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aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 6h

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 7h

the idea that freedom is in our DNA is just a misinterpretation of the fact that we’re a nation of finicky whiners who don’t like to be personally inconvenienced

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 7h

At least we no longer have to hear about freedom being in Americans' DNA or whatever. Turns out we love to eat shit and bow to some bloated halfwit like any other people throughout history

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 6h

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 7h

At least we no longer have to hear about freedom being in Americans' DNA or whatever. Turns out we love to eat shit and bow to some bloated halfwit like any other people throughout history

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 6h

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 7h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 6h

Saturday and Halloween it's great @ginger146.bsky.social @charles-ex.bsky.social

TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 19h

More scenes from the front, in war-torn Portland! These terrorists must be stopped! 😊🐈‍⬛🦋
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 6h

constitution @ginger146.bsky.social @charles-ex.bsky.social

TIME TO FIGHT BACK @timetofixit.bsky.social · 8h

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aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 7h

youtube.com/watch?v=T_X-...

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 1d

Walked into a Canadian Tire and no longer know what holiday season we’re celebrating anymore

Grim Reaper plays heavy metal guitar next to a display of Christmas trees

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 7h

tourism @ginger146.bsky.social @charles-ex.bsky.social @sh33ppurple.bsky.social

deffeddie.bsky.social @deffeddie.bsky.social · 9h

How Florida’s Tourism Was Destroyed by Politics – Empty Beaches, Angry Workers, Lost Tourists

YouTube video by Discovery U.S. Pulse

youtube.com

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 7h

@charles-ex.bsky.social @sh33ppurple.bsky.social

Stephen King’s KAYLEIGH @ronchronchronch.bsky.social · 1d

*muffled around the ovipositor jammed down my throat* slay queen

Chewbacca But A Wolf Man @jason1749.bsky.social · 1d

they have yassified the alien

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aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 7h

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 10h

Covering the Rod of Iron Freedom Festival in rural PA. This is the Moonie church that worships the AR-15. They’re VERY MAGA.
Gen. Flynn is set to speak in 2 hours.

Support my coverage at PayPal.me/zdroberts or venmo/cashapp - zdroberts
Previous years coverage: buckscountybeacon.com/2023/10/rod-...

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 7h

networking sixes sevens @ginger146.bsky.social @charles-ex.bsky.social @sh33ppurple.bsky.social @aloa5.bsky.social

Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 19h

I am deceased

I @ginger146.bsky.social @charles-ex.bsky.social

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 7h

K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 11h

I say this as an introvert, when world events make introverts relieved that's a very bad sign

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 11h

Relatedly, I recall a lot of "the joy of canceling plans" jokes and memes from the 2010s and now folks are talking about a loneliness epidemic, and, well...

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 7h

tsa @charles-ex.bsky.social

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 9h

A video of Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the government shutdown is now playing at airports across the U.S.

How is this even legal?

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 7h

web_rant @webrant.bsky.social · 7h

Funny how it's only the threats AGAINST fascist operatives that Bondi pursues.

bsky.app/profile/ryan...

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 7h

climate

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 1d

I like "malignant normality" that i first heard via Dave Vetter (Ben Franta used it in their discussion; think he said it came from a law prof)

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · May 29

Here's Ben, John and myself discussing climate litigation vs. "malignant normality"
@oxfordsmithschool.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 7h

threads had down trend waste w @ginger146.bsky.social @charles-ex.bsky.social @aloa5.bsky.social

RV @rv-enigma.bsky.social · 10h

Covid19-ITS am 11.10.: Belegung ↗️132, 4 Kinder😢

R_Belegung: 1,18 (±0/+0,03)
R_Erstaufnahmen (14TM): 1,18 (-0,02/+0,02)

ITS-Belegung: 132 [+4 Kinder] (+2/+37)
- 7T-M: 109,0 (+5%/+33%)
Erstaufnahmen: 10 (10)
- 14T-M: 12,2 (+1%/+40%)
Hospitalisierung (7T-M): 269 (+37%)
- 14T-M: 197 (+21%)

Die Grafik zeigt auf logarithmischer Skala wichtige Infektionsparameter:
- den DZF aus den Abwasserdaten (NORMALISIERT)
- die Inzidenz inkl. Dunkelfeld FT-korrigiert
- die Inzidenz in der SentiSurv Stichprobe (nur bis März '24)
- die wöchentlichen nicht normalisierten AMELAG-Daten (5W-Mittel, zentriert)
- modellierte Inzidenz nach den Abwasserdaten
- Hospitalisierung (14T-Mittel, 10 Tage Delay)
- Coronafälle auf ITS (7T-Mittel, 10 Tage Delay)
- C19-Erstaufnahmen auf ITS (14T-Mittel, 7 Tage Delay)
- die berichteten C19-Todesfälle (35T-Mittel mit 42 Tage Delay)

Die ITS-Belegung und die Erstaufnahmen sind auf dem höchsten Stand seit Februar.

Die mittlere ITS-Dauer (Belegung/14TMittel_Erstaufnahmen) liegt mit 8,7 Tagen im normalen Bereich (8-12 Tage).

Die ITS-Quote (ITS-Belegung/Infektionen_14TM), steigt, ist aber mit 0,19% [0,20%] immer noch niedriger als seit 2024 bis Mai '25 (im Mittel 0,28%).

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 7h

Handout @ginger146.bsky.social @charles-ex.bsky.social

Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 8h

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire. (I'm not an expert, but it sort of sounds like insider trading to me. Thoughts?) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

www.motherjones.com

@charles-ex.bsky.social @ginger146.bsky.social

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 7h

Magnus Lehnsherr @i-magnus.bsky.social · 7h

Anyone casting a film with Jared Leto is making a bad movie.

Tron: Ares is so bad it makes you wish AI would hurry up and destroy Hollywood

A shambolic film populated by some of the most aggressively charmless characters ever seen in a blockbuster

www.telegraph.co.uk

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 7h

Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

We have truly not yet figured out how to cope with a person or institution that is "aware" of climate change, "accepts the science", but then decides to continue actively worsening it anyway

We don't even have a word or a phrase for this!

theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.

theconversation.com

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 7h

Trump mood blow up @ginger146.bsky.social @charles-ex.bsky.social

The Onion @theonion.com · 8h

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

theonion.com

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 7h

Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 8h

guards ignore—but are trained—that withdrawal is a life threatening condition, and ignoring someone in withdrawal is both deliberate and indifferent

the fact that they were *wrong* about this person’s emergency doesn’t make their conduct any less deliberate or indifferent

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10h

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 7h

resign @ginger146.bsky.social @charles-ex.bsky.social

Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 9h

Roberts is presiding over, and driving, a stunning collapse in faith in the U.S. Supreme Court, not just among the public, but among federal judges.

What a failure. The Titanic captain of chief justices.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 9h

“More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.”

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 8h

Rain on Hawaii big island live stream @ginger146.bsky.social @charles-ex.bsky.social Sportschau de

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 8h

huge motor grill @ginger146.bsky.social @charles-ex.bsky.social

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 10h

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

www.construction-physics.com

aiformal Sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 8h

champion courts @ginger146.bsky.social @charles-ex.bsky.social

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

Me to @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Comey and James and (probably imminent) Bolton prosecutions

"It doesn’t matter what your politics are. If you say he’s stupid, which he is, if you say he is wrong, which he is, if you say he’s a criminal or sleezy, which he is ... then you’re his enemy.”