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Kevin @kevincross.bsky.social · 9h

I’ve been feeling like going back to just one free cash-back card. 💸💸💸💸💸

Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 1d

For Businessweek’s November issue, I have a feature about the high-fee premium credit card war being waged by American Express and Chase for the hearts, minds, and swipes of America’s affluent supershoppers. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Inside the Credit Card Battle to Win America’s Richest Shoppers

The fierce fight between Amex and Chase is playing out over higher fees, extravagant events and every perk imaginable.

www.bloomberg.com

Kevin @kevincross.bsky.social · 9h

🎁🔗 www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

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Ice Machine @neartheelevators.com · 15h

Important to keep in mind these “young” Republicans are like 35. Very grown ass adults.

TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 1d

Here is GOP Rep. Mike Lawler, all smiles with the Chair of the NY State Young Republicans Peter Giunta who:

*Said ‘I love Hitler’

*Referred to blacks as ‘the watermelon people’

*Said ‘if your pilot is a she and she looks ten shades darker than someone from Sicily, just end it there.’

#NY17

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Caitlin Gilbert @caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 23h

third time seeing this beauty for jane krakowski’s debut as mary 😌

Picture of “Oh, Mary!” Playbill held in front of the stage at the Lyceum Theater

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Nick Schiwy @nickschiwy.com · 1d

Does anyone know why bmore bus service has been noticably worse for the last couple of months? Is tracking ever coming back?

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2d

Does the USA know that it’s meant to be a democracy and not just a naked power game beneath a $15 democratic Halloween costume?

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 2d

Reports that a North Carolina congressional redraw is now going to happen, most likely targeting NC-01, the eastern North Carolina district of Black Democrat Don Davis.

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Kevin @kevincross.bsky.social · 2d

“Legal research services including LexisNexis and Westlaw have their own AI products, but they’re trained on verifiable databases and are more reliable, Sloan said. At the same time, Sloan said, lawyers should use AI for gaining background information at most — and maybe not at all.”

Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 2d

Maryland judges rebuke attorney over AI-generated citations: ‘A serious problem’

Maryland judges rebuke attorney over AI-generated citations

Adam Hyman, a family law attorney in Bel Air, submitted a brief that he was unaware contained citations that artificial intelligence made up.

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Kevin @kevincross.bsky.social · 3d

Is Jose Andres still planning a run for that seat? 🤷🏼‍♂️

“[W]hat does Andrés think about Trump’s return to DC? ‘We had republican and democrat presidents since I arrived 32 years ago….we will be fine USA will be fine.’” 🥴
www.washingtonian.com/2024/11/06/c...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4d

It's a little more obvious that this video is fake in the longer 10-second version that's been going viral on Twitter. (Which I've posted below)

The 8-second video posted above cuts before the AI anchor just resumes into a news story in a very unnatural way.

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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 4d

So, in Missouri, you can buy a Gilded Age mansion for, checks notes, $550K?!! Comes with a carriage house. The bricks were imported from England, because rich people sometimes do weird things like that. #FridayNightZillow www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 4d

Why couldn’t we have started this tweet with “in a new Netflix film….” NPR??? Why????

NPR @npr.org · 5d

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch. n.pr/48przga

Every moment pops in the nuclear thriller 'A House of Dynamite'

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch.

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 5d

It’s true: the cities are lawless and scary, if you live here sell your property as fast as possible, particularly if you have a 2 family row house from the 1920s with those nice bay windows.

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Kevin @kevincross.bsky.social · 5d

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Brett the News Guy @brettthenewsguy.bsky.social · 5d

It's Spiro Agnew Day! The VP traded his office in 1973 for a no contest plea to avoid 40 tax evasion charges. Celebrate at your leisure.
#history #politics

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 5d

I’ll be out waving a sign with friends at #NoKings on October 18. We love America and no sane person would ever confuse us with supporters of Hamas or Antifa. Come join us and speak out to help preserve our constitutional republic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Dan Watson @wats.ink · 5d

for thin rowhouses built in 1880 (the 1300-1400 blocks of 37th st on the other side of falls rd are as much as 65 yrs newer and built with indoor plumbing) this is a great location between hickory and roland, seemingly 1-2 blocks walk from everything in hampden

Every Lot Baltimore @everylotbaltimore.bsky.social · 5d

1013 W 37TH ST, BALTIMORE, MD, 21211

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Kevin @kevincross.bsky.social · 5d

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BaltimꪮreTom @baltimoretom.com · 5d

The Nobel Peace Prize goes to Venezuela’s María Corina Machado. The Committee said, “When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.”

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Marilyn Tomato @mddirtlaw.bsky.social · 5d

An unexpected pleasure of taking the free Baltimore City Circulator downtown is seeing great architecture again. Here the Junker Hotel, rebuilt in 1904 to 7 stories after the Great Baltimore Fire. Designed by Charles E. Cassel.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 5d

Kinda hoping they give @kamalaharris.com the Nobel Peace Prize tomorrow :)

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Blair Lorenzo / The Fox and the City @thefoxandthecity.com · 6d

Really good interview from @davidzipper.bsky.social.

The keys? Frequency and transit-oriented development.

I would emphasize frequency. Running the bus every 30 minutes isn’t going to cut it if you want to grow ridership. With 30-minute service, if one bus doesn’t show up it’s now 60-minute service. Folks aren’t going to rely on that.

In Vancouver, we have lots of buses run with headways of five minutes or less. The SkyTrain is running every three or four minutes, and because it’s driverless, we have the capacity to run even more. That was extremely helpful when Taylor Swift completed her Eras Tour here last year, and we were able to empty out a 55,000-person stadium in 45 minutes because the SkyTrain came every 90 seconds.

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Kevin @kevincross.bsky.social · 6d

Kristen Wiig is so versatile, out there playing the role of a physician running for Senate in South Carolina

Annie Andrews, MD @drannieandrews.com · 6d

So I guess it’s the Democrats + Marjorie Taylor Greene out here fighting for Americans. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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Kevin @kevincross.bsky.social · 6d

Baltimore — crooked ab initio: “the city’s street grid is skewed about 3 degrees counterclockwise from ‘true’ north, south, east and west.“
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A new slant on the city’s streets Original surveyor tilted grid away from true north

Baltimore’s streets are cockeyed. Scientists at the American Geophysical Union meeting were told yesterday that the city’s street grid is skewed about 3 degrees counterclockwise from &#…

www.baltimoresun.com

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Kevin @kevincross.bsky.social · 6d

When I clerked in that court (yay state-court clerkships) the judge I worked for didn’t like a throwaway “argument,” cited the rule that briefs must contain “Argument in support of the party's position,” & tossed it. 🗑️ Can’t just slap down a cite and say “so we win,” gotta argue it.

Doug Nazarian @dnazarian.bsky.social · 6d

Arguments today!

a man wearing glasses says no you didn 't you came here for an argument

ALT: a man wearing glasses says no you didn 't you came here for an argument

media.tenor.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6d

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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Kevin @kevincross.bsky.social · 6d

Nice light, nice clouds

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