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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 6h

It was an actual wake up in a cold sweat nightmare I had more than once. Fortunately never happened IRL.

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 8h

Typo on magazine cover

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 10h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 5d

How many people do I have to kill to get a Nobel Peace Prize?!!

—Trump

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 2d

"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statement"

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 2d

the portland chicken guy 🥰

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 2d

First they ignore you, then you put on an inflatable suit, then they laugh at you, then more people in inflatable suits show up, then they fight you, then you win.

Pretty sure Gandhi said that.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 2d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 2d

Oh, it's not even in the actual Constitution it's just in one of those "amendments"? Well, who has time to read all of those amendments anyway. Except for the Second one, which is obviously the most important one.

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 2d

I fail to see the problem here.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 2d

How DARE these people "peaceably assemble" and "petition the Government for a redress of grievances. "

Where do these un-American people think they get the rights to do these radical things?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 2d

We need more people to protest. Bring friends next Saturday

Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 2d

the way Republicans are in sync on ranting about and attacking #NoKings is a tell. A big tell

they're worried about the growing popular protests underway against their King

Their own polls must be showing the backlash - and they
they know their dearl leader has dementia and is flailing

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 2d

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize. “When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.” [apnews.com]

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key unifying figure in the opposition, advocating for free elections and representative government.

apnews.com

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 3d

I would like to report a homicide.

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 3d

Andrew Cuomo * @andrewcuomo
X.com
In a democracy, the rule of law must be sacred - impartial, objective, and above politics. When the law is weaponized or manipulated to advance political agendas, it erodes public trust and weakens the very foundation of justice. Whether it comes from the right or the left, from prosecutors or politicians, the politicization of law enforcement is dangerous and corrosive.
We must restore faith in fairness, facts, and due process - because once justice becomes partisan, everyone loses.
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Andrew Cuomo * @andrewcuomo
X.com
In a democracy, the rule of law must be sacred - impartial, objective, and above politics. When the law is weaponized or manipulated to advance political agendas, it erodes public trust and weakens the very foundation of justice. Whether it comes from the right or the left, from prosecutors or politicians, the politicization of law enforcement is dangerous and corrosive.
We must restore faith in fairness, facts, and due process - because once justice becomes partisan, everyone loses.
3:56 PM • 10/9/25 • 41K Views

Query: Make a 2-paragraph generic slop of a tweet about rule of the law.

Response: The rule of law is the bedrock of a stable and just society, requiring that laws are applied equally and fairly to all, without regard to power or politics. When the legal system is bent to serve a partisan agenda, it damages the public's trust and jeopardizes the fundamental principles of fairness that our nation is built on.

We must recommit ourselves to the core tenets of due process, objective truth, and impartiality. A justice system that is perceived as a political weapon serves no one, and we all lose when the scales of justice are tipped by partisan influence instead of facts and law.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 3d

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 3d

this timeline is fucking exhausting. i think i have emotion sickness.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not sure a review has ever inadvertently presented such a ringing endorsement; I've been meaning to buy tickets to Waiting for Godot (though not in these seats!) and this is a great reminder.

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 4d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 3d

At this point in the GOP’s fascist devolution you can still leave the party if you want.

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d

Just 'cause it has to be said every now and then.

GOP Senators and Representatives are obviously okay with...everything...that's happening.

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 3d

Property is in Norfolk, Virginia.

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 3d

Apple has now banned from the App Store multiple apps designed to track ICE deployments and preserve evidence of their behavior.

I guess that gold plaque Tim Cook presented Trump in the Oval Office was just a down payment.

Apple’s Justification for Removing DeICER From the App Store

Link to: https://migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-apple-quietly-made-ice-agents

daringfireball.net

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Matt Stocum @matt.stocum.us · 4d

The greatest crime Trump has committed is making me support Bolton and Comey.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4d

WSJ reports that DOJ is going to charge John Bolton.

In case you needed anyone less sympathetic to rally behind than Jim Comey.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Prosecutors in Maryland are expected in coming days to charge one of Trump’s first-term national security advisers, John Bolton, now a top Trump critic, with mishandling classified information, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 4d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 4d

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I am surprised it took this long to get a proper Deadwood shout-out.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 5d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 5d

“No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”

George Pearkes @peark.es · 5d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 5d

The word "Veritas" should also sue for defamation.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5d

Shot ---> chaser

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