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Turner @turnerhawkins.bsky.social · 20h

does the magic include food poisoning or is that sold separately? asking for a friend

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

Donald Trump has heard the wails and lamentations of all the Rust Belt communities left behind by neoliberalism, and he has a message for them: fuck you and die

Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 1d

Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating.
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
heatmap.news/politics/doe...

Trump to Axe All 7 Hydrogen Hubs, Bucking Bipartisan Law

A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination will hit clean energy and oil majors alike, including Exxon and Chevron.

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Turner @turnerhawkins.bsky.social · 1d

genuinely alarmingly low levels of critical thinking on display on the internet today. Truly every day but especially today. sheesh

Turner @turnerhawkins.bsky.social · 1d

just an interesting read about a group of people who are still around, still kickin, been through a lot and been around a long time

Turner @turnerhawkins.bsky.social · 1d

TIL about the only remaining Mongolic ethnic group (and only traditionally Buddhist ethnic group) within what could be called Europe, the Kalmyks en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmyks

Kalmyks - Wikipedia

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Turner @turnerhawkins.bsky.social · 1d

tbh if it’s mcgrath I ain’t voting

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Matt @academicfabe.bsky.social · 2d

She raised an all time record for Kentucky politics (which, I guess, is the reason this is happening again).

Not once did she try to help down ballot races. Instead she blew threw over 90 million while she gave the KY Dems $700,000.

Outspent Mitch 2 to 1 and still lost.

Amy McGrath @amymcgrath.bsky.social · 2d

Kentucky deserves a senator with the decency and courage to stand up and speak out for our state. I won’t sit back and watch what’s happening in this country. That’s why I’m running for the U.S. Senate.

Join the campaign: www.amymcgrath.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

This is how propaganda works. They slapped an image on this from Los Angeles in 1992 during Rodney King riots.

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Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city. (Mark
Elias/AP)

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 2d

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

👇🎯 This is how governing works in literally every actual democracy around the world. If you don’t have the votes, it’s up to you to make concessions to the minority parties. It’s not their job to save you from your responsibility to govern by giving you things you don’t have the votes for already.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds like Republicans ought to get all the Republicans who form the Republican majorities in the Republican-led House and the Republican-led Senate together to pass the budget that Republicans wrote with the Republican White House and that Republicans now insist absolutely must be passed.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy says the safety of the air traffic control system will start being impacted next Sunday if the shutdown continues

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Turner @turnerhawkins.bsky.social · 2d

sounds like a sequel to vigilance to me

Turner @turnerhawkins.bsky.social · 2d

"no, those silly rednecks don't know what's best for them. *I*, a consultant from the Beltway, know what's best for them." such an aggravating part of the last couple times they tried to push her on us, dreading reliving it a third time

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Turner @turnerhawkins.bsky.social · 2d

using dashboards to derive actionable business insights, 110 yards at a time

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Turner @turnerhawkins.bsky.social · 2d

tired: LIPAFC is a rivalry
inspired: LIPAFC is a business meeting between colleagues

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3d

There’s an essay to be written about how maga patriotism is just shitty fandom. Anyone who follows sports knows fans like this, it’s always the ref’s fault, the other team doesn’t exist, there’s some plot/player/coach holding the team back otherwise they’d always win easy bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 2d

We really need to retire "contrarian" as a descriptor for Weiss immediately.

The reason she is getting this job right now is because of her *non-contrarian* sensibilities.

She espouses views that the US's current power structure likes.

NPR @npr.org · 2d

CBS' parent company will buy The Free Press and install Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News. n.pr/4o634cr

CBS' next top editor to be Bari Weiss of The Free Press

CBS' parent company will buy The Free Press and install Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News.

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Turner @turnerhawkins.bsky.social · 2d

Gdi *2020

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Turner @turnerhawkins.bsky.social · 2d

Good question! The following is a list of her stated policy positions from 200:
-she used to be a fighter pilot
-she is a mother

People can smell phonies and the 2020 version of this stank to high heaven

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Country Universe @countryuniverse.net · 2d

From the top, yet again:

No one here wants this. At all.

She is *unelectable* here and is a complete waste of time, money, and attention.

Lexington Herald-Leader @kentucky.com · 3d

“This is a different race, it’s a different year, it’s a midterm,” McGrath said, comparing 2026 to her 2020 run for U.S. Senate.

‘Battle-tested’ Amy McGrath launches second Kentucky U.S. Senate bid

“This is a different race, it’s a different year, it’s a midterm,” McGrath said, comparing 2026 to her 2020 run for U.S. Senate.

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Turner @turnerhawkins.bsky.social · 3d

no but I’m on a real hot streak (2 days off in the last 22) with a doubleheader this week (that part is literal)

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Turner @turnerhawkins.bsky.social · 3d

yeah but I’m having a really strong season too, hearing some voters might be swayed by my more recent performances

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