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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 5m

"Hedge fund Alden Global Capital gobbles up newspapers across America and guts them. No one knows why, until journalist Julie Reynolds investigates. Her findings trigger journalist rebellions at Alden-owned newspapers nationwide."

Full documentary streaming at @pbs.org.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 17h

DNC should hire this dude lol

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 16h

🖕🧊🛩️ It’s always the oligarchs

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 17h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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New York Shitty @newyorkshitty.bsky.social · 16h

I hope Walter Reed works out worse than his Nobel prize prospects. 🤞

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Laurel @l4ur3l.bsky.social · 18h

ok the hammerhead shark is cute

Jake @trance96.bsky.social · 18h

Albuquerque balloon fiesta

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New York Shitty @newyorkshitty.bsky.social · 17h

God is everywhere 👀

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 19h

Calling these things “mistakes” is disingenuous and lazy. A 45 year old fragrance in a bottle that is scented like the fucking fragrance is not a damn drug and everyone knows that. www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...

Indian immigrant fights deportation after police mistake perfume labeled 'Opium' for the narcotic

Kapil Raghu, 28, was arrested in May after an officer in central Arkansas spotted the rollerball perfume bottle in his car during a routine traffic stop.

www.nbcnews.com

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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 23h

[Me, a poor, on the subway, glowering jealously at all those fat cat, fancy pants rich people on the public bus]

Andrew Cuomo tweet:

@ZohranKMamdani's "plan" provides no relief for working families who take the subway, and unnecessary benefits to wealthy New Yorkers who take the bus and can afford the fare.

I focus on working families, while @ZohranKMamdani the mansion boy focuses on helping the rich.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 1d

As ever, Amanda Moore has been doing vital reporting from the frontlines in Chicago, dodging less lethals, choking thru tear gas, and capturing key video.

Pitch in to help this independent journalist who reports from places major media shows up to weeks or months later. @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d

I hate panhandling here, but if you'd like to help me return, I have CashApp (cash.me/pancakesmmm), Buy me a Coffee (buymeacoffee.com/noturtlesoup17), and PayPal (www.paypal.com/paypalme/pan...). I also have an account with every major airline if you would prefer to send miles!

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New York Shitty @newyorkshitty.bsky.social · 1d

They'll signal boost a child molester, DV aficionado or rapist instead. It's what they do. 🤷‍♀️

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New York Shitty @newyorkshitty.bsky.social · 1d

In terms of sheer loathsomeness, OK often gets ignored in lieu of Texas. This really needs to stop.

J.D. Buffington @jdbuffington.com · 1d

Oklahoma ain’t OK.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

the fun part here is that it’s political corruption because millei is a trump toad, but it’s also personal corruption because it bails out bessent’s hedge fund compatriots, and at the end of the day, doesn’t really help argentina very much at all.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Jun 23

I actually did vote for everything to get more expensive, dangerous, and stupid, and I feel extremely represented right now

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

Usually, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices uses the GRADE system to assign a body of evidence as high, moderate, low, or very low quality.

Now, however, they appear to be using a different system as outlined in this figure.

*credit: yes, this is the Bristol Stool Chart

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Evidence Grading

Type 1: Hard lumps or small pebbles

Type 2: Lumpy, hard, and sausage-shaped

Type 3: Sausage-shaped with cracks along the surface

Type 4: Resembles a thin sausage or snake

Type 5: Soft blobs with clear edges

Type 6: Mushy and fluffy with ragged edges

Type 7: Entirely liquid

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 2d

Didn't think that, in 2025 Year of Our Gritty, "opposition to Nazi Germany was bad, actually" would literally have a seat at the White House.

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 2d

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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Corey Stewart @coreyastewart.bsky.social · 1d

Soy Beans and Habeas Corpus are the co-founders of Antifa.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 1d

This is Finley. He has a rare genetic mutation that causes patches of different colors in his coat. It is completely harmless, but it does make him completely handsome. 14/10 (IG: jaktlabben.finley)

a lab pup sits and looks up at the camera. his fur is a mottled blend of blond and black, and he’s standing on his leash with one front paw.

a closeup of baby finley resting his little chin on a blanket. one of his ears is curled under at the tip and his eyes look a little sleepy.

finley sits on a rock next to a body of water and squints slightly into the sun with his pink tongue sticking out.

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA doctors and their MAGA science.

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Erik the Rural Juror @edoggthered.bsky.social · 2d

but if the young, pregnant american citizen woman is miscarrying then she can bleed out in the parking lot, right

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 2d

But enough about me and carbs

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 2d

In a first, astronomers watched a rogue planet in the Milky Way consume six billion tons of gas and dust per second, a rate never before seen.

Scientists Observe Rogue Planet’s Explosive Growth in Real Time

The record-breaking event is providing insight into how these strange objects form.

on.wsj.com

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 3d

“The effects can be unintentionally hilarious: CPAC Hungary, for instance, proclaimed itself to be ‘the epicenter of the global fight against globalism.’” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Is America contagious?

Scholars in political extremism are documenting the global spread of right-wing populism.

www.motherjones.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 3d

It's not doomerist to say this is 100% where I'm at too. Things can drastically change between now and then (possibly for the better, but most likely the other way) but considering we had contested slates and J6 when Trump wasn't as unleashed as he is now, I can't see it any other way.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

“Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more. I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities.

In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: adeath toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language. I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all.

This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end. Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account.

These last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights.”

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New York Shitty @newyorkshitty.bsky.social · 3d

Elf on the shelf makes me want to Elvis my monitor.

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