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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 1h

Come join me for an important conversation about transgender athletes and the future of sports at the 92nd street Y!

Sign up today: www.92ny.org/event/fair-p...

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 6h

What an emblem of the billionaire class—descending on a peaceful city in a private jet on the horn to NYT asking for the place to be invaded by federal authorities because the rent-a-cops you employ for a week to harass a few junkies outside the convention center cost too much.

Mr. Benioff spoke as his annual Dreamforce conference is set to begin Tuesday in downtown San Francisco, bringing 50,000 visitors to the city. He is scheduled to deliver a keynote address about the benefits of "agentic enterprise," a business model in which humans and artificial intelligence bots work together.
Speaking by telephone from his private plane en route to San Francisco, he lamented that he has to pay for nundreds of off-duty law enforcement officers to help patrol the convention area and said that San Francisco needed to "re-fund" the police.
The city never actually "defunded" its police force, and San Francisco's violent crime rates are below those in many other U.S. cities.
But San Francisco has struggled to recruit and keep officers, and it still has problems with lower-level crimes and open-air drug use, especially in neighborhoods like the Tenderloin near City Hall. It has about 1,500 police officers, and Mr. Benioff says it ne → another thousand.

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🧨 primary everybody 🧨 🌻 @prowhaledad.bsky.social · 14h

an administration ruling Congress with an “iron fist” would be able to pass a budget. Johnson is keeping the House in recess because things are going to go completely off the rails once Grijalva gets sworn in, and he knows it

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

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

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Casey @captlaserpants.bsky.social · 15h

we need to blow up the moon

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 17h

the joy of tik tok

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 18h

That thing where she made you buy four different albums and then a $50 little stick of wood on a motor that spins around and called it a clock

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 19h

Murray Rothbard famously said that his conservatism would “repeal the 20th century”, but these guys seem to be gunning for the 19th.

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 20h

Counterpoint:

You absolutely do not have to hand it to enslavers

Wilson: Now, one of the things I want to do is say: I’m really glad that slavery’s gone, and good riddance. And I want to say that the Southern slave owner, who read the books of Ephesians and Colossians and 1 Timothy and treated his slaves decently, remembering that he had a master in heaven who he studiously tried to obey — what Paul said slave owners were supposed to do — I would say he was not an orc, and he is part of the reason why slavery ended. In other words, I would say he’s a good guy.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 23h

“We refuse to pay the troops and also we’re doing indiscriminate firings of people for no reason”

I’ve never seen an administration so faithfully committed to self-immolation in my entire life

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 19h

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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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 19h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

CNN does a segment on Trump's health issues, including photos of his drooping face and discolored hand

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 19h

I continue to think this is one of the most important and underappreciated media dynamics.

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public universal fiend @escarolex.bsky.social · 20h

it should absolutely be illegal to stock game preserves with boars because they inevitably get out and feral swine are extremely hardy and destructive to native ecosystems

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Jan 9

here is the current tactical map of where feral swine populations have consolidated

the major worry is if the Canadian superhogs end up making their way down south and breeding with the American hogs

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Levi McLaughlin @levimclaughlin.bsky.social · 22h

Japan, ostensibly one of the least religious countries in the world, had its political order upended by the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai. That is THE story about Friday's epochal shift in Japanese politics (thread follows):

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 22h

chat, do we think republicans are winning when democrats are getting headlines like this out of politico

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 1d

The organizers behind the No Kings Day of Action on October 18 -- the event Johnson called a "hate America rally" -- have this to say in response.

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

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 1d

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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Nikkei Asia (Official) @asia.nikkei.com · 1d

Good morning, America. This was our most read story while you were sleeping.

Japan's Komeito leaves ruling coalition, dealing blow to Takaichi's LDP
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Japan's Komeito leaves ruling coalition, dealing blow to Takaichi's LDP

Quarter-century of formal partnership comes to end over political funding scandal

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 23h

On Monday, Yacht Club Games delayed the much-anticipated upcoming game Mina the Hollower.

On Tuesday, I visited their studio and saw the game. It made for a rare glimpse at why a video game gets delayed and what "polish" actually means.

This week's column:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Why 'Mina the Hollower' Was Delayed

Yacht Club Games hasn't given a new release date, but the delay shouldn’t be more than a few months

www.bloomberg.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 1d

Chaya Raichik, better known as Libs of TikTok, was dutifully bemoaning the fact that the city of Houston repainted a Montrose neighborhood crosswalk decked on in LGBTQ+ rainbow colors. Raichik wrote that the crosswalk “must be removed immediately.”

And our governor dutifully complied.

Cool! It Really Looks Like Greg Abbott is Taking Orders From Libs of TikTok

Acting on the orders of notorious cesspool Libs Of TikTok, the governor bravely stands up to the menace of decorative asphalt.

thebarbedwire.com

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Congresswoman Sara Jacobs @sarajacobs.house.gov · 1d

So Pete Hegseth is getting gender affirming care while kicking highly qualified, highly trained trans service members out of our military? Got it.

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Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · 1d

Genuinely one of the dumbest guys in the House.

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

Ian Carroll, whom Democratic representative Ro Khanna is featuring in this video, claims Israel invented Holocaust denial to discredit its critics, that the US is controlled by a "Zionist mafia," and that Jews did 9/11.

Really bad that Democrats are platforming overt antisemites like this!

Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 1d

I don't take a dime from any PAC or lobbyist, including AIPAC.

I am proud to be one of the handful of Democrats standing up against Big Money.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

rare earths are an exercise in American inability to govern. the problem of Chinese dominance in the sector has been known for over a decade. there was a broad bipartisan consensus that it was a problem in DC, at least among anyone who knew even a little about it, and constant discussion of ...

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