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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

Kancho Yogo @kanchoyogo.bsky.social · 3h

Employees of state and local government in Australia are lucky if they can accept a cup of coffee from a stakeholder lest they appear open to influence.

But some federal politicians are happy to go along to a parliamentary sports club openly and actively selling influence opportunities.

Kancho Yogo @kanchoyogo.bsky.social · 4h

'Corporate membership of the club begins at $2,500, according to its website, and allows sponsors to access "key opinion leaders" and "over 200 parliamentary members" at social games and functions.' www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Gambling lobby’s sponsorship of Australian parliament’s sports club condemned by crossbench MPs

Exclusive: Kate Chaney calls on PM to remove Responsible Wagering Australia’s membership, which allows sponsors to access ‘key opinion leaders’

www.theguardian.com

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Kancho Yogo @kanchoyogo.bsky.social · 4h

The Australian parliament has a social sports club sponsored by a sports betting lobby group.

Corruption and influence in Australian federal politics has become normalised and should be more of a headline story than it is.

Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 5h

This is utterly … what’s the word? Oh yes … fucked.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

www.theguardian.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 10h

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

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 3d

you could give an infinite number of reactionaries an infinite number of typewriters over an infinite timeline and they would never invent a sesame street

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 3d

the wave of weaponized nostalgia for 90s-style multiculturalism and political correctness is gonna hit different

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 1d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

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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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

US commentator Van Jones has apologised for making a joke about Palestinian babies killed by Israeli attacks, but he is not alone when it comes to dehumanising comments about Gaza aje.io/33pm5k

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Kancho Yogo @kanchoyogo.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder which god they are praying to. bsky.app/profile/flgl...

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 2d

It’s been a long time since my Latin American Politics class but I remember that people generally don’t like it when you target priests

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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Kancho Yogo @kanchoyogo.bsky.social · 2d

A friend grew up on a farm that had geese and it did not endear him to them.

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Adam @adamcobb.bsky.social · 2d

Finally, a visa for me 😎

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Kancho Yogo @kanchoyogo.bsky.social · 3d

Trump doesn't even type his own tweets. But he allegedly did a whole interview via text messages? Mmhmm.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 3d

Jake Tapper did a whole interview with Trump by text message? Which means he can't actually confirm it was him. And now everyone's asking even more than before very reasonable questions about the wannabe dictator's health.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The CNN anchor did not explain how he verified that it was the president — not any of his aides — who authored the written responses to his questions.

He also did not explain whether he’d made any effort to speak with the president by phone, something that has become commonplace for reporters covering the second Trump administration because Trump has maintained use of his personal mobile phone since returning to the presidency and frequently uses it to contact reporters directly.

The president’s purported text message exchange with Tapper was also unusual because Trump is not known to be a frequent user of his phone’s text message capacity.

He also famously eschews email and other written forms of communication and during his first term he openly complained when attorneys working for his administration took notes during meetings.

Trump’s unconventional use of text-based communications to purportedly respond to Tapper comes as questions continue to swirl about the state of his health

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Kancho Yogo @kanchoyogo.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to those who celebrate. 🙏🥮

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 5d

The judge notes that noncitizens detained after 9/11 weren't held nearly as long without notice for the legal basis. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 5d

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 5d

Imagine if MLK Jr. organized a campaign for poor people. You could even have called it the Poor People's Campaign.

That would never happen.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 5d

Amid relentless Israeli bombardment, young men in Gaza gather in a small courtyard near Al-Shifa Hospital, baking bread w their weary hands.

They feed the wounded, the sick, journalists, staff , the aroma of bread rising as a symbol of life from beneath the rubble of death.

x.com/gazanotice/s...

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Kancho Yogo @kanchoyogo.bsky.social · 5d

At least that would keep him out of the newspaper.

Kancho Yogo @kanchoyogo.bsky.social · 5d

I normally wouldn't support this kind of thing but I reckon everyone, including Tony, would have been better off if he'd failed his way into a comfy defence industry consulting gig where he couldn't do anyone any harm.

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Kancho Yogo @kanchoyogo.bsky.social · 5d

Painted broomsticks, good god.

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 6d

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a tweet by Dana Gould @danagould that says:

Thinking about Rush Limbaugh and how, now that he's dead, you never, ever hear about him. No one mentions anything he did.
Because what he did had no value.
It contributed nothing worthwhile to the culture. Nothing of lasting value.
He just made anger. Every day.
Rising, blooming & fading like a fart.
Then he died & was instantly replaced by a fleet of little replicas, farting fake fury five days a week.
Creating nothing of interest or artistic value to anyone.
Seriously, what an awful way to make a living.

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