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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 22h

“You get this sense of a change, where China’s competitiveness has gone from being about government subsidies and low wages to a tremendous number of highly skilled, educated engineers who are innovating like mad.”

headline: western executives who visit China are coming back terrified

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 12h

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

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 20h

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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EM Simpson @emsetc.bsky.social · 11h

All reading is good. Some reading is better.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 23h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 14h

“You can’t fight in here! This is the war room!”

Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social · 14h

NFL VP of Football Operations Jon Runyan: “Your aggressive, non-football act was entirely unwarranted, posed a serious risk of injury, and clearly violated the standards of conduct and sportsmanship expected of NFL players. Your conduct reflected poorly on the NFL and has no place in our game.”

Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social · 14h

Lions S Brian Branch, who popped Chiefs WR JuJu Smith-Schuster in the face after the loss to KC, was suspended one game by the NFL.

Detroit plays the Bucs on MNF.

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EM Simpson @emsetc.bsky.social · 19h

Honestly, seems fine

Better than all the Tupperware out of the cabinets…

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Beatrice Forman @beaforman.bsky.social · 21h

in august, i asked @inquirer.com to tell me about their happy places in philly, and they sent me 200+ to comb through.

the result: my (unofficial) map of the happiest places, from secret bird sanctuaries and citizens bank park to dive bars, the wissahickon, and a whispering bench.

The 20 happiest places in Philly, according to our readers

We asked readers in August where their happy place in Philly is. From Dirty Franks to Wissahickon here's what you told us.

share.inquirer.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 20h

Abbott Elementary promo photo of Lisa Ann Walter in character as Melissa Schemmenti

She's holding a chalkboard with spots for people to fill in into about themselves, reading as follows

MY NAME IS Melissa Schemmenti
MY FAVORITE SUBJECT History of the Renaissance & Lunch
HOBBIES NFL, Plotting Revenge
GO TO SNACK pizza, ziti, brasciole, cannoli, cutlets, grain pie, napoleons, pignioli, pasta [it's still going and getting harder to read but you get the point]
FAVORITE BOOK None of your business
CLASSROOM WISH LIST It's ok I got a guy for that

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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 20h

Finally got to write my magnum opus for NPR on why late night TV still matters, charting how it has mattered so much over 60 years of TV history. I also float my theory that key to its continued relevance may be in today's hosts sticking together. READ: https://loom.ly/MZ0a9IE

Media companies thought late night TV was irrelevant. Kimmel proved them wrong

Jimmy Kimmel's return to airwaves might just point the way forward for late night TV to prove its relevance to American audiences — and to itself.

www.npr.org

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Sirens: A Bombshell Production @sirenspod.bsky.social · 22h

What happens when Administration's stop being polite and start acknowledging they don't believe appropriations are real? Throwback to Sirens episode "AI Skills, Appropriations and Armed Conflict Law" for more on Schroedingers Appropriations. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

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EM Simpson @emsetc.bsky.social · 21h

A republic...if you can keep it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

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

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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 1d

This is such a good article btw - I really buy this as a theory of contemporary US politics

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 1d

I now realize that for my entire adult life, I've had a very narrow conception of what "supporting and defending the Constitution" means. Standing on business when armed agents of the State are knocking on your door is way more important, by a country mile, than anything I did overseas

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

www.10news.com

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 23h

Happy Indigenous People's Day

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 1d

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23h

i'm sure duffy is just lying here but also i'll say again that they hard time conceptualizing relations between people that aren't strictly hierarchical.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

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