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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 9h

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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Victory Over the Sun @hrtraulsen.bsky.social · 11h

I’m sure there are some historical examples idk about but, and it doesn’t give me any comfort, but I think he is in real ways sui generis as a major power political leader post (arbitrarily) ~1796 - maybe one of the warlords during the eponymous era in china??

Victory Over the Sun @hrtraulsen.bsky.social · 11h

I always thought solipsism was one of those illustrative but always a little silly on its face, who’s *actually* solipsistic and I now expect future generations to view accurate descriptions as hyperbolic exaggerations w/r/t his personal character

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

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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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 11h

He really put a "but I'm different" in his eulogy. What a mind.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

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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Liquid Jade @liquidjade.bsky.social · 14h

The DoD’s weekly payroll is roughly $3.7 billion.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 15h

As always he does something nakedly corrupt, the rest of the administration rushes to tell everyone it's actually a vital US interest and you're crazy to suggest otherwise, and he turns around and says "no I'm doing this because I'm corrupt"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: What is the benefit for the US in helping Argentina?

TRUMP: Just helping a great philosophy take over a great country ... we don't have to do it. It's not gonna make a big difference for our country.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

the funniest thing about this is that those of us who grew up in the divide all have a bunch of pre-cell phone numbers memorized and almost none afterwards

I know the home phone numbers of two of my childhood best friends from thirty years ago and none of the cell numbers of my college friends

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 1d

Note that this isn't specific to the Pentagon, or to government, or to America.

This is a global problem. Corpo execs got their attention monopolized by targeted PowerPoint slop, plus rumors carried by phone calls and texts, long before social media & genAI democratized the process for everyone.

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Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 1d

The voluntary illiteracy of executive decision-makers is an underrated part of how we got here.

Information comes through to them by meetings instead of written reports (which they seldom read much, if any, of), and they operate chiefly on rumor and vibe rather than any sort of hard info.

dcthings.bsky.social @dcthings.bsky.social · 1d

Genuinely embarrassing that no senior leaders I interact with actually read anything (yes this also applies to Biden appointees). No one responds to emails, no one reads past two sentences, no one does anything. The rest of the Pentagon follows along.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's Argentina Bailout. Paying for healthcare for Argentines while cutting healthcare for Americans

Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 1d

Paying for healthcare might be a problem for people here, but folks will be happy to know that Argentina's right-wing nutjob president says he has an unlimited supply of dollars from Donald Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (The government pays for healthcare in Argentina.)

Argentina’s Economy Chief Says US Willing to Keep Buying Pesos

President Javier Milei’s finance chief said the US Treasury’s backstop of Argentina’s peso is unflinching as the libertarian leader prepares to travel to Washington ahead of a crucial midterm vote.

www.bloomberg.com

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d

Day 55 of trying to be hired by Andrew Cuomo

Two columns one saying “designed with gamers in mind” with a game that makes Cuomo look like Sonic and the other saying “designed with activists in mind” with Mamdani liking SimCity 3000

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 2d

Now more than ever it is important to find community.

A sign hanging in S&P Lunch reading "a proud member of the consolidated sandwich group."

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 2d

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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Victory Over the Sun @hrtraulsen.bsky.social · 2d

Oh wow pbs.twimg.com/media/FygY8T...

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 4d

IT’S TRORBIN’ TIME!

Thanks For Spooking, Jerk @thx4sharingjerk.bsky.social · 4d

TRON: MORBIUS

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Dan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social · 5d

this implies the existence of a Yaoi Gagarin

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Rebel Scum 🏴 @rebelscum5.bsky.social · 6d

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Brutalismbot @brutalismbot.com · 6d

Sestig Pavilion in Deurle Belgium originally deisnged by Ivan Van Mossevelde (1972), recently updated by Glenn Sestig Architects photo by Valerie Sadoun r/brutalism

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erin @dracula3d.bsky.social · 7d

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Victory Over the Sun @hrtraulsen.bsky.social · 8d

Ohohohoohohohoooo youtu.be/FMTkfUUwtO0?...

Steel Artery: Train City Builder - Official Announcement Trailer

YouTube video by GameTrailers

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 8d

It’s so funny that “you’re overreacting to Trump” is/was a thing that people who soldier themselves serious said. Assume that he drops out of the primary in 2015: I literally cannot think of a single way in which the country is not better off, no matter which of the possible paths things go down

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Halloween Name @damnyouwillis.bsky.social · 10d

More like.... Long John....Bronze's....

hold on still workshopping

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 10d

3 Oct 2025 -- CBS, long known as the Tiffany Network for its new excellence, is bringing in anti-trans lesbian Bari Weiss as head. Weiss resigned from NYT, citing its “illiberal environment, to start the Free Press, which frequently features transphobic pieces. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Who is Bari Weiss, the right-wing anti-trans queer woman being given the keys to CBS News?

She’s about to control the editorial direction of the once-celebrated network's news.

www.advocate.com

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 10d

lol Czechia has a carcel party that wants to abolish all bike lanes and has the slogan “cars, coal and the crown”

Motorists for Themselves
Motoristé sobe
MOTORISTÉ
sobe
Abbreviation
AUTO
Leader
Petr Macinka"
President
Filip Turek (honorary) 2]
Deputy Leaders
Renáta Marsiková
Jiri Barták
Founded
2022
Preceded by
Independence Party of the Czech Republic
Youth wing
Motor Generation 3)
Membership (2024)
1,415(4]
Ideology
Right-wing populism 5]
National conservatism(6]
Euroscepticism 7]
Klausism (8]
Political position
Right-wing 71[9 to far-right 10]
National affiliation
Prísaha and Motorists (2024-
2025)
European affiliation
Patriots.eu
European Parliament group Patriots for Europe

Colors
Light blue
European Parliament
1/21
Chamber of Deputies
7/200

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 10d

Jesus. You think it can’t get any worse, then you read these stories. US citizens and legal residents illegally arrested and held for days. **Native Americans** getting detained and held for days because ICE agents are too stupid/racist to know about tribal IDs.

Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 10d

Brett Kavanaugh and his clerks need to read this --->

www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/...

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