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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 1d

Close-up photos have revealed the prepared list of put-downs that Pam Bondi brought to use against senators during her Epstein hearing.

Bondi Accidentally Reveals Her Burn Book for Fiery Epstein Hearing

The attorney general chose to lash out rather than answer questions from lawmakers about the late pedophile.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

The guy we are saving with $20B bailout

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American Horror Story 2025 @scottynola.bsky.social · 2d

The Fate of Ophelia: Tuesday morning VACATION blog, in which I can still binge-write and turned the book in yesterday; taking a leisurely day off today; rain rain rain; and leaving for Alabama tomorrow afternoon.

gregwritesblog.com/2025/10/07/t...

The Fate of Ophelia

Tuesday morning, and did you miss me yesterday? LOL, I”m sure no one noticed my blog absence for a single day, especially since the world and country are burning to the ground, with a new, fr…

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American Horror Story 2025 @scottynola.bsky.social · 4d

Actually Romantic: gloomy, rainy Sunday morning blog, in which I slept well and it rained all night; worked all day yesterday and watched some shows last night; and still angry about the needless deaths of Trey Reed and Kyren Lacy.

gregwritesblog.com/2025/10/05/a...

Actually Romantic

Sunday morning in the Lost Apartment, and its rainy and gloomy. It started raining yesterday afternoon, and all through the night, which helped me sleep really well, even if my hips are a bit achy …

gregwritesblog.com

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 4d

Aside from everything it makes me hate QR codes even more

Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 4d

At the Asheville regional airport. Fuck these people.

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 4d

the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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American Horror Story 2025 @scottynola.bsky.social · 4d

One thing about modern times is that we know who would have been Tories in 1776

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 5d

Oh dang. This is an excellent analogy.

Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 5d

The mystery of medical diagnosis!

Anyone: Why are there suddenly so many AHDH diagnoses?
Dr. Jen: Same reason there are suddenly more stars after we built telescopes.

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 5d

This week, a judge ruled that library users nor authors have First Amendment Rights when it comes to public school libraries.

The judge said a 1st grader could "just buy the book" removed from their school library.

Your rights are being taken from you.

bookriot.com/parnell-vs-e...

Another Judge Chips Away at Library Patron First Amendment Rights

A District Court judge rules that neither library patrons nor authors have First Amendment rights when it comes to library collections.

bookriot.com

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Christa Faust @christafaust.bsky.social · 5d

Today! Being Bold: A @sincworldwide.bsky.social Roundtable with me, @gabino.bsky.social & @beaujohnson44.bsky.social
Exploring public personas, social media, strong opinions, owning your unique voice, and writing Noir. Saturday, October 4, 2025
1:00pm ET/12:00pm CT/11:00am MT/10:00am PT

Being Bold
A Roundtable with Christa Faust, Gabino Iglesisas & Beau Johnson.
Exploring public personas, social media, strong opinions, owning your unique voice, and writing Noir. Saturday, October 4, 2025
1:00pm ET/12:00pm CT/11:00am MT/10:00am PT

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s a gift link to my New York Times piece on what Dems can learn from bad bunny

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...

Opinion | What Chuck Schumer Can Learn From Bad Bunny

www.nytimes.com

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American Horror Story 2025 @scottynola.bsky.social · 5d

Born This Way: Saturday morning blog in which I have a lot of writing to do; ran errands yesterday after work; enjoyed the new Taylor Swift album; no LSU game today; and turns out Kyren Lacy was innocent after all because...racism.

gregwritesblog.com/2025/10/04/b...

Born This Way

Saturday and my first day officially being on vacation! I feel pretty good this morning. My sleep was most excellent last night, and this morning I am even up before eight! I have a lot to do today…

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American Horror Story 2025 @scottynola.bsky.social · 5d

Indeed!

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American Horror Story 2025 @scottynola.bsky.social · 5d

You even got a merit badge!

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 5d

This ostentatious Christian with the big cross around her neck is really saying that people who cannot prove their citizenship in an emergency room should be left on the sidewalk to die. And that's what she believes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 5d

here's today's post: "fuck off, stop pretending this shit is Joe Biden’s fault."
sorry, clowns — we're not as gullible as your cultists.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

fuck off, stop pretending this shit is Joe Biden’s fault

sorry, clowns — we’re not as gullible as your cultists

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Angel Luis Colón @angelluiscolon.com · 8d

Just in time for spooky season, my YA horror novel is free to read for ALL of October over at simonteen(dot)com!

#spoookyreads #spookyseason

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American Horror Story 2025 @scottynola.bsky.social · 5d

Every breath you take

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 5d

Heard you were calling generals fat when the booze had you feeling brave

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 5d

It's almost capacious-bag-of-tricks day!

A Copy Editor’s Guide: Four Lessons on the Art, Craft, and Refinement of Prose, with Benjamin Dreyer - StoryStudio Chicago

Benjamin Dreyer, retired copy chief of Random House and the author of the New York Times bestseller Dreyer’s English, will unpack his capacious bag of tricks, previously secret advice, and all-round b...

www.storystudiochicago.org

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 6d

and scene

a tweet by Dana Gould @danagould that says:

Thinking about Rush Limbaugh and how, now that he's dead, you never, ever hear about him. No one mentions anything he did.
Because what he did had no value.
It contributed nothing worthwhile to the culture. Nothing of lasting value.
He just made anger. Every day.
Rising, blooming & fading like a fart.
Then he died & was instantly replaced by a fleet of little replicas, farting fake fury five days a week.
Creating nothing of interest or artistic value to anyone.
Seriously, what an awful way to make a living.

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 6d

Fetterman's numbers should alarm any pundits or consultants who believe Democrats should shift to the right and meet conservatives in the middle.

open.substack.com/pub/extremea...

Analysis: Fetterman’s Polling Numbers Should Be a Warning For Democrats

Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman’s polling numbers highlight the already failed strategy of trying to appeal to the political right

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 5d

Even Grok knows the truth and is shouting it in ALL CAPS.

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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 5d

If one person starts yelling, it’s easy from there. Don’t be afraid to be the first person to start yelling at a Nazi

Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 7d

A guy ran into a classroom at the University of Washington threw up Nazi salutes, yelled a bunch of slurs, then roughly 30 students chased him down, got him arrested.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON STUDENTS DO NOT FUCK AROUND WITH NAZIS. THIS IS AN IMAGE OF A YOUNG WOMAN SPAYING PEPPER SPRAY ON A NAZI BOY. HE LOOKS VERY TERRIFIED.

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