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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 16h

It’s been fun being attacked for years for saying bigotry motivates these people more than low taxes and small government

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11h

"A key aspect of the way we lived with each other before these self-styled epochal developments [post-2020] involved exactly the “social shame and cultural pressure” that Klein and other influential voices now come to condemn"

tapping the 'bring back shame' sign
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 13h

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 8h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Clayton Oppenhuizen @csoppenhuizen.bsky.social · 7h

I got chewed up in comments on the ⏰️ app for saying that gunboat diplomacy isn't adequate for this moment.

Our current FP in Latin America has far more ties to WoT. The lack of accountability. The bombing first then retrofitting of a narrative.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 14h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 14h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 10h

Trump bailed out Argentina, who then undercut US farmers by selling their soybeans to China, who used be our biggest customer for soybeans before Trump drove them away with his tariffs.

This is Trump 3D chess in action.

Arrogance, Ignorance and Idiocy.

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Clayton Oppenhuizen @csoppenhuizen.bsky.social · 12h

Do we expect anything less?

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RahSilly @rahsillyyo.bsky.social · 17h

D’Angelo Reportedly Dead At 51 www.hotnewhiphop.com/952661-dange...

D’Angelo Reportedly Dead At 51

Further details on D’Angelo's death remain unclear after news of the iconic singer's passing became public on Tuesday.

www.hotnewhiphop.com

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Clayton Oppenhuizen @csoppenhuizen.bsky.social · 17h

Sadly it's true.

www.msn.com/en-us/music/...

MSN

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

one response to this (correct) observation is to say “well, the cops will attack you no matter how you dress and behave.” that’s right. images of cops and ICE beating grandmas and kids in inflatable frog costumes is a win for the opposition.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 22h

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

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MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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Clayton Oppenhuizen @csoppenhuizen.bsky.social · 1d

🎧listening to Fitter Happier🎧

In my teens and 20s: 21st-century adulthood is a sated and neutered experience. It's misery.

In my 30s: these are every new science blog's ideal tips. Where does one find the time, Thom? Where?

Clayton Oppenhuizen @csoppenhuizen.bsky.social · 1d

I'm amazed the man still gets acting work.

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Boris van der Spek @borisvanderspek.bsky.social · 1d

Overlooked, a great section of the @nytimes.com , dedicating a piece to one of Latin America's greatest musicians: Violeta Parra, who went great lengths to record the songs of ordinary Chileans and tell their stories.
The reason why my daughter's 2nd name is Violeta.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Overlooked No More: Violeta Parra, Folk ‘Genius’ Who Redefined Latin American Music

www.nytimes.com

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

this is an incredibly ominous beginning to a future with a largely carved out federal emergency response system

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

this marc jacobs suit looks like a spanish textbook

The cover of a Spanish textbook. The colors are purple, red, teal, black, and brown. Two people are talking to each other on the cover. The book is titled "En español!"

Zendaya in a Marc Jacobs double-breasted suit. The colors are purple, red, teal, black, and brown.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings Means No Paychecks.

Literally saying if you don't pay fealty, you don't get YOUR OWN TAX MONEY BACK. You really couldn't write a bigger advertisement for this thing.

I swear if the elected Dems fold before this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna start to use this clip to reinforce the correct meaning of "to beg the question," as in "if you don't want to sound like this Fox News tool, use it correctly."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Clayton Oppenhuizen @csoppenhuizen.bsky.social · 2d

Actually, I lied. This is the epitome of stupid, great, and fun.

I've done this myself.

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Clayton Oppenhuizen @csoppenhuizen.bsky.social · 2d

So the two sides in the game are NATO forces and a mercenary group. I'm not sure if the mercenary group are wearing those bands.

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Clayton Oppenhuizen @csoppenhuizen.bsky.social · 2d

Really it became the only metro with a major hippie/hipster scene from the 1990s to 2000s. Every other Midwest/Southern college town that pursued "weird" was trying to be Portland.

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Clayton Oppenhuizen @csoppenhuizen.bsky.social · 2d

Behold the epitome of stupid, great, and fun.

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Clayton Oppenhuizen @csoppenhuizen.bsky.social · 2d

I found that escalation and breakthrough really eliminated the stupidity

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Clayton Oppenhuizen @csoppenhuizen.bsky.social · 2d

historyandtheory.org

Also history and theory. The journal of social history comes to mind. What is meant by generalist history?

History and Theory

History and Theory is an international journal devoted to the theory and philosophy of history.

historyandtheory.org

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