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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 22m

These radical left attacks on free speech must end

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1h

i have to be honest, gang, i have some questions about this republican strategy of telling everyone to tune in and pay attention to what’s likely to be one of the largest days of political protest in american history directed at the republican party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 1h

*ahem* hello everyone 👋

☕️ Jeremy Diamond @dmnd.me · 3h

Oh my god, right on time

@segyges.bsky.social Yud is going mainstream lib

The Ezra Klein Show
How Afraid of the A.l. Apocalypse Should We Be?
OCT 15, 2025 • 1:10:54

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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks in large part to Safe Routes to School (a program created in Marin before it was rolled out nationwide), Marin County sees 3x the rate of kids walking or rolling to school.

Over the past 15 years we've gone from 1 in 4 kids to 1 in 3 kids. This compares to 1 in 9(!) nationally.

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity is the only way

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YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 1d

If only we could have known!

YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 1d

Womp womp womp

LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 1d

Shot/chaser

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 2d

“You get this sense of a change, where China’s competitiveness has gone from being about government subsidies and low wages to a tremendous number of highly skilled, educated engineers who are innovating like mad.”

headline: western executives who visit China are coming back terrified

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 1d

extwitter is for cranks what the wuhan wet market was for coronaviruses

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 2d

one thing that has been obvious for a while is this aspect of the authoritarian internationale: they recognize that their allies abroad are not *countries* but *political movements* within foreign countries.

time we liberals woke up and recognized this--because it's the truth.

Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 2d

Or maybe, just maybe, what was obvious in 2024 was correct: Netanyahu fully backed Trump and would not deal with Biden because Trump would give him a free hand to escalate the starvation, bombing, and do full ethnic cleansing. Which he then did, until Netanyahu embarrassed him by bombing Qatar.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The Governor signed our legislation to authorize a Bay Area regional funding ballot measure for transit.

SB 63 is critical to avoid massive service cuts at Muni, BART, Caltrain & other systems. We need to stabilize & modernize these systems for the Bay Area’s future.

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 1d

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

every asshole on this website loudly braying that elections either won’t happen or won’t be fair in 2026 had better be buying an inflatable costume and sturdy walking shoes for this saturday, because if truly believe that, you’re not gonna like what the next step is

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 1d

This is good and we should say so because every outlet that does the right thing and sees praise and support for doing so makes it easier for the next outlet to do the same.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 2d

The bleakest thing about this video is that all the things this guy loves about the UK are relatively cheap and easy to build. Alabama could have a better train system than England inside of 10 years if we decided that was a priority. We are a rich country that chooses to live like a poor one.

Kelly C @kacphl.bsky.social · 2d

Yup. This guy nailed it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Qv...

How I View the US After 13 Years Living in Europe

YouTube video by Evan Edinger

www.youtube.com

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2d

I don't understand why U.S. reporters so regularly seem to let politicians get away with 'I haven't seen that' about stuff a) they obviously know and b) is directly relevant to their job. Did they sign some kind of agreement never to ask a follow-up question?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2d

your tactic of protesting in an inflatable frog suit which gets normal people on your side is far inferior to my tactic of posting about laser blinding helicopter pilots which is both wildly illegal and, were it to succeed, would put basically *everyone* against me

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YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 2d

Make this guy insane again

a man is holding a flute and says i do not avoid women but i do deny them my essence

ALT: a man is holding a flute and says i do not avoid women but i do deny them my essence

media.tenor.com

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YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 2d

Not to throw the pup play twinks under the bus, but somebody needs to point out how degenerate this nofap shit is

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 2d

Someone really needs to explain the concept of libido to these people. Like no shit you’re “addicted” to getting off, it’s called having a sex drive

⟢ Avilone ‹𝟹 ₊˚.⋆ @faeriegasm.bsky.social · 2d

This will be the hill I die on, “porn addiction” is not real, that phrase specifically is used as a dog whistle and is backed only by pseudoscience which has been created by right wing fascist organisations with the intention to demonise minorities. It is not real, actual science proves it isn’t.

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YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 2d

Shoulda attempted the Forbidden San Bruno transfer

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