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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 7h

Yeah, you wanna get me on a tirade, talk to me about the new JP trilogy. Never has a franchise so terribly misunderstood the premise of the foundational material. THE DINOSAURS ARE NOT THE BAD GUYS.

Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 14h

Food for thought: What is the worst franchise made from the best movie?

15 Great Movies That Were Ruined By Becoming Franchises

These classic films should never have gotten sequels.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 8h

It’s a whole administration of dweebs who just want to play dress-up and ride in the big trucks and they gotta make it everyone else’s problem. He’s the middle-aged man who won’t stop talking about his high school football stats then he made his rich daddy buy a team so he can suit up for practices.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 8h

Pete Hegseth put on his military fatigues for a new photo op a week after yelling at top brass about grooming and DEI.

Pentagon Pete Cosplays After Bizarre General Pep Talk

The Defense Secretary suited up for a new photo op with the troops.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 9h

yo they hired Mamdani video guys. someone's doing some thinking somewhere

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 11h

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 9h

No he wasn’t

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 9h

When you’ve spent decades subsisting on a steady diet of conspiracy, you can’t just shut that off when your side wins. Your brain is literally hardwired for distrust. To constantly hunt for the hidden layers of lies. Even hitting conspiracy bedrock is no antidote. Their brains are cooked.

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 10h

In alchemic pseudoscience there's a concept of the alkahest, the theorized "universal solvent," the thing that eats through anything, including any vessel you try to put it in. Conspiricism is a universal solvent and theories about Charlie Kirk's death are eating through MAGA.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 9h

"We separate people from their kids. Tackle as many of them as possible. Zip-tie their toddlers and grandparents. And stand around looking tough. We look so tough. Increasingly, we also really need to take dumps."

Please Let Our Warfighters Use Your Restroom

By now, you’ve noticed our brave patriots—ICE, the National Guard, police officers, select local mall cops, rando bodyguards, weird little incels, ...

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 10h

I’m not inclined to say this is him giving the middle finger to the admin. There are lots of ways to interpret his answer.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 10h

A thing most soldiers and leaders understand is there’s the order and there’s the intent and then there’s what you can TECHNICALLY get away with. There are lots of ways to interpret and benignly disregard orders should one be so inclined to do so.

💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 15h

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 17h

The Justice Department has brought in two AUSAs from out of state to work the Comey prosecution: Tyler Lemons and Gabriel Diaz. Both are detailed from the U.S. Attorney's office in North Carolina.

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 10h

Teslas
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Data centers

Wanting to be on fire all on their own

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 10h

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4d

I FOIA'd the FTC for consumer complaints about crypto scammers who pretend to be Elon Musk.

People are cashing out their retirement accounts and losing ridiculous sums of money.

Elon Musk Fans Are Still Losing Ridiculous Amounts of Money to Crypto Scams

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 12h

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to use a hub in Vermont to bolster its digital surveillance capabilities as the agency ramps up operations across the country at the direction of leaders in President Donald Trump's administration.
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ICE Plans to Boost Social Media Surveillance Using Contractors

ICE plans to use a hub in Vermont to bolster its digital surveillance capabilities as the agency ramps up operations across the country.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 11h

And while GOP wants to blame Dems for military not getting paid during shutdown—GOP leaders could have brought a bill to the floor any time they wanted—A LOT of the furloughed fed employees they don’t want to give backpay are ALSO National Guard and Reserve soldiers.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 13h

In past shutdowns, Republicans would otherwise relish the chance to let these programs run dry. They’re making hay of “saving” it because they know they’re losing the blame game. The shutdown is only continuing because GOP wants to double cost of healthcare.

Karoline Leavitt says tariff fund will be redirected to WIC amid shutdown

Leavitt says Trump admin will use tariff funds to keep WIC running amid shutdown.

www.newsweek.com

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Barry Yeoman @barryyeoman.com · 1d

"At least 15 government oversight websites were down—and with them, access to watchdog reports and required hotline and whistleblower links—as of Wednesday evening. That's not due to the federal shutdown that began at midnight; it's a deliberate move by the White House." @almsnatalie.bsky.social

Trump administration knocks out at least 15 oversight websites, saying IGs 'lied to the public'

It's not a shutdown issue: the White House is withholding funds from the umbrella organization for the government's inspectors general.

www.nextgov.com

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 21h

they just slapped a surgeons general warning on RFK like he’s a pack of cigarettes

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 23h

“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”

Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans

It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 16h

There are so many bangers in this article I can’t believe it isn’t satire.

Opinion | How Jared Kushner Proved His Critics Wrong

Despite the commentariat’s assumption that he was an idiot, the president’s son-in-law has successfully nudged the tectonic plates of Middle East politics.

www.politico.com

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 16h

How many times does Kuskner have to “solve” Middle East peace before it sticks?

Magazine
Opinion | How Jared Kushner
Proved His Critics Wrong
Despite the commentariat's assumption that he was an idiot, the president's son-in-law has successfully nudged the tectonic plates of Middle East politics.

Rarely has so much mockery been directed at an approach that, in the event, was methodical, creative, and ultimately achieved a breakthrough.
Kushner did not make peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, but no one else has, either.
What he did was find a path for
historic deals to normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, with perhaps other Arab countries to follow. If we don't know how they will turn out, the deals have the potential to transform the strategic environment of the region, isolating and reducing the influence of Iran and of a feckless and corrupt Palestinian political leadership that has served its people poorly.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 16h

Like if I have to guess it is definitely something of the stewed meat and rice variety.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 16h

Someone in this salon is eating something that smells amazing and they didn’t bring me any. Have an hour left on this appointment and I am HUNGRY.

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 17h

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The police chief of Nebraska's largest city acknowledged Friday that police nationwide are more likely to pull Black people out of their cars at gunpoint than other racial groups as Omaha grapples with
growing outrage over champion boxer Terence "Bud" Crawford being ordered out of his car at gunpoint only hours after the city held a
downtown celebration in his honor. "Quite frankly, that is generally a true statement. The number of stops are disproportionate. That is nationwide," Police Chief Tobb Schmaderer said at a news conference to address an internal investigation
into Crawford's traffic stop.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 17h

🔥 As you may have seen, in recent days, I've been going to the Broadview ICE facility near where I live. For @vanityfair.com I wrote about those protests & the hell that the Chicago area is being put through thanks to ICE/DHS. I hope you'll read this & share it. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Postcard From Chicago: There’s an ICE Facility in My Backyard

Chicago was not a war zone when Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz began. DHS and ICE have made it one.

www.vanityfair.com

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 17h

Noem’s agenda for the trip has not been announced.

Sen. Wyden had a blunt response: “Kristi Noem is cosplaying as a public official. In reality, she’s been sent by Trump to incite violence."

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/kristi-noem-visiting-portland-today-city-officials-confirm.html

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 18h

There are now a shocking *60,000* people in a Facebook group dedicated to an unproven autism treatment being pushed by the Trump administration.

That's just one of many disturbing details in this must-read from @davidgilbert.bsky.social

Chaos, Confusion, and Conspiracies: Inside a Facebook Group for RFK Jr.’s Autism ‘Cure’

A Facebook group set up to share information about leucovorin has been spammed by affiliate links and supplement companies trying to shame parents of autistic kids.

www.wired.com

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