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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 9h

i am not saying the world has gone completely bonkers but
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 22h

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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david kim @davidmkim.bsky.social · 18h

if i remember correctly, there is a research paper i read a long time ago that found a strong correlation between mayors advocating for/ enacting police expansion policies and those mayors winning elections. essentially the police dictate mayors' policies.

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david kim @davidmkim.bsky.social · 1d

ahhh the intricacies of online publishing!

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david kim @davidmkim.bsky.social · 1d

so i'm a printhead but do read the newsletter version that comes via email because it comes early! glad i'm getting the full experience (i hope?).

also, i can't seem to click through to the web version from the newsletter - weird?

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

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david kim @davidmkim.bsky.social · 1d

except roberts trotting out blake treinen with infinity era

david kim @davidmkim.bsky.social · 2d

weird move to make it so much harder on sasaki

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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david kim @davidmkim.bsky.social · 3d

what i love about this piece beyond the typically great max read writing is going on a 5-10 min tangent looking at 80s toyota pickup truck tail lights.

Max Read @maxread.info · 5d

today's newsletter: a consideration of the many wonderful cars in One Battle After Another, in particular Willa's 2005 Yaris, Sensei's T-Bird Super Coupe and Bob's boosted 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R

The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R

'One Battle After Another' as a car movie

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david kim @davidmkim.bsky.social · 4d

does a chatbot have a soul meghan lol

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david kim @davidmkim.bsky.social · 4d

isn't he also really tall? he's going to look super human if he is towering over big agents with full kits. a different spin on luigi.

david kim @davidmkim.bsky.social · 4d

well this is depressing

Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 5d

more than a whiff of self-censorship in markets at the moment. No-one wants to call BS on, ya know, everything, for fear of angering the president

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 5d

There's a really great MinutePhysics video about the aesthetics- and physics-based reasons for the number of wind turbine blades: youtu.be/pgqkti7yePk

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david kim @davidmkim.bsky.social · 5d

really good discussion about klein and tnc. klein is also practicing bad politics by burning the most vulnerable. if you want to be a leader/ leading voice, then make the moral case for why those most vulnerable should be protected instead of burning them for what's not even a clear political gain.

david kim @davidmkim.bsky.social · 7d

"In 1988, when Larson visited Goodall's research facility in Tanzania, he was attacked by a chimpanzee named Frodo."

hahaahhahahahahahahahahahahahah

rip jane goodall

Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 7d

RIP and I'm stoked people are gonna find this part of her wiki entry.

david kim @davidmkim.bsky.social · 7d

but also ... republicans control the legislative and executive branches ... ?

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 7d

Good morning.

The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.

Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.

david kim @davidmkim.bsky.social · 8d

mr beast should be in jail

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 9d

Content creators tend to think any spectacle is defensible if they can say health and safety concerns have been attended to behind the scenes, but that’s not really it imho. Mr. Beast’s whole thing is that his subjects’ desperation for cash allows him—a wealthier person—to indulge his sadism.

@KillaKreww
MrBeast had a contestant TRAPPED inside a BURNING house to win $500,000 in his new video [link]

@MrBeast
This blew up, if you're curious obviously we had ventilation for the smoke and a kill switch to cut off the fires. We had professionals test this extensively and the guy in the video as stated is a professional stunt man. I take safety more serious than you could ever imagine.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 10d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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helen, gender goblin @gendergoblinhelen.bsky.social · 10d

'out of the three mass shootings today'

Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 10d

Iraq War veteran Thomas Sanford has been identified as the gunman who attacked Grand Blanc Mormon church, killing 2 people and setting it ablaze. Out of the three mass shootings today, two of them have been carried out by Iraq war veterans.

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I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · 10d

The elephant pretends to eat this gentleman's hat! ♥️

#bluesky #animals #natuer #wildlife

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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 10d

Will never not be funny to me that the Latin name for the American Robin is Turdus migratorius

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Elysia Tatsu @elysiatatsu.bsky.social · 12d

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david kim @davidmkim.bsky.social · 12d

god damn he's good, right? i'm not imagining it or wish casting?

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

UNTIL IT'S DONE, Ep. 2

When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline.

109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.

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