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Spooky Boo @spookyboo.bsky.social · 10h

Sorry, not sorry, neighbors.

Multiple plastic skeletons bow down on the grass or kneel with their palms up towards their god - the 12’ plastic skeleton standing behind the fence line

Two plastic skeletons bow on their knees in the grass while one has a single knee down and his palms outstretched towards their god - the 12’ plastic skeleton standing behind the wood fence

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Émile Darkheim @rntropy.bsky.social · 2h

The more I think about it, the more I feel that what makes the American post-war development model so weird isn't necessarily car-dependence. It's the idea that once a farm is turned into a subdivision full of SFHs, it can never be anything else for the rest of recorded time.

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 3h

For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.

If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 7h

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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Eric the Red @realeric4real.bsky.social · 4h

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 3h

Mamdani promises to deploy *hundreds* if lawyers to fight for trans rights, create a new office of LGBTQ affairs, and allocate millions of dollars to fund housing and healthcare for trans kids and adults

This is what fighting back looks like--elevating activists to materually support trans people.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 5h

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

Nate Silver
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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 5h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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🎃 Chris Lay's rotting corpse 💀 @chrislay.bsky.social · 2h

So sick of wall-to-wall gambling app ads in postseason baseball.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 3h

don't forget! fuck the salvation army

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 3h

today in "predicted by 30 Rock"

Edie Falco on 30 Rock:
I MISSED THE VOTE ON A BILL TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL WHALE TORTURE.

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timothy faust @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 2h

my guess — TRON was a cultural signifier for 80s–90s nerd culture, and now that the comic book movie well is drying up, they're trying to find another reservoir

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty confused by how TRON became a big-budget movie franchise. Was it a bit hit when it came out? No. Did it become a big hit on video/TV? Also no. Do people have fond nostalgic memories of it? Eh kinda but not really. Was it secretly great and critically acclaimed? No again

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 3h

The pattern is they fire a ton of people, say they made a mistake, and then selectively rehire back only the most mediocre white men.

This is why Black women's unemployment has spiked, the federal government used to be the largest employer of Black women until these monte carlo firings

Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 6h

New reporting: many apparently fired at CDC in 'error'. This is a failure by design given that the admin does not care about fulfilling agency missions. This is the kind of error that should have political consequences.

Unserious people cause real-world harm.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Jason Coupet @professajay.bsky.social · 3h

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 13h

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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🎃 Chris Lay's rotting corpse 💀 @chrislay.bsky.social · 3h

Re LRS, 'investors' is the wrong word. You invest when you eg lend your own money to a new restaurant or take a stake in a bar.

Trading securities is speculation.

The law says it's hard to tell investment from speculation so we'll just treat everything as investment; we need to reverse that bias.

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Ryan W Enslow @ryanwenslow.bsky.social · 4h

The purpose of government is not to maximize earnings to investors

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

vought's view is that the president is an elected dictator and lo and behold he is seizing outright the power of the purse

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 7h

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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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 3h

More than what ICE would have done.

MorbidAnjel @morbidanjel.bsky.social · 7h

A man in Oregon stole a car, realized there was a baby inside, turned around to return the child safely, cussed the parents out for leaving the baby alone, then hopped back in the car and drove off again 😭💀

He said “oh yall wanna leave the baby in the car? Say less yall don’t need a car!”

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🎃 Chris Lay's rotting corpse 💀 @chrislay.bsky.social · 4h

This was Roger Ailes' explicit goal when he founded Fox News. He did not hesitate to tell it to reporters. The utterly laughable efforts of D partisans to establish media operations since then speak to the fecklessness & frankly the foolishness of Party leadership these last 40 yrs.

We need better.

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 6h

Nixon’s crimes look like harmless high school pranks compared to the now-daily unprecedented illegal & unconstitutional crimes being committed daily by this president & his staff

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 7h

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...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 11h

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 11h

China in like 4 days

So you come crawling back you cheap sack of shit

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 14h

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 11h

Have not confirmed this, but this is VERY very bad if true.

Also, more evidence of their eugenics roots.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 11h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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