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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 7h

Occasionally I'll run into somebody I haven't seen in many years. We will catch up and listen to them sharing in great detail to what they've been up to. As we part I'll get a little emotional and sad when I realize it may not be the last time I ever see them.

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Mick_the_Raven @phlipm34.bsky.social · 5d

Idiocracy is on Netflix now. Or any news channel.

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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 8h

In retrospect, relying on my Beanie Bag™️ collection and a big check from Publishers' Clearing House was not the diversified retirement plan it might have been.

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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 9h

I'm not saying that these gummies are strong. I'm just saying I'm having a fascinating conversation on who was more iconic: Bill Hicks or Jimi Hendrix...with my dog.

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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 11h

"Welcome to Applebee's. What can we microwave for you this evening?"

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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 12h

Dying at 77 isn't exactly young but it's quite impressive for a lawyer for mobsters.

Bruce Cutler, Pugnacious Lawyer for the Mob Boss John Gotti, Dies at 77 - The New York Times share.google/JcCallfi6wMQ...

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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 13h

My Uncle made me the person I am today: A grown man terrified of creepy uncles.

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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 14h

Still less ridiculous than a Cybertruck.

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 1d

I teach in my undergrad class on the history of the US jury system that the institution's roots are in colonial juries serving as a counterweight to abuses of imperial power. The American jury has problems for sure but still can serve that roll. Don't blow off jury service.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

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Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.myatproto.social · 4d

So you want to support living marginalized banned authors but your local banned books week displays and events are full of famous dead people?

Not to worry: your helpful non-binary bookseller is here to help!

A thread!

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 17h

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 14h

If I have to accept the existence of Kingdom Hearts and Cracker Barrel then the rest of you can accept and deal with transgenderism

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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 14h

The fun doesn't really start until David Simon calls someone a "fuckmook."

SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 14h

Nothing bugs me quite so much as when I'm sitting around complaining to myself that nobody ever calls me or invites me to do things and then my phone rings with somebody inviting me to do things. 🤬

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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 14h

Nothing bugs me quite so much as when I'm sitting around complaining to myself that nobody ever calls me or invites me to do things and then my phone rings with somebody inviting me to do things. 🤬

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Nunsense & Shenunigans @annaleehq.bsky.social · 15h

This thread 🧵 amused me more than it should

I’ve been annoyed by AS for years
This exchange with David Simon is hilarious
Poor Ari
He really should find work that better suits him

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 14h

David Simon takes no prisoners.

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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 21h

As it turns out, not only were we NOT overreacting, we were underreacting 🫠

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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 15h

No, really: apnews.com/article/domi...

Former Republican election official buys Dominion Voting — a target of 2020 conspiracy theories

Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official.

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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 15h

A firm run by a former Republican elections official has bought Dominion Voting Systems and “vowed to follow the executive order Trump signed last spring seeking sweeping changes to election policies that multiple judges have put on hold for violating the Constitution”—what could go wrong?

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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 17h

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 18h

Banjo

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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 18h

RFK, Jr. will likely kill more people than any other member of the Trump team. This makes Stephen Miller very jealous.

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 21h

Democrats: We follow the science.

Republicans: The science follows us.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 19h

"Braying Plaguedonkey" is a stroke of brilliance.

Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 20h

I am so tired of this braying plaguedonkey being in charge of public health. Everyone who voted to confirm him has blood on their hands.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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