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Byro[Hallowee]n @byronic.bsky.social · 1h

honestly self-describing as a political scientist is altogether sus

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Peppermint @peppermintsrb2.bsky.social · 1d

five apples tall btw ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹
forgot to post this here oopss

#sonic #art

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Giorgio Murderer 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 @lonestartallboi.bsky.social · 9h

Probably says something that his immediate pivot after being cornered on AIPAC is to make up a story about black people attacking progressives and making the progressives the bad guys

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

"Look, I'm one of a handful of people that don't take corporate PAC money."

"What about AIPAC money? You take AIPAC money, don't you?"

"A minuscule percentage of my resources come from..."

"I read it's like $800,000...."

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 10h

that "oh, c'mon!" shit, fucking 'a dude. that's supposed to be for sycophants online making excuses for your bullshit, not you as an elected official making excuses for yourself

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 10h

y'know, beyond all matters of policy and his shitty votes and cowardly behavior and all that

he's so fucking *whiny* about being challenged in the least

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 10h

[remembers when booker was confronted by protestors over palestine and his synapses melted and he flopsweated into just saying "COLUMN A ALL THE WAY" over and over] hahahahaha

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Byro[Hallowee]n @byronic.bsky.social · 14h

reply STOP to donate to Amy McGrath immediately

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Byro[Hallowee]n @byronic.bsky.social · 14h

listen, Jsoh, we've tried to reach you multiple times today because Biden's bus broke down and if we don't get him to Washington right now we will get four years of a trump White House.

Can you chip in $5 to his campaign right now to buy a new tire? Reply COMICS2020 to donate, ST0P to unsubscribe.

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Byro[Hallowee]n @byronic.bsky.social · 14h

I went for multiple nights 14 years ago and for a single-day trip in 2017. Absolutely ridiculous

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 14h

🚨 President Trump: “They will disarm — or we will disarm them.”

➤ Donald Trump outlined his stance on disarming Palestinians resisting illegal Israeli occupation, declaring: “They will disarm or we will disarm them.” He said, “It will happen quickly — and perhaps violently, but they will disarm.”

➤ He also claimed, “I spoke to Hamas,” and they said, “Yes sir, we will disarm.” In reality, senior Hamas, Islamic Jihad and figures from other resistance factions have repeatedly rejected disarmament throughout negotiations, including in multiple interviews with Drop Site over the past year.

➤ Drop Site has also not been able to verify that Hamas ever spoke directly with the U.S. president, and no other outlet has reported this development.

Asked about how soon this would take place, Trump replied, “A reasonable period of time. Pretty quickly.”

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Byro[Hallowee]n @byronic.bsky.social · 14h

missing the days when you could book a hotel within any kind of distance of DragonCon. buh bye convention

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Byro[Hallowee]n @byronic.bsky.social · 14h

"I absolutely doubt the fact until I see it"

Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 14h

Whooooooo.

MR. KHOJASTEH: Your Honor, with respect, do you
doubt the fact that a retainer [sic] is in place in -- a
detainer is in place?
THE COURT: I absolutely doubt the fact until I see
it. Because you know what? You all have taken a position over
and over again that you have done things lawfully, and then a
witness gets on the stand yesterday and admits you haven't done
it lawfully.
MR. KHOJASTEH: What did the witness say yesterday
that was unlawfully?
THE COURT: I'm not here to answer your questions,
sir. You're here to answer mine.

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Elizabeth Bennett @elizabethbennettjd.bsky.social · 14h

I’ve been a legit @democrats.org since 1990.

F*ck the Democrats. If I vote for any Democrats ever again, it’ll be incidental, not purposeful. I will *not* give them money, I will *not* work for them.

I’m about the candidates and coalitions now. Give me multiple parties or none at all.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 21h

The Dem establishment appears to be putting its thumb hard on the scales against Graham Platner:

The DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee) has formed a joint fundraising committee with the campaign of Janet Mills.

It’s called “Maine Senate Victory 2026”:

docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form...

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
HOME / CAMPAIGN FINANCE DATA / COMMITTEE DETAILS / HTML VIEWER
FEC FORM 1
STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION
FILING FEC-1919061
1. Maine Senate Victory 2026
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Email: compliance@dscc.org;anderson@dscc.org
2. Date: 10/14/2025
3. FEC Committee ID #: C00923177
This committee collects contributions, pays fundraising expenses and disburses net proceeds for two or more political
committees/organizations, at least one of which is an authorized committee of a federal candidate.
Committees Participating in Joint Fundraiser
Joint Fund Participant(s)
1. Mills for Maine,
Committee Id: C00923144
Committee Type: Senate
2. DSCC,
Committee Id: C00042366
Committee Type: Unauthorized
Affiliated Committees/Organizations
NONE
Custodian of Records:
Connor Reilly
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Title: Custodian of Records
Treasurer:
Evan Clary
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone # (202) 224-2447
Designated Agent(s):
Tristan Anderson
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Title: Assistant Treasurer
Banks or Depositories
Amalgamated Bank
1825 K St NW
Washington, DC 20006
Signed: Evan Clary
Date Signed: 10/14/2025
(End FEC FORM 1)

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Matt Apodaca @mattapodaca.bsky.social · 1d

Erika rocks and it’s the coolest thing ever that they’re THE Ghost of Yotei!!!

Get Played + Anime'd @getplayedpod.bsky.social · 1d

This week on Get Played @erikaishii.bsky.social joins us to talk all about starting in Ghost of Yotei, voice acting in a bunch of other games and more! Listen wherever you get your podcasts headgum.com/get-played

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Byro[Hallowee]n @byronic.bsky.social · 14h

aaaaaaaa AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 4x favorite appearances combo

Get Played + Anime'd @getplayedpod.bsky.social · 1d

This week on Get Played @erikaishii.bsky.social joins us to talk all about starting in Ghost of Yotei, voice acting in a bunch of other games and more! Listen wherever you get your podcasts headgum.com/get-played

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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 1d

I apologize for my wheezing laughter. It was such a blast chatting with this hilarious group!

Get Played + Anime'd @getplayedpod.bsky.social · 1d

This week on Get Played @erikaishii.bsky.social joins us to talk all about starting in Ghost of Yotei, voice acting in a bunch of other games and more! Listen wherever you get your podcasts headgum.com/get-played

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🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 14h

This week on Guys we had the insanely funny @pftompkins.bsky.social on to talk about Knife Guys! Since that day I got a switchblade and have cut myself 3 times and stabbed my leg and cut a hole in my shorts! sites.libsyn.com/458346/guys-...

Guys: With Bryan Quinby: Guys: Episode 141 - Knife Guys with Paul F Tompkins

This week on Guys we have Paul F Tompkins on to talk about a ton of stuff but mostly Kinfe Guys. I had my knife guy days, we talked a bit about the throwing knives, badass knives, why a guy has so man...

sites.libsyn.com

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Byro[Hallowee]n @byronic.bsky.social · 15h

none of these things can be used in a paragraph together, please direct me to the re education camp

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Byro[Hallowee]n @byronic.bsky.social · 15h

at last, erotica tailored to the worst people who exist

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 20h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Orc Girl Boss 🐇 @orc.bsky.social · 1d

good morning

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 1d

The AI slop / The reality

Joe Biden tweet:

@JoeBiden
I am deeply grateful and relieved that this day has come – for the last living 20 hostages who have been through unimaginable hell and are finally reunited with their families and loved ones, and for the civilians in Gaza who have experienced immeasurable loss and will finally get the chance to rebuild their lives.

The road to this deal was not easy. My Administration worked relentlessly to bring hostages home, get relief to Palestinian civilians, and end the war. I commend President Trump and his team for their work to get a renewed ceasefire deal over the finish line.

Now, with the backing of the United States and the world, the Middle East is on a path to peace that I hope endures and a future for Israelis and Palestinians alike with equal measures of peace, dignity, and safety.
7:19 PM · Oct 13, 2025
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975.5K
Views

https://x.com/JoeBiden/status/1977876858310992109

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.