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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 4h

I cannot fucking believe this man’s cognitive abilities get no coverage

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 4h

Trump: These massive vaccines that are twice the size of a jar like that. A glass of water like that into a baby's body.

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Brad Ewing @bradleyewing.bsky.social · 29m

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2h

after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet

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Brad Ewing @bradleyewing.bsky.social · 2h

Great investment in our kids' futures, Governor!

Now sign SB79 to help families afford homes in high-opportunity areas near transit.

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 3h

OH they're *all* frying their brains on AI-generated videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Hunter Owens @hunterowens.net · 1d

man, the Expo TNP upzoning around Expo Bundy is really resulting in huge results - was at the station yesterday and saw 4 buildings under construction, and now this

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Eight-story, 42-unit development planned at 2219 S. Wellsely Avenue

In a familiar tale, single-family homes located just south of Metro's Expo/Bundy Station in Sawtelle are set to give way to apartments, according to a recent application to the Los Angeles Department ...

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Parker Welch @parkerwelch.bsky.social · 18h

The Carter/Reagan era of austerity did so much damage to America’s state capacity, it’s unreal. HUD, USMTA (now FTA), DOE, the GMENAC report, the freezing of the federal workforce—we just about gave up on solving problems we couldn’t bomb, tax, or credit

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 19h

Model station designs for both cut and cover and mined! It favors mined-twin tubed stations (a la Crossrail) because of reduced excavation size. The US/MTA habit of mining boxes underground is likely the most expensive way to build a subway station.

Pdf pgs 55 and 56.

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Brad Ewing @bradleyewing.bsky.social · 21h

The more I read about Gebru, the harder it becomes to escape the conclusion that she's operating in bad faith.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 22h

i fuckin’ knew it

Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 22h

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

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Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

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Brad Ewing @bradleyewing.bsky.social · 21h

dawg look at our AI ethicists we are never achieving alignment

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 22h

BEHOLD THE MEGA GLONZO

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 22h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 23h

it’s so awesome that we’re about to have a mayor who actually rides the bus

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Brad Ewing @bradleyewing.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of people in the replies/QTs seemingly believe the Child Tax Credit runs counter to reproductive freedom

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 1d

My most controversial take on this is probably that while I think reproductive freedom should be sacrosanct, I don’t really have any problem with additional taxes on (high income) childless people. Someone gotta pay into the pensions!

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Brad Ewing @bradleyewing.bsky.social · 1d

self described communist who is really a libertarian is a surprisingly common kind of person online

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Brad Ewing @bradleyewing.bsky.social · 1d

Are you innumerate?

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 1d

I have listened and learned. I will NEVER AGAIN call for increased taxes (carceral, eugencicist). Instead, income transfers should be decided through tax credits (humane, progressive)

Jack 대한 @jdaehan1.bsky.social · 1d

When people say we have a literacy crisis they need to include their fellow progressives and libs. Insane replies on a post that is just explaining the Child Tax Credit

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 1d

My most controversial take on this is probably that while I think reproductive freedom should be sacrosanct, I don’t really have any problem with additional taxes on (high income) childless people. Someone gotta pay into the pensions!

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Brad Ewing @bradleyewing.bsky.social · 1d

The number of people who think "billionaires" represent an infinite source of tax revenue is too damn high.

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 1d

This was a fun one! Check out our episode with @jessezwick.bsky.social about the organization responsible for US building codes, the 'International' Code Council. This conversation will leave you fired up to *entirely* rethink our approach to building standards. www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/10/08/9...

Episode 99: The 'International' Code Council with Jesse Zwick (Incentives Series pt. 3)

North American buildings are built different — literally. Councilmember Jesse Zwick explains how the organization behind our unusual standards is built to fail, and he makes the case for a new approac...

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Brad Ewing @bradleyewing.bsky.social · 1d

a man and a woman are looking at each other and the man is asking " both "

ALT: a man and a woman are looking at each other and the man is asking " both "

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 1d

This is what Democratic mayors should be doing to the streets in front of ICE facilities. Can't have a facility if no one can bring a car into it!

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 1d

what i did not expect re: "AI" is the number of people saying "i know exactly what consciousness is" before saying "and this isn't it." i believe in the second half of that sentence. i do not know why anyone would say the first.

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 2d

Electric bicycles, and shared electric bicycles in particular, are a revolutionary transportation technology. Forward-looking cities should be building out the infrastructure necessary to make cycling safe and convenient for everyone who wants to do it.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

i recently got a great deal on a barely used folding ebike and i have to say it has revolutionized my train travel. i can get from my front door to the amtrak station in a little less than 5 minutes!!!

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Brad Ewing @bradleyewing.bsky.social · 1d

many of these people have found community through activism (commendable). it is a community built around keeping out newcomers (reprehensible)

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Brad Ewing @bradleyewing.bsky.social · 1d

why do the anti-housing crowds always look the same regardless of jurisdiction

Jane Natoli 🥑🚲🍍 @wafoli.bsky.social · 1d

Another evening of “this is why your city has a housing shortage”

Another room full of (mostly) older attendees for a public meeting about the Family Zoning Plan

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