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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14h

Breaking News: A judge restricted deploying troops in the Chicago area, saying the Trump administration accounts used to justify it were “simply unreliable.”

National Guard Live Updates: Federal Judge Restricts Troop Deployment in Chicago Area

The Trump administration’s attempts to justify a military presence were “simply unreliable,” the judge said. A federal appeals court is weighing a similar case regarding National Guard troops in Portland, Ore.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 13h

🎶Churchhouse, jailhouse
Schoolhouse, outhouse🎶

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Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits (1973)

YouTube video by Musikladen

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 18h

There was literally a big-budget movie last year about how during his one brief period of trying to be cool, Dylan got so anxious about it that he had to get advice from the coolest man alive (Johnny Cash)

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 18h

wtaf are you talking about

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Chris McCoy @vibrotronica.bsky.social · 21h

Josh Spickler of Just City Memphis joins me to talk about the federal occupation of Memphis. He’s watching the arrest reports roll in, and the results are not as they have been portrayed.
www.memphisflyer.com/memphis-flye...

Memphis Flyer Podcast Oct. 9 2025: Welcome to the Occupation

Just City’s Josh Spickler on the real impact of the Memphis Safe Task Force.

www.memphisflyer.com

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 23h

Capitalism works. And it's easy to understand. We invest our money in Nvidia so Nvidia can produce more Nvidia chips that Nvidia will sell to Nvidia.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 1d

The very first riot after a George Floyd protest was started by a white supremacist nicknamed "Umbrella Man."

He spraypainted "free shit" on an AutoZone, broke the windows, and encouraged others to come in. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/man-h...

Man who helped ignite George Floyd riots identified as white supremacist: Police

A masked umbrella-wielding man helped incite riots and looting in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd's death, police said.

abcnews.go.com

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Chris McCoy @vibrotronica.bsky.social · 1d

The Rock makes a play for respectability, but can’t get out of his own way.
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The Smashing Machine

The Rock takes a swing at an Academy Award.

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Raised On Radio @raisedonradio.bsky.social · 2d

#ArtistFave15
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky

🎶 Tunes from INXS! 😎

Day 7/15

▶️ Devil Inside

*From the album "Kick", released in October 1987.

#INXS #DevilInside #alternative #rock #AndrewFarriss #MichaelHutchence #80s #newwave #funkpop #poprock

INXS - Devil Inside (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by INXS

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 1d

"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost

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Chris McCoy @vibrotronica.bsky.social · 1d

To paraphrase Heinlein: It’s raining soup. Grab a bucket.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Chris McCoy @vibrotronica.bsky.social · 2d

This is a good choice

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

Rolling Stone crowns Missy Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On" as the #1 GREATEST SONG OF THE 21ST CENTURY SO FAR 👑

"It was a nonstop freak manifesto that made the musical future sound limitless."

Ranked list: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Mr. Bea Arthur, Dead Inside™️ @steamymac.bsky.social · 2d

He died doing what he loved: rollerblading into oncoming traffic.

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PeoriaBummer @peoriabummer.bsky.social · 2d

The cities are exclusively for weak effeminate homosexuals but also too dangerous for strong manly heterosexuals.

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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 2d

If Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban can't make it, what hope is there for me and the black monolith that knows all things

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Steve KleinedLRRR @skleinedler.bsky.social · 2d

“Let’s do the fucking news”

The character Howard Beale in Paddy Chayefsky’s Network, yelling and raising his arms

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Chris McCoy @vibrotronica.bsky.social · 3d

Michael Donahue does the 2025 Mempho Music Festival

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We Saw You at Mempho Music Festival 2025

YouTube video by TheMemphisFlyer

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love & barley 🐸🌶️🪏🎃 @loveandbarley.bsky.social · 3d

give greta thunberg a gundam

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 3d

Tron gives an inaccurate impression of how many guys live in your computer. It makes it seem like thousands of guys are in there. In reality only about 10 guys live in your computer and less than half of them ride motorcycles

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 3d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Chris McCoy @vibrotronica.bsky.social · 3d

It’s a glitch-tastic Music Video Monday!
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Music Video Monday: “Roombas From Mars” by On and Ohn

Dance in the moonlight with Music Video Monday

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 3d

What ho! The Emperor’s guard! The guard, what ho!

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