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Cyrus @digitalvergil.bsky.social · 6h

Its brassica all the way down...

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 7h

i'm sorry WHAT

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Brassica oleracea, also known as wild cabbage in its uncultivated form, is a plant of the family Brassicaceae. The species originated from feral populations of related plants in the Eastern Mediterranean, where it was most likely first cultivated. It has many common cultivars used as vegetables, including cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, romanesco, kale, Brussels sprout, collard, Savoy cabbage, kohlrabi, and gai lan.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 9h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Cyrus @digitalvergil.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah, i am as a whole against it but i think if anybody should have that power, the international criminal court is probably a better choice than most options.

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 9h

I am adamantly against the death penalty but I have reached a point where I think we might need some trials that end in hanging to get out of this

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 10h

There's no "regular politics" anymore because you can no longer maintain the idea that we all agree on common goals but we only differ about the means of getting there or whatever. The guys in charge now are plainly amoral, sadistic nihilists. They delight in it! You can't civilly disagree with that

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BikePortland @bikeportland.org · 9h

Amazing Emergency Naked Ride. Here’s the moment thousands of riders rolled through the protests at the ICE facility and cheers erupted. 😮💯

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dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 11h

Sadly, my contract with Blizzard ended in September. That means I'm looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! www.hazelmonforton.com

dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · Jul 8

It's #portfolioday! I'm presently a senior narrative designer at Blizzard, but before that I was at Bungie and Arkane. I wrote for the Writer's Guild award-nominated Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, and a bunch of critically acclaimed seasons and expansions in Destiny 2.

A scene from the High Heresy cinematic in Destiny 2: Heresy (2025)

A scene from the Safiyah cinematic from Destiny 2: Season of the Haunted (2022)

A scene from the final mission in Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (2017)

A cutscene featuring the Outsider from Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (2017)

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

if we are going to have a supreme court that is as powerful as it is, i basically think justices should be forbidden from public comment on their work as well as any supplemental source of income while they are on the bench. (they should also ride circuit again but that's a bit separate.)

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 17h

The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 10h

It’s so funny how every time Jared Leto does his method acting in a film, the director and crew have to go out of their way to be like “woah it was so intense, he was so in character, it added so much depth” and then you watch the film and he’s giving the most lazy, no-thought performance possible

"I do address him as Ares when we're filming and everybody goes, we get a little bit up. He's the general walking onto set, which is fine," Ares director Joachim Ronning recently told Screenrant. "And it's not
uncommon for actors to do it like that.
And it works for him. And I think you can feel it in any movie he makes. He's completely into the character."

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10h

This morning I ran the NYC Gaza 5K in Prospect Park for the third time, alongside the Harlem Run Club, to raise money for @unrwausa.bsky.social, which delivers critical humanitarian aid and services to Palestinians in Gaza.

I hope you'll join me in donating: unrwausa.org

Zohran jogging alongside a member of the Harlem Run Club in Prospect Park.

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Arizona fRight Watch 🎃 @azrww.bsky.social · 10h

mf said “trans-adjacent murderer”

Turning Point Action COO Tyler Bowyer posting on X:

It was recently uncovered that Mesa Elected councilwoman Julie Spilsbury liked a comment calling conservatives who support Trump
"fascist... hellbent on destroying our country & it's imperative that they be defeated."
Remember— a bullet meant to kill my friend Charlie Kirk had inscribed on it "Hey Fascist, Catch!" by the trans-adjacent murderer.
Julie has been called a "trans ally" by supporters on the left, which I believe is what has shaped her very distorted and incorrect view about her conservative neighbors.
This type of thing is what has enabled political violence.
Words and ideology matter locally.

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meliss-AAAH! @mel.bzky.team · 11h

im still convinced that hbomberguy personally created and released the coronavirus to make his November 2019 video essay about a game where a town is put into quarantine over a mysterious plague more relatable

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hotcyder @hotcyder.bsky.social · 14h

This is the onscreen text I hope to get if I'm ever in a Martin Scorsese movie

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15h

I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning.

There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 1d

remember this for every AI headline you read

but also keep this one in mind, too

The metaverse economy offers the potential of a wide range of revenue streams, with some estimates predicting it could become an $800 billion-dollar market in just two years and that it could contribute $3 trillion dollars to the global economy in the next decade.

Euronews, August 17, 2022 https://www.euronews.com/business/2022/08/17/new-virtual-economy-what-does-the-rise-of-the-metaverse-mean

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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 14h

We need a new Creative Commons tagging for AI.

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Matt 'Wib' Ward @wib.bsky.social · 14h

There's a certain kind of AI doomerism that is just AI marketing for a different crowd. And this feels like that.

It's all based on the idea that AGI is both possible, and inevitable from LLMs, which is one of the ways AI companies sell themselves.

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 14h

If I say "most policemen are going to Hell," I'll get jumped on by everyone in the center & right of center.

If I say "most policemen are going to Hell because of the way they treat women and POC," same thing.

If I say "most policemen are going to Hell because they love shooting dogs," there'll

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 16h

To the point, ICE is now trying to threaten people who videotape them, because they're probably reeling at how easy it is for who, what, when, how to be disseminated among action networks almost instantaenously.

Speaks to things getting fraught, I would guess.

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Nikki Wallschlaeger @nikkimwalls.bsky.social · 15h

I dig him

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 21h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 19h

for active military or if you know someone in the military:

“The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute for Military Justice to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may not be legal.”
www.nimj.org/top.html#/

Orders Project

The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute for Military Justice to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may....

www.nimj.org

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Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC (Friday only!) @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 18h

Lana I need to breathe

Lana crushing me by laying between my boobs

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14h

One of the world’s most important nature groups is weighing a call for a temporary ban on allowing genetically engineered plants or animals, such as canines edited to appear like extinct “dire wolves,” from being released into the wild.

These animals are extinct. This vote would make sure they stay that way in the wild.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature, a top conservation group, is weighing a moratorium on unleashing genetically modified plants or animals into the wild.

www.washingtonpost.com

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nutsling @nutsling.bsky.social · 15h

consecutive 17 year winning #Bitcoin Community once nominated for The 2025th Annual Fell For It Again Awards

Crypto Community in Shock as Trader
Shorts Right Before Crash - Move perfectly timed with adminstration's tariff announcement

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