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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 6h

One person on this list is a school counselor at a high school down the street from me and she’s been purged from the website so fast Google cache doesn’t know about it yet

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13h

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation (US) @crfoundationus.bsky.social · Aug 18

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We've created an email you can share with the school principal to make the process easier.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 9h

Trump is saying the quiet part out loud: he sent a $20B taxpayer-financed bailout to help his far-right buddy Milei cling to power.

Meanwhile our government is shut down, public servants aren't getting paid & we're barreling toward a Trump-made health care crisis. Sounds like Argentina First to me.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump on Milei: "If he loses, we will not be generous with Argentina."

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politiBOO! @politiburb.bsky.social · 7h

If I were to tell you right after the election last year that in terms of Dem Governors in the coming Trump 2 era, Hochul would distinguish herself and Whitmer would fucking flop, not a soul on earth would have believed me, but here we are.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 4h

The order takes affect Wednesday and bars the civil arrest of any “party, witness, or potential witness” while going to, remaining at or returning from court proceedings inside the courthouse or its parking lots, sidewalks or entryways.

Judicial warrants can still be served.

Top Cook County judge bars civil arrests at courthouses, citing chilling effect

The Cook County public defender’s office and legal aid organizations had sought the move, saying they had clients who were avoiding court out of fear of being detained by federal immigration authoriti...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 5h

THE DNC AND ITS OFFICERS DO NOT ENDORSE IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS —PERIOD!

THE DNC IS NOT FOR— OR— AGAINST YOUR FAVORITE CANDIDATE. WE SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES CHOSEN BY VOTERS.

WE FOCUS ONLY ON BEATING REPUBLICANS SO GOVERNMENT WORKS FOR US.

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 4h

I don't think it would happen here for the same reason but it's funny to remember how economic mismanagement leading to chronic shortages of cooking oil is one of the major factors that sparked the massive protests that doomed Ceausescu.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 12h

"We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil" is an all-timer. Thank you Mr President, we appreciate your insights.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act. We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution. As an example, we can easily produce Cooking Oil ourselves, we don’t need to purchase it from China.

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🎃dutch(trick or)treat🎃 @dutchtreat.bsky.social · 4h

It only just came out with this new version, don't feel bad. 🙂

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🎃dutch(trick or)treat🎃 @dutchtreat.bsky.social · 4h

It's got the Sora watermark right on it.

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🎃dutch(trick or)treat🎃 @dutchtreat.bsky.social · 4h

I guess. I don't like seeing animals hurt, even if it's fake. The main problem though... it's a fake video. Presented as real and believed to be real by many, apparently.

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🎃dutch(trick or)treat🎃 @dutchtreat.bsky.social · 4h

It's fake.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 9h

again, the problem with rhetorical maximalism (all Republicans since Barry fucking Goldwater were Nazis) is that you end up believing it and saying absolutely unhinged shit thinking it's normal

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 9h

are you suffering from an acute head injury

Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 10h

everyone needs to internalize that this is just how all republicans are and when nancy pelosi said "the country needs a strong republican party" she meant that more people like this should be powerful. they are all like this! they all think just like this and like trump and they love it and it's fun

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

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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Conservation of Anger Momentum @primarylupine.bsky.social · 6h

To be fair, that riff is from 1876.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VT3h2X64gwM

The White Stripes vs Anton Bruckner

YouTube video by Jos Thys

m.youtube.com

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 7h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 7h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 13h

Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month

ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer

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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🎃dutch(trick or)treat🎃 @dutchtreat.bsky.social · Sep 23

Drowning kid in the pool meme.
Kid being loved: Journalists sleeping with their subject
Kid drowning: Journalists fired over tweets

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 8h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 7h

Fine. Go ahead. Do whatever you want. Make this the biggest World Cup clusterfuck failure of all time.

Trump threatens removal of World Cup games from Boston, Olympics from LA

Blaming Boston street takeovers and LA wildfires, the US president said both global sporting events could be moved for supposed safety reasons

www.theguardian.com

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🎃dutch(trick or)treat🎃 @dutchtreat.bsky.social · 6h

Give em hell

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Renée in L.A. @reneepatrice.bsky.social · 10h

Also, given that Harris was pro-ceasefire, why would they have refused to vote for her if that's all they wanted?

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🎃dutch(trick or)treat🎃 @dutchtreat.bsky.social · 8h

*nods vigorously*

Missouri Cop Fatally Shoots Deaf and Blind Dog Who Wandered Into Neighbor's Yard

A deaf and blind Shih Tzu dog was shot by a police officer in Missouri on Sunday, May 19, the same day a homeowner and the city reported him missing

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 9h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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🎃dutch(trick or)treat🎃 @dutchtreat.bsky.social · 8h

Level of meanness: *chef's kiss*

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10h

So like this is funnier and more offensive than anything anyone else said about Kirk that got them fired

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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