUS to handling traffic tickets on the Guano Islands plus original jurisdiction is totally legit.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 1d

I SAY IT AGAIN: GET IN LOSER WERE URBANIZING CALIFORNIA

M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 1d

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 1d

GLORY TO THE GOLDEN STATE AND MAY TEN THOUSAND TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS BLOOM

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 1d

never doubt that a small group of dedicated posters can change the California built environment. Indeed, it may be the only thing that ever has

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 1d

Big day for the posting to policy pipeline.

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surrealjones.bsky.social @surrealjones.bsky.social · 19h

Labour Conventions, though....

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

with one of the most incredible kickers i've ever seen

NYT excerpt that reads:

On Thursday, Mr. Benioff said he had never been progressive even if many San Franciscans thought he was. He said he was a longtime Republican before switching to become an independent voter.

At the end of the interview, he turned to a public relations executive. He could be heard asking why her mouth was wide open and if he had said anything he shouldn’t have.

“What about the political questions?” he asked. “Too spicy?”

Then he hung up.

Heather Knight is a reporter in San Francisco, leading The Times’s coverage of the Bay Area and Northern California.

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surrealjones.bsky.social @surrealjones.bsky.social · 23h

If you're sitting at your desk in San Jose working with your non-AMCIT team members at their adjacent desks, are you exporting?

(A: quite possibly.)

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 1d

An alien fleet appeared in Earth's orbit, and broadcast a message:

"Having studied you furtively, we now seek formal contact, and want to meet your greatest thinkers..."

A long list followed.

"How do we tell them?" world leaders wondered.

Topping the list were the names Calvin and Calvin's Dad.

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 1d

the closest thing to a coherent theory of governance these guys have is that everything can be done by a few groypers with AI

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 1d

i think "TACO" now is actually totally wrong. it's not that Trump chickens out. it's that maintaining a tariff regime requires object permanence

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