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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 23h

This is where it's at for me. Primaries are fundamentally vibe checks and if Graham Platner can't overcome a single 78-yo, doesn't bode well for his chances against GOP $$$

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 1d

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 1d

The worst manager I ever had has been pivoting to video content so every once in a while I get a jumpscare while scrolling

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 1d

It's not entirely fair to keep bringing up, but the long mea culpa one of their writers wrote for his creation of the "Diamond" Joe Biden character was indicative of some weird pressures coming to bear www.vice.com/en/article/a...

Area Man Regrets Helping Turn Joe Biden Into a Meme

A former 'Onion' editor wishes his publication had gone harder at Diamond Joe.

www.vice.com

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Schatz revealed himself as one of the least trustworthy Senators to talk a big game back in the previous CR fight, we'll see what he does from here

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Some of the old Onion TV clips were incredible in their time. But yeah the modern Onion seems like it's optimized for clapter

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 1d

These days I’m trying not to lose sight of the many actual heroes on the ground

Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 1d

After a hurricane, many people worry about losing power. For trans Floridians, it can mean losing access to lifesaving medication and navigating hostility at disaster shelters. But one woman’s hurricane response team is stepping in:

When a hurricane hits, she shows up for those left behind » Yale Climate Connections

Trans advocate Jasmine McKenzie is building a lifeline for Black and trans Floridians who often can’t safely access disaster services from FEMA or religious organizations.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Ro Khanna:

✔️endorsed the concept of DOGE
✔️endorsed AOC's primary opponent in the same year he endorsed her
✔️made this video with a known antisemite who claims Jewish people are responsible for 9/11

Silicon Valley Democrats ... man, I don't know

Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 1d

I don't take a dime from any PAC or lobbyist, including AIPAC.

I am proud to be one of the handful of Democrats standing up against Big Money.

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 1d

weird thing to focus on

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 1d

I dunno, you tell me Andy Rourke wasn't into Casiopea www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPh...

The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by The Smiths

www.youtube.com

zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 1d

I'm gonna say it: Some Smiths songs sound like city pop to me

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 1d

I can't follow you but I admire the vision. My band opened for Make Believe in 2006 and he was wearing a muumuu doing large arm movements for most of their set

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FiftyPlusOne.news @fiftyplusone.news · 2d

new polls website just dropped fiftyplusone.news

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, a Susan Collins promise? Great! Throw it on the scale, see how much it weighs

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 16d

Please don't call it that

What You Will Need
• Experience: 5+ years as a video editor or producer-editor ("preditor").

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 2d

My favorite part about being a millennial is that when I see "Linkin Park content" my assumption is that he means Gurren Lagaan AMVs

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

my favorite part about the tiktok algorithm very clearly knowing that i‘m a millennial black person is that i get served a surprisingly large amount of linkin park content

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David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 3d

It's not all positive (this IS 2025), but there's a tremendous amount of good news and useful information in @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest post.

Something extraordinary just happened

But of course there's a but. Or two.

billmckibben.substack.com

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 2d

I really don't think we have evidence of this in this election cycle

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 2d

Man you're the guy who came back to this site after 4 months, not because of city invasions or bombing fishermen's boats but to scold pseudonymous Democrats for how they respond to a vid of Katie Porter.

Your theory of politics has absolutely nothing for this year, and I love that for you

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 3d

Morgan Wallen is the most likely pick, but the right wing has the heart of a troll so I imagine they would insist on Canadian MAGA rapper Tom MacDonald

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 3d

this is why *the press* hates Demorats

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 3d

I understand & appreciate that many of those in the esteemed field of journalism find this behavior more disqualifying than that of Olivia Nuzzi but there are a nonzero number of partisan voters to whom this scans as "calling out the bullshit"

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

Someone who used to work with Katie Porter sent me this clip from a train wreck interview with her and said “now imagine what she’s like when there aren’t cameras around.”

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 3d

The only people who are seeing this as a Trainwreck are people who see themselves in the interviewer's shoes specifically

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 3d

I think it's cool to write in the Atlantic about how you befriended someone over shared disgust at media. Which media? Oh haha you know the ones

Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 3d

"Everybody's a jealous hater of my friend's success. And the only evidence I'm going to provide is a made up anecdote."

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