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Ryan McNeill @mcneill.bsky.social · 1d

God I wonder how much of my day is spent trying to sort out some sort of Git dumbassery? No doubt it is often user error … but still.

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 8d

Pour one out for the civ-mil experts today

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Ryan McNeill @mcneill.bsky.social · 8d

If only someone had warned them…

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 8d

Norfolk is going under water: www.reuters.com/investigates...

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Ryan McNeill @mcneill.bsky.social · 18d

Today I donated to @rcfp.org

NPR @npr.org · 18d

The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.

Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon

The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.

www.npr.org

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Ryan McNeill @mcneill.bsky.social · 22d

We’re not mad. Just disappointed…

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 28d

The Salt Lake Tribune had a photographer at the Charlie Kirk rally, who has sent back photos of the immediate aftermath -- www.sltrib.com/news/2025/09...

Photos: Charlie Kirk shot in Utah

Photographers from The Salt Lake Tribune were covering Charlie Kirk’s speech at Utah Valley University when he was shot.

www.sltrib.com

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29d

The follow-up to these types of responses should always be "Name them".

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29d

Q: On Epstein, would the WH support a professional handwriting expert review of the doc released yesterday to prove it's not Trump's signature?

LEAVITT: Sure, we would support that. In fact, I've already seen many forensic analysts who say this absolutely was not the president's authentic signature

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · Sep 8

The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph:

link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...

"Just the other day, I was in the audience at Lincoln Center when Justice Amy Coney Barrett said, while promoting a new book, that she doesn't think the United States is in a constitutional crisis," Farias told us. "Today, the Supreme Court, without offering a single line of reasoning, more or less declared that the Fourth Amendment, which protects everyone from unreasonable searches and seizures, nonetheless allows the Trump Administration to arrest and detain anyone who looks Latino, citizen or not, on account of the language that they speak or the kind of jobs they do. The ruling putatively covers the Los Angeles area, but the effect could be national," he continued.
"If that's not a constitutional crisis, then what is?"

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Ryan McNeill @mcneill.bsky.social · 29d

Frank wore his leg warmers

Ryan McNeill @mcneill.bsky.social · 29d

That post-walk vibe…

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Sep 8

Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.

Read more: 🔗 on.wsj.com/4nGGdnJ

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Ryan McNeill @mcneill.bsky.social · Sep 3

The thing about basset hounds is they always look like you’ve disappointed them.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · Aug 30

Texas legislature passing a law saying the 1-yard line is the end zone

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Ryan McNeill @mcneill.bsky.social · Aug 20

Map projections in the news! “The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa's size.”

www.reuters.com/world/africa...

African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent's true size

The Mercator projection fosters a false impression that Africa is marginal, an African Union official said.

www.reuters.com

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · Aug 18

The conservative network Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, according to documents filed Monday.

apnews.com/article/domi...