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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 4h

Stop watching Ryan Murphy slop

Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 5h

You will offer zero explanation to your thinking because, Sally, you are a coward and a liar and you’re just following the breeze.

We’ll remember when it all sinks you want to pretend you were against it. The internet remembers Sally. So does Pepperidge farm…

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 5h

It’s fun thinking about how criticizing your support for Bari is “the thought police” when Bari literally made a name for herself by trying to fire professors are Columbia— and she was successful as firing Arab professor Joseph Massad.

But no, WE’RE the thought police.

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 5h

Yes. I too eagerly await @sallyjenx.bsky.social response

Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 5h

Oh Sally, we’re not moving on from this sweet pea. You can’t pledge your allegiance to corrupt unearned power and then talk sports.

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 12h

Describe the opposite of The Free Press in a sentence

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It’s a business story. [Highlighting begins] Everyone in journalism has known for years that there’s been a huge opportunity for a publication that employs the traditional methods of U.S. journalism—reporting, deep sourcing, fact-checking, fearlessness—to subjects that either don’t get covered enough or get covered only from a certain perspective. [Highlighting ends] If creating such an enterprise seems simple

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 10h

More like “It might give the impression that these rulings have any legal merit other than give Trump what he wants while we strip away your civil rights… and we can’t have that.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 11h

Tremendous writer AND good friends with the person she’s writing about.

Huh. Really hard hitting stuff Sally.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 13h

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 11h

Imagine declaring your own ignorance as a badge of honor.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 13h

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 13h

Clearly

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 13h

You still should worry about your hair

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 13h

I’m so sorry that the people know more about this charlatan than you (an actual “journalist”) do.

Please, wear your ignorance as a badge of honor. When this inevitably blows up, I can’t wait to check in to see where you are in your mental gymnastics routine.

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 13h

Ever hear of yellow journalism? That’s Bari’s trade!

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 13h

This is embarrassing.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 14h

You think for ONE SEC that a man in her position who was named head of CBS News would be the subject of so much to-do? Come on.

Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 14h

The whole "you should be proud of Bari Weiss because she's a WOMAN entrepreneur" argument reminds me of this comic:

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 13h

Sally if you want to work for Bari, just ask her. It is embarrassing watching you simp and defend her on “merit” and “being a woman”.

Just take it to Bari’s DMs so the rest of us can live in peace.

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 14h

My bad— they were stickers in AOC’s office— that was the set off… AOC doesn’t care about the American flag… stickers…

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 14h

Find the one about the woman who wrote about leaving the Democratic Party because she found a bunch of American flag stickers in a trash can and thought…

“That’s it… I’m becoming a republican”

Top notch stuff there Sally

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 14h

When you woo the Ellisons in Sillicon valley with the promise of promoting reactionary politics it’s AMAZING how much money you can get, regardless of gender.

I think her being a woman was ESPECIALLY helpful because they can say “well we hired a woman” so people like Sally can defend her.

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 14h

She has never been a news reporter or journalist. She is an opinion columnist and a reactionary centrist.

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 15h

Lake Mungo. I still have nightmares about *that* scene. ::shivers thinking about it::

I LOVE Aussie horror

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 15h

More of this. Call this fuckers out. Shut them down. Stand your ground.

Stop giving space to these liars.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 16h

Idk, when you find yourself working AROUND the Nazi stuff, you have to wonder “am I doing this because I want to or do I miss how it was and I’m unable to move on?”

It’s OK to miss it. But again, you expect people to work around a Nazi algorithm… why? for what?

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 16h

:: slowly tucks away my screenplay about an insane physical therapist, based on Peterson, trying to groom his angry male patient into some MK Ultra type experiments::

Yeah. Heh. No one would buy it… (literally)

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 16h

I grew up *with* the internet. Grateful to have a childhood without social media. But I think convenience comes with a steep price these days— now the price is mass surveillance and for what? So we can clockwork orange ourselves with social media?

If there’s another Luddite movement, I’m there.

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Mads @madmads33.bsky.social · 16h

Agreed it’s horrifying how much I rely on it for day to day. I hit a point where my nerves are shot, I don’t know my ass from my elbow, and I’m truly just trying to drown out my thoughts because I’m overwhelmed because of the dumb rectangle I use everyday!

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