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kitchenimp.bsky.social @kitchenimp.bsky.social · 9d

Just when I think I couldn’t love them more.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

kitchenimp.bsky.social @kitchenimp.bsky.social · 14d

The man is such a weenie.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 25d

When a white man murders another white man, God can only be appeased by prayer and the sacrifice of Black journalists. But how many Black journalists have to be fired? Ross Douthat drops by to explain.

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kitchenimp.bsky.social @kitchenimp.bsky.social · 28d

This grieves me in a way that another death that’s been dominating the news for the last few days couldn’t possibly.

Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 28d

An ICE agent shot and killed someone during a traffic stop in Chicago today:

www.wbez.org/immigration/...

ICE officer fatally shoots man during traffic stop in Chicago suburb, authorities say

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were conducting “targeted law enforcement activity” in Franklin Park when they stopped the vehicle, according to a statement from the agency.

www.wbez.org

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Aug 29

Border Patrol arrests 2 firefighters for being in the country illegally as they battled Washington’s biggest wildfire www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/u...

Border Patrol arrests 2 firefighters for being in the country illegally as they battled Washington’s biggest wildfire | CNN

Border Patrol agents conducted an operation at the site of Washington state’s biggest wildfire this week, and a Washington congresswoman’s office confirmed two firefighters were arrested at the site ...

www.cnn.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Aug 29

Hello, everyone. Today, thanks to @sbg1.bsky.social and @newyorker.com, I learned a new word.

The word is:

"butt-snorkeler."

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kitchenimp.bsky.social @kitchenimp.bsky.social · Aug 28

We have a large - and growing - forest fire across the water from Seattle. And this is how the federal government chooses to contribute.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Aug 28

this is a scene straight out of a war zone. the president has declared war on his own country.

In a FaceTime video call from the other firefighter to The Seattle Times, firefighters in their gear were seen sitting on logs in front of federal officers. Some firefighters were dismissed back to their vehicles.

One firefighter attempted to walk over to his company vehicle to get something to drink and appeared to have been called back by federal officers.

In images shared by firefighters from the scene, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle is parked nearby. Officers wearing “Police” vests are seen arresting a firefighter, while another appears to be restrained.

According to one of the firefighters, they were denied the chance to say goodbye to the detained crew members.

“I asked them if his (family) can say goodbye to him because they’re family, and they’re just ripping them away,” the firefighter told the Times. “And this is what he said: ‘You need to get the (expletive) out of here. I’m gonna make you leave.'”

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AMR - Alexis Mercedes Rinck @alexis4seattle.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hi y’all! I have COVID right now and it absolutely sucks. Please wear a mask and wash your hands. I promise that you don’t want this.

KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · Aug 21

Covid is at its highest point in a year in King County, with nearly twice the normal number of people visiting the ER every week for Covid-related symptoms or complications. It’s part of a nationwide Covid wave.

Wear a mask, get the latest shot: What to do in King County’s annual late-August Covid spike

Covid is at its highest point in a year in King County, with nearly twice the normal number of people visiting the ER every week for Covid-related symptoms or complications.

www.kuow.org

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kitchenimp.bsky.social @kitchenimp.bsky.social · Aug 20

We wanted a safety net, but we get this.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Aug 20

BREAKING: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is pushing for ICE to use funds to buy, own and operate its own fleet of airplanes to deport immigrants, two sources familiar with the discussions tell NBC News.

Kristi Noem is pushing for ICE to buy and operate a fleet of deportation planes, sources say

Former officials say that if ICE owned its own planes, it could double the number of people it deports each month. But it would be costly.

nbcnews.to

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kitchenimp.bsky.social @kitchenimp.bsky.social · Aug 20

It’s about damn time you showed up, Governor Ferguson! Where have you been?

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kitchenimp.bsky.social @kitchenimp.bsky.social · Aug 17

Dude. I KNOW it’s happening. I’m demonstrating and calling pols offices and interceding where possible. My point isn’t that I think it’s not happening, it’s that I’m unwilling to put money in Bezos’ pockets to get the specifics.

kitchenimp.bsky.social @kitchenimp.bsky.social · Aug 17

I would like to read the article, but I am unwilling to subscribe to a newspaper owned by a man who helped support and enable the current regime. So I guess I’ll have to get this information elsewhere.

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kitchenimp.bsky.social @kitchenimp.bsky.social · Aug 16

I wish ill on JK Rowling. She had such potential to do good and she burned it all up.

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · Aug 16

it appears that @bsky.app have suspended the account of @jessiegender because a trans person saying "I wish ill on JK Rowling" is against the rules, so let me say with my loud cis voice that I too wish ill on all perpetrators of hate speech against trans people

reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous

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Shawn Patrick Farrell @shawnfarrell.bsky.social · Aug 15

Quiznos? Cosi? Subway? Jimmy John's? Jersey Mike's? Any sub shop I visit from this day forward will be judged not only on the taste & value of its sandwiches, but their weight, velocity, & stability of their wrapping.

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 12

6 days after Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, a Prague paper published these “10 Commandments”:
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’

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surfer slacker stoner spy @briansantacruz.bsky.social · Aug 12

Justice for sandwich bro!

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kitchenimp.bsky.social @kitchenimp.bsky.social · Aug 11

By the way, there isn’t anyone protesting at Dupont Circle rn, whatever you might read elsewhere.

kitchenimp.bsky.social @kitchenimp.bsky.social · Aug 11

I went out at dusk in DC. Lots of people walking around on this warm summer night. I chatted with folks on an walks or on their way to or from dinner, talked with a couple about architecture, & another about how cute their baby was, patted a few dogs. And TFG is deploying the FBI & the Natl Guard.

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · Aug 11

Someone forgot to take down this webpage:

www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

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kitchenimp.bsky.social @kitchenimp.bsky.social · Aug 11

🤣🤣🤣 And yes.

Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · Aug 10

Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.

kitchenimp.bsky.social @kitchenimp.bsky.social · Aug 5

Braindead (brainwormed) idiot.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 5

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · Jul 26

“Here are two essential things everyone should know.

The first is hard-locking. When you hard-lock your iPhone, it enters a mode that requires the device passcode to unlock: press and hold the power button and either of the volume buttons for about two seconds…” daringfireball.net/2022/06/requ...

How to Temporarily Disable Face ID or Touch ID, and Require a Passcode to Unlock Your iPhone or iPad

Press and hold the power button and either volume button to hard-lock an iPhone or iPad.

daringfireball.net

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · Jul 26

“Data copied from devices during advanced searches at entry points into the U.S. gets saved for 15 years in a database searchable by thousands of CBP employees without a warrant.” o.canada.com/travel/us-tr...

Travelling to the U.S.? Here's a guide to locking down phones and other devices

Worried about your electronics being checked when travelling into the United States? Here’s how to protect yourself.

o.canada.com

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kitchenimp.bsky.social @kitchenimp.bsky.social · Jul 23

Rob Saka,putatively my city council rep, pouting and refusing to do his job, presumably because he doesn’t want them to do the work they’re supposed to do.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · Jul 23

The city's housing committee, headed by Mark Solomon (and previously Cathy Moore), was unable to meet officially today because committee members Sara Nelson and Rob Saka won't go to the meeting, denying the committee a quorum. Saka is currently sitting in his office.

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kitchenimp.bsky.social @kitchenimp.bsky.social · Jul 23

You also pay for M. Gessen and Jamelle Bouie.

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kitchenimp.bsky.social @kitchenimp.bsky.social · Jul 23

I’m nauseous after reading this. This government commits war crime after war crime in our name and, it seems, we can do nothing about it.

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