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Jawn Gonzalez @johngonzalez.bsky.social · 5h

And the Philadelphia Phillies

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DiscoPriest @discopriest.bsky.social · 5h

How dare!

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Sophie Bodek @streamofsophie.bsky.social · 8h

I had an absolute blast at the NorCal/Northern Nevada Geomorphology Symposium this past weekend in Yosemite Valley! Who knew camping for conference lodging could be so fun! Many thanks to the organizers for making this happen in such a beautiful part of the world

Scientific poster session in an open room – people are standing and talking in front of various posters around the room perimeter. Projector screen at the far end of the room reads "Geomorphology Symposium".

Group of people are gathered along the sandy bank of the Merced River. Two volunteers are holding up a poster while the presenter speaks to the rest of the group. Behind the poster and presenter is Yosemite Falls.

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Cari Barcas @caribarcas.bsky.social · 5h

Simultaneously heartbroken and inspired to witness what's unfolding in my former hometown this week. On one side are the horrific accounts of abductions and abuse amid this unconstitutional invasion and occupation, and on the other are incredible stories of community solidarity. Bear down, Chicago.

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 8h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 7h

Russia took less than 1% of Ukraine since Nov 2023. Only cost them at least half a million soldiers.

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 8h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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DiscoPriest @discopriest.bsky.social · 5h

She’s that boring.

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 8h

I think people seriously underestimate what it means to say that the Supreme Court is “illegitimate”, and what the consequences of saying it (and meaning it) are.

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DiscoPriest @discopriest.bsky.social · 7h

This whole thread is awesome, and only *slightly* dimmed by my initial, incorrect assumption that this first picture was an artistic installation of a Minecraft spawner.

Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 7h

And here: Elaine and me (I) at a related — but, surprisingly, not connected! — show at Print Center NY: "Data Consciousness: Reframing Blackness in Contemporary Print"

Gallery view, showing a Silas Munro geometric sculptures, tapestries, and data visualizations paying homage to Du Bois

A Kameelah Janan Rasheed corner installation, featuring grids and palimpsestic clippings and screen-based work

Elaine and me looking through Du Bois data visualization books (all of which I have at home :)

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DiscoPriest @discopriest.bsky.social · 7h

@worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com Is this... did I... did I break it?

The CAS system was unable to initialize: Tact instance creation failed. Error (16): container locked
Tact instance creation failed. Error (16) container locked

Failure so nice, they had to tell me twice.

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DiscoPriest @discopriest.bsky.social · 7h

neil young's shirt on the last waltz, you are so pure and good you can't fathom the villainy that inspires someone to dump a half-full, unlidded gallon of paint in your can.

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 7h

I’m so damn spooked by this headline

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

National Guard poised to enter Chicago as Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders

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DiscoPriest @discopriest.bsky.social · 13h

They lazy af.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

“We’re going to hold them fairly to account, and by that we mean we’ll use the propaganda term they invented and not the legal name for the department. In short, MAGA.”

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 15h

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 14h

Elon Musk said he was going to cut spending by $2 trillion dollars, but instead spending is higher this year than we thought it would be before Trump took office. Truly incredible stuff.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 14h

CBO fy2025 projections for deficit/spending/etc are out

Some issues make simple comparisons apples-to-oranges, so I'll do apples-to-apples & explain in the thread

Relative to pre-Trump projections:
-Primary deficits ⬆️ $34 bn
-program spending ⬆️ $97 bn
-revenues ⬆️ $63 bn
www.cbo.gov/publication/...

2025 (January estimate, adjusted to fix issues) 2025 CBO estimate (remove student loan one-time revaluation) 2025 (adjusted for student loans) vs. 2025 projection (adjusted to fix issues)
Spending 7061 7166 105
Program spending 6108 6205 97
Interest 953 961 9
Revenue 5163 5226 63
Primary deficit 945 979 34
Total deficit 1898 1940 42

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 9d

I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".

Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 9d

hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs."

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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 14h

At one point a major tension is explicit: Charlamagne tha God says she’s too scripted but she says she has to be disciplined and repeat herself to get her message across, meanwhile Trump can pop off about electric sharks.

I’m not sure elite party leaders have internalized attention > repeatability.

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Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 15h

Eboni (Ebony?) Watson sure sounds like a hero:

‘As Watson questioned agents about warrants and the legality of their raid, neighbors pleaded with her to be quiet for her own safety. She refused to back down.
"You claim you have warrants, but do you have a warrant to seize the entire building?”’

Eboni Watson, a neighborhood resident who filmed the hours-long raid of the apartment building, told the Weekly she had just gone to bed and closed her eyes when she heard a loud
'bang', followed by the distinct buzzing of drones, a sound she had come to recognize after noticing them hovering near her home for the past three or four weeks.
A moment later, Watson's phone lit up with a notification from the Citizen app that said there'd been a car accident outside. The buzzing grew louder. She grabbed the phone and got out of bed to look out the window.
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As Watson questioned agents about warrants and the legality of their raid, neighbors pleaded with her to be quiet for her own safety. She refused to back down.
"You claim you have warrants, but do you have a warrant to seize the entire building?" she asked the agents. "Do you have warrants to detain the entire building?" According to Watson, two federal agents told her that they were taking all detainees' photos to check them against databases for visas or warrants.

When Watson walked around the block to capture footage of the ongoing raid, she noticed federal agents were using the parking lots of Excel South Shore Academy—a CPS contractor school-to load residents into vans. In them, Watson saw Black U.S. citizens, women, and children. Grabbed from their beds, they hadn't been allowed to dress themselves before they were zip-tied and brought down to the waiting vans.

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DiscoPriest @discopriest.bsky.social · 18h

Speak of the devil, and the devil will appear.

WIRED @wired.com · 18h

The best drip coffee machine in existence—the Fellow Aiden— is $80 off for Amazon Prime Big Deals Days. www.wired.com/story/fellow...

A Surprise $80 Deal on WIRED's Favorite Coffee Maker

The best drip coffee machine in existence—the Fellow Aiden— is $80 off for Amazon Prime Big Deals Days.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 18h

if you work for a publication that does this and have any idea how much $$$ your outlet makes from affiliate sale commissions on prime day, DM or signal me: jason.404

also interested if you are a journalist who is asked to do these deal roundups as part of your job

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 19h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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DiscoPriest @discopriest.bsky.social · 18h

I'm exceedingly grossed out by @wired.com 's insane "coverage" of this ad blitz. How much more would I need to pay on my sub to NOT get the Wired/Amazon emails?

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 19h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 18h

The healthcare.gov open enrollment period begins Nov 1. I'm not sure when their emails go out. My employer has already started warning us about cost increases as our window is approaching the attack line of Democrats seems to be actually really well timed.

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DiscoPriest @discopriest.bsky.social · 18h

That would be *hilarious*.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 19h

BREAKING: A Justice Department memo found that a key witness in the Trump-ordered prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey will actually undermine the entire case.
trib.al/yOqESml

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DiscoPriest @discopriest.bsky.social · 18h

Springing into fall break!

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 1d

I’ve been circling a cursed thought for a while and it’s time to let it out: These guys are Disney Adults for fascism.

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 2d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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