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David Platzker / Specific Object

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Art historian, curator, writer, dealer of ephemeral materials, Respirateur, etc. Pretty Okay at Bikes. SPECIFICOBJECT.COM

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David Platzker / Specific Object @specificobject.com · Feb 21

I was wrong. It's so much worse than I anticipated, and I anticipated it would be bad. Very bad. bsky.app/profile/spec...

David Platzker / Specific Object @specificobject.com · Nov 24

The first act of the 2025 Congress will be a vote to declare Trump the winner of the 2020 election. They'll then move to name Trump as the "official" winner and invalidate everything Biden signed into law.

David Platzker / Specific Object @specificobject.com · 17h

a man wearing a harley davidson shirt says this

ALT: a man wearing a harley davidson shirt says this

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Jeffries to Lawler: "You're a complete and total embarrassment. You're embarrassing yourself and your district right now. And you're going down to defeat next year."

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 2d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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David Platzker / Specific Object @specificobject.com · 3d

I'm so old, I remember Silwa faking his own kidnapping, among self-aggrandizing BS. www.latimes.com/archives/la-...

Founder of Guardian Angels Confesses to Hoaxes

Curtis Sliwa said Tuesday that he faked his 1980 kidnaping and five other exploits to help the Guardian Angels survive its early years as a volunteer crime-fighting group.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 4d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 8d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 8d

The year is 2003.

17-year-old Stephen Miller is sitting in the back of a school bus talking about torture, as in “Torture is a celebration of human life and dignity."

Miller looks directly into the camera and describes the torturing Iraqis in gruesome detail, as his peers laugh uncomfortably.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 8d

Jane Goodall on Donald Trump: “I see the same sort of behavior as a male chimpanzee will show when he’s competing for dominance with another

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David Platzker / Specific Object @specificobject.com · 9d

My first stop in Los Angeles is a local Ralphs to buy a dozen packets of Lawry’s chicken fajita mix.

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David Platzker / Specific Object @specificobject.com · 9d

He's going to expunge all sexual assault records.

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David Platzker / Specific Object @specificobject.com · 10d

Bangladesh, she says?

www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Bangladesh secures 20% US tariff for garments, exporters relieved

Bangladesh has negotiated a 20% tariff on exports to the U.S., down from the 37% initially proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, bringing relief to exporters in the world's second-largest garment supplier.

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David Platzker / Specific Object @specificobject.com · 10d

Meanwhile, millions of dollars wasted on chasing delivery cyclists and POC. bsky.app/profile/phil...

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10d

U.S. Border Patrol agents tried and failed to detain a man in downtown Chicago (via Christopher Sweat)

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David Platzker / Specific Object @specificobject.com · 13d

One headline is not like the other. bsky.app/profile/nyti...

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13d

Jared Kushner’s private equity firm is said to be partnering with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund to buy out Electronic Arts.

Jared Kushner’s Firm Is Said to Be Part of $50 Billion Buyout of Electronic Arts

Mr. Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners, is said to be in talks with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund and Silver Lake to buy out the video game giant.

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David Platzker / Specific Object @specificobject.com · 15d

A better headline: "Chloe Dygert reaffirms she still stands for racism, misogyny, and xenophobia after a muted 'apology' for the same in 2020." www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/...

'I am committed to keep learning': Chloe Dygert apologises for controversial social media conduct

The American rider issued the apology after joining Canyon SRAM, having apparently liked a transphobic tweet from Donald Trump, as well as posts stating 'white privilege doesn't exist'

www.cyclingweekly.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16d

TRUMP AT THE UN: “The teleprompter is not working… whoever’s operating this teleprompter is in big trouble.”

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David Platzker / Specific Object @specificobject.com · 24d

The shittification of the White House continues.

David Platzker / Specific Object @specificobject.com · 25d

How many people have been fired this week for saying completely truthful things?

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David Platzker / Specific Object @specificobject.com · 26d

So you're cool with his misogyny, racism, hate, and xenophobia. Thanks, good to know.

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Longreads @longreads.com · 28d

"For a long time, many skeptics believed it never even happened and claimed that it was a hoax on a vast scale. Now, almost everyone agrees that the B-Thing took place, but opinion is split on what it means." — @kylemacneill.bsky.social for @rollingstone.com

The Artwork That Spawned 9/11 Conspiracy Theories and Mystery

Art collective Gelitin installed a balcony on the 91st floor of the World Trade Center. A year later, the planes struck and conspiracy followed

www.rollingstone.com

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David Platzker / Specific Object @specificobject.com · 28d

Greed and avarice. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Ken Griffin Loves Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles So Much He Tried to Buy it From Australian Museum

The hedge-fund titan said he once tried to buy the painting for several hundred million dollars from the National Gallery of Australia.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 29d

Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.

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Theodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social · Sep 9

Their meeting took place this morning in the Pool Room of what once was the Four Seasons Restaurant in the Seagram Building.

I can't help thinking what Mark Rothko (who was commissioned to paint the Pool Room's murals—and who later withdrew) would have thought about today's anti-Mamdani meeting.

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David Platzker / Specific Object @specificobject.com · Sep 9

Additionally, a significant number of NYPD members do not reside in NYC, yet they wield considerable influence over this city as non-voting powerbrokers.

David Platzker / Specific Object @specificobject.com · Sep 8

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in the back seat of an airplane

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in the back seat of an airplane

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David Platzker / Specific Object @specificobject.com · Sep 8

In other words, he lied.