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Evan Latt @nbplaid.bsky.social · 2d

we're so back

The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt

BOSTON—The twigs and acorns crunching pleasurably beneath his boots, Mr. Autumn Man Dennis Clemons, 32, reportedly strolled down Massachusetts Avenue on Wednesday wearing a gray sweater over a plaid c...

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 15d

The Tea Party was a totally contrived astroturf psyop that dominated American politics for years. It was even obvious at the time, and yet we all had to talk about it seriously.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15d

Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000

Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)

www.nytimes.com

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 17d

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

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Evan Latt @nbplaid.bsky.social · 26d

"i'm awake, i'm awake"

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Evan Latt @nbplaid.bsky.social · 27d

They already did this. It was called Lingo, hosted by Chuck Woolery, and was a tent pole of Game Show Network's original programming!!!

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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 27d

State Rep. Justin J. Pearson announced his run for Tennessee's 9th Congressional District Wednesday morning at Alonzo Weaver Park in Memphis.

Justin Pearson Will Run for Memphis Congressional Seat

State representative's 9th Congressional District challenge to fellow Democrat Steve Cohen represents a generational shift

www.nashvillescene.com

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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 27d

State Rep. Aftyn Behn is projected to win the Democratic Party’s nomination for the 7th Congressional District on Tuesday, beating out a crowded field on a compressed election timeline.

Aftyn Behn Wins 7th Congressional District Democratic Primary

Nashville state rep emerges from crowded field to take party's nomination for Dec. 2 special election

www.nashvillescene.com

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · Sep 26

Can guarantee this will be the best combined source for a) some fascinating and underexplored public opinion research and b) wildly adorable little animations you will click on today

Jenn Agiesta @jennagiesta.bsky.social · Sep 26

Check out our new CNN poll deep dive into who political independents are, how they engage with politics and what they think about the current political moment. The classic swing voter appears to be a thing of the past. www.cnn.com/interactive/...

What does an independent mean in politics?

New CNN poll results identify five distinct types of independents.

www.cnn.com

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Nicole DeWitt @catastro-v.bsky.social · Sep 28

i love ta-nehisi coates so much

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · Sep 28

If I can speak to the anxiety Klein keeps returning to since Kirk’s killing:

Lines are made by drawing them, and then enforcing them. It is work that is repetitive, exhausting, oppositional and unending. It can only be done in solidarity with others. And it never stops.

And the thing that this has led to, for me, is recognizing that I don't get to draw the line.
Now it doesn't mean I don't have one in my own heart. But the thing that I am struggling with is that for most people, or a lot of people, the plurality of the voters in the last election:
He is somehow not way over the line. That means there are a lot of people who are willing to accept things that I thought we would have found unacceptable.
I would have thought that the way he acts in public is unacceptable. And it's not.
So, I think for me - and this goes back to the culture that you maybe feel didn't exist, but I feel did - there was a view that we could work with politics by drawing these lines.
That there are people who are going to be inside them and outside them, and we could work that way.
I am working with the question of: What happens if you don't believe that? If you don't control the line?

What I see is any line that existed at all collapsing. I'm watching, like, Holocaust revisionism on the biggest right-wing podcasts. I'm watching Tucker Carlson turn into what I would describe as a white nationalist and become an absolute dominant force on the right - bigger than he ever was in his smarmy libertarian phase.
This stuff has real appeal, as you said. That's not a surprise on some level. It's just something you have to deal with.
That's where this question of line drawing — I have lines that I think should and should not be acceptable, but those lines clearly have no relationship to my country and its politics.
I've been asking the question without really having an answer — I want to be honest about this — of: What follows from that?

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Future Games Show @futuregamesshow.bsky.social · Sep 26

the Command & Conquer series is 30 years old today we so have an excuse to share this iconic moment with Tim Curry

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Evan Latt @nbplaid.bsky.social · Sep 24

i can't believe we're going silksong -> hades 2 -> final fantasy tactics remake back-to-back-to-back

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Evan Latt @nbplaid.bsky.social · Sep 12

It's gotta be XI but it will make it impossible to play the older games. however, it's like 100 hours long and the expanded version has an add on that lets you visit the other games anyway so you don't need them

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Tal B. Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · Sep 12

*watching innocent people rapidly acquire the cursed knowledge that has driven me to madness* oh no

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Sep 12

Wrote this in The Sirens Call about mass shootings as the darkest, most violent form of extreme trolling and think it likely applies here as well.

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Evan Latt @nbplaid.bsky.social · Sep 5

there are no safe bets in pokemon but he is absolutely the safest possible bet to do it

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Play! Pokémon @play.pokemon.com · Sep 5

Get to know Kevin H., the young #PokemonVGC prodigy who took back-to-back World Championship titles with his wins in Anaheim and Honolulu!

Read more about his growth between age divisions and how his family has played a part in his journey to the top via the link below ⬇️

📰 pkmn.news/46nebHJ

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Evan Latt @nbplaid.bsky.social · Sep 5

Love to see a profile of one of Pokemon's brightest rising stars. There's no doubt in my mind we'll be seeing Kevin at the highest stages for the rest of his tenure in Seniors and then continuing into the Masters division:

www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-n...

Champion’s Spotlight: Kevin Han Earns His Second World Championship Title

After winning multiple major titles in the Junior Division, Kevin Han earned his second straight World Championship title after aging up to the Senior Division.

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Alex Han @alexhan.bsky.social · Sep 2

As we prepare for the coming weeks, for the impending federal law enforcement surge and seemingly inevitable military escalation, I'm keeping the words of the late Karen Lewis at the top of my mind. "Does it unite us, does it build our power, does it make us stronger?"

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Evan Latt @nbplaid.bsky.social · Sep 2

justice for tactics advance which is woefully misunderstood

NinEverything @nineverything.bsky.social · Sep 2

Square Enix open to revisiting Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and A2, also up for sequels and new games https://nintendoeverything.com/final-fantasy-tactics-advance-a2-remasters/

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance A2 remasters

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Evan Latt @nbplaid.bsky.social · Sep 2

love to see a friend pop up as a notable local in alt-media

The 51st @51st.news · Sep 2

Did you know there is a thing called competitive Pokémon? And one of the best players in the world lives right here in D.C.? 51st.news/wolfe-glick-...

One of the world's best competitive Pokémon players lives in DC

Wolfe Glick has made a full-time career out of competing and streaming about the video game.

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Evan Latt @nbplaid.bsky.social · Aug 29

lets go ahead and toss in this one from the beths for the summer of no hope and no joy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-YW...

The Beths - "No Joy" (Official)

YouTube video by The Beths

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Evan Latt @nbplaid.bsky.social · Aug 28

late entry for song of the summer imo

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9-C...

Superchunk - No Hope (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Merge Records on YouTube

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