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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 22h

Didn't realize that Nine Line made a video response to my dumb Spirit Halloween meme but thanks?

youtu.be/ircYkq0Z0u8?...

Conservative Guy Scared Of Cities | Halloween Costume

YouTube video by Nine Line Apparel

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

We've strategically placed mediocre hacks at the top of every political and business organization, let's see what happens next

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Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 1d

Also folks, it's time we appreciate that the Beatles were "pretty good at the music"

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

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Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 1d

“Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.”
- Seneca

CBS News @cbsnews.com · 2d

President Trump is going to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Friday morning for what the White House says is his "routine yearly checkup," just six months after undergoing what the White House at the time described as his "annual physical examination" at the same facility.

Trump to visit Walter Reed for "routine yearly checkup" 6 months after annual physical exam

President Trump's annual physical examination in April showed his vital statistics were all within normal limits.

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Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 2d

Fascist monsters. Completely soulless.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 2d

Rand Paul do you like the Blue Album

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Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 2d

After casting the vote, Fetterman growled "fire bad!" and ambled up a rocky path to an abandoned castle

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 2d

Republican Senators, with an assist from Sen. John Fetterman, voted down an attempt to block the Trump administration’s missile strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats. interc.pt/4o9CBur

A photo of Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., sits on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington, overlaid with the headline, "Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks," and the DEK, "It was the first time members of Congress were put on record about whether they supported or opposed the president’s war in the Caribbean."

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Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 2d

Antifa (pictured here taking on Franco in Spain, Mosley's blackshirts in London, Nazis in Germany, and Mussolini in Italy)

Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 2d

Trump sounds like every uncle living outside Chittenden county describing Burlington. “Yeah man they don’t even have sidewalks… my buddy Steve got murdered there seven times.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 3d

Cowards and monsters

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 21d

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 3d

I'm being told that these are four different women (?)

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Vermont Green FC @vermontgreenfc.bsky.social · 4d

Vermont’s women’s soccer story continues... 🏔️

Vermont Green FC has announced that the club’s women’s team will compete in USL W League as a founding member of the league’s Northeast Division.

Vermont Green FC to Join USLW as Founding Member of Northeast Division - Vermont Green Football Club

Vermont Green FC has announced that the club’s women’s team will compete in USL W League as a founding member of the league’s Northeast Division. Participation in the 2026 W League season is contingen...

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Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 4d

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Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 5d

Can't see any way in which this comes back to bite us in the ass. And by "us" I mean "everyone" - not just the the innumerable Lyle Lanleys and their enablers. Going to be a "privatized profits, socialized losses" for the record books.

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 5d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

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Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 5d

An unprecedented golden age for objectively unqualified hacks (Weiss, Hegseth, Patel, et al)

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

Breaking News: Paramount is buying The Free Press for $150 million and appointing Bari Weiss, the news site's co-founder, as the editor in chief of CBS News. nyti.ms/4gUnu5D

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Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 5d

Getting absolutely blazed off that Number One. Completed faded off that Willy T.

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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 6d

wizard frog is insane

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 6d

It was clear from the beginning that ICE staffing up was going to be a full employment program for racists, barroom bullies and wife beaters

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Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 7d

Been some confusion, hope this helps

Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 8d

Feel like tolerance for this sort of cavalier violence is almost gone. We are rapidly heading towards an inflection point.

Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 8d

Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.

"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 8d

Speaking of thanks for the suggestion just now Meta. This illustration by @tylerlittwin.bsky.social looks so much better now!

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Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 8d

Tragically bested by fifth tier anime Noel & Liam artwork. Forced to wander the wasteland with all the other human artists.

Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 8d

look at these fucking fascists

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 8d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 8d

Silicon Valley continuing its Vichy France speed-run