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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 14h

"Accordingly, the court must consider the entire rap battle"

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 14h

"The Court takes judicial notice" of press attention on the Drake–Lamar beef.

Additionally, it was not just the Recording which gained a cultural ubiquity,
but the rap battle itself. In deciding this motion to dismiss, the Court need not
blind itself to the public attention garnered by this particular rap battle. The Court
takes judicial notice of the extensive mainstream media reporting that surrounded
the release of "Not Like Us" and the associated feud between Drake and Lamar.
See, e.g., Req. J. Not., Exs. B, C, P.4 Accordingly, the Court must consider the entire rap battle to assess whether the average listener would take Lamar's statements as
objective fact or opinion.

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Zachary J. Smith @vocabulist.bsky.social · 23h

In case anyone thinks this is paranoid, Trump’s junta has defined terrorism to include trespass, naming ICE agents on the internet, and whatever “civil disorder” is.

politically motivated terrorist acts such as organized doxing campaigns, swatting, rioting, looting, trespass, assault, destruction of property, threats of violence, and civil disorder

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The Onion @theonion.com · 16h

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 18h

A 2024 detail I keep thinking about... the Trump campaign saw a growing problem where voters thought he'd be obsessed with revenge if he got back into office. They fixed this w a Fox town hall (campaign got Qs in advance) where he said of course he wouldn't do that. www.nytimes.com/2024/01/10/u...

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QuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 18h

what do you even say. what do you even say.

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 19h

the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 20h

Doug Wilson co-authored a (plagiarized) book that defended the institution of slavery *as it was practiced in the antebellum South*. This is how Douthat introduced the subject while providing him with the NYT's platform:

Douthat: So, just to take a related example, one of the controversies of many that you’ve been mixed up in has to do with slavery, and whether slavery is absolutely forbidden by the Bible, absolutely forbidden to Christians, or whether it is critiqued, but allowed for.

Wilson: Right.

Douthat: And you think it is critiqued, but allowed for.

Wilson: Right.

Douthat: On this, on a straightforward reading of the New Testament, I would agree with you. I would say, pretty clearly, there is a pretty clear path from the message of the Bible to the abolition of slavery. But there is no moment in the New Testament when Jesus insists on the manumission of slaves.

Wilson: Right.

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Sam @spratt.bsky.social · 20h

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 1d

Coming around to the theory that they're Truman Showing him

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

it always blows my mind when these people act like “the left just calls everyone nazis” these days and it’s like no. we’re calling nazis nazis! there just happens to be a lot of them in and around the government these days!

Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 1d

More history from this Nazi adulated by the Trump team. These are explicit, proud Nazis who scream and cry and call every referee they can find when you quote their Nazism back to them.

Multiple tweets from Nazi Jack Posobiec in 2016 making "jokes" involving the Nazi code "1488."

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Foucault's Pudendum @kaitave.bsky.social · 1d

This picture is from Two Thousand and fucking Eleven

A picture of John Pike (the cop) spraying a group of seated protestors with pepper spray during the UC Davis incident back in 2011

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Sam @spratt.bsky.social · 1d

Zohran go on dropout!!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

TONIGHT (and especially for followers outside of NYC who want to get involved):

Join @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on a special phonebank at 6pm!

Sign up: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebank-fo...

A graphic with a photo of Brennan Lee Mulligan that says "Phone Bank with Zohran, Wednesday, October 8th at 6pm."

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Sam @spratt.bsky.social · 1d

disgusting union busting

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

REI to close its soho location, the first shop that unionized. www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-new...

REI to close three stores, including NYC SoHo location

SEATTLE (BRAIN) — A week after announcing a strategic plan to employees that would involve difficult decisions to grow sales, REI Co-op said it will close three stores next year, including the New Yor...

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Sam @spratt.bsky.social · 1d

Will have to wait for the election results to be sure, but I suspect a big theme of the post-mortem analysis will be that Cuomo made a huge tactical error in chasing the "literally too young to vote" demographic

Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 1d

(Also three of the fifteen interviewees are little girls—like five- to seven-year-old girls—and all three of them are up near the top of the clip. It's odd.)

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes a user will post a joke and then that very same user will post something sincere. And I as the reader am expected to understand this, using my brain?

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 2d

woooooow this thread bsky.app/profile/rise...

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 2d

every time you read a story about how no-strings-attached direct payments to vulnerable, marginalized or otherwise needy people are a big net profit to the society disbursing them, and you ask "why doesn't america do that?", please know that this is the answer why

mac from always sunny saying "but who versus? who are we doing it versus?" because he cannot understand a plan that does not have a victim

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Sam @spratt.bsky.social · 2d

would you make fun of a MAN for writing a song about how he's been dickmatized by his football husband's huge hog? i didn't think so 💅

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Sam @spratt.bsky.social · 2d

incredibly funny for people to pretend like multi-millionaire megastar Taylor Swift is just some teenager posting songs on a personal youtube

Alicia ❤️ @abeebaby.bsky.social · 3d

I cannot believe a 55 year old man cares enough about the lyrics in a young women’s song that he’d post about it online. Cool. ✌🏼

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

“Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more. I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities.

In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: adeath toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language. I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all.

This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end. Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account.

These last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights.”

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Sam @spratt.bsky.social · 3d

"Eric Adams made me realize I'm a sapiosexual" is an all-time own goal

Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 3d

At a dinner on Friday, the mayor's former lover said she's beginning the "Draft Eric Back" campaign.

hellgatenyc.com/jasmine-ray-...

Jasmine Ray Wants Eric Adams Back (In the Mayor's Race)

At a press dinner for her memoir "Political Humanity," Ray described a man who was funny, romantic, silly, and inquisitive.

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Sam @spratt.bsky.social · 3d

The French urge to overthrow the government is so Powerful that now its government is self-overthrowing. Inspiring stuff

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 3d

Absolute shock in France: Lecornu, who was just appointed prime minister by Macron two weeks ago, announced today that he was resigning.

The country was already in unprecedented territory, but this pushes it to another level; odds of new elections shortly just soared.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3d

The government said it was going to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda. Then it said Eswatini.

But today, a DOJ attorney just told a federal judge that they haven't formalized a plan for removal yet. They apparently haven't even contacted Eswatini about the plan to remove Abrego there.

Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 3d

O'H: YH, we--
J: is that a no?
O'H: respondents haven't formalized a poarticular plan for removal yet. gov'ts position is taht under Zadvydas govt has 6 months
J: so answer is no?
O'H: i can't make that representation. we dont know.
J: then answer is no.
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