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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 3h

Forgetting that you already went to the doctor seems like something to go see the doctor about.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Trump to get a 'routine yearly' medical check-up — his second in 6 months

The White House said Trump would be at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and undergo a checkup after a planned meeting with service members in the facility.

www.nbcnews.com

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 4h

“Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., because one morning, without having done anything wrong, he was arrested.”
Kafka, The Trial

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 6h

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 4h

Seems more akin to martial law, as a usurpation of civilian authority by military force - since the idea of an opposing army/ enemy force is entirely imaginary unless they can, by these actions, provoke one into being.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 10h

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 4h

Utterly impossible to argue otherwise.

Even if you laughably believed Trump wasn’t in the files, Johnson is protecting everyone in them!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Jeffries: "Mike Johnson and this group continue to cover up for the pedophiles. That's crazy."

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 5h

I’m sorry, I love this

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 9h

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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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 7h

He had an "annual physical" like five months ago, BTW

Department of Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 8h

Time for an oil change

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 7h

Maybe beginning to feel news coverage that either ignores this sort of blather or balances it with a polite “Some experts disagree with the assessment that Portland is a burned-out hellscape under the rule of Antifa warlords” doesn’t really cut it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 10h

Totally gratuitous & cruel privation.

New York Focus @nysfocus.bsky.social · 10h

The ICE detention center near Buffalo has banned book deliveries, New York Focus has learned.
One advocate says almost all the material at the facility is in English.
nysfocus.com/2025/10/08/b...

New York’s Biggest ICE Detention Center Bans Book Deliveries

Rejected books include a Spanish-English dictionary, a Spanish translation of a George R.R. Martin novel, and "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage…

nysfocus.com

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New York Focus @nysfocus.bsky.social · 10h

The ICE detention center near Buffalo has banned book deliveries, New York Focus has learned.
One advocate says almost all the material at the facility is in English.
nysfocus.com/2025/10/08/b...

New York’s Biggest ICE Detention Center Bans Book Deliveries

Rejected books include a Spanish-English dictionary, a Spanish translation of a George R.R. Martin novel, and "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage…

nysfocus.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 14h

Everything that Hunter Thompson and Tom Wolfe and so many others of the “new journalism” would do rides this book’s coattails and (even without the drugs) Libeling was way more far out.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 15h

Getting ready to teach this brilliant, relentlessly quotable, book - as true, hilarious & bitterly biting as anything ever written on US politics & a helluva reminder that Trumpism in all its murderous racist greed & its moneyed & press-owning enablers, is nothing new under the American sun.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 16h

This is an important point.

Everyone one of these people has been asked to leave their home, their family, and their job to work without pay bc of the shutdown. We're better off thinking of ways to make this backfire on Abbott than to treat them poorly.

Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 1d

Texas National Guard troops arriving in Chicago (via ABC News)

Remember: These are not MAGA stormtroopers. These are everyday teachers and accountants who signed up to serve their country with their spare time. They're being used as political pawns by venal, un-American, draft-dodging president

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 17h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Euronews @euronews.com · 21h

Solar energy is now so cheap it costs as little as €0.023 to produce one unit of power, a new study has found.

Solar power named the world’s cheapest energy source

Solar energy is now so cheap it costs as little as €0.023 to produce one unit of power, a new study has found.

l.euronews.com

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 18h

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

i’d say the real killer feature of EVs is basically the lack of real maintenance costs.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump calls for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be imprisoned

Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

“The American Farm Bureau Federation projects per-acre losses this year of $169 for corn, $114 for soybeans, $111 for wheat and $379 for cotton.

“Higher farm safety net programs passed in the One Big Beautiful Bill won't begin paying out until a year from now.”

www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...

Ag Groups Press for Aid While Some Raise Concerns About Long-Term Tariff Damage

President Donald Trump and members of his administration continue to tease that an aid package of up to $15 billion for farmers could be announced this week. More than 200 farm organizations wrote the...

www.dtnpf.com

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Peter B. Kaufman @pbkauf.bsky.social · 19h

“Overlapping.”

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

“.. the latest example of the Trump administration’s policy priorities overlapping with the business dealings of the president and his family.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/health/pharm...

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 19h

Locals said it was hard to identify the bodies in the aftermath.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Myanmar: At least 24 killed as army paraglider bombs Buddhist festival

Locals tell the BBC the carnage has made it hard to identify victims of the military attack.

www.bbc.com

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rawkitbawl @rawkitbawl.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't think "Scorched Earth Jimmy Kimmel" was in the realm of possibility.

Yet here we are. I'm now a fan of someone I thought about less than once a year about two months ago.

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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