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D Lavoie @djlavoie.bsky.social · 3h

The role that broad recognition of the Palestinian state played in this deal (and recent American polling) shouldn't be forgotten.

The basic laws of politics still matter.

Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 3h

Trump allowed nine months of starving Gaza and continuing mass bombings hoping to expel all Palestinians.

Only when Europe turned against Israel & began recognizing Palestine - and US population began turning on Israel - did Trump abandon support for israel's ethnic cleansing campaign.

Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 10h

A reminder that Hamas proposed exchanging all hostages for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in February 2024

Netanyahu delayed any deal so he could avoid prosecution in Israel and continue mass murder in Gaza

nypost.com/2024/02/07/n...

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John Carpenter’s ‘Halloran’ @profhalloran.bsky.social · 3h

Said on the local weather this morning: “It went from 80 to 55 like it saw a state trooper.”

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 3h

Couldn’t be happier that the Nobel has gone to Laszlo Krasznahorkai. Back in 2012 I tried to astroturf a movement claiming him as the Next Big Thjng but it didn’t take off because he’s too difficult www.theguardian.com/books/2012/j...

Why is New York's literary crowd suddenly in thrall to Hungarian fiction? | Hari Kunzru

Hari Kunzru: The highly educated aspiring writers of New York are looking beyond the English-speaking world for their reading fixes. It must be a sign of the times

www.theguardian.com

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Tamper Proof Lid @readuction.bsky.social · 3h

Around this time of year, brits will wear ‘poppies’ out of deep respect for the international heroin trade

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 3h

Not a game: Cards Against Humanity avoids tariffs by ditching rules, adding explanations arstechnica.com/culture/2025...

Not a game: Cards Against Humanity avoids tariffs by ditching rules, adding explanations

You absolutely, definitely cannot play it.

arstechnica.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Cat Alyst 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @catalystmeow.bsky.social · 3h

#USDemocracy
Costume malfunction! 🎭

« Fox News host Jesse Watters [...] interviewed a masked “Antifa whistleblower” who looked suspiciously similar to a “former Mexican Mafia member” he interviewed in 2023. »

(www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox...)

• Left pictures: Jesse Watters
• Top-right: "Eric", wearing a black mask and green cap
• Top text: FOX NEWS LIVE
FORMER ANTIFA MEMBER SPEAKS OUT
JESSE WATTERS (PRIMETIME)
• Bottom-left: « Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza », wearing a black my ask and black cap
• Bottom text: FOX NEWS LIVE
RAMON "MUNDO" MENDOZA | FORMER MEXICAN MAFIA MEMBER
FBI TURNS ON MEXICAN MAFIA INFORMANT

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 19h

The level of destruction and erasure in the Gaza Strip is simply incredible. North Gaza, before and after:

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 14d

Please don't call it that

What You Will Need
• Experience: 5+ years as a video editor or producer-editor ("preditor").

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h

A former DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts.

For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.

(Published June)

DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts

We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wron...

www.propublica.org

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 14h

In Frog we trust.

Poster of the Portland frog with “RESIST” printed at the bottom.

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 17h

We are changing our antifa secret handshake to slap-slap-fistbump-fistbump. Then you snap your fingers once, eat everyone's pets, and make everyone within 50' instantly become trans. Pass it along.

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 1d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 15h

i am not saying the world has gone completely bonkers but
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 13h

Trump take speech.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 18h

Oop, that TRO will appear here: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...

Chicago Headline Club v. Noem, 1:25-cv-12173 - CourtListener.com

Docket for Chicago Headline Club v. Noem, 1:25-cv-12173 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.

www.courtlistener.com

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 18h

I became aware of David Bier about a year ago when i watched a hearing on immigration policy and he was there at the invite of Dems to defend the Biden approach... even though he was from the conservative Cato Institute. That's about when he became an Enemy of the Regime.

Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 18h

ICE went after @davidjbier.bsky.social on X, blaming him for assaults on agents.

In a new @msnbc.com column, Bier argues DHS' own reckless policies are to blame.

Opinion | ICE blamed me for assaults on its agents — but its own polices are to blame

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s targets don’t know why they’re being approached or what their rights are. The result is chaos.

www.msnbc.com

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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 17h

*I wonder if planetary rich guys want to replace the US govt or if they're content just to not have one at all

qz.com/wall-streets...

Why the stock market is up even as the economy weakens

Gold is soaring, Bitcoin is back, and the dollar is sliding — even as jobs vanish and the government shuts down. What gives?

qz.com

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Monster-Theory Medium Dave @azzageddi.myatproto.social · 1d

There are dome really horrifying passages in this, like how many people the author knows who, like her, rely on ChatGPT for relationship advice.

And yeah, if I was the guy in this, I’d be so outta there.

www.npr.org/2025/08/05/n...

He said, she said, it said: I used ChatGPT as a couple's counselor. How did we fare?

Looking for backup, I turned to an AI chatbot for relationship wisdom. It took my side. It was only when I challenged the bot's biases — and my own — that we had a communication breakthrough.

www.npr.org

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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 21h

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 22h

ED-69, and us watching Showgirls & Robocop back to back, was the inspiration for the commission I gave @msperoni.bsky.social to make SHOWBOCOP, the Future of Dancing Enforcement.

A golden ED-209 with purple hat and a pole on it that a sexy Robocop like cyborg is dancing on. Gina Gershwin pulls the pin on a grenade as Clarice Boddicker. Elizabeth Berkeley as Nomi will be come SHOWBOCOP

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Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 22h

Giving out subs and hugs at the ICE Facility in Broadview Illinois!

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 22h

John Boorman's Zardoz (1974)

Speaking to the magazine Films and Filming in 1974, Sean Connery said that "Zardoz" was "one of the best ideas [he'd] come across for ages" and claimed to have been "gripped" by lack of "spaceships and rockets" in a sci-fi movie.

Sean is team big-flying-stone-head☝️

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 22h

I'm imagining this entire conversation taking place in the wait line for a table at Olive Garden

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

i love this website actually

Mr. Cait @chas.bsky.social • 13h
Gavin Newsom would take a puppy from an orphan, rip the puppy apart with his bare hands and eat it while the orphan screamed if he thought it would win him one vote in Wisconsin.

ILLEGIT PREc
@illegitprez.bsky.so... • 13h
there is something wrong with you.

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social • 10h
"anti far left" in bio, hard pass

ILLEGIT PREc & E @illegitprez.bsky.so... • 10h no one invited you

cait (and adonis)
@cait.bsky.social
that's my husband you dumb bitch

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 3d

This is an important interview. A couple stopped and profiled by border patrol comes to a realization: who they voted for lied to them. It takes courage to admit it, and more to go public.

open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

They Were MAGA Believers Until a Border Stop Changed Everything

George and Esmeralda Doilez made news, and a change in understanding.

open.substack.com

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