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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 4h

hell yes

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Liam Jeffries @sorathecyclist.bsky.social · 5h

This is the absolute dream challenger to Jeffries. Please, please, please let this happen.

Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 7h

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

www.axios.com

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 4h

portland has fallen

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dillo (yakubian mamba) @dillo.media · 4h

i will vote for anybody who fixes the headlight brightness situation

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 4h

the late-great poster, habeas corpus

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JP Collins @profjpc.bsky.social · 10h

“Who” is, objectively, the funniest possible response here

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 4h

each day we get to witness new horrors

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 19h

Hey cool the NOAA guy who was found to have violated the agency's code of ethics for his role in Sharpiegate has been confirmed as the head of NOAA.

Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA

www.nytimes.com

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 4h

A really weird subplot to the Bari Weiss thing is the degree to which she was able to secure these sort of opportunities for herself even in cases like hosting the view where it makes no sense

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 4h

this is brilliant, deep, & academically iron-clad analysis of american fascism

Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 3d

Some thoughts www.permanentrecordx.com/p/they-want-...

They Want You To Fear Them

I’ve observed that as of recently, the fascists have amped up the rhetoric, because they want to make you afraid, and as an example of why you shouldn’t be afraid, I’d like to remind you of hacker Edw...

www.permanentrecordx.com

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 6h

in retrospect, we really should have listened to the local organizers in pennsylvania who were warning about this chud from the beginning - the red flags were there. you don't pull a shotgun on a Black jogger if you're not an Absolute Piece of Work (at the least)

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 8h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 7h

name a more iconic duo than john fetterman and being the fucking worst

screenshot from the TV show spongebob that says "oh brother this guys stinks!!!" of lots of different fish looking up at a stage from tables

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 8h

Anyway, happy birthday to the girlfriend of the founder of antifa, who today celebrates 111 years fighting fascism! 🥳

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 7h

REI easily top of the list of companies most likely to do a land acknowledgement before layoffs

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 8h

REI is closing unionized stores. So many companies that like to pretend to be progressive remain still virulently anti-union at their core. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/b...

REI Co-Op’s Boston location is set to close next year - The Boston Globe

REI said it will close three locations on the East Coast, including a store in Boston, as it launches a new strategic plan.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 7h

everyone is clowning on Mikhail RES Physical Medicine for saying this, but it's true - even one of the play's two main characters says, probably about the play itself: "Nothing happens. Nobody comes, nobody goes. It's awful"

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 11h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 7h

welcome to John Robert's America

awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 18h

Cops used 83,000 cameras to track a single abortion patient — on her abuser’s tip.

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

jessica.substack.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

It’s so funny that we finally got confirmation it was an accident and even funnier that we didn’t know for sure because he tweets such crazy, criminal shit all the time

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 8h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 7h

antifa is evil because they caused me to make that typo 😤

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 7h

same!! it's angering what the fascists have taken from us

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 7h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifia"

screenshot from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark where Marion (white, brunette, white dress) is being held by Indiana Jones on top of a pit of snakes

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1d

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 11h

political cowardice is an epidemic

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 12h

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING NEWS: Trump Admin Agrees to Arm Antifa and Give It Access to American Markets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 11h

James Klüg- one of the participants- just insinuated that he was assaulted by “antifa” when in actuality he was hit by a right wing extremist named Aaron Simmons- who was prosecuted for his actions in Los Angeles. He knows it and acquiesced to it on Twitter at the time. Unreal.

It appears the man who assaulted me earlier was friends with the right wing organizer of the Wi Spa demonstration.

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 11h

the jury is a load-bearing democratic institution that must be protected at all costs

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 18h

news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/g...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters (1)

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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