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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d

Same.

T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 1d

My vote in the 2028 D primary for POTUS will hinge almost entirely on the % of this Administration they promise to imprison

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

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Shell 🐚 @mjhvincent.bsky.social · 2d

The only book I can think of that I would want this for would be the first Paladin book - Paladin's Grace. it would be sort of cool to get some of the perfumes and scents. But not all of them, dear Lord. @tkingfisher.com has described some you wouldn't want in your nose or on your shelves. 😳

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 2d

I want everyone to the think of the poor production teams having to act on increasingly unhinged requests. They didn't ask for this. They don't deserve this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A book is being marketed with mayo-scented ink. Jealous? Me? | David Barnett

With the rise of TikTok and two-tier marketing budgets, something’s off in the world of publishing (and it’s not just the aroma), says author David Barnett

www.theguardian.com

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3d

Mods are asleep post brassicas

You either die a brassica or you live long enough to see yourself become a crab.

CAP'N
CRUNCH'S
DOPSIAll
NATURALLY &
ARTIFICIALLY
Brassica oleracea
otened
cer

What vegetable are you?
I'm brassica oleracea
Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?

Brassica oleracea

Ladies, get you a fella who can do it all

Selection for terminal buds
Selection for lateral buds
Selection for stem
Selection for leaves
Selection for stems and flowers
Selection for flower clusters
Cabbage
Brussels sprouts
Kohlrabi
Kale
Broccoli
Cauliflower

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Shell 🐚 @mjhvincent.bsky.social · 3d

Now I'm curious!! Agreed, the tags look like aluminum asset tags, you can buy them from forestry supply, people use them for lots of things- and they've been zip tied to a metal piece that has fabric attached to it?? Maybe some kind of silt fence or something?

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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 3d

Why the hell does everything have to happen at once?

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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 3d

I just want politicians to understand if you want the United States to still meaningfully exist in the future. That they are going to have to spend the bulk of the 2030s DeNazifying the American state and it’s going to be a generational project

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 3d

When people ask me what I think about using AI in writing I’m going to send them this screenshot

A screenshot of a post that reads David Simon, creator of *The Wire*, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro, NPR

And then a screenshot of a conversation that goes like this:

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 5d

TO THE 15TH

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Seth M. Fisher @mgoseth.bsky.social · 5d

I spent all season trying to figure out what I expected of this team and losing in the 7th inning of the sixth game of a five-game ALDS is probably the most appropriate end.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 5d

Then Toad fell asleep.

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Shell 🐚 @mjhvincent.bsky.social · 6d

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Shell 🐚 @mjhvincent.bsky.social · 6d

Started my literature review and 15 page paper for some ecology honors seminar the night before, turned that fucker in and went to Uno's with everyone & professor. Rocked an A in that class.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 7d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 6d

I am so tired of this braying plaguedonkey being in charge of public health. Everyone who voted to confirm him has blood on their hands.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 6d

butterfly meme: is this the scientific method?

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 6d

If this stuff would end up on the news it would absolutely motivate voters. Plenty of people who don't give a shit about politics would absolutely give af about this.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 8d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 8d

Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.

Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 8d

#KavanaughRaid
“federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning.”

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 8d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 7d

In case you, like me, saw your electric bill more than double.

Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 8d

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8d

"Dear Sweet Blessed Little Baby Jesus, please watch over our armed thugs as they turn away the stranger, persecute the foreigner and harm the least of our brothers and sisters."

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 8d

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is in Portland meeting with ICE, Border Patrol and DHS officials; Nick Sortor posted video of Noem saying a prayer for the safety of their officers at the start of the meeting.

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 8d

this is literally stuff King Charles did, like not only did the American colonists have a revolution to not have this happen, but they did so in the wake of the English revolution, which was about not having stuff like this happen

George Pearkes @peark.es · 8d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Scarewolf Bar Kochba @dickius.bsky.social · 10d

Wow, it must be terrible being told that you can’t use the bathroom.

'Very difficult situation': Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.During a Sunday interview on ...

www.rawstory.com

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 12d

[Jeff Goldblum voice] infrastructure, uh, finds a way.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 10d

I’m telling you: ridicule works. These guys are supposed to intimidate the citizenry and it’s very hard to do that when a guy in a frog suit is just staring you down and daring you to do something that makes it look like you’re afraid of a cartoon

dan sinker @dansinker.com · 10d

Portland never stops being Portland.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 11d

wizard frog is insane

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 14d

#KavanaughStop

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14d

An arrest of a person due entirely to the person having dark skin color is now known across the country as a "Kavanaugh stop," based on Justice Kavanaugh's justification of the practice. slate.com/news-and-pol...

There’s a New Lawsuit Against “Kavanaugh Stops.” It’s Absolutely Devastating.

These detentions, far from the “brief” inconvenience the justice described, are often lengthy, violent, and dangerous.

slate.com

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