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Robert Swartwood @robertswartwood.bsky.social · 10h

It’s all going great

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

Robert Swartwood @robertswartwood.bsky.social · 10h

What insane scam is this?

Robert Swartwood @robertswartwood.bsky.social · 12h

Unsolicited Wick pic

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 17h

A little moment in my newest James Gunn interview www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

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Harley Ramsey @harleyramseywriter.bsky.social · 14h

Release the Steinbeck werewolf novel!

Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 21h

Your Spooky Season reminder that John Steinbeck has a shunned werewolf novel

www.theguardian.com/books/2021/m...

John Steinbeck’s estate urged to let the world read his shunned werewolf novel

Rejected and hidden away since 1930, an early murder mystery by the Nobel-winning author is ‘an incredible find’

www.theguardian.com

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Pope of Spooky Town @popeofchilitown.bsky.social · 13h

This is way more threatening than it needs to be

A paywall notice that says “You’ve read your last free article.”

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 16h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15h

One Battle After Another

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 19h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Robert Swartwood @robertswartwood.bsky.social · 15h

Gotta say, I kinda dug it. But to be fair, my expectations were low. If you do plan to see it, I’d recommend seeing it in IMAX.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Robert Swartwood @robertswartwood.bsky.social · 17h

About to watch this 2-hour Nine Inch Nails music video

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Robert Swartwood @robertswartwood.bsky.social · 18h

Trump’s just trying to secure future asylum

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

Robert Swartwood @robertswartwood.bsky.social · 19h

Whaaaaat? How long’s @swierczy.bsky.social in the area??

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Robert Swartwood @robertswartwood.bsky.social · 19h

“Prosecutors allege Marimar Martinez rammed the vehicle of federal agents with her own before they shot her, which they say was an act of self-defense and she was armed … Martinez’s lawyer said footage from one of the agent's bodycams contradicted that account.”

Reuters @reuters.com · 19h

Chicago woman shot multiple times by a US border patrol agent indicted by federal grand jury reut.rs/42vjyCE

Chicago woman shot multiple times by a US border patrol agent indicted by federal grand jury

A Chicago woman shot multiple times by U.S. Border and Customs Protection agents was indicted by a grand jury on federal charges of impeding a federal officer with a deadly weapon.

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Josh Crutchmer @jcrutchmer.bsky.social · 20h

Would have made the first words in this post “In a New Netflix film,” but I’m built different

NPR @npr.org · 20h

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch. n.pr/48przga

Every moment pops in the nuclear thriller 'A House of Dynamite'

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch.

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Robert Swartwood @robertswartwood.bsky.social · 20h

Or—hear me out here—it’s just a really great movie

‘One Battle After Another’ Is a Hit with Critics Because It ‘Aligns with a Leftist Sensibility,’ Says Bret Easton Ellis: ‘There’s a Liberal Mustiness to This Movie’

Bret Easton Ellis says critics love 'One Battle After Another' because it has 'leftist sensibilities.'

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 21h

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 22h

Not as prestigious as an actual Nobel, but still in the vaunted tradition of awards Republicans make up to give Trump.

Senator Rick Scott giving Donald Trump a trophy at Mar-a-Lago.

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Robert Swartwood @robertswartwood.bsky.social · 22h

Just remember ...

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Robert Swartwood @robertswartwood.bsky.social · 22h

#fridayreads ANOTHER by Paul Tremblay & ATMOSPHERE by Taylor Jenkins Reid, read by Kristen DiMercurio and Julia Whelan

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 23h

Guys, they've been saying this about every protest for a decade. Don't let it get into your heads.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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