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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Whitney McIntosh @whitneymcintosh.bsky.social · 2h

“He even went for a carvery on the third day”

…by god.

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MLB (Bot) @mlbbot.bsky.social · 9h

FOR HUMPY! 😭

The Mariner Moose lifts Humpy the Salmon up in celebration after Humpy won the Salmon Run for the first time ever. Mariners fans can be seen going wild in the background.

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Whitney McIntosh @whitneymcintosh.bsky.social · 3h

and they purposely ran on to the field to celebrate when the ball was hit but didn’t turn towards home until he touched the plate. Pros.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 10h

holy shit i flew over it as it happened!

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Whitney McIntosh @whitneymcintosh.bsky.social · 10h

woke the dog up

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Whitney McIntosh @whitneymcintosh.bsky.social · 10h

cracking up thinking about who had to tell the salmon run guys to get back in the suits

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 10h

When will my husband return from the Mariner’s game

Oil painting of a woman waiting by the sea

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Whitney McIntosh @whitneymcintosh.bsky.social · 11h

She keeps opening her eyes every 5 minutes like oh you’ll still doing this

Whitney McIntosh @whitneymcintosh.bsky.social · 11h

Liza says wrap it up guys

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Whitney McIntosh @whitneymcintosh.bsky.social · 12h

C’mon Mariners win it for Matilda

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Whitney McIntosh @whitneymcintosh.bsky.social · 13h

Compared to the horses it was a renaissance painting

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 13h

Kerry Carpenter has 5 HR off of George Kirby. Whether or not that's reason enough to have Kirby not face him is up to you, but that's the reason why he got pulled then. It's not pitch count, times through, anything. It's "ownage," however you put stock into it.

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Whitney McIntosh @whitneymcintosh.bsky.social · 13h

You can feel the script notes (and requirement for a few bad CGI moments) big time, and as a huge Rosa Salazar fan I have no clue what she’s doing, but it rocked

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Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 23h

It is finally time for somebody to say CITIZEN KANE is a good movie: defector.com/breaking-som...

Breaking: Some Guy Now Aware Of Most Revered Country Artist Who Ever Lived | Defector

Rare indeed is the headline-and-dek combo worth noticing, or caring about. In many publications these aren’t even written by the same person who wrote the actual blog; at any rate they’re many hundred...

defector.com

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

I had incredibly low expectations for our broken brunchlord press when kakistocratic authoritarianism came knocking, but every single day they demonstrate I still somehow over-estimated them

Joe Berkowitz @joeberkowitz.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible things are happening, as ever, at The Paper of Record.

two articles in a row that feel like very 2025 slaps in the face:

Frank Bruni, Kristen Soltis Anderson and Nate Silver

‘Democrats Fumbled This a Bit’: 3 Writers Assess Where We Are With the Shutdown

Marc Rowan

Academia Is Broken. Trump’s University ‘Compact’ Can Help Fix It.

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Whitney McIntosh @whitneymcintosh.bsky.social · 1d

physically nauseating to watch replays of that decision

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Whitney McIntosh @whitneymcintosh.bsky.social · 1d

oh that’s not how you want to lose

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

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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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 1d

Totally bogus to write this story as a cute, human interest piece and not as a prompt to talk about why parking is like this here compared to other cites

In New York, Free Street Parking Comes at a Cost

www.nytimes.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

it's only racial profiling if it comes from the racial profiling region of france. otherwise it's sparkling reasonable suspicion.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

McLaughlin: "Pritzker said there's racial profiling, which is absolutely false. Our officials use reasonable suspicion. That's protected under the US Constitution 4th Amendment."

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Kelsey McKinney @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social · 1d

I loved this series when @sabs.bsky.social started it for us at Defector.com in March!!! defector.com/meet-the-civ...

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

nyti.ms

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Whitney McIntosh @whitneymcintosh.bsky.social · 2d

The same thing happened to the Challenge. They mixed in too much Big Brother/Survivor/boring Brit dating shows and now it’s been like 8 seasons since true chaos and huge moves being made

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 2d

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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 2d

My favorite thing about baseball is its unparalleled literary history.
My second-favorite thing about baseball is how failure is the norm and nobody can succeed through force of will.
My third-favorite thing about baseball is this:

Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 2d

there are not a lot of sports where a person the shape of Alejandro Kirk could be playing at the highest level at the end of the season

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