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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 14h

Breaking: We’ve talked to multiple individuals who have confirmed that UNC-CH is merging SILS (library and information science) and SDSS (data science and society). Announcement will be tomorrow morning. Faculty were not consulted.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 15h

Miller is lying in order to get you (and “low-info voters”) to give up. Without surrender, Miller and the rest of the regime got nothing. They believe you will believe their lies and conquer yourself. But they can’t conquer you if you don’t believe them.

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 15h

www.editorialboard.com/stephen-mill...

Stephen Miller will conquer you if you believe his lies

The lies start with the ones he tells himself, about himself.

www.editorialboard.com

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 18h

Always count on the absolute dumbest man among us to just say the thing out loud.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 22h

The heat finally broke so I can dress normally now.

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Jason Burbank @jasonburbank.bsky.social · 1d

Ooof…yeah. I’ve not really watched it (I know, I know) but I remember some episode summaries online.

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Jason Burbank @jasonburbank.bsky.social · 1d

My wife and I are watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and every other episode feels really timely. Depressingly so.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

Ma’am, this is a Wendy’s

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Padilla: Do you believe government officials are obligated to follow court orders whether they agree with them or not?

Bondi: I wish you loved your state of California as much as you hate President Trump.

Padilla: I asked a simple yes or no question

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 2d

I regret to inform you that Nemik's manifesto is the new Tom Holland “Umbrella.” You have to repost every time. It’s just where we are. #ihavefriendseverywhere

youtu.be/-asb8zTiuZ4?...

Andor | Karis Nemik’s Manifesto | Disney+

YouTube video by Star Wars

youtu.be

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Jason Burbank @jasonburbank.bsky.social · 2d

As someone who filed microfiche for my undergraduate work study job, I just aged 10 years reading this.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

👇🎯 This is how governing works in literally every actual democracy around the world. If you don’t have the votes, it’s up to you to make concessions to the minority parties. It’s not their job to save you from your responsibility to govern by giving you things you don’t have the votes for already.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds like Republicans ought to get all the Republicans who form the Republican majorities in the Republican-led House and the Republican-led Senate together to pass the budget that Republicans wrote with the Republican White House and that Republicans now insist absolutely must be passed.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy says the safety of the air traffic control system will start being impacted next Sunday if the shutdown continues

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds like Republicans ought to get all the Republicans who form the Republican majorities in the Republican-led House and the Republican-led Senate together to pass the budget that Republicans wrote with the Republican White House and that Republicans now insist absolutely must be passed.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy says the safety of the air traffic control system will start being impacted next Sunday if the shutdown continues

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 2d

Elon Musk is now worth over $500 billion.

That means his net worth has gone up by $100 billion in less than a year.

Tax. The. Damn. Rich.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 5d

Peacehammer 40K: Paintinge litel miniatures of gardeneres, sculptors, academics. Trimminge hedges. Makinge friendes.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: Federal judge in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's criminal case finds that "there is a 'realistic likelihood of vindictiveness' that entitles Abrego to discovery" in response to his motion to dismiss the case for vindictive or selective prosecution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

MEMORANDUM OPINION
By way of context, a federal prosecutor is the representative not of an ordinary party
to a controversy, but of a sovereignty whose obligation to govern impartially is as
compelling as its obligation to govern at all. The obligation to govern impartially
concerns, above all, the state’s exercise of coercive power—meaning its power to
deprive its subjects of life, liberty, or property . . . As a representative of the state,
a prosecutor’s exercise of coercive power must be impartial . . . [in] that
prosecutorial power may not be exercised vindictively—meaning that the
prosecutor may not punish a defendant for exercising a protected statutory or
constitutional right.
United States v. Zakhari, 85 F.4th 367, 384–85 (6th Cir. 2023) (Kethledge, J., concurring)
(citations and quotations omitted). This context frames review of Defendant Kilmar Armando
Abrego Garcia’s (“Abrego”) motion to dismiss his indictment for vindictive and selective
prosecution. (Doc. Nos. 104–05). The Government opposes the motion (Doc. No. 121), and
Abrego has replied (Doc. No. 127). Abrego’s motion is not ripe for decision because he seeks
discovery and an evidentiary hearing because there is some evidence of vindictiveness here. For
the reasons that follow, the Court holds that the totality of events creates a sufficient evidentiary
basis to conclude that there is a “realistic likelihood of vindictiveness” that entitles Abrego to
discovery and requires an evidentiary hearing before the Court decides his motion. United States
v. Andrews, 633 F.2d 449, 457 (6th Cir. 1980) (en banc), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 927 (1981).

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Jason Burbank @jasonburbank.bsky.social · 5d

I went to Belgium years ago with my wife, and between frites covered in beef stew, waffles, the chocolate, and the beer….

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Jason Burbank @jasonburbank.bsky.social · 5d

Not a paid ad…just a recommendation from someone who lives with (and is also himself) a functioning chocoholic…get one of the dark chocolate collections and you will thank me.

Neuhaus Chocolates | Inventor of the original Belgian praline

www.neuhauschocolates.com

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 5d

I always forget: Is Daniel Day-Lewis a character that Joaquin Phoenix does, or is it the other way around?

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Jason Burbank @jasonburbank.bsky.social · 6d

“You do you Enkidu…”

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afdavies.bsky.social @afdavies.bsky.social · 7d

Just finished Separation of Church and Hate. Thanks for insight and analysis in a time of hateful and harmful BS. I also laughed out loud which is much needed.

John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 7d

In Matt 25 Jesus says that individuals & nations will be judged by how they care for the poor & sick.

Govt is shutdown bc GOP wants to throw 12-20 million low-income/disabled Americans off Medicaid.

Bc the GOP uses Jesus as a prop, while despising His actual commandments.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 6d

Bingo

Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 7d

We’ve never had a shutdown under a competitive authoritarian regime before. This matters because the rules of the game have changed. If congressional leaders act as if the old rules apply, they will lose. The executive seeks to consolidate power and does not negotiate in good faith.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 6d

“I have no idea what Project 2025 is.”
- Trump, October 31, 2024

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump: "I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut ... I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity."

I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent. I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity. They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DJT

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7d

Straight up: I’m not onboard with farmers getting another bailout when so many voted for Trump two and three times. But what Trump is doing to them is brutal.

I want to believe they’ve learned their lesson this time, but I don’t.

Watch all the way through.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 7d

The word that keeps running through my head about this administration (among others) is "adolescent." These are people with a little boy's idea of what sounds manly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"

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