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Sean Bell @seancmbell.bsky.social · 1d

'Seersucker at Night', one of Cory Hart's lesser-known hits

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pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 2d

The Portland protest frog has done more to protect American democracy and fight fascism than all but the tiniest handful of elected officials

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 2d

If I was told I couldn’t do a job Meghan McCain did I think I’d become a monk

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 3d

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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mr pussy @mrpussy.xyz · 3d

when you say "Albany" wrong once and just roll with it and then you're in too deep

kos data: 🇺🇸🇦🇱 NYC Mayor Eric Adams is traveling to Albania for an official visit, one week after dropping his reelection bid.

(Via: NBC New York)

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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 2d

we are at a seventies hunting lodge themed steak house with vintage cheesecake pinups in the heart of Tokyo which is the absolute exact business that Wolverine would open

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 3d

The Traveling Wilburys never even toured.. they should have been called The Studio Wilburys

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 3d

okay you’ve got to admit: edinburgh influencers using ai to literally erase the people of edinburgh is so spectacularly on the nose

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timothy faust @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 3d

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Kaleb Horton Obituary (2025) - Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Times

View Kaleb Charles Horton's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

www.legacy.com

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · Nov 6

if you're concerned about information security, you should know Signal isn't actually secure. instead, try Mastodon, which is a website where you can be guaranteed no one will ever see what you post

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Sean Bell @seancmbell.bsky.social · 3d

Kevin McKenna compares Jenny Lindsay to - I am in no way kidding - Dalton Trumbo, who served eleven months in prison.

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Sean Bell @seancmbell.bsky.social · 3d

Columnist for a national newspaper interviews another columnist for a national newspaper about being silenced.

Kevin McKenna interview with Jenny Lindsay in the Herald: "In era of Sandie Peggy, Jenny Lindsay raised alarm over gender 'war'"

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 3d

{extremely peter venkman voice} TRANSGENDERS AND WINDMILLS, LIVIN' TOGETHER — MASS HYSTERIA!!!!

Bloody Marla 🏳️‍⚧️ @desperatemarlas.bsky.social · 3d

trump: transgenders and windmills all over the place

This is a real quote. This is the most horrific thing he can conjure up

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Sean Bell @seancmbell.bsky.social · 3d

"You can't fight city hall."
"No - it's a building."

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 3d

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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The Ken in Yellow @ Lone Star Zine Fest @kenlowery.bsky.social · 3d

ACTOR IN A PERIOD PIECE ABOUT THE 2020s: Don't worry, I'll connect these devices with a new invention called Bluetooth

VIEWER IN 2105, WHO KNOWS ABOUT THE BLUETOOTH MINDSPIDERS: [chuckling] We were so naive then

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 4d

you guys happen to notice how everything is finance and landlords now and many things are both

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 4d

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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 4d

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 3d

Bari Weiss, CBS News, 1965

- New art in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
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David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 4d

In other words, it doesn't particularly matter whether she knows how to do the boring work of running a TV news network. Her role will be to pick her issues (like, say, Israel) and enforce ideological conformity, with everyone understanding she reports directly to the top.

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David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 4d

The notion that Bari will be "running CBS News" is slightly misleading. What the reporting suggests is that Tom Cibrowski, a guy with normal qualifications, will be doing that. Bari will be Emperor Ellison's Vader-esque enforcer, outside the chain of command, intervening at will.

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Leona Scream @editor.scot · 4d

I’ve always been unBritish m8

KEIR Starmer has urged students not to protest on the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks.
The Prime Minister branded protests planned at universities across the UK "un-British".
Around 1200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage in the deadly attacks on Israel by Hamas in 2023.
Writing in The Times, Starmer described protests set to take place at universities on Tuesday as "un-British", claiming they show a lack of respect for others.

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LiLBazula 👻 @lilbazza.bsky.social · 4d

"Why am I still waiting for the Great Leap Forward?" I wonder gloomily as I stuff envelopes with the Butcher's Apron

Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 6d

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

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Sean Bell @seancmbell.bsky.social · 4d

Make Bombs Rube Goldberg Machines Again

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Sean Bell @seancmbell.bsky.social · 4d

I forgive Jones because my headcanon is that Blown Away takes place in an alternate reality where Jones' character is from a secret 33rd county of Ireland

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