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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 1m

Whoopsies www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

Lesbian Stand-Up Comedian Jessica Kirson Expresses “Sincere Regret” for Riyadh Comedy Festival Performance

Though she requested a guarantee that she could be “openly out as a lesbian on stage and perform gay material,” Kirson is apologizing to fans and confirms she will donate her fee to a human rights org...

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 35m

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 17m

Oh that’s nice of her, it’s like investments

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 18m

Yes

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 18m

Mike Johnson on a one-man crusade against rabble-rousers, lollygaggers and rapscallions

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 19m

Anyway, not my circus, not my monkeys

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 19m

Swift exploits her fans. There is a subset of her audience who would covet having every edition of her albums and a smaller subset that would spend what money they have on them (and fandom can impoverish people, it’s not only wealthy people who would buy these things)

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 22m

“a young, pregnant American citizen woman”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

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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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 26m

Imagine owning 29 different versions of The Life of a Showgirl

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 48m

“I know we’re in a subjective business, but the truth is, I’m really in pursuit of greatness. I know people don’t usually talk like that, but I want to be one of the greats. I’m inspired by the greats.” - Chalamet accepting his Best Actor prize at the SAG Awards this year with that McAloon energy

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 1h

Paddy McAloon going off in an early interview when Swoon was released, but it ain’t bragging if you can back it up

youtu.be/GT41unwSlbk

Prefab Sprout Off The Peg FEB 1984

YouTube video by Glyn Middleton

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 1h

“Are they happy to see you? No”

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 1h

Watch out for the Sprouts…

recording @junkfilterpod.bsky.social episode 1 this evening, a spotlight on a band that put out their Late Style album at the start of their career

News article from Northeast England on a new band of youngsters called “Prefab Sprout”, circa 1982: headline “Watch out for the Sprouts”

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 1h

Trump would immediately announce an end to the investigation

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 2h

What if it turns out Amelia Earhart’s plane went down on Epstein’s island, ever considered that?

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 3h

My choice in terms of global impact would be “Seven Nation Army” but what do I know

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 3h

Rolling Stone crowns Missy Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On" as the #1 GREATEST SONG OF THE 21ST CENTURY SO FAR 👑

"It was a nonstop freak manifesto that made the musical future sound limitless."

Ranked list: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 4h

stand down everyone

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 7h

An update from Freida Parton so it sounds like Dolly isn't well, but she's not *that* unwell. Still at 79 any illness isn't good so I'm still hoping she's fine because she's clearly got so much to give still and makes the world a better place just by being in it.

A screenshot of a post from Freida Parton on thr Other Place. It reads:
I want to clear something up. I didn't mean to scare anyone or make it sound so serious when asking for prayers for Dolly. She's been a little under the weather, and I simply asked for prayers because I believe so strongly in the power of prayer. It was nothing more than a little sister asking for prayers for her big sister. Thank you all for lifting her up. Your love truly makes a difference

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 4h

"Let's do the fucking news!"

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 4h

I’m sure it’s driving her up the wall that most of the press response to her current success has been deeply skeptical and negative

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4h

Bari Weiss is a weird and worrisome choice as top editor for CBS News | Margaret Sullivan

When Weiss was named editor-in-chief, it was the latest turn in the network’s confounding departure from its roots

www.theguardian.com

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 12h

this country has really been going through it

Crazy Ass Moments in LatAm Politics @asslatam.bsky.social · 20h

President Javier Milei of Argentina had a rock show to celebrate his new book, called "La Construcción del Milagro" (The Construction of the Miracle).

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 13h

(phone rings)
Kash: “FBI Director Patel who’s this?”
Bongino: “Boss, it’s me”
Kash: “Buddy I texted you 2 hours ago”
Bongino: “I know I know, but about it’s the Earhart case, I just cracked it wide open”
Kash: “What do you mean Bongo?”
Bongino: “I got her. I got her here with me right now!”

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 13h

Brooklyn Dad newly Defiant

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 14h

Also imagine Trump taking a polygraph test

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 14h

It is why it’s so funny that trump is so obsessed with scaling way up the use of polygraph and surprise polygraph testing across the federal government, it underscores how much he thinks fantasy and things he sees on tv are Real

Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 14h

You beat it by knowing that they are not real. Polygraphs are fake science more like a ouija or a magic amulet than a real test. They only "work" by tricking people into thinking they do so you confess.

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 14h

So much for “Never the Twains shall meet”

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