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Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 6h

Have to admit this made me laugh

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 6h

Should have separate buttons for [Follow] and [Keeping An Eye On]

Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · 10h

The "follow" button confounds "I'm looking at your content" and "I endorse this content." We need two different ways to signal the difference between the two.

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Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · 1d

@boston.gov onboarded all their agencies to Bluesky to engage with Bostonians. Whether it's broken sidewalks, missing signage, or community issues, they want to hear from constituents. With little to no engagement on X, their actual interactions on bsky have increased. Engagement > follower count

Boston Parks Department @parks.boston.gov · 1d

#DidYouKnow our Fall Fitness Series with @publichealth.boston.gov is back? 🍂💪

Register today for free in-person fitness classes at a park near you: boston.gov/fitness

Fall fitness graphic - boston.gov/fitness

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Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 1d

Does the shape of that meaningfully differ based upon whether he runs ("runs") again?

Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans probably think all the signs in US cities are in Spanish, to be honest

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Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible to see it written out like this and you didn't even include the whale story

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 2d

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 2d

New Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'I'm Thinking Printers'

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Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 2d

I don't think the issue was the image on its own, but the alt text in context of the post it was replying to.

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Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 2d

And Bari hasn't even had a chance to help out with it yet

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Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 3d

Like how they're perfectly fine with my wife's Muslim immigrant family while voting in 2016 for the guy who promised to ban Muslim immigrants.

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Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 3d

Oh I think they very earnestly thought he should become a citizen because they'd consider him "one of the good ones" and wouldn't let that interfere with their broader policy stances.

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Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 3d

💯 I think a lot of people analogize it to "skipping ahead in line". Which implies there's a line you can get in!

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 3d

There are some hardcore anti-immigration zealots inside and outside the administration, but the median voter has, hilariously, closer to an "open borders" mindset than anything, they just believe in a mythological paperwork system that "illegals" are refusing to complete out of laziness

Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 3d

I was discussing immigration with a Republican family member of mine. I mentioned someone I knew who was a DACA recipient. The family member basically said that this person should "do the paperwork to become a citizen". Basically, a pathway to citizenship which is not a thing for DACA recipients.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 3d

if you ask the average American to describe what they think a tougher immigration system should look like, they will describe something a degree of magnitude softer and more generous than the current reality.

The lesson here is that people are both better and dumber than they appear.

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Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 3d

I was discussing immigration with a Republican family member of mine. I mentioned someone I knew who was a DACA recipient. The family member basically said that this person should "do the paperwork to become a citizen". Basically, a pathway to citizenship which is not a thing for DACA recipients.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 3d

if you ask the average American to describe what they think a tougher immigration system should look like, they will describe something a degree of magnitude softer and more generous than the current reality.

The lesson here is that people are both better and dumber than they appear.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 3d

queen shit, rest in peace

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 5d

Has anyone determined if the monster behind her is also a virgin?

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 6d

I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human
Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.

A picture of some AI girl standing on an AI landscape with an AI monster behind her. I'm gonna be so real: she looks about 14

By Tyler Cowen

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Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 5d

Trump just hasn't bothered to do any of this.

Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 5d

I was recently watching a documentary about the rise of fascism in Europe and this difference stood out to me as well. Mussolini and Hitler started their rules with actions to improve the economy. That made it easier for non-ideologues to go along with the, despite, uh, being Mussolini and Hitler.

David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 5d

Three key differences between US 2025 & Germany 1935, Trump: (1) really unpopular (2) really incompetent (3) rather than using state to employ & build & pull out of recession/inflation, Trump deliberately undermining employment & infrastructure & pulling US into economic stagnation/inflation.

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Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 6d

He leaned his arm at about a 45° angle

David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 6d

“Conservative-leaning” sure is a delicate way to describe a man who has publicly done multiple, unambiguous full-arm Hitler salutes. variety.com/2025/digital...

Elon Musk Wages All-Out Netflix Cancellation War Over Streamer’s Alleged Woke Bias and Kids Shows With LGBTQ+ Characters

Elon Musk has posted calls to cancel Netflix at least 26 times in three days over Netflix kids shows that feature trans characters and other 'woke' policies.

variety.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6d

Surreal moment for America. Needless to say, if the normal police ever pulled something like this — pulling every single person out of an apartment building and handcuffing them to run warrant checks — they would be sued into oblivion.

Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.

"It was scary, because I had never had a gun in my face," Fisher said. "They asked my name and my date of birth and asked me, did I have any warrants? And I told them, 'No, 'Ididn't."
Fisher said she was handcuffed before being released around 3 a.m., and she was told that if anyone had any kind of warrant out for them, even if it was unrelated to immigration, they would not be released.

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Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 7d

Anyway, I'd be thrilled to be wrong about this someday.

Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 7d

What if we just did cancer research and if the researchers find AI effective, they can just use it? Can we just do so things without proscribing that "AI" must be used?

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Matt Casey @mattcasey.bsky.social · 7d

Never occurred to me that it would be possible for the white house to allocate money for pediatric cancer research in a way that would make me livid, but Donald Trump pulled it off! www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Unlocking Cures for Pediatric Cancer with Artificial Intelligence

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and

www.whitehouse.gov

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