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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 50m

So uh this is straight up appropriations clause violation, yes?

Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 1h

www.politico.com/live-updates...

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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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 49m

Hot damn they aren't pulling punches.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1h

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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Jo @pingiarcher.bsky.social · 2h

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies aged 79

The legendary actor best known for her many collaborations with Woody Allen, as well as films including Reds, The First Wives Club and Book Club, has died

www.theguardian.com

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Kathryn Salamander @transsalamander.bsky.social · 6h

Jenny Nicholson tweet continues to not miss

@JennyENicholson

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

9:09am - 9/9/2025 180K Views

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Danielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 6h

the extent of my interest has been “I need whoever is most likely to beat the Dodgers to win and I think it’s the Brewers”

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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 8h

Both corporate media and a significant segment of the pessimist left are committed to the mantra that this sign is morally indistinguishable from a 'In this house, we believe...' sign.

whet moser @whetmoser.com · 9h

one thing that’s definitely new over the past decade or so is the number of bumper stickers and signs threatening to kill you

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 10h

something quite brain-melting about the hard right's position apparently now being "we hate all Muslims and distrust Muslim states, aside from that one Muslim place that still has slavery because that sounds fun"

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Danielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 10h

Incidentally I see you have really had it emphasised that hated former Giant AJ Pierzynski is a total fucking dipshit

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 15h

Imagine being this lame

The Telegraph saying that an activist dancing dressed as a frog is a terrorist (in coward quotes), and for some reason they’ve added that the person is non-binary

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Not the Seattle Mariners @mariners.bsky.social · 16h

Real talk. Here is what set a series of events into motion that led to the #mariners ALDS victory. 🤣🔱

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Danielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 15h

me when someone tells me a Mariners playoff game has gone on for multiple extra innings without anyone scoring:

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Danielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 15h

@paulframe85.bsky.social congratulations!! Go get the pennant now! #TridentsUp

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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 1d

may this unnamed man live to see 100, happy, comfortable, and in good health

we need all the heroes we can get

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

Oh, does it benefit the US to provide aid to foreign countries? That would have been good to know back in January and February.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

UPDATE: The new Prime Minister that Macron just named is... Sebastien Lecornu.

Lecornu is the Prime Minister who Macron appointed in September, and who resigned on Monday because he couldn't form a government.

I don't know what to tell you—situation has been risible for a year.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 1d

“We refuse to pay the troops and also we’re doing indiscriminate firings of people for no reason”

I’ve never seen an administration so faithfully committed to self-immolation in my entire life

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 1d

I truly don’t understand living through the DOGE experience and being like “great model, a+, no notes”

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Danielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 1d

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Danielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 1d

guess who did not win the Nobel Peace Prize

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Danielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 1d

Actual fucking lol

Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 1d

NEW: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize.

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Danielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 1d

LOL

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Danielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 1d

Because of the teams involved I may have tuned out of last year’s WS lol

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 1d

Good to see this but hopefully everyone also realizes they should have scored some runs and this wouldn't have happened. Team sport. Live or die together.

Boo-cy 👻 📷 @ltotheucy.bsky.social · 1d

This makes me want to cry. I’m glad his teammates are picking him up.

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Boo-cy 👻 📷 @ltotheucy.bsky.social · 1d

This makes me want to cry. I’m glad his teammates are picking him up.

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