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JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 15h

I might suspect this if I thought they were smarter and more capable but I just don't think they have it in them.

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John Knefel @johnknefel.bsky.social · 22h

Trump, Rubio, Obama, the Nobel Peace Prize committee, leading human rights groups, legacy media, the CIA, and the drunkest man who's ever worked at Fox News are all functionally on the same side of this issue

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 21h

Succinct explanation of why Dems have been turfed out by a historically unpopular buffoon.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 1d

Asked if Zohran Mamdani represents the soul of the Democratic Party, Hakeem Jeffries replies: "The Democratic Party is of course extremely diverse ... it's represented by people like Mikie Sherrill" and "Abigail Spanberger."

"I haven't spoken to Zohran since the shutdown started"

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Meredith Rose @mrose.ink · 1d

There's a lot to unpack in "we call it the Hate America Rally", but the biggest one is that they are panicking

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 1d

Seventy five years later they are still not beating the accusations.

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 1d

Remember the mysterious drones that were in our night skies last year?

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 1d

Caping for ticketmaster is crazy.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Report examining the employment history data of more than 3m finance & tech workers at companies that rolled out office mandates found that turnover among women is almost three times as high as that of their male co-workers, and that women are more likely to take a lower position if they leave

Women are taking pay cuts as companies mandate return to office

Researchers are identifying several key factors behind why gender pay gap – which had narrowed steadily over the years – has suddenly widened.

www.washingtonpost.com

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JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 2d

They should have just invented the caravel. Bong bong so simple.

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JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 2d

Wait, the Vux have acquired BUTT missile technology? This can't be good.

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JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 2d

Do you think this makes him look good? The wispy hair, the neck wattle. This is not how you would shoot it if you were trying to aggrandize him.

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 4d

Headlines from the richest country in the history of countries

A bunch of stories about 80-year-olds still having to work in order to make ends meet. Also, for some reason, one about people over 80 who are "using AI more than you."

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 7d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 5d

I'm picturing the "I'm the captain now" meme but with Xi's face. (i am too lazy to make it and also it might look racist)

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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social · 6d

In this phase, the Israeli government agreed to the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners, mostly serving life sentences, and 1,722 Gazan detainees who were not involved in the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, including 22 people who were under the age of 18.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

Gaza Cease-Fire Begins, Israel Says, as Thousands Return to the North

www.nytimes.com

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JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 5d

What I'll be playing at the rally:
youtu.be/mFfZkG2-pWk?...

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JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 5d

They are actually only aware of 9 universities existing in the US. None of them are poor enough to have gone to a second-tier state school.

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JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 6d

This was fascinating. I'd love to know more about its possible origins in technical lettering.

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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social · 13d

The folks at Homeland Security have cleared all the migrants out of Guantanamo Bay again, moving the most recent batch back to the U.S.A.
The 8-month-old mission staffed by more than 600 troops, contractors and ICE agents has held fewer than 700 migrants. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

I.C.E. Transfers 18 Migrants From Guantánamo, Emptying Detention Site

www.nytimes.com

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 8d

Trans rights are civil rights. If you aren't willing to die on the hill of trans rights, then you aren't willing to die on the hill of Black rights. Of Jewish rights. Of disabled rights. Of gay rights. Of anyone's rights. Human rights.

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 8d

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 7d

Everyone in silicon valley has software brain. No clue about the physical world whatsoever.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8d

ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/08/b...

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JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 7d

"What would have happened...". Yes, what? They don't say that anything bad happened in this incident. Were the ICE thugs moderately inconvenienced? Were they scared?

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 8d

Similarly with China. Did you really think China, the richest and most technologically advanced society in the world for a lot of history, was going to be a poor country forever? No. So why are you thinking about it as a "threat" or a "loss" when something which was always going to happen?

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JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 8d

Why would they care? Does Fox close down when. Democrat wins?

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 8d

Hard to actually comprehend this question. It's like asking if I would recommend drinking water.

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