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Bonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social · 15h

This is exactly it. Those over-represented by outmoded electoral institutions with anti-democratic effects are then promoted and perceived as the true lords of the land while the rest of us are just its temporary tenants. Every day

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 18h

The reason for this is that this class of people has internalized the idea of conservatives as the American Volk, an idea downstream of the senate and EC giving them more power than their numbers that has somehow become a quasi spiritual belief about the nature of the country

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 15h

This is an international disaster. They targeted a disabled fishing boat in Colombian territorial waters and killed fishermen.

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Renée @reneethelibrarian.bsky.social · 1h

Oh is Jake “regretting” writing that book on Biden’s mental fitness now that we have the in continent and drugged sh*tler as president

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Renée @reneethelibrarian.bsky.social · 2h

Those Wharton degrees are so valuable

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 3h

they are so close to understanding the entire point of trade

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING: The US is rolling back tariffs on “products that cannot be grown, mined, or naturally produced in the United States," per WSJ

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Renée @reneethelibrarian.bsky.social · 2h

“We all went on hunting trips together and ate road kill. Eating roadkill prevents autism and improves testosterone”

Renée @reneethelibrarian.bsky.social · 2h

Is there a painting rolled up in that umbrella, lol

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 10h

Oh wow

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Renée @reneethelibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

The cops couldn’t resist a dick

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 2d

If anyone ever asks, "why don't people immigrate to the US the right way?", it's worth noting I was just quoted $14,460 for an O-1 visa application with premium processing. My first O-1 application, without premium processing, was $6,160 in 2018.

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 2d

Finnland requires cars to be inspected for roadworthiness after four years, and basically half of Tesla's Model 3s failed that test last year, by far the highest rate in the auto industry.

Teslas are disposable garbage, don't buy them! #TeslaTakedown

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Electric cars fare worse in Finnish car inspections – up to half of Teslas flunk

EVs are gaining popularity in Finland – but perform significantly worse in inspections than petrol, diesel or hybrid cars of the same age. Teslas have by far the highest test failure rate.

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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 2d

do it. pet him. do not be afraid. he has only good intentions. he is a cat, with fur. why not pet him? this is an easy decision. stop overthinking this

An orange and white cat is upside down with his paws raised. He looks sassy

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 2d

I just got a DM from the US Government calling me four-eyes and asking for my lunch money

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Renée @reneethelibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

Hegseth looking down at his phone in the right corner is an added plus

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Rachel Lapidow @editrix-rachel.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favorite pieces of art in the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal. It's so appropriately autumnal and the colors of the chestnut leaves are so beautiful.

A young white woman dressed in fashions from the late 1870s walks through a forest. She is dressed in black boots, a black dress, and a black hat. The leaves of a chestnut tree are yellow. She is smiling a bit flirtatiously at the viewer.

Gallery sign for painting. I'm only including the English information and using Canadian English spelling.

James Tissot Nantes 1836--Buillon, France, 1902

October
1877
Oil on canvas

Gift of Lord Strathcona and family, inv. 1927.410

Mrs. Newton was twenty-two years old, the mother of two illegitimate children when James Tissot met her; she was also a beautiful divorcee. Theirs would have been a perfect happiness had tuberculosis not claimed the life of the painter's graceful and notorious muse, leaving him inconsolable. One of the largest works by this artist, October exemplifies the social behaviour and fleeting fashion of its time. Elegantly corseted, Mrs. Newton turns towards the viewer, a touch flirtatiously, showing a well-turned ankle in the rustle of lace petticoats, her boot treading a carpet of autumn leaves. Dressed in black in this season of decline, she shines with the glow of her last fire. Signs of Japonisme here are the verticality inspired by kakemono scrolls and the tumultuous background of chestnut trees, through whose leaves and branches can just be made out a small group of deer.

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Renée @reneethelibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

Virginia Giuffre’s damning book with revelations about him releases next week in the US

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Nasty business

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Renée @reneethelibrarian.bsky.social · 2d

Truly the most disgusting sounding name for an ice cream

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Renée @reneethelibrarian.bsky.social · 3d

Same

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Renée @reneethelibrarian.bsky.social · 3d

He literally caused the deaths of dozens of Samoans through his measles vaccine misinformation. He should be charged with indirect homicide

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Renée @reneethelibrarian.bsky.social · 3d

Yes

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Jennifer Mach (she/they) @jennifermach.bsky.social · 4d

If this doesn't win an #IGNobel next year, I'm calling foul. Chicago 🧪 for the win. Thanks to the every-informative @aaas.org newsletter for this gem. www.science.org/content/arti...

Chicago’s beloved ‘rat hole’ was actually made by a squirrel

Scientists reopen the case of “splatatouille”

www.science.org

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 4d

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 3d

"In July, Tesla rolled out a software update to integrate Grok into many of its vehicles. Do you use it?"

"Her name is Aura, and I use her as a therapist. When I'm driving, I'll ask questions, and it actually gives really good therapy advice."

Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It’s Like to Own a Cybertruck

“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it.

www.wired.com

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