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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 18m

I guess it would be in bad taste to talk about them bombing Hurtigruten because we live in the wag the dog world....

Martin Norlin @martinnorlin.bsky.social · 48m

No peace prize for Trump. So now he'll have to invade Norway.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 7h

I am working on a pretty big project. I can’t reveal too much about it, but I am putting out a public call for the worst pandemic takes from right-wing media and think tanks.

Bonus points if the author works in the Trump administration.

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 3h

@jorgenponder.bsky.social @ndloubere.bsky.social and other folks. We have folders of these for Sweden probably

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 4h

Conquering Portland

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 13h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 15h

Me, giving myself permission to not read the latest Tomas Pynchon book.

a close up of a woman 's face with the words swifter pics visible

ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with the words swifter pics visible

media.tenor.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15h

it's only racial profiling if it comes from the racial profiling region of france. otherwise it's sparkling reasonable suspicion.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

McLaughlin: "Pritzker said there's racial profiling, which is absolutely false. Our officials use reasonable suspicion. That's protected under the US Constitution 4th Amendment."

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 15h

Yes, also, Shiny on you crazy diamond probably inspire Tucker Carlson's insane whatever this is: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 15h

Like many posting here, I used to do last minutes feats of power in college to write up my composition assignments. Some of it strikes me as pretty insane now, but it's made me the woman I am today... I guess? Actually, it almost certainly to at least a percentage or 10 did.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 1d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 15h

Europeans males must also be largely neurotypical then....

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 15h

I am not sure why I am doing an Epidemiology degree (in parallel with a full time job too). Clearly, all I need is brain worms.

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 15h

I propose we rename Potyomkin villages. This idiom has aged. We can call them either Kristi villages or Noem villages.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Noem claims Portland hid their war zone from her.

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 15h

That's why they don't want to release the Epstein files 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 15h

The antisemitic jewish space lasers woman is on CNN getting the View treatment. Thank you @cnn.com for the 9823942849283th reason not to take your videofied substack shtick seriously.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 19h

Following MTG's lengthy CNN sitdown interview, Wolf Blitzer tells her:

"You‘re a courageous politician, but more important, a loving mother. Thanks very much for coming in. We hope you‘ll come back here in the Situation Room."

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18h

Legacy media is such a fucking joke.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 19h

Following MTG's lengthy CNN sitdown interview, Wolf Blitzer tells her:

"You‘re a courageous politician, but more important, a loving mother. Thanks very much for coming in. We hope you‘ll come back here in the Situation Room."

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 15h

Antifa being a guy in chickensuit -- reminds me of successes of NAFO, flippant and irreverent and a bit shocking behaviour for a good serious cause at the right time works to win the information space.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAFO_(g...

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 16h

I didn't realize their had their brains in certain other bodyparts, but it does make sense, now that you say it...

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 19h

Crazy crazy stuff

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

It's now considered controversial to fight the KKK in a video game.

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 1d

Still not resubscribing to NYT but good idea

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 1d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 2d

A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently Democracy Dies in the Darkness stuff from WaPo was all posturing.

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 1d

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 1d

Fairly certain we had a zil...

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 1d

Lidingö bron

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 1d

Funny. Was it really reliable?

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 1d

Krasnoyarsk people in the 80s had a joke about "fridge Biryuza, with vertical takeoff and landing." These fridges were produced at a factory that also made rocket compressors, if I remember correctly.

WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 1d

In Novosibirsk, Russia, a fire broke out at the premises of ZAO "Zavod Pripoyev," a plant specializing in electronics and microchip production, repair and assembly of electrical devices, and work for the defense industry (soldering components for weapons, communications, and radio electronics).

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