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Charbles McBerkely @summerofmoops.bsky.social · 10h

i choose to believe these are the names they actually go by

Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 12h

Damn they got Leon Bluebone, The_Warhammerist_Librarian, Royal Marine Todd and Tory Weiss

Dr Mark | 北马克 |🍉🇦🇺🇲🇾🇹🇭 @ajaanmark.bsky.social · 1d

Are they hoping to start a Young Tory cosplay trend on TikTok
www.thetimes.com/article/8c9a...

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 12h

Three former Secretaries of State who all share the same opinion make for a pretty boring roundtable. Seems they didn't call John Kerry because he is the only one who has called Israel's regime of control over Palestinians an apartheid system.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 12h

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 14h

Drake sitting there reading about how good the judge thought the song was and how everyone really enjoyed it

The song contains lyrics explicitly accusing Drake of being a pedophile, set to a catchy beat and propulsive
bassline. "Not Like Us" went on to become a cultural sensation.

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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · Apr 28

I know it's not the most important thing here but this story also corroborates one of my biggest theories about these tech guys: they do zero hours of work in a day. They do no work no matter how much they claim to work 14 hours a day. They're just on their phones.

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · Apr 28

Ben Smith lifts up a corner of the plush comforter under which our would-be overlords have been huffing each other's farts for the past few years as they collectively dream their way back to the cutting-edge ideas of the late 19th century www.semafor.com/article/04/2...

The group chats that changed America

A loose private network on Signal and WhatsApp helped usher in the new alliance between Silicon Valley and Donald Trump’s new right.

www.semafor.com

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Maze Rat @mazerat.bsky.social · 11h

Argentina just got a $20b bailout from the IMF in May (their third in the last 10 years). Why not just set the money on fire and save everyone some time?

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h

trump was prosecuted for real crimes and now he's punishing the people who prosecuted him with fake crimes

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 16h

what percentage of social ills at the moment can be explained credibly by or at least betted understood through the lens of "a class of corrupt plutocrats is stealing from you and laughing at you?" i think it's a big number

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 16h

This is actually what is going to happen.

That’s already what’s happening in Lebanon. Israel kills regularly, violates the ceasefire agreement on an hourly basis.

It’s just not on the news anymore.

This is why pressure against Israel mustn’t just continue, but increase.

The Onion @theonion.com · 16h

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

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...

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 17h

Imagine having to pretend this isn’t an obviously insane man because you want a tax cut

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 20h

For the sake of humanity, let’s hope this will be a lasting and permanent ceasefire. While this is a hopeful step, we must demand accountability for every war crime committed during this genocide and continue to call for an end to the occupation.

apnews.com/article/egyp...

Israel and Hamas agree to part of Trump's Gaza peace plan, will free hostages and prisoners

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first Phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners.

apnews.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Apropos absolutely nothing else there is still a rather rude awakening which is yet to come for those in the Democratic Party and in the camp of liberalism writ large if they think Israel's public image is at all recoverable among young and nonwhite voters and apparatchiks.

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Isaac! At the Butler! @isaacbutler.bsky.social · 1d

again, that we were able to push this deal through once Trump got fed up with Bibi just shows that we could’ve ended this shit whenever we felt like it. it’s a horrible stain on our nation‘s history, on Biden, on Trump, and on their administrations.

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

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

Next week on Better Offline: thank you Steve (@gamersnexus.bsky.social)

Steve Burke of gamersnexus and Ed Zitron

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Charbles McBerkely @summerofmoops.bsky.social · 1d

back in late 24 early 25 a common refrain in the dem establishment camp was that voters should feel the pain of their decisions to teach them to vote for democrats and i think they still believe that and are acting accordingly

jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 1d

this has got to be the stupidest and most blatantly "unamerican" group of rulers this country has ever had. if you can't win against "goons in the streets, rotting food in the fields, orang is 90 dollars now" then i dont know what to say

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 1d

this has got to be the stupidest and most blatantly "unamerican" group of rulers this country has ever had. if you can't win against "goons in the streets, rotting food in the fields, orang is 90 dollars now" then i dont know what to say

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

they don’t want you to know how they treat prisoners because it will grieve you to know it, which is natural and human, and because of your normal human reaction you will want the system changed. It’s important to them that your natural aversion to how the system works not be engaged.

The News & Observer @newsobserver.com · 2d

A 2023 records request to get the Durham County Jail policy manual has spurred a years-long legal dispute.

NC nonprofit still pushing for Durham County sheriff to release jail policies

A 2023 records request to get the Durham County Jail policy manual has spurred a years-long legal dispute.

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clyde bruckman's ghost's final repost says free link @ultralaser.bsky.social · 2d

fucked up that this is all just landlords swatting their own buildings to get rid of all the working class residents so they can raise the rent or sell to a developer who'll flip them into high end condos or w/e

like it's a real estate scam! it's a fucking land grab! a fire for the insurance money!

I'm Margaret! I'm the best! Blah Blah Blah! @vt-vagabond.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a lot in here that deserves a pull quote, but this is the most egregious. I need people to recognize the gravity of the situation here in Chicago;

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"The ones that are getting out are coming home to no home," Watson said.
According to her, after the raid occurred, building management stole or threw out residents belongings, including visas and important documents.

ICIRR is still trying to determine the identities of all the people detained in the raid. Castro said that the organization usually can do that by following up with family members or loved ones. "In this instance, there was nobody left to work with," she said. The only detainee name they're sure of is that of a person who passed their Venezuelan passport to a neighbor as they were being taken away.

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Charbles McBerkely @summerofmoops.bsky.social · 2d

what would republicans be doing if democrats did this to a republican? and why aren't democrats doing that now?

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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strawbaby jam @strawbbfields4ever.bsky.social · 2d

always remember who was there for you at your lowest. thank you cigarettes

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity

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Charbles McBerkely @summerofmoops.bsky.social · 2d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u88x...

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d

We really hit on something with the 12 year old theory of governance because that’s really the entire political project. It’s being 12 years old and not even normal 12 year olds but real pieces of shit 12 year olds

Texas GOP candidate
Shelley Luther complains that students can't make fun of transgender children
By Jay Root, Staff Writer
Updated Feb 9, 2022 6:02 a.m.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 3d

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law

“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

www.teenvogue.com

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 3d

"Along with the termination, Tulane altered the course’s syllabus, removing the article, a Harvard School of Public Health discussion about the resurgence of polio in Gaza."

My alma mater continues to embarrass. Public Health students learning public health?
oh no
lailluminator.com/2025/10/06/t...

Tulane changes syllabus, fires academic manager over Gaza article • Louisiana Illuminator

Some say that the incident is yet another glimpse of the tense climate experienced on local and national campuses by people who support Palestine.

lailluminator.com

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