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Steven Chappell
@grammarpurist.bsky.social
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Grammarian. Two-time Hall of Fame (College Media Association and Associated Collegiate Press) journalism educator. Lover of hot and spicy foods. UAB Blazer who helped lead The Return. Friend of DeSoto. Klingon at heart. #FIRETRENTDILFER
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Steven Chappell @grammarpurist.bsky.social · Jul 21
I just wanted to remind everyone that my old Twitter/X Comminternships feed is now on LinkedIn. I try to post to it multiple times a day as I find jobs and internships that are suitable for college students and recent grads. Please share with anyone you see fit!

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Comminternships | LinkedIn
Comminternships | 228 followers on LinkedIn. This exists to help college students and recent graduates find internships and entry-level jobs in media fields. | This page is a collection of jobs and in...
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 5h
Dolly’s pro-trans, Oscar-nominated song Travelin’ Thru 🏳️‍⚧️

🎶We've all been crucified and they nailed Jesus to the tree
And when I'm born again, you're gonna see a change in me
God made me for a reason and nothin' is in vain
Redemption comes in many shapes with many kinds of pain🎶
Album art - Transamerica soundtrack
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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 5h
We offered them inexCUSAbly Awesome but they declined
COMMITTI SICKOS INEN ENUSABLY AMESOME
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Steven Chappell @grammarpurist.bsky.social · 5h
Idiots!
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Steven Chappell @grammarpurist.bsky.social · 5h
cc @sickoscommittee.org @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social @channel6.bsky.social
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Steven Chappell @grammarpurist.bsky.social · 6h
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Fire Trent Dilfer | Save UAB Football
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JP Collins @profjpc.bsky.social · 7h
“Who” is, objectively, the funniest possible response here
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 27d
I'd list all the things Jack Posobiec is known for, but I think it would get me banned on Bluesky in the current environment of automated moderation.

Let's just say he has an extensive page at the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Anyway, CBS News is talking with Posobiec about his friend Charlie Kirk.
YouTube screenshot of Face the Nation from CBS News: Jack Posobiec reflects on the life of his friend Charlie Kirk
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 7h
Not how I remember it
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 9h
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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Steven Chappell @grammarpurist.bsky.social · 6h
Now do Trent Dilfer. He’s been fucking them up for three years. Not one.
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Ollie Connolly @ollieconnolly.bsky.social · 8h
From one UNC defensive assistant: "What we've done to these kids is fucked up."
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Steven Chappell @grammarpurist.bsky.social · 7h
This man is certifiably insane.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h
The face of Evil.
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Jacob Grier @jacobgrier.bsky.social · 8h
Reading this post from a recently opened coffeeshop enclosed by surprisingly transparent plywood.
View from a coffeeshop with wall-length windows
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h
Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.
SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records
The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.
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Steven Chappell @grammarpurist.bsky.social · 9h
Nazi platforms gonna Nazi.
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 12h
Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.
Screenshot depicting posts on X, one showing the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire, a white man. The X news tab reports on the suspect's arrest, but shows a photo of a black man instead.
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d
One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy
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NPR @npr.org · 16h
Photographer Katie Currid captured fans attending Chappell Roan's tour stop in Kansas City. The Missouri native said bringing joy to the Midwest's queer community is deeply meaningful to her.
Chappell Roan's fans welcome the 'Midwest Princess' to Kansas City
Photographer Katie Currid captured fans attending Chappell Roan's tour stop in Kansas City. The Missouri native said bringing joy to the Midwest's queer community is deeply meaningful to her.
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 19h
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 16h
The Constitutional crisis you've been waiting for is here.

The right moment to speak up—that moment of clarity you've been waiting for—that's here too.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h
I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
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Kyle Whitmire @warondumb.bsky.social · 15h
I don't want to hear States' Rights ever again.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h
I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 15h
ICE is the culmination of decades of straight white male indoctrination.

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The Trump Administration is Targeting Straight White Men
At first glance, it’s easy to focus on the Trump Administration’s attacks on historically marginalized minority communities: the incessant and increasingly violent war it is now raging on immigrants, ...
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Steven Chappell @grammarpurist.bsky.social · 14h
Boo!
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 15h
The fact that they can't get a random sampling of citizens from any city to indict people for interfering with ICE seems more informative than any political poll, tbh
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 1d
A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters
A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.
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Steven Chappell @grammarpurist.bsky.social · 14h
That’s real?
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Steven Chappell @grammarpurist.bsky.social · 14h
There’s no good in ICE. None.

They are recruited from the depths of hell.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d
Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray. “I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.” But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire. “We could hear them laughing,” Black said.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d
Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray. “I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.” But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire. “We could hear them laughing,” Black said.
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