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Andy Hoberek @thathoberekguy.bsky.social · 1m

As someone who grew up in Western PA, I can confirm that this guy is 100% meeting expectations for a Guy from Western PA.

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 3h

Republican Senators, with an assist from Sen. John Fetterman, voted down an attempt to block the Trump administration’s missile strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats. interc.pt/4o9CBur

A photo of Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., sits on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington, overlaid with the headline, "Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks," and the DEK, "It was the first time members of Congress were put on record about whether they supported or opposed the president’s war in the Caribbean."

Andy Hoberek @thathoberekguy.bsky.social · 1h

Wait, this was based on a novel?

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Andy Hoberek @thathoberekguy.bsky.social · 15h

Can confirm.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 18h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 16h

Honest to god the biggest scam in America right now is whatever Dem consultants are being paid

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 18h

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 16h

“It’s a complete disaster”

“Toxic environment”

“"He has not talked or had a conversation with most of the guys on defense. They don't even have his number."

“The lack of experience the coaches have, it's ridiculous.”

"Nobody likes him.”

Bill Belichick, $10M college football coach.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Local cops are not on the side of Democratic politicians or under their actual control. People refuse to understand this too even though we've been making this point for decades.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is offering the following at the moment:

1. Trust the courts. [not a viable strategy]
2. "Film the cops"
3. Vote in 2026
4. Protest [peacefully]

And he knows this is not sufficient. Everyone does.

He will not address the local cops angle because he might be deposed...

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sarah margaret (scary) 🍂 @sarahmargs.bsky.social · 1d

I referenced “moe from the simpsons” and when my mom replied “who?” I said “moe szyslak” like that was gonna clear things up for her

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clyde bruckman's ghost's final repost says free link @ultralaser.bsky.social · 1d

fucked up that this is all just landlords swatting their own buildings to get rid of all the working class residents so they can raise the rent or sell to a developer who'll flip them into high end condos or w/e

like it's a real estate scam! it's a fucking land grab! a fire for the insurance money!

I'm Margaret! I'm the best! Blah Blah Blah! @vt-vagabond.bsky.social · 1d

There’s a lot in here that deserves a pull quote, but this is the most egregious. I need people to recognize the gravity of the situation here in Chicago;

SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY
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"The ones that are getting out are coming home to no home," Watson said.
According to her, after the raid occurred, building management stole or threw out residents belongings, including visas and important documents.

ICIRR is still trying to determine the identities of all the people detained in the raid. Castro said that the organization usually can do that by following up with family members or loved ones. "In this instance, there was nobody left to work with," she said. The only detainee name they're sure of is that of a person who passed their Venezuelan passport to a neighbor as they were being taken away.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 1d

Bridging my current life in Chicago and my past life in D.C., I argue today at @newrepublic.com that Democrats should ~never~ vote to fund this government. Make John Thune blow up Senate rules and Republicans wholly own the U.S. extra-military military doing war crimes against us, funded by us.

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

newrepublic.com

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Andy Hoberek @thathoberekguy.bsky.social · 1d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

🎪Freaks
👀Eyes Without a Face
🧟‍♂️Night of the Living Dead
🙀Hausu
🦀Alien
⌨️The Shining
🧪Cure
❄️Let the Right One In
👯‍♂️Us
🪼Nope

Jonathan Kennedy @getradified.net · 1d

Maybe?

🐰 Inland Empire
🦑 Possession
🕯️ Hour of the Wolf
📼 Videodrome
🖥️ Pulse
🚐 Under The Skin
🫳 Repulsion
📹 The Blair Witch Project
👺 Noroi
🐝 Candyman

Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

🦇Bram Stoker's Dracula
✝️The Devils
🍼Rosemary's Baby
👻The Medium
👫Possession
📹Lost Highway
💉Audition
🐸The Wicker Man ('73)
⚫Under the Skin
♦️The Neon Demon

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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 2d

Uh oh; "A fire at Novelis’s Oswego, N.Y., plant, which supplies about 40% of U.S. auto industry aluminum, will disrupt automakers for months"
www.wsj.com/business/aut...

Fortunately, imported aluminum can fill the void and mitigate this massive domestic supply chain disrupti-

Oh.

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Andy Hoberek @thathoberekguy.bsky.social · 2d

Now if you said that about Garfield, sure.

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · Apr 28

A huge group of people are in a giant hole in the middle of a rolling field. There is a large sign with an arrow pointing to the hole that says "HOLE." Suddenly the group's attention turns to a new hole, complete with a giant sign with an arrow pointing to it that says "NEW HOLE." One person points to the new hole and says "hey look! Someone made a new hole!" The mass clamours out of the old hole and makes a bee-line toward the new hole. It's chaos. One person, now situated in the new hole says "this feels like how the old hole used to feel." Another person nods in agreement.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 3d

if there's a silver lining to the bari weiss stuff it's that being put in charge of cbs news in 2025 is kind of like being named the commander of a french horseback cavalry division in 1917

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Andy Hoberek @thathoberekguy.bsky.social · 3d

Right now podcasts don’t just serve as stenographers for those in power, because the financial bar to have one is lower than it is to participate in legacy media. But what if we changed that?

"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 5d

Syracuse University, which costs $100,000 per year, has opened a school to give degrees in podcasting and social media influencing 🫥

Betting on the Creator Economy, Syracuse University Opens Academic Center for Podcasters and Influencers

The shift in course offerings follows a recent decision to pause admission for 20 undergraduate majors, including fine arts and digital humanities.

www.artnews.com

Andy Hoberek @thathoberekguy.bsky.social · 3d

Jesus.

Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 4d

Van Jones repeats “dead Gaza baby” as a punch line. New York Times columnistThomas Friedman laughs along.

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Andy Hoberek @thathoberekguy.bsky.social · 3d

This bodes well for my antifa branch’s campaign against Orange Julius.

Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 3d

THE RADICAL LEFTISTS HAVE KILLED OUR BUSINESS
[also we got bought out by private equity who shuttered the store and fired everyone]
BUT IT WAS MOSTLY THE RADICAL LEFTISTS
also can we have a federal bailout 🥹

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Andy Hoberek @thathoberekguy.bsky.social · 3d

See post-1979 Iranian movies, Brazilian movies about the period from 1964 to 1985, Argentinian movies about the period from 1974 to 1983, South Korean movies about the period before 1988, etc etc etc.

Geoffrey Cubbage @geoffreycubbage.bsky.social · 3d

A thing I think it’s important for USians not in currently-occupied cities to grasp is that the normal and everyday goes on alongside the violent and unprecedented.

In Chicago right now you can be forced off teargas-soaked streets in the morning and have a peaceful evening picnic on the lake.

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Jordan S. Carroll @jordanscarroll.bsky.social · 3d

if I hadn't included in this citation that the publisher was based in New York you'd be so lost right now

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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 3d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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Andy Hoberek @thathoberekguy.bsky.social · 4d

You can tell PTA is really committed to the politics of One Battle After Another since he decided he had to make his first fun movie since Boogie Nights.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5d

the usual story. rich guy wants to punish universities for not clamping down on pro-palestinian protests and for doing too much to recruit minorities. at base these guys want the top tier of american universities to become, once more, safe-spaces for their dunderheaded failsons

The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities

www.nytimes.com

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 4d

“Bluesky isn’t fun” problem and “Bluesky is the only social media platform where you will actually see the news” problem are the same problem

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 4d

A thread filled with a lot of tough talk but no action. What are you actually going to do about this?

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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