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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 12h

This is truly brilliant. Such a way to communicate,
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 1h

Have the Cubs announced what they plan to do about their roster if they come back all the way and beat Milwaukee? Because both NLCS Game2 and Charlie Kirk's birthday are October 14 and that's obviously gonna create some problems for them.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

South Carolina's criminal code sentences a rapist to 30 years for rape, but if SC's new S 323 becomes law, it'd sentence a woman to death for getting an abortion

Meaning—if a man impregnates a woman via rape he may get 30 years, but if that impregnated victim gets an abortion she would be executed😐

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RevDJEspooky @revdjesq.bsky.social · 44m

Dems should increase their demands. Do not fund this government until it stops waging war against its own citizens using the National Guard.

Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 1h

All of the conventional wisdom going into the shutdown has been wrong so far. Dems haven’t caved quickly, the public (perhaps tentatively) still sides with Dems, some Republicans have wavered on healthcare and the filibuster, Dems remain united.

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RevDJEspooky @revdjesq.bsky.social · 54m

Did I get excited I could wear a 1/4 zip sweater over a button-up shirt to work today?

Yes, reader, I did.

My ideal wardrobe is built around fall, 50 degree days.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11h

The political logic is obvious enough: Republicans lately have enjoyed the kind of polling advantage on immigration that Democrats have traditionally enjoyed on health care. But the argument doesn’t appear to be resonating. www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...

Democrats Are Winning the Shutdown Fight

Turns out Republicans still haven’t figured out the politics of health care.

www.thebulwark.com

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 11h

Commentary: Cook County is on track this year to record the fewest number of opioid overdose deaths in the last decade — from a peak of more than 2,000 overdoses in 2022 to about 500 so far this year.

Opioid overdose deaths drop in Cook County

The number of opiod deaths in Cook County have dropped thanks, in part, to the availability of naloxone and fentanyl test strips. Also, the state police's questionable conduct at Broadview's ICE facility, Sun-Times ICE coverage and Donald Trump.

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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 20h

Virginia State Senate Dems just brought down fire and fury regarding the “Compact,” notifying the President and Rector that UVA would lose ALL STATE APPROPRIATIONS if it signs and cedes the University to “federal political control.” Notably, their letter directly restates points made here by @siva.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 22h

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

In Soviet America, Texas messes with *you*

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 12h

this is very very funny, but I think my favorite part is the implication that Keanu Reeves got suckered into saying yes to a bad play

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 16h

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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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 15h

Dolly Parton called a press conference to clarify formally that no weapon formed against her will prosper

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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 14h

and yet, for some reason, the Texas National Guard has invaded Illinois.

Chron.com @chron.com · 14h

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

4 dead in Houston-area shooting rampage starting in Sugar Land

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

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RevDJEspooky @revdjesq.bsky.social · 14h

As Antifa's official E-Discovery Counsel, I can attest that no one picks up the phone to talk, and they instead text all the time and it creates massive spoliation problems.

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 14h

Do they think it’s not on record that Trump already had his annual physical examination in April?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18h

The historically volatile Texas grid was entirely stable this summer, despite extreme temperatures. Grid operators never once had to ask Texans to conserve energy or shut off their air conditioners.

Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.

Solar and batteries had a record-setting, grid-stabilizing summer in…

Solar has set 17 power generation records in Texas so far this year, shoring up the grid alongside batteries as some gas plant developers step back.

www.canarymedia.com

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Chris Jackson @chriscjackson.bsky.social · 14h

You would think the President of the United States living in an alternate reality where Portland doesn’t have open stores anymore would interest someone like @jaketapper.bsky.social but I guess there’s not a book deal involved.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15h

NOTE: Leavitt says Trump will "stop by for his routine yearly check up."

But…Trump had his annual check up already. 5 months ago. On April 11.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15h

New — White House says Donald Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday.

"On Friday morning, President Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center for a planned meeting and remarks with the troops. While there, President Trump will stop by for his routine yearly check up. He will then return to the White House. President Trump is considering going to the Middle East shortly thereafter." - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 15h

1) I represent myself pro se
2) I ask an LLM for help
3) I lose
4) I pay a big fine and go to jail for a few years
5) I sue the maker of the LLM and get enough cash to make it all worth it, completing the ultimate arbitrage

The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 17h

"Vibe Lawyering" - lord have mercy

git.law/news/gitlaw-...

a close up of a hulk 's face with a cloudy sky in the background

Alt: a close up of a hulk 's face with a cloudy sky in the background

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Steve Ferra @abpow.bsky.social · 15h

Bari Weiss

Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 15h

I hope UNC's next head football coach is someone even more famous and less qualified to coach a college football team

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 15h

when UNC scored on the first possession of the first game and Colin Cowherd immediately posted this, and then UNC lost by 34

Wasn’t really sure what to expect from Chapel Bill. But after that drive, I have him as second best college coach I’ve ever seen, just below Saban.

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RevDJEspooky @revdjesq.bsky.social · 15h

"I'm taking my talents to....OnlyFans." Bill Belichick

RevDJEspooky @revdjesq.bsky.social · 15h

Mr. Beast Coach the Tarheels Challenge

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 15h

“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” said @govpritzker.illinois.gov. “This is a man who has something stuck in his head … He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities.”