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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 3h

2hen you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 9h

Also fuck you Texas for doing this, invading another state with armed troops; lone star Republic my ass

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 13h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9h

/14 The problem is that they all want to rebel against authority so they don't want to listen to a GC representing authority. They're very oppositional. I spent like an hour yesterday explaining "just because the Chapo dudes said it doesn't mean you can say it to Estelle in accounting."

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 10h

/6 I know that people think lawyers are pedants but there is a reason to have rules and policies and procedures. And you have to take them seriously. A SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CARRICATURE OF ANDY NGO DOES NOT BELONG IN THE BYLAWS. NO NOT EVEN IN THE APPENDIX.

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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 4h

Surgery, fillers and a whole lot of editing of the image

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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 4h

This sort of conservatism that I came out of and still speaks to me deeply. Having it not exist in the US anymore is not great.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 7h

i think it was jamelle bouie who said that christopher nolan is fascinating because he's a conservative filmmaker... just one made from a mold we seem to have lost, one who believes that while it is inevitable that some men wield power and some have it wielded upon them, the former is a *burden*

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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 5h

I can only imagine how they respond to his terrible fake British accent

economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 5h

Glonzodammerung

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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 5h

The complete obliteration of the pro-refugee and volunteering at the soup kitchen evangelical under Trump is not great for society. Plenty of bad things about them but what has replaced it is so much worse.

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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 5h

www.thesun.co.uk/news/4806074...

Is Donald Trump related to 16th century cannibal killer The Werewolf of Bedburg?

DONALD Trump could be descended from a 16th century cannibal serial killer known as the Werewolf of Bedburg, an academic has claimed. The US president’s ancestors come from rural Germany R…

www.thesun.co.uk

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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 5h

Bari decided to go with her own version of Hegseth's no fatties speech as her introduction to the CBS News staff

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 5h

Beginning to thing Sam Altman doesn't actually think anything through www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 1d

It's not looking good for DHS's account of yet another shooting theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 7h

Carter was president the last time my dad applied for a job but he deeply understands how applying for jobs works currently.

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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 7h

Love boomer parents telling me that even applying for unemployment will hurt my chances of being hired because employers will know and that it should never take more than a month to find a new position (my dad worked for a single company for 40 years).

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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 7h

This editorial is Infowars level conspiratorial. The sort of thing Fox News would be embarrassed to run.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 7h

Tourism is way down and federal workers are not dining out because no income right now. It is going to be a bloodbath for restaurants in the DC area.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump: "You can go and eat at the restaurants. The restaurants are booming. They were closing one after another and now they're booming, they're opening. Nobody has ever seen a transformation like they have in Washington DC. It's as hot as it can get."

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 13h

Would have bought this, played this, assigned it to classes, written about it. We could have had something incredible.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 14h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 14h

The belief that government is just wasting money constantly because they know someone in the past 30 years who got a grant of a few thousand dollars for a project that may not have been perfect is unsolvable.

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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 14h

The immigration thing is a change from her being a huge pro-refugee person. I don't know how you fix the fact that Trump created a border backlog and then the media claimed a crisis of out of control immigration existed.

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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 14h

Talking with my mom who hates Trump but also has now been convinced that the government needs to be cut because it employs too many people and that Biden just opened the border and allowed anybody in by right wing nonsense in Arizona.

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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 19h

I wonder if they sell backpack straps or something similar for foldable bikes like this for when you need to carry them up stairs or to hotel rooms

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22h

folded up and ready for the trip

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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 19h

Manatees on the other hand are big, very sweet and very dumb with absolutely no prey instinct. Spend time swimming with manatees if you can and avoid horses.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 20h

horses can SERIOUSLY injure you with their jaws - do not ever antagonize enormous animals with opinions

Rivikah @rivikah.bsky.social · 20h

My grandfather was missing a finger and a half from his right hand due to it being bitten off by a horse.

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economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 19h

Geese and swans are animals motivated entirely by spite and will absolutely murder you if given an opening.

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