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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 57m

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 8h

Come for the criticism of Trump, stay for the brutal takedown of Cuomo.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mamdani: "Trump ran on 3 promises - punishment of his political enemies, easing cost of living crisis, & mass deportation. It's that second promise that brought so many to his campaign. And yet he's unable & unwilling to deliver bc he's beholden to the very billionaires that are profiting off of it"

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Derek Fox @partialobserver.bsky.social · 8h

For those who haven’t heard the news about Lowell Observatory, a storied institution in financial straits, restructuring and eliminating tenure - 🔭 🧪

Dr. Gerard van Belle @fringedoctor.bsky.social · 20h

Brief life update: On Monday I resigned from my appointment at Lowell Observatory. I wish my remaining friends and colleagues the best of luckin their endeavors in increasing new visitor center visitation, and continuing to pursue world-class research in the face of having ended tenure today.

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Great art on Bluesky @art.feediverse.org · 15h

Place de la Republique #cortes #postimpressionism

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 18h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 20h

The indecisive hero stumbles into a rigged duel & only starts killing people after he's been fatally poisoned. Show-business types can never adapt a property without twisting it beyond recognition. Some decent dialogue: the writer may develop into something when he learns how to tell a story.

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Still from HAMLET (1948). Olivier puts on an antic disposition. Simmons thinks: "This isn't Olivier. It's Oliviest!"

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 20h

Shocktober 9: an old tale of murder & revenge from medieval Denmark. A pretty good story, but the reckless screenwriter mutilated it by leaving out the part where Hamlet goes to England, which is where some of the best stuff happens.

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A production still from Olivier's HAMLET (1948): Hamlet cozies up to Yorick's skull.

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 22h

Sell off your tulip bulbs sooner rather than later.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

AI companies are spending billions on deals with each other, which boost their value.

This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025.

Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment.

Be warned.

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The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 22h

I go to post about Hitler's plans to remake Berlin and funny enough one of the first links is for a Wiki about someone by the name of @hntdove.bsky.social haha. Goes to show how researched his books are. (Buy them)

Hitler had similar ideas, the surviving Schwerbelastungskörper was a test of that.

This big concrete cylinder was a test of building massive structures on marshy, sandy soil by Albert Speer.

The eventual arch was to be 3 times the size of the Arc de Triomphe.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 22h

New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption.

My full statement:

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 1d

Revisiting this small but potent classic, which I wish more people in business and finance had read.

A photo of John Galbraith’s “A Short History of Financial Euphoria” (1990)

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

A new CNN poll shows for the first time more Americans now sympathise with the Palestinians over Israel.

Was Israelis +48 in October 2023, now Palestinians +1.

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 1d

Trick question! He's never even _met_ A.B.S. "Core" Puss!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

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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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

A former DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts.

For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.

(Published June)

DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts

We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wron...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 1d

Shocktober 8: EVIL CAT (1987)

Eh. It has some good stuff in it, but it's a little long for the slender story it has to tell, and the movie seems to break its own rules for a shock ending. (I was not shocked, but I felt like I was supposed to be.)

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Sarah Avery @sarahavery.bsky.social · 1d

More states get into the game, possibly to make the pool of malefactors too big to boycott. They've underestimated us. To start with, #BoycottTexas, using the circulating list of Texas corporations. The next post in the thread I've quote-posted lists all the states signing onto this amicus brief.

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1d

This is getting wild.

The states of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and 14 others have just asked for permission to file THEIR amicus brief in IL v. Trump.

The States of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina and 14 additional States
respectfully move for leave to submit the attached amicus curiae brief in support of Defendants
and their opposition to Plaintiffs’ requested temporary restraining order and preliminary
injunction. Proposed amici are States with a vested interest in federalism, the relationship between
States and the federal government, and deploying the National Guard. We also each have a vital
interest in supporting the President and Congress in enacting and enforcing valid immigration
laws. Every State has a responsibility to protect our citizens.
The federalization of States’ National Guard units is a matter of profound public
importance, as it directly implicates the delicate balance of power between state and federal
governments—a true cornerstone of Federalism. States generally maintain authority over their
National Guard units, allowing governors to deploy them for state-specific needs, such as disaster
response or public safety. Federalization of state National Guard units without gubernatorial

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Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · 2d

Steve Ditko’s Amazing Peter Parker, basically sensing our current events.

a comic book drawing of spider-man with gibson written on the bottom right

ALT: a comic book drawing of spider-man with gibson written on the bottom right

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 2d

Trump: mad tonight, because he hasn't won a Nobel Prize in Medicine, Physics, or Chemistry.

James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 2d

From this we get (a) Mike Johnson is scared of brown people (or chooses to pretend he is for political reasons, which is even more contemptible), and (b) he is more concerned with what “they” pay a corporation than how women get treated.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 4d

"What’s scary is that you don’t understand how your words affect other people. When you say true stuff, then other people might get the disturbing idea to research what you said, learn something, and then continue to learn things."

It’s Extremely Divisive of You to Tell the Truth

Our nation is incredibly divided right now, and the last thing we need is someone standing up and further dividing us with statements based in fact...

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 2d

Lots of skin from all four leads; themes of incest, bondage, and sexualized murder, if you like that sort of thing. The movie is trying to say something about the inherent dangerousness of sex, I think, but I'm not sure it ever quite articulates it. Still, it's never boring or stupid.

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A backdrop for CAT PEOPLE (1982). Red-filtered view of an arid, rocky landscape. In the mid-ground is a leafless tree; under the tree is the silhouette of a black leopard.

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