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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 4h

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Dan @pittsburghdan.bsky.social · 15h

Joe, I'm here to tell you this skeet is elite.

Dan @pittsburghdan.bsky.social · 15h

When they fail to erase them from view they'll just erase them as people. This shit ends in genocide, it always does. It's not enough for those in charge to just push people to the edges of society who don't conform, they want to eliminate them entirely

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 18h

Literally all they've got any more is KKK-style nativism, directed specifically at Latinos. Every single GOP message collapses back to this. They've become the Klan

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 20h

“Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar”

Never forget or forgive that Trump, Rubio, & Musk *chose* to inflict this monumental level of death and suffering on the poorest & most vulnerable people.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Dan @pittsburghdan.bsky.social · 20h

If you're in the media, just sit on this one. Ask about it every day. Start your newscasts with "still no answers from the administration on officers shooting pepper balls at the head of this priest." FORCE the conversation. Instead it's one day in the cycle, then move on, move on, move on.

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 1d

I love this idea, but hear me out.

What if one billionaire or millionaire in a station’s market just donated even a small part of their annual income? No matching, no drive, just doing the right thing.

We have so, so much wealth in this country, yet basic services like PBS are folding.

Shameful.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Dan @pittsburghdan.bsky.social · 1d

I predicted and am hoping for a Mariners Jays ALCS

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Dan @pittsburghdan.bsky.social · 1d

I adopted the Blue Jays as my other baseball team at the beginning of the season, and wooo chiiild is it paying dividends now

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 1d

These guys are so vulnerable to defecting to Chicago

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Dan @pittsburghdan.bsky.social · 1d

how the hell is someone this clever?

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Get it now?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Just as a reminder, Bondi’s origin story in Trump world is that she said she was going to investigate Trump University, Trump sent her a $25K check and the investigation disappeared. She later became Trump’s personal defense lawyer. So yeah, don’t challenge her integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Dan @pittsburghdan.bsky.social · 1d

The only people she can fire are the ones she's told she can. She's a tool for the regime, with no autonomy, absolutely the weakest AG in human history. As a puppet for the State, her "authority" is entirely subjective to his whims and winds. Which means when he cuts her loose, she's finished.

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Dan @pittsburghdan.bsky.social · 1d

"and I wish you loved the Constitution as much as you love being a lackey for Donald Trump, we can do this all day"

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · May 1

the belichick-jordon story is great tabloid stuff but also just wildly unprofessional on bill's part. his inability to keep his own life in order has made UNC's football brand entirely about an unhired 24-year-old whose best interests aren't aligned with UNC football's. this will be a disaster imo

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. bsky.app/profile/greg...

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

And Oregon AG Dan Rayfield warns:

"Anyone who’s seen the visual presence of what it’s like to live in an authoritarian country knows it’s a very different existence. That can never become a reality for us."

Stephen Miller is actively trying to acclimate us to this.

newrepublic.com/article/2014...

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The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 2d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

this is the jacket's breast pocket lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square

Stephen Miller in a gray suit, white shirt, and gray tie.

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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 2d

Sora is not the real problem here. The real problem is that in 12, at most 24 months, there will be a Sora clone from Tencent or Alibaba that is just as good and can be run by anybody with a 5099, at which point everyone in society needs to rapidly agree to treat all digital video as fake, period.

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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 2d

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

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Christine Moretti @christine520.bsky.social · 2d

ATTN: PA VOTERS

🚨IMPORTANT🚨

VOTE YES TO RETAIN 💥DEM MAJORITY 💥 PA SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
Christine Donohue
Kevin Dougherty
David Wecht

‼️If using mail in ballots, the Supreme Court Justices are
located on the flip side.

‼️In the voting booth, they will be located at the bottom of the screen.

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