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Motherearth889 @motherearth889.bsky.social · 14h

Great thread.
I especially liked, "You cannot debate professional liars like Stephen Miller. You cannot find common ground. Why? Because *they are too weak to be worthy of trust*. They can only be opposed."

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 20h

1. Today, I have a few things to say about that putz Stephen Miller. First, he’s been on TV a lot lately, because that’s how he pours more poison into the president’s already-poisoned brain.

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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 9h

Claim and celebrate ALL the victories

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library’s children and young adult sections was awarded $700,000 in a settlement on Wednesday.

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes.

nyti.ms

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 8h

Reznor’s utter speechlessness at what Cash did with Hurt is really beautiful

Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 8h

It was often said of Frank Sinatra that once he sang a song, it became *his* song ("New York, New York" was originally a Liza Minelli tune, for example).

Now imagine you're 70 years old and you do that to Trent Reznor.

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 14h

periodic reminder that if you write stuff that's published on the web for a publication you yourself do not own, PDF that shit as soon as it goes live

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 18h

My choice for the Nobel Peace Prize this year:

Chef José Andrés and the World Central Kitchen.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 13h

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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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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James M. Fraleigh @jamesmfraleigh.bsky.social · 14h

Went for a pastrami sandwich today, and the other person who showed up early for the joint to open was also wearing a mask. I thought I'd taken a left into Wonderland. It's too damn rare.

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 15h

I ordered this game* sone time ago, as an item that would be produced when a certain number of orders were achieved. It arrived today.

* simulator? serious game?

www.gmtgames.com/p-953-cross-...

GMT Games - Cross Bronx Expressway

Cross Bronx Expressway

www.gmtgames.com

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James M. Fraleigh @jamesmfraleigh.bsky.social · 14h

::clicks instantly as former Bronx resident::

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 15h

Ieyasu-kun, the mascot of Hamamatsu City, is modelled on Tokugawa Ieyasu, a shogun who once lived there. He has piano keys on his hakama skirt (Hamamatsu is home to keyboard manufacturers Yamaha, Kawai, and Roland).

A round-headed mascot with a helmet and a hakama with piano keys decorating it stands on a stage.

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James M. Fraleigh @jamesmfraleigh.bsky.social · 20h

“From now on, I’m only marrying for love. And maybe once more for money.”

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 1d

I like it when there are a bunch of people on here talking about a sporting event that I'm not watching.

It's like seeing a flock of pigeons eating a smashed sidewalk donut together. I'm not partaking, but you guys dig in.

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Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 1d

Eat my entire Canadian ass, New York Yankees fans.

Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 1d

YOU DARE BOO THE BEAUTIFUL CANADIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM. YOU PAY WITH BLOOD! YOU PAY WITH BLOOD!

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 1d

THEY LOST ON A BULLPEN GAME IN THE FUCKIN BRONX! MAXIMUM AGONY FOR THE HATED YANKEES AND THEIR UNUSUALLY OBNOXIOUS FANBASE!

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Acting the Fulemin @actingthefulemin.bsky.social · 1d

the Jays beating the Yankees is an important reminder that as dark as things may seem, bad things can still happen to bad people

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing good I've ever written anything longer than tweet length got that way without an editor; my best work absolutely all transformed by an engaged editor offering the right pushback and asking the right questions. Anyone who says they do best without an editor needs them double.

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

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

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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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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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 · 1d

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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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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Deweyoxberg @deweyoxberg.bsky.social · 1d

*rapidly tapping repost*

This.

That "spidey sense" is a mechanism to help protect you. It's not a saber tooth tiger today, but the mechanism is still there.

Listen to it!

Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 1d

If something feels off, feels sus, feels 'like fed shit'

you don't have to be fucking columbo

trust your gut

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not being an asshole here

but some people who org protests might be accelerationists, people who want people hurt for public view to help 'the cause'

Fuck accelerationists of all forms.

That may not be the case here, it could just be stupid. Stupid is fucking dangerous tho too.

Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 1d

The closest No Kings location to me is a footbridge over a highway. The bridge is fenced, and it is impossible to leave other than walking off the two sides. Proud Boys have held rallies on the bridge. 4 skinheads could absolutely kettle this protest. NK is shit at choosing locations.

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 1d

If something feels off, feels sus, feels 'like fed shit'

you don't have to be fucking columbo

trust your gut

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty sure Eleanor Roosevelt is dead

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 1d

Bondi claiming they arrested [checks notes] "the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa" has me in stitches

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 1d

They arrested Dwight Eisenhower's girlfriend?

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 1d

Bondi claiming they arrested [checks notes] "the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa" has me in stitches

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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