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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 6h

Still enjoying these Giants first quarter leads, it's the same rush you get when you're a virgin and a girl talks to you for 5 minutes

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Post-Left Watch @postleftwatch.bsky.social · 8h

Matt Taibbi's co-host, Walter Kirn, compares Democrats who oppose Trump's immigration crackdowns to Southern politicians who opposed school integration in the 1960s, and equates the National Guard protecting the Little Rock 9 to the National Guard abducting immigrants now.

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 6h

Politico reporting OSC nominee Ingrassia changed TDY reservations so a junior female employee had to share a hotel room with him (big misconduct). Woman filed a complaint but then withdrew fearing retaliation.

OSC is the office that protects whistleblowers

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump watchdog pick faces scrutiny after hotel incident with female colleague

Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...

www.politico.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 7h

There is nothing an authoritarian fears more than peaceful, organized people power. That’s why the White House is now turning its sights on us. 🧵

www.reuters.com

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Sam Rosenfeld @samrosenfeld.bsky.social · 7h

ActBlue, Open Society, Indivisible—terrorists all.

Note how slipshod, confused, and ramshackle this project sounds even from quoted behind-the-scenes insiders. Miller WANTS it to sound maximally ominous and intimidating. The targets should hold their heads high and carry on.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 7h

I am petitioning for all Giants games to be called by an announcer who's waiting for his pension to vest

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 7h

I'm going to cancel Amazon Prime so I don't have to watch this

Ed Valentine @edvalentine.bsky.social · 7h

And, 18 yards for Saquon Barkley on the first run of the game. Sheesh!

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 7h

It really seems like the right has a worse epistemic bubble problem than the left

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 7h

An exchange in tonight's VA Gov debate:

AS: My opponent has previously said that she does not think gay couples should be allowed to marry.

WES: That’s not discrimination!

AS: She said that she is, quote-unquote, morally opposed to same-sex marriage.

WES: That’s not discrimination! (1/2)

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 7h

Well he was pretty zonked out on heroin back then

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 7h

“Baby in her placenta” is pretty bad for a HHS secretary but it’s arguably worse for a guy with six kids. It’s impossible to not learn this stuff as a dad if you’re even remotely paying attention just once.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 7h

Especially after having an upjumped junior officer with a drinking problem tell all the commanding officers that they're idiots

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 8h

these people are stealing from you and laughing at you

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 7h

Actually if the Swedes want to be weird but award it to someone who deserves it the 2026 prize should go to Elena Ferrante

James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 11h

JCO is probably out of the running so if they keep up the boy girl boy girl thing you have a potential shortlist of
Zadie Smith (the queen!)
Rachel Cusk (yes!)
Ananda Devi (no!)
Anne Carson (noooooooooo!!!)
Ali Smith (dear God noooooooooooooo!!!!!)

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 10h

One silver lining of the last few months has been the courage, clarity, and determination of colleagues across Grounds. It’s a privilege to share this work with them

Kathryn @kathrynlaughon.bsky.social · 10h

Today the UVA School of Nursing passed, with overwhelming support, a resolution demanding that the rector and interim president reject the compact. bit.ly/3KPRMKV

SON resolution against the compact

The University of Virginia School of Nursing places the ethical principles of our profession at the center of its work. The American Nurses Association's Nursing Code of Ethics affirms nurses' obligat...

bit.ly

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 11h

JCO is probably out of the running so if they keep up the boy girl boy girl thing you have a potential shortlist of
Zadie Smith (the queen!)
Rachel Cusk (yes!)
Ananda Devi (no!)
Anne Carson (noooooooooo!!!)
Ali Smith (dear God noooooooooooooo!!!!!)

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11h

There are certain hypotheticals you simply never get to test out. This seems to be an exception. How will a judge and later a jury treat an indictment if you had to fire multiple prosecutors before you could find someone to bring an indictment. I guess we'll find out! www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, indicted by Justice Department | CNN Politics

New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted in federal court on Thursday as President Donald Trump’s Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents, two source...

www.cnn.com

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah man I want a bag of grease and spice too

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 11h

This is how I feel. Also it's very easy if you work from home. Just schedule your worst weekly meeting for when you have to be in the car and take it from there.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 11h

Someone finally brought spices to Dublin and they were like OK how do we use them to make it easier to eat potatoes while drunk

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 11h

Which is why it'll be so funny when they give Joyce Carol Oates the award next year for posting feet

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 11h

This is, I think, the key passage here. The Nobel can't be goofy and weird any more because it's one of the few institutions left that rewards humans doing the work of creating art and seeking meaning.

If you asked ChatGPT nicely, it could write a single sentence that stretched on forever. But it couldn’t produce the disorienting effects that Krasznahorkai’s winding, restless sentences generate with total consistency. This the right moment for “reality examined to the point of madness.” It’s hard not to feel immensely grateful for Krasznahorkai’s ceaseless examination, and hard not to feel grateful to the Nobel for endowing it with visibility and credibility. It is, first and foremost, a victory for men: No one can say we don’t read books again! But—and it certainly doesn’t work out this way most of the time—it is a victory for all serious readers as well.

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Open Plans @openplans.org · 12h

By bringing back year-round outdoor dining & simplifying the process, the City will make it possible for restaurants to thrive while giving NYers more ways to enjoy our public spaces. A big THANK YOU to @cmrestler.bsky.social & the bill's co-sponsors for putting people over parked cars!

Council Member Lincoln Restler @cmrestler.bsky.social · 12h

We introduced a bill to restore year-round open dining and make it easier for restaraunts.

Outdoor dining was a silver lining of the pandemic, and New Yorkers want it back. We can simplify the process for restaurants to secure permits and give us more places to dine together.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 13h

The divide within the Republican Party is between those who think they're establishing a thousand-year reich and those who think they'll have to work with a Democratic president at some point in their career.

Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 14h

Oklahoma’s Republican governor criticizes guard deployment. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, a Republican and the chairman of the National Governors Association, on Thursday criticized the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois as a violation of his beliefs in federalism and “states’ rights.”

His comments, in an interview with The New York Times, marked the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and other Democratic elected officials have been strongly critical of the move and have implored Republican governors to join the opposition.

Mr. Stitt on Thursday said, “We believe in the federalist system — that’s states’ rights,” adding, “Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 13h

DSNY remains the pride of city government www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/n...

In neighborhoods filled with longtime residents, people remain “rule followers,” Mr. Saporito said. It’s the newcomers who push the boundaries.

“Now, I can’t tell you how many times when I was a supervisor here, I’d pass this car and it would say: ‘If you need me to move it, here’s my phone number. Call me. I’ll come move it,’” Mr. Saporito recalled.

He pointed to the gold badge on his chest and said: “Does this say ‘Mom’? You want me to do your laundry, too?”

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