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LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social · 7h

The one and only.

Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 7h

Happy Angela Lansbury's 100th birthday!

Angela Lansbury in a publicity shot for the Jerry Herman musical Dear World.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 19h

"I have friends everywhere." How does a quote from a Star Wars prequel wind up the unofficial slogan for a national movement? You can now find this special Dan-less episode (sorry, @dandrezner.bsky.social) on our Patreon and your usual podcast venues.

www.patreon.com/posts/extra-...

EXTRA: THE ANDOR MOMENT | Space the Nation

www.patreon.com

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Valhalla Entertainment @valhallaent.bsky.social · 8h

We were devastated to hear about the passing of #DrewStruzan, the talented artist who created such iconic movie posters as #StarWars, #BladeRunner, #BackToTheFuture and even for #TWD back in 2010. This is truly a great loss. #TWDFamily

Read more: buff.ly/9ZBZG3K

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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 8h

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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 13h

And just about EVERY BLACK PERSON told yall so.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social · 8h

Where are the free eggs at?🤷‍♂️

LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social · 8h

I realize only a third of the country believes this hokum.

How will the outsized relevance given to this crap be reversed?

How can so many be so ambivalent?

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NPR @npr.org · 9h

As authorities end their large-scale search, volunteers and village public safety officers vow to keep looking for two residents whose home floated away in the storm.

Hundreds evacuating from hardest hit Western Alaska villages following storm

Nearly all the homes in both towns were damaged and a tribal administrator said it was unsafe to stay.

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LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social · 8h

And apparently it's "funny" for young men to talk about rape and use racist slurs because it's, "boys will be boys".

We all realize he's deflecting to appease the Orange menace. But egads....one of these things is NOT like the other. 🙄

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LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social · 9h

It's truly something, to witness the gradual diminishment of a overtly religious dude that constantly brought his religion into every public appearance.

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LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social · 9h

Here we go yet again, a GOPer playing the, we will if there are reforms, schtick.

WHAT FRAUD?!?! OMG, the way these cynical deeply evil people play us against each other.

It's how they strangle much needed and successful programs.

JoeMyGod @joemygod.bsky.social · 9h

Thune Offers Dems Vote On Obamacare Subsidies - Joe.My.God.

MSNBC reports: In a wide-ranging sit-down interview with MSNBC, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Wednesday night that he has privately told Democratic leaders that, if they need a vote ...

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LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social · 9h

Look how Facebook flat out ignored copyright law for it's AI data scrapping. Look at how Google exploits countless sources for their hit or miss AI search summaries.

I HEARTILY disagree with Wildberger. The EU is rightfully cautious when it comes to the excesses of the techbros.

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 10h

Germany’s Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger is urging the EU to focus on creating technologies before regulating them.

‘Pendulum has swung way too far’ on EU regulating tech, says German minister

“We’ve become the master of being a customer of others,” Karsten Wildberger tells POLITICO.

www.politico.eu

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LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social · 9h

...when the party rental outlet has sold out of inflatable frog suits. Improvise!

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LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social · 10h

The story of my life....

...that and, I see you haven't restarted your computer for 4 months. 🙄

Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 10h

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Satyros Phil Brucato @satyrosphilbrucato.bsky.social · 1d

It's about time Strange Days finally begins getting the retrospective love and respect it deserves. To me, it's the best pre-Matrix cyberpunk film other than Blade Runner and Robocop, and still better than most cyberpunk films made since.

www.polygon.com/strange-days...

30 years ago, Katherine Bigelow made a sci-fi flop that changed her career for the better

Strange Days is a noir-soaked science-fiction thriller set against a backdrop of racial tension, police brutality, sexual assault, and disruptive tech

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20h

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 4d

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 10h

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LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social · 10h

So now they're planning on a TPUSA "alternative" half-time show. A safe space for nazis if you will.

And they're threatening to have autotune barbie perform.

JoeMyGod @joemygod.bsky.social · 10h

Lara Trump Offers To Perform At Turning Point Show - Joe.My.God.

The Daily Beast reports: The president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, has volunteered to perform at a conservative alternative to the Super Bowl halftime show. The 43-year-old Fox News host took quest...

www.joemygod.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19h

Shorter Mike Johnson:

Beating up a woman isn’t “really serious.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Definitely Danny @semperwry.bsky.social · 11h

This is good because if a trump-type has enough artistic literacy for this to make them mad, then they have enough artistic literacy to understand that vandalizing or destroying it would just make them look worse.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A huge ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” is currently melting away in front of the US Capitol.

Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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