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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2h

A really weird subplot to the Bari Weiss thing is the degree to which she was able to secure these sort of opportunities for herself even in cases like hosting the view where it makes no sense

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 5h

tlaxcallans, 1519:

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 5h

Are white Monsters any good?

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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 1d

Using AI to keep watching videos of a dead person is frankly sinister. Just reveals a culture obsessed iwth never moving forward or looking ahead, just wallowing in increasingly degraded and unnatural rehashes of its own memories

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 1d

Zelda Williams urges fans to stop sending AI videos of her father, Robin Williams:

“Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I’ll understand, I don’t and I won’t. If you’re just trying to troll me, I’ve seen way worse, I’ll restrict and move on.”

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Chames @overlooked237.bsky.social · 5h

*brings a grilled cheese to a knife fight so someone will cut it into triangles for me*

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 9h

they believe “criminal” is a kind of person you are, not a status contingent upon actions you take. J6 rioters going to jail was not an outrage because there are no laws they could break that would make them criminals, whilst innocence or guilt have no bearing on if others are criminals or not

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 4h

I was “coincidentally” laid off from Antifa when I tried to unionize my chapter so, you know, take their rhetoric with a grain of salt

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 3h

joining a throuple (two people who throw up a lot)

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 3h

genuinely squealed like I saw a celebrity

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Scott McDonough @sjmcdonough.bsky.social · 5h

Francis I of France, "François du Grand Nez" (r. 1515–1547 CE), sporting a glorious ski-slope.

Silver teston du Dauphiné of Francis I, skinny little head adorned with huge beak.

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Scott McDonough @sjmcdonough.bsky.social · 5h

Carlos III of Spain (r. 1759–88 CE) had quite the snout on him.

Silver coin of Carlos III dated 1777, with oddly aerodynamic forehead sloping to beak.

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Scott McDonough @sjmcdonough.bsky.social · 6h

Who had the largest nose in numismatic history?
I'm particularly impressed by the schnoz on the Parthian king Mihrdāt/Mithradates II (r. 124–91 BCE), but there must be bigger.
#Numismatics
#Proboscis
#Parthia

Drachm of Mithradates II featuring bust of king facing left with fantasy dwarf beard and magnificent honker, wearing jeweled cap with ear flaps.

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 5h

THESE COLORS DON’T RUN

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mary worth is lit @wilburwurthless.bsky.social · 6h

Sliding timeline means this will eventually be Professor Ian and Toby’s first date

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 6h

lmaooooooo

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 6h

the weak should fear the strong

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 6h

stopping by my doctors office to say hi to the troops, the normal place to do it

Department of Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 8h

Time for an oil change

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Kyle L @haikugoat.bsky.social · 10h

Instead of making silly AI stuff our spiritual-political battleground du jour, I propose instead that we bring back Sun-oriented civic religion in the Egyptian or Inca vein. Solar panel instillation is worship. It is abomination for a tyrant to deny the Sun's gifts; hubris to stare at the eclipse.

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 2d

the fact that there's an energy source responsible for life on earth that will just keep stably emitting tons of energy for another five billion years and that the most powerful country in the world has an administration that wants to wholly reject harnessing it is crazy

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Ste Jormur @stejormur.bsky.social · 10h

OnlyFans is actually a great way to tackle the national debt. Just not the debt of the nation the BC cavemen are so worried about www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...

OnlyFans pays more UK corporation tax than Starbucks, eBay and Apple combined

Adult site OnlyFans pays more UK corporation tax than Starbucks, eBay and Apple combined, its company filings show.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

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Dan Schkade @danschkade.bsky.social · Mar 18

Excuse-MOI

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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 11h

Homer bores a carpool full of children, pontificating about a band no one has mentioned in 40 years

"The stage was now set for
The Alan Parsons Project"

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Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 11h

They're all just so boring.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 16h

Close-up photos have revealed the prepared list of put-downs that Pam Bondi brought to use against senators during her Epstein hearing.

Bondi Accidentally Reveals Her Burn Book for Fiery Epstein Hearing

The attorney general chose to lash out rather than answer questions from lawmakers about the late pedophile.

trib.al

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Alec Baker @sladeb.bsky.social · 14h

B.C. referencing OnlyFans is maybe the shortest turnaround time between something becoming culturally relevant and it being referenced in B.C.. I don't want to think through the implications of this.

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 14h

new comics curmudgeon post! joshreads.com/2025/1... nothing, i'm sorry to report

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 14h

of course!!!! i've lived in four different areas as an adult now and have never changed loyalties

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 14h

among other things, a real bummer that podcasts have largely been homogenized into a worse version of daytime TV, just longform video featuring people who know nothing, talking about nothing, for way too long, but also they're ugly and the staging is boring

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

Some scoops in here: Adam O'Neal is telling people he will helm The WaPo's flagship opinion podcast, spending upwards of four hours a day on it. He's also indicated, per a source, that he plans to remain in his current job for decades. www.status.news/p/washington...

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