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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 10h

They kept cutting back to Lanning when Penn State was coming back in the fourth quarter, and each time he looked more excited. Like he wanted a bucket of popcorn.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 17h

Huge death penalty and forensic science news: Texas' highest criminal court has stayed the execution of Robert Roberson, who was less than a week away from becoming the first person in the country to be executed based on disputed evidence of shaken baby syndrome reason.com/2025/10/09/t...

Texas court blocks execution of Robert Roberson in landmark 'shaken baby' case

Roberson has been saved again from becoming the first person to be executed based on disputed evidence of Abusive Head Trauma, formerly called "shaken baby syndrome."

reason.com

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 18h

Relatedly, I see a lot of doomers on here who don't have that dog in them and could use a Dan Lanning speech.

THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR CLICKS, WE'RE FIGHTING FOR WINS. IT'S DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS, AND EVERY CUT MATTERS. WE PLAY THE GAME, NOT THE SITUATION. WE BELIEVE IN OUR TECHNIQUE.

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 1d

lol, here's some incredible college football content. In the hype video Oregon posted after Penn State, Dan Lanning lectures his team on broken windows theory, but it's pro-breaking windows.

"Each time we get a stop on defense, that's a broken window." www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwSH...

a screencap of Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning standing in front of a projector screen displaying a slideshow. The current slide has a headline "BROKEN WINDOWS THEORY."

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 1d

Law enforcement needs to rein in ICE's anti-press abuses and investigate ICE attacks on independent journalists in Chicagoland.

A coalition of Chicago and national press freedom orgs explained why in a letter to the Broadview Police Department and Illinois State Police today.

Independent journalists must be protected from ICE attacks

Letter calls on local authorities to investigate all attacks on journalists

freedom.press

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 1d

The best thing in Red Dead Redemption 2 was tossing a molotov cocktail into a Klan rally. Sounds like easy money to me, but I haven't huffed enough gasoline to have the expertise of an Ubisoft exec.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 1d

Dan Lanning heard about broken windows theory and thought, "In this analogy, I am the wino pissing on the side of a building, and the opposing team is the building."

That's why he's a great coach.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 1d

lol, here's some incredible college football content. In the hype video Oregon posted after Penn State, Dan Lanning lectures his team on broken windows theory, but it's pro-breaking windows.

"Each time we get a stop on defense, that's a broken window." www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwSH...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Reporter's notebook: I actually began working on this story shortly after footage of the incident showed up last month.

But by the time I finally got ahold of folks, the story grew: 2 *other* faith leaders I spoke with *also* reported being shot w/pepper balls while protesting this ICE facility.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 1d

like Ghost Rider's motorcycle, sort of

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 2d

Claude AI’s logo is unironically Kurt Vonnegut’s butthole drawing

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 2d

Hey guys. It's your boy J Edgar here. I have something new that I'm really excited to share with you—it's called COINTELPRO and I really think you're gonna love it

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 2d

Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 2d

Latest: I have a feature story charting the brief but insane history of Florida’s Everglades detention camp reason.com/2025/10/07/a...

Alligator Alcatraz was built on secrecy, expansive emergency powers, and an unprecedented state power grab

Shadowy deals and unilateral powers created Florida's notorious immigration detention camp.

reason.com

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 2d

you can find your biological name under your armpit next to your VIN and recommended tire pressure

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 2d

The end of the Lovecraft story was also a crude metaphor for miscegenation, because he was super racist, but that would kind of bring the joke down.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 2d

Spoiler: Grover discovers that HE is the monster at the end of the book, which I believe is also an HP Lovecraft story.

A children’s book titled “The Monster at the End of this Book, starring lovable, furry old Grover.”

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Ben Conarck @conarck.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: A few weeks ago, @muckrock.com
shared the Brady list for Baltimore County. Scanning it, I noticed the police chief was on there. I then spent weeks trying to figure out why. But no one — not the state's attorney, nor the police department — is explaining it. www.thebanner.com/community/cr...

Baltimore County’s police chief is on a list of cops with credibility concerns

Robert McCullough, the Baltimore County Police Department chief, appears on a list of law enforcement officers whose potential credibility concerns require disclosure to defense attorneys if they’re c...

www.thebanner.com

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 3d

3/4ths of the Federation HR department's caseload is "somebody did something weird on the holodeck again."

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 3d

Love to go to work at my job at the antifa headquarters, where I hold the position of Senior Bouncehouse Attendant

Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 4d

Last week Jesse Watters spoke to man named Eric who claimed he was formerly a member of antifa. Two years ago Watters interviewed Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza, a former Mexican Mafia member. Some folks thought the men looked similar. This is a side by side comparison. 🤷‍♀️

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 3d

I've got the cover story on the latest issue of @reason.com. It's about how culture war legislation on everything from library books to lab-grown meat is feeding the police state reason.com/2025/10/06/c...

Texas and Florida have become national models for using the police state to wage culture war battles

From library books to abortion, gender, and even food, the culture war is now feeding the police state.

reason.com

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 6d

Happy Orktober to all who celebrate. Here’s one of my ork warbikers In progress. Still a lot of detail and touch-up to do but love these guys’ vibes.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 6d

This is the stupid little game where white nationalists adopt something innocuous or vague, get the media to acknowledge it, and then say, "wow you're being ridiculous," while winking to all their creep friends.

Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 6d

Shout out to @eyesontheright.bsky.social for spotting this white supremacist meme on the DHS Twitter last night.

I followed up and DHS responded with more memes. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-inc...

DHS Includes ‘White Supremacist’ Meme in Video Promoting Deportation Blitz

A video posted on X by the Department of Homeland Security included...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 6d

Doubt the FBI will give me these records, but it would be real funny if they did.

o Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Any records regarding the design and purchase of challenge coins for Director Kash Patel. For the purposes of this request, this includes but is not limited to communications on both official and private devices concerning government business regarding challenge coins, including emails, chat logs, and text messages; invoices, receipts, and any other billing records for challenge coins made for the director; and design images and concepts of these challenge coins.

For assistance in locating these records, reporter Ken Dilanian posted a picture on Oct. 3 of a challenge coin issued by the director's office: https://x.com/DilanianMSNBC/status/1974109240374484999

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 6d

"And it should have spiders for pupils and guns for teeth!"

Motherfucker, go out and solve a crime.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 6d

The Whitest Kids You Know sketch where the guy asks for a tattoo of Bowser surfing while playing a double-necked Les Paul with a weed leaf and cross behind him.

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 6d

reddit occupied government

Ken Dilanian
@DilanianMSNBC
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The challenge coins being handed out by @FBIDirectorKash. Seems someone put a lot of thought into this.

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