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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 10h

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John Hodgman @hodgman.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t even have one anymore!

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

DAILY MEMO: The Kidnapping of Latino Workers Continues From California to Chicago

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d

Where are the commanding officers of those sailors in the background. How are they letting this happen?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

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Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 3d

I've pulled another of my vintage interviews from the vault - This time with Sir Ian McKellen...

Check it out!

And if you want to see more archival pieces like this, & plenty of new ones, please consider becoming a patron! (It'd be swell...)

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FROM THE VAULT: An Interview With Sir Ian McKellen | Ken Plume

Get more from Ken Plume on Patreon

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 3d

The media trots out the "deplorable" comment from a decade ago to castigate the left. Once a week now Trump implies that the military should destroy democrats, and it is just how things are.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 3d

Hello if there's anyone who would like a little pep talk in an upcoming That's Marvelous newsletter, please let me know here, and I'll see what I can do! :)

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John Hodgman @hodgman.bsky.social · 3d

That trailer makes me feel like I’m being pranked

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HIGNFY US @hignfyus.bsky.social · 7d

This week, the panel will be joined by guests: Comedian and Author, @hodgman.bsky.social and Comedian and Podcaster, @akilahhughes.com! A brand new episode airs Saturday, 9/27 at 9p ET/PT on @cnn.com.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6d

New York City, I can see a future with you. And it’s one we can afford.

Our new ad just aired during The Golden Bachelor.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d

new convo between me and @lioneltrolling.bsky.social on hegseth and that weird display in quantico www.patreon.com/posts/unclea...

Unclear and Present Politics Episode 4 — Military Readiness Edition (Video) | Unclear and Present Patreon

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 7d

The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."

All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’

The birth of AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood has caused a backlash in Hollywood and has sparked conversation from Guardian readers

www.theguardian.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d

my latest is expanding on the observation that your view of the politics of opposition to the administration depend largely on your view of the election (gift link)

Opinion | Trump Has No Mandate to Destroy America

www.nytimes.com

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · Aug 29

Platner is very much not the kind of “Democrat but also *a veteran*” moderate that the Dems were recruiting 10 years ago.

Punk rock is the through line for his service in both the military and mutual aid.

He insists the Marines are full of men like him, grunts who love both the anarchic politics of Black Flag and the grinding discipline of active duty. It reminds me of some boys I grew up with-young men for whom joining the military and radical protests were both ways of proving you could take more than most people could handle.
He still thinks of community organizing as the ultimate test of endurance-the same long-haul, no-glory, high-pain threshold ethos that drew him to both punk rock and the Marines. "I know people who organized against the Vietnam War and today they live in a world that is in some ways objectively worse."
"And they're not bitter," he says. "If you believe in a better world, you need to get right with the fact that you may never see it." At this point, he sniffles. "And now I'm going to cry a little. I can do that because I've had a lot of therapy."

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BrooklynVegan @brooklynvegan.bsky.social · 21d

'Muppets Take Manhattan' live show w/ John Hodgman, Paul F Tompkins, Bobby Moynihan & more streaming live from Brooklyn www.brooklynvegan.com/muppets-take...

'Muppets Take Manhattan' live show w/ John Hodgman, Paul F Tompkins, Bobby Moynihan & more streaming live from Brooklyn

The live reading happens at Brooklyn's Bell House on October 24 and also features Scott Adsit, Marc Evan Jackson, Nina West, Griffin Newman & more

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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John Hodgman @hodgman.bsky.social · 8d

Seconded

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 10d

My latest:”Through gossamer tributes, Kirk’s cruel condemnation of transgender people & his racist throwback views abt Black Americans were no longer anathema but instead are being treated as just another political view to be respectfully debated —like a position on tax rates or health care policy.”

What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 15d

E Pluribus Motto's Janet Varney and @hodgman.bsky.social wax vexillological in a southwestern mode.

New Mexico's state flag got a glow up

YouTube video by Maximum Fun

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 12d

Hey we’re doing Wits at the Fitzgerald Theater on TUESDAY. @pftompkins.bsky.social will be there, also me, John Munson, @winnerbowzer.bsky.social, @billcorbett.bsky.social, @kevinwmurphy.bsky.social, and OTHERS.
LAUGH and ENJOY MUSIC!

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Wits ⏤ Reunion Show ft. Paul F. Tompkins ★ The Fitzgerald Theater - First Avenue

On September 30, 2025 at The Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Wits ⏤ Reunion Show ft. Paul F. Tompkins. hosted by John Moe, music direction by John Munson

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 14d

you literally called Trump the second coming of Hitler

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Vance: "If you want stop political violence, stop telling your supporters that everybody who disagrees with you is a Nazi."

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 14d

Honestly, he got it. This is an impossibly hard thing to get right. I can quibble about some parts, and it’s impossible to do normie content that’s also sufficient for the moment, but he did as good a job as is possible. Especially glad he rightfully called out the threat to journalists.

Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 14d

The first half of tonight's Jimmy Kimmel is up on YouTube, and what I've watched so far is good stuff.

Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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keeks @thetallblonde.bsky.social · 15d

google has been trying for months to build a new data center not far from my house. tonight was the final city council meeting and they officially withdrew their proposal! the data center isn’t moving forward! public outrage works!!!

a bald man wearing a scarf and a vest is sitting in front of a window and saying bye .

ALT: a bald man wearing a scarf and a vest is sitting in front of a window and saying bye .

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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 15d

We have always been at war with Tylenol

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