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Adam Grosswirth @adam807.bsky.social · 13h

"We could do a baseball number!"

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 2d

"Audiences feel you lack the innate likability of Meghan McCain."

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 3d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Adam Grosswirth @adam807.bsky.social · 3d

Does Amazon think I AM the Phantom of the Opera?

Book recommendations based on The Phantom of the Opera. The Creator's Playbook, Choose Yourself First, Living Rich Inside and Out

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 3d

Great work comparing the journalistic mission statements from Bari Weiss’s CBS News and MSNBC: www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/msnb...

Bari Weiss’s CBS News and MSNBC both just laid out their new journalistic principles — and they’re fascinatingly different

CBS: "America," "American," "all of the tools of the digital era," and speed. MSNBC: Press freedom, the First Amendment, and ethics.

www.niemanlab.org

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 4d

These two things are of a piece, even if the motivations and details differ.

Trump’s justification for his authoritarian crackdown is an America that doesn’t exist.

@lizzieohreally.bsky.social

Lizzie O’Leary quote post of a CNN post that pairs the headline “What is the insurrection act?” with an image of an on fire Winchell’s Donuts from the 92 LA riots.

O’Leary: Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsk... • 57m
This picture is from 1992 in LA and using it in this post and story shows terrible news judgment.
CNN:
@cnn.com • 7h
"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes
Zachary B. Wolf. cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 4d

R.I.P the TiVo DVR (1999-2025)

The pioneer in digital video recording has officially ceased selling its DVR.

TiVo changed my life, and cloud DVRs will never match its precision and user-friendliness. It's the best piece of consumer electronics I've ever used.

www.mediaplaynews.com/tivo-exiting...

TiVo Exiting Legacy DVR Business - Media Play News

TiVo, the digital video recording pioneer, has moved on from its legacy DVR technology, focusing instead on its branded operating system software promoting third-party content searches, recommendation...

www.mediaplaynews.com

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 5d

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Fire extinguisher next to a statue of Joan of Arc

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Adam Grosswirth @adam807.bsky.social · 5d

Who told?

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Adam Grosswirth @adam807.bsky.social · 7d

Wait for it...

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

zohranfornyc.com/register

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 9d

I'm mad about a lot of things (ha! ha!) but the sheer number of journalists who wrote "There are no plans to implement Project 2025" under the grounds of "well, Trump says there aren't, so..." and still have jobs is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy up there

Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 9d

President Trump says he is meeting today with Russ Vought, OMB director and "of PROJECT 2025 Fame," to discuss cuts to "Democrat Agencies."

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Adam Grosswirth @adam807.bsky.social · 8d

However the Rocky Horror ad I saw earlier was perfect.

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 8d

I mean the republicans in congress already abdicated their responsibilities to the executive anyway so who the fuck cares. Also I believe the OMB director has been salivating over this idea for years and has detailed dream journals about it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Johnson: "Russ does this reluctantly. He takes no pleasure in this. Russ has to sit down and decide which policies, personnel, & programs are essential & which are not. That's not a fun task and he's not enjoying that responsibility...if they keep the govt closed, it's gonna get more & more painful"

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Sam @very-simple.com · 10d

Ah, now having a functioning, non-collapsing tunnel for northeast rail traffic is DEI.

Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon @davecolon.bsky.social · 10d

Very good very good

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Adam Grosswirth @adam807.bsky.social · 10d

After all his years of service???

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 11d

THE ANTIFA LORAX

TOP 10 BOOKS RADICALIZING
THE LEFT
and why they are creating political violence against Patriots
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LORAX
3
CHUCK PALAHNIUK FIGHT CLUB
1984
GEORGE ORWELL
1984
REASONS:
- Anti-Patriot
- Anti-Authority
- Anti-Conservative
- Pro-Violence
- Pro-Antifa
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IT CAN'T HAPPEN
HERE
SINCLAIR LEWIS
IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE REASONS:
- Anti-Patriot
- Anti-Authority
- Pro-Antifa
- Anti-United States
- Pro-Left wing terrorism
WE ARE STARTED
-LIBERTY•
Dr. Seuss
THE LORAX REASONS:
- Pro-Antifa
- Anti-Authority
- Pro-Violence
- Pro-Environment
FIGHT CLUB
REASONS:
- Anti-Masculinity
- Anti-Authority
- Anti-Christian
- Anti-Consumerism
- Pro-Left wing terrorism
7/8
HOWARD ZINN
PEOPLE'S HISTORY
OF THE
UNITED STATES
A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES REASONS:
- Pro-Radicalism
- Pro-Communism
- Pro-Violence
- Anti-Authority
- Pro-Antifa
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5
MARGARET
ATWOOD
THE
HANDMAID'S
TALE
A HANDMAID'S TALE REASONS:
- Pro-Feminism
- Anti-Christian
- Anti-Fertility
- Pro-Left wing terrorism
- Pro-Antifa
- Pro-Violence
- Anti-Conservative
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dalton trumbo
FUN HOME
ALISON BECHDEL
REASONS:
- Pro-LGBT
- Anti-Science
- Anti-Christianity
- Atheistic
- Gender Propaganda
GENDER QUEER
GENDER QUEER REASONS:
- Pornography
- Sexualizing Children
- Pro-LGBT
- Anti-Christianity
- Gender Propaganda
- Pro-Child Confusion
ata
american family association
THE GRAPES OF WEATH
THE GRAPES OF WRATH REASONS:
- Pro-Communism
- Anti-Patriot
- Anti-Authority
- Pro-Violence
- Pro-Antifa
- Anti-United States
- Anti-Christianity
renspect
Johnny got his gun
JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN
REASONS:
- Anti-United States
- Anti-Patriot
- Pro-Communism
- Anti-War
- Anti-Wealth
- Anti-Authority
- Pro-Violence
* CITIZENS
DEFENDING

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 12d

This is a good point - I wonder if being able to access a lot of services online that you once had to go to the big city for has contributed to many rural and suburban Americans pathological fear of The City.

Disharmonium @satanicmechanic.bsky.social · 12d

I think walmart, amazon, ticketmaster, etc have much of the blame for this mentality. Used to, there were shopping or recreational incentives for rural and small town folk to visit large cities, now the only reason is when a relative needs advanced medical treatments.

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Adam Grosswirth @adam807.bsky.social · 12d

Last night in my sleep my deranged brain mashed up "Let Mother Vote" from Suffs with "Sincerely Me" from Dear Evan Hansen and now they're both stuck in my head.

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Adam Grosswirth @adam807.bsky.social · 12d

Is the neglected group of voters...cats? (I also support no-kill shelters to be clear.)

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Adam Grosswirth @adam807.bsky.social · 12d

I think they're the same versions they show on AMC. I figured this out after an hour of wondering why all the scene transitions in Steel Magnolias were so weird and finally realizing it was fading to black for commercial breaks that didn't exist.

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Adam Grosswirth @adam807.bsky.social · 12d

LOL

Jeff Drake @hatethedrake.bsky.social · 12d

Only the best and the brightest.

newrepublic.com/post/200833/...

Turns Out Trump’s Own Team Messed Up U.N. Escalator and Teleprompter

A U.N. official says Donald Trump’s team was responsible for the “broken” escalator and teleprompter he complained about incessantly.

newrepublic.com

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Jesper Andersen @jandersen.bsky.social · 12d

So real question. How many of these shootings were routinely caught before we transferred a bunch of agents out of domestic terrorism fighting.?

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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 12d

TikTok already speculating Eric Adams is going to be the next headliner for Oh, Mary!

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Dan Cassino @dancassino.bsky.social · 13d

The problem isn’t with the President, it’s with Congress. Not that the President is doing good things here, but that we have a Constitutional structure to deal with an overreaching Executive. We don’t have any way of dealing with a Legislative branch that’s determined to become irrelevant.

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