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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 2h

What.

Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 2h

Wait sorry whatthefuck?

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 3h

"Chris Cillizza: what if Jim Cramer, but for politics."

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 3h

If anyone else offered up a take this bad, I would tell them to quit Cillizza'ing.

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 3h

It's a real failure of Blueskyism that Chris Cillizza was never bullied off of this site.

Chris Cillizza, Chris Cillizza'ing all over the place.

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 12h

At the In Formation website, the 1st printing is sold out. It's now on sale at Barnes & Noble but several stores have sold out. I'm expecting a 2nd printing to be announced, but can't say for sure. I have a few copies left for sale. I don't expect them to last long. buymeacoffee.com/johnsundman/...

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 21h

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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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 12h

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 17h

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 23h

You can relax everyone, they're out, now we can just enjoy baseball!

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 23h

When the Yankees get eliminated

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 23h

Deal!

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 23h

The Toronto Blue Jays are (North) American heroes.

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yes. Ordered. 👍👏👏

Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 1d

Oh hell yes. How do I obtain one of these pleaseandthankyou?

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 2d

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 1d

I really feel like millennials especially resent the copyright theft part of these AI data centers because of this.

Strange Days at Blake Hol(e)sey High 👻 🍑 @reactionordinary.bsky.social · 1d

The RIAA was suing teenagers. We had to sit through ⬇️ this shit anytime we wanted to watch a DVD. A whole generation shamed for using Limewire and torrents. Only for these silicone valley assholes to now find copyright infringement a necessary evil they shouldn’t have to answer for

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

Still waiting for a more efficient explanation of everything than "Everyone got brain damage from Covid": the airline executives charging a $155 predatory premium for legroom, the guy deciding to customize his own flight experience, the chain of command aborting the whole flight—busted mind-traffic!

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 1d

This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.

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Drew T @dtipson.bsky.social · 1d

People have been through endless VC promises over the last few decades, and the one thing they know well is that prices will NOT drop. They’ll get more expensive, if anything. Everyone knows this. Being on people buying this lie will not work, Marc A

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/08/b...

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 13d

How will SCOTUS justify none of this applying to the next president? Easily: it never justified why it applied to Trump. No written opinions, no precedent to contradict.

It's an even cleaner perversion of the law for its special boy than "our consideration is limited to the present circumstances."

Mon Mothra @flobbert.bsky.social · 13d

Excited to see how they Justify none of this applying to the next president

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 13d

BREAKING: The Supreme Court greenlights Trump's "pocket rescission" of $4 billion in foreign aid appropriated by Congress.

Kagan, joined by Sotomayor and Jackson, has a sharp dissent. She says this "result conflicts with the separation of powers." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 1d

Mastodon is taking cues from Bluesky with plans for its own starter 'Packs' |
TechCrunch
Mastodon is planning to make it easier for newcomers to discover curated collection...
@ techcrunch.com

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hailey
• @hailey.at • 18h
me, being the person who made these: wtf are u doin mastodon....

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aly @old.ruffruff.party • 18h wait you made those
aly @old.ruffruff.party
fuck u

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 1d

I’ve been circling a cursed thought for a while and it’s time to let it out: These guys are Disney Adults for fascism.

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 3d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 1d

This dude just radiates “Bari Weiss, but somehow LESS accomplished.”

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1d

What will the new Adam O'Neal–hosted WaPo opinions podcast sound like for the next few decades? Maybe a little something like this x.com/WashPostComm...

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