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Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social · 16h

fragile snowflake gang

The Athletic @theathletic.com · 16h

Turning Point USA, the organization founded by the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, announced that it will be hosting its own Super Bowl halftime show to rival the NFL’s choice of Bad Bunny.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 1d

Hello! The Guardian is expanding our American soccer coverage. In the US, we're hiring:
• Reporters
• Asst. editor
• Audience editor
• Social video producer
• Sports biz reporter
These are all full-time, permanent, union positions.
www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...

The Guardian announces plans to expand its global soccer coverage ahead of 2026 men’s World Cup in North America

Combination of seven new roles, including six in the US, spanning sports and business coverage, visuals, video and more

www.theguardian.com

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 2d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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undead girlfriend @hausofholes.bsky.social · 2d

finally finished bluesky

spookillumi @illumi.meme • 1m
The Onion be like "this job is based in Chicago".
Idk guys I think it'd be pretty based no matter where I did it.

Rogs Pumpkin
@stev.bsky.social• 2m
If kids love one thing I know it's pizzas

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

Please note: protesters, clergy and a neighbor are also on this suit/also making claims here (it's a lot of reporters, but not only reporters!)

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3d

This argument builds on a mythical tale of America’s past, a distorted perspective on U.S. history describing democracy as old, consolidated, and exceptionally stable, imagining the country and its people as basically immune to authoritarianism: It cannot happen here!

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3d

This tendency to obscure the radicalization of the Right, to normalize Trump because of his continued mass appeal, to legitimize rightwing extremism, to accommodate and launder Trumpism, is a pervasive feature of the Trump era – it is one of its core pathologies.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3d

Klein’s musings about redrawing the line are a manifestation of a pervasive tendency in elite circles to accommodate rather than fight back, to acquiesce rather than stand firm. It is exactly the wrong lesson to learn from a decade of Trumpism as the dominant force on the Right.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI yesterday:

I wrote about Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America – and why democratic citizens have an obligation to hold the line on what we consider beyond the pale.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

🧵

Where Is the Line?

On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America

steady.page

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 9d

COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook.

"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"

The Public Scholar

A Practical Handbook

www.press.jhu.edu

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Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social · 4d

Scenes from the terrorist hellhole of downtown New York City

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4d

It was a blunt 31-page opinion issued by a judge Trump appointed to the bench in his first term in office declaring that Trump’s effort to federalize Oregon National Guard troops likely “exceeded his statutory authority” and likely violated the Tenth Amendment.

Law Dork on Saturday’s TRO:

Federal judge blocks Trump's National Guard mobilization in Oregon

"The President’s determination" that the Guard was needed "was simply untethered to the facts," Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, found. DOJ is appealing.

www.lawdork.com

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Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social · 4d

this just fucked me UP

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 6d

Rodney Taylor still needs our help!

He’s still locked in an ICE camp.

He’s still going without his new prosthetic legs.

He’s still facing deportation to Liberia.

He’s still having necessary disability accommodations ignored.

Please keep sharing his story. Public pressure works!

Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE

Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.

www.disabledginger.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6d

I said what I said.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 6d

IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."

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Las Vegas Aces @lvaces.bsky.social · 6d

Three angles, same M😤😤D!

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 6d

keywords “nazi porn lieutenant governor republican“ now insufficient to narrow down search results to a single person

Virginia Democrats call for Republican John Reid to exit lieutenant governor race in Nazi porn scandal

It’s not the first time the gay former radio host has been accused of posting questionable online content.

www.advocate.com

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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 6d

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6d

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

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Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social · 6d

Wanna catch up on the EA deal ? @superjoost.bsky.social and I got you covered.

UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 7d

🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️
🤑 EA acquired in a $55B Saudi-backed buyout 🌍 What this means for the gay couple in The Sims AND for our geopolitical landscape 🎮 PLUS: Xbox’s $1K handheld + what’s new at the Video Game History Foundation. Tune in here 👉 buff.ly/LcNXiDv

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Nolan "Scare Bear" Filter @calamitynolan.bsky.social · 6d

"Jared Kushner, get out of here... you're not a real furry"

-Joost van Dreunen, UNBOXING Podcast October 3, 2025

UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 7d

🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️
🤑 EA acquired in a $55B Saudi-backed buyout 🌍 What this means for the gay couple in The Sims AND for our geopolitical landscape 🎮 PLUS: Xbox’s $1K handheld + what’s new at the Video Game History Foundation. Tune in here 👉 buff.ly/LcNXiDv

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Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social · 6d

Wanna catch up on the EA deal ? @superjoost.bsky.social and I got you covered.

UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious @unboxingpod.bsky.social · 7d

🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️
🤑 EA acquired in a $55B Saudi-backed buyout 🌍 What this means for the gay couple in The Sims AND for our geopolitical landscape 🎮 PLUS: Xbox’s $1K handheld + what’s new at the Video Game History Foundation. Tune in here 👉 buff.ly/LcNXiDv

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ceeks @ceeks.bsky.social · 7d

time to really start dressin

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Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social · 8d

Back to work everybody

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

US jobs market yet to be seriously disrupted by AI, finds Yale study

Report says changes to occupational mix since release of ChatGPT in 2022 ‘sluggish’ compared with 1940s and 50s

www.theguardian.com

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 10d

I’m becoming more and more concerned that people at high levels of public discussion cannot identify the difference between a genuinely viral conversation vs a bunch of bots making noise.

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 10d

“Bots or likely bots authored 44.5% of X posts mentioning Cracker Barrel in the 24 hours after the new logo gained attention on Aug. 20, according to research for ⁦‪@WSJ‬⁩ by PeakMetrics. That number rose to 49% among posts calling for a boycott.”

Bot Networks Are Helping Drag Consumer Brands Into the Culture Wars

AI tools have made coordinated attacks targeting corporations much more common, researchers say.

www.wsj.com

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Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social · 13d

Private equity and great gobs of Saudi money. Let the gamewashing and enshittification begin.

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 13d

Megaton: EA is close to a $50 billion deal to go private, WSJ reports www.wsj.com/business/dea...

Exclusive | Videogame Giant Electronic Arts Near Roughly $50 Billion Deal to Go Private

Investors including Silver Lake are eyeing a deal that would likely be the largest leveraged buyout ever.

www.wsj.com

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