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larelli @larelli.bsky.social · 4d

This is like saying Bloody Mary three times to a mirror at a slumber party!!!

Don’t speak the unspeakable into being

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 5d

As everyone else has noted, the ice stuff is just going to get worse and the dem plan of ignoring it isn't going to get better

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 6d

It's a bit odd for me that a religious leader in Europe is more aligned with my views on science than theoretically secular leaders in America

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 6d

"God will ask us if we have cultivated and cared for the world that he created for the benefit of all and for future generations, and if we have taken care of our brothers and sisters - what will be our answer, my dear friends?"

Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming

In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.

www.bbc.com

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 6d

Derogatory

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 6d

Bari Weiss and JD Vance are very similar figures with very similar skills.

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larelli @larelli.bsky.social · 5d

Oh I had never heard this -it’s fantastic!

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 5d

and this is adele's best song, a cover of the steeldrivers and bonus track from 21, presumably under some kind of limited now-lapsed license because it's no longer available to stream anywhere and on good speakers this one sounds kind of off from the original too

Adele - If It Hadn't Been For Love lyrics

YouTube video by scissortwins

www.youtube.com

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 5d

DHS has never gotten much respect in law enforcement and intelligence communities (in the latter it was basically second to last in the pecking order). Now it’s suddenly flush with cash and high priority and I think it’s very much botching the opportunity at every turn.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 5d

ICE writing long screeds whining about someone from Cato calling out their bullshit shows how they know they're losing the narrative here. No one likes ICE. No one trusts ICE. And they're flipping out about how weak they look.

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 5d

ICE says I cause assaults on ICE by reciting facts about ICE’s recent shooting but refuses to link to the thread. Only posting a picture. ICE lies and ICE hides. You can read the facts for yourselves

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 5d

Even the grandchildren are using public property to run little grifts

Lynn Sacco @urbanexile.bsky.social · 7d

Grifter merit.

www.wsj.com/style/fashio...

Meet the 18-Year-Old Trump Scion Selling Sweatshirts From the White House Lawn

Kai Trump launched a line of monogrammed $130 pullovers last week, making her the latest family member to trade on their association with the president.

www.wsj.com

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 5d

"Solar energy is anticipated to be the world’s main source of energy by 2050" hell yeah

Solar: main source of EU electricity in June with 22%

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 5d

are these stories about reading trump administration officials phones in public just a consequence of iphones having amazing cameras now or are these guys just particularly incompetent with opsec

purrfectlyfrank.bsky.social @purrfectlyfrank.bsky.social · 5d

According to a photo of a private text on the phone of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Argentina responded to the treasury secretary’s $20 billion bailout by turning around and removing its export taxes on soybeans & striking a huge new deal with China. China then immediately pulled out of its...

Leaked texts on Scott Bessent’s phone suggest the White House got played bailing out Argentina—and U.S. soybean farmers are the casualties

“This is highly unfortunate,” the text said. “Soy prices are dropping further because of it. This gives China more leverage on us.”

finance.yahoo.com

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larelli @larelli.bsky.social · 5d

Ear seeding is acupuncture adjacent
They put these little bitty buttons on pressure points in your ear

I don’t know what the second part is

larelli @larelli.bsky.social · 5d

I mean Balko is the only one I’ve ever seen who has a profound moral center so he might be a party of 1

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larelli @larelli.bsky.social · 5d

Oh now you sent me back to playing Waits and Cohen all week
Gravelly voices seem a good background for all this

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larelli @larelli.bsky.social · 5d

Matched only by my deep disgust with Schumer- the worst person to meet this moment of history

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 5d

“The NFL sucks” is an interesting position to stake out. Don’t know how that’s going to go. The NFL is … pretty popular.

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 5d

Kristi Noem’s message to the NFL for selecting Bad Bunny for the halftime show:

“The NFL sucks and we’ll win and God will bless us and we’ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day and they won’t be able to sleep at night because they don’t know what they believe…”

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larelli @larelli.bsky.social · 5d

Newsome is what he is … but I have to admit this is pretty great!

Donald Trump painted as Marie Antoinette

Governor Newsom ...
@GovPr... • Oct 1
TRUMP "MARIE ANTOINETTE" SAYS, "NO HEALTH CARE FOR YOU PEASANTS, BUT A BALLROOM FOR THE QUEEN!"

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larelli @larelli.bsky.social · 5d

And the way he meanders and then draws it tight- an exceptional storyteller as well as a comedian

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larelli @larelli.bsky.social · 5d

Oh I don’t know what’s going on online- it’s rapidly becoming my best defense mechanism!

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larelli @larelli.bsky.social · 5d

They don’t - that was made quite clear to Bill deBlasio when the cops doxed his daughter during the BLM protests

The LA mayor at the time also had something quite threatening and ominous occur but I can’t remember the specifics

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larelli @larelli.bsky.social · 5d

How is he able to do a completely new brilliant show practically every week

How can he generate new material like that so rapidly and it’s so awesome and smart!

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 5d

You KNOW Musk was ready for the ADL blowback after the inauguration and couldn't believe it himself when they went to bat for him. Then again no one else could believe they went to bat for him either

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 5d

Pity the ADL. It went out of its way to defend Elon Musk's definitely-not-a-sieg-heil, and in return gets this.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d

If you said this exact combination of words to a cop at a traffic stop, they wouldn't even waste time with the breathalyzer.

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 5d

Kristi Noem’s message to the NFL for selecting Bad Bunny for the halftime show:

“The NFL sucks and we’ll win and God will bless us and we’ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day and they won’t be able to sleep at night because they don’t know what they believe…”

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 5d

I think we should do Trump-is-dead speculation every time we get a clean chance, it’s clearly great for team morale.

If you’re not into it, I dunno, post cat pics or something and enjoy the downstream benefits of other people being in a good mood

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 6d

This is horrifyingly bad.

Replace some nouns and quotes, but see Law Dork (and subscribe!) for a response: www.lawdork.com/p/our-leadin...

Our leading papers failed to stand up to Trump's criminal justice authoritarianism

The Washington Post and The New York Times editorial boards failed to hold Trump accountable for his attack on D.C. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.

www.lawdork.com

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 6d

It’s not even screen out. They get identified and elevated as “balance” and then drown out all others.

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