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Elementary My Dear @mzwatson.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic use of cruciferous vegetables 🤌 10/10 no notes

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea

Three dudes dressed three very different ways - first in a more conservative suit and tie, second in a short sleeve shirt and hat, third in a pink vest and tie

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Elementary My Dear @mzwatson.bsky.social · 1d

I have never been drier.

a dust storm in the desert with a large rock in the foreground .

Alt: A tumbleweed blows across the desert, which is as dry as my vagina at the thought of Christian man thirst traps relating to CK.

media.tenor.com

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d

Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization

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Elementary My Dear @mzwatson.bsky.social · 2d

Eww

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is pepper spraying CPD (Chicago police)

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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 3d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 8d

YES! THIS on GenAI!

Please read this absolutely splendid piece of writing that had me cheering, a little bit weepy, and writing in the margins:

"An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the AI industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny."

Large Language Muddle | The Editors

The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...

www.nplusonemag.com

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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 12d

Before everyone gets all freaked out about this: yes, Margaret Sanger was a eugenicist who believed in contraception to eliminate less desirable babies. Yes, super icky and unfortunate. But yes, she was also a pioneer for women's bodily autonomy. Complexity is one of the lessons of history.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 12d

OUR BATHROOM MIRRORS ARE VITAL TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY

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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 21d

The Right telling anyone to “tone down the rhetoric” is like Donald Trump telling anyone not to rape a whole bunch of kids

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 18d

It’s not lost on me that the only profession mentioned in the Constitution (the press) is a constant target by those who profess their love for the founding document, who loudly say that we can only have a society based on rules set 250 yrs ago.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18d

“.. Those who refuse to sign the new policy will be stripped of or denied permanent credentials to cover the Pentagon.”

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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🎃🪦 BLOODSUGARSETHMASKET 🪦🎃 @smotus.bsky.social · 19d

9-0 SCOTUS ruling from last year:
“Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.”

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 20d

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 20d

These are precedented times and the precedent is a loud ass warning

www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime (Published 1939)

www.nytimes.com

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 20d

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 20d

the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok

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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 20d

You jumped on me & came to Big Balls' defense, pleading not to destroy a kid's life for stupid social media posts. But you now are asking people to call kids' employers to fire them for what they post. Perhaps you owe me an apology JD Vance.

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The Sassiest Semite @littlemisslizz.bsky.social · 20d

In light of today’s news I’d like to remind you that this is a real newspaper clipping. History repeats itself when we don’t stop it.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20d

Obama: So we have to extend to people during their period of mourning

We can also at the same time say I disagree with the idea that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a mistake

I can disagree with the suggestion that my wife or Justice Jackson does not have adequate brain processing power.

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Elementary My Dear @mzwatson.bsky.social · 20d

Something something, Karl Rove, Tucker Carlson, something something broken clocks... *Shuffles off and takes my meds*

a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card

Alt: a cartoon of abe simpson holding a card and yelling at the sky

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20d

Nice pull, Carl.

Seriously, read this statement they launched on day one of the administration and see how long you can make it before you feel like you're going insane.

RESTORING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ENDING FEDERAL CENSORSHIP
The White House
January 20, 2025
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution, an amendment essential to the success of our Republic, enshrines the right of the American people to speak freely in the public square without Government interference. Over the last 4 years, the previous administration trampled free speech rights by censoring Americans’ speech on online platforms, often by exerting substantial coercive pressure on third parties, such as social media companies, to moderate, deplatform, or otherwise suppress speech that the Federal Government did not approve. Under the guise of combatting “misinformation,” “disinformation,” and “malinformation,” the Federal Government infringed on the constitutionally protected speech rights of American citizens across the United States in a manner that advanced the Government’s preferred narrative about significant matters of public debate. Government censorship of speech is intolerable in a free society.

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 20d

Anyway in other news today is Constitution Day

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 20d

Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.

Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms.

Collective boycott.

Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 20d

I sort of guessed the answer when I asked which Kirk legacy would be honored — debating your opponent, or using state power to shut down the left.

But it happened very quickly. www.semafor.com/article/09/1...

Debating Charlie Kirk’s legacy

Kirk set an example that is, in two ways, already being honored.

www.semafor.com

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