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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

The @guardian publishes the names of Gaza children killed by Israel. 18,457 and growing.

(“Does not include thousands still buried under the rubble”) www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

thank you brett kavanaugh!

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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The Ken in Yellow @kenlowery.bsky.social · 4d

Anyway props to NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD for just flat saying "in times of crisis your supposed protectors reveal themselves as the racist lynch mobs they always were" 57 years ago

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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 4d

Night of the Living Dead was released 57 years ago today🧟‍♂️

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 5d

Welp

Rob Sheridan v @rob-sheridan.com
Good thing a bunch of Democrats were tripping over their dicks to heap praise on a guy who will be completely memory-holed from the national attention span in a week because of some other off-the-rails reason Trump will jump on to demand more censorship and arrests.
September 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 6d

DIRECTED BY JOHN CARPENTER ⚡ Now playing on the Criterion Channel!

A master at turning B-movie premises into dazzlingly artful nightmares, Carpenter mixes pulse-pounding thrills and subversive social commentary into some of the smartest, most stylish, and electrifying genre films of all time.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 8d

“I’m resigning from my position as Democratic leader and retiring from the Senate.”

A fundraising text

NEW MESSAGE
FROM:
Chuck Schumer
Meredith, is there anything I can say to convince you to donate $20 (becomes $80!) to help take back the Senate majority

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 9d

This is not an argument for despair, but an argument to make it harder for them to commit murder.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 9d

The more they get away with murder, the more murder they will commit.

Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 9d

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 9d

Hey everyone Andrew Cuomo's doing a canvass this Saturday at Grand Army Plaza in case you wanted to sign up for a canvassing shift for him cuomoformayor.nationbuilder.com/grand_army_p...

Grand Army Plaza Street Canvass for Cuomo for Mayor

cuomoformayor.nationbuilder.com

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more mr. dice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 9d

(final thought as i'm swiftly slain by a band of ninja assassins) kind of a crazy amount of ninjas to hire for this

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Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com · 9d

Very kind of you, friend! Glad it has stayed with you!

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 9d

The red tide now poured from all sides of the monster like brooks down a hill.

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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 10d

So exhausting..

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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 10d

A top tier useless politician begging to lose a primary next year.

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 10d

Hakeem Jeffries still refuses to endorse the Democratic Nominee for NYC mayor but has plenty of praise for Eric Adams who, left the party, openly supports Trump, & cut a deal with Trump to disappear the DOJ’s bribery & corruption charges against him. Can’t imagine why the Dem Party has 26% approval🤔

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 10d

One Battle After Another and Sinners both lay out a formula for cinema success: diverse movies where white nationalists get duffed in the most graphic way possible shot and presented in increasingly baroque high resolution formats.

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 12d

Now this is Content

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Sean Howe @seanhowe.bsky.social · 12d

documentary series in the tradition of michael apted's UP films, but tracing the lives of the american seed company's sales force

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RetroOoOoOo~ BOOmercial Screams @retro-commercials.bsky.social · 12d

Photograph of a wooden daybed with a white mattress and pillow. The bed has a headboard with shelves, decorated with a silver bow and two framed pictures. Below the bed are six wooden drawers. A light-colored rug is on the floor in front of the bed. Text overlays read: "DRAWER BASE EXTRA" and "$239⁹⁹".

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12d

As Netanyahu addresses the United Nations in New York City this morning, the world recoils in horror at the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

This morning, Benjamin Netanyahu will address the United Nations — an institution which has concluded his government is committing a genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. He arrived in New York after a flight that added hours to its path to circumvent the airspace of countries which might enforce the International Criminal Court's warrant for his arrest. During the course of his speech, another Palestinian child will undoubtedly be killed by the Israeli military in Gaza, as they have been every single hour for nearly two years.

Eric Adams will greet Netanyahu as a friend. Andrew Cuomo proudly served on his legal defense team. Both have jockeyed for the approval of Donald Trump, who has sent billions of our taxpayer dollars to support these war crimes.

A Mayor cannot end these atrocities. But they can speak for the values of this city: a commitment to human rights for all people, including Palestinians, and a yearning for peace and justice. Even if those values are anathema to those in power now, they will endure.

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 12d

if the elevator is thyssen-krupp
the building owner knows what's up

but if otis be the accursed brand
know that thee and thine are damned

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Silvia Pareschi @silviapare2.bsky.social · 12d

This is a very important study

www.media.mit.edu/publications...

Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task – MIT Media Lab

This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and …

www.media.mit.edu

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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 13d

NYTimes: Have you ever gotten in trouble for reading a book?

@rabihalameddine.bsky.social: No, but I have for writing one. Much trouble.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...

Rabih Alameddine Is Done With Dostoyevsky

www.nytimes.com

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 13d

NEW: Neon, an app that pays you to record your calls so your audio can be used to train AI, and already rose to the top #5 free apps on Apple's App Store, has gone offline after a security lapse.

We found the app exposed users' phone numbers, call recordings, and text transcripts of those calls.

Exclusive: Neon takes down app after exposing users' phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts

Call recording app Neon was one of the top-ranked iPhone apps, but was pulled offline after a security bug allowed any logged-in user to access the call recordings and transcripts of any other user.

techcrunch.com

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SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social · 13d

Mary Shelley created Sci-fic

Charlie Brigden @filmsonwax.bsky.social · 13d

"The film, written and directed by del Toro, adapts Mary Shelley’s classic 1818 novel into a gothic sci-fi horror story"

Shelley's novel was a gothic sci-fi horror story, genius

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