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Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.bsky.social · 12m

Starving! At the Airport

Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.bsky.social · 13m

But my senator, I don't think you mean the same thing by "everything" that your constituents do. What are you willing to get arrested for? Get censured for? Risk your relationship with authoritarian peers for?

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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · Apr 16

so i've been honing my approach and i've landed on the optimal way to interact with cybertruck drivers: give them an enthusiastic thumbs up first, before dramatically turning it upside down and scowling. did it this morning and watched the light leave a man's eyes. very powerful

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Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.bsky.social · 16m

It's like finding out that the Dinah Shore Show is still playing

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andré @838carlisle.bsky.social · 19h

these must be the feral pigs that one guy was trying to warn us about

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 20h

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.bsky.social · 22m

(Not the point, but look at the Guardian over here properly calling the event the _men's_ World Cup. Damn right it's a marked case.)

Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 2h

Hello! The Guardian is expanding our American soccer coverage. In the US, we're hiring:
• Reporters
• Asst. editor
• Audience editor
• Social video producer
• Sports biz reporter
These are all full-time, permanent, union positions.
www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...

The Guardian announces plans to expand its global soccer coverage ahead of 2026 men’s World Cup in North America

Combination of seven new roles, including six in the US, spanning sports and business coverage, visuals, video and more

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1h

AUSA Jeffrey Snell explains to Fuentes that prosecutors recently obtained footage of Mazur's encounter with agents that "caused the United States to determine to not proceed with this case at this time."

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Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.bsky.social · 33m

Better than me making the same tired joke about them losing my address. (But honestly, that's actually a great idea. Lives worthy of respect are good lodestones.)

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 55m

“Why don’t people trust the press”

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 14h

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.bsky.social · 34m

So good

Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.bsky.social · 36m

Not even a belief, which you allude to. Take a friggin position and make it your party's position. Permanently.

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Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.bsky.social · 37m

So you would be full-throatedly promoting, giving money to, campaigning for, poasting non-stop about someone who said (and would have the power to enforce it) anyone with a handle of georgiamushroom.bsky.social should be legally a non-person and subject to gender conversion or institutionalization.

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Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.bsky.social · 1d

If there were a functioning opposition party, they would leverage this same technique: Make claims about GOP damages based on headlines from sympathetic — or fictional — news sources and preemptively wave away argument by saying they haven't read the news.

Skeet from Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

[Speaker of the US House of Representatives] Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.bsky.social · 43m

Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 22h

for those of you who are serious about understanding the eugenic lineage of the whole AGI movement, on the other hand, you can peruse some of the resources at www.dair-institute.org/projects/tes...

The TESCREAL Bundle

The array of utopian ideologies that power Silicon Valley's elite is ultimately bleakly eugenicist.

www.dair-institute.org

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Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.bsky.social · 18h

Free Link

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 4d

Watching Jay, I realize I am simply exhausted by folks in positions of leadership who are driven to distraction by critique.

If you can't function with critique and pushback, a leadership position is not for you.

Leadership REQUIRES you to absorb and process the critique of stakeholders.

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Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.bsky.social · 44m

#NutmegSky

Connecticut Voices for Children @ctvoices.bsky.social · 3h

Excellent op-ed and a clear warning about what’s at risk under HR 1 (aka OBBBA).

Federal cuts could jeopardize care for 100K+ #CT residents & strain vital services. With a record surplus, CT can & must protect access now. And sustained cuts require sustained revenue.
heyor.ca/OTaIlo

Opinion: With health coverage at risk, CT has a chance to lead

Connecticut Health Foundation president outlines strategy 'that can position Connecticut to be a national leader in responsibly implementing HR1.'

heyor.ca

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Lauren Klein @laurenfklein.bsky.social · 2h

The syllabus and schedule for my fall semester quantitative literary analysis course is now online, better late than never! github.com/laurenfklein...

GitHub - laurenfklein/2025-quant-lit: Class labs for Fall 2025 ENG 385 on quantitative literary analysis

Class labs for Fall 2025 ENG 385 on quantitative literary analysis - GitHub - laurenfklein/2025-quant-lit: Class labs for Fall 2025 ENG 385 on quantitative literary analysis

github.com

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Brooklyn FC @brooklynfc.bsky.social · 1h

To celebrate National Coming Out Day, we are launching a Pride Kit + 10/11 Match Ticket package!!🤩🌈
Get this replica jersey + a ticket to THIS Saturday’s match starting at just $38.
Link: pa.exchange/marketplace/...

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Hammer and Hope @hammerandhope.bsky.social · 1h

Capacity is filling up quickly for our 10/13 teach-in on the life and work of Assata Shakur with @dreamhampton.bsky.social and @monifabandele.bsky.social in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn. Become a member today and RSVP at the link below!
We can't wait to see you. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Hammer & Hope Teach-In: The Life and Work of Assata Shakur

Please use this form to RSVP! If you have any questions, contact [email protected]. Location: Gladys Books & Wine | Bed Stuy, 306 Malcolm X Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11233 Date: Monday, Oct. 13, T...

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Kate Sánchez @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social · 4h

The inhumanity and aggression of ICE started in 2003, when it was created. It all got worse from there. We don't fix this brutal system by getting shithead and chief out of office, we need to have a long memory on the machine he is ramping up and understand when it built.

ICE

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 4h

It happened. Last night I was feeling despair about a lot of different things and I realized I needed to enlist my dog’s help to make me feel better.

I present to you Maggie the Pug as Cher Pugowitz.

Maggie the Pug is majorly, totally, butt crazy in love with Josh. She’s wearing Cher’s classic yellow plaid ensemble.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4h

“Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire,” @jackjenkins.me reports.

“We could hear them laughing,” Rev. Black said: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.bsky.social · 3h

Especially grand ones

Reconstructed exPat @panarmstrong.bsky.social · 4h

Serve on juries, if you're able to do so. Serve on juries.

Feds dropping charges against couple who lawfully carried guns outside ICE facility

A defense attorney says a grand jury refused to indict in the high-profile case.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 4h

“Speak English or die.” Wow. This #BannedBooksWeek let’s also think about linguistic hegemony—what languages don’t get published & read. Lingít is an endangered language of the Tlingit people of the Pacific NW Coast. What does it sound like? Give these recordings a listen! tinyurl.com/4h4xkvwp

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Alex Gil @elotroalex.bsky.social · 3h

Gather around, friends, for a friendly 🧵.

Propaganda was not a widely used word before WW2. Sergeï Chakhotin was one of the first theoreticians of authoritarian propaganda in his 1939 book The Rape of the Masses, which was immediately banned by fascists.

Here are his 7 rules of propaganda:

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