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terich @terich.bsky.social · 1d

The Sound and the Fury is an annoying read

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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terich @terich.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t threaten me with a good time

New York Post @nypost.com · 2d

NYPD cops will flee the force if Mamdani is elected, Ray Kelly warns

"He is a problem. He is antisemitic. He is someone who has a lot of crazy ideas," Kelly told Cats, describing the NYPD as a "target" for Mamdani.

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terich @terich.bsky.social · 2d

My favorite sports thing is after a crucial win a coach will say something like “well, if you want to win you gotta get out there and play baseball.” Thanks man. Great advice.

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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 4d

It’s tradition that when you see the frogs, you show them respect 🫡

(Someone should do the Creed cut with the footage)

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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terich @terich.bsky.social · 3d

OK I just decided to watch the trailer for this and SAM ELLIOTT IS IN IT and he has zero facial hair

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS6T...

Frogs (1972) - Official Trailer (HD)

YouTube video by ScreamFactoryTV

www.youtube.com

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Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 4d

Juno is a clam dunk champion 🏀

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terich @terich.bsky.social · 9d

Ok I guess make that six

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 9d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 13d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · Aug 28

The lawyers say a chimpanzee can't drive the Greeneville Zoo Monorail but he can. We saw him do it.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 9d

I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.

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terich @terich.bsky.social · 10d

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 10d

The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10d

Who is running the country?

Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 11d

“Mr. Trump was first told of the cuts by Ms. Hochul during a phone call on Sunday evening, according to three people with knowledge of the conversation.”

Trump Administration Reverses $187 Million in N.Y. Counterterrorism Cuts

www.nytimes.com

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terich @terich.bsky.social · 10d

This is so fucking gross. Puerto Ricans are US citizens, this is just straight up racism. Second, you actually do not legally have to love this country. You can think it sucks. That’s legal.

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 11d

Kristi Noem tells Bad Bunny that ICE will be at the Super Bowl and the event should only be for Americans who “love this country”

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terich @terich.bsky.social · 10d

Also that Hiwatt rig is worth like 5k now lol

terich @terich.bsky.social · 10d

Electronic’s 1989 hit “Getting Away With It”

youtu.be/DSfjtdnUsls?...

Electronic - Getting Away With It (1990 Official Music Video) [HD Upgrade]

YouTube video by electronicofficial

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terich @terich.bsky.social · 11d

I made a meme that like only five people will understand

A meme that has two pictures, one on top of the other. At the top, Jesse Pinkman is screaming "He can't keep getting away with it." Underneath is a still from a music video where Bernard Sumner is singing "I've been getting away with it all my life."

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 14d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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terich @terich.bsky.social · 15d

Good bit

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terich @terich.bsky.social · 16d

Going for a rip on a dinghy… can’t be beat

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 17d

begging democrats to fight right now like portland is as important as jimmy kimmel

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terich @terich.bsky.social · 17d

I agree with this but have come to the conclusion that we were suckers. Don’t venerate institutions they are only as respectable as their most corrupt members. And they are so very and plainly corrupt

Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 18d

So many of us came so very unwillingly to this place of viewing the Supreme Court as unworthy of being viewed as a judicial body. Unworthy of veneration, unworthy of respect.

So profoundly reluctantly.

But, good lord have they earned it.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17d

Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.

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