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Graves Make Roses Bloom @gregrozeboom.bsky.social · 7h

Trick or Treating in the Burbs by John Phillip Falter, 1958

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 3h

When the Yankees get eliminated

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 3h

it's a warzone

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Tom Breen @tombreen.bsky.social · 3h

The Blue Jays are America’s team

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Tom Breen @tombreen.bsky.social · 10h

If Taylor Swift doesn’t keep releasing variants of her new record, the manufacturing sector will completely collapse

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Tom Breen @tombreen.bsky.social · 13h

I spotted this in a local bookstore the other day. They’ve shelved it with perfect accuracy!

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14h

Something not fully appreciated in the Riyadh comedy festival discourse is that in many ways Saudi Arabia is getting *more* repressive

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

What’s Behind Saudi Arabia’s Surge in Executions?

Activists believe that authorities are abusing the justice system to silence dissent and chill speech.

www.thenation.com

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 14h

among other things, a real bummer that podcasts have largely been homogenized into a worse version of daytime TV, just longform video featuring people who know nothing, talking about nothing, for way too long, but also they're ugly and the staging is boring

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

Some scoops in here: Adam O'Neal is telling people he will helm The WaPo's flagship opinion podcast, spending upwards of four hours a day on it. He's also indicated, per a source, that he plans to remain in his current job for decades. www.status.news/p/washington...

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14h

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

www.jsonline.com

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Tom Breen @tombreen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t like going on the GenAlpha subreddit to be told “it doesn’t mean anything, that’s the meaning.” Have these tweens been reading Samuel Beckett or something

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Tom Breen @tombreen.bsky.social · 1d

Learning stuff on my phone

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Tom Breen @tombreen.bsky.social · 1d

My friends and I have a running joke that no one has ever read any of his books, they’re just placed in used bookstores as part of some kind of experiment

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Tom Breen @tombreen.bsky.social · 2d

Excuse me, do you have any Dean Koontz?

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Tom Breen @tombreen.bsky.social · 2d

Back in August I scheduled today as a day off to do some fun autumn things. “Gee,” I thought at the time. “I sure hope it isn’t too cold on October 6 to eat outdoors.”

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Choire @choire.bsky.social · 4d

Brilliant and fascinating. nymag.com/intelligence...

Does It Matter What Your Therapist Thinks About Israel?

The war has divided Jewish New Yorkers from each other — and from their analysts.

nymag.com

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Tom Breen @tombreen.bsky.social · 5d

I couldn’t agree more. Willington is my pizza place of choice 10 out 10 times

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Tom Breen @tombreen.bsky.social · 5d

I think most people outside the state see it as a non sequitur; they really don’t associate CT with pizza

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Tom Breen @tombreen.bsky.social · 5d

Also, I’ll be honest: this sudden Pizza Capital of the Galaxy thing comes across as a little desperate. Like we’re trying to convince ourselves more than anything. I do appreciate that the official map makes it clear that northwestern CT is a howling pizza desert devoid of quality pies

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Tom Breen @tombreen.bsky.social · 5d

Can we find someone else to quote on this topic

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 5d

Teen's claim he was nabbed, shot by 'Hispanic' men sparked outrage. It was a hoax, police say

A 17-year-old Florida boy triggered a statewide Amber Alert after he said he had been shot and abducted by four "Hispanic" men, a report authorities later said had been a hoax.

www.latimes.com

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 6d

he had a particular affection for his own harpoon, because it was of assured stuff, well tried in many a mortal combat

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Tom Breen @tombreen.bsky.social · 6d

People freaking out about this are giving away their not-Catholic status. Priests love to bless stuff: cars, boats, animals, you name it. I’ve seen a priest bless a camera. I’ve seen a priest bless a chainsaw during post-hurricane cleanup. There’s a whole day for blessing people’s throats

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7d

Far-right Catholics freaking out about the Pope doing normal Pope things will always be entertaining.

The Pope blessed some water? Can you even imagine?

Matt Walsh: Horrific. The whole thing. Pope Leo blesses a block of ice and then stands there while these communist freaks do some kind of weird pagan Earth worshipping hippy ritual. The leader of the Catholic Church shouldn’t be anywhere near this nonsense. What the hell are we doing here

@CatholicSat: The Blessing of the Waters by Pope Leo XIV, at today’s ‘Raising Hope for Climate Justice’ International Conference at Castel Gandolfo.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 6d

They say that everyone has a novel in them, the secret is to keep it there.

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Tom Breen @tombreen.bsky.social · 8d

Happy St Jerome Day! He’s buried in Bethlehem in the West Bank, where I took these pictures in January 2023

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Tom Breen @tombreen.bsky.social · 9d

Arachnophobia is pro-mosquito propaganda

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