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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 5h

He's doing this a lot these days. A word that sounds like the right word but has a totally different meaning.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "Charlie Kirk was assassinated by a far left extremist who inscribed the words, 'hey fascist, catch' -- meaning catch the bullet -- onto the bullet shelf itself."

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 5h

Oh my gosh, Emily. This really takes me back to playing a cop giving my young son a ticket as he sat behind the wheel of our car. The big joke every single time was that he tore up the ticket and threw it down lol. Teaching him to disrespect police when he was five.

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 8h

Ingenious.

Brittany Wong @brittanywong.huffpost.com · 8h

Sean Penn's character in "One Battle After Another" was just Cotton Hill, short man complex, aggro weird walk and all.

"King of the Hill's" Dale Gribble and Cotton Hill.

Sean Penn as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw in "One Battle After Another."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 11h

I just updated the operating system on my MacBook and I'm waiting for something unpleasant to jump out at me. Appropriate for right now.

a man wearing glasses and a hat is laughing with his tongue out

Alt: The Nazi melting from Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 11h

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 11h

I'm tellin ya again - buy stock in guillotine makers.

Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 12h

My New One at MSNBC Opinion on How the Supreme Court Seems Poised to Kill Off What Remains of the Voting Rights Act While Few Pay Attention–With Implications for 2026 Redistricting www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... @msnbc.com

How the Supreme Court could aid the GOP's redistricting games

If the court rules quickly enough in a key voting rights case, it could allow yet another round of partisan redistricting before the 2026 midterms.

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 11h

Truth.

Brittany Wong @brittanywong.huffpost.com · 11h

"One Battle After Another" is a beautiful love letter to people who can't remember their passwords.

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Ollie Kaplan @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social · 13h

I'm really excited about this article that @averykaplan.bsky.social and I wrote. It was inspired by a small moment of kindness from @maxtani.bsky.social after the Bud Light debacle a few years ago.

David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, guess what? Final Gravity Issue 10 is now available for preorder! Tons of great articles in this one, including stories by @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social, @averykaplan.bsky.social, @jdharlock.bsky.social, @melindag.bsky.social, & others. Details here: www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/final...

Final Gravity, A Beer Zine Issue 10 — Bean to Barstool

Final Gravity, A Beer Zine Issue 10, with articles about Our Culture Brewing, Almaza Lager, Cusqueña lager, queer beer boycotts, the Hasta La Raiz benefit beer, and much more.

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Avery Kaplan, Lady Skeleton @averykaplan.bsky.social · 1d

I’m extremely proud of the timely article @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social & I wrote for Final Gravity Issue 10, and extremely grateful to be involved in this awesome zine! Beer is about community, but the Bud Light boycott over trans people complicated things. Please consider preordering the issue today:

David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, guess what? Final Gravity Issue 10 is now available for preorder! Tons of great articles in this one, including stories by @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social, @averykaplan.bsky.social, @jdharlock.bsky.social, @melindag.bsky.social, & others. Details here: www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/final...

Final Gravity, A Beer Zine Issue 10 — Bean to Barstool

Final Gravity, A Beer Zine Issue 10, with articles about Our Culture Brewing, Almaza Lager, Cusqueña lager, queer beer boycotts, the Hasta La Raiz benefit beer, and much more.

www.beantobarstool.com

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 14h

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14h

This you, Kristi?

A screenshot of a post from X (formerly Twitter). The top tweet is from user @covie_93 with the caption: “This tweet aged like Stephen Miller…..”. Below it is a tweet from Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) that reads:
“If Joe Biden federalizes the National Guard, that would be a direct attack on states' rights.
Over the last several years, we've seen Democrats try to take away our Freedoms of religion, assembly, and speech. We can't let them take away our right to defend ourselves, too.
South Dakota defends the Constitution.”

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 17h

When a law enforcement officer aims a weapon at someone wielding a camera, it is procedurally unsound and unprofessional in two fundamental ways:
1) It is disproportional to any actual threat and is instead an unprovoked threat against a citizen.
2) The officer is a crazed, untrained asshole.

Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 1d

Call me a libtard but this doesn't seem like something that should be happening in the United States of America.

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 1d

That’s the way!

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 1d

Today was not the day for me to doomscroll. Just too much. I’ll be back in it soon.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 1d

A resounding FUCK YOU to Tapper, Clooney, anyone who torpedoed Biden for supposed mental infirmities and left us with this ignorant, demented old fascist grifter.

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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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 1d

Shit. I forgot him.

Heidi McDeathknelled @hmcd.bsky.social · 1d

Add Jon Stewart to that list.

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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 1d

Tom Homan, head of ICE, accepted $50k from undercover FBI agents last year, reportedly a bribe in a sting operation. All cash, in a paper bag. Pam Bondi, reading from a script, insists Homan did nothing wrong—yet she refuses to answer any questions about what happened to that cash? Really?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH — @whitehouse.senate.gov : “What became of the $50,000 in cash in that Cava bag? Did the FBI get it back from Homan?”

AG PAM BONDI: *LASHES OUT aggressively, avoids answering entirely* 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 1d

More of this, please.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 1d

A resounding FUCK YOU to Tapper, Clooney, anyone who torpedoed Biden for supposed mental infirmities and left us with this ignorant, demented old fascist grifter.

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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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 1d

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Libby Cudmore (SHE/HER) @libbycudmore.bsky.social · 1d

Missed our chat about 120 MURDERS? Catch up right here! www.youtube.com/watch?si=hMu...

120 Murders Q&A

YouTube video by Ruadán Books

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 1d

Buy guillotine stock.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH — @whitehouse.senate.gov : “What became of the $50,000 in cash in that Cava bag? Did the FBI get it back from Homan?”

AG PAM BONDI: *LASHES OUT aggressively, avoids answering entirely* 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 1d

Charlie Jane's writing is always a great read. This is no exception.

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 2d

My father was supposedly one of the smartest people in the world, and he hated that elitist nonsense.

He loathed the idea that intelligence is something you're born with, a single trait that can be measured. It leads to eugenics and bad policy.

My latest newsletter:
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First, some housekeeping! I have written a novel about a trans witch who teaches her broken-hearted mother how to do magic. She also researches a mysterious...

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Lori @lwo123.bsky.social · 1d

How do you destroy this country?
Disable the military, health, and education. Finish by destroying the media

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