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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 12h

"I'm not interested in including disabled people in society."

Cool take, bro!

Joad The Wet Sprocket @joadsprocket.bsky.social · 1d

I am not interested in living in a society of Universal Public Masking and neither are most people. This ask is not reasonable, and the invocation of solidarity in service of it is ridiculous.

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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 4d

the splurge is plain bagel, cream cheese, lox, tomato, a little bit of red onion, capers

non-splurge is just a plain bagel with cream cheese, or if it's afternoon and i'm having it as a snack, a cinnamon raisin bagel

never toasted in any iteration except to revive a next-day bagel at home

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it

Exclusive | CBS News taps Adam Rubenstein — once ostracized at NY Times for liking Chick-fil-A — as new deputy editor

Sources expect Rubenstein will effectively run the Free Press now that Weiss will be busy steering the editorial direction of shows like “60 Minutes,” “Face The Nation” and …

nypost.com

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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 8d

the thing about men who drive giant pickups is that I’m sorry they feel bad about their penises but I really wish they wouldn’t make it everyone else’s problem

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 8d

Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 9d

Last month Judge Diane Goodstein blocked SC from giving DOJ voter data.

Last week Harmeet Dhillon of the DOJ condemned Goodstein's ruling.

Yesterday Stephen Miller called "left wing judges & lawyers" as "terrorists requiring force."

Today Judge Goodstein's home is on fire, investigated for arson.

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state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 9d

Kristi Noem about to somehow violate the 3rd Amendment in the year of our lord 2025

PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 9d

The way these people think they're entitled to whatever they want. This is what happens when you raise children who are never told no. 1/

www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...

'Very difficult situation': Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.During a Sunday interview on ...

www.rawstory.com

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 9d

Long Covid is the most common chronic illness among children now. Congratulations?

Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 9d

The Great Barrington Dec. aka the “let covid rip” policy, legitimated the death of over a million Americans, is disabling of tens of millions more, & failed to achieve its own instrumental goal, ending the pandemic. It did succeed hwvr in gutting public health & eroding public trust in science

Five years ago today, we authored the Great Barrington Declaration, arguing for focused protection instead of lockdowns. A wholehearted thank you to the almost one million co-signers. We were proven right.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 11d

A statute may "enshrine a tradition," but that is not the only thing it does. A statute codifies law, just the same as statutes criminalizing homicide and bank robbery, and it is just as "clear" that violating the statute is unlawful.

Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 11d

It is not clear that Mr. Trump’s image can be featured on a coin. An 1866 law enshrined a tradition that only deceased people could appear on U.S. currency to avoid the appearance that America was a monarchy. Trump admin is planning to do it anyway.
By Alan Rappeport

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...

Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin

www.nytimes.com

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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 11d

for my last job search in 2023 i mainly used idealist but am interested to see what else folks recommend these days

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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 11d

Find a really fucking good physical therapist

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 11d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 11d

Want to pull out this slide: people deserve to know there’s a growing mountain of evidence finding more Covid infections = more likelihood of being left chronically ill.

There’s a temptation to think that if you recovered ok last time, then you will next time too, but that’s not what the data say.

Researchers in Spain assessed over 190,000 participants, using data from a public health research network, in a study published in the journal Vaccines. They found that Long COVID prevalence was three to 10 times higher in individuals with three or more reported infections (about 600 people in the dataset) than in those with only one infection.

They also found that the number of thrombotic events, including strokes and pulmonary embolisms, in people under 60 doubled from 2020 to 2024, in both people who were and weren’t vaccinated. The authors concluded that policymakers should prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and that healthcare workers should continue wearing protective masks.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12d

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 15d

a lot of us are disabled people who *did* see this coming and have a lifetime of not being listened to by abled folks, so we're very tired and are asking you to listen to and learn from us

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 15d

Tell me you don’t listen to disabled people without telling me you don’t listen to disabled people

Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 15d

This. This administration is even worse than any of us thought possible. Who had destroy NIH, CDC, USAID, EPA, scientific research all at the same time on their bingo card?

Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 15d

My thesis is that no matter how doomer you were in Nov. 2024, we're probably past your worst-case scenario for the first 9 months of this administration.

It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough.

www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...

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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 15d

anyone who read project 2025 or who was simply paying attention

Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 15d

This. This administration is even worse than any of us thought possible. Who had destroy NIH, CDC, USAID, EPA, scientific research all at the same time on their bingo card?

Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 15d

My thesis is that no matter how doomer you were in Nov. 2024, we're probably past your worst-case scenario for the first 9 months of this administration.

It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough.

www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 15d

Bunch of relatively rich white men on here saying "no one could have predicted how bad things would get under Trump!! No one!!!"

Fuck all y'all. Fuck all the way off.

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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 15d

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 15d

i'm seeing a lot of sober writing from professional analysts suggesting the 2025 mets were a flawed team that overperformed preseason expectations. i urge mets fans to reject this. you ARE cursed by god. things will NEVER get better. the walls are closing in, you can't breathe, its getting so cold-

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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 16d

incredibly rude of you to paint the bronx with the trump brush. he got booed at yankee stadium when he inflicted his presence on us on 9/11, because yankees fans understood the assignment sports.yahoo.com/article/trum...

Trump Booed at the Yankees Hiding Behind Bulletproof Glass

Donald Trump was not welcomed to Yankee Stadium on Thursday in the best of fashions, appearing to waves of boos from the New York crowd. Security had been heightened in advance of the president’s arri...

sports.yahoo.com

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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 16d

He could join the team of Aaron Judge though is all I’m saying

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

Trump and his billionaire donors might be able to determine Adams and Cuomo’s actions. But they won't decide this election.

In just over 5 weeks, we'll turn the page on the politics of big money and small ideas — and deliver a government every New Yorker can be proud of.

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malyndae.bsky.social @malyndae.bsky.social · 16d

We’d also like some cancer research, please.

Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 16d

We’d prefer to be able to afford groceries.

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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 16d

babe you've been "hoping" republicans would take responsibility for and stand up to their toddler dictator for 10 years, how about trying something else

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 16d

Asked what he would do to stop the deployment of federal troops to Portland, Chuck Schumer replies: "I'd hope some of them [Republicans] would join us in legislation to prevent it from happening."

"I know they're loyal to Trump and does whatever he wants but this is so far stepping over the line"

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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 17d

big chuck schumer energy

Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 17d

The Trump administration’s threat to deploy troops in Portland is unlawful.

Here’s a thought.

Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.

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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 17d

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 18d

In the dark dark tragicomedy of the second Trump term, the State Department described a call to not kill people incendiary, reckless, and inciting violent.

Violence is not violence, only nonviolence is violence.

Department of State v
@StateDept
Earlier today, Colombian president @petrogustavo stood on a NYC street and urged U.S. soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence.
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We will revoke Petro's visa due to his reckless and incendiary actions.
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