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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 2h

basically the issue with sun tzu is that most people don't think china is real

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 2h

A rave review for "1929," the new @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social account of the crash that helped touch off the Great Depression. "It is one of the best narrative histories I’ve read," writes Judge Glock. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

‘1929’ Review: Year of the Crash

The plummet of the stock market in October 1929 created panic and scandal. Bigger shocks were yet to come.

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Minister Denby @tjmzj.bsky.social · 1h

From sassy Chinese vendors to snarky American protestors, these frogs can do it all.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 18h

Counterpoint:

You absolutely do not have to hand it to enslavers

Wilson: Now, one of the things I want to do is say: I’m really glad that slavery’s gone, and good riddance. And I want to say that the Southern slave owner, who read the books of Ephesians and Colossians and 1 Timothy and treated his slaves decently, remembering that he had a master in heaven who he studiously tried to obey — what Paul said slave owners were supposed to do — I would say he was not an orc, and he is part of the reason why slavery ended. In other words, I would say he’s a good guy.

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 2h

Some kid is doing the standard “ur mom” voice chat trash talk and they got no idea they’re talking to bashar al assad

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 4h

“To master a foreign language is to embrace an odyssey far from the comforts of your mother tongue,” Álex Maroño Porto reflects on linguistic duality through history in this week’s Time-Travel Thursdays.

Writing, Thinking, and Falling In Love in Another Language

I became a different person after learning English.

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Shelby Edwards @sedwards.bsky.social · 7h

So important. They fired people working on Ebola in Africa tonight. The people who track and investigate and report on disease outbreaks. The CDC prior to the first Trump administration was the global gold standard... but the ideologues can't stand it.

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 12h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Minister Denby @tjmzj.bsky.social · 14h

They have messed with the Jesus!

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Minister Denby @tjmzj.bsky.social · 14h

I’ve always hated boiled peanuts but my mom would love you.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 14h

This kind of partisan political message, under the guise of a public service announcement, is illegal on several levels.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Minister Denby @tjmzj.bsky.social · 14h

One of my observations is that people who say they don’t trust the media for news nonetheless seek out news from alternative sources. No one really “stops following the news,” they just start following sources that are amateur, batshit, or malevolent.

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 15h

Jay Capsian Kang writes about how the internet has deepened the cracks in our fracturing sense of shared reality—and how many Americans have come to embrace a conspiratorial world view. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/XEjaFK

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 17h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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Knepherbird @knepherbird.com · 19h

Could have been Eric Metaxas's, which argues that because the liberals are today's Nazis, Bonhoeffer would have supported Donald Trump, a take which is, uh, not shared by the wide majority of Bonhoeffer scholars.

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Minister Denby @tjmzj.bsky.social · 14h

People forget that Trump hated Reagan too, called him weak and said Reagan let the world disrespect the US.

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nick @bignickenergyx.bsky.social · Aug 23

The gay couple from weapons

The kilted kanuk @brianmckee.bsky.social · Aug 23

Well, that's a years worth of meal prep completed.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 23h

Say it on Fox News!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

GOP Rep. Don Bacon: "This whole thing about the Nobel Peace Prize I think is silly. Do the right thing. Try to create peace. Lobbying for an award -- to me it looks unseemly."

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 23h

what if there were one car company that did every shitty thing imaginable

Ryan McManus @ryantomorrow.bsky.social · 23h

Tesla pulls an Apple U2. electrek.co/2025/10/10/t...

Tesla pushes Tron: Ares ad inside its cars, upsetting owners

Tesla has partnered with its recent foe, Disney, to promote its latest movie, Tron: Ares, with an in-car update that...

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

Trump, a vocal war crimes enthusiast for more than a decade, is mad he didn’t get the nobel so his aides are gonna spend all day humiliating themselves in competition over who can kiss his ass better

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Minister Denby @tjmzj.bsky.social · 1d

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter’s The Incredible Mr. Limpet

Minister Denby @tjmzj.bsky.social · 1d

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter’s Flubber

Goofrider @goofrider.bsky.social · 1d

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

The Adventure of John Carpenter, Queen of the Desert

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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 1d

In any other Republican administration, international recognition of an anti-socialist activist fighting against a geopolitical adversary would be celebrated. But we are governed by a senile old man jealous of Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 1d

Totally normal official response.

Steven Cheung

President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives.

He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will.

The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.

Quoting The Nobel Prize:

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

this ain't happening man

Long live Prime Minister Takaichi and his majesty the Emperor.

300 seats for Liberal Democratic Party of Japan

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Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 1d

The other day a student asked me about the prevalence of insider trading in prediction markets. I now have an answer.

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Minister Denby @tjmzj.bsky.social · 1d

Father Figure can be trending for whole new reasons!