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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 4h

We certainly had them through the 90s. They had them in the break room at my dad's job when I was a kid.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 8h

It's incredible the extent to which Congress just utterly refuses to defend itself. You'd think for entirely self-interested reasons you would stridently oppose having the power of the purse arbitrarily ripped from you, ya know?

Why would you allow yourself to become the Roman Senate circa 27 BC.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 10h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 8h

Basic support for special ed was a key part of the bipartisan consensus around disability rights dating back decades. Current gop lawmakers and scotus judges have played key roles recently in supporting those rights. But what use are rights without enforcement?

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 16h

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 13h

One of the unremarked upon parts of the war was that the victims and the hostages were mostly members of the left and in favor of peace with the Palestinians.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13h

United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, flanked by Trump's daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner, get loudly booed in Tel Aviv, Israel as they praise Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 13h

Will everyone's favorite communist space slug be returning?

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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 13h

Hell yeah!

Joshua Williamson (NYCC Booth #H-42) @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social · 14h

Surprise! I'm finally writing the Legion of Super-Heroes!
Coming soon...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14h

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 18h

Some kid is doing the standard “ur mom” voice chat trash talk and they got no idea they’re talking to bashar al assad

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Hadar Susskind @hadarsusskind.bsky.social · 15h

Protest in Haifa. “Only Peace will bring Security”, “We must oppose settler terror” and “Until everyone is free in our land”.

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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 17h

חג סוכות שמח
שבת שלום
#sukkot

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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 17h

Scott Snyder is back to write something "AWESOME!!!!!!" It is maybe finishing the plot from DC All In, but mostly is seems to be Synder wanting to write "AWESOME!!!" again.

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 1d

An extremely rough day for Edgewater in Chicago. ICE activity near schools. People kidnapped while working in yards, standing on hiring corners. So many rapid responders biking, walking, driving, whistles around necks, trying to protect their neighbors, but up against such well-funded forces.

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Ruckawriter @gregrucka.com · 1d

I know this is minor in the scheme of things but these “ai from google” ads during MLB annoy the FUCK out of me.

It’s called MATH, assholes. Not “ai”. MATH.

The thing you’re eagerly trying to get people to forget how to do.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 1d

not only that, but when Dems do get organized and pay creators who are pushing aligned content, all of a sudden it becomes an attack line against them. meanwhile Russia literally pays conservative commentators and they are cool with it

Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 1d

Charlie Kirk was a terrible person, but his prowess at organizing was astonishing.

Democrats, progressive and moderate, are using tactics from the 1970s.

Republicans spend hundreds of millions on networking, jobs, and outreach every year. Democrats waste their money on obsolete stuff.

flux.community @flux.community · 1d

Charlie Kirk was a religious extremist and an advocate for mass censorship of academics he hated.

But as a political organizer and creator of opportunities for his comrades, there's much that can be learned from what he did. @matthewboedy.bsky.social discusses on the latest Theory of Change

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Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 1d

oh wow, the early reports are that the new Tron movie isn’t doing very well at the box office. this is wild, because the last Tron movie didn’t do very well at the box office, and also the very first Tron movie didn’t do very well at the box office and also neither of those first two were very good.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 2d

*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

The concept of "virtue signaling" is fundamentally culturally Protestant, premised as it is upon a distinction between some fundamentally stable notion of internal character attributable to a person which can be split from the actions that person commits within the world.

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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 1d

There are many cool things about Peacemaker season 2, but one of the big ones is that we are getting two music videos out of the finale.
First one is for Nelson, second will be for the opening title song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORFA...

Nelson - To Get Back to You (Official Music Video) 🎶 | Peacemaker S2 | DC

YouTube video by DC

www.youtube.com

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Philip Purser-Hallard @purserhallard.com · 1d

In 1981, Davison was a mixed-race actor who had the necessary looks to pass as white. His heritage was never a notable factor in his casting as the Doctor, as it undoubtedly would have been if he'd inherited a darker skin.

Peter Davison being interviewed on the BBC magazine programme Pebble Mill at One in 1980.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

"Anti-Zionism" can mean everything from "Every Jew goes to Poland" to "what we used to call Martin Buber's binationalist Zionism" to "Haredi belief in waiting for Moshiach." So when people ask me if anti-Zionism is antisemitism, my response is always, "Define your terms."

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 1d

California's governor has signed SB 79, a large-scale upzoning of land near transit throughout the state's largest counties.

Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 1d

WE DID IT!!!

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 1d

I love watching doctors learn about endometriosis for the first time:

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMAtUJKx/

TikTok video by GamingDoctor

www.tiktok.com

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Drow Paweł Włodkowic 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 1d

This is completely real btw. He would meet the 1980 Palestinian National Charter definition of a Palestinian.

Drow Paweł Włodkowic 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 1d

It is sort of darkly comical (derogatory) that Smotrich is both a settler and, by the definition of expulsionists, a Palestinian.

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