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Annoyed O’Brien @annoyedobrien.bsky.social · Sep 5

FUCK ICE

Indiana Jones, taking a short break from stealing Indigenous peoples’ artifacts, is punching nazis in the face, as he should.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 4h

good morning to the intern doing @schumer.senate.gov’s clips

Every time Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York-the Democrat with the most power in a shutdown because his withholding of seven senators toward a procedural vote keeps Republicans from proceeding-says that Democrats are looking to open the government through a negotiation around and deal on Affordable Care Act subsidies, he is acquiescing to the idea that a government in which Border Patrol agents paid with our tax dollars can shoot real bullets at protesters in Chicago after screaming "Do something, bitch!" can and should be deemed legitimate.
The truth is that Democrats can pay a million consultants to come up with a million different talking points on health care subsidies. They can keep holding press conferences in the Senate studio like every other press conference before it, talking to the same reporters, pretending like we live in a redeemable timeline where if they just keep on acting like it's 2007, we might fall through a time portal that makes it so. But we live here in a country with a co-opted executive branch led by racist, xenophobic idiots who do not believe in law, empowered by a slavishly devoted Supreme Court that has decided shoveling unlimited power to said executive is more important than the law it disregards, and where the president thinks he can send national guardsmen from red states to blue states just because people of color live here and Fox News hosts hate that.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 44m

So last night I migrated @gregpak.net from Bluesky to Blacksky's myatproto.social server for non-Black users! A few thoughts on the process for anyone thinking about this...

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 9h

whew. that took a while! but it looks like i'm done! all blobbed up in blobtown!

screenshot of a notice that says "You are good to go! You have all 4131 of the expected 3669 blobs. You're done!!"

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 6m

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 4m

Reminder as the Senate is set to vote again on re-opening the government that it is *entirely* within Republican ability to do so with zero Democratic votes.

The threshold is 50 votes, and they can simply set aside the filibuster for this vote if they so choose. They've done it before. Recently.

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Darci Meadows, Published Author @saintwalker98.bsky.social · 15m

🟠so glad Mike didn't have anything more important to do than comment on who's playing at the fucking superbowl, really adding to that vibe that they're just never gonna turn the government back on

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 18m

This, along with the power of the D ballot line generally, is why I would need to see Cuomo polling 5-10 points ahead to think he had a realistic shot of beating Mamdani (he is not polling 5-10 points ahead)

Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 34m

Cuomo's pinned tweet is an explainer on how to find him on your ballot. Ouch.

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 47m

The "us" in this absurd statement is conservative white people

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

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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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 18m

Maybe he can get a guest verse from Pat Boone and a solo from Lawrence Welk.

Andrew Mearns @mearns.bsky.social · 53m

lmao this dolt is beyond parody.
yeah Lee Greenwood, totally appealing to all audiences. you nailed it buddy

“Lee Greenwood for Super Bowl halftime show!” says the idiot

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 24m

Why is being upset and concerned that they're lending credibility to organizations that are acting to our collective detriment "weirdo behavior?"

Nash @radiodeadair.com · 25m

Oh I love when I get to use this one:

Achewood comic:

"Hey guys! Guess who just got ...

yelled
aatt!"

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 30m

goooood morning it is brisk and sometimes bright, sometimes ominous out there but that didn’t slow us down at all and you know it: Lucy Loved That Walk

Big fluffy black and tan husky mix with bright blue eyes, smiling at the end of a leash beside a sidewalk scattered with fall leaves.

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Cat Lady Belvedia @catladybel.bsky.social · 29m

Out of curiosity, I ran some of my writing through an AI checker to see if it flagged any of it as AI generated. I gave it an allowance for the grammatical suggestions made by Word, but even then the checker tried to tell me 35% of my manuscript was AI generated.

Even these detectors ain't shit.

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 29m

For how much longer, do you think?

How much longer do you think they'll be tolerated?

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Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 56m

Literally had this conversation ("when do we leave?") with my girlfriend last night. Or should I say "continued to have this conversation," since we've been talking on and off about it since November 2024?

Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 1h

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 59m

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Derek Writes Stuff @derekwrites.bsky.social · 47m

Hey @housedemocrats.bsky.social is the president literally saying that a governor and a mayor should be arrested for saying no to him finally grounds for impeachment or are we still just writing letters still

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 48m

LRP: howling at the “implying” sidebar here.

“Moral policing and leftist ideology are destroying America's AI industry. I've cancelled my OpenAI PLUS subscription,” another replied, implying that copyright law is leftist.

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CarmenFFLV @carmenfflv.bsky.social · 49m

Then die?

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Bugs, Beleaguered Babysitter of the Booger Brothers @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 45m

note the detail of pregnancy here. these freaks are obsessed with birth rates

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

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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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 44m

outside of not doing it in the first place, apologizing and donating your pay is the only real move

as opposed to whatever feckless hackery Bill Burr, Pete Davidson, and Louis CK attempted this week

Lesbian Stand-Up Comedian Jessica Kirson Expresses “Sincere Regret” for Riyadh Comedy Festival Performance

Though she requested a guarantee that she could be “openly out as a lesbian on stage and perform gay material,” Kirson is apologizing to fans and confirms she will donate her fee to a human rights org...

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 14h

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 40m

When respectable professional reporters continue to work for tainted media outlets, they loan those bastards their reputation to the detriment of our world and our future.

Friend, listen to me: when you wrestle a pig, all you get is covered in shit but the pig gets an erection.

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 43m

"But people have to make a living and--"

Yes! They do! We all do!

Tell me which is better for someone in the media: gaining profile with a potential new audience by taking a loud and principled stand, or being a name on a pink slip and barely mentioned thereafter?

Carpe fucking diem already.

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 45m

This also applies to CBS News.

Hi folks! Get the fuck out now!

Do you want to be the hapless sad sack trying to "balance" a blatant ideological crusade until you're tossed aside like a used condom or do you want to go out kicking some fuckers in the crotch?

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