River_Tam
@rivertam.bsky.social
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Chat GPT has been the most downloaded app in the world for like a year straight
Literally all of society hates this abominable scam homunculus and the weird little death cult bubble of vampiric losers who spewed it forth upon the world. Take a break from bragging about how gullible you are and give yourself a swirlie and stuff yourself in a locker and sort yourself out.
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Chat GPT has been the most downloaded app in the world for like a year straight
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This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
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John Mulaney's Horse in the Hospital joke remains the best explanation of the Trump administration. Trump doesn't have agency - he's just a force of nature / dumb fucking horse. It's up to everyone else to horse-proof their decisionmaking.
Crazy how much some media has normalized the idea that voters are taking a risk if they elect governors/mayors who will defy Trump. That he’ll threaten their funding, etc.
Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
November 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
John Mulaney's Horse in the Hospital joke remains the best explanation of the Trump administration. Trump doesn't have agency - he's just a force of nature / dumb fucking horse. It's up to everyone else to horse-proof their decisionmaking.
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As a member of the “has an uncle who was an MIT professor” community, I’m concerned that Trump is making us look bad with these kind of false claims
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
As a member of the “has an uncle who was an MIT professor” community, I’m concerned that Trump is making us look bad with these kind of false claims
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
I refuse to believe this is a real person. I know it lists her on the website or whatever, I don't care. Why would she use her middle initial professionally?
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I refuse to believe this is a real person. I know it lists her on the website or whatever, I don't care. Why would she use her middle initial professionally?
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Wow, Bluesky really doesn’t understand the mindset of the average American
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Wow, Bluesky really doesn’t understand the mindset of the average American
1st grader's gym teacher apparently told them the next kid to say "6-7" would have to do 67 mountain climbers
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
1st grader's gym teacher apparently told them the next kid to say "6-7" would have to do 67 mountain climbers
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The thing about Trump stories is that they always have that extra layer of stupidity that you’re not expecting. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The thing about Trump stories is that they always have that extra layer of stupidity that you’re not expecting. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
What's the deal with airline food
Sean Duffy, the U.S. transportation secretary, has been urging people for the past week to dress and comport themselves better as a way of restoring “civility” to air travel. On Tuesday, he added another item to his list of concerns: the quality of the snacks handed out on commercial flights.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Wants Healthier In-Flight Snack Options
Sean Duffy, who has been promoting greater decorum among air travelers, said he would like to see choices besides salty pretzels and buttery cookies.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
What's the deal with airline food
Fuck you "blue zone researcher Dan Buettner"
Thanksgiving doesn’t have to mean delicious but unhealthy dishes. You can have flavor plus boost longevity with these five tips from blue zone researcher Dan Buettner. https://cnn.it/4rAnU6m
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Fuck you "blue zone researcher Dan Buettner"
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NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity.
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
How one conservative Christian family is pushing back against ICE
A coalition of activists, everyday citizens and people of faith — including theologically conservative Christians — who have pooled resources and learned new technologies to mount an effort they say i...
religionnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity.
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
It is really jarring in Paddington 2 when Paddington is convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison without a jury trial simply bc the judge is biased against him
oh Americans may not understand this, but a 'magistrate' in the UK is a local volunteer with typically no legal background. But it's ok, they receive about 10 days of training. And now they can send you to jail for two years without a jury!
what the fuck
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
It is really jarring in Paddington 2 when Paddington is convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison without a jury trial simply bc the judge is biased against him
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oh Americans may not understand this, but a 'magistrate' in the UK is a local volunteer with typically no legal background. But it's ok, they receive about 10 days of training. And now they can send you to jail for two years without a jury!
what the fuck
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
oh Americans may not understand this, but a 'magistrate' in the UK is a local volunteer with typically no legal background. But it's ok, they receive about 10 days of training. And now they can send you to jail for two years without a jury!
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This should be a major scandal. The Blaze falsely reported that a former U.S. Capitol Police officer was the Jan. 6th pipe bomber. But it wasn’t just another miss by conservative media promoting conspiracies.
Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This should be a major scandal. The Blaze falsely reported that a former U.S. Capitol Police officer was the Jan. 6th pipe bomber. But it wasn’t just another miss by conservative media promoting conspiracies.
Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
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The CDC has not addressed this and is largely pretending it isn’t happening. Meanwhile they’re taking steps to actively reduce vaccination rates.
Pertussis cases in Texas are 10x higher than all of 2023, and 2x as high as last year — 4x for the same period. The official count is higher by a 1k than it has been in more than a decade. Last time it was over 2k was 2014 with 2,576. It’s past 3,500 for 2025.
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The CDC has not addressed this and is largely pretending it isn’t happening. Meanwhile they’re taking steps to actively reduce vaccination rates.
Motherfucker has never heard of a dessert stomach
i only have one true pie take: 99% of the time i'd rather eat more dinner than save space for dessert because i am not a child
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Motherfucker has never heard of a dessert stomach
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
As of today, Trump's approve number is at a second-term low of 41.0% in Nate Silver's average. The 40 barrier is in sight.
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
As of today, Trump's approve number is at a second-term low of 41.0% in Nate Silver's average. The 40 barrier is in sight.
TIL Brits pronounce quesadilla like Napoleon Dynamite's grandmother
To be fair, he's not *wrong* that in UK English, the tendency is to anglicize pronunciations of loanwords. It's why they pronounce quesadilla "kes-uh-dill-uh." But insisting on any hard-and-fast rule is the least English thing there is. English doesn't do hard-and-fast rules.
What is happening
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
TIL Brits pronounce quesadilla like Napoleon Dynamite's grandmother
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I think this is frankly more embarrassing than what's happening in America. We just got our entire political system hijacked by a single lunatic. The UK has a bunch of ostensibly serious people doing the dumbest shit imaginable.
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I think this is frankly more embarrassing than what's happening in America. We just got our entire political system hijacked by a single lunatic. The UK has a bunch of ostensibly serious people doing the dumbest shit imaginable.
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Didn't know this was up yet but thrilled it is! Chaya is great.
@phoebebovy.bsky.social and I discussed this in a podcast that just dropped this morning: thecjn.ca/opinion/do-j...
Do Jewish writers speak for all Jews? (Answer: Obviously not)
Earlier this month, the New York Magazine cultural spinoff Vulture published an article by Andrew Ridker, “A New Jewish Plotline”, asking whether Jewish writers should tackle different stories after w...
thecjn.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Didn't know this was up yet but thrilled it is! Chaya is great.