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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 1h

I wrote about the degrading choices our political system forces on us, the importance of respecting yourself, and the time I experienced a mild Oliver Stone moment at Sammy's Deluxe in Rockland, Maine. defector.com/what-job-is-...

What Job Is A Guy With A Nazi Tattoo Qualified For? | Defector

The man that my wife and I found ourselves talking to at the bar of a restaurant in Rockland, Me. in the summer of 2019 had arrived in town as your fancier visitors do, which is by boat. He told us th...

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 15m

"our customers have driven over 700 million hands-free miles with SuperCruise without a single accident attributed to that technology. I led [Tesla] Autopilot, you can't say that about Autopilot"

GM's new chief product officer firing shots!

nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 19m

Big Decoder today with GM CEO Mary Barra and new chief product officer Sterling Anderson, who once led autopilot at Tesla. Lots in this one, including the little scoop that GM will remove CarPlay from its next generation of gas cars as well. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIr_...

Why GM will give you Gemini, but not CarPlay | Decoder

YouTube video by Decoder with Nilay Patel

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · Aug 2

Perfect bird design 10/10 peak A+ no notes #birds 🗺️

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 1d

The Republican Party’s efforts to entrench its power despite unpopular policies expose how deeply its strength depends on undemocratic institutions and on a brazen disregard for the very norms that sustain democracy itself.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: North Carolina state senators approved a new congressional map that could give Republicans an extra seat. The state House is expected to pass it.

North Carolina State Senate Approves New Congressional Map in Effort to Add a Seat

The Trump administration has pushed Republican leaders to redraw House district maps before the midterm elections next year.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 24m

the through line of "got an accidental nazi tattoo while drunk" to "regularly takes shirt off at the bar" to "starts a senate campaign with no experience and no plan to address any of this" to "gets a terrible coverup overnight" is "total lack of judgment and impulse control"

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 1h

They're all like this

A photo shot by Jim Watson of the AFP. Donald Trump is sitting in the driver's seat in the cab of a large semi truck. He's holding the wheel and appears to be yelling. The backs of several people looking on and taking photos are at the bottom of the frame.

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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 1h

I’m not a strong advocate of Betteridge's law, but in this case it fits

Dave Winer @scripting.com · 5h

Can Substack Recover the Blogosphere We Lost?

When I started Jacobin in 2010, my first milestone of the magazine...

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Blair Paddock @blairpaddock.bsky.social · 1h

NEW: I found 17 sheriffs in Illinois that have contracts to detain people for ICE through U.S. Marshals Service contracts. IL law explicitly prohibits these types of intergovernmental service agreements. news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/d...

Despite Illinois Sanctuary Laws, At Least 17 County Sheriffs Have Contracts to Hold People in ICE Custody

To ascertain if county jails are complying with the state’s TRUST Act, WTTW News sent Freedom of Information Act requests to each of the 90 county jails in Illinois to obtain copies of intergovernment...

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 3h

Stop saying “renovation.”

Better words:
Desecration
Violation
Demolition
Destruction
Retribution
Vanity-wrecking-ball

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Overearnest Replier @andyschimpf.bsky.social · 1h

A little a condiment, as a teat

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 1h

come to wisconsin for more literal version

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 10d

Thinking about the condiment sow again.

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 2h

I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.

Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?

But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.

A hotdog and pretzel stand with large hanging bottles of mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The bottoms contain squeeze tubes to dispense the condiments.

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Noel Murder-y @noelmu.bsky.social · 1h

Never thought I'd see the day. AC/DC just announced they're raising the price of Dirty Deeds, effective immediately.

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 1h

Is the bubble leaking?

Breaking News
Meta plans to cut roughly 600 A.l. jobs, the company told employees.
The news comes on the heels of an
A.l. hiring spree.
now

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 1h

How many Republicans objected to a Trump nominee with an acknowledged "Nazi streak"?

Four (4).

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 17h

BREAKING: Trump's pick to lead the federal watchdog agency withdraws amid GOP objections over his MLK and "Nazi streak" text messages.

Trump pick to lead federal watchdog agency withdraws after offensive text messages were revealed

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a federal watchdog agency withdrew from consideration Tuesday after his offensive text messages were made public and GOP senators revolted.

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Making Chips @enceladusty.bsky.social · 1h

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 6h

I wrote about the 2025 cycle and women candidates and New Jersey

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...

Opinion | Democrats Need to Chill About the Electability of Women

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Fetterman describes Trump trying to steal $230 million from taxpayers as "small ball, and I think we have much bigger problems than worrying about those things."

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5h

An Idaho mother was brutally beaten and zip-tied by ICE in front of her three U.S. citizen children.

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Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2h

It’s going to be like the Taj Mahal of vulgar pseudo-classical-brutalists narcissism

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2h

The National Trust for Historic Preservation warned that President Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom would “overwhelm the White House itself,” which spans just 55,000 square feet. https://wapo.st/4hmL8rC

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Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1h

/3 I mean, people disagreeing with you from the Left can be frivolous, fatuous, or feral, but being disagreed with from the Left is not the worst thing that can happen in American politics and why the fuck does it absolutely break so many people.