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Heckin Spoopy Mutilated Corpse @jrbolt.bsky.social · 2h

crying at this, which somehow I've never seen before

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Breaking Bad except dubbed over by the average anime dub voice actors

YouTube video by Freddy

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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norbizness @norbizness.bsky.social · 3h

My friends and I did absurdist protests at the 1992 RNC (the Pat Buchanan one) at the Astrodome, not with costumes (too damn hot) but with signs accusing Bush of not remembering the Alamo and not standing up to the International Zinc Cartel. Here we are with some mounted police.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3h

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 4h

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 6h

I’m not sure but I think YouTube just recommended a half hour video of two guys reacting to a YouTube video where one guy reacts to a YouTube video of another guy

Two guys being like waaaaaa ughhhh to that uncle Roger guy in front of Jamie Oliver

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 7h

Again, only conservatives do this, Nancy Pelosi has never demanded the Church be less homophobic if it wants to keep her

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11h

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23h

A high risk pregnant woman in Texas is advised to go out of state prior to delivery.

She learns about the abortion ban & how it puts women’s lives at risk.

She regrets her vote.

Rather than provide support, her husband insults the “liberal doctor” and refuses to leave Texas. 1/2

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RS Benedict @rsbenedict.bsky.social · 1d

It is deeply offensive to me that I have to go to sleep so I can be well rested for work tomorrow rather than staying up all night playing Silksong.

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 1d

When the Yankees get eliminated

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

A former DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts.

For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.

(Published June)

DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts

We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wron...

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

This is maybe the most insulting thing you could say about a human being lol

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 2d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

It's clear most Trump supporters have no idea the videos are fake.

Fake Protest Videos Are the Latest AI Slop to Go Viral in MAGA World

Trump supporters are doubling down on AI sadism.

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Colleen @grouponlobotomy.bsky.social · 1d

Étant Donnés (Given: 1. The Waterfall, 2. The Illuminating Gas)

Based on 1966 assemblage by Marcel Duchamp, his last major work. Hand embroidered on cotton. Custom order.

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 1d

The media's really just going to bounce over the fact that at Trump's meeting today they said "we've been fighting antifa for a hundred years, since they tried to stop us in 1930s Germany" and everyone nodded along, huh

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RS Benedict @rsbenedict.bsky.social · 1d

My superhero boners essay got cited in The Guardian! www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

A relic of horny Hollywood: why The Mummy remains a classic bisexual awakening movie

A floppy-haired Brendan Fraser, a smokey-eyed Rachel Weisz, some grisly scarabs and biblical plagues? Hail to a lost era of multiplex entertainment

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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 1d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.