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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 6h

kinda wild how we're leaping straight to late Ceausescu

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

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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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 7h

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Cover-Up review – Laura Poitras’s Seymour Hersh documentary is a thrilling ode to journalism

The acclaimed documentarian follows up All the Beauty and the Bloodshed with another smart and impeccably structured winner

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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 11h

Of course the problem is vehicles. The problem is designers not protecting children from them, using floor to ceiling glass walls because it looks good. They had a "duty of care," a concept I'm writing about today.

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 12h

Who is crucifying dogs?

Also, what a fucked up verbal tic to pick up from your father. They’ll describe anything that way.

“It was so hot that I drank the Gatorade in one gulp, like a dog.”

“That looks great on you, like a dog.”

“My father didn’t give me enough love and attention, like a dog.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Eric Trump: "You saw what Jake Tapper did to Lara Trump. She said what everybody knew and everybody was saying and he came out and crucified her like a dog. They have tried to kill us at every road."

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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 13h

American friends, if you ever get an Canadian-style health care system, payment doesn't come into it, not for you, not for the pregnant illegal foreign rabble rouser in the next chair in Emergency. Pain and sickness have a way of uniting patients. We have huge fears but not about money.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 13h

Remember this? www.esquire.com/style/groomi...

An Expert Explains What the Hell Is Happening With Stephen Miller's 'Hair'

That's not his natural hairline, folks.

www.esquire.com

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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 13h

I'm grateful to my union, writers, painters, colleagues, and the late Dr. Darren Markland on his mountain bike. The world is crowded with wonderful people. As always I wish I'd had more space to write, would have included dozens more.

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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 13h

Here's a Claerwen James painting to illustrate a gratitude list column. Hard times for women, hard times for everyone but some people can be just great. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

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Robert Mahon @bedform.org · 1d

Yes, bring back manliness like the 1790s
- wigs
- tights
- frills
- powder
- filler
- rouge
- hips out
- legs crossed

George Washington dancing, in tights and heels, powdered wig, frilly lace sleeves.

Return of George Washington painting with washington's coat flicked back, hand on his hip like a manly man. All powdered up. Bunch of men sitting in front with their legs crossed

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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 1d

I totally fell for it mainly because too many people smile at each other in UK stock photos which is not like real life and is obviously a huge problem re: shaming normal modest types. There's no diversity in Britain. Everyone is stone-faced and in deep gloom. Nowt wrong with that.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

Oscar Issac looking at some kind of electronic tablet.

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Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 1d

Watching the inevitable critics of Carney's performance with Trump today, I am reminded of the two bits of advice I used to give clients: Don't antagonize people who can inflict serious harm on you. Don't start fights with crazy people. There are other routes to success than confrontation. #cdnpoli

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 1d

He’s seen the photos, she’s seen the photos, and there’s nothing else she can do or say. This is textbook, “I will never ask you a question I don’t already know the answer to.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

WELCH: There's a tape, right, with Mr Homan. Is there a tape with audio and video of the transfer of $50k?

BONDI: You would have to talk to Director Patel about that

WELCH: I'm talking to you

BONDI: I don't know the answer

WELCH: You do know

BONDI: Don't call me a liar!

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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 1d

"You've really coated that porch. It's ... transformed! It doesn't even look like a porch any more. It's truly greyish. And hard. That's what I call surfacing. It's like a tombstone. But sideways. It is, I am, wow, that is transformational. Not really a porch at all now is it."

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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 1d

Actually in Canadian Speak, Carney's "transformative" is the biggest diss you could ever imagine. It's what I say about my neighbour's new porch. "Ah, cement, that is Trans. Formative. So. Sweepable."

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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 1d

OMG

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: You said Carney is a great man and you want to do a deal with Canada, then why aren't you?

TRUMP: Because I want to be a great man too

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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 1d

Huh?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "It's an honor to have the prime minister of Canada, Mark Carney, who I have made very popular. He's an extremely popular prime minister and I'm very honored to do it because I like him."

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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 1d

I hate this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

TRUMP: The merger of Canada and the United States! I'm only kidding

CARNEY: That wasn't where I was going

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We call them the water drugs. The drugs that come in through water. They're not coming. There are no boats anymore. Frankly, there are no fishing boats. There are no boats out there period, if you want to know the truth. Does anybody go fishing anymore?"

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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 1d

Alas, poor Jenrick...

James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

“Gottle of geer.”

Honest Bob Jenrick holding a judge’s wig in a manner that makes it look like his ventriloquist’s dummy.

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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 1d

Working in a media men's room is one of the roughest things you can go through. Imagine doing it live on air. Great admiration for Jennifer Valentyne. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Former 'Derringer in the Morning' co-host takes Q107 parent company to human rights tribunal | CBC News

Jennifer Valentyne, a former co-host of a Toronto radio show, spoke in detail about alleged verbal abuse and gender-based discrimination at the Corus Entertainment Inc. program during a human rights t...

www.cbc.ca

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

i vaguely recall Arctic Frost being one of the Baja Blast flavors I'd avoid at Taco Bell

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rep. Chuck Grassley tells Bondi "Arctic Frost" (whatever that is) was "worse than Watergate"

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